MEMO

27 – 29 Sept 2021
In a library, of the books are English books. The rest of
the books are Chinese, Malay, and Indonesian books. Of
the English books, of them  are non fiction and 1200 are
fiction books. How many Chinese, Malay, and
Indonesian books are there in the library?
•    = 120
C+M+I= = 120 x 13 = 1560
E non fiction = = 1560
= 520
E fiction = = 1200 = 1040
 Martin scored a total of 71 marks for his English and
Maths tests, a total of 75 marks for his Maths and
Science tests and a total of 78 marks for his English and
Science tests. Find his total score for all the three
S + E = 78 S + M = 75 subjects!
S+E+M
E + M = 71 -
S + 37 = 78 41 + 37 + 34 = 112
S–E=4
S = 41
S + E = 78
S–E=4 -
S + M = 75
2E = 74
41 + M = 75 E = 37
M = 34
 Sally and Yuni went shopping with the same amount of
money each. Sally spent $180 and Yuni spent $70. Yuni
had 3 times as much money left as Sally. How much
money did each of them bring along?
2 u = 180 – 70
2 u = 110
1 u = 55
So, 55 + 180 =235
 A dining table and 8 similar chairs cost $3330. The dining table
and 6 such chairs costs $2960. Find the cost of the dining table.

2 u = 3330 -2960
2 u = 370
1 u = 185
6 chairs = 185 x 6 =1110
Cost dining table = 2960 – 1110 =1850
 Alan, Ben, and Chris had a total of 1283 stamps. Alan
had 147 stamps fewer than Ben. Chris had 3 times as
many stamps as Ben. How many stamps did Chris have?
5 U = 1283 + 147 = 1430
1 U = 286
3 U = 286 x 3 = 858
 Jane pays a total of $227 for 7 t-shirts and 5 skirts. A t-
shirt costs $7 less than a skirt. Find the cost of a t-shirt.

12 U = 227 – 7x5
12 U = 227 – 35
=192
1 U = 16
The total mass of parcels A, B, and C is 2131 g. Parcel A is 360 g heavier
than parcel B. The mass of parcel B is 3 times the mass of parcel C. Find
the difference in the mass of the heaviest parcel and the lightest parcel!

7 U = 2131 – 360 = 1771

1 U = 253
Difference = 2 x 253 + 360 = 866 g
A grocer packs 272 kg of apples into 5-kg bags and 2-kg
bags. If the grocer has 4 more 5- kg bags than 2-kg bags
of apples, how many bags of apples does he have
altogether?
2-kg bags
( 272 – 4 x 5 ) : 7 =
36
5-kg bags = 36+4=40
Total = 36 + 40 = 76
of the people at a party are men. of the remainder are women and the
 
rest are children. There are 24 more men than women. How many
people are there at the party altogether?

Men= 2/5
Remainder = 3/5
Women = 1/3 x 3/5 =1/5
Children = 2/5
1 u = 1/5 = 24
Total = 5 x 24 = 120
Amy received $150. She saved of it and spent the rest of
the money over 5 days. If she spent the same amount of
 
money each day, how much money did she spend each
day?
•Saved
  = x 150 = 15
Spent = 135 : 5 = 27
 Sarah sold of her muffins and had 350
 
muffins left. How many muffins did she sell?
•Left
  = = 350 ---- 2 U
2 U = 350
1 U = 175
Sell = 3 U = 3 x 175 = 525
 Tono had 30 litres of paint. He used of it to paint 4
  of paint were used for
similar rooms. How many litres
each room?
•x  30 = 5 litres
4 rooms = 5 litres
1 room = 1.25 litres
 Ali had 6 bottles filled with 2 litres of water each. He
emptied all the water into a tank. Then, he removed 5
 
litres of the water from the tank. How many litres of
water were left in the tank?
•6 x  2 = 6 x = = 14 L
14 L – 5 = 8 L
Mrs Lim bought kg of flour. The mass of flour Mrs Chan bought was
 
the mass of flour that Mrs Lim bought. How much flour did they buy
altogether? Express in its simplest form.

• x  = kg
+ = 4 kg
A jar - filled with beads has a mass of 2 ½ kg. When it is completely
 
filled with beads, it has a mass of 6 ½ kg. What is the mass of the jar?
Express in its simplest form!

•1  - =
filled = 6 - 4 kg
filled = 4 : 5 = kg
Mass of jar = - = 1
Lucy prepared a jar of candies for her party. She took 5 candies
from the jar for herself and gave her sister 3 candies. 8 girls
arrived at the party. During the party, Lucy passed the jar of
candies around. The first girl took 1 candy, the second girl took 3
candies, the third girl took 5 candies and so on. After the last girl
took her candies, the jar became empty. How many candies were
there in the jar at first?
Girl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 16 x 4 = 64
Candy 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
64 + 3 + 5 = 72
Susan has between 90-100 stamps. She puts them in a 10-page stamps album but does not use up every page. If
she puts 21 stamps on each page, she will have 1 page with only 14 stamps. If she puts 18 stamps on each page,
she will have 1 page with only 8 stamps. The maximum number of stamps that can be put into each page is 30.
How many stamps will there be on each page if she puts the same number of stamps on every page, for more
than 2 pages?

Number of 1 2 3 4 5 98 = 7 x 14
pages
A x 21 + 14 35 56 77 98
B x 18 + 8 26 44 65 80 98
Bala had some buttons. His friend gave him 37 more buttons. He divided all the
buttons equally into 3 boxes and gave his sister 1 box. Bala then sewed 48 buttons
on some shirts and had 114 buttons left. How many buttons did Bala have at first?

2 boxes = 114 + 48 = 162

1 box = 81
3 boxes = 3 x 81 = 243
243 – 37 = 206
A rectangularballroom measures 25 m by 18 m. Mr Lee wants
to carpet the room. The carpet is  sold at $9 per How much will it
cost Mr Lee to carpet the ballroom?

•25  m x 18 m = 454 .
454 x $ 9 = $ 4090.50
There were some apples in a basket. of the apples were red and the rest were
 
green. After Mr Choo sold of the green apples, there were 30 green apples left in
the basket. How many apples were there altogether in the basket at first?

2 units = 30
1 unit = 15 sold

8 unit = 15 x 8 = 120 30
8 books and 6 pens cost $54. Each books cost $2 less
than each pen. Find the cost of a book?
B=P–2
8 B + 6P = 54
8 (P – 2) + 6P = 54
8 P – 16 + 6 P = 54
14 P = 54 + 16
14 P = 70
P=5
B = P – 2 = 5 -2 = 3
Bob had 480 more marbles than Paul. After Paul gave Bob 350
marbles, Bob had 5 times as many marbles as Paul. How many
marbles did Paul have at first?

B = P + 480
B = 5 (P – 350)
B + 350 = 5P – 1750
P +480 + 350= 5P – 1750
2580 = 4P
P = 645
There were some jelly beans in a jar. Julie ate of the jelly beans.
 
Siti ate of the remaining jelly beans. There were 35 jelly beans
left in the jar. How many jelly beans did Julie eat?

•J =  ¼  = 35
Remaining = =7
Siti = x = Julie = = = 7 x 3 = 21
1- - = - - =
Sue’s mom is 30 years older than she is. In 12 years’ time, Sue’s mom
will be 3 times as old as her. How old will Sue be in 5 years time?

• S + 30 + 12 = S + 42
• S + 42 = 3 (S + 12)
• S + 42 = 3S + 36
• 42 - 36 = 2S
• S = 6/2 = 3
• 5 years from now = 3 + 5 = 8
• S=8
 Find the length of BC!

A B

E 3 cm F
C D 6 cm
14 cm
8 cm

H G
 3 identical rectangles form a bigger rectangle ABCD.
Find the length of DC! Find the area of ABCD!
A B

 9 + 18 = 27 cm
18 cm
Area = 18 x 9 x 3 = 486

D C
The length of a rectangular table is 3 times its wide. If the length was 2
m shorter and the width, 80 cm wider, a square table would be formed.
What are the dimensions of the rectangular table?

2 m = 200 cm
200 cm + 80 cm = 280 cm
Width = 280 : 2 = 140 cm 80

Length = 3 x 140 = 420 cm

2m
ABCD is a square and DEFG is a rectangle. The length of
rectangular ABCD is twice the length of square DEFG.
What is the length of EC?
What is the area of the figure?
F G

3 cm
A B

10 cm  
Length square = 10 – 3 = 7 cm
Length rectangle = 2 x 7 = 14 cm
EC = 14 + 7 = 21 cm
E Area = (14 x 10) + (7x7) = 140 + 49 = 189
D C
 Find the length of AB

12 cm
H A

C B
F G
16 – 9 = 7 cm
9 cm 12 – 7 = 5 cm

E
D
16 cm
There are 50 lockers numbered 1 to 50 in a school. A teacher puts a square stickers on each even
numbered locker. He also puts a star stickers on all lockers with numbers which are multiples of 3.
What shape is the stickers on locker number 50?
How many stickers have both the square and star stickers on them?

a. Square stickers
b. 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 = 8 lockers
The product of the first of 2-digit number and second of 2-digit number is 1512.
The clue for the first number :
The sum of the digits in 1512 is the factor of the second 2-digit number. The number is
between 30 and 50.
The clue for the second number :
When it is divided by 4, the remainder is 2. When it is divided by 5, the remainder is also 2.
When it is divided by 3, there is no any remainder.
When it is divided by 6, there is also no any remainder.
The number is between 30 and 50.
What are the numbers?
1+5+1+2=9
Multiples of 9 between 30 and 50 are 36 and 45
The second number is 42
Since, 36 x 42 = 1512
1st number is 36. 2nd number is 42
A rubber ball is dropped onto the floor from a height of 96 cm. It rebounds half of the
height from where it is dropped and this continues for each rebound. Find the sum of
the heights the ball has covered when it hits the floor for the fifth time.

96 + (48+48) + (24+24) + (12+12) + (6+6) = 276

There are 2 rectangles. Find the size of x!

35
x 90 – 35 = 55
60 v 90 – 60 = 30
55 – 30 = 25
v
David used a piece of wire to make square A and
rectangle B. The length of square A is 8 cm. The length
of the rectangle B is twice the length of square A. The
width of rectangle B is 11 cm. David had 18 cm of wire
left. What is the length of the original piece of wire?

P A = 4 x 8 = 32 cm
L B = 2 x 8 = 16 cm
P B = 2 (16 +11) = 54 cm
Original = 32 + 54 + 18 = 104 cm
Find the area of the shaded region!

4m

7m 5m 10 m
 
Small rectangle
Length = 6 m
4m Width = 2 m
Area = 6 x 2 = 12
18 m Big rectangle
Area = 18 x 10 = 180
Shaded = 180 – 12 = 168
The figure shows a rectangular pond surrounded by
a path of 1 m wide. What is the area of the path?

9m
 
Small rectangle
Length = 13 m
Width = 7 m
Area = 13 x 7 = 91
15 m Big rectangle
Area = 15 x 9 = 135
path = 135 – 92 = 44
 Amy cut out 2 squares, A and C, and 2 rectangles, B and D,
from a rectangular piece of cloth. Find the area of rectangle D

    B
28
A
  C
81  
Length A=9m
25 D Length C = 5 m
Breadth B = 9 – 5 = 4 m
Length B = 28 : 4 = 7 m
Breadth D = 7 – 5 = 2 m
Length D = 5 m
Area of D = 5 x 2 = 10
A square is made with 12 matchsticks. Each matchsticks
is 4 cm long.
What is the area of the square?
If I want to make a new shape  with an area of 80 using
all the 12 matchsticks, how many matchsticks for the
length and the breadth?
•  
A.
Length = 3 x 4 cm = 12 cm
Area = 12 x 12 = 144
B.
Length = 5 matchsticks
Breadth = 1 matchstick
A farmer is putting a square fence around his vegetable garden to keep
the cows from eating his vegetables. One side is 10 m in length. Posts
used for fencing are placed 2 m apart. How many posts does he need?

10 m : 2 = 5
5 x 4 =20 posts
When it is 12.00 in London, it is 20.00 in Surabaya. A plane left
Surabaya for London on 28 September at 20.30. The flight was
13 h 45 min long. Find the date and time in London when the
plane arrived.
20.00 20.30
13 h 45 min
12.00 12.30 01.30 02.15

29 Sept at 02.15
 Find X!

90-54= 36
 230
 540 180-36-23=121
 190
x
 The area of a square of side 12 cm is twice the area of a rectangle.
The breadth of the rectangle is 6 cm. What is the length of the
rectangle?

Area square = 12 x 12 = 144

Area rectangle = 144 : 2 = 72
Breadth rectangle = 6
Length = 72 : 6 = 12 cm
 The figure below is made up of a square and 2 identical
rectangles. Find the length DE! Find the perimeter of the figure!

DE = 4 cm
Perimeter = 78
 ABCD is a square. Find x !

 520  45 0
Q = 45 – 16 = 29
 380 0
P = 90 – 38 = 52
 29
  𝑦0 X = 180 – 52 – 45 – 29 = 54
0
 16
0
 𝑟 Y = 180 – 52 – 45 = 83
  𝑧0
0
Z = y = 83
 𝑥
R = 180 – 29 – 54 = 97
R = 180 – 38 – 45 = 97
The figure is made up of square X, square Y and triangle Z. The area
 
of square X is 144 and the area of square Y is 81 . What is the area of
triangle Z?

•Length
  X = 12 cm
Length Y = 9 cm
X
Area Z = ½ x 12 x 9= 54
Z

Y
Claire baked some cookies. She gave of the cookies to her sister and
 
of the remainder to her friend. If she had 87 cookies left, how many
cookies did she bake altogether?

3 u = 87
1 u = 29
7 u = 29 x 7 = 203
Fio saved $198 in 3 consecutive days. For each day after the first, he
saved $6 more than the previous day. How much money did he save
on the first day.

x + (x+6) + (x + 6 + 6) = 198
3x + 18 = 198
3x = 198 – 18
3x = 180
X = 60
The figure below is made up of 4 identical rectangles of
length 27 cm. Find the area of the shaded triangle.

•  
Rectangle
Length = 27 cm
Breadth = 27 : 3 = 9
Triangle
Base = 27 + 9 = 36
Area = ½ x 36 x 27 = 486
Triangle A overlaps rectangle B as shown. The ratio of the area of triangle
 
A to the area of the shaded region to the area of rectangle B is 6 : 2 : 9.
The shaded area is 36 . Find the total area of the figure that is not shaded.

•2 U  = 36
A
1 U = 18
11 U = 18 x 11 = 198
B
 Fina painted a letter V on a piece of rectangular
cardboard measuring 10 cm by 15 cm as shown below.
What was the area of the cardboard that was painted?
3 cm
3 cm •   cardboard = 10 x 15 = 150
Area
8 cm

Base triangle A = (10-3) : 2 = 3.5 cm

Area triangle A = area triangle B
= ½ x 3.5 x 15
15 cm
= 26.25
Base triangle C = 10-3-3 = 4 cm
Area of triangle C = ½ x 4 x 8 = 16
Area of cardboard painted = 150 – 26.25 x 2 – 16 = 81.5

3 cm
Ani drew triangles that follow a pattern as shown below.
What is the area of the 8th triangle?
What is the total area of the first eight triangles?
•
Base
  =nx2 Total area
Height = n
n Area = 1 + 4 + 9 + 16
1=½x2x1=1 + 25 + 36 + 49
2=½x4x2=4 + 64 = 204
3=½x6x3=9
4 = ½ x 8 x 4 = 16
5 = ½ x 10 x 5 = 25
6 = ½ x 12 x 6 = 36
7 = ½ x 14 x 7 = 49
8 = ½ x 16 x 8 = 64