My Father's World - Singapore Math Placement Test 2B

Placement Test for Singapore Primary Mathematics 2B

Mental Addition and Subtraction

1.	Fill in the blanks with the missing numbers. (a) _______ - 18 = 54 (b) 58 + _______ = 72 (c) 48 - _______ = 19 (d) _______ + 14 = 62

2.

Use mental math to solve:

(a) 42 + _______ = 100

(c) 100 - 22 = _______

(e) 45 + 6 = _______

(g) 73 + 50 = _______

(i) 785 + 60 = _______

(k) 535 + 300 = _______

(m) 99 + 37 = _______

(o) 483 + 99 = _______

(q) 411 - 8 = _______

(s) 753 - 400 = _______

(u) 200 - 98 = _______

(w) 712 - 99 = _______

(b) _______ + 63 = 100

(d) 100 - _______ = 57

(f) 70 + 80 = _______

(h) 738 + 5 = _______

(j) 400 + 500 = _______

(l) 83 + 13 = _______

(n) 46 + 98 = _______

(p) 98 + 658 = _______

(r) 450 - 70 = _______

(t) 87 - 16 = _______

(v) 800 - 99 = _______

(x) 321 - 98 = _______

3.

Mrs. Wu went shopping with $452. After shopping, she had $98 left. Use mental math to find how much money she spent.

4.

There were 100 children at a show. 53 of them were girls. There were 120 more adults than girls. Use mental math to solve the following:

(a)

How many boys were at the show?

(b)

How many adults were at the show?

Multiplication and Division

5.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) 8 x 10 = _______

(c) 6 x 4 = _______

(e) 90 ÷ 10 = _______

(g) 7 x 5 = _______

(i) 45 ÷ 5 = _______

(k) 4 x 8 = _______

(m) 5 x 8 = _______

(o) 10 x 5 = _______

(b) 5 x 5 = _______

(d) 10 x 6 = _______

(f) 28 ÷ 4 = _______

(h) 50 ÷ 10 = _______

(j) 35 ÷ 5 = _______

(l) 5 x 1 = _______

(n) 40 ÷ 4 = _______

(p) 10 x 10 = _______

6.	A wagon has 4 wheels. How many wheels do 5 wagons have?

7.	32 cookies were divided among some children. Each child got 4 cookies. How many children were there?

8.	Mrs. Li paid $30 for 5 kg of apples. What was the cost of 1 kg of apples?

9.	A jigsaw puzzle costs $10. Ali buys 4 puzzles. How much does he spend?

*10.	A bag of sugar weighs 3 lb. A bag of rice weighs 6 lb.
	(a)	What is the weight of 7 bags of sugar?

	(b)	What is the weight of 7 bags of sugar and one bag of rice?

11.	Paul read 10 pages of book a day. After reading the book each day for a week, he still had 45 pages to read.
	(a)	How many pages did he read in the week?

	(b)	How many pages were in the book?

Money

12.

Fill in the blanks.

(a) 14¢ = $_______

(c) 203¢ = $_______

(b) $7.95 = _______¢

(d) $0.08 = _______¢

13.

Add or subtract:

(a)

$4.65 +$2.85

(b)

$3.70 +$5.75

(c)

$5.35 - $2.75

(d)

$7.00 - $3.70

14.

Use mental math to solve:

(a) $4.93 + $2 = $_______

(c) $2.85 + 15¢ = $_______

(e) $6.05 + $2.85 = $_______

(g) $4.15 + $2.99 = $_______

(i) $5.35 + $3.95 = $_______

(k) $6.05 - $2 = $_______

(m) $3 - 55¢ = $_______

(o) $4.90 - $2.65 = $_______

(q) $3.45 - $0.95 = $_______

(s) $6.00 - $4.99 = $_______

(u) $10 - $6.40 = $_______

(b) $4.20 + 45¢ = $_______

(d) $1.25 + 65¢ = $_______

(f) $3.45 + $1.30 = $_______

(h) $3.98 + $3.25 = $_______

(j) $0.95 + $4.65 = $_______

(l) $3.60 - 15¢ = $_______

(n) $6 - 5¢ = $_______

(p) $3.50 - $1.05 = $_______

(r) $6.40 - $2.95 = $_______

(t) $4.33 - 98¢ = $_______

(v) $10 - $8.95 = $_______

15.	Use mental math to solve:
	(a)	How many ten dollar bills can be changed for a fifty dollar bill?

	(b)	A toy robot costs $6.90. A doll costs $4.85. How much cheaper is the doll?

	(c)	Mark spent $2.35 on lunch. His brother spent 65¢ more. How much did his brother spend?

	(d)	Sally bought a $2 stamp, a 75¢ stamp, and a 20¢ stamp. She had $7.30 left. How much money did she have at first?

	(e)	Lily bought a toy for $4.95. She gave the cashier $10. How much change did she receive?

	*(f)	Paul wanted to buy two candy bars. One cost $0.55 and the other cost $0.35. He gave the cashier 4 quarters. How much change did he receive?

Fractions

16.	What fraction of each shape is shaded?
	(a)	_____________
	(b)	______________
	(c)	________________

17.		Find the fractions
	(a)	and _______ make 1 whole.
	(b)	and _______ make 1 whole.
	(c)	_______ and make 1 whole.

18.	Arrange the fractions in order, beginning with the smallest. _______, _______, _______, _______

Time

19.

Fill in the blanks.

(a)	It is 11:20. It is ______ minutes past ______
(b)	It is ______:_____. It is _____ munutes to ______
(c)	It is _____:_____. It is ______ minutes past ______
(d)	It is _____:_____. It is ______ minutes to ______
(e)	It is 2:15. 45 minutes later, it will be __________
(f)	John left his house at 9:45 a.m. He took 25 minutes to drive to the store. He arrived at __________ a.m. or p.m.? _______
(g)	It is 10:30 a.m. 35 minutes later it will be __________ a.m. or p.m.? _______
(h)	David went on to visit friends. He left at 10:30 a.m. and came back home 3 hours later. He got home at __________ a.m. or p.m.? _______
(i)	A test started at 10:30 a.m. It ended at 11:20 a.m. How long did it last? It lasted _______ minutes.

Capacity

*20.	True or False?
	(a)	A quart container holds more water than a gallon container. _______
	(b)	A pint is less than a quart. ______
	(c)	A quart of water is more than a liter of water. ______

*21.	Mr. Lee used 128 gallons of gas last month and 152 gallons this month.
	(a)	How much did he use both months? _______
	(b)	How much more did he use this month than last month? ________

22.	A tank can hold 8 pails of water. The capacity of the pail is 4 liters. What is the capacity of the tank?

*23.	The capacity of a jug is 3 quarts. Kerry needs 18 quarts of juice for a party. How many jugs of juice will she have to make?

Picture Graphs

24.
This picture graph shows the amounts of money four girls have.

Jo

Meg

Amy

Beth

Each stands for 4 dollars

(a)

Jo has ___________ dollars.

(b)

Jo has ___________ dollars more than Amy.

(c)

Beth has ___________ dollars less than Meg.

(d)

Meg used all her money to buy some dolls. Each doll cost $6. She bought _______ dolls.

(e)

Paula has $24. If her information were added to the table, _______ stars would be used to show how much money she has.

Geometry

25.	A B C D E F G Which of these letters have (a) straight lines only? ______________________ (b) curves only? ________________________ (c) both curves and straight lines? _________________

26.	(a)		This shape has _______ flat face(s) and _______ curved face(s).
	(b)		This shape has _______ flat face(s) and _______ curved face(s).

27.

(a)

Draw lines to show how this shape is formed using two quarter circles and a semicircle.

(b)

Draw lines to show how this shape is formed using a rectangle, a triangle, and a semicircle.

28.	Study each pattern. Draw the shape that comes next.
	(a)
	(b)

Area

29.

(a) The area of shape A is _______ square units.

(b) The area of shape B is _______ square units.

(c) Which shape is larger, A or B? _______

(d) How much larger? _______ square units

* Note: Starred problems pertain only to Primary Mathematics US edition.

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3.	Mrs. Wu went shopping with $452. After shopping, she had $98 left. Use mental math to find how much money she spent.

4.	There were 100 children at a show. 53 of them were girls. There were 120 more adults than girls. Use mental math to solve the following:
	(a)	How many boys were at the show?

	(b)	How many adults were at the show?

13.	Add or subtract:
	(a)	`$4.65 +$2.85`	(b)	$3.70 +$5.75	(c)	$5.35 - $2.75	(d)	$7.00 - $3.70

27.	(a)		Draw lines to show how this shape is formed using two quarter circles and a semicircle.
	(b)		Draw lines to show how this shape is formed using a rectangle, a triangle, and a semicircle.