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2021 Primary 6 Mathematics Assessment

This document is a primary six mathematics exam from Singapore consisting of two booklets, A and B, to be completed in one hour. It contains instructions for students to follow, informing them that calculators are not allowed and to shade their answers on the optical answer sheet provided. The exam contains multiple choice questions worth 1-2 marks each testing various math concepts like expressions, fractions, time, geometry, and word problems.

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2021 SEMESTRAl ASSESSMENT 1


MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1 (BOOKLET A)
PRIMARY SIX

Clns: Primary 6 -. _

Date: 11 ti!ay 2021 Duration of Booklffl A & 8: 1 hour

�'STR{;"CTIONS TO C.-\l',i"DIDATES

l. This question �r wn..tjsl$ of 8 printed pages, including the CO\'Cf' �-


2. Do DQt turn this �.: until you :t.r<: told to do so.
3. Follow 3.11 in..<:truetioos �fully..
4. Shade }'OW- answas on lhe Optic3.l Answer Sheet (OAS) provided
5. You :lrC oot allowed ti.." use a [Link].

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15 carrv 2 marks each.


Questions 1 to 10 cany 1 mark each. Question 11 to ·
Make your chJice (1, 2, 3 or 4). Shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the Optical
> (20 marks)
Answer Sheet (OAS).

1. Express six million, forty thousand, one hundred and one in numerals.

(1) 6 040 011

(2) 6 040 101

(3) 6 400 011

(4) 6 400 110

2. Which of the following fractions is closest to !3 ?


1
(1)
2

2
(2)

3
(3)

(4)

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3. . Which one of the following 15 the most hkefy height of a dining table?

(1) 72 m

(2) 7.2 m

(3) 72 cm

(4) 7.2 an

Find the varue of 7p +a_ 4P + 3 ,-Alen P == 4_

(1) 17

(2) 23

(3) 33

(4) 49

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5. In the figure below, AC ls a straight fine. Find Le.

(1) 45°

(2) 55°

(3) 80°

(4) 170°

6. The jug below shows the amount of apple juice in a jug at first.

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Afice drank haff the amount of apple juice. How much apple juice did Alice drink?

(1) 350 mt.

(2) 490 mt

(3) 700 ml

(4) 980 m(

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7. Darus watched a movie that lasted 125 minutes. The movie ended at 12 35.
What time did the movie start?

('l) 10 30

(2) 10 40

(3) 1110

(4) 10 10

8, In the figure below, AGD and CGF are straight lines. LBGA = 49° and
LBGC = 59°. Find L'.lc.

B C

F E

(1) 100
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2) 1�

(3) 31 °

(4} 7'Z'
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11 . At a camp, there was 4 instructors for every 15 chltjren. The number of girls

was ! the total number of children. There were 100 more boys than girls.

How many instructors were there at the camp?

(1) 20

{2) 80

(3) 300

(4) 400

12.. The graph below shows the number of boxes of biscuits collected during a
food donation drive. The number of boxes collected on Friday was 25% of the
total number of boxes collected from Monday to Wednesday.
How many boxes of biscuits were collected on Friday?

100

80

Number of
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Boxes •
40
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20

Tue Wed Thur Fri


Day

(1) 50

(2) 60

(3) 250

{4) 300

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14.
In the figure below, CED �nd CFO are Isosceles triangles. AFC and BFD are
straight fines. L FCE = L. FDE = 36° . L BFA = sao. Find L CED.

{i) 108°

(2) 112°

(3) 136°

(4} 140°

15. Darren spent� of his money on a plate of noodles. He used the rest of his
money to buy a pizza and a roast duck.. The pizza cost $18 more than the
noodles. The roast duck cost $51. Find the cost of the pizza.

(1) $23

(2) $41

(3) $69

(4) $74

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2021 SEMESTRAL ASSESSMENT 1


MAntBJIATICS
PAPER 1 (BOOKLET B}
PRIMARY SIX

Name: ____________ ( Class: Primary 6 _

Date: 11 May 2021 Duration of Paper Booklets A & B: 1 hour

Parent's/Guardian's signature

INSTRUCTIONS TO CA.�DIDATES

I. This question paper consists of IO prir:ted pages, including the co,·er-·


page.
-
2. -Oo riot turnlhis page until you are toJd to do -so.
3. Follow all instructions c�refuBy.
4. Answer all question."-
5. You an: not allowed to use a cakulruor.


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I Booklet B. Short Answers: Part 1
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r, BookJet B. Short Answers: Part 2 20

! Total Mari<s 45
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Questions 16 to 20 carry 1 mark each. Wrtte your·arr�w�_rs in the spaces provided. Give
your answers to the units stated and tc, its simplest form whenever necessary. (5 marks)

16. Use all the digits 3, 5, 6, and Oto Torm the number closest to 6000.

Answer:--�-----

17. Express O.4% as a fraction.

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min every hour. How rn;:my hours wiR it take to lose min?
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Answer. ________ h

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19. In the figure below, ABC is a straight line. L. ABO = 152° and L CBE = 124°.
Find LEBO.

A C

Answer. ________ 0

20. The ftgUre below shows 4 identicai quarter circles. The radius of each quarter

cirde is 14 cm. Fmd the perimeter of the figure. Take x =


7.

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Questions 21 to 30 carry 2 marks each. Show all mathematical.:§iatements clearly in the


space below each question and write your answers in the spaces provided. Give your
answers to the units stated and to its simplest form whenever necessary. (20 marks)

21. Kayden completed his Mathematics, Science and Art homework in y hours.
He took tf-Je same amount of (ime to complete his Mathematics and Science
homework. He took 10 minutes tonger to complete his Art hcmework than
mathematics. How many minutes did he take to complete his Mathematics
homework?

Answer: -------- min


22. There are t.......o 2-digit numbers. O:ie is 6 times the ether. They have exactry five
common factors. -:-[Link] of the ccmmcn fac�ors are 1. 2 and 4. \'•.'hat a-e rhe [Link]
2-Cigit numbers?

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23. The figure shows a rectangular glass tank partly filled with 2-cm cubes.
Jane poured water into the tank to fill il to the brim. How many millilitres of water
did Jane pour into the tank?


2cm

Answer. ______..,!ml

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24. The figure below shows a right-angled triangle and 2 quarter circles. Find the
area of the figure. Express your answer in terms of re.

10cm

Answer. ----- cm
2

25. Julian and Mandy shared 50 shells equally. After Julian gave some shells to
Mandy. the ratio of Julian·s shells to Mandy·s shelfs was 3 : 7. How many shefls
did Julian give to Mandy?

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26. The bar graph shows the number of books borrowed from the library from
Monday to Friday.

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250

Number of 200
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50

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

{a) What fraction of the books borrowed from the library was on Friday?
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(b) The average number of books borrowed on Thursday and Friday was 20
less than the average number of books borrowed on Saturday and
Sunday. Write down one poss;ble set of values for the number of books
borrowed on SaturdaY. and Sunday

Answer: {a) _______

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27. The table below shows the rate of parking charges in a carpark.

Pari<iOQ Chan:ies
First hour $2.20
1
Every subsequent - an hour or part thereof $0.80
2

·· Each of the statements below is eittier true, false or not possible to teil from the
information given above. For each staternent, put a tick{--/) to indicate your
answer.
Statement True False Not possible
to tell
( a} Nurul parked her car in the carpark from
2.40 p.m. to 7 p.m. and paid $7.80.
{b) Mr Tan paid e,"'Cactfy $9.40. He parl{ed
1
his car in the carpark for � h.

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28. Kenneth and Charmaine shared a sum of money. The amount of mo;1ey
. 1
1 .
4 3
�.:; harmaine had was of what Kenneth had. After Kenneth spent of his
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money, he still had $85 more than Charmaine.
What was the sum of money at first?

Answer: S -------
29. Draw and label rhombus WXYZ such that WX = 5.4 cm and LZWX = 113°.

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2021 SEMESTRAL ASSESSMENT 1


MAntEMATICS
PAPER2
PRlfJIARY SIX

Name: ___________ f Cla�; Primary 6 _

Date: 11 May 2021 Duration of ?aper 2: 1 hour 30 minutes

Parent's/Guardian's signature

! lliSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
I
!
l_ This question paper consists of 17 printed pages., including the cover page.
2. Do not turn this page until you are told to do so.
l
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3_ Follow all instructions carefully_
4. Answer all questions.
5. You are allowed to use a calculator.

; Paper 2
]I Section A. Short Answers 10

I Pape.-2
I 5"ciion B. Problem Sums

55

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2. The table below shows the amount of coffee powder sold in a cert
week.
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Amount of coffee powder sold
1 kg 200g
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Wednesday ?
Thursday ?
Friday 1070g
Saturday 0.95 kg
Sunday ?
Total 8 kg 8g

The total amount of coffee powder sold for the week was 8 kg 8 g.
The amount of coffee powder sold on Tuesday and Thursday is the same.
The amount of coffee powder sold on Wednesday is twice that on
Thursday. The amount of coffee powder sold on Sunday is haff that on
Tuesday. What is the amount of coffee powder sold on Sunday?

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3. The ratio of Derek's age to his father's age is 1 : 3 now.


In 5 years' time, the ratio of Derek's age to his father's age will be 2 : 5.
What is his father's age now?

Answer. ______

4. The table below shows the number of children and adults vlho ate at 4
restaurants. Each restaurant charged $12 for a child buffet and $22 for
an adult buffet.
! Restaurant I Number of children l Number of adults
w i 12 i! 20
)( i 18
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17
y
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! 14 15
f z ! 13 1
l 19

(a) Which of the 4 restaurants collected the most money?


(b) What was the average amount of money collected from the 4
restaurants?

ft.ns1".-er: (a) Restaurant __ [1!]

{b) s _____ {tJ

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For questions 6 to 17. show your steps clearly in th e space provided for each
question and write your answe rs in the spaces provided.
For questions which require units, give your a nswers in the units stated.
The number of marks available is [Link] bracke ts [ ] at the end of each t"
question or part-question. {45 marks)

6. The figure below is made up of two 'Identical semicircles and 4 identical


eight-angled triangles. The perimeter of each right-angled triangle is
36 cm The diameter of each semicircle is 48 cm. Find the perimeter of
tne shaded part. Take 1t = 3.14.

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Answer: _______ {3]

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8. A grocer bought 50 boxes of oranges. Each box contained 72 oranges .


He packed all the oranges equally into bags. There were k oranges in
each bag and he sold 320 bags.
(a) How many bags of oranges did he have left?
Express your answer in terms of k in the simplest form.
(b) The grocer sold the remaining bags of oranges at $6 each.
If k = 9, how much did he collect from selling the remaining bags?

{b),_____ [1]

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9. A rectangular piece of paper ABCD is folded to fvrm th� figure below.
Find L. z.

A E B A__E_ ____.,' '(


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D F C D F
Before folding After folding


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10. Elon and Mark shared a box of coins in the ratio 8: 5. After Elon spent
51 coins and Mark bought another 42 coins. they had an equal number
of coins. How many coins were there in the box at first?

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11. In 2019,. the �verage number of boys in an enrichment class was 28 .


. iat
In 2020, �- new enrichment classes of 37 boys each were .added to the
school. The average number of boys in all the classes increased to 33.
Find the total number of boys enrolled in the school for the year,,2020.

Ans\\toc _____ [4]

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13. At first, the amount of money Bryant had was-6&% the amount ot
money Michael had. They went for lunch together and Bryant paid. for
�f the bill and Michael paid for the rest. After paying for the lunch,
Bryant had $56 left and Michael had--25-o/o of his money left.
How much did they pay for lunch?

13

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14. The cost of a cookie was
2 the cost of a sandwich and a muffin cost
twice that of a sandwich. Mr Lee spent of his money on 16 cookies
7
and 12 sandwiches. He used - of his remaining money to buy 5
5 ::;..1 ••
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muffins and more sandwiches.

(a) How many more cookies can Mr Lee buy with the rest of his
money?
(b) How many sandwiches did Mr Lee buy in all?

Answer: {a)______ [1]

(b}_____ 14]

14

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15. In the figure below, AEFH is a parallelogram and ABO is an isosceles


°
triangle. ACH and BCDE are straight lines. AB = AD. LACD = 95 ,
LDAE = 32° and LAHG = 12a·
(a} Find LAED.
(b) Find LBAC.

� (a},_____ [2]

(b)_____

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16. On Saturday, a shop sold identical jerseys at $39 each. On Sunday,


the price of the jerse y was reduced. As a result, the number' of jerse ys
sold increased by� and the am�nrof money collected increased
..J-

by-25%.t
(a ) Find the price of a jersey sold on Sunday.
(b) Find the percentage decrease in the price of a jersey sold on
Sunday.

I •

.Ansvrer: (a)______ l2]

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17. Aisha had some twenty-cent coins and fifty-cent coins.


The number of fifty-ceru' coins was �- tile total number of coi�s.
Af1er Aisha exchanged 20 fifty-cent coins for twenty-cent coins, the
number of twenty-cent coins and fifty-cent coins became the same.
(a) What was the total value of all the coins at first?
(b) What was the total number of coins Aisha had at the end?

Answer:�)_____ I3]

(b)_____ (2]

End of Paper 2

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Q28 1
-3 x 12u= 4u

12u -4u = 8u
8u-3u= Su
Su= 85
15u= 85 X 3
=$255

Q29

Q30 16 + 18 + 24 = 58
58 - 18 - 18 = 22

PAPER 2

Ql 3u= 273
273
lu= 3
lu= 91
7U = 91 X 7
=637
Q2 8kg8g = 8008g
1kg200g = 1200g
0.95 = 950g
8008 - 1200 - 950 - 1070 = 4788
4788
= 532
9
532g = 0.532kg

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Math exams for primary six students typically consist of multiple-choice questions and short answer sections, divided into Booklet A and Booklet B. The total duration for the two booklets is often 1 hour. Students must shade their answers on an Optical Answer Sheet (OAS). Calculators are not allowed, emphasizing basic arithmetic skills .

To calculate the fraction of books borrowed on a particular day, for instance, Friday, compare the number borrowed on that day with the total from the entire period in question. Use the simplest fraction that accurately represents this proportion. For example, if Friday's borrowing was part of a larger dataset of daily borrowing, identify Friday's contribution and simplify relative to the total .

Solving for angles related to transformations or path inclinations requires understanding geometric properties like congruence, similarity, and isosceles triangle conditions. Using provided angle measures and properties like supplementary angles, you apply logical deductions and potentially Pythagorean relationships to determine unknown angles or confirm geometric configurations .

To find the remaining change in transactions involving item expenses with given relationships, express the costs with algebraic expressions. For example, if the cost of a cookie is half a sandwich and a muffin is twice a sandwich, establish the order of expenses as algebraic relationships. Apply these to the total money spent or leftover, and use inverse operations to solve for unknown quantities .

To determine the number of instructors, you need to understand the given ratio of instructors to children (4:15) and that there are 100 more boys than girls. You must express the number of girls and boys in terms of a variable, form equations based on the ratios and additional information, then solve the system of equations to find the total children and calculate the number of instructors .

To find values in a dataset with given averages and extra conditions (such as '20 less than another average'), one must set equations that represent each segment of the data using the given averages, find common parameters, and solve for other unknowns. This may involve substitution or solving algebraic inequalities that fit the conditions set by the problem .

Identify discrepancies in monetary computations by scrutinizing the quantitative relationships and ensuring consistency in unit use. Consider potential errors like misalignment in unit conversion, logical missteps in arithmetic or algebraic operations, and rechecking each step of the money distribution or spending stated in the problem for logic cohesion or mathematical robustness .

To find the perimeter of a figure made up of semicircles and right-angled triangles, calculate the diameters and arcs of the semicircles using the given radius, then add the sides of the triangles. Consider the geometry of overlapping parts or omitted sections to ensure accurate measurement of the total perimeter .

To determine total volume with provided geometric volumes and missing flow data, calculate the base volume of contained elements, then apply geometric principles or assumptions (e.g., capacity or overflow) to identify relationships with missing data. This often involves expressing missing quantities in terms of known variables and solving complex equations or applying volume balance concepts .

To calculate the start time of a movie given its ending time at 12:35 and a duration of 125 minutes, you convert 125 minutes to hours and minutes (2 hours and 5 minutes), and subtract from the end time. The movie started at 10:30 .

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