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Primary 2

Boost! Math

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Primary 2: Boost! Math
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Solve the following problem sums. Show your working clearly.
1. Study the diagram below.

Ariel’s House
Cottontail Park

459 m Hope
Hospital

The distance between Ariel’s house and Cottontail Park is 58 m further
than the distance between Cottontail Park and Hope Hospital.

What is the distance between Ariel’s house and Hope Hospital?

The distance between Ariel’s house and Hope Hospital is _.

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2. Leeann grew a sunflower plant in her garden.
The first time she measured its height, it was 66 cm.
The second time she measured its height, it had grown another 16 cm taller.
(a) What was the height of the sunflower when Leeann measured it the
second time?

(a) The sunflower was in height.

Leeann discovered after watching a documentary that a sunflower can grow
to a maximum potential height of 305 cm.

(b) How much more does Leeann’s sunflower have to grow before it
reaches its maximum potential height?

(b) Leeann’s sunflower has to grow more.

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3. 3 friends, Jake, Matt and Keane, are school athletes.
They train daily by running at the Singapore Stadium.
The total distance around the track is 400 m.
On a certain day, Jake ran 3 times around the track.
Matt ran twice the distance Jake ran and Keane ran 200 m less than Matt.
What was the total distance covered by the 3 boys?

The total distance covered was .

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4. Study the diagram below. Then answer the questions that follow.

School Fast Food
238 m Restaurant

276 m

Playground
The distance between the school and the playground is 96 m less than the
distance between the school and the fast food restaurant.

(a) What is the distance between the school and the fast food restaurant?

The distance between the school and the fast food restaurant is
_.

(b) After school, Samuel walked to the fast food restaurant before walking
to the playground. How far did Samuel walk?

Samuel walked . 4

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6. At a Halloween Carnival, the Fright Night Roller Coaster Ride stood at a
grand height of 138 m. The Haunted House was 102 m in height.
(a) How much taller was the Fright Night Roller Coaster than the Haunted
House?

The Fright Night Roller Coaster was _ taller than the
Haunted House.

(b) The following year, The Tower of Terror was built. The Fright Night
Roller Coaster was 15 m shorter than the Tower of Terror.

What was the height of the Tower of Terror?

The Tower of Terror was tall. 5

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7. The diagram below shows the maximum height the helicopter, the hot air
balloon and the eagle flew respectively.

1500 m 1902 m 1008 m

(a) How much higher did the hot air balloon fly than the eagle?

The hot air balloon flew _ higher than the eagle.

(b) How much higher has the pilot have to fly the helicopter to reach the
same height as the hot air balloon?

The pilot has to fly the helicopter _ higher. 6

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8. During a Long Jump Competition, the Top 3 distances were measured and
recorded on a piece of paper. Unfortunately, part of the paper was badly
stained and the distance jumped by the 2nd and 3rd place competitors
could not be read. Use the clues below to determine the distance each
competitor jumped.

Award Name of Distance
1st Place Competitor Jumped

May Wong 215 m

2nd Place Shanthi Pillai

3rd Place Siti Nurul

May Wong had jumped 6 m further than Siti Nurul.
Siti Nurul had jumped 4 m less than Shanthi Pillai.

(a) How far did Siti Nurul jump?

Siti Nurul jumped _.

(b) What was the total distance jumped by all 3 competitors?

All 3 competitors jumped in total. 7

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9. Farmer Joe had to plough 2 patches of land. He wanted to grow tomatoes
on one patch of land and cabbages on the other. He had to plough 5 strips
of land to grow tomatoes, each measuring 55 m in length.

(a) What is the total distance of land Farmer Joe ploughed for his tomato

patch? Tomato Patch

55 m

Farmer Joe ploughed a total distance of of land for his
tomato patch.

Farmer Joe ploughed a total distance of 575 m of land for both his tomato

and cabbage patches. There were 10 strips of land on his cabbage patch.

(b) What was the distance of each strip of land on Cabbage Patch
Farmer Joe’s cabbage patch? ?

The distance on each strip of land on Farmer Joe’s cabbage

patch is . 8

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10. Mount Everest stands at a height of 8849 m.
Mount K2 is 239 m lower than Mount Everest.
Mount Everest is 5073 m higher than Mount Fuji.
(a) What is the height of Mount K2?

Mount K2 stands at a height of _.
(b) How tall is Mount Fuji?

Mount Fuji is tall. 9

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11. Keith needs planks of wood to enclose his vegetable patch.
He measures one side of his square vegetable patch and
it is 120 m long.
(a) How many metres of wood would Jason need
to enclose his vegetable patch?

Jason needs _ of wood to enclose his vegetable patch.

(b) Jason buys 500 m of wood.
How much wood is left over after he puts up his wooden fence?

Vegetable
Patch

of wood is left over.

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12. At a drone-making competition, contestants were to construct their own
drones. The maker of the highest-flying drone would win a prize. All drones
must take off from a starting height of 15 m as shown below.

Drone C

Drone A

Drone B

68 m

Starting
Height:
15 m

Field

Drone A flew for a height of 68 m. It flew 19 m higher than Drone B and
26 m lower than Drone C.
What was the total height flown by all three drones?

The 3 drones flew a total height of . 11

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