Primary 5 Maths Weighted Assessment 1 (WA1) – Paper 2

1. Write seven million, five hundred and three thousand and ninety in numerals.

Answer:

📖 REMINDER: Break the number into millions, thousands, and ones parts, then combine them with correct place values.

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2. There are 275 683 participants in a charity walk. Round this number to the nearest thousand.

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📖 REMINDER: To round to the nearest thousand, look at the hundreds digit. If it's 5 or more, round up; if 4 or less, round down.

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3. In 8 592 040, the value of the digit 5 is ______.

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📖 REMINDER: The value of a digit depends on its place (position) in the number. Identify which place the digit is in.

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4. What is the value of 36 + (3 + 45) ÷ 4 ?

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📖 REMINDER: Follow the order of operations (BODMAS/PEMDAS): Brackets first, then Division, then Addition.

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5. Express ³⁄₈ as a decimal.

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📖 REMINDER: To convert a fraction to a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator.

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6. Mrs Lee bought ⁵⁄₉ kg of chicken. She used ³⁄₄ of it to make some curry.How much chicken did she use to make the curry?
Express your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer: kg

📖 REMINDER: To find a fraction of a quantity, multiply the fraction by the quantity. Simplify the answer if needed.

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7. Emily had 58 hair clips. She packed them into as many packets of 6 hair clips as possible. She sold these packets of hair
clips for $8 each.The remaining hair clips were sold at $2.50 each. How much did she collect from the sale of all the hair clips?

Answer: $

📖 REMINDER: First find how many complete packets can be made, then calculate earnings from packets and individual clips separately.

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8. A number when divided by 400 gives a quotient of 1586.
What is the quotient when the same number is divided by 320?

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📖 REMINDER: First find the original number by multiplying the divisor by the quotient. Then divide this number by the new divisor.

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9. There are four times as many $5 notes as $2 coins in a bag.
The total amount in the bag is $396. How many $2 coins are there?

Answer:   $2 coins

📖 REMINDER: Use the unitary method. Let the number of $2 coins be 1 unit, then express everything in terms of this unit.

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10. Maria had some cream cheese. She used ²⁄₅ of it to bake a cake and ¹⁄₃ of it to bake bread. She was left with 280g of cream
cheese. How much cream cheese did she use to bake the cake?

Answer: g

📖 REMINDER: Find what fraction represents the remaining cream cheese first, then use that to find the original amount.

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11. A backpack costs 4 times as much as a lunch box.
Mrs Lim paid a total of $72 for 3 backpacks and 4 lunch boxes.
What is the difference in price between a backpack and a lunch box?

Answer:  $

📖 REMINDER: Use the unitary method. Let the price of a lunch box be 1 unit, then express the backpack price in terms of units.

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12. David spent ¹⁄₅ of his pocket money on games, ³⁄₈ of the remainder on snacks and saved the rest.

(a) What fraction of his pocket money did David save? Leave your answer in the simplest form.

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(b) David saved $8.40 more than the amount he spent on games. How much was his pocket money?

Answer: $

📖 REMINDER: For part (a), work step by step with the remainder. For part (b), let the pocket money be a variable and set up an equation.

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