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PSLE Foundation Math 2023

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions with options for answers about mathematics and problem solving. Questions 1-10 carry 1 mark each, questions 11-20 carry 2 marks each, and the remaining questions carry varying marks. The questions cover topics like place value, fractions, time, percentages, geometry, and word problems.

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PSLE Foundation Math 2023

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions with options for answers about mathematics and problem solving. Questions 1-10 carry 1 mark each, questions 11-20 carry 2 marks each, and the remaining questions carry varying marks. The questions cover topics like place value, fractions, time, percentages, geometry, and word problems.

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Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 20 carry 2 marks each.

For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make
your choice and shade your answer (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the Optical Answer Sheet.
(30 marks)

1. Which digit in the number 8 529 is in the hundreds place?

(1) 8
(2) 2
(3) 5
(4) 9

2. Which one of the following is the same as 65 801?

(1) 6000 + 500 + 80 + 1


(2) 6000 + 500 + 800 + 1
(3) 60 000 + 5000 + 80 + 1
(4) 60 000 + 5000 + 800 + 1

3. What is the missing number in the box?

2
6 =
3 5

(1) 11
(2) 13
(3) 18
(4) 20

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4. Which of the following fractions is the greatest?

3
(1)
5

3
(2)
7

3
(3)
4

3
(4)
8

3
5. Find the value of 3 ÷
4

(1) 3
(2) 4
(3) 9
(4) 12

6. The numbers shown below are part of a pattern.

35 , 140 , 245 , 350 , ? , 560

What is the missing number in the pattern?

(1) 105
(2) 385
(3) 445
(4) 455

7. Which one of the following numbers is the smallest?

(1) 4.057
(2) 4.507
(3) 5.803
(4) 5.083

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8. The area of the square shown is 49 cm2.

? cm

What is the length of square?

(1) 5 cm

(2) 7 cm

(3) 15 cm

(4) 22 cm

Study the bar graph and answer questions 9 and 10.


The bar graph shows the number of people at a Christmas party.

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9. How many boys and men are there at the party?

(1) 12
(2) 13
(3) 25
(4) 50

10. What fraction of the people in the party are men?

6
(1)
25

13
(2)
50

1
(3)
5

3
(4)
10

11. A rectangle has a perimeter of 40 cm. Its breadth is 8 cm. What is its length?

(1) 8 cm
(2) 12 cm
(3) 24 cm
(4) 30 cm

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12. What is the missing decimal in the box?

5.6 5.7 5.8

(1) 5.73
(2) 5.76
(3) 5.77
(4) 5.78

13. Peter bought a sofa for $800 at sale and was left with $200. What percentage
of his money did he spend?

(1) 2%
(2) 25%
(3) 60%
(4) 80%

2
14. Express 2 as an improper fraction.
3
8
(1)
3
9
(2)
3
10
(3)
3
11
(4)
3

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15. Henry took 15 minutes to ride his bicycle to the school from his house. He left
home at the time shown below. At what time did he arrive at the school?

(1) 11 55
(2) 12 00
(3) 12 05
(4) 12 15

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16. There are 40 colour pencils in a drawer. of the colour pencils are red. How
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many colour pens are red?

(1) 38
(2) 35
(3) 20
(4) 16

17. The square below is not drawn to scale.


Find the area of the shaded triangle.

10 cm

2 cm

4 cm

(1) 6 cm2
(2) 16 cm2
(3) 24 cm2
(4) 100 cm2

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18. In the figure below, ABC and DBE are straight lines. Find ∠ EBF.

(1) 25°
(2) 35°
(3) 60°
(4) 95°

19. Sally went to a sale. The usual price of a blouse was $120. She bought the
blouse at a discount of 25%. How much did Sally pay for blouse?

(1) $30
(2) $90
(3) $105
(4) $145

20. Aiman saved some during Hari Raya. He has $150 worth of notes. 15 of them
are $2 notes, 4 of them are $10 notes and the rest are $5 notes. How many
$5 notes does he have?

(1) 18
(2) 16
(3) 14
(4) 10

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Questions 21 to 30 carry 2 mark each. Show your working clearly and write your
answers in the spaces provided. For questions that require units, give your answers
in the units stated
(20 marks)

21. Find the value of


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(a) Find the value of × 24
8
23
(b) Express as a mixed number in the simplest form
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Ans: (a) ___________________

Ans: (b) ___________________

22. (a) Write nine thousand and fourteen in numerals.


(b) Find the value of 60 – ( 15 – 9 ) × 5.

Ans: (a) ___________________

Ans: (b) ___________________

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23. Use the digits below to form the smallest 5-digit even number. Each digit can
only be used once.

3 8 5 1 2

Ans: ___________________

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24. What is the value of + ?
3 9

Give your answer as a mixed number in the simplest form.

Ans: ___________________

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25. A bed cost $110 more than a sofa. If I paid a total of $350 for the bed and the
sofa, how much did the sofa cost?

Ans: ___________________

26. Tom deposits $900 in the bank. The annual interest given is 3%.
How much will Tom have in the bank in total after a year?

Ans: ___________________

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27. 25000 people are expected to attend this year’s National Day celebrations at
The Padang. 45% of them will be females. How many males will be there?

Ans: ___________________

28. In the figure shown below, AB, CD and EF are straight lines. ∠ BOF = 63° and
∠ DOE = 50°. Find ∠ h.

Ans: ___________________

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29. Jonathan spent 25 min at the shopping centre and left at 3.15 p.m. At what
time did he arrive at the shopping centre?

Ans: ___________________

30. Matthew, Tim and Greg had 96 stamps altogether. Matthew had 2 times as
many stamps as Tim. Greg had 28 more stamps than Tim.
How many stamps did Tim have?

Ans: ___________________

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Questions 1 to 10 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write your
answers in the spaces provided. For questions that require units, give your answers
in the units stated.
(20 marks)

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1. Pauline used a string of length m to tie a box. She used another string that
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2
was m longer to tie a parcel. What was the total length of the 2 strings
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used?

Ans: ___________________ m

2. Glen went to an electronics store and bought 1 computer for $3850 and 3
similar keyboards. Each keyboard costs $72.70 and had $400 left. How much
money did he have at first?

Ans: $___________________

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3. Bala cycled from his home to his grandparents’ house which is 3.17 km away.
After cycling 850 m, how much further must he cycle to reach his
grandparents’ house? Give your answer in metres.

Ans: ___________________ m

4. A van can carry at most 15 passengers.


What is the least number of vans needed to carry 434 passengers?

Ans: __________________

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5. Look at the bar graph below. It shows the amount of money raised by four
classes during their school’s charity event.

If the average amount collected by the four classes is $90, how much money
did students in 6D raise?

Ans: $ ___________________

6. Janice has $45 to buy some stamps. Each stamp cost 60¢. What is the
maximum number of such stamps can she buy with her money?

Ans: __________________

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7. Wayne had a piece of square paper. He cut Square A, of side 16 cm, from it
as shown in the figure below.
20 cm

16 cm

Find the perimeter of the remaining piece of Paper B.

Ans: ___________________ cm

8. CDE is an isosceles triangle. DCE= 78º. Find y.

Ans: ____________________º

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9. Dolly wanted to buy a dress. She only had $17, which was of the price of
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the dress. How much more money did she need to buy the dress?

Ans: $ ___________________

10. In the figure, AB and CD are straight lines. Find h.

Ans: __________________ º

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For questions 11 to 16, show your working clearly and write your answers in the
spaces provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the end
of each question.
(20 marks)

11. The table shows the rates for renting bicycles.

Duration Rate
1st hour $4.50
1 $2.00
Every additional hour or part
2
thereof

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a) James rented a pair of bicycles for 1 hours. How much will he have to
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pay?
b) Mr Tan, his wife and 3 children each rented a pair of rollerblades from 1.30
p.m. to 3.15 p.m. How much do they have to pay in all?

Ans: (a) ___________________ [1]

Ans: (b) ___________________ [2]

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12. The graph shows the number of visitors to Kallang Park from Wednesday to
Sunday.

a) The entrance fee to Kallang Park is $2.50 per person. How much more
entrance fee was collected on Saturday than on Thursday?

b) There was 500 less visitors to the park on Sunday than on Saturday.
Complete the line graph to show the number of visitors on Sunday. [1]

Ans: (a) $___________________ [2]

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13. Mrs Lim, Mrs Chan, and Mrs Ong took part in a baking competition. They
baked a total of 465 cupcakes. Mrs Lim baked three times as many cupcakes
as Mrs Chan and Mrs Ong baked 30 cupcakes more than Mrs Chan.
How many cupcakes did Mrs Ong bake?

Ans: ___________________ [3]

12. Larry loves riding e-scooters. He saved $680 and spent 35% of his savings to
buy an e-scooter.
(a) How much money did he spend on the e-scooter?
(b) How much money did he have left?

Ans: (a) $ ___________________ [1]

Ans: (b) $ ___________________ [2]

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15. Robert receives $1.60 of pocket money each day. On each day, he spends
the same amount of money and saves the rest. After five days, he has saved
$2.75. How much does he spend each day?

Ans: $_____________________ [4]

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16. Samantha had a piece of cardboard in the shape of a square at first. The area
of the cardboard was 25 cm2.

A right-angled triangle P was cut out from one side of the square paper.

a) Find the perimeter of the remaining piece of paper Q.

Ans: (a) ___________________ [2]

b) Find the area of the remaining piece of paper Q.

Ans: (b) ___________________ [2]

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