Placement Test for Singapore Primary Mathematics 2A
Numbers to 1000
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Fill in the blanks with numbers. (a) 1000 = _______ hundreds (b) 3 hundreds, 4 tens, 6 ones = _______ (c) 204 = _______ hundreds _______ tens _______ ones (d) 200 + 50 + 8 = _______ (e) 400 + 7 = _______ (f) What number is 1 more than 399? _______ (g) What number is 1 less than 680? _______ (h) What number is 10 more than 562? _______ (i) What number is 10 less than 205? _______ (j) 100 ten dollar bills = _______ 1000 dollar bills (k) 300 + _______ = 307 (l) 999 - _______ = 949 (m) 325 + _______ = 355 |
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Write < or >: (a) 439 _______ 425 (b) 602 _______ 620 (c) 839 _______ 938 |
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Arrange the following numbers in order, beginning with the smallest. 310, 130, 301, 103 _______, _______, _______, _______ |
Addition and Subtraction
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Add or subtract: |
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3 4 3 + 5 |
(b) |
1 4 7 + 2 1 |
(c) |
1 8 5 + 4 1 2 |
(d) |
2 6 7 + 3 0 2
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(e) |
4 4 8 - 5 |
(f) |
1 4 7 - 2 1
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(g) |
8 5 6 - 3 5 4
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(h) |
7 6 7 - 3 0 2
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John has 243 red marbles. He has 42 more blue marbles than red marbles. How many blue marbles does he have?
He has ___________ blue marbles. |
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Peter has 294 red and blue marbles altogether. 162 of them are red. |
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How many blue marbles does he have?
He has ______ blue marbles.
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How many more red marbles than blue marbles does he have?
He has _______ more red marbles. |
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Add or subtract: |
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(a) |
7 4 5 + 1 3 6 |
(b) |
4 5 4 + 1 6 3 |
(c) |
2 4 8 + 7 5 |
(d) |
2 0 4 + 3 9 8
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(e) |
6 3 4 - 2 8 4 |
(f) |
1 4 7 - 2 1
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(g) |
4 2 1 - 6 8
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(h) |
6 4 0 - 2 7 6
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(i) |
4 6 5 + 1 3 5
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(j) |
3 0 9 2 4 5 + 1 6 7
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(k) |
4 0 0 - 4 8
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(l) |
6 0 0 - 2 7 6
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A printer costs $146 and a computer costs $784 |
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How much do they cost altogether? They cost $______. |
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Mary bought the printer. She had $485 left. How much money did she have at first? She had $_______ at first. |
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(c) |
Tanya spent $1000 on the computer and a monitor. How much did the monitor cost?
The monitor cost $_______ |
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Paul had $500. He bought the printer. How much money did he have left?
He had $______ left. |
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How much more did the computer cost than the printer?
The computer cost $_______ more. |
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(f) |
Sam has $594. He wants to buy the computer. How much more money does he need?
He needs $_________ |
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A computer game cost $87 less than the printer. How much did the computer game cost?
The game cost $_______ |
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Length
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(a) The screw driver is _______ cm long. (b) The pliers are _______ cm long. (c) The screwdriver is _______ cm longer than the pliers. (d) The
total length of the screwdriver and pliers is _______ cm. |
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Fill in the blanks with cm or m. (a) The height of a flagpole is 6 _____. (b) The height of a man is 165 _____. (c) Lily used 35 _____ of ribbon to make a bow. (d) The length of a pool is 10 _____. (e) I am 4 _____ taller than my sister. |
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Fill in the blanks with in., ft or yd.or m. (a) The height of a door is 3 _____. (b) The height of a man is about 6 _____. (c) The length of my hand is about 6 _____. (d) The kithen is 10 _____ wide. (e) A caterpillar is about 2 _____ long. |
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Some string was used to make these shapes. |
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Lily had a piece of ribbon 120 cm long. She cut it into three pieces. The first piece was 35 cm long, and she used it to make a bow. The second piece was 63 cm long, and she used it to wrap around the present. |
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What was the total length of ribbon that she used for the present?
She used _______ cm of ribbon. |
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How much longer was the second piece than the first piece?
It was _______ cm longer. |
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What is the length of the piece of ribbon left over?
It was _______ cm. |
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True or false? |
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yard is longer than a meter. _______ |
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(b) |
An inch is
longer than a centimeter. ________ |
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| (c) | A foot is longer than a yard. _______ | |
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Weight
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Fill in the blanks with kg or g. (a) A pear weighs 130 _____. (b) A watermelon weighs 3 _____. (c) A boy weighs 30 ____. (d) 5 eggs weigh 275 _____. |
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Fill in the blanks with lb or oz. (a) An apple weighs 6 _____. (b) A watermelon weighs 5 _____. (c) A boy weighs 60 ____. (d) 28 grams weigh about the same as 1 ______ . |
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Rob weighs 78 lb. His father is 56 lb heavier than he. |
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How much does his father weigh?
His father weighs _______ lb.
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What is the total weight of Rob and his father?
They weigh _______ lb. |
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The total weight of an apple and a pineapple is 850 g. The apple weighs 90 g |
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How much does the pineapple weigh?
The pineapple weighs _______ g.
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How much heavier is the pineapple than the apple?
The pineapple is _______ g heavier. |
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Multiplication and Division
19. (a) 3 x
_______ = _______ (c) _______
÷ 3 = _______ (b) _______
x 3 = _______ (d) ________
÷ _______ = 3
20. (a) Divide 8 cookies into 2 equal groups. 8 ÷ _______ = _______ There are _______ cookies in each group. (c) Divide 8 cookies into groups of 4. 8 ÷ _______ = _______ There are _______ groups of 4 cookies. Multiplication Tables of 2 and 3
21. Fill in the blanks: (a) 2 x
4 = _______ (c) 12
÷ 3 = _______ (e) 9 x
2 = _______ (g) 10 x
2 = _______ (i) 3 x
2 = _______ (k) 27
÷ 3 = _______ (m) 16
÷ 2 = _______ (o) 3 x
7 = _______ (b) 5 x
3 = _______ (d) 2 x
9 = _______ (f) 14
÷ 2 = _______ (h) 2 x
2 = _______ (j) 9 ÷
3 = _______ (l) 3 ÷
1 = _______ (n) 24
÷ 3 = _______ (p) 2 x
10 = _______
22. Mrs. Smith bought 5 hamburgers for her
children. Each hamburger cost $2. How much did she spend altogether? _______ x _______ = _______ She spent $_____ altogether. 23. Jason put 30 marbles equally into 3 jars. How
many marbles are in each jar? _______ ÷ _______ = _______ Each jar has _______ marbles. 24. $16 was shared equally between 2 children. How
much did each child get? _______ ÷ _______ = _______ Each child got $_______. 25. Samy saved $3 a week. How many weeks did he
take to save $18? It took him _______ weeks. 26. Mr. Chen has a rope 18 m long. He cuts it into
equal pieces. Each piece is 2 m long. How many pieces of rope did he
cut? He cut _______ pieces. 27. Mr. Chen buys 2 copies of newspapers a day.
How many copies newspapers does he buy in a week? He buys _______ copies of newspapers in a
week. *28. Sasha bought 3 pounds of apples. Each pound
cost $4. How much did she pay? She paid $_______.
* Note: Starred problems pertain only to Primary Mathematics US edition.
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