Placement Test for Singapore Primary Mathematics 1B

Comparing numbers

1.

Paul read 9 books. Mary read 5 books.

(a)

How many books did they read altogether? _______

(b)

How many more books did Paul read than Mary?_______


Graphs

2.

This picture graph shows the number of pizza slices four boys ate last week.















Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

(a) John ate _______ slices.

(b) Matthew ate _______ fewer slices than Luke.

(c) ___________ ate the most pizza.

(d) Mark ate ________ more slice(s) than John.

(e) Mark and Matthew together ate _______ slices.

Numbers to 40

3.

Fill in the blanks.

(a) 35 and 30 is _______

(b) 8 more than 20 is _______

(c) 29 + 1 = _______

(d) 20 + 7 = _______

(e) _______ + 8 = 28

(f) 2 less than 37 is _______

(g) 20 + _______ = 26

(h) 34 = _______ tens _______ ones

(i) 40 = _______ tens _______ ones

(j) _______ = 2 tens 8 ones

(k) 1 more than 33 is _______

(l) 10 more than 24 is _______

(m) 1 less than 30 is _______

(n) 10 less than 26 is _______

4.

Write the numbers:

(a) thirty-seven: _______

(b) twenty-three: _______

(c) thirty: _______

5.

 

Arrange the numbers 23, 13, 31, and 27 in order, beginning with the smallest.

_______, _______, _______, _______

6.

 

Fill in the blanks:

(a) 13 + 2 = _______

(c) 24 - 4 = _______

 

(b) 35 - 3 = _______

(d) 36 + 4 = _______

 

(e) 28 + 6 = 28 + 2 + 4 = _______ + 4 = _______

(f) 17 + 4 = 17 + 3 + 1 = _______ + 1 = _______

(g) 34 - 8 = 20 + 4 + 10 - 8 = 24 + _____ = _____

(h) 27 - 9 = 10 + 7 + 10 - 9 = 17 + _______ = _______

 

(i) 28 + 5 = _______

(k) 30 - 8 = _______

(m) 7 + 3 + 4 = _______

(j) 29 + 7 = _______

(l) 31 - 9 = _______

(n) 9 + 6 + 5 = ________

 

7.

After giving away 7 marbles,  Peter has 22 marbles left.  How many marbles did Peter have at first?
 
 

Peter has ___________ marbles.

8.

Mary has 16 cookies.  She put 4 of them on a plate.  She put the rest in a box.  How many cookies were in the box?
 
 

There were _________ cookies in the box.

Multiplication

9.

(a) There are _______ groups of balloons.

(b) There are _______ balloons in each group.

(c) There are _______ balloons altogether.

 

10.

Fill in the blanks:

_______ + _______ + _______ + _______ = 4 x 7

 

11.

Write the multiplication sentence.
 

 

12.

 

Write the multiplication sentence.

 

13.

How many legs do 5 lizards have?
 

 


Division

14.

 

There are 18 watermelon slices. Sue wants to put 3 slices on each plate. How many plates does she need?

She needs _______ plates.

 

15.

There are 8 cookies. Divide the cookies equally among four children.

Each child gets _______ cookies.

Halves and Quarters

16. Circle Yes or No

(a) Does shaded part show half the shape?
Yes No
.

(b) Does the line divide the letter in halves?
Yes No

(c) Does the shaded part shows a quarter of the shape?
Yes No

(d) Does the picture show quarters?
Yes No


17. Color the last shape to continue the pattern.

Time

18. Match a clock with a time. Fill in the blanks.                                                                                   

Numbers to 100

19.

Fill in the blanks.

(a) _____ tens = 70

(b) 84 = _______ tens _______ ones

(c) 60 + _______ = 62

(d) 40 more than 22 is _______

(e) 50 less than 89 is _______

(f) 2 less than 100 is _______ 

20.

Write in words:

(a) 62: _______________________

(b) 57: _______________________

(c) 100: ______________________

21.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) 54 + 3 = _______

(c) 47 + 30 = _______

(e) 75 + 6 = _______

(g) 68 + 2 = _______

(b) 87 - 3 = _______

(d) 76 - 40 = _______

(f) 82 - 6 = _______

(h) 69 - 5 = _______


(i) 43 + 35 = 43 + 30 + 5 = _______ + 5 = _______

(j) 65 + 29 = 65 + 20 + 9 = _______ + 9 = _______

(k) 68 - 24 = 68 - 20 - 4 = _______ - 4 = _______

(l) 96 - 67 = 96 - 60 - 7 = _______ - 7 = ________


(m) 24 + 55 = _______

(o) 55 + 45 = _______

(q) 37 + 38 = _______

(n) 99 - 47 = _______

(p) 83 - 43 = _______

(r) 75 - 42 = ________

Money

22. A ten-dollar bill can be changed for _______ five-dollar bills.

23. $1 = ______ ¢

24.

Mary has $70. She wants to buy 2 dresses. One costs $40, and the other costs $39.

(a)

How much do they both cost?  

 

They cost $_________.

(b)

How much more money does she need?

 

She needs $_______ more

25.

Tom bought some marbles that cost 35¢. He gave the cashier $1. How much change did he get?

 

He got _____ ¢ as change.

26.

A camera costs $45 and a bicycle costs $78. How much cheaper is the camera than the bicycle?

 

The camera is $_____ cheaper.

27.

Jim has 32¢. He has 10¢ less than Tom. How much does Tom have?

 

Tom has _____ ¢.

28.

Laura had $15. She has $3 left now after buying a doll. How much did the doll cost?

 

The doll cost $_____.

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