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 Preface
My Pals Are Here! Maths (3rd Edition) is a comprehensive, task-based and learner-centred
programme designed to provide pupils with a solid foundation in mathematics and
opportunities to become efficient problem solvers.

In this edition of the Workbook, pupils are given opportunities to master concepts learnt.

Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are higher-order thinking questions meant to stimulate
pupils’ thinking.
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length of Stick

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Step 1: F ind the area of Rectangle
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 CONTENTS
1 Algebra
Practice 1 Using Letters to Represent Numbers 5
Practice 2 Evaluating Algebraic Expressions 7
Practice 3 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions 9
Practice 4 Solving Word Problems 11
Chapter 1 Review 17

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Put On Your Thinking Cap! 20

2 Fractions

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Practice 2 Dividing by a Proper Fraction
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Chapter 2 Review 39
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3 Ratio
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Practice 1 Ratio and Fraction 55

Practice 2 Comparing Ratios 63
Practice 3 Solving Word Problems 67
Chapter 3 Review 77
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Practice 1 Finding Percentages 87

Practice 2 Percentage Change 91
Practice 3 Solving Word Problems 101
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Chapter 4 Review 109

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5 Circles
Practice 1A Radius and Diameter 129
Practice 1B Circumference 133
Practice 2 Area of a Circle 139
Practice 3 Composite Figures 143
Chapter 5 Review 153
Maths Journal 158
Put On Your Thinking Cap! 159

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CHAPTER

1 Algebra

Practice 1 Using Let ters to Represent Numbers

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(1) Write an algebraic expression for each of the following.

(a) S iti bought x kg of green apples and 3 kg of red apples. What was the total
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 (2) Write an algebraic expression for each of the following.

(a) Add m to 12
m 1 12 or 12 1 m

(b) Subtract 9 from y

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Practice 2 Evaluating Algebraic Expressions

(1) F ind the value of 5 1 m when m 5 8.
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(2) F ind the value of 12 2 p when p 5 7.

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 (7) Complete the following table.

Expression Value of Expression When x 5 5

x19 14

7x 35

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21 0

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Practice 3 Simplif ying Algebraic Expressions

(1) Simplif y.

(a) c 1 c 1 c 1 c 5 4c (b) 5 3 d 5 5d

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 (2) Simplif y.

(a) 3b 1 8b 1 2 5 11b 1 2 (b) 3y 2 9 1 y 5 3y 1 y 2 9

5 4y 2 9

(c) 2x 1 1 1 3x 5 2x 1 3x 1 1 (d) d 2 2 1 4d 5 d 1 4d 2 2

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Practice 4 Solving Word Problems

(1) Ann has 3 kg of f lour. She buys 2 more packets of f lour, each of mass m kg.
(a) F ind the amount of f lour Ann has altogether in terms of m.
(b) If m  2, how much f lour does Ann have altogether?
(a) (3  2m) kg
Ann has (3  2m) kg of f lour altogether.

(b) 32  234

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(2) Mrs Tham bought z bot tles of oil at $7 each. She gave the cashier $50.
(a) F ind the change Mrs Tham received in terms of z.
(b) If z  3, how much change did Mrs Tham receive?
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(a) $(50  7z)

Mrs Tham received a change of $(50  7z).

(b) $(50  7  3)  $(50  21)

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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(3) Alvin and Bala had 26 stickers. Alvin had 8 more stickers than Bala. How many
stickers did Bala have?
Let x be the number of stickers Bala had.

Alvin x 8
26
Bala x

2x  26  8
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Bala had 9 stickers.

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(4) Cindy and David made 32 paper cranes altogether. Cindy made 6 fewer paper cranes
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 (5) At a market, a pear cost b ¢ and an apple cost 5 ¢ less than a pear. Mrs Ravi bought
5 pears and an apple.
(a) F ind the total amount in cents Mrs Ravi paid in terms of b.
(b) If each pear cost 60 ¢, how much did Mrs Ravi pay? Leave your answer in cents.

(a) (b  5) ¢
An apple cost (b  5) ¢.

(5b  b  5) ¢  (6b  5) ¢
Mrs Ravi paid (6b  5) ¢.

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Mrs Ravi paid 355 ¢.

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 (6) Huda had y m of cloth. She used 2 m to sew a skir t. She used the remaining cloth to
make 3 dresses.
(a) F ind the amount of cloth used to make each dress in terms of y.
(b) If Huda had 11 m of cloth, how much cloth was used for each dress?
y2
(a) 3
m
y2
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m of cloth was used to make each dress.

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(b) 3
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 Comparison Model (Multiples)
(7) Sandy sold 4 times as many oranges as apples. She sold a total of 70 apples and
oranges. How many apples did Sandy sell?
Let x be the number of apples Sandy sold.

Oranges x x x x
70
Apples x

5x  70
x  70  5

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Sandy sold 14 apples.

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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(8) Sally uses a piece of wire 60 cm long to form a rectangle. The length of the rectangle
is 5 cm longer than its breadth. What is the length of the rectangle?

Let x cm be the breadth of the rectangle.

Length x 5 cm
(60  2) cm
Breadth x

2x  (60  2)  5
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Chapter 1 Review
(1) Write an algebraic expression for the following.
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Subtract 20 from p
p  20

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 (4) Angela had $6w. Af ter buying some books at $17 each, she had $w lef t.
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(a) F ind the number of books Angela bought in terms of w.
(b) If w  34, how many books did Angela buy?

(a) $(6w  w)  $5w

5w
5w  17 
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Angela bought books.
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Comparison Model (More or Less Than/Multiples)

(5) Kelly, Marvin and Indhu saved $100 altogether. Kelly saved $16 more than Indhu.
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Marvin saved twice the amount Indhu saved. How much did Kelly save?
Let $x be the amount Indhu saved.
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Marvin $x $x $100

Kelly $x $16

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$(21  16)  $37

Kelly saved $37.

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Maths Journal

(1) Write down as many algebraic expressions as you can using the two cards.

3 n

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3n, 3 1 n, n 1 3, n 2 3, 3 2 n,
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(2) Write a problem sum involving the four operations using the terms 3 and n.
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Answers vary. Examples:

Mary bought 3 mangoes. She gave the cashier $n and received $3 change. How much
did each mango cost?
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$(n 2 3) 4 3 5 $ 3
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Chris has 3 erasers. Each eraser cost n ¢. How much do the erasers cost altogether?
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Abby has n rubber bands. She gets another 3 rubber bands. How many rubber bands
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Put On Your Thinking Cap!

(1) Look at these figures. How many shaded squares are there in Figure 10?

1 unit

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Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Figure Number of Shaded Squares

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(2)  rectangle measures 16 cm by 15 cm. It is divided into 5 smaller rectangles of equal

A
area as shown. F ind the lengths labelled a, b and c.
C

a 4 cm 16 3 15 5 240
The area of the rectangle is 240 cm2.
240 4 5 5 48
The area of each smaller rectangle is 48 cm2.
b
16 cm
Length a 5 48 4 16
5 3 cm
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CHAPTER

2 Frac tions

Practice 1 Dividing a Fraction by a Whole Number

sh
(1) F ind the value of each of the following.

1
1
(a)  25 1 3

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3 3 2

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1 1
1 1
(b) 435 15 (c) 425 8
5 4
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1 1
1 1
(d) 435 18 (e) 445 32
6 8
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 (2) F ind the value of each of the following. Express your answer in its simplest form.

8 2 8
(a) 4 45 3 1
9 9 4 1

2 3      1

     9    3 1
2
 9

sh
3 1
9 5
(b) 435 10 (c) 4 10 5 18
10 9

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6 1 6 3
(d) 4 12 5 14 (e) 485 44
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Practice 2 Dividing by a Proper Fraction

(1) F ind the value of each of the following. Express your answer in its simplest form.

(a) 74 15738
8 1

73 8
5
1

56
5

sh
(b) 3÷15 (c) 2÷ 1 5

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21 10
7 5

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(d) 12 ÷ 1 5 48 (e) 11 ÷ 1 5 99
4 9
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 (2) F ind the value of each of the following. Express your answer in its simplest form.
2
(a) 6 4 35 6 3 8
8 3 1

2 38
5
1

16
5

sh
1
8÷25 10 ÷ 4 5 12

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(b) 28 (c) 2
7 5

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2 2
(d) 2÷35 2
3 (e) 4÷55 6
5
4 8
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 (3) F ind the value of each of the following. Express your answer in its simplest form.

5 1
(a) 4 15 5
36
6 6 1 6 1

   5    3 1

1 3      1

5


sh
1
1
(b) 4 1 5 2
2 (c) 3
4 1 5 6
2 5 4 8

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4 2
(d) 4 1 5 8 (e) 8
4 1 5 10
3
5 10 9 12
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 (4) F ind the value of each of the following. Express your answer in its simplest form.

3 1
(a) 425 3
35
10 5 2 10 2

3 3 1

2 3 2
3
 4

sh
8 1 1
(b) 425 1
3 (c) 9
435 2
10
9 3 10 7

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3 6 2
(d) 475 7 (e) 5
435 2
9
4 8 6 8
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Practice 3 Solving Word Problems

Part-whole Model

(1) Gopal pours 5  of milk from a jug equally into 2 cups. F ind the amount of milk,
8
in litres, in each cup.
5

8

sh
5 5 1
2 5 3
8 8 2
5
5

av t
di
16

h
The amount of milk in each cup is
5
16
.

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
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 Part-whole Model

(2) Mei Lin had 5 of a pie. She divided the pie equally among her 3 siblings. What fraction
6
of the pie did each of her siblings receive?

?
5 5 1
35 3
6 6 3
5
5
18

sh
5
Each of her siblings received of the pie.
18

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18
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 (3) A group of children shared 12 pizzas equally among themselves at a party. Each child
received 1 of a pizza. How many children were there at the par ty?
4

1 4
12  5 12 3
4 1
5 48

There were 48 children at the par ty.

sh
av t
di
h
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48
Ans:
sh op

(4) A cook divided 12 kg of mashed potatoes equally into some bowls. There was 3 kg
20
of mashed potatoes in each bowl. How many bowls were there?
3
C

12  5 80
20
There were 80 bowls.
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 Part-whole Model

(5) Hazif bought 3 kg of chicken. He repacked the chicken into some bags, each containing
4
1
kg of chicken. How many bags of chicken were there?
8
3
kg
4

1
kg
8

sh
3 1 3 82
 5 3
4 8 14 1
56

av t
di
There were 6 bags of chicken.

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en
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6
Ans:
sh op

(6) Rahim has 4  of lime juice lef t af ter a par ty. How many days will he take to f inish
5
the remaining juice if he drinks 1  of it each day?
5
1
4 1 4 5
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 5 3
5 5 15 1
54
1
He will take 4 days to f inish the remaining juice if he drinks  of it each day.
5
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 Part-whole Model

(7) Mrs Lim had a piece of rope 3 m long. She cut it into 1 -m pieces.
4 10
1
(a) How many -m pieces of rope were there at most?
10
(b) What was the length of the piece of rope lef t over?
3
m
4

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
m m m m m m m m
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20

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1 1
3 m
2 10
3 1 3 10 5
(a) 5 3

av t
di
4 10 24 1

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5 2 3 1

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1
5 7
2
1
al yr
There were at most 7 -m pieces of rope.
10

1 1 1
(b) 3 5
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2 10 20
1
The length of the piece of rope lef t over was m.
20
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1
m
20
(b)

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 (8) Miss Shiva pours 2 3  of fruit punch equally into 4 glasses.
5
(a) F ind the amount of fruit punch in each glass. Give your answer as a fraction in
its simplest form.
(b) She buys another 2  of fruit punch. How many more glasses containing the
same amount of fruit punch as before can she f ill at most?
3 13
(a) 2 45
5 20
13
There is  of fruit punch in each glass.
20

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13 1
(b) 24 53
20 13
She can f ill at most 3 more glasses containing the same amount of fruit punch

av t
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as before.

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13

20
Ans: (a)
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(b) 3
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(9) Rehna used 1 of a packet of f lour to make some muf f ins and 1 of it to make a cake.
6 4
She used the remainder to make some cupcakes. She used 1 of the packet of f lour
12
C

for each cupcake. How many cupcakes did she make?

1 1 7
12 2 5
6 4 12
7
of the packet of f lour was used to make some cupcakes.
12
1
7 1 7 12
4 5 3
12 12 112 1
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 (10) Carina had some stickers. 2 of them were dinosaur stickers and the rest were f lower
5
stickers. She divided the dinosaur stickers equally among some boys such that each
boy received 1 of the stickers. She divided the f lower stickers equally among some
10
girls such that each girl received 1 of the stickers.
5
(a) How many boys were there?
(b) How many girls were there?
2 1 2 10 2
(a) 4 5 3
5 10 1 5 1

sh
54

There were 4 boys.

2 3

av t
di
(b) 12 5
5 5

h 3
5
of the stickers were f lower stickers.

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3 1 3 51
4 5 3
5 5 15 1
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53

There were 3 girls.

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3
(b)

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 Comparison Model (Multiples)

(11) Mrs Hamid used 7 3 cups of f lour to bake a cake, a pie and some loaves of bread.
4
She used 3 cup of f lour to bake the pie and twice as much f lour to bake the cake.
4
(a)  ow many cups of f lour did she use to bake the loaves of bread? Express your
H
answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
(b) She made 2 identical loaves of bread. How many cups of f lour did she use to
bake a loaf of bread? Give each answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
(a) 3
cup
4

Pie

sh
3
Cake 7 cups
4
Loaves of

av t
di
bread

h ?

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l C ig
3 1
3251
4 2
1
al yr
She used 1 cups of f lour to bake the cake.
2
3 3 1 1
7 2 21 55
4 4 2 2
sh op

1
She used 5 cups of f lour to bake the loaves of bread.
2
1 3
(b) 5 4252
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2 4
3
She used 2 cups of f lour to bake a loaf of bread.
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5
2
Ans: (a)
3
2
4
(b)

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 Remainder Concept (Part of a Remainder)

(12) Joshua used 1 of a coil of rope to hold a shelf to the wall, kept 4 of the remainder
4 9
and used the rest equally to tie 2 parcels.
(a) What fraction of the rope did Joshua use to tie each parcel? Give your answer as
a fraction in its simplest form.
(b) Joshua had 240 cm of rope at f irst. How long was the rope he used to tie
each parcel?
Method 1
shelf kept 2 parcels

sh
5 5
(a) 425
12 24

av t
di
5
Joshua used of the rope to tie each parcel.

h 24

en
(b) Length of original rope 5 240 cm
l C ig
1
of the length of the original rope 5 240 4 24
24
5 10 cm
al yr
5
of the length of the original rope 5 5 3 10
24
5 50 cm
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Joshua used 50 cm of rope to tie each parcel.

Method 2
C

1 3
(a) 12
5
4 4
5 3 5
   3 5
9 4 12
5
Joshua used of the rope to tie two parcels.
12
5 5
425
12 24
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5
Joshua used of the rope to tie each parcel.
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(b) 3 240 5 50
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24
Joshua used 50 cm of rope to tie each parcel.
5
24
Ans: (a)
50 cm
(b)

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 Part-whole Model

(13) Jiaqi, Gwen and Patricia painted the walls of a room together. Jiaqi painted 4 of the
7
walls. Gwen and Patricia painted an equal amount of the remaining area of the walls.
Jiaqi painted 2 m2 more than the area that Gwen and Patricia each painted. F ind the
5
total area of the walls that they painted. Give your answer as a mixed number in its
simplest form.
Jiaqi Gwen Patricia

sh
Jiaqi

Gwen ?

av t
di
Patricia

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en
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2 2
m
5
al yr
2
  5 units 5
5
2
  1 unit 5 4 5
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5
2
5
25
2
14 units 5 3 14
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25
3
51
25
3 2
The total area of the walls that they painted was 1 m.
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1 m
25
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 Comparison Model (More Than or Less Than)
(14) Nick had 2 identical containers. One container was completely f illed with water. The
other container was 5 f illed with syrup. He used some water and some syrup to make
9
a drink. He had the same amount of water and syrup lef t. He used 2  more water
5
than syrup. How much syrup did he have at f irst? Give your answer as a fraction in its
simplest form.

Water

Syrup

sh
? 2

5
2

av t
di
4 units 5
5

h 2
1 unit 5 4 4
5

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l C ig
1
2 1
5 3
5 42
1
5
al yr
10
1 1
5 units 5 35
2 10
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1
5
2
1
He had  of syrup at f irst.
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
2
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 Part-whole Model
(15) During the school holidays, Chris read 312 pages of a book at f irst. He read the
remaining pages in 20 days, with the same number of pages each day. During
these 20 days, he read 1 of the book in 6 days. How many pages did he read in
12
the 6 days?
312 pages

1
12
6 days

sh
20 days

1
Fraction of books read in 6 days 5
12

av t
1

di
Fraction of books read in 1 day 5 46
12

h 5
1
72

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l C ig
1
Fraction of books read in 20 days 5 3 20
72
5
al yr
5
18
5
Chris read of the book in the 20 days.
18
sh op

pages read
312 pages in 20 days
C

13 units 5 312
  1 unit 5 312 4 13
5 24
18 units 5 24 3 18
5 432
1
3 432 = 36
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 Name: Class: Date:

Chapter 2 Review
(1) F ind the value of 6  4. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
AO1 7
Lesson 1
6 36 1
45 3
7 7 42
3
5
14

sh
av t
di
(2)
h
F ind the value of 5  8 . Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

en
l C ig
AO1 9
Lesson 2
8 9
5 553
9 8
al yr
45
5
8
5
55
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8
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(3) Find the value of 5 4 3 . Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
AO1 8 4
Lesson 2
5 3 5 41
 5 3
8 4 28 3
5
5
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 (4) 3 of a number is 69. What is the number?
AO2 7
Lesson 2 3
of the number 5 69
7
1
of the number 5 69 4 3
7
523
7
of the number 5 7 3 23
7
5 161

sh
av t
di
h
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al yr

161
sh op

Ans:

(5) Titus has a rectangular piece of fabric 3 m long and 2 m wide. He cuts it into 3 equal
AO2 4 5
C

Lesson 3 pieces. What is the area of each small piece of fabric? Express your answer as a
fraction in its simplest form.
3 21 3
3 5
2 4 5 10
1
3 3 1
43 5 3
10 10 3 1
1
5
10
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1 2
The area of each small piece of fabric is m.
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1 2
m
10
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 *(6) A gardener planted some seedlings at equal distances apar t along a straight road.
AO3
Lesson 3 The 3rd seedling and the 5th seedling were 9 m apar t. The 2nd seedling and the last
10
seedling were 6 3 m apar t. How many seedlings did he plant?
4
3rd 5th

9
m
10

1st 2nd last

sh
3
6 m
4

av t
di
9 9
10

h
3
425
9
20

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6 4 5 15
l C ig
4 20
15 1 1 1 1 5 17
al yr
He planted 17 seedlings.
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C
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 (7) Celine had 35 kg of pistachios. She sold 3 of the pistachios on Saturday and 4 of the
AO2 5 7
Lesson 3 remaining pistachios on Sunday. She then packed the remaining pistachios into some
bags, each containing 5 kg of pistachios.
8
(a) How many bags of pistachios did Celine pack at most?
(b) What was the mass of pistachios lef t? Give your answer as a fraction in its
simplest form.
3 2
(a) 12 5
5 5
2 7
3 35 5 14

sh
1
    5
Celine had 14 kg of pistachios lef t on Saturday.
4 3

av t
di
12 5
7 7

h
3
    7
1
2
3 14 5 6

en
l C ig
Celine had 6 kg of pistachios lef t on Sunday.
5 8
al yr
56364
8 5
48
5
5
sh op

3
5 9
5
Celine packed at most 9 bags of pistachios.
C

3 51 3
(b) 3    5
15 8 8
3
kg of pistachios was lef t.
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3
kg
8
(b)

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 Before-after Concept (Dual Change in Unequal Quantities)

(8) Mr Abdul made tuna and curry potato f illing for some puf fs. 3 of the f illing he made
AO2 5
Lesson 3 was tuna and the rest was curry potato. Af ter he used 1 kg of the tuna f illing and
8
made another 3 kg of curry potato f illing, he then had equal amounts of tuna f illing
4
and curry potato f illing left. How much tuna f illing did he make at f irst? Give your
answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
Before
tuna curry potato

sh
?
Af ter

av t
di
1
kg

h 8

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l C ig
Tuna
al yr

Curry potato
sh op

3
kg
4

1 3
  1 unit 5 1
C

8 4
1 6
5 1
8 8
7
5
8
7
3 units 5 3 3
8
21
5
8
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52
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He made 2 kg of tuna f illing at f irst.
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5
2 kg
8
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 Name: Class: Date:

Maths
Put On Journal
Your Thinking Cap!
When a whole number is divided by a proper fraction, is the answer greater than or smaller
than the whole number? Suppor t your reasoning with examples.
The answer is greater than the whole number.

Examples:

sh
av t
di
1 2
6 563
2 1
5 12

h
en
l C ig
12 is greater than 6.
       or
al yr
2 3
12 4 5 612 3   
3 21
5 18
sh op

18 is greater than 12.

       or
3 5
15 4 5 515 3   
C

5 31
5 25

25 is greater than 15.

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 Name: Class: Date:

Put On Your Thinking Cap!

(1) Nadia and Li Qin had a total of 360 but tons. Nadia gave 1 of her but tons to Li Qin.
5
Li Qin then gave 1 of her but tons to Nadia. In the end, each of them had the same
4
number of but tons. How many but tons did Nadia have at f irst?
Af ter

sh
Nadia

Li Qin

av t
di
360 4 2 = 180

h
3 units 5 180

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l C ig
1 unit 5 180 4 3
5 60
2 units 5 60 3 2
al yr
5 120

Before
sh op

Nadia
C

Li Qin

4 units 5 120
1 unit 5 120 4 4
5 30
5 units 5 30 3 5
5 150

Nadia had 150 but tons at f irst.

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 (2) There were 235 more red balloons than green balloons at a par ty. Af ter 4 of the red
5
balloons and 3 of the green balloons burst, there were 92 balloons lef t. How many
4
balloons were there altogether at f irst?
Before

Red
?
Green

235

sh
Af ter
1 unit

av t
di
Red

h
92
Green

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l C ig
1 par t

Red
al yr
Green
sh op

5 units 5 235
1 unit 5 235 4 5
5 47
9 par ts 5 92 2 47
C

5 45
1 par t 5 45 4 9
55
40 par ts 5 5 3 40
5 200

200 1 235 5 435

There were 435 balloons altogether at f irst.

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 Name: Class: Date:

Review 1

Section A
Each question has four options. Choose the correct option ( 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 ).
Write in the brackets provided.

(1) In 61 803, the value of the digit 6 is .

sh
1 60
2 6000
3 60 000

av t
di
4 600 000 ( 3 )

h
AO1, P4 Numbers to 100 000

en
(2) Express 0.07 as a percentage.
l C ig
1 7%
2 0.7%
al yr
3 0.07%
4 0.007% ( 1 )
sh op

AO1, P5 Percentage

(3) How many ninths are there in 4 wholes?

1 9
C

2 18
3 27
4 36 ( 4 )
AO1, P4 Fractions

(4) Which of the following has the same value as 5  3 ?

6 4
5
1 3
6 4
6
2 3
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 (5) What is the value of 4 4 8 ?
5 9
32
1
45
2 9
10
3 14
5
4 19 ( 2 )
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F ind the value of 88 2 p when p 5 32.

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1 62
9

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4 20 ( 2 )
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(7) T he total mass of a block of but ter and a box of cherries is 384 g. The mass of the
block of but ter is twice the mass of the box of cherries. F ind the mass of the block
of but ter.
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1 96 g
2 128 g
3 192 g
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4 256 g ( 4 )
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(8)  egan places 2 identical mugs into a basket. The mass of each mug is t g.
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The basket is 80 g lighter than each mug. F ind the total mass of the basket and
the 2 mugs in terms of t.
1 2t g
2 3t g
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3 (2t 2 80) g
4 (3t 2 80) g ( 4 )
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 (9) Aaron is twice as old as Ryan. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 30 years. Find
Aaron’s present age.
1 8
2 9
3 16
4 18 ( 3 )
AO2, P4 Whole Numbers: Word Problems

(10) Tammy spent 2 of her savings on a watch. She then spent 1 of the remainder on a
5 6
bag. What fraction of her money did she have lef t?

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13
1
30
2 1
2

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Section B
Solve the problems. Show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces provided.
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(11) F ind the value of 200 1 9 1 0.3 1 0.001.

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 (12) F ind the value of 97 2 2 3 (16 2 4).
AO1, P5 Operations of Whole Numbers

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Ans: 73

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(13)

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Simplif y 8x 1 9 2 4x 2 2.
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Ans: 4x 1 7

(14) F ind the value of 4 4 12.

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15
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 (15) Eileen is 3y years old now. Her mother is 4 times as old as her. F ind their total age in
7 years’ time. Give your answer in terms of y.
AO2, P6 Algebra, Lesson 5

Ans: 15y 1 14

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(16) Jessie baked p cupcakes on Saturday. She baked (p 1 3) more cupcakes on Sunday
than on Saturday. She baked 30 cupcakes altogether. How many cupcakes did Jessie

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(17) The figure is made up of 10 identical squares. The perimeter is y cm. What is the side
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Ans: 16 cm

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 Section C
Solve the problems. Show your working clearly and write the answers in the spaces
provided.

(18) Usman prepared 3  of orange juice for some guests. He poured the juice into
7
glasses each with a capacity of 1 .
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(a) How many glasses of orange juice were there at most?
(b) How much orange juice was lef t? Give your answer as a fraction in its
simplest form.

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AO2, P6 Fractions, Lesson 3
3 1 6
(a) 4 5 3
7 9 7

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There were at most 3 glasses of orange juice.

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1
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1
5    or    3 5
3
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7
1
9
2
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7 3 21
2
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3
Ans: (a)
2

21
(b)

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 Container and Content Problem
(19) The mass of a pot completely f illed with soup is 6 kg. When it is 1 f illed with soup, its
3
mass is 2.8 kg. What is the mass of the empty pot?
AO2, P6 Fractions, Lesson 3

6 kg
3
f illed
3

1
f illed
3
2.8 kg

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2 units 5 6 2 2.8
5 3.2
1 unit 5 3.2 42

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5 1.6

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The mass of the empty pot is 1.2 kg.
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 (20) During a sale, a jar of jam costs $2.60 and a bundle of 3 jars of jam costs $5. Sam
wants to buy exactly 83 jars of jam. What is the least amount of money he needs?
AO2, P5 Decimals
83 4 3 5 27 R 2
27 3 $5 5 $135
2 3 $2.60 5 $5.20
$135 1 $5.20 5 $140.20

The least amount of money he needs is $140.20.

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$140.20
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CHAPTER

3 Ratio

Practice 1 Ratio and Fraction

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(1) Stick A is 5 cm. Stick B is 4 cm.

Stick A

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Stick B

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(a) The ratio of the length of Stick A to the length of Stick B is : .
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Length of Stick A 5
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(b) 5
Length of Stick B 4
5
4
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The length of Stick A is of the length of Stick B.

(c) The ratio of the length of Stick B to the length of Stick A is 4 : 5 .

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Length of Stick B 4
(d) 5
Length of Stick A 5
4
5
The length of Stick B is of the length of Stick A.

(e) Total length of Stick A and Stick B 5 5 1 4

5 9 cm
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The ratio of the length of Stick A to the total length of Stick A and Stick B is
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: .
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 (2) Maureen has 3 pencils and 8 pens.
(a) Total number of pencils and pens 5 3 1 8

5 11

Number of pencils 3
5
Total number of pencils and pens 11
3
11
The number of pencils is of the total number of pencils and pens.

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(b) The ratio of the number of pens to the total number of pencils and pens is
8 11
: .

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(c) 5
Total number of pencils and pens 11

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8
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The number of pens is of the total number of pencils and pens.
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(3) Calvin keeps 2 dogs, 7 hamsters and 3 birds as pets.
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Dogs

Hamsters
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Birds

2 7
(a) The ratio of the number of dogs to the number of hamsters is : .
2
7
The number of dogs is of the number of hamsters.
3 2
(b) The ratio of the number of birds to the number of dogs is : .
3
2
The number of birds is of the number of dogs.
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The ratio of the number of dogs to the total number of pets in its simplest form
1 6
is : .
1
6
The number of dogs is of the total number of pets.
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 (4) Pete played 18 tennis matches in a week. Sam played 6 tennis matches in the
same week.
(a) Find the ratio of the number of matches Pete played to the number of matches
Sam played.
Number of matches Pete played : Number of matches Sam played
÷ 6 18 : 6 ÷6
3 : 1
The ratio of the number of matches Pete played to the number of matches
Sam played was 3 : 1.

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(b) E xpress the number of matches Sam played as a fraction of the number of
matches Pete played. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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Number of matches Sam played 6

hNumber of matches Pete played

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18
1

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5
3
1
The number of matches Sam played was of the number of matches Pete played.
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(c) E xpress the number of matches Pete played as a fraction of the number of
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matches Sam played.

Number of matches Pete played 18
5
Number of matches Sam played 6
C

3
5
1
The number of matches Pete played was 3 times the number of matches
Sam played.

(d) E xpress the number of matches Pete played as a fraction of the total number of
matches the two boys played. Give your answer in its simplest form.
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Total number of matches the two boys played 5

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5 24
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5
Total number of matches the two boys played 24
3
5
4
3
The number of matches Pete played was of the total number of matches
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 Comparison Model (Fractions)

(5) Zalina’s mass is 3 of Magdalene’s mass.

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(a) Draw a model to compare the mass of Zalina and Magdalene.

Zalina

Magdalene

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(b) Express Magdalene’s mass as a fraction of Zalina’s mass.
Magdalene's mass 5
5
Zalina's mass 3

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Magdalene’s mass is of Zalina’s mass.

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(c) What is the ratio of Zalina’s mass to Magdalene’s mass?
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Zalina’s mass : Magdalene’s mass 5 3 : 5
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The ratio of Zalina’s mass to Magdalene’s mass is 3 : 5.

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(d) What is the ratio of Magdalene’s mass to the total mass of the two girls?
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Total number of units 5
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Magdalene’s mass : Total mass of the two girls 5 5 : 8

The ratio of Magdalene’s mass to the total mass of the two girls is 5 : 8.
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Zalina's mass 3
5
Total mass of the two girls 8
3
Zalina’s mass is of the total mass of the two girls.
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 (6) Wei Kiat is 4 times as old as Haf iz.
(a) Find the ratio of Wei Kiat’s age to Haf iz’s age.
Wei Kiat’s age : Haf iz’s age 5 4 : 1

The ratio of Wei Kiat’s age to Haf iz’s age is 4 : 1.

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(b) What fraction of Wei Kiat’s age is Haf iz’s age?
Haf iz’s age 1
5

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Wei Kiat’s age 4

hHaf iz’s age is

1
4
of Wei Kiat’s age.

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(c) What fraction of their total age is Haf iz’s age?

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Total number of units 5

 411
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Haf iz’s age 1
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5
Total age 5
1
Haf iz’s age is of their total age.
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(d) Find the ratio of Wei Kiat’s age to their total age.
Wei Kiat’s age : Total age 5 4 : 5
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The ratio of Wei Kiat’s age to their total age is 4 : 5.

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 (7) Liza earns 5 times as much money as Mindy. Jai earns 4 of what Liza earns.
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(a) Find the ratio of Mindy’s salary to Liza’s salary.
Mindy’s salary : Liza’s salary 5 1 : 5

The ratio of Mindy’s salary to Liza’s salary is 1 : 5.

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(b) What fraction of Liza’s salary is Mindy’s salary?
Mindy’s salary 1

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Liza’s salary 5

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Mindy’s salary is of Liza’s salary.
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(c) How many times of Mindy’s salary does Jai earn?

Jai’s salary 4
5
Mindy’s salary 1
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Jai earns 4 times as much as Mindy.

(d) Express Jai’s salary as a fraction of their total salary in its simplest form.
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Total number of units 5
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5
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Total salary 10
2
5
5
2
Jai’s salary is of their total salary.
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 Comparison Model (Fractions/Multiples)

(8) 2 of the mass of a lobster is equal to 3 of the mass of a king crab. The dif ference in
3 8
7
their masses is kg. What is the mass of the king crab? Express your answer as a
10
mixed number in its simplest form.
7
kg
10

Mass of lobster

Mass of king crab

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10
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10
6
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10
3
51
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The mass of the king crab is 1 kg.
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 Comparison Model (Fractions/Multiples)

(9) 2 of the length of a side table is equal to 1 of the length of a dining table. The length
5 10
of the side table is 165 cm shorter than the length of the dining table. What is the
length of the dining table?
165 cm

Length of side table

Length of dining table

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 Name: Class: Date:

Practice 2 Comparing Ratios

(1) (a)  upils in a school are divided into dif ferent groups. The table shows the number
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of boys and girls in each group. Complete the following table.

Number of Boys
2 4 6 8 10 12
Number of Girls 20 30
5 10 15 25

2 5
The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is : .
2

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The number of boys is of the number of girls.

(b) T he table shows the number of cats and dogs in dif ferent par ts of a pet
adoption centre. Complete the following table.

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Number of Dogs
4 8 12 16 20 24

7 4
The ratio of the number of cats to the number of dogs is : .
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The number of cats is of the number of dogs.
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(c) S iti uses dif ferent numbers of tablespoons of water and jelly crystals to make
some jelly. Complete the following table.
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Number of Tablespoons of Water 8 16 32

24 40 48
Number of Tablespoons of Jelly Crystals 6
3 9 12 15 18

The ratio of the number of tablespoons of water used to the number of

8 3
tablespoons of jelly crystals used is : .
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3
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 (2) Mariam uses 5 g of baking powder and 240 g of f lour to bake a cake.
(a) Find the ratio of the amount of baking powder used to the amount of f lour used.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
Amount of baking powder : Amount of f lour
÷5 5 : 240 ÷ 5
1 : 48
The ratio of the amount of baking powder used to the amount of f lour used in its
simplest form is 1 : 48.

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(b) Mariam uses 25 g of baking powder. How much f lour does she need to use?
Amount of baking powder 1

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5
Amount of f lour 48

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25
1200

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She needs to use 1200 g of f lour.
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(c) Mariam uses 720 g of f lour. How much baking powder does she need to use?
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Amount of baking powder 1

5
Amount of f lour 48
15
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5
720
She needs to use 15 g of baking powder.

(d)  ariam wants to bake 4 cakes. How much baking powder and f lour does she
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20 : 960
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She needs to use 20 g of baking powder and 960 g of f lour.

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 (3)  chef uses salt and sugar in the ratio 2 : 7 to make a sauce. The chef uses 133 g
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of sugar. How much salt does he use?
7 units 5 133
1 unit 5 133 4 7
5 19
2 units 5 19 3 2
5 38

He uses 38 g of salt.

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(4)  painter mixed red and blue paint in the ratio 4 : 9 to obtain purple paint.
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He used 12  of red paint. How much blue paint did he use?

4 units 5 12
1 unit 5 12 4 4
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9 units 5 3 3 9
5 27

He used 27  of blue paint.

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 (5)  rs Rama uses three types of fruit juice for a par ty. The ratio of the amount of
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watermelon juice to the amount of apple juice is 4 : 9. The ratio of the amount of
apple juice to the amount of orange juice is 27 : 14. Find the ratio of the amount of
watermelon juice to the amount of apple juice to the amount of orange juice in its
simplest form.
Watermelon juice : Apple juice : Orange juice
4 : 9
33
:
33 27 14
12 : 27 : 14
The ratio of the amount of watermelon juice to the amount of apple juice to the amount of

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orange juice is 12 : 27 : 14.

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(6)  bookstore sells cookbooks, novels and reference books. The ratio of the number of
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cookbooks to the number of novels is 2 : 11. The ratio of the number of cookbooks to
the number of reference books is 3 : 4. What is the ratio of the number of cookbooks
to the number of novels to the number of reference books at the bookstore?
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Cookbooks : Novels : Reference books

2 11
:
:
3 3 3 32 33 4
32
6 : 33 : 8
The ratio of the number of cookbooks to the number of novels to the number of reference
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Practice 3 Solving Word Problems

(1) The amount of money Suri spends is 9 of the amount of money Linda spends.
4
Linda spends $116. How much money does Suri spend?
Amount of money Suri spends : Amount of money Linda spends 5 9 : 4

4 units 5 $116
1 unit 5 $116 4 4
5 $29
9 units 5 $29 3 9

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5 $261

Suri spends $261.

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(2) Maria and Rizal entered a competition as a team. Rizal’s score was 1 of Maria’s score.
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Maria scored 46 more points than Rizal. How many points did Maria score?
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2 units 5 46
1 unit 5 46 4 2
5 23
3 units 5 23 3 3
5 69

Maria scored 69 points.

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 (3) The length of a rectangle is 6 times as long as its breadth.
(a) What fraction of the perimeter of the rectangle is the length of the rectangle?
Give your answer in its simplest form.
(b) Find the ratio of the length of the rectangle to its breadth to its perimeter.
(c) The perimeter of the rectangle is 336 cm. F ind the length of the rectangle.

(a) Perimeter of the rectangle 5

 (6 1 1) 3 2
5 14 units
Length 6
5
Perimeter 14
3
5
7

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The length of the rectangle is of the perimeter of the rectangle.
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(b) The ratio of the length of the rectangle to its breadth to its perimeter is 6 : 1 : 14.

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(c) 14 units 5 336
5 336 4 14

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5 144
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(b) 6 : 1 : 14

144 cm
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 (4) L i Zhen, Kara and Rose were typing. Li Zhen typed 2 times as fast as Kara. The ratio
of the number of words Kara typed to the number of words Rose typed was 4 : 1.
(a) What was the ratio of the number of words Li Zhen typed to the number of
words Kara typed to the number of words Rose typed?
(b) Kara typed 48 words. How many words did Li Zhen, Kara and Rose type
altogether?
(a) Li Zhen : Kara : Rose
1
2 :
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3 4 4 : 1
8 : 4 : 1

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The ratio of the number of words Li Zhen typed to the number of words Kara typed
to the number of words Rose typed was 8 : 4 : 1.

(b)  81411
Total number of units 5

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13 units 5 12 3 13
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Li Zhen, Kara and Rose typed 156 words altogether.

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Ans: (a)
156
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 Before-after Concept (Unchanged Total)
(5) T he ratio of the number of marbles Zali had to the number of marbles Muthu had
was 3 : 4. Muthu gave half of his marbles to Zali. What was the new ratio of the
number of marbles Zali had to the number of marbles Muthu had?
Before

Zali

Muthu

Af ter

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Zali

Muthu

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Muthu had was 5 : 2.

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Before-after Concept (Change in One Quantity)
(6) Mrs Neo has two packets of f lour. The ratio of the mass of f lour in Packet A to the
mass of f lour in Packet B is 1 : 2. Mrs Neo uses 1 of the f lour in Packet A and has
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800 g of f lour lef t altogether. How much f lour is there in Packet B?
Before
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Packet A

Packet B

Af ter

Packet A
800 g
Packet B
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1 unit 5 800 4 8
5 100
6 units 5 100 3 6
5 600
Ans: 600 g
There are 600 g of f lour in Packet B.

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 Before-after Concept (Change in One Quantity)
(7)  r Lim put some red pens and blue pens into a box. The ratio of the number of
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red pens to the number of blue pens was 3 : 4. He put another 20 red pens into the
box and the ratio of the number of red pens to the number of blue pens became 2 : 1.
(a) How many red pens were there in the end?
(b) How many blue pens were there?
Before

Red pens

Blue pens

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20
Red pens

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Blue pens

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(b) ?

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  1 unit 5 20 4 5
5 4
8 units 5 4 3 8
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5 32

There were 32 red pens in the end.

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(b) 4 units 5
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5 16

There were 16 blue pens.

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16
(b)

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 Before-after Concept (Change in One Quantity)
(8) T he ratio of the number of cakes Ann had to the number of cakes Beth had was 5 : 2.
After Ann sold 28 cakes, the ratio of the number of cakes Ann had to the number of
cakes Beth had became 3 : 4. How many cakes did Ann have at first?
Before
?

Ann

Beth

Af ter

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28
Ann

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Beth

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  1 unit 5 28 4 7
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10 units 5 4 3 10
5 40
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Ann had 40 cakes at f irst.

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40
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 Before-after Concept (Unchanged Total)
(9) T he ratio of the number of goats in Farm X to the number of goats in Farm Y was
9 : 4. After 35 goats were transferred from Farm X to Farm Y, there was an equal
number of goats in each farm. How many goats were there in Farm Y at first?
Before

Farm X

Farm Y

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Af ter

Farm X

Farm Y

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h 35

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5 units 5 35
1 unit 5 35 4 5
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8 units 5 7 3 8
5 56
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There were 56 goats in Farm Y at f irst.

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Ans:

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 Before-after Concept (Dual Change in Equal Quantities)
(10)  r Rahim had the same amount of money in his three bank accounts at first.
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He deposited $44 into Account B and $80 into Account C. In the end, the ratio of
the amount of money in Account A to the amount of money in Account C was 2 : 7.
How much money was there in Account B in the end?
Before

Account A

Account B

Account C

sh
Af ter

Account A $4    4

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Account B

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?
Account C
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$8    0

5 units 5 $8    0
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1 unit 5 $8    0 4 5
5 $16
2 units 5 $16 3 2
5 $3   2
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$3   2 1 $4    4 5 $7   6

There was $76 in Account B in the end.

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$7   6
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 Before-after Concept (Unchanged Difference)
(11) Ethan had some solid-coloured socks and pat terned socks. He had 3 as many
4
solid-coloured socks as pat terned socks. He threw away 16 pairs of solid-coloured
socks and 16 pairs of pat terned socks. 1 of his socks were now solid-coloured socks.
5
How many pairs of pat terned socks did Ethan have at f irst?
Before
Number of solid-coloured socks : Number of pat terned socks
3 : 4
33 33
9 : 12

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Af ter
Number of solid-coloured socks : Number of pat terned socks
1 : 4

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Dif ference in the number of units of socks 5 4 2 1

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Before
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Solid-coloured
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Pat terned

?
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Af ter
Solid-coloured
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Pat terned

16

  8 units 5 16
  1 unit 5 16 4 8
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12 units 5 2 3 12
5 24
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Ethan had 24 pairs of pat terned socks at f irst.

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 Before-after Concept (Dual Change in Unequal Quantities)

(12) Galvin bought 3 as many non-f iction books as f iction books from a book fair.
5
He read 6 non-f iction books and 13 f iction books. He then had 3 as many non-f iction
4
books lef t to read as f iction books. How many books did Galvin buy altogether?
Before Af ter
F iction : Non-f iction F iction : Non-f iction
5 : 3 4 : 3
Before
F iction 2 2 2 2 2

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?
Non-fiction 2 2 2

13

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Af  ter

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F iction 2 2 2 2 2

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Non-fiction 2 2 2  

6
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1 unit 5 13 2 2 3 5
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7 units 5 7 3 3
5 21

21 1 6 1 13 5 40
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Galvin bought 40 books altogether.

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 Name: Class: Date:

Chapter 3 Review
(1) The diagram shows the mass of two bags of rice, X and Y.
AO1
Lesson 1

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(a) The ratio of the mass of Bag X to the total mass of Bag X and Bag Y in its
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3 7
simplest form is : .
4
3
(b) The mass of Bag Y is of the mass of Bag X.
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3
4
(c) The mass of Bag X is of the mass of Bag Y.
3
7
(d) The mass of Bag X is of the total mass of Bag X and Bag Y.
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4
7
(e) The mass of Bag Y is of the total mass of Bag X and Bag Y.

(2) A box contained some pens and pencils. The total number of pens and pencils is 8 of
AO1 3
Lesson 1 the number of pencils.
(a) The ratio of the total number of pens and pencils to the number of pencils
8 3
is : .
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(b) Draw a model to compare the number of pens and pencils.

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Pens

Pencils
5 3
(c) The ratio of the number of pens to the number of pencils is : .

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 (3) Miss Heng uses 110 g of sugar and 30 g of milk to make some cupcakes.
AO1
Lesson 2
(a) The ratio of the amount of milk used to the amount of sugar used is
3 11
: .
2475 g
(b) T o make the same type of cupcakes, Miss Heng needs of sugar if she
uses 675 g of milk.
450 g
(c) T o make the same type of cupcakes, Miss Heng needs of milk if she
uses 1650 g of sugar.

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(4) Khairul’s savings is 9 of Siew Lee’s savings.
AO2 2
Lesson 3 (a)  hat is the ratio of Khairul’s savings to Siew Lee’s savings to their total savings?
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(b) Siew Lee saves $28 less than Khairul. How much do they save altogether?

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(a)

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Total number of units 5
 912
5 11

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Khairul’s savings : Siew Lee’s savings : Total savings
9 : 2 : 11
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The ratio of Khairul’s savings to Siew Lee’s savings to their total savings is 9 : 2 : 11.

(b) Dif ference in the number of units 5

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   7 units 5 $28

   1 unit 5 $28 4 7
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5 $4
11 units 5 $4 3 11
5 $44

They save $44 altogether.

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9 : 2 : 11
Ans: (a)
$44
(b)

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 (5)  hotel ballroom is decorated with tulips, roses and peonies. The ratio of the number
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AO2
Lesson 3
of tulips to the number of roses in the ballroom is 2 : 3. There are 4 times as many
roses as peonies in the ballroom. There are 575 stalks of f lowers in the ballroom
altogether. How many tulips are there?
Number of tulips : Number of roses : Number of peonies
2 : 3

34 34 4 : 1
33 33
8 : 12 : 3

Total number of units 5

 8 1 12 1 3
5 23

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23 units 5 575
   1 unit 5 575 4 23
5 25

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  8 units 5 25 3 8

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There are 200 tulips.
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200
Ans:
Before-after Concept (Unchanged Total)
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(6) T he ratio of the volume of orange juice in Glass A to the volume of orange juice in
AO2
Lesson 3
Glass B is 5 : 3. Half of the orange juice in Glass A is poured into Glass B. What is the
new ratio of the volume of orange juice in Glass A to the volume of orange juice in
Glass B?
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Before

Glass A

Glass B

Af  ter

Glass A
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The new ratio of the volume of orange juice in Glass A to the volume of orange juice in
Glass B is 5 : 11.

5 : 11
Ans:

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 (7) There are some dogs, cats and rabbits in a pet farm. The number of dogs is 3 of the
AO2 5
Lesson 3 total number of cats and rabbits. The ratio of the number of cats to the number of
rabbits is 8 : 7. There are 30 more dogs than rabbits. How many animals are there in
the farm?
Number of cats : Number of rabbits Total number of units
8 : 7 15

Total number of cats and rabbits : Number of dogs

5 : 3
33 33

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15 : 9
Dif ference in the number of units of dogs and number of units of rabbits
59 2 7

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52

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Total number of units 5 9 1 8 1 7
5 24

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  2 units 5 30
  1 unit 5 30 4 2
5 15
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24 units 5 15 3 24
5 360

There are 360 animals in the farm.

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 (8) T he ratio of the number of cookies baked by Linus to Omar is 8 : 7. Af ter Linus gave
AO2
Lesson 3
away 36 cookies, Omar had twice as many cookies as Linus. How many cookies did
they bake altogether?
Before Af  ter
Linus : Omar Linus : Omar
8 : 7 1 : 2
32 32 37 37
16 : 14 7 : 14
Decrease in the number of Linus’ units 5
 16 2 7
59
Total number of units at f irst 5 16 1 14

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5 30
  9 units 5 36
  1 unit 5 36 4 9

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54

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30 units 5 4 3 30

h 5 120

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They baked 120 cookies altogether.
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 (9) T he ratio of the number of pupils queuing at a standing broad jump station to the
AO2
Lesson 3
number of pupils queuing at a shut tle run station was 7 : 4. Af ter 18 pupils at the
standing broad jump station went to the shut tle run station, there was an equal
number of pupils at both stations. How many pupils were queuing at both stations?
Before
Standing broad jump station : Shut tle run station Total number of units
7 : 4 11
32 32 32
14 : 8 22
Af  ter

sh
Standing broad jump station : Shut tle run station Total number of units
1 : 1 2
3 11 3 11 3 11
11 : 11 22

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Decrease in the number of units of pupils at the standing broad jump station
5 14 2 11
53
h
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Increase in the number of units of pupils at the shut tle run station
5 11 2 8
53
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  3 units 5 18
  1 unit 5 18 4 3
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22 units 5 6 3 22
5 132
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There were 132 pupils queuing at both stations.

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132
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 Before-after Concept (Dual Change in Unequal Quantities)
(10) There were some f iction and non-f iction books in a second-hand bookstore.
AO2
Lesson 3 The number of f iction books was 3 of the number of non-f iction books. Af ter an equal
5
number of f iction and non-f iction books were sold, the ratio of the number of f iction
books to the number of non-f iction books lef t was 5 : 9. There were 240 books
altogether at first. How many books were sold altogether?
Before
Fiction
240

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Non-f iction

Af ter
Fiction

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h
Non-f iction

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16 units 5 240
  1 unit 5 240 4 16
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5 15
  2 units 5 15 3 2
5 30
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30 books were sold altogether.

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Ans:

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 Name: Class: Date:

Maths Journal

(1) Read these statements.

(a) The amount of money May had was 4 of the amount of money John had.
5
(b) The amount of money Dave had was 3 of the total amount of money Dave and
7
Wayne had altogether.
What does the fraction in each statement mean? Discuss their differences.

sh
(a) The fraction means that the ratio of the amount of money May had to the amount
of money John had was 4 : 5.

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(b) The fraction means that the ratio of the amount of money Dave had to the total

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amount of money Dave and Wayne had was 3 : 7. This in turn means that the ratio of
the amount of money Dave had to the amount of money Wayne had was 3 : 4.

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(2) F or each scenario, write down what changed and what remained the same, if any.
Use the words ‘decreased’, ‘increased’ or ‘remained the same’ to help you.
(a) The ratio of the number of men to the number of women at a charity function
was 4 : 7. 7 women left halfway through the charity function. The ratio of the
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number of men to the number of women who remained became 2 : 3.

Decreased
Number of women:
Remained the same
Number of men:
Decreased
Total number of men and women:

(b)  elma had some local and foreign coins. The ratio of the number of local coins
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same number of foreign coins. She then had an equal number of local and
foreign coins.
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Decreased
Number of local coins:
Increased
Number of foreign coins:
Remained the same
Total number of local and foreign coins:

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 Name: Class: Date:

Put On Your Thinking Cap!

(1)  ectangle PQRS is folded along the line PR. The ratio of the area of Rectangle PQRS to
R
the area of the new f igure is 11 : 7. The area of the shaded par t is 68 cm2. Find the
area of Rectangle PQRS.
P
P Q

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R
S

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S R
P
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A B
R
S
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Q
C

Area of Rectangle PQRS 5 A 1 B 1 B 1 C

Area of the new f igure 5 A 1 B 1 C

Area of Rectangle PQRS : Area of new f igure 5 11 : 7

Dif ference in the area of Rectangle PQRS and the area of the new f igure
5 Area of B
5 4 units

  4 units 5 68
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   1 unit 5 68 4 4
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5 17
11 units 5 17 3 11
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5 187

The area of Rectangle PQRS is 187 cm2.

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 (2)  rif f in had a total of 40 goats and cows in his farm. Af ter selling 29 of them, the ratio
A
of the number of goats sold to the number of goats lef t was 4 : 1. The ratio of the
number of cows sold to the number of cows lef t was 3 : 2. What was the ratio of the
number of goats lef t to the number of cows lef t?

Number of Goats Number of Cows

Sold Lef t Total Sold Lef t Total
4 1 5 3 2 5
8 2 10 6 4 10
12 3 15 9 6 15

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16 4 20 12 8 20
20 5 25 15 10 25

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24 6 30 18 12 30

Check:
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Total number of goats and cows 5
 25 1 15
5 40
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 20 1 9
Total number of goats and cows sold 5
5 29

Number of goats lef t : Number of cows lef t 5 5 : 6

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The ratio of the number of goats lef t to the number of cows lef t was 5 : 6.
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 Name: Class: Date:

CHAPTER

4 Percentage

Practice 1 Finding Percentages

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(1)  school’s string ensemble has 50 pupils. 27 of them are girls. What percentage of
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the string ensemble are girls?
27
3 100% 5 54%

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50

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54% of the string ensemble are girls.

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54%
Ans:
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(2) The table shows the number of f iction and non-f iction books in a class library.

Type of Books Number

F iction 13
Non-f iction 16

 hat percentage of the books are f iction books? Give your answer correct to
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1 decimal place.
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13 1 16 5 29
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There are 29 books altogether.

13
3 100% 5 44.8% (correct to 1 decimal place)
29
44.8% of the books are f iction books.
44.8%
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 Part-whole Model
(3)  r Poh has 9 pairs of sneakers. Sneakers make up 60% of his footwear. How many
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pairs of footwear does he own?
60% 9 100%
9 60%
1%
60
9 9
100% 3 100
60
5 15 ?
He owns 15 pairs of footwear.

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15
Ans:
Part-whole Model
(4)  plate of chilli crab at a seafood restaurant cost $72.76 including 7% GST. F ind the
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cost of the plate of chilli crab before GST.

107% $7   2.76 100% 7%
1% $7   2.76 4 107
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5 $0   .68 ?
100% $0   .68 3 100 $7   2.76
5 $6   8

The cost of the plate of chilli crab was $6   8 before GST.
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$6  8
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 Part-whole Model
(5) S hirley is thinking of a number. 25% of the number is equal to 110. What number is
Shirley thinking of?
100%
25%

110

25% of the number 5 110

1% of the number 5 110 4 25

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5 4.4
100% of the number 5 4.4 3 100
5 440

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Shirley is thinking of the number 440.

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440
Ans:
Part-whole Model
(6)  lex has 3 pens in his pencil case. This is 25% of the number of pens that he has.
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How many pens does Alex have altogether?

25% of the number of pens 5 3 100%
1% of the number of pens 5 3 4 25 25%
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5 0.12
100% of the number of pens 5 0.12 3 100 3
5 12
?
Alex has 12 pens altogether.
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 Part-whole Model
(7)  n a particular day, 55% of the visitors to the zoo were children and the rest were
O
adults. There were 165 children. How many visitors were there at the zoo that day?
55% 165 100%
1% 165 4 55 55%
53
100% 3 3 100 165
5 300
?
There were 300 visitors at the zoo that day.

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300
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Part-whole Model
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(8)  6% of the members in a gym are females. There are 252 female gym members.
3
How many members are there altogether in the gym?
36% 252 100%
1% 252 4 36
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36%
57
100% 7 3 100 252
5 700
?
There are 700 members altogether in the gym.
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Practice 2 Percentage Change

Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(1)  library had 570 books when it f irst opened. A year later, the number of books
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increased by 30%. How many books were there in the library a year later?
0% 100% 130%

At f irst 570

In the end ?

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100% 1 30% 5 130%

100% 570
1% 570 4 100

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5 5.7

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130% 5.7 3 130
5 741

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There were 741 books in the library a year later.
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741
Ans:
Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
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(2) T he price of a watch was $115 when it was launched last year. When a new version of
the watch was released this year, the price of the earlier version of the watch
decreased by 15%. F ind the price of the earlier version of the watch this year.
0% 85% 100%
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Last year $115

This year ?

100 % 2 15% 5 85%

100% $115
1% $115 4 100
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85% $1  .15 3 85
5 $97.75
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The price of the earlier version of the watch this year was $97.75.

$97.75
Ans:

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 Part-whole Model
(3) Najib bought a handheld game console for $289 af ter a 15% discount.
(a) How much was the discount?
(b) What was the usual price of the handheld game console?
0% 85% 100%

$2  89 (a) ?

(b) ?

(a) 100% 2 15% 5 85%

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85% $2  89
1% $2  89 4 85
5 $3  .40
15% $3  .40 3 15

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5 $5  1

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The discount was $5  1.

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(b) 100% $3  .40 3 100
5 $3  40
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The usual price of the handheld game console was $3  40.
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$5  1
Ans: (a)

(b) $3  40
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Comparison Model (More or Less Than)

(4)  n a par ticular day, the height of the tide at East Coast Park was 0.8 m at dawn.
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At dusk, the height of the tide increased by 40%. F ind the height of the tide at dusk.
0% 100% 140%

Dawn 0.8 m

Dusk ?
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100% 1 40% 5 140%

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100% 0. 8
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     1% 0. 8 4 100

5 0.008
140% 0. 008 3 140
5 1.12

The height of the tide at dusk was 1.12 m. 1.12 m

Ans:

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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(5) The number of people who visited the Bird Park in February decreased by 30% to
3360 when compared to January.
(a) How many people visited the Bird Park in January?
(b) How many fewer people visited the Bird Park in February?
0% 70% 100%

January (a) ?

February 3360

(b) ?

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(a) 100% 2 30% 5 70%

70% 3360

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1% 3360 4 70

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100% 48 3 100
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5 4800

4800 people visited the Bird Park in January.

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(b) 4800 2 3360 5 1440
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1440 fewer people visited the Bird Park in February.

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4800
Ans: (a)
1440
(b)

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 Part-whole Model
(6)  annah deposited a sum of money into a savings account. The interest was 3% per
H
year. She did not withdraw any of her savings. After 1 year, Hannah had a total of
$2832.50 in the savings account.
(a) How much did she deposit into the savings account?
(b) How much interest did she receive at the end of the year?
0% 100% 103%

(a) ? (b) ?

$2  832.50

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(a) 100% 1 3% 5 103%

103% $2   832.50
1% $2   832.50 4 103

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5 $2   7.50
100%

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$2   7.50 3 100
5 $2   750

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She deposited $2   750 into the savings account.
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(b) 3%  2   7.50 3 3
$
5 $8   2.50
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She received an interest of $8   2.50 at the end of the year.

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$2   750
Ans: (a)
$8  2.50
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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(7) 1 760 upper primary pupils took part in a sports meet in 2014. This was a decrease of
20% when compared to 2015. The number of upper primary pupils who took part in
2016 increased by 5% when compared to 2015. How many upper primary pupils took
part in the sports meet in 2016?
0% 80% 100% 105%

2014 1760

2015

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2016

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5 2310

2310 upper primary pupils took part in the sports meet in 2016.
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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(8) T he temperature of a piece of metal was 32°C. It was then lowered into a glass of
hot water and the temperature of the piece of metal rose to 36°C. F ind the
percentage increase in the temperature of the piece of metal.
?
0% 100% ?%

Old temperature 32°C

New temperature 36°C

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Increase in temperature 5 36 2 32
5 4°C
4
3 100% 5 12.5%
32

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The percentage increase in the temperature of the piece of metal was 12.5%.

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(9) T he usual price of a bag of oranges was $4. During a promotion, two bags of oranges
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were sold for $5.99. F ind the percentage decrease in the price of the two bags of
oranges. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
Usual price of 2 bags of orange 5 2 3 $4
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5 $8
Decrease in the price 5 $8 2 $5.99
5 $2.01
2.01
3 100% ≈ 25.1%
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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(10)  amesh collected 24 stamps in January. He collected 30 stamps in February and
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36 stamps in March.
(a) F ind the percentage increase in the number of stamps collected between
January and February.
(b) F ind the percentage increase in the number of stamps collected between
February and March.
(a) (a) ?
0% 100% ?%

January 24

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February 30

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24
3 100% 5 25%
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The percentage increase in the number of stamps collected between January and
February was 25%.
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(b) (b) ?
0% 100% ?%
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February 30

March 36
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Increase in the number of stamps collected in Mar 5 36 2 30

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6
3 100% 5 20%
30
The percentage increase in the number of stamps collected between February and
March was 20%.
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Ans: (a)
20%
(b)

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 (11)  azri ran 16 km last week. He ran 1.4 km more this week. Find the percentage
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increase in the distance he ran this week.
1.4
3 100% 5 8.75%
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The increase in the distance he ran this week was 8.75% of the distance he ran
last week.

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(12)  uzita brought 3000 ml of fruit punch to a picnic. She accidentally spilled 870 ml of
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fruit punch. What was the percentage decrease in the amount of fruit punch?
870
3 100% 5 29%
3000
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The percentage decrease in the amount of fruit punch was 29%.

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 (13) T he usual price of a tennis racket was $200. Benny was given a discount of $36
during a sale. Find the percentage discount he enjoyed.
36
3 100% 5 18%
200
The percentage discount he enjoyed was 18%.

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18%
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(14)  rs Koh placed a few boxes of chicken essence in her luggage. As a result, the
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mass of her luggage increased by 4 kg. This was a 25% increase in the mass of her
luggage. Find the mass of her luggage before the boxes of chicken essence were
added.
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25% 4
1% 4 4 25
5 0.16
100% 0.16 3 100
5 16

The mass of her luggage before the boxes of chicken essence were added was 16 kg.
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 (15)  amisah cut a 2-m piece of cloth from a roll of fabric. It was 8% of the length of the
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entire roll of fabric. F ind the length of cloth lef t in the roll of fabric.
100% 2 8% 5 92%
8% 2
1% 248
5 0.25
92% 0.25 3 92
5 23

The length of cloth lef t in the roll of fabric was 23 m.

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23 m

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(16) L inus received 12 marks more in Test 2 than his score in Test 1. This was a 15%
improvement. He then made another 4-mark improvement in Test 3.
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(a) What was his score for Test 1?
(b) What was the percentage increase in his test score from Test 2 to Test 3?
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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1% 12 4 15
5 0.8
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100% 0.8 3 100

5 80
His score for Test 1 was 80 marks.

(b) Score for Test 2 5 80 1 12

5 92 marks
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3 100% 5 4.3% (correct to 1 decimal place)
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(b) 4.3%

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 Name: Class: Date:

Practice 3 Solving Word Problems

(1) The table shows the average number of rainy days per month in Singapore in a year.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Number of
Days With 15 11 14 15 15 12 13 14 14 16 20 20
Rain

(a)  hat was the percentage decrease in the average number of rainy days per
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month from May to June?
(b) What was the percentage increase in the average number of rainy days per
month from October to November?

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Percentage decrease 5 3 100%

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15
5 20%
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The percentage decrease in the average number of rainy days per month from
May to June was 20%.

(b) Increase in the number of rainy days from Oct to Nov 5 20 2 16

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Percentage increase 5 3 100%
16
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5 25%

The percentage increase in the average number of rainy days per month from
October to November was 25%.
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(b) 25%

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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(2) T he usual price of a pair of headphones at Store A was $300. Tricia bought it during
a sale for $210.
(a) How much was the discount?
(b) What was the percentage discount Tricia received?
(b) ?
0% ?% 100%

Usual price at Store A $3  00

Selling price at Store A $2  10

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(a) ?

(a) Discount 5 $300 2 $210

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The discount was $90.

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(b) Percentage discount 5 3 100%
300
5 30%
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The percentage discount Tricia received was 30%.
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$90
Ans: (a)
30%
(b)

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 Part-whole Model
(3)  piano cost $800 more in 2016 than in 2015. This was a 20% increase from the price
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in 2015. The price of the piano increased by 25% from 2016 to 2017. Find the cost of
the piano
(a) in 2016.
(b) in 2017.
(a) 0% 100% 120%

2016 (a) ? $800

20% $8   00
1% $8   00 4 20

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5 $4   0
120% $4   0 3 120
5 $4   800

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(b)
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2017 $4800
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(b) ?
100% 1 25% 5 125%
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100% $4   800
1% $4   800 4 100
5 $4   8
125% $4   8 3 125
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5 $6   000

The cost of the piano in 2017 was $6   000.

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(b) $6   000

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 Part-whole Model
(4)  n electronics store gave a storewide discount of 15% during a sale. Barry signed up
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as a member and was entitled to an additional 8% discount on the discounted price.
He bought an airfryer for $125.12. What was the usual price of the airfryer?
0% 92% 100%

Discounted price $125.12

100% 2 8% 5 92%

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92% $1  25.12
1% $1  25.12 4 92
5 $1  .36
100% $1  .36 3 100

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The discounted price of the airfryer was $1  36.

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0% 85% 100%
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Usual price $136

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100% 2 15% 5 85%

85% $1  36
1% $1  36 4 85
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5 $1  .60
100% $1  .60 3 100
5 $1  60

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$1  60
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 (5) T here are 1700 seats in a theatre. 40% of the tickets to a concert at the theatre are
Category 1 tickets and the rest are of other categories. How many Category 1 tickets
must be added so that the number of tickets of other categories will be decreased
to 55%?
New percentage of Category 1 tickets 5 100% 2 55%
5 45%

Percentage increase in the number of Categor  y 1 tickets 5 45% 2 40%

5 5%

100% 1700

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     1% 1700 4 100
5 17
    5% 17 3 5
5 85

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85 Category 1 tickets must be added.

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 Comparison Model (Fractions/Multiples)
(6) The usual price of a watch was $87.50. The usual price of a wall clock was 2 of
5
the usual price of the watch. Mandy bought the wall clock at 15% discount during
the Great Singapore Sale. Find the discount given on the wall clock.
$87.50
Usual price of
watch
Usual price of
wall clock

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2
Usual price of the wall clock 5 3 $87.50
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5 $35
0% 85% 100%

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Selling price of
wall clock

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100% $35
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    1% $35 4 100
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  15% $0.35 3 15
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5 $5.25

The discount given on the wall clock was $5.25.

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$5  .25
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 Remainder Concept (Part of a Remainder)
(7) At a soccer match, 60% of the spectators are men and the rest are women and
children. The number of children is 2 of the number of women. There are 252 more
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men than women at the soccer match. How many spectators are there altogether?

Number of men : Number of women and children

60 : 40
4 20 4 20
3 : 2
3 5 15 : 10 3 5

Number of women : Number of children Total number of units

3 : 2 5

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32 : 3 2 32
6 4 10

Men

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Dif ference in the number of units of men and women 5 15 2 6
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Total number of units 5 15 1 10
5 25
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  9 units 5 252

  1 unit 5 252 4 9
5 28
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25 units 5 28 3 25
5 700

There are 700 spectators altogether.

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 Part-whole Model
(8)  bakery sells taro, red bean and green tea pies. 65% of the pies are taro pies.
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40% of the remaining pies are red bean pies.
(a) What percentage of the pies are red bean pies?
(b) There are 378 green tea pies. How many pies are there altogether?
(a)?
0% 65% ? 100%

Taro Red bean Green tea

378

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(b)?

(a) 100% 2 65% 5 35%

35% of the pies are red bean and green tea pies.

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100

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14% of the pies are red bean pies.

(b) 35% 2 14% 5 21%

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21% of the pies are green tea pies.

   21% 378
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    1% 378 4 21
5 18
100% 18 3 100
5 1800
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There are 1800 pies altogether.

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(b) 1800

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 Name: Class: Date:

Chapter 4 Review
Part-whole Model
(1)  avid had $12 in his wallet. This was 20% of the amount that he received from his
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AO2
Lesson 1
mother. F ind the total amount of money that David received from his mother.
0% 80% 100%

$12

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20% $12

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1% $12 4 20
5 $0   .60
100% $0   .60 3 100
5 $6   0

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David received $6   0 from his mother.

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(2)  lina’s home is 15 km from Sentosa. She cycles a distance of 8 km. What percentage
A
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of the total distance does she have lef t to cover? Give your answer correct to
2 decimal places.
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Distance lef t 5 15 2 8
5 7 km
7
3 100% 5 46.67% (correct to 2 decimal places)
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She has 46.67% of the total distance lef  t to cover.

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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(3) L ast year, 3300 people took part in an art competition. This year, the number of
AO2 participants increased by 50%. How many people took part in the art competition
Lesson 2
this year?
0% 100% 150%

Last year 3300

This year ?

100% 1 50% 5 150%

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100% 3300
1% 3300 4 100
5 33

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5 4950

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4950 people took part in the art competition this year.
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4  950
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 Comparison Model (More or Less Than)
(4) T he midday temperature in Dubai on a par ticular day was 41°C. At midnight, the
AO2
Lesson 2
temperature decreased to 31.5°C. F ind the percentage decrease in the temperature.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
?
0% ?% 100%

Midday 41°C

Midnight 31.5°C

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Drop in temperature 5 41 2 31.5
5 9.5°C
9.5
Percentage decrease 5 3 100%

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The percentage decrease in the temperature was 23.2%.

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 (5) T he usual price of a washing machine is $899. Eddie pays $269.70 less for the
AO2
Lesson 2
washing machine af ter receiving a discount. F ind the percentage discount
Eddie receives.
269.70
3 100% 5 30%
899
Eddie receives a 30% discount.

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(6)  nne gains 7.2 kg from January to February. This is an 18% increase in her mass.
A
AO2
Lesson 2
What is Anne’s mass in February?
Anne’s mass in February as a percentage of her mass in January
C

5 100% 1 18%
5 118%
18% 7.2
1% 7.2 4 18
5 0.4
118% 0.4 3 118
5 47.2

Anne’s mass in February is 47.2 kg.

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47.2 kg
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 Comparison Model (Unchanged Difference)
(7) T he usual price of a pair of sunglasses in Store A was $114. This was 95% of the usual
AO2
Lesson 3
price of an identical pair of sunglasses in Store B. Both stores gave the same discount
on the pair of sunglasses during a sale. The pair of sunglasses cost $96 af ter discount
in Store B.
(a) What was the usual price of the pair of sunglasses in Store B?
(b) What was the discount for the pair of sunglasses?
(a) 0% 95% 100%

Store A $114

Store B (a) ?

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     95% $114
1% $114 4 95

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5 $1.20

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$1.20 3 100
5 $120

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The usual price of the pair of sunglasses in Store B was $120.
(b) (b) ?
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Usual price
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at Store B $120

Price after discount

at Store B $96
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Discount given in Store B 5 $120 2 $9  6

5 $2  4
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3 100% 5 20%
120
The discount for the pair of sunglasses was 20%.
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$1  20
Ans: (a)
20%
(b)

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 Comparison Model (Fractions/Multiples)
(8) Jamie's monthly rental for her apartment was $1600. Patrick's monthly rental was
AO2 9
Lesson 3 of Jamie's monthly rental. Patrick's landlord increased his monthly rental by 25%.
10
Find the increase in Patrick's monthly rental.
$1600
Jamie’s monthly
rental
Patrick’s monthly
rental

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Patrick's monthly rental 5 3 $1600
10
5 $1440
0% 100% 125%

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Patrick’s increased

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monthly rental ?

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100% $1440
1% $1440 4 100
5 $14.40
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5 $360
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Maths Journal

(1)  den answered the following questions incorrectly. Explain to Aden his mistakes and
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show him the correct solutions.
(a) 40 pupils took par t in a competition. 15 pupils qualif ied for the f inals.
What percentage of the pupils qualif ied for the f inals?

Aden keyed the following into his calculator:

15
340 4[3][100][%]

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Aden’s working:
15
3 100% 5 0.375%

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40

h 0.375% of the pupils qualif ied for the f inals.

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Explanation
Answers vary. Example: Aden should not have keyed in the percentage symbol when
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computing the percentage. The percentage symbol functions as a unit. Keying in
15
‘100%’ into the calculator gives ‘1’, so the answer 0.375 is just the value of .
40
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Correct solution
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15
Aden should key in 3 4
[3][100].
40
15
3 100% 5 37.5%
40
37.5% of the pupils qualif ied for the f inals.
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 (b) I n the morning, the temperature in a garden was 28°C. In the af ternoon,
the temperature increased to 34°C. What was the percentage increase in
the temperature? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

Aden’s working:
Increase in temperature 5 34 2 28
5 6°C

6
3 100% 5 17.6% (correct to 1 decimal place)
34
The percentage increase in the temperature was 17.6%.

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Explanation
Aden used the f inal temperature instead of the temperature at f irst as the

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Correct solution
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Increase in temperature 5 34 2 28
5 6°C
6
C

3 100% 5 21.4% (correct to 1 decimal place)

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The percentage increase in the temperature was 21.4%.

(2) Y ou learnt about percentage change in this chapter. What is the most dif f icult par t
in learning how to f ind percentage change? Why? How can you help yourself
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Put On Your Thinking Cap!

(1)  r Omar bought a laptop at a discount. If he sold the laptop at its usual price, he
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would receive $550 more than the amount he paid. If he sold it at 80% of its usual
price, he would receive $350 less than the amount he paid. How much did Mr Omar
pay for the laptop?
0% 80% 100%

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Scenario 1 Discounted price $5  50

Scenario 2 $3  50

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20% $5   50 1 $3   50

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1%
5 $9   00
$9   00 4 20

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100% $4   5 3 100
5 $4   500
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$4   500 2 $5   50 5 $3   950
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Mr Omar paid $3   950 for the laptop.

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 (2)  rs Wong sold some cakes to Shops A, B and C. Shop A bought 20% of the cakes.
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Shop B bought 4 times as many cakes as Shop C. Shop B bought 88 more cakes than
Shop A. How many cakes did Mrs Wong sell altogether?
Percentage of cakes Shops B and C bought 5 100% 2 20%
5 80%

5 units 5 80%
1 unit 5 80% 4 5
5 16%
4 units 5 16% 3 4
5 64%

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64% of the cakes were sold to Shop B.
20% 64% 16%

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Dif ference in percentage of cakes bought by Shops A and B
5 64% 2 20%
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5 44%
44% 88
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1% 88 4 44
52
100% 2 3 100
5 200
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Mrs Wong sold 200 cakes altogether.

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 Name: Class: Date:

Review 2

Section A
Each question has four options. Choose the correct option ( 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 ).
Write in the brackets provided.

(1) Mr Ng bought 8 oranges, 12 apples and 14 papayas. What was the ratio of the total

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number of fruits to the number of apples?
1 6 : 11
2 6 : 17

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3 11 : 6
4

h 17 : 6
AO1, P5 Ratio
( 4 )

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(2) In a class, 12 pupils walk to school. This is 40% of the total number of pupils in the
class. How many pupils are there in the class?
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2 18
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3 12
4 6 ( 1 )
AO1, P6 Percentage, Lesson 1
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(3) A board game cost $20 before GST. There was a 7% GST on the board game.
How much was the GST?
1 $0.70
2 $1.40
3 $18.60
4 $21.40 ( 2 )
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2 $14.00
3 $35.00
4 $49.00 ( 2 )
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 (5) The price of a camera was $2800. During a sale, there was a 15% discount for the
camera. What was the discounted price of the camera?
1 $3220
2 $2380
3 $2100
4 $420 ( 2 )
AO1, P5 Percentage

(6) Tom has some local and foreign stamps. The total number of stamps is 9 of the
5
number of foreign stamps. What is the ratio of the number of foreign stamps to the

sh
number of local stamps?
1 5:4
4:5

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2
3
4
9:5
5 : 9
h ( 1 )

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(7) The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at a bir thday par ty was 4 : 9.
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17 girls lef t. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls became 6 : 5.
Find the total number of boys and girls at f irst.
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1 22
2 24
3 37
4 39 ( 4 )
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(8) A box contains some red, yellow and blue beads. The ratio of the number of red beads
to the number of yellow beads is 2 : 5. The ratio of the number of blue beads to the
number of red beads is 4 : 7. What fraction of the beads are yellow?
35
1
57
22
2
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8
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 (9) A meal at a restaurant cost $5. Its price increased to $6 the following week.
What was the percentage increase in the cost of the meal?
1 20%
2 25%
3 80%
4 125% ( 1 )
AO1, P6 Percentage, Lesson 2

(10)  0% of John’s stamps are local stamps. What is the ratio of the number of local
6
stamps to the number of foreign stamps that John has?

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1 3:5
2 5:3
3 3:2

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4 2:3 ( 3 )

h
AO1, P6 Percentage, Lesson 3

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Section B
Solve the problems. Show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces provided.
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(11) Express 3 as a percentage.
4
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Ans: 75%

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 (12) There are 250 adults and children at a funfair altogether. There are 90 adults at the
funfair. What percentage of the people at the funfair are adults?
AO1, P5 Percentage

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36%
Ans:

(13) T he ratio of Sue’s age to Tom’s age is 5 : 7. Sue is 6 years younger than Tom. How old
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is Tom?
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 (14) J ane’s monthly allowance decreased from $80 in June to $48 in July. What was the
percentage decrease in her allowance from June to July?
AO1, P6 Percentage, Lesson 2

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40%
Ans:
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(15) Sean, Ryan and Lucas shared $580 in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. How much less money did
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Ryan receive than the total amount Lucas and Sean received?
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Ans: $2   32

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 (16) 30% of the pupils in a class are boys and the rest are girls. All the boys and 2 of
5
the girls like to play badminton. What percentage of the class like to play badminton?
AO3, P6 Percentage, Lesson 3

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Ans: 58%

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 Section C
Solve the problems. Show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces
provided.

(17) Ally has 1 as many stickers as Bella. Bella has 3 as many stickers as Coco.
2 2
(a) What is the ratio of the number of stickers Ally has to the number of stickers
Bella has to the number of stickers Coco has?
(b) Ally has 24 stickers. How many more stickers does Bella have than Coco?
AO2, P6 Ratio, Lesson 3

(a) Ally's stickers : Bella's stickers : Coco's stickers

sh
: 1 2
33 33 3 32 : 2 32
3 : 6 : 4

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The ratio of the number of stickers Ally has to the number of stickers

h
Bella has to the number of stickers Coco has is 3 : 6 : 4.

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(b) Difference in the number of units of stickers Bella and Coco has
=624
=2
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3 units 5 24
  1 unit 5 24 4 3
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5 8
2 units 5 8 3 2
5 16
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Bella has 16 stickers more than Coco.

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Ans: (a)
16
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 *(18) There were 30 pupils in a band. 60% of the pupils were boys. Some boys lef t the
band and the percentage of boys dropped to 20%. How many boys lef t the band?
AO3, P6 Percentage, Lesson 3
60
Number of boys in the band at f irst 5 3 30
100
5 18

Number of girls in the band at f irst 5 30 2 18

5 12

New percentage of girls in the band 5 100% 2 20%

5 80%

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80% 12
12
1%
80

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12
20%

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3 20

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Number of boys who lef t 5 18 2 3
5 15
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15 boys lef t the band.
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 Comparison Model (Multiples)
(19) Mr Tham picked twice as many oranges as mangoes from his farm. While sor ting out
the fruits, he found that only 60% of the fruits are edible. The ratio of the number of
edible oranges to the number of edible mangoes was 5 : 3. There were 90 more
edible oranges than edible mangoes.
(a) What was the total number of edible oranges and mangoes?
(b) How many oranges did Mr Tham pick at f irst?
AO2, P6 Percentage, Lesson 3
(a) Edible oranges

Edible mangoes

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90
2 units 5 90
  1 unit 5 90 4 2

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5 45

di
8 units 5 45 3 8

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5 360

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The total number of edible oranges and mangoes was 360.

(b)
60% of total 360
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1% of total 360 4 60
56
100% of total 6 3 100
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5 600

Oranges
600
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Mangoes

3 units 5 600
  1 unit 5 600 4 3
5 200
2 units 5 200 3 2
5 400

Mr Tham picked 400 oranges at f irst.

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Ans: (a)
400
(b)

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 *(20) Darren, Muthu and Hafiz shared the cost of a gift equally using their savings. Darren
saved $36 more than Muthu. If Darren paid for the gift first, the ratio of Darren’s
remaining savings to Muthu’s savings to Hafiz’s savings would be 4 : 9 : 11. If Muthu
paid for the gift first, the ratio of Darren’s savings to Muthu’s remaining savings to
Hafiz’s savings would be 12 : 1 : 11. If Hafiz paid for the gift first, the ratio of Darren’s
savings to Muthu’s savings to Hafiz’s remaining savings would be 4 : 3 : 1. How much
did the gift cost?
AO3, P6 Ratio, Lesson 3

Darren : Muthu : Haf iz

If Darren paid f irst 4 : 9 : 11
If Haf iz paid f irst 4 3 3 5 12 : 33359 :13353

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If Muthu paid f irst 12 : 1 : 11

Darren's savings : Muthu's savings : Haf iz's savings

12 : 9 : 11

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Cost of gif t 5 12 2 4
5 8 units

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Dif ference in the number of units of money Darren and Muthu saved
5 12 2 9
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3 units 5 $3   6
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1 unit 5 $3   6 4 3
5 $12
8 units 5 $12 3 8
5 $9   6
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The gif t cost $9   6.

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$96
Ans:

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 Name: Class: Date:

CHAPTER

5 Circles

Practice 1A Radius and Diameter

sh
(1) In the following circle, O is the centre.
Name a radius and a diameter.
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h A E

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G F
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O
C

C B

Radius 5 OE or OA or OB
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 (2) In the circle, O is the centre.

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(a) Draw a radius.
(b) Measure the radius.

It is 2 cm.

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(3)

h
In the circle, X is the centre.

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X
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(a) Draw a diameter.

(b) Measure the diameter.

It is 6 cm.
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 (4) I n the following circle, O is the centre. Draw a radius and a diameter. Measure the
radius and the diameter.
Answers vary. Examples:

radius

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O

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h diameter

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5
Radius 5 cm
C

10
Diameter 5 cm
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 (5) In the f igure, O is the centre of the circle.

L O
J E

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K H

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(a) Name all the radii.

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OA, OE, OF, OG, OK, OJ

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(b) Name all the diameters.
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AG, JE

(6) Complete the table.

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Radius of a Circle Diameter of a Circle

6 cm 12 cm
C

4 cm
8 cm
7m 14 m
2.5 cm 5 cm
6.4 cm
12.8 cm
5.65 m 11.3 m
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 Name: Class: Date:

Practice 1B Circumference
(1) F ind the circumference of each circle. Take p 5 22 .
7
(a)

14 cm

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Circumference 5 π  d
22
5 3 142
17
5 44 cm

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(b)
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21 cm
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Circumference 5 π  d
22
5 3 213
1 7
5 66 cm
C

(2) F ind the circumference of each circle. Take p 5 22 .

7
(a)

7m
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Circumference 5 2π  r
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22
523 3 71
1 7
5 44 m

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 (b)

28 cm

Circumference 5 2π  r
22
523 3 284
17
5 176 cm

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di
(3) F ind the circumference of each circle. (Take p 5 3.14.)
(a)
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30 cm
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Circumference 5 π  d
5 3.14 3 30
5 94.2 cm
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(b)

44.5 cm
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Circumference 5 π  d
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5 3.14 3 44.5
5 139.73 cm

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 (4) F ind the circumference of each circle. (Take π 5 3.14.)
(a)

12 cm

Circumference 5 2π  r
5 2 3 3.14 3 12

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5 75.36 cm

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(b)

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34.5 cm
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Circumference 5 2π  r
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5 2 3 3.14 3 34.5
5 216.66 cm
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(5) Find the circumference of each circle. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

(a)

17 cm
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Circumference 5 π  d
5 π 3 17
≈   53.4 cm

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 (b)

4.5 cm

Circumference 5 2π  r
5 2 3 π 3 4.5
5 28.3 cm (correct to 1 decimal place)

sh
av t
di
h
en
F ind the circumference of a ferris wheel of diameter 84 m. Take p 5 22 .
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(6)
7
22
Circumference of ferris wheel 5 3 8412
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1 7
5 264 m

The circumference of the ferris wheel is 264 m.

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(7) F ind the circumference of a circular pond of radius 96 cm. Give your answer correct to
the nearest centimetre. (Take π 5 3.14.)
Circumference of circular pond 5 2 3 3.14 3 96
5 602.88
≈ 603 cm
The circumference of the circular pond is 603 cm.
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 (8)  wheel has a radius of 27 cm. It makes 30 complete turns. What is the distance it
A
travels? Leave your answer in centimetres. (Take p 5 3.14.)
Distance wheel travels 5 2 3 3.14 3 27 3 30
5 5086.8 cm

The distance it travels is 5086.8 cm.

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di
h
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(9) A wheel has a radius of 21 cm. How many complete turns must it make to cover a
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distance of 1980 cm? Take p 5 22 .

7

22
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Circumference of wheel 5 2 3 3 21
7
5 132 cm

Number of complete turns the wheel must make 5 1980 4 132

5 15

It must make 15 complete turns to cover a distance of 1980 cm.

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 (10) (a) T he figure shows a semicircle with diameter 10 m. Find the perimeter of the
figure. (Take p 5 3.14.)

10 m

1
Perimeter 5 10 1 3 pd
2
1

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5 10 1 3 3.14 3 10 5
12
5 10 1 15.7
5 25.7 m

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The perimeter of the f igure is 25.7 m.

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(b) T he figure shows a quarter circle with radius 4 cm. Find the perimeter of the
figure. (Take p 5 3.14.)
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4 cm

1
Perimeter 5 (2 3 4) 1 3 2p r
4
1
3 2 3 3.14 3 4 1
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5 14.28 cm
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The perimeter of the f igure is 14.28 cm.

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 Name: Class: Date:

Practice 2 Area of a Circle

(1) F ind the area of each circle. Take p 5 22 .
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(a)
Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
22
5 3 14 2 3 14
17

14 cm 5 616 cm2

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(b)
Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
22
5 3 28 4 3 28
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17

5 2464 cm2
28 cm
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(c)
Radius 5 70 4 2
5 35 cm
Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
70 cm
22
5    3 35 5 3 35
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5 3850 cm2
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 (d)
Radius 5 42 4 2
5 21 cm
42 cm Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
22
5 3 213 3 21
1 7
5 1386 cm2

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(2) Find the area of each circle. (Take π 5 3.14.)

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(a)
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5 3.14 3 12 3 12
5 452.16 cm2
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12 cm
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(b)
Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
5 3.14 3 20 3 20
5 1256 m2

20 m
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 (c)
Radius 5 84 4 2
5 42 m

Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
84 m
5 3.14 3 42 3 42
5 5538.96 m2

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(d)

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Radius 5 110 4 2

h 110 cm
5 55 cm

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Area 5 π 3 r 3 r
5 3.14 3 55 3 55
5 9498.5 cm2
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(3) F ind the area of each semicircle.

(a) Area 5
1
3π3r3r
2
21 m 1 2211
5 3 3 213 3 21
12 17

5 693 m2
Take p 5 22 .
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 (b) Radius 5 16 4 2
5 8 cm
1
16 cm Area 5 3π3r3r
2
1
5 3 3.14 3 8 3 8
2
5 100.48 cm2

(Take π 5 3.14.)

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(4) F ind the area of the quar ter circle. (Take π 5 3.14.)

1
Area 5 3π3r3r

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di
4
1
46 cm

h 5 3 3.14 3 46 3 46
4
5 1661.06 cm2

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(5) F ind the area of the quar ter circle. Take p 5 22 .

7

1
Area 5 3π3r3r
4
28 cm 1 22 1
5   3 3 28 4 3 28
14 17

5 616 cm2
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 Name: Class: Date:

Practice 3 Composite Figures

(1) The f igure is made up of a small semicircle of diameter 21 cm and a large semicircle
of radius 21 cm. F ind its perimeter and area. Take p 5 22 .
7

21 cm

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21 cm

Diameter of large semicircle 5 21 3 2

5 42 cm

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di
1 22 1 22

h
Perimeter of f igure 5
2
3
5 120 cm
7
3 21 1
2
3
7
3 42 1 21

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Its perimeter is 120 cm.
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Radius of small semicircle 5 21 4 2
1
5 10 cm
2
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1 22 1 1
Area of small semicircle 5 3 3 10 3 10
2 7 2 2
1
5 173 cm2
4
C

1 22
Area of large semicircle 5 3 3 21 3 21
2 7
5 693 cm2
1
Area of f igure 5 173 1 693
4
1
5 866   cm2
4
1
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Its area is 866   cm2.

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 (2) T he f igure is made up of a triangle and two quar ter circles. F ind its perimeter and
area. Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place. (Take π 5 3.14.)

6 cm 9 cm

12 cm 9 cm

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1 1
Perimeter of f igure 5 3 2 3 3.14 3 6 1 (9 2 6) 1 3 2 3 3.14 3 9 1 9 1 12
4 4

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5 47.55

h 5 47.6 cm (correct to 1 decimal place)

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Its perimeter is 47.6 cm.
1
Area of small quar ter circle 5 3 3.14 3 6 3 6
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4
5 28.26 cm2
1
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Area of large quar ter circle 5 3 3.14 3 9 3 9

m. 4
5 63.585 cm2
1
Area of triangle 5 3 9 3 12
C

2
5 54 cm2
Area of f igure 5 28.26 1 63.585 1 54
5 145.845
5 1 45.8 cm2 (correct to 1 decimal place)
Its area is 1 45.8 cm2.
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 (3) The f igure is made up of a rectangle, four identical quar ter circles and two identical
semicircles. F ind its perimeter and area. Take p 5 22 .
7

28 m 28 m

42 m

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28 m 28 m

22 4 22 6
Perimeter of f igure 5 2 3 3 28 1 (4 3 28) 1 3 42

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di
17 17

h 5 176 1 112 1 132

5 420 m

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Its perimeter is 420 m.
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Radius of semicircle 5 42 4 2
5 21 m
22
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Area of four identical quar ter circles 5 3 28 4 3 28

17
5 2464 m2
22
Area of two identical semicircles 5 3 213 3 21
C

17
5 1386 m2
Area of rectangle 5 28 3 2 3 42
5 2352 m2
Area of f igure 5 2464 1 1386 1 2352
5 6202 m2
Its area is 6202 m2.
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 (4) T he figure shows a quar ter circle and a triangle. F ind the area of the shaded par t.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
6.6 cm

11 cm 8.8 cm

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11 cm

Area of shaded par t 5 Area of quarter circle 2 Area of triangle

1 1
5 3 p 3 11 3 11 2 3 6.6 3 8.8

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4 2

h ≈ 66.0 cm2

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The area of the shaded part is 66.0 cm2.
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 (5) The f igure shows two identical semicircles and two identical quar ter circles in a
rectangle. F ind the area of the shaded par t. Take p 5 22 .
7
14 cm

7 cm 1
10 cm
2

sh
1 22
Area of two identical quar ter circles 5 3 3737
2 7
5 77 cm2

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di
h
Radius of semicircle 5 7 4 2
1
5 3 cm

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2
22 1 1
Area of two identical semicircles 5 33 33
7 2 2
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1
5 38 cm2
2
1
Area of unshaded par t 5 77 1 38  
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2
1
5 115 cm2
2
1
Area of rectangle 5 14 3 10
2
C

5 147 cm2
1
Area of shaded par t 5 147 2 115
2
1
5 31 cm2
2
1
The area of the shaded part is 31 cm2.
2
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 (6) T he f igure shows a rectangle and 6 identical semicircles in a circle. F ind the area of
the shaded par t. (Take π 5 3.14.)
12 cm

4 cm

sh
2 cm

Length of rectangle 5 4 3 2

av t
di
5 8 cm

h
Area of rectangle 5 4 3 8

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5 32 cm2
Radius of semicircle 5 4 4 2
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5 2 cm
1
Area of 6 identical semicircles 5 6 3 3 3.14 3 2 3 2
2
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5 37.68 cm2
Area of unshaded par t 5 37.68 1 32
5 69.68 cm2
C

Radius of big circle 5 12 4 2

5 6 cm

Area of big circle 5 3.14 3 6 3 6

5 113.04 cm2
Area of shaded par t 5 113.04 2 69.68
5 43.36 cm2
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 (7) T he f igure shows a circle and two identical quar ter circles. The diameter of the circle
is 70 cm. F ind the area and perimeter of the shaded par t. Leave your answers in
terms of p.

sh
70 cm

Perimeter of shaded par t 5 p 3 70

5 70p cm

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The perimeter of the shaded part is 70p cm.

h
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or
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35 cm 35 cm 35 cm
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70 cm 70 cm 70 cm

Area of shaded par t 5 70 3 35

5 2450 cm2
C

The area of the shaded part is 2450 cm2.

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 (8) I n the f igure, PQRS is a square of side 10 cm with a quar ter circle enclosed within it.
PQRUT is a triangle where PTU 5 18.87 cm and RU 5 6 cm. PTU and QRU are straight
lines. F ind the perimeter and area of the shaded par t. (Take π 5 3.14.)
P S

T
18.87 cm
U
Q R
10 cm 6 cm

sh
P S

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18.87 cm

h
T

Q R U

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10 cm 6 cm

1
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Perimeter of shaded par t 5 3 2 3 3.14 3 10 1 6 1 18.87
4
5 40.57 cm
sh op

The perimeter of the shaded part is 40.57 cm.

1
Area of Triangle PRU 5 3 6 3 10
2
5 30 cm2
C

1
Area of quar ter circle 5 3 3.14 3 10 3 10
4
5 78.5 cm2
1
Area of Triangle PRS 5 3 10 3 10
2
5 50 cm2
Area of shaded par t 5 30 1 (78.5 2 50)
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5 58.5 cm2
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The area of the shaded part is 58.5 cm2.

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 (9) T he f igure shows f ive identical circles with centres P, Q, R, S and T. The shaded par ts
are identical. Each circle has a diameter of 28 cm. F ind the area of the shaded par ts.
Take p 5 22 .
7

P A Q

D T B

sh
S C R

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h
Radius of a circle 5 28 4 2

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l C ig
5 14 cm

Area of Square ABCD 5 2 3 Area of ABD

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1 1
5 23 3 28 3 14
12

5 392 cm2
sh op

22
Area of a circle 5 3 14 2 3 14
1 7
5 616 cm2
C

Area of shaded par ts 5 (616 2 392) 3 2

5 448 cm2
The area of the shaded parts is 448 cm2.
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 (10) T he f igure shows a semicircle, two identical circles and two identical squares of
sides 6 cm. A and B are the centres of the circles. F ind the area of the shaded par ts.
(Take π 5 3.14.)

6 cm
A B

sh
6 cm
A B

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di
Area of a square 5 6 3 6

h 5 36 cm2

en
l C ig
Radius of a circle 5 6 4 2
5 3 cm
al yr
Area of a circle 5 3.14 3 3 3 3
5 28.26 cm2
sh op

Area of C 5 (36 2 28.26) 4 4

5 1.935 cm2
1
Area of a quar ter circle 5 3 3.14 3 6 3 6
4
C

5 28.26 cm2
Area of shaded par ts 5 (36 2 28.26 2 1.935) 3 2
5 11.61 cm2
The area of the shaded parts is 11.61 cm2.
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 Name: Class: Date:

Chapter 5 Review
(1) F ind the area and circumference of the following.
AO1
Lessons (a) A circle of radius 7 cm Take p 5 22 .
1 and 2 7
22
Area 5   3 71 3 7
1 7
5 154 cm2
22
Circumference 5 2 3 3 71
17

5 44 cm

sh
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(b) A circle of diameter 20 cm (Take π 5 3.14.)

en
l C ig
Radius 5 20 4 2
5 10 cm
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Area 5 3.14 3 10 3 10
5 314 cm2
sh op

Circumference 5 3.14 3 20
5 62.8 cm
C

(2) A wheel of radius 14 cm makes 3 complete turns. What is the distance it travels?
AO1
Lesson 1 Take p 5 22 .
7

22
Distance wheel travels 5 2 3 3 14 2 3 3
1 7
5 264 cm
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The distance it travels is 264 cm.

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 Comparison Model (Multiples)
(3)  wire was used to form a small semicircle and two large identical semicircles.
A
AO2
Lesson 3
The diameter of each large semicircle is twice the diameter of the small semicircle.
What was the length of wire used? (Take π 5 3.14.)

sh
25 cm

F irst large semicircle

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h
Second large semicircle 25 cm

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l C ig
Small semicircle

Diameter of small semicircle 5 25 4 5

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5 5 cm

Diameter of each large semicircle 5 5 3 2

5 10 cm
sh op

1
Length of wire used 5 (3.14 3 10) 1 3 3.14 3 5
2
5 39.25 cm
C

The length of wire used was 39.25 cm.

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 (4)  f ield is made up of a rectangle and two identical semicircles. The length of the
A
AO2
Lesson 3
rectangle is 200 m and the radius of each semicircle is 40 m. F ind the perimeter and
area of the f ield. (Take π 5 3.14.)
200 m
40 m

Diameter of semicircle 5 40 3 2
5 80 cm

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Perimeter of f ield 5 (3.14 3 80) 1 (2 3 200)
5 651.2 m

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The perimeter of the f ield is 651.2 m.

h
Total area of two identical semicircles 5 3.14 3 40 3 40

en
l C ig
5 5024 m2
Breadth of f ield 5 40 3 2
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5 80 m

Area of rectangle 5 200 3 80

5 16 000 m2
sh op

Area of f ield 5 5024 1 16 000

5 21 024 m2
C

The area of the f ield is 21 024 m2.

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 *(5) T he figure shows Square ABCD and a quar ter circle. The length of AC is 8 cm.
AO3
Lesson 3
(a) What is the radius of the quar ter circle?
(b) What is the total area of the shaded par ts? Give your answer correct to
2 decimal places.

C B

8 cm

sh
D
A

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(a) Radius of quarter circle 5 BD

h 5 AC
5 8 cm

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l C ig
The radius of the quarter circle is 8 cm.
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(b)

C B
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8 cm
C

D
A
Total area of shaded parts 5 Area of quarter circle 2 Area of square
1 1
5 3p3838223 3834
4 2
5 18.27 cm2 (correct to 2 decimal places)
The total area of the shaded parts is 18.27 cm2.
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 (6) Identical circles are cut from a piece of rectangular cardboard 3 m long and
AO2
Lesson 3
25 cm wide.
(a) How many identical circles can be cut from the cardboard?
(b) What is the area of the cardboard lef t af ter cut ting out all the identical circles?
(Take π 5 3.14.)

50 cm

sh
(a) Diameter of each circle 5 50 4 2
5 25 cm

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di
3 m 5 300 cm

h Number of identical circles that can be cut from the cardboard 5 300 4 25

en
5 12
l C ig
12 identical circles can be cut from the cardboard.
al yr
(b) Area of cardboard 5 300 3 25
5 7500 cm2
sh op

Radius of each circle 5 25 4 2

5 12.5 cm

Total area of circles cut out 5 12 3 3.14 3 12.5 3 12.5

C

5 5887.5 cm2

Area of cardboard left after cutting out all the identical circles
5 7500 2 5887.5
5 1612.5 cm2
The area of the cardboard lef  t af ter cutting out all the identical circles is 1612.5 cm2.
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 Name: Class: Date:

Maths
Put On Journal
Your Thinking Cap!
Zhiwei wrote down the steps to solve the following problem.

The f igure is made up of two identical quar ter circles. F ind the area of the f igure.
(Take π 5 3.14.)

5 cm

sh
P U T

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A

Q R S
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5 cm
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Zhiwei’s steps:
Step 1: F ind the area of Rectangle PQST.
Step 2: Subtract the area of right-angled Triangles A and B.
C

Is Zhiwei's solution correct?

Explain and show how you would solve the problem.
No. A and B are not right-angled triangles.
1
Area of f igure 5 3 3.14 3 5 3 5
2
5 39.25 cm2
The area of the f igure is 39.25 cm2.
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 Name: Class: Date:

Put On Your Thinking Cap!

(1) T he f igure shows a square, a rectangle and a semicircle with centre O. The diameter
of the semicircle is 32 cm. F ind the perimeter of the f igure. (Take π 5 3.14.)

sh
32 cm
O

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32 cm
O
16 cm 16 cm
C

Perimeter of f igure
1
5 32 1 16 1 16 1 3 3.14 3 32
2
5 114.24 cm

The perimeter of the f igure is 114.24 cm.

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 Comparison Model (More Than or Less Than)
(2) T he f igure shows one quar ter circle and one semicircle in a square of sides 10 cm.
F ind the dif ference in area between the shaded par ts B and D. (Take π 5 3.14.)

A
D

B
C

sh
10 cm

Area of quar ter circle C B

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h
Area of semicircle C D

en
l C ig
?

1
Area of quar ter circle 5 3 3.14 3 10 3 10
al yr
4
5 78.5 cm2
Radius of semicircle 5 10 4 2
sh op

5 5 cm
1
Area of semicircle 5 3 3.14 3 5 3 5
2
C

5 39.25 cm2
Dif ference in area between shaded par ts B and D 5 78.5 2 39.25
5 39.25 cm2
The dif ference in area between the shaded parts B and D is 39.25 cm2.
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CHAPTER

6 Angles in Geometric Figures

Practice 1 F inding Unknown Angles in Geometric

F igures

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(1) ABD is an isosceles triangle. BCD is an equilateral triangle. F ind ADC.

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A ADB 5 ABD

h 5 (180° 2 32°) 4 2
5 148° 4 2

en
32°
l C ig
5 74°

ADC 5 74° 1 60°

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5 134°
sh op

B D
C

(2) ABCD is a trapezium. ABE is an isosceles triangle. F ind AEB and EBC.
A B AEB 5 180° 2 48° 2 48°
48° 5 84°

EBC 5 180° 2 48° 2 80°

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5 52°
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70° 80°
D C
E
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 (3) PQR is an isosceles triangle. PQ 5 QR. PRS is a straight line. F ind SRQ and RQS.

R S PRQ 5 RPQ
29° 5 59°
P
59°
SRQ 5 180° 2 59°
5 121°

RQS 5 180° 2 121° 2 29°

Q 5 30°

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(4) E FG is a right-angled triangle. EFH is a straight line. FHJ is an isosceles triangle.
F ind GFJ.
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J GFE 5 180° 2 90° 2 78°

5 12°
52°
C

JFH 5 JHF
5 (180° 2 52°) 4 2
5 128° 4 2
5 64°
H
G
F GFJ 5 180° 2 12° 2 64°
78° 5 104°
E
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 (5) ABCD is a parallelogram. AED is a right-angled triangle. F ind m.
A ADE 5 180° 2 90° 2 57°
57° 5 33°
D
ADC 5 ABC
m
5 76°

76° m   5 76° 2 33°

B 5 43°
E
C

sh
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(6) PQR is an isosceles triangle. PRST is a rhombus. TPQ is a straight line. F ind QRP.
sh op

S R TPR 5 180° 2 62°

5 118°

RPQ 5 180° 2 118°

5 62°
C

QRP 5 180° 2 62° 2 62°

62° 5 56°
T Q
P
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 (7) EFGK is a parallelogram. EJL is a triangle. FG // JL. F ind m.
E K EFG 5 180° 2 131°
5 49°

131° JFG 5 180° 2 49°

F 5 131°
H G
m   5 180° 2 131°
m 5 49°
J L

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l C ig
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(8) ABC is an isosceles triangle. ACDE is a parallelogram. F ind BCD.
sh op

A E BCA 5 180° 2 20° 2 20°

5 140°
110°
ACD 5 AED
C

5 110°

BCD 5 360° 2 140° 2 110°

5 110°
C D

20°
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 (9) ABCD, BEG and CEF are straight lines. F ind a and b.
F G BEC 5 FEG
5 38°
38°
CBE 5 180° 2 110°
E 5 70°

a   5 180° 2 70° 2 38°

5 72°

b   5 180° 2 72°

110° a b

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5 108°
A D
B C

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(10) ABCD is a rhombus. AEFD is a parallelogram. F ind DCE, CDF and ECB.
sh op

A D ACD 5 DAC
64° 5 BAC
5 BCA
5 (180° 2 64° ) 4 2
C

5 58°
C DCE 5 180° 2 58°
B
5 122°

ECB 5 180° 2 58°

E F 5 122°

CDF 5 180° 2 122°

5 58°
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 (11) JKNO is a parallelogram. KNM and JLM are straight lines. F ind g and h.
J O g   5 JKN
g 5 78°
MLN 5 JLO
56° 5 56°
L
KNO 5 180° 2 78°
5 102°
78° h
K M ONM 5 180° 2 102°
N

sh
5 78°

h   5 180° 2 78° 2 56°

5 46°

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l C ig
al yr
(12)  BCD is a parallelogram. AEF, CED and BCF are straight lines. F ind AED, DEF
A
and CFE.
sh op

A D ADC 5180° 2 140°

30° 5 40°

AED 5 180° 2 30° 2 40°

C

E 5 110°
140°
B F DEF 5 180° 2 110°
C 5 70°

CEF 5 AED
5 110°

DCF 5 180° 2 140°

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5 40°
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CFE 5 180° 2 110° 2 40°

5 30°
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 Name: Class: Date:

Chapter 6 Review
(1) MNO and MPO are isosceles triangles. F ind t.
AO2
Lesson 1 M OMN 5 (180° 2 70°) 4 2
5 55°
t
OMP 5 (180° 2 110°) 4 2
5 35°
110° t   5 55° 2 35°
P
5 20°

sh
70°
N O

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(2) F BEC and ABG are straight lines. ABCD is a parallelogram. AEC is an isosceles
AO2
Lesson 1
right-angled triangle. F ind n.
A D ADC 5 ABE
C

5 FBG
5 76˚

ECA 5 (180˚ 2 90˚) 4 2

n 5 45˚
B
F
76° E C n   5 180˚ 2 76˚ 2 45˚
5 59˚

G
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 (3) ACF is an equilateral triangle. BDEG is a trapezium. F ind p and q.
AO2
Lesson 1 A ACF 5 CFA
5 60°

CBG 5 BGF
B G 5 180° 2 60°
75° 80° 5 120°
p q
p   5 120° 2 75°
5 45°
C F
D E

sh
q   5 120° 2 80°
5 40°

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(4) CDE is an equilateral triangle. BCD is an isosceles triangle. BC 5 CD. ABCE is a square.
sh op

AO2
Lesson 1
F ind s.
ECD 5 60˚
A E
BCE 5 90˚
C

BCD 5 60˚ 1 90˚

D 5 150˚
F CBD 5 (180˚ 2 150˚) 4 2
s 5 15˚
B C
s   5 90˚ 2 15˚
5 75˚
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Maths Journal

ABCD is a rhombus. DCEF is a trapezium. ADF, BCE and DCG are straight lines.
A D F

sh
B C E

Write a statement about each of the following.

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(a)

h
Angles at point B

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l C ig
ABD 5 CBD
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sh op

(b) Angles at point C

C

Accept any possible answer.

BCD 5 GCE BCG 1 GCE 5 180˚
BCG 5 DCE GCB 1 BCD 5 180˚
BCD 1 DCE 5 180˚ DCE 1 ECG 5 180˚

(c) Angles in trapezium DCEF

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ECD 1 FDC 5 180˚

DFE 1 CEF 5 180˚
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 Name: Class: Date:

Put On Your Thinking Cap!

(1)  BC and CDG are triangles. BEF is an isosceles triangle. DEFG is a parallelogram.
A
FB 5 EF. F ind y.
A EFG 5 EDG
5 110˚
y
EFB 5 180˚ 2 110˚

sh
D 5 70˚
E
110° EBF 5 (180˚ 2 70˚) 4 2
35° 5 55˚
C B

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G F
y 5 180˚ 2 35˚ 2 55˚

h 5 90˚

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l C ig
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(2)  PQ, OQR and OPR are isosceles triangles. SRO 5 30˚. SQR 5 54˚. F ind QRS
O
and OPQ.
C

O ORP 5 OPR
5 30˚
R
30°
ORQ 5 SQR
5 54˚
S
QRS 5 54˚ 2 30˚
5 24˚

P 54° QOR 5 180˚ 2 54˚ 2 54˚

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5 72˚
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Q
POQ 5 180˚ 2 72˚ 2 30˚ 2 30˚
M

5 48˚

OPQ 5 OQP
5 (180˚ 2 48˚) 4 2
5 66˚

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 Name: Class: Date:

Review 3

Section A
Each question has four options. Choose the correct option ( 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 ).
Write in the brackets provided.

(1) Arrange the areas of the triangles from the smallest to the greatest.

sh
1 cm
1 cm

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h A B C

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l C ig
Smallest Greatest
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1 A, B, C
2 B, A, C
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3 B, C, A
4 C, B, A ( 3 )
AO1, P5 Area of a Triangle
C

(2) I am facing east. How many degrees anticlockwise must I turn to face south-west?
1 90° 2 135°
3 225° 4 315° ( 3 )
AO1, P4 Angles

(3) Find the circumference of the circle. Take p 5 22 .

7
1 22 cm 2 44 cm
7 cm
3 154 cm 4 308 cm ( 2 )
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(4) ABE is an isosceles triangle. ABD and EBC are straight lines. Find EAB.
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1 50° C
A
2 60°
3 80° B
50°
4 100° ( 3 )
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D
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 (5) PQRS is a parallelogram. PQT is a straight line. Find TQR.
1 32° P Q T
2 52°
3 64°
116°
4 116° ( 3 )
AO1, P6 Angles, Lesson 1 S R

(6) The figure is made up of a rectangle of length 21 cm and three identical right-angled
triangles. FK 5 15 cm. HK 5 30 cm. EL 5 LK 5 FJ. Find its area.
1 360 cm2 E

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2 414 cm2
3 517.5 cm2 F
21 cm
4 522 cm2 G L
24 cm
15 cm

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AO2, P5 Area of a Triangle

h
en
H J K
l C ig

30 cm ( 2 )
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(7) ABCD is a trapezium. CED is a straight line. Find FEC.
1 72° A D
2 75° 105° 108°
sh op

E
3 80°
4 100°
AO2, P5 Quadrilaterals
28°

B F C ( 3 )
C

(8) The figure shows a circle, touching three sides of a rectangle. The area of the
rectangle is 80 cm2. Find the area of the shaded part. (Take π 5 3.14.)
1 6.88 cm2
2 13.76 cm2
3 50.24 cm2
4 64 cm2
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10 cm ( 1 )
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(9) WXYZ is a rhombus. Find p.

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1 51° W X
2 102° 78°
p
3 111°
4 162°
AO2, P6 Angles, Lesson 1 18°
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 *(10) The figure is made up of four identical circles of diameter 14 m. D, E, F and G are the
centres of the circles. Find the shaded area. Take p 5 22 .
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1 154 m 2

D E
2 420 m2
3 462 m2
4 616 m2 G F
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( 3 )

Section B

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Solve the problems. Show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces provided.

(11) The figure shows seven roads drawn on a road map in a square grid.

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Ro

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Roa
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Road E
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Road G Road G

A car moved along Road D. After the car turned into another road, it faced north-west.
Which road did it turn into?
AO1, P4 Angles
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 (12) The figure is made up of four identical rectangles each measuring 16 cm by 4 cm.
Find the area of the shaded part.
4 cm

16 cm

AO2, P4 Area and Perimeter

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Ans: cm2

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(13)

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WXYZ is a rhombus. UZX is a straight line. Find UZW.

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110° X
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U
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145
Ans: °

(14) In the rectangle, AE  7.2 m, BC  9 m and BD  15 m. Find the area of the rectangle.
A B

7.2 m
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D C
AO2, P5 Area of a Triangle

108
Ans: m2

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 (15) The figure shows a triangle inside a semicircle. Find the perimeter of the shaded part.
Take p 5 22 .
7

15 cm
19 cm

28 cm
AO2, P6 Circles, Lesson 3

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Ans: cm
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(16) The figure is made up of two overlapping identical quarter circles. Find the area of the
shaded part. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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10 cm

AO2, P6 Circles, Lesson 3

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 Section C
Solve the problems. Show your working clearly and write the answers in the spaces
provided.

(17) Draw a trapezium PQRS in which SR // PQ and PQ 5 7 cm. Measure SRQ.

P 7 cm Q

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81°
Ans:
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*(18) Find the sum of /a and /b.

AO3, P5 Triangles
a
a 36° 35°
C

36° 35°
f
c 42°
d e
42°
b

c 5 180° 2 36° 2 35°

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d 5 180° 2 109°
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5 71°
e 5 180° 2 71° 2 42°
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5 67°
f 5 180° 2 67°
5 113°
a 1 b 5 180° 2 113°
5 67° 67°
Ans:

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 *(19) VWYZ is a rhombus. WXY is equilateral triangle. VYZ 5 39°.
(a) Find VWY.
(b) Find WXV.

V W

39°

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(a) VYW 5 VYZ

5 39°

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(b) YWX 5 180° 4 3
5 60°
VWX 5 102° 1 60°
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5 162°
WXV 5 (180° 2 162°) 4 2
5 9°
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Ans: (a) 102°

(b) 9°

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 (20) 4 identical circles, each of diameter 8 cm, were cut out from a large circular
cardboard as shown. Find the area of the cardboard left. (Take π 5 3.14.)

8 cm

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AO2, P6 Circles, Lesson 3

Radius of circle 5 8 4 2

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5 4 cm

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Area of 4 identical circles 5 4 3 3.14 3 4 3 4
5 200.96 cm2

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Radius of circular cardboard 5 2 3 8
5 16 cm
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Area of circular cardboard 5 3.14 3 16 3 16
5 803.84 cm2
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Area of cardboard lef t 5 803.84 2 200.96

5 602.88 cm2
The area of the cardboard lef t was 602.88 cm2.
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Ans:

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Revision 1

Paper 1

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Section A
For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your

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(1)
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Round 24 905 to the nearest thousand.

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1 20 000
2 24 000
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3 25 000
4 30 000 ( 3 )
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AO1, P4 Numbers to 100 000

(2) Express 19 tenths as a decimal.

1 0.019
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2 0.19
3 1.9
4 19.0 ( 3 )
AO1, P4 Decimals

(3) Which fraction is greater than 1 ?

5
1
1
6
3
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20
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2
4 ( 2 )
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 (4) Ali worked from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on a Saturday. How many hours did he work?
1 7h
2 8h
3 9h
4 13 h ( 3 )
AO1, P3 Time

(5) The table shows the amount of money a class of pupils spent at a school funfair.
How many pupils spent at least $20?

Amount Spent Number of Pupils

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$5 10
$10 9

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$25 6

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2 11
3 27
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4 32 ( 2 )
AO2, P4 Tables and Line Graphs

(6) The f igure shows a trapezium and a straight line AB. Which of the following has the
same value as a 1 b?
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c d

a b e f
A B

1 b 1 d
2 c 1 d
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AO1, P6 Angles in Geometric F igures
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 (7) What is the volume of a cuboid that has a square base of side 5 cm and height
15 cm?
1 75 cm3
2 150 cm3
3 375 cm3
4 1125 cm3 ( 3 )
AO1, P5 Volume of Cubes and Cuboids

(8) Gina bought a thumbdrive and 12 writing pads for $13y. Each writing pad cost $2.
F ind the cost of the thumbdrive.

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1 $(13y 2 2)
2 $(13y 2 12)
3 $(13y 1 24)
4 $(13y 2 24) ( 4 )

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(9) Manisha is standing at Point A facing the shopping centre. She makes a 3 -turn in an

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anti-clockwise direction. Where will she be facing in the end?
Shopping Centre
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Library Spor ts Complex

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Hawker Centre

1 Library
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Shopping Centre ( 3 )
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4
AO1, P4 Angles

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 (10) What is the area of the triangle?

75 cm

60 cm
65 cm

88 cm

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1 2347.5 cm2
2 2640 cm2
3 4875 cm2

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4 5280 cm2 ( 2 )

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AO1, P5 Area of a Triangle

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How many more squares must be shaded so that 4 of the f igure is shaded?
l C ig
(11)
5
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1 1
2 5
3 8
4 9 ( 3 )
AO2, P2 Fractions

(12) 78% of a number is 156. What is the number?

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2 200
3 156
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AO1, P6 Percentage

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 (13) The table shows the rates a postal of f ice charges for posting parcels to two countries.

Destination Mass Step Postage

First 100 g $1.20
Malaysia
Every additional 50 g $1
First 100 g $2.50
United Kingdom
Every additional 50 g $2

John sent a parcel weighing 120 g to Malaysia and another parcel weighing 230 g to

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the United Kingdom. How much did he pay altogether?
1 $2.20
2 $6.70

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3 $8.50
4

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AO2, P5 Rates
( 4 )

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(14) The number of binder clips Hakim has is 3 of the number of paperclips he has.
8
He has 35 more paperclips than binder clips. How many binder clips and paperclips
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does he have altogether?
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2 35
3 56
4 77 ( 4 )
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AO2, P6 Ratio

(15) Sam has stamps from Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand. The ratio of the number
of stamps from Malaysia to the number of stamps from Thailand is 3 : 2. The ratio of
the number of stamps from New Zealand to the number of stamps from Thailand is
6 : 5. What fraction of Sam’s stamps is from Malaysia?
10
1
37
12
2
37
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37
AO2, P6 Ratio

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 Section B
For questions 16 to 20, write your answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require
units, give your answers in the units stated.

(16) F ind the value of 54  8  6  10.

AO1, P5 Operations of Whole Numbers

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16
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Ans:

(17) F ind the value of 4  4 .

5 7
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AO1, P6 Fractions
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2
1
5
Ans:

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 (18) What is the value of Y on the following scale?
0.04 kg 0.05 kg 0.06 kg

Y
AO1, P4 Decimals

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0.047
Ans: kg
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(19) Write 5.4 m in metres and centimetres.

AO1, P5 Decimals
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Ans: 5 m 40 cm

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 (20) The bar graph shows the number of siblings the children living in a block of f lats have.
How many children have more than 1 sibling?
Number of Siblings a Group of Children Have

160

140

120

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Number of Children

100

80

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0
0 1 2 3
Number of Siblings
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 For questions 21 to 30, show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces
provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated.

(21) The f igure is made up of a square and a circle. The area of the square is 81 cm2.
F ind the area of the circle. (Take π  3.14.)

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AO2, P6 Circles

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63.585
Ans: cm2
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(22) Kim drew the following f igures. Which of the f igures are symmetrical?
C

A B C
AO2, P4 Symmetry
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 (23) EFGH is a trapezium. KJGH is a parallelogram. EH // FG. EF 5 FG. F ind x.
E K H
32°
130°
x L
F J G
AO2, P5 Quadrilaterals

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144
Ans: °
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(24) Kieran and Lindsay have $140 together. Lindsay’s money is 25% of the total amount of
money they have. How much money does Kieran have?
AO2, P5 Percentage
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 (25) Simplif y 8x 1 11 2 x 1 6.
AO1, P6 Algebra

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7x 1 17

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*(26) PQR is an isosceles triangle. F ind PRQ.
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R

S
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10° 10°
110°

P Q
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AO3, P5 Triangles
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Ans: °

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 *(27) BCDJ and DEGH are rectangles. CD = DE. F ind the area of Triangle BJH.
H G

104 cm2

B J
26 cm 2

C
D E

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AO2, P5 Area of a Triangle

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Ans: 39 cm2

(28) Draw the front view of the solid below.

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Top view
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Front view
Side view
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Ans:

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 (29) The f igure is made up of a circle, with centre A, and two identical right-angled
triangles. The radius of the circle is 10 cm. F ind the area of the shaded par t of
the f igure. (Take π 5 3.14.)

A
10 cm

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Ans: 214 cm2

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 (30) You are given five number cards.

1 5 4 9 6

(a) Arrange the cards to form the smallest 5-digit odd number.
(b) Arrange the cards to form the greatest 5-digit even number.
AO2, P4 Numbers to 100 000

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14 569
Ans: (a)
96 514
(b)

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 Paper 2
For questions 1 to 5, show your working clearly and write your answers in the space
provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated.

(1) At a bicycle store, there were 2y bicycles and 7 tricycles.

(a) How many wheels are there? Give your answer in terms of y.
(b) If y 5 12, how many wheels are there altogether?
AO2, P6 Algebra
(a) 2y 3 2 1 7 3 3 5 4y 1 21

There are (4y 1 21) wheels.

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(b) 4 3 12 1 21 5 69

There are 69 wheels altogether.

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4y 1 21
Ans: (a)
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69
(b)
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(2) During a sale, a shop gave a storewide discount of 20%. Mrs Tan bought a handbag
for $96. What was the price of the handbag before the discount?
AO2, P6 Percentage
100% 2 20% 5 80%

80% $9   6
1% $9   6 4 80
5 $1   .20
100% $1   .20 3 100
5 $1   20
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The price of the handbag before the discount was $1   20.

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120
Ans: $

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 (3) A 3 -m rope was cut into 2 pieces. The shor ter piece was 24 cm. What was the
5
dif ference in length between the two pieces of rope?
AO2, P4 Fractions
3
3 100 5 60
5
The original piece of rope was 60 cm long.

60 2 24 5 36

The length of the longer piece of rope was 36 cm.

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36 2 24 5 12

The dif ference in length between the two pieces of rope was 12 cm.

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Ans: 12 cm

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 *(4) Pamela found the average of some numbers to be 124.5. She realised that she had
keyed in one number wrongly. Instead of keying in 153, she keyed in 135. The actual
average was 129. How many numbers were there?
AO3, P5 Average
153 2 135 5 18

129 2 124.5 5 4.5

18 4 4.5 5 4

There were 4 numbers.

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Ans:

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 (5) AB and BC form two sides of Rhombus ABCD.
(a) Complete the drawing of Rhombus ABCD.
(b) Measure ABC.
AO2, P5 Quadrilaterals

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(a)

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 For questions 6 to 17, show your working clearly and write your answers in the space
provided. The use of an approved calculator is expected, where appropriate.

Before-after Concept (Dual Change in Unequal Quantities)

(6) Jamal had 60 more stamps than Keith at f irst. Af ter Jamal gave away 1 of his stamps
2
and Keith gave away 1 of his stamps, they were lef t with an equal number of stamps
6
each. How many stamps did Jamal have at f irst?
AO3, P6 Ratio
?

Jamal

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Keith

60

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10 units 5 15 3 10
5 150
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Jamal had 150 stamps at f irst.
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Ans:

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 (7) A rectangular tank measuring 32 cm by 25 cm by 13 cm is 5 f illed with water.
8
The water is poured into an empty cubical tank of edge 16 cm until it is full.
How much water is lef t in the rectangular tank? Give your answer in litres correct to
1 decimal place.
AO2, P5 Volume of Cubes and Cuboids
Volume of water in the rectangular tank
5
5 3 32 3 25 3 13
8
5 6500 cm3

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Capacity of cubical tank
5 16 3 16 3 16
5 4096 cm3

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Amount of water lef t in the rectangular tank

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5 6500 2 4096
5 2404 cm3

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5 2.404 
5 2.4  (correct to 1 decimal place)

2.4  of water are left in the rectangular tank.

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Ans: 2.4 

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 (8)  BCD is a rhombus. BEF and CEF are isosceles triangles. BE 5 EF and CE 5 CF. ACG,
A
DCE and BCF are straight lines.
(a) F ind ABC.
(b) F ind BEC.
A B
50°

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D E
C 40°

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AO3, P5 Quadrilaterals
(a) ACB 5 BAC
5 50°
5 180° 2 50° 2 50°
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ABC
5 80°

(b)
EBF 5 CFE
5 CEF
C

5 40°
BEF 5 180° 2 40° 2 40°
5 100°
BEC 5 100° 2 40°
5 60°
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Ans: (a)
60°
(b)

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 (9) Emily uses sticks to form f igures that follow a pat tern. The f irst three f igures
are shown.

1st 2nd 3rd

The table shows the number of sticks used to form the f igures.

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Position Number of Sticks Used
1st 4

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2nd 10
3rd

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5th ?
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? 70
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(a) How many sticks are needed to make the 5th f igure?
(b) F ind the position of the f igure that is formed by 70 sticks.
AO3, P4 Numbers to 100 000
(a) 1st f igure 4
C

2nd f igure 4 1 6 5 10
3rd f igure 4 1 6 1 8 5 18
4th f igure 4 1 6 1 8 1 10 5 28
5th f igure 4 1 6 1 8 1 10 1 12 5 40

40 sticks are needed to make the 5th f igure.

(b) The f igure that is formed by 70 sticks is in the 7th position.

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40
Ans: (a)
7th
(b)

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 Comparison Model (Multiples/Fractions)

(10) There was 1 as much oil in Barrel A as in Barrel B. Af ter 6   of oil was transferred
3
from Barrel B to Barrel A, there were 2 times as much oil in Barrel B as in Barrel A.
How many litres of oil were there in Barrel B at f irst?
AO3, P6 Ratio

Barrel A

Barrel B 6

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1 unit 5 6
9 units 5 6 3 9
5 54

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There were 54  of oil in Barrel B at f irst.

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Ans: 54 

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 Unit Overlay Strategy
*(11) Ella has some stickers. She wants to stick an equal number of stickers on some
greeting cards for her friends. If she sticks 5 stickers on each card, she will need
16 more stickers. If she sticks 4 stickers on each card, she will have 14 stickers lef t.
(a) How many friends will she be sending greeting cards to?
(b) How many stickers does Ella have?
AO3, P5 Operations of Whole Numbers
(a) If Ella sticks 4 stickers on each card:
Total number of stickers

4 4 14

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If Ella sticks 5 stickers on each card:
Total number of stickers

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5 5 5 5 16

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16 1 14 5 30

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If Ella wants to stick one more sticker on each card, she will need 30 more stickers.
So, she will be sending greeting cards to 30 friends.
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Ella has 134 stickers.

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30
Ans: (a)
134
(b)

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 *(12) The f igure shows Rectangle ABCD divided into four par ts. The ratio of area M to
area N is 2 : 7. The ratio of area Q to area P is 1 : 2. F ind the ratio of area N to area Q.
AO3, P6 Ratio
A D

P
M
Q

B C

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Area M : Area N 5 2 : 7
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 (13) I n a train, the ratio of the number of children to the number of adults was 2 : 3.
After 8 children boarded the train, the ratio of the number of children to the number
of adults became 4 : 5. How many adults were there in the train?
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10 : 15
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 Comparison Model (Fractions/Multiples)
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 *(15) Mandy and Priscilla shared a packet of stickers. At first, the number of stickers Mandy
had was 1 of the number of stickers Priscilla had. When the girls bought another
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28 stickers each, the number of stickers Priscilla had was 1 more than the number of
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stickers Mandy had. How many stickers were there in the packet?
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Number of stickers Mandy had : Number of stickers Priscilla had
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 Part-whole Model
*(16) A sum of money raised in a show was distributed to Charities A, B and C. Charity A
received 1 of the total amount Charities B and C received. Charity C received 1 of the
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total amount Charities A and B received.
(a) What fraction of the total amount of money did Charity B receive?
(b) Charity B received $88 000. How much money was raised in the show?
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Amount Charity A received : Amount Charities B and C received
1 : 3
35 35
5 : 15

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$160 000 was raised in the show.

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 *(17) The f igure shows four identical circles in a square of side 28 cm. Find the area of the
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28 cm

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