Primary 5 Maths Weighted Assessment 2 (WA2) – Paper 3

3. Mrs Li baked some tarts, pies and cakes. The ratio of the number of tarts to the number of pies is 7 : 8.
She baked 12 more cakes than tarts and 8 more cakes than pies. How many pies did she bake?

Answer:

📖 REMINDER: When working with ratios and differences, set up variables based on the ratio, then use the given differences to form equations.

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4. A fruit stand sells apples, oranges, and bananas in the ratio 3:5:9. There are 36 more bananas than oranges.
Each statement below is either true, false or not possible to tell from the information given.

Statement 1: The number of bananas is three times the number of apples. - not possible to tellTrueFalse

Statement 2: There are 12 more oranges than apples. -  Falsenot possible to tellTrue

📖 REMINDER: First determine the multiplier using the given difference, then calculate actual quantities before evaluating statements.

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5. A rectangular prism has a base measuring 6 cm by 9 cm. Its height is twice the length of the shorter side of the base.
Find the volume.

Answer: cm³

📖 REMINDER: Identify which dimension is the "shorter side" before calculating height.

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6. Alex has $150 and Ben has $100. Chris has 2 times as much money as Ben.

(a) What is the ratio of Alex's money to Ben's money to Chris's money? Express your answer in simplest form.

Answer: (a)

(b) How much money must Chris give Ben so that each person will have the same amount of money in the end?

Answer:  (b) $

📖 REMINDER: Find all amounts for the ratio, then simplify. For equal distribution, calculate total, divide by 3, then find needed transfer.

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