Placement Test for Singapore Primary Mathematics 2A

 Numbers to 1000

1.

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

2.

Write < or >:

(a) 439 _______ 425

(b) 602 _______ 620

(c) 839 _______ 938

3.

 

Arrange the following numbers in order, beginning with the smallest.

310, 130, 301, 103

_______, _______, _______, _______

Addition and Subtraction

 

4.

Add or subtract:

(a)

  3 4 3
+     5
 

(b)

  1 4 7
+   2 1

(c)

   1 8 5
+ 4 1 2

(d)

  2 6 7

+ 3 0 2

 

(e)

  4 4 8
-      5
 

(f)

  1 4 7
-    2 1

 

(g)

   8 5 6
-  3 5 4

 

(h)

  7 6 7
-  3 0 2

 

5.

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.

6.

Peter has 294 red and blue marbles altogether. 162 of them are red.

(a)

How many blue marbles does he have?

 

 

He has ______ blue marbles.

(b)

How many more red marbles than blue marbles does he have?

 

 

He has _______ more red marbles.

7.

Add or subtract:

(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

 

(e)

   6 3 4

-  2 8 4
 

(f)

  1 4 7
-    2 1

 

(g)

   4 2 1
-     6 8

 

(h)

  6 4 0
-  2 7 6

 

(i)

  4 6 5
+ 1 3 5

 

(j)

  3 0 9
   2 4 5
+ 1 6 7

 

(k)

   4 0 0
-     4 8

 

(l)

  6 0 0
-  2 7 6

 

8.

A printer costs $146 and a computer costs $784

(a)

How much do they cost altogether?

They cost $______.

(b)

Mary bought the printer. She had $485 left. How much money did she have at first?

She had $_______ at first.

(c)

Tanya spent $1000 on the computer and a monitor. How much did the monitor cost?

 

The monitor cost $_______

(d)

Paul had $500. He bought the printer. How much money did he have left?

 

He had $______ left.

(e)

How much more did the computer cost than the printer?

 

The computer cost $_______ more.

(f)

Sam has $594. He wants to buy the computer. How much more money does he need?

 

He needs $_________

(g)

A computer game cost $87 less than the printer. How much did the computer game cost?

 

The game cost $_______

 

Length

 

9.

(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.


10.

 

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.


*11.

 

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.

12.

Some string was used to make these shapes.
 
 Which string is longer, A or B? ________

13.

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.

(a)

What was the total length of ribbon that she used for the present?

 

She used _______ cm of ribbon.

(b)

How much longer was the second piece than the first piece?

 

It was _______ cm longer.

(c)

What is the length of the piece of ribbon left over?

 

It was _______ cm.

*14.

True or false?

  (a) A yard is longer than a meter. _______

(b)

An inch is longer than a centimeter. ________

  (c) A foot is longer than a yard. _______

 

Weight

 

15.

 

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 _____.


*16.

 

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 ______ .

*17.

Rob weighs 78 lb. His father is 56 lb heavier than he.

(a)

How much does his father weigh?

 

 

His father weighs _______ lb.

(b)

What is the total weight of Rob and his father?

 

 

They weigh _______ lb.

18.

The total weight of an apple and a pineapple is 850 g. The apple weighs 90 g

(a)

How much does the pineapple weigh?

 

 

The pineapple weighs _______ g.

(b)

How much heavier is the pineapple than the apple?

 

 

The pineapple is _______ g heavier.

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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