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Section 1:
Basic Problem-solving Questions
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Unit 1 Addition 8
Unit 2 Subtraction 16
Unit 3 Multiplication 24
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Unit 4 Division 32
Unit 5 Fractions 40
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Unit 6 Decimals 48
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Unit 7 Money 56
Unit 8 Time 64
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Unit 9 Perimeter and Area 72
Unit 10
Shapes and Solids 80
Unit 11
Locations and Movements 88
Unit 12
Patterning and Equations 96
Unit 13
Data Management and Probability 104
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Contents
Section 2:
Critical-thinking Questions
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Level 1 – with hints
Unit 1 114
Unit 2 122
Unit 3 130
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Unit 4 138
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Unit 5 146
Level 2 – without hints
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Unit 6 154
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Unit 7 162
Unit 8 170
Unit 9 178
Unit 10 186
Answers 195
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Decimals
solving a variety of word problems that involve addition and subtraction of
decimals to 1 decimal place
Math Skills
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0.4 + 0.8 = 0.5 + 0.6 = 1.6 – 0.6 =
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1.8 – 0.9 = 1.7 – 1.3 = 1.4 + 0.5 =
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G H O 7.3 + 4.7 =
4.2 8.4
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+ 3.7 + 6.1 P 8.7 – 4.2 =
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Q 5.4 + 3.8 =
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5.1 7.2
R 11.3 + 2.6 =
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+ 7.2 − 3.8
S 8.7 – 4.2 =
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8.7 11.3 T 6.9 – 3.7 =
− 5.9 − 7.7
U 14.3 – 4.8 =
M N V 12.7 + 13.2 =
6.4 10.0
+ 4.6 − 1.5 W 17.9 – 14.8 =
X 20 – 4.5 =
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6 Decimals
B Sam’s bowling ball is 4.1 kg. Selina’s bowling ball is 0.9 kg lighter.
What is the weight of Selina’s bowling ball?
Selina’s bowling ball is kg.
C It takes 6.2 hours to get from Toronto to Montreal by car.
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a. How long does a round trip take by car?
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A “round trip” means
travelling to a place
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and back.
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A round trip takes hours by car.
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b.
Travelling by train takes 4.9 hours each way. How much
faster is travelling by train than by car?
Travelling by train is hours faster.
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A A barrel had 4709 mL of water. It had leaked for four hours until
there was only 1245 mL of water left. How much water did it
leak every 30 minutes?
Amount of water leaked : –
=
Amount of water leaked
: ÷
every 30 minutes
= no. of 30-minute
intervals in 4 hours
The barrel leaked of water every 30 minutes.
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B Cassie places a mirror along the bottom edge
of her name tag. What fraction of the letters in
the mirror are the same as the original? CASSIE
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C Henry’s painting is 17 cm by 32 cm. He wants to build a 1.5-cm
thick frame around it. What will the area of the frame be?
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Draw a diagram. The area
of the frame excludes the
painting’s area.
Topics covered:
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3
• subtraction • fractions • multiplication
• division • movements • decimals
• time • area
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Unit 3
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D A package has 30 tea bags. of them are Earl Grey. How
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many Earl Grey tea bags are there in 58 packages?
E How many wooden triangles are needed to build 109 triangular
pyramids and 176 triangular prisms?
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F The gas price was 89.9¢ for each litre in Week 1, 90.2¢ in Week 2,
and 90.5¢ in Week 3. What will the gas price be in Week 5 if the
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pattern continues?
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G A helicopter left at 11:20 a.m. and arrived at 1:50 p.m. The
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helicopter used 50 L of gas each hour. How much gas did it use
for the flight?
Topics covered:
Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7
• multiplication • addition • decimals • multiplication
• fractions • multiplication • patterning • time
• solids
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