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First Round PSMO 2006
SECTION A
SHORT ANSWER PROBLEMS
1. Mr Rosman gave $154 to 8 boys. Two boys received $ 20 each and the rest is
divided equally among 6 boys. How much did each of the 6 boys received?
Answer:
3. 3 boys weigh 35 kg each and 2 other boys weigh 40 kg each. Find the
average weight of the 5 boys.
Answer:
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4. How many strips of paper, each m long, can be cut from a piece 2 m long?
8 2
Answer:
5. Round off the number given to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand
and hundred thousand then find the total of all the rounded numbers.
318 562
Answer:
6. It is given that
T
T
+ Q T
T T
It is given that T represents one digit and Q another digit. What is the sum of Q
and T?
Answer:
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7. AOB is the diameter of circle P which is √324cm. Q is half the size of circle P.
Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
.A o B.
P Q
Answer:
8. Three cubes are glued together to make a rectangular prism. The sum of the
lengths of the edges for the prism is 80cm. What is the volume of each cube?
Answer:
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9. If the oval has an area of 200cm², What is the area of the shaded portion? (Take
22
= ).
7
7cm
6cm
5cm
Answer:
10. The dimension of a triangle are (x + 5)cm, (2 x + 4)cm and (3 x + 1)cm. If the
perimeter is 64 cm, find the length of the longest side of the triangle.
Answer:
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11. A number is 5 times as big as another number. If their sum is 78, find the biggest
number.
Answer:
12. Using 1-cent, 5-cent and 10-cent coins, how many ways can you make up 20
cents?
Answer:
B
80
x
A D
Answer:
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14. Show how the shape given below can be divided into four pieces which
are identical to each other (Use a pencil and a ruler to draw).
Answer:
16. A Mathematics test was given to the 30 students of primary 6A. Their marks are
shown in the following table.
Marks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. of students 2 0 3 3 6 5 5 4 2
On the table above, draw a vertical line to show the position of the median.
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17. An examination was taken by 6 boys and 4 girls. The average mark of the 10
pupils was 51. Given that the mean mark of the 6 boys was 49, calculate the
mean mark obtained by the 4 girls.
Answer:
18. A teacher asked 24 children to name their favourite fruit. The replies are
illustrated by the bar chart.
Complete the circle to illustrate the information on a clearly labeled pie chart.
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SECTION B
ESSAY PROBLEMS
1. Lisa went for a walk along the beach. She walked 1.5 kilometres with her shoes
on. Then she walked another 500 metres with her shoes off. What percentage
of the whole walk did Lisa walk with her shoes off?
Answer:
2. The cash price for a video camera is $1980. The hire purchase includes a
deposit of $400 and $75 monthly installment for 24 months. Find the differences
between cash price and hire purchase price.
Answer:
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3. The rectangular tank contains 4.5 litres of water. When six identical metal cubes
are put into the tank, the water level rises to 12 cm.
a. Find the volume of the one metal cube.
b. How much more water in litres needs to be added to the tank to fill it up
completely.
4.5 l
20cm
15cm
30 cm
Answer: a)
Answer: b)
4. A newspaper vendor sells two types of magazines, one for 25 cents and the
other for 40 cents. If she sold 100 magazines for $28.60, how many magazines
did he sell at 25 cents?
Answer:
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5. The table below shows the number of students in a school band, who play a
particular musical instrument.
A new member joined the band and chose to play the French horn and three
students seceded to change from playing the trumpet to either beating the drum
or blowing the flute.
The bar chart below is drawn based on the new information. Only two bars are
drawn. Complete the bar chart below.
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6. The pie chart shows how 120 workers are divided into various salary groups.
a. How many more workers belong to the group ‘$2000 to $3000” than the
group ‘Below $2000’?
Answer: a)
2
b. If of the workers belonging to the group ‘Below $2000’ earn more than
3
$1000 a month, how many workers do not earn more than $1000 a
month?
Answer: b)
c. If 15% of the workers belong to the sector ‘$3001 to $4000’, how many
workers earn more than $4000 a month?
Answer: c)
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ANSWERS FOR SECTION A AND B
1. $19
2.
SOLUTION A:
2(-2), 0(+3), 3(-4), -1(+5), 4(-6), -2(+7), 5(-8), -3
SOLUTION B:
2(-2), 0(+3), 3(-2), 1(+3), 4(-2), 2(+3), 5(-2), 3
3. 37 kg
4. 20 strips
5. 1 576 160
6. Q is = 4
T is = 5
Sum of Q and T = 9
7. 90cm
8. 64 cm³
9. 31 cm²
10. 28 cm
11. 65
12. 9 ways
13. 650
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14. Answer :
15. BC = 2.5cm
16.
SOLUTION:
Marks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. of 2 0 3 3 6 5 5 4 2
students
17. 54 marks
18.
1. 25%
2. $220
3. a. 150 cm ³
b. 3.6 l
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5.
6. a. 48 workers
b. 8 workers
c. 6 workers
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