SASMO 2017, Primary 6 (Grade 6) Contest

SASMO 2017 Primary 6/Grade 6 Contest

Question 1 - Answer B

Find the value of 112 × 112 − 111 × 113

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 10
E. 100

Question 2 - Answer C
There are 50 students in classroom A. Two fifths of the students learn piano.
One fifth of those who learn piano wear spectacles. How many students in
classroom A learn piano but do not wear spectacles?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 16
D. 24
E. None of the above

Question 3 - Answer E
Isabella is planning to learn English. She plans to learn 1 new word on every
Monday, 2 new words on every Tuesday, 3 new words on every Wednesday
and so on up to 7 new words every Sunday. If Isabella starts learning the first
word on Monday, on which day of the week will Isabella learn the 90th word?

A. Saturday
B. Sunday
C. Monday
D. Tuesday
E. Wednesday

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Question 4 - Answer D
Find the next number in the sequence below

2, 12, 30, 56, 90, …

A. 100
B. 116
C. 124
D. 132
E. None of the above

Question 5 - Answer B
The sum of 5 consecutive numbers is equal to 625. What is the largest of these
consecutive numbers?

A. 125
B. 127
C. 129
D. 130
E. None of the above

Question 6 - Answer B

The figure below is made up of a square and 3 rectangles. The square has an
area of 64 cm2 . Find the area, in cm2, of the shaded triangle.

A. 9 cm2
B. 16 cm2
C. 24 cm2
D. 32 cm2
E. Not enough information

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Question 7 - Answer D
How many 2-digit numbers are divisible by 6 and 4?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
E. 9

Question 8 - Answer D
If 10 workers take 2 days to dig a well of 5 meters deep, how long will 4
workers take to dig a well of 10 meters deep? (Assume that all workers dig at
the same rate)

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 10
E. None of the above

Question 9 - Answer D
Find the number X such that the following statement is true:

2017 − 7 × 2 ÷ 𝑋 × 5 = 267

A. 25
B. 5
C. 0.25
D. 0.04
E. 0.0016

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Question 10 - Answer E
The breadth of a rectangle is increased by 50%. What should be the
percentage decrease of length so that the area remains unchanged? (Round
your answer to the nearest whole number)

A. 67%
B. 66%
C. 50%
D. 34%
E. 33%

Question 11 - Answer C
A coin rolls along a corridor and stops once it hits the wall. The perimeter of the
coin is 44 cm and the coin is 2017 cm away from the wall. Which direction will
the arrow point when it reaches the wall?
Wall

2017 cm

A. B. C. D. E.

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Question 12 - Answer B
Teacher Thomas did a survey of Primary 6 students to find out how the
students go to school. The results are shown in the pie chart:

Given that 110 students go to school by train, how many students go to school
by bus?

A. 170
B. 175
C. 180
D. 185
E. None of the above

Question 13 - Answer D
In the picture below, CDEF is a square, E is the midpoint of DG, and AD=
2 ×DC. Also, ∠ABC and ∠ADG are right angles. If ∠BAG= 1050 , what is ∠BCA?

A. 15°
B. 20°
C. 25°
D. 30°
E. 45°

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Question 14 - Answer D
Ken, Ronald and Wendy are guessing the food inside the bag of their mother.
Ken: “It is not a hotdog. It is a burger!”
Ronald: “It is not a burger. It is a pie.”
Wendy: “It is not a pie. It is not fries.”
If one of them said two correct sentences, one said 1 correct and 1 wrong
sentence, and the other one said two wrong sentences. What is the food inside
the bag?

A. Fries
B. Burger
C. Pie
D. Hotdog
E. Not enough information

Question 15 - Answer C
A square paper is folded as shown below. In the final step, 3 holes with different
shapes are made. Where will the holes appear on the paper?

A. B. C.

D. E.
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Question 16 - Answer 997

Question 17 - Answer 28
Tom thinks of a number. He adds 12 then multiplies by 7. The answer is 10
times of his original number. What number did he think of?

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Question 18 - Answer 17
As shown in Example 1, each number in a cell represents the number of shaded
cells that surround it.

Example 1:

How many shaded cells will be in the grid below after you shade it according to
the rules above?

Question 19 - Answer 30
The clock on the right shows 6 o’clock. After how many
minutes will the hour hand and minute hand form an angle
of 15°?

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Question 20 - Answer 40
Jamaican top runners Usain, Yohan and Nickel were in the 200-metre
competition. When Usain reached the finished line, Yohan was behind Usain by
20 metres, and Nickel was behind Yohan by 36 metres. Suppose all of them
maintained their respective speeds. How far was Nickel from the finish line
when Yohan completed the race? Express your answer in metres.

Question 21 - Answer 3
In the sequence below, some numbers are missing. Each number is the sum of
its two preceding numbers. What is the value of X?

X, __, __, __, 18, __, __, 76, …

Question 22 - Answer 0
Find the following product

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
( − )×( − )×( − )×( − )×… ×( − )×( − )
2 100 3 99 4 98 5 97 99 3 100 2

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Question 23 - Answer 14
There are only apples and oranges in a basket. The ratio of apples to oranges is
4:3. The ratio of fresh fruits to rotten fruits is 13:2. Given that 45% of the
rotten fruits are oranges, what is the percentage of oranges that are rotten?
(For example, if your answer is 12%, shade 0012 in the Answer Entry Sheet)

Question 24 - Answer 29
How many triangles are there in the figure on the right?

Question 25 - Answer 1996

B E E
X 4
S E E D

What is the value of the 4-digit number SEED?

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