P6 Maths SA2 2016 Grade AAA Paper 2 Word Problems

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P6 Mathematics SA2 2016

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the spaces provided

6. There were 140 more boys than girls in a school. 40% of the pupils were girls. Find out
the number of boys in the school.

Ans:
_____________________

7. Analyse the pattern given below and find the symbols in questions (a) & (b).

Pattern < < < <

Postion 11 17

(a) Draw the symbol in Position 2.

(b) Draw the symbol in Position 103.

Ans: (a) ________________

(b) ________________

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8. To prepare for an outdoor event, Mrs Tanya bought red, blue, yellow, green and orange
umbrellas. The number of umbrellas of each colour is shown in the graph below.

(a) Find out the total number of umbrellas Mrs Tanya bought?
(b) Mrs Tanya altogether spent $58.50 on orange and green umbrellas. Each orange
umbrella cost $0.50 more than green umbrella. How much does each orange
umbrella cost?

Ans: (a) ________________

(b) ________________

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9. One rectangle and one square join together to form the shape below. What is the area of
the shaded part.

Ans: ___________________

10. A right-angled isosceles triangle ABC is combined with a square and a semi-circle to
form the shape below. The diameter of semi-circle is the same as the side of the square
and the area of the triangle is 36 cm2.
(a) How many similar sized right-angled isosceles triangles can you find in the figure.
(b) What is the area of the semi-circle. Leave your answer in terms of .

Ans: ___________________

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11. Jimmy bought a fish tank measuring 40 cm by 30 cm by 20 cm. He filled the tank with water and
positioned 4 identical 10-cm cubes at the bottom of the tank. He poured out 14000 ml of water.
Find out the height of the water in the tank at the end.

Ans: ___________________

12. PQRS is a rhombus divided by straight line QTS. Triangle QRT is an isosceles triangle
with QT = QR. TQR is 45 less than QTR. Find TRS.

Ans: ___________________

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13. Sally had in her pencil bag as as many paper clips as Adeline. Sally gave of his
3 5
1
paper clips to Adeline. Adeline then gave of her paper clips to Sally. Finally, Sally had
2
240 more paper clips than Adeline. Find the number of paper clips Sally had at first.

Ans: ___________________

14. Analyse the number series below.

20 , 22 , 24 , 26 , 28 , 40 , 42 , 44 , 46 , 48 , 86 , 88

Only 2-digit whole numbers are used in the pattern. The numbers in the ones and tens
place are even numbers.

(a) Find out the total count of numbers in the series.

(b) What is the sum of all the numbers in the pattern.

Ans: (a) ________________

(b) ________________

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15. Mark started driving at 60 km/h from Airport to Brighton City from 9 am. At 9:20 am Allan
began travelling from Balestier Road to Airport at 40 km/h. Throughout the journey Mark
and Allan were travelling at constant speeds. They met each other two third of the way
from Airport. What is the distance between Airport and Brighton City.

Ans: ___________________

16. The 3 friends Vivian, John and Zoro shared the cost of a dinner. 1/2 of Zoros portion
was the same as 1/3 the total of Johns and Vivian s share. 1/3 Johns portion was
equivalent to 1/6 the sum of Zoro s and Vivians share. Vivian paid $30 less than Zoro.
Find the cost of the dinner?

Ans: ___________________

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17. The breadth of rectangle WXYZ is three times the breadth of rectangle PQRS. The ratio
of the length of rectangle WXYZ to that of rectangle PQRS is 11 : 15. Rectangle WXYZ
and rectangle PQRS have the same perimeter. The breadth of rectangle WXYZ is 25 cm
shorter than its length. What is the area of rectangle PQRS?

Ans: ___________________

18. The money that Aileen had was a whole number. She wished to buy a guitar but was
short of $110.70. Bob wanted to purchase the same guitar using all his money but was
short of $2.50. If they pooled their money together, the sum was still insufficient to buy
the guitar. Find the the price of the guitar.

Ans: ___________________

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Subject: Primary 6 Maths Word Problem Solutions

Paper: SA2 2016

6. 420
7 (a)
(b)
8. (a) 30
(b) $5.5
9. 36 cm2
10. 2 cm2
11. 13 cm
12. 45
13. 300
14. (a) 25
(b) 1350
15. 120 km
16. $225
17. 750
18. $112.70

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