Choose a circle to show how much each sentence is
like you
01. I like maths at school.
02. I am good at maths.
03. My teacher thinks I am good at maths.
04. My Mum and Dad think I am good at maths.
05. I enjoy doing maths in my own time (not at
school).
06. I enjoy doing things in maths that I haven't tried
before.
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Practice Questions
These practice questions are to help you understand how to show your answer for
different types of questions.
P01. Who is holding a card with an even number on it?
Ben
Eru
Aroha
Davina
P02. Complete this number pattern.
2, 4,
,
, 10
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P03. What fraction of this circle is shaded?
______
P04. Match the sentence with the correct shape.
1. I have three sides
a.
2. I have 4 sides
b.
c.
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P05. Which numbers make this number sentence TRUE?
1
2
3
4
5
P06. Put the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the boxes to order these numbers from biggest (1)
to smallest (4).
3
7
2
0
P07. Select whether the following statements are True or False.
TRUE
In the number 213, the value of 1 is ten.
In the number 504, the value of 5 is fifty.
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FALSE
01. Which of these numbers is the smallest?
91.369
88.521
88.999
89.001
02. Jenna bought 4 sets of light bulbs. The bulbs come in sets of 4.
How many light bulbs did she buy in all?
4
8
16
03. What fraction of this shape is shaded?
1
2
2
3
3
2
3
1
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04. Which digit is in the hundreds place in the number 3174?
1
3
4
7
05. The city Elizabeth lives in has a population of 320 564.
Which of the following shows 320 564 in words?
Three hundred and twenty thousand five hundred and sixty-four
Three hundred and twenty-five thousand and sixty-four
Three hundred and two thousand five hundred and sixty-four
Three hundred and two thousand six hundred and fifty-four
06. What is another name for four hundred plus forty plus eight?
4408
448
400 408
4048
07. Ron was listening to the radio and heard, "One hundred and twenty-four thousand and
sixty-five books have been donated to the library."
What is this number?
12 465
124 065
124 650
100 024 065
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08. What is the number below?
Seventy two
27
70
72
09. Juanita wanted to use her calculator to add 1379 and 243. She entered 1279 + 243 by
mistake.
Which of these could she do to correct the mistake?
Add 100
Add 1
Subtract 1
Subtract 100
10. Which represents exactly 1.7?
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11. The picture below shows how Kenta plans to create a tile border around the edge of a
table.
If the pattern is continued all the way around the table, how many tiles with dots in the
centre will be needed in all?
8
9
11
12
12. Which number sentence is TRUE?
549 > 550
549 > 552
549 > 539
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13. Thomas is setting up tables for a banquet. He knows that four people can sit around
the table in Part A. When he puts two of these tables together, he can seat six people (Part
B).
How many people can Thomas seat if he puts three tables together?
6
8
10
12
14. Which problem can be solved using the number sentence in the box below?
Calvin had 33 trading cards. He gave 5 of them to Wendy. How many trading
cards does Calvin have left?
Sherman has 33 pages of stamps. Each page has 5 stamps on it. How many
stamps is that all together?
The school store sold 33 bookmarks before lunch. They sold 5 bookmarks after
lunch. How many bookmarks were sold in all?
Sally read for 33 minutes before dinner. She read for 5 minutes after dinner. How
many minutes did she read in all?
15. Mrs Hunter has a box with 5 unsharpened pencils and 30 sharpened pencils.
If she takes out 1 pencil without looking, what are the chances that the pencil she gets will
be sharpened?
Certain
Likely but not certain
Unlikely but not impossible
Impossible
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Use the following information to answer questions 16 to 18.
A class was asked to insert the correct symbol (=, < or >) in the equations below to make
them correct.
Select those that are TRUE and those that are FALSE.
16.
6÷2=6×
1
2
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
17.
7 x 3 < 20
18.
8−4+2>4÷1
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19. Ravi has more tapes than magazines. He has fewer tapes than books.
Which of the following lists these items from the greatest to the least in number?
Books, magazines, tapes
Books, tapes, magazines
Magazines, books, tapes
Tapes, magazines, books
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20. Darrell graphed the money he has earned for the past five weeks.
If this pattern continues, what would be a reasonable prediction of his earnings for the
sixth week?
Over $20
Between $14 and $18
Between $12 and $14
Between $8 and $10
21. Which of the following could Martha use to solve the problem correctly?
Martha planted 32 seeds. She put 8 seeds in each row. How many rows did she
plant?
32 + 8
32 − 8
32 × 8
32 ÷ 8
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22. The graph below shows the number of people attending the talent show on the last
four years.
Which is a TRUE statement about this graph?
The attendance increased two years in a row.
The attendance in Year 4 doubled the attendance in Year 1.
The attendance decreased every year.
The attendance increased every year.
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23. Which of the following shows the result of flipping (reflecting) the triangle over the line
m?
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3
24. Which one of the following means the same as 6 ?
6x6x6=
6+6+6=
6x3=
6+3=
25. One number in the sequence is wrong.
What change should be made to correct this sequence?
26 should be replaced by 24
26 should be replaced by 28
36 should be replaced by 34
42 should be replaced by 40
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26. The graph shows the number of pens, pencils, rulers, and erasers sold by a store in
one week.
The names of the items are missing from the graph.
Pens were the items most often sold, and fewer erasers than any other item were sold.
More pencils than rulers were sold.
How many pencils were sold?
40
80
120
140
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27. Cheryl went to a parking lot and tallied the number of cars of each colour that she saw
there. She found that about 15% of the cars were green, about 20% were black, and about
15% were white. The rest were other colours.
Which pie graph BEST represents the results of Cheryl's tally?
28.
1
4
8
80
4000
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29. Hannibal is comparing two kinds of aquariums. The first aquarium can hold a
maximum of 12.875 litres of water. The second aquarium can hold a maximum of 10.65
litres of water.
How many more litres of water can the first aquarium hold than the second?
1.225
1.181
2.010
2.225
Use the following information to answer question30..
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30. Which one of the following is true?
Rotorua is west of Auckland.
Christchurch is south of Wellington.
Picton is east of Greymouth.
Napier is south of Queenstown.
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31. The pictogram below shows the number of T-shirts sold each day of School Spirit
Week.
About how many MORE T-shirts were sold on Tuesday than on Friday?
4
5
40
45
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32. Andi is using white and gray tiles to make the pattern shown below.
If she continues the pattern in the same way, how many tiles will be in the next column of
gray tiles?
7
8
10
12
33. In Ms Jones' class of 36 students,
12 students walk to school,
18 students take the bus to school, and
6 students are driven to school.
Which circle graph represents Ms Jones' class?
Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4
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34. Each student in Mr Montoya's class predicted the type of section the arrow on the
spinner shown in Part A below would stop on MOST often.
The charts in Part B below show the students' predictions and the results of the
experiment.
Which student's prediction was correct?
Autumn
Bob
Erina
Sam
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35. Each person attending a meeting will receive a notepad and a ruler. The table below
shows the different colours of the notepads and the rulers.
Which of the following tree diagrams shows all the different combinations of 1 colour of
notepad and 1 colour of ruler?
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36. Which statement below is TRUE?
More student passes were sold on Friday than on Sunday.
Altogether, more than 500 student passes were sold on Saturday and Sunday.
More than 800 passes were sold during this five-day period.
More student passes were sold on Thursday and Friday than on Sunday and
Monday.
37. Which of the following numbers, when rounded to the nearest thousand, becomes 27
000?
26 099
26 490
27 381
27 550
27 640
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38. Helen made a spinner divided into four parts.
Helen then numbered the parts 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Two of the parts had the same area.
She used the spinner 100 times and recorded the results in a table.
From Helen's results, the two numbered parts on the spinner that are MOST likely to have
the same area are
1 and 2.
1 and 3.
2 and 4.
3 and 4.
39. A piece of wood is 2.27 centimetres thick.
What is that measurement rounded to the nearest tenth of a centimetre?
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
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40. The spinner shown below is used to play a game.
What is the probability that the arrow will land on a number greater then 5?
3
5
3
8
5
8
1
3
41. The graph below shows the number of sweets in each of five bags.
The number of sweets in these bags is about
40.
50.
55.
60.
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42. Which of the following figures has the least number of edges?
43. Which of the following figures has 20% of the boxes shaded?
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44. Which picture has one carrot for each bunny with no carrots left over?
45. Triangle LMN is a right angle triangle, and angles L and N are equal.
What is the measure of angle L?
25º
45º
70º
90º
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46. (2, 5), (4, 9), (6, 13)
Which of the following describes what to do to the first number in each ordered pair shown
above to obtain the corresponding second number?
Add 3
Subtract 3
Multiply by 2
Multiply by 2 and subtract 1
Multiply by 2 and add 1
47. Which one of the following is the same as 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = ?
3
4
4
3
27
3x4
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