MATHEMATICS TEST MARKING for PRIMARY SCHOOLS July 1999 |
1 Ravi had 85 tickets to sell. He sold 45 tickets one day and 19 tickets the next day.
a) How many tickets did he sell altogether?
b) How many tickets were not sold?
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Scheme: a) 45 + 19 = 64 tickets M1 A1 b) 85 - 64 = 21 tickets M1 A1 (Correct answer only B2) |
Answer
(3): a) 45 + 19 = 64 b) 85 - 69 = 16 tickets |
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(1): a) 45 + 19 = 65 b) 85 - 65 = 21 were not sold |
Answer
(4): a) 64 b) 85 - 45 = 40 |
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| Answer
(2): a) 64 b) 64 + 21 = 85 |
Answer
(5):
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2 Ravi had 85 tickets to sell. He sold 45 tickets one day
and 19 tickets the next day.
How many tickets were not sold?
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Scheme: 45 + 19 =
64 M1 A1 85 - 64 = 21 tickets M1 A1 |
P4
Marking Scheme: 45 + 19 = 64 M1 85 - 64 = 21 tickets M1 A2 |
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(1): 85 - 64 Answer (2): 85 - 64 = 19 tickets
Answer (3): 85 - 46 = 39 tickets were not sold |
Answer
(4): 85 - 45 + 19 = 21 were not sold
Answer (5): 85 - 45 = 40
Answer (6): 64 |
3 Lily and Sufen each had an equal amount of money at first.
After Lily spent $18 and Sufen spent $25, Lily
had twice as much as Sufen.
How much money did Lily have at first?
Marking
Scheme:
1 part represents $25 - $18 = $7 $25 + $7 = $32 M1 A1 Lily had $32 at first |
P4
Marking Scheme: M2 for appropriate method and A2 for final answer. No A1 awarded for seeing $7.
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| Answer (1): 25 -
18 = 7, 7 + 7 + 18 = 32
Answer (2): 25 - 18 = 7, 7 + 7 + 18 = 32 Lily and Sufen had $ 32 at first
Answer (3): 25 - 18 = 7, 14 + 18 = 32 Sufen had $ 32 at first
Answer (4): (No model shown) $ 25 + $ 18 = $ 43 $ 43 - $ 25 - $ 18 = $ 7 |
Answer (5):
$ 25 - $ 18 = $ 7
Answer (6):
They each had $ 34 at first
Answer (7): (No model shown) 25 - 18 = 7 14 + 18 = 32 32 ¸ 2 = $ 16
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4. Complete the figure so that it is symmetric about the line AB.
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A2 for entire shape correctly drawn
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5 The graph shows the number of
books borrowed from a library from July to November.
Use the graph to answer the questions below.
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(a) How many books were borrowed in November?
(b) How many more books were borrowed in October than in September?
(c) The library had 1000 books altogether.
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of the books borrowed? |
Mark Scheme:
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(a) 350 A1 or B1 | ||||
| (b) 350 A1 or B1 | |||||
| (c) Aug A1 | |||||
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Answer (1):
(a) How many books were borrowed in November? 350
(b) How many more books were borrowed in October than in September?
800 - 450
(c) The library had 1000 books altogether.
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of the books borrowed? |
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x 1000 = 500 |
Ans: (a) 350 books |
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(b) 450 books |
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(c) August |
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Answer (2):
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| (b) 450 | ||
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6. Write the number 729 in words.
Marking Scheme: seven hundred and twenty-nine
A2 (P4 level) or A1 (P5/P6 level) for completely correct spelling only
Answers:
(1) Seven Hundred and twenty-nine
(2) seven hunded and twenty-nine
(3) seven hundred twenty nine
(4) seven hundred twenty-nine
(5) seven hundred, twenty-nine
(6) seven hundred and tenty-nine
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P4 Item
| 7 | There were 10 litres of petrol in a tank. Mr Yusof used |
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litre of it. |
| Then he poured in another |
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litre of petrol into the tank. |
How much petrol was in the tank finally?
Marking Scheme:
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P5/P6 Item
8 Ben had $2600. When he gave $500 to his sister, he
still had $60 more than his sister.
How much did his sister have at first?
Marking Scheme:
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P5/P6 Item
| 9 | Siti had a red, a blue and a yellow ribbon. The red ribbon is |
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m long. |
| The blue ribbon is |
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m longer than the red one. |
The yellow ribbon is twice as long as the blue one.
How long is the yellow ribbon? (Give your answer in its simplest form.)
Marking Scheme:
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