FMO – Grade 5

A. WARM-UP
(4 points per question / No points deducted for wrong answers)
1. Which number should be filled into the cell with question mark?

A) 13 B) 4 C) 14 D) 16 E) 15

2. Teacher asks students to paint over all cells with values greater than 0.5. Which answer
below fits the requirement?

1 1 1
1.5  0.9 
3 6 3
4 3 1 2 1
  1
3 7 6 5 2

A) B) C)

D) E)
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3. A rabbit needs to find the carrot. He cannot pass through cells blocked by rocks and each
cell should be stepped on at most once. How many different ways are there?

A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7

4. Justin has a square piece of paper. He folds the paper twice and cuts it as in the
picture. After cutting the paper, how many square pieces can Justin create?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

5. Robbie has two ropes of length 1dm and two ropes of length 7cm. He joins some of
the ropes together. Which length below he CANNOT make?

A) 17cm B) 14cm C) 24cm D) 27cm E) 15cm

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 B. SPEED-UP
(6 points per question / No points deducted for wrong answers)
6. Which shaded region below has the greatest area?

A) B) C)

D) E)

7. A bookstore keeps track of their sales of black pens and blue pens in 3 days. Given
that the number of blue pens sold in day 3 doubles the number of blue pens sold in
day 1. How many pens are sold in day 1 altogether?

Black pen Blue pen

Day 1
Day 2 20 60
Day 3 40
Total pens
140 120
sold in 3 days

A) 80 B) 100 C) 120 D) 140 E) 160

8. Turtle and rabbit joins a relay race. Turtle starts at 07:15. He

runs half of the path then gives the baton to the rabbit. The
rabbit runs 4 times as fast as the turtle and crosses the finish
line at 07:35. When does turtle give the baton to the rabbit?

A) 07:31 B) 07:20 C) 07:29

D) 07:19 E) 07:30

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9. The chart below shows the Math scores of Class 5A. Students who get more than 8
points will be awarded. How many students are rewarded in Class 5A?

5A Math Scores
14
12
Number of students

10
8
6
4
2
0
6 points 7 points 8 points 9 points 10 points

A) 19 B) 10 C) 20 D) 12 E) 6

10. Grandma had a square piece of land with area 100m2. Then she sold a small square
piece of land with area 25m2 as in the figure. What is the perimeter of the land after
one part being sold?

A) 50m B) 60m C) 70m D) 55m E) 65m

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 C. CHALLENGE
(8 points per question / No points deducted for wrong answers)

11. Peter has identical puzzle pieces (figure A). He tries to fit the pieces into a picture
(figure B). At least how many squares are left without being covered in figure B?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

12. They can use 8 planks to make one pen for a goat. If
they want to make four pens for four goats, at least
how many planks do they need to use?

A) 32 B) 22 C) 18 D) 21 E) 20

13. Refer to the pattern below. How many cells are not shaded in the 15th figure?

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

A) 960 B) 700 C) 1000 D) 800 E) None of the above

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14. Mr. Smith came to the airport at 10:35 and saw the departure time of his flight in the
schedule below. Given that his flight number contained a 4-digit natural number
divisible by 4 and his gate number was even. How many minutes did he have to wait
until his flight?

A) 195 min B) 95 min C) 135 min D) 165 min E) 175 min

15. A firefighter was standing on the middle step of a ladder. Then he continued to climb
6 steps to spray water on a burning house. However, the fire was spreading outward
causing him to step back 10 steps. After a few minutes, he climbed again 18 steps and
stood on top of the ladder. How many steps does that ladder have?

A) 27 B) 31 C) 29 D) 33 E) None of the above

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 D. STAR OF HOPE
(10 points per question/ 10 points deducted for wrong answer)
In this part, you must write your answer on the answer sheet.

16. There are 8 people Amy, Bill, Cindy, Dan, Emma, Fred, Greg, Henry going to a
meeting. In the meeting, Amy is friend with 7 people. Bill is friend with 6 people.
Cindy is friend with 5 people. Dan is friend with 4 people. Emma is friend with 3
people. Fred is friend with 2 people. Greg is friend with 1 person.
How many person/people is Henry friend with?

Congratulations!
This is the end of the test. Please review the answers carefully before submission.

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