YEAR 3 THINKING SKILLS/ MATHEMATICAL REASONING TERM 3
Term 3 Year 3 WEMT
Module 4
Thinking Skills
Question
Answer Solution
Number
From the information provided, we obtain the following diagram.
M
1 C E+H
It can be seen that everyone likes Chemistry. Therefore, Chemistry is
the most popular subject, and the answer is C.
The cheapest solution is if Jamie hires one 20 seater bus and three 12
seater vans, or four 12 seater vans and two 5 seater cars.
1 bus + 3 vans 1 × $50 + 3 × $26 = $128
2 B
4 vans + 2 cars 4 × $26 + 2 × $12 = $128
Therefore, the answer is B.
Processing the information in the question, we can deduce the
following table.
Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri
Activity Work Work Work Exercise Rest
3 B Drink Coffee Coffee Coffee Juice Tea
Alice drinks juice when she exercises. The only day available to
exercise is Thursday.
Thus, out of the options, the only answer is B, Thursday.
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It’s 11:50 am right now so we can remove Bus A and B as possible
answers.
Since Miriam wants to arrive 10 minutes before the movie starts, she
has to arrive at Movie Town at 12:40. So we can remove Bus C as an
4 D
option.
Miriam can take Bus D and get to Movie Town at 12:40.
Therefore, the answer is D.
More people liked football than basketball.
1. F
2. B
An equal number of students chose football and volleyball.
1. F and V
2. B
5 A
Less people liked volleyball than soccer.
1. S
2. F and V
3. B
Therefore, the most popular sport is Soccer, and the answer is A.
6 C Number of students in total will be = 39.
The correct answer is 116.
7 D
2 Hondas × 20 cars = 40; 3 Toyotas × 15 cars = 45; 1 Kia × 7 cars = 7;
4 Fords × 6 cars = 24; 40 + 45 + 7 + 24 = 116 cars.
Store A: 1 apricot = $0.45
Store B: 1 apricot = $0.35
Store C: 1 apricot = $0.35
8 D
Therefore, Chris can choose from either store B and store C.
Therefore, D is the correct answer as Chris can choose from up to 2
different stores.
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A: total cost is $30
B: total cost is $40
C: N/A since the Three Day Pass cannot be used on weekends
9 A
D: total cost is $25
Therefore, A is the correct answer as it is the second cheapest.
Kerry only needs to ride the bus on Tuesday and Wednesday. If she
purchases the one-day pass on both days, she would have spent $3 +
10 C
$3 = $6. This is cheaper than buying the pass for a week. Therefore,
the cheapest combination she could use is $6.
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Term 3 Year 3 WEMT
Module 4
Brain Game
Question
Answer Solution
Number
The view consists of rectangle within rectangles, ruling out A and C
as possible answers.
Since there are smaller squares within the larger one it can be
1 B assumed that the smaller squares are on top of the larger squares,
hence it cannot be D, as the smaller squares would have been covered
up in the top view.
Hence the answer is B.
In each vertical half of the quadrant there are two inward pointing
arrows and in the second half the arrows are pointing outwards.
Knowing this we can deduce that the grey rectangle covers four
arrows, and should look like the shape below.
2 B
Therefore, the answer is B.
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