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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

0008/1 (A)
PSLE 26
SEPTEMBER
2014

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
(BOOKLET
A)

Additional materials: Optical Answer

Sheet (OAS)
Total Time for Booklets A and B : 50
min

INSTRUCTIONS TO
CANDIDATES

1. Write your Index No, in the boxes at the top right hand
corner. 2. Do not turn over this page until you are told to
do so. 3. Follow all instructions carefully. 4. Answer all
Shade your answers in the Optical
questions. 5.
Answer Sheet (OAS) provided. 6. The use of
calculators is NOT allowed.

This booklet consists of 8 printed pages.

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Board

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2014
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 15 carry 2 marks each. For each
question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your
choice (1, 2, 3 or 4) and shade your answer on the Optical Answer Sheet.
(20 marks)

Round off 70.171 to the nearest tenth.

(1) (2)
(3)
70 70.1 70.2
70.17
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Which one of the following is the most likely length of a bed for an adult?

(1) (2)
(3
)
2 m 2 cm 20m
€
20 cm

3
In the figure, PQRS is a rectangle. ZPQT = 15° and ZSQR = 40°. Find ZTQS.

(1) 25° (2)

30°
(3)
35°
(4)
40°
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Rajah paid $5 for a box of 20 pencils. What was the cost of each pencil?

(1
)
(2
)
(3
)
(4
)
254
20€
5¢
4¢

The pie chart shows how Joel spent the money his mother gave him, What
fraction of the money did he spend on books?
‫داده‬
‫ه‍‍ام‬
Books
$12
 T-shirt
$8
‫جدا‬
Shorts
M{

What is the value of

2
-w +1 when w= 2?
10

(1) 1.2
(2) 3.1
(3)
3.2
3.2

(4
)
5.2

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The figure shows a road map.
Z
+

Road H
Road H
Road J
Road L
Road M
.

A car moved along Road H. After the car turned into another road, it faced
south-east. Which road did it turn into?

Road J

Road K

(3)
Road L

(4)
Road
M

8
Three containers with some water are shown below. Which container has the most
water and which container has the least?

T200 mil
200 ml
0.5 l

100 ml
 Most Least (1) A B
(2) A c (3) c
A (4) CB

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Mariam had $4y. After buying some cloth at $7 per metre, she had $y left.
How many metres of cloth did she buy?

(1
)
By

(3
)
218

10
Which one of the following fractions is larger
than = ?
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Weili wanted to pack 60 apples and 75 pears into as many bags as
possible, with no remainder. She packed the same number of fruit in
each bag. The number of apples in each bag was the same. How many
apples were there in each bag?

(1) (2)
(3)
(4)
15
12
5
4

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In the square grid below, X is a rectangle, Y a right-angled triangle and Z an equilateral
triangle. Arrange X, Y and Z from the smallest area to the largest.

(1) (2) (3)

(4)
Smallest

X,
Y,
Y,
Z,
Y, X, Z, Y.
Largest

Z
Z
X
X

After a discount of 25%, the price of a concert ticket is $60. Senior citizens are given a further
discount of $12. What is the total percentage discount given to senior
citizens for the ticket?
 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
37% 40% 41%
45%

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A shop had a number of computers for sale. After selling 32 of them
in the morning and of the remainder in the
afternoon, it was left with of the
computers. How many computers were sold
altogether?

(1)
52 (2)
 64 (3)
72
(4)
96

In the figure, ABC and PQR are identical right-angled triangles. The total area of
the shaded parts is 96 cm? Find the area of the unshaded part.

15 cm

10 cm

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
21 cm? 27
cm 42
cm 54
cm?
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING
EXAMINATION

0008/1 (B)
PSLE 26
SEPTEMBER
2014

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
 (BOOKLET
B)
Total Time for Booklets A and B:50 min

This booklet consists of 8 printed

pages.

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 Assessment Board

© MOE 2014
Questions 16 to 25 carry 1 mark each. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Do not
write For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated. (10 marks) in this
space

16
Find the value of 10.3 –
0.99

Ans:

17
Find the value of
2-
WIN
‫دبه‬

18
In the figure below, find
Zy.
 140°ODY

Ans:

19
Expre
ss
as a
decimal.

Ans:

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The figure below is made up of identical triangles. Four of them are shaded. Do not write
Shade two more triangles so that XY is the line of symmetry for the figure. in this space
Refer to the figure below to answer questions
21 and 22.

21
Name two lines that are parallel to each
other.

Ans:
_
Ans:
 and

and

22
Name two lines that are perpendicular to each
other.

Ans:
and

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A postbox is 450 m from Liang's house. Liang took 10 min to walk
from his Do not write house to the postbox and back again. What was his
average walking speed?
De walking speed? in this space
Ans:
m/min

Use the figure below to answer questions 24 and 25.

Measure and write down the length DE to the nearest 0.1 cm.
 Ans:
cm

25
Measure and write down the size of ZFDE,

Ans:

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write answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in
this space in the units stated.
(10 marks)

26
Use all the digits 6, 5, 2, 8 to
form

(a)
(b)
the smallest multiple
 of 5 the number
closest to 6000

Ans: (a).

27

Special Offer
$10 for one box
of
15
mangoes

Three friends shared the cost of 60 mangoes in the ratio 1 : 2:2.

What was the cost for the smallest share?
 Ans: $

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A student used a calculator to divide a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number. For the
1-digit number, he made a mistake by pressing 4 instead of 5. He obtained the
incorrect answer of 260. What should be the correct answer?
Do not write in this space
Ans:

29
Ismail has some cookies. If he gives each of his friends 5 cookies, there is no
remainder. If he gives each of them 3 cookies instead, he will have 36 left.
Ans:

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Ming drew three circles to form a figure. The areas of the circles were in the ratio
1:4:16. She then shaded some parts of the figure as shown. What fraction of
the figure was shaded?
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING

EXAMINATION

0008/2
PSLE 26 SEPTEMBER 2014

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2

Time: 1 h 40 min

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Write your Index No. in the boxes at the top right hand corner. 2. Do not turn over
this page until you are told to do so. 3. Follow all instructions carefully. 4. Answer all
questions. 5. Write your answers in this booklet. 6. The use of an approved calculator is
expected, where appropriate,

This booklet consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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BLANK PAGE
Questions 1 to 5 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write your
answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your
answers in the units stated.
(10 marks)
Do not write in this space

The average of 9 numbers is 140. One of the numbers is 180. What is the
average of the other 8 numbers?

Ans:

Three boys collected plastic bottles for recycling. Jaya collected 2m bottles which was
half as many as what Kai collected. Kai collected 7 bottles more than Lat.
How many bottles did they collect altogether? Give your answer in terms of m in
the simplest form.

Ans:

Paul answered 30 questions in a quiz. He took 3 min for each of the first 10 questions
and twice as long for each of the remaining questions. The quiz started at 1.45 p.m.
At what time did he complete the quiz?

Ans:
p.m.

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A youth club has 50 male and 70 female members. 16% of the male members
and 10% of the female members are students. What percentage of
the members are students?
Do not write in this space
 Ans:

A teacher has a number of happy face stickers in three

colours: yellow, orange and blue. o of the stickers
are yellow. The number of yellow stickers is twice the
number of orange stickers. What fraction of the stickers are blue?
 Ans:

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spaces Do not write provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at
the end of each in this space
(50
marks)

The bar graph shows the number of each type

of file sold by a shop.

100 I

Number
of
file
s
 Box
Clear
File
Rin
g
File
Clip File
Fil
e

The table shows the prices

of the files.

Type of
file
Price per
file

Bo
x
$3.0
0

Clear
$1.4
0

Rin
g
$2.2
0

Cli
p
$4.0
0
 (a
)
What fraction of the files sold were clip files?
Give your answer in the simplest form.

(b
)
From the sale of which type of file did the shop collect the most money?
What was the amount of money?

Ans:
(a)
(b)
Type:

Amount
:

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In the figure, ABD and FED are straight lines and EB is parallel to
DC. ZEFA is a right angle, ZFAB = 55°, ZABC = 115o and ZDEB =
70°.
Do not write in this space

(a)
Find
ZABE.
(b)
Find ZBCD.

Ans: (a)

Dan and Ellen started jogging at the same time along the route shown below. Both
did not change their speeds throughout. After 35 min, Dan was at the halfway
point and Ellen was 300 m behind. Dan reached the end point 5 min
before Ellen. What was the distance of the route?

Halfway point
Start point
.End point
 Ans:

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A unit shape in the form of a right-angled triangle is drawn in the grid below.
Do not write in this space

Cindy forms a rectangle by joining two unit shapes as shown

below.

In addition to the rectangle, Cindy wants to form three more figures: a parallelogram, a
rhombus and a trapezium. Each figure is to be formed with the smallest number of
unit shapes. All four figures should be different from each other.

Complete the drawing of the other three figures below by adding one or more unit
shapes to the one drawn.
Parallelogram

Rhombus

Trapezium

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The graph below shows the number of cakes sold each month by a new bakery from
January to June.
Do not write in this space

1000
 Number of cakes sold

0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun

(a)
How many more cakes were sold in May than in April?

What was the percentage increase in the number of cakes sold in June compared to
January?
Ans: (a)

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Mei was given $3 pocket money every day of the week. She spent $2.60 per day
from Monday to Friday and saved the rest. She saved all her pocket money on
Saturday and Sunday. Starting on a Monday, how many days did it take her to
save $50?
Ans:

12
A path of length 18 m is completely covered with identical tiles, following the
pattern shown below. The width of the path is 60 cm. How many tiles were used to
cover the entire path?

tiles

60 cm
 Ans:

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write in this
space
Mr Lim had a total of 540 long and short rulers. After
selling an equal number of both types, he had of the
long rulers and of the short ones left. What was
the total number of rulers left?
Ans:
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The figure shows a table mat. The outside edge of the mat is formed
by 8 semicircles and 4 quarter circles, each of radius 7 cm.
Do not write in this space

(a)
Find the perimeter of the mat.

(b)
Find the area of the mat.

Take n = 22
-
-
-
-
Ans: (a)
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Aini and Usha each had a piece of dough of the same mass for making buns. The
same mass of dough was used for each bun. Aini made 40 buns and had 50 g of
dough left. Usha made 10 buns and had 1.1 kg of dough left.
Do not write in this space

(a)
What was the mass of dough needed for each bun?

With the remaining dough from both girls, how many more such buns can be made at
most?
Ans: (a)
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this space
SUNSHINE READER
BOOK SALE!

1st book at 10%

discount 2nd book
at 20% discount

Price of 2nd book should be equal to or lower than price

of 1st book.

Kim and Hao each bought two books at the sale.

(a)
Kim's books were priced at $8 and $10. How much did she pay
for them?

(6)
Hao paid a total of $24.80 for his two books. He paid $4 more for the 1st
book than for the 2nd book. What was the price of the 2nd
book before discount?
 Ans: (a)

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in this space
Yulin wants to make 14 small identical stars and 20 large identical
stars using wire. She has made 12 small stars and 7 large ones using
960 cm of wire. The length of wire she used for 3 large stars is the same
as that for 4 small stars.

(a)
 How many large stars can be made with the same length of wire
used to make 12 small stars?

(b)
What is the length of wire she needs to make the remaining
stars?
Ans:
(a)

(b)
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An open rectangular box is shown
below.
Do not write in this space

30 cm

12 cm

60 cm

(a)
The outside of the box including the base is painted. Find the
painted агеа.

When the box is packed full with 1-cm cubes,

(i)
how many cubes are
there?

(ii)
how many cubes touch the inside of
the box?
 Ans:
(a).

(b)(i)
(b)(ii)

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part and in whatever format, must direct their request in writing to the Chief
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Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board without delay.

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any, we will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first
opportunity.

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