PL BM P6L16 Review [2] WS

Primary 6

Boost! Math

Name Review 2 Paper 2 (Lesson 16)
Tutor Review 2 Paper 2 (Lesson 16)
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Primary 6: Boost! Math

1. Six friends just had an expensive dinner and agreed to share the cost of the dinner
equally. One of the friends forgot to bring his wallet and each of the rest of them paid
$14.30 more. What was the cost of the dinner?

Ans: [2]

2. 3 pineapples and 13 apples cost $ 24.60. 1 pineapple and 2 apples cost $5.40.
How much does a pineapple cost?

Ans: [2]

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3. Xinyi had (17p + 4) stickers. Susan had 4p less stickers than Xinyi. Lindsay had
(6p -2) more stickers than Susan. What is the total number of stickers? Express your
answer in terms of p.

Ans: [2]

4. At first, John had 90 files and some markers. He gave away 42 files and 40% of his
markers. He then had a total of 168 files and markers left. How many markers did he
give away?

Ans: [2]

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5. Mrs. Samuel bought a dress at $170 after she was given a 15% discount. Mrs Tan
bought the same dress at $120 during another sale. What was the percentage
discount given to Mrs Tan if the original price remained the same?

Ans: [2]

6. Joseph had $100 more than Ken at first. After Joseph’s money had decreased by
$120 and Ken’s money had increased by $200. Ken had 3 times as much money as

Joseph. What was the total amount of money they had at first?

Ans: [3]
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7. A piece of chicken wing costs $1.60. When Simon buys 5 chicken wings, he will get
1 chicken wing free. What is the greatest number of chicken wings he can buy with
$30?

Ans: [3]

8. Mr Louis bought 20 cakes for his students. He gave 1 of a cake to each girl and 1 of
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a cake to each boy, there was no cakes left. There were thrice as many girls as

boys. How many girls were there?

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9. The number of apples is twice as many as the number of pears in Mrs. Rani’s fruit
stall. After Mrs Rani bought 147 apples and 147 pears, the ratio of the number of
apples to the number of pears is 7 : 5. How many pears are there in the end?

Ans: [3]

10. A box can either hold 20 honeydew melons or 15 watermelons. When the box is
packed with 12 honeydew melons and 2 watermelons, how many more watermelons
can be packed into the box?

Ans: [3]
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11. Mrs. Lim arranged the chairs in the school hall for a seminar. Each row had exactly
12 chairs. She then added another 8 chairs and rearranged all the chairs. Each row
now had 10 chairs and there were 3 more rows than before. How many chairs did
Mrs. Lim have in the end?

Ans: [3]

12. Rita bought 4 times as many tubs of strawberry ice cream as chocolate ice cream
for her ice cream shop. She sold 115 tubs of strawberry ice cream in the morning
and bought another 65 tubs of chocolate ice cream. In the end, she had 36 more
tubs of chocolate ice cream than strawberry ice cream. How many tubs of ice cream
did Rita buy altogether?

Ans: [4]

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13. Peter had 275 red and blue pens at first. Peter sold 2 of the red pens and 3 of the
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blue pens to his friends. In the end, there were 170 pens left. How many red pens
did Peter have at first?

Ans: [4]

14. At a electronics shop, the cost of a coffee maker is 40% of a laptop. Mrs Lim bought
a laptop and a coffee maker each at a discount of 15%. She paid a total of $1636.25
How much money did the laptop cost without discount?

Ans: [4]
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15. Pauline, Queenie and Rachel divided some cookies among themselves. Pauline
took 4 cookies and 1 of the remaining cookies. Next, Queenie took 3 cookies and 1
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of the remaining cookies. Finally Rachel took the remaining 36 cookies. How many
cookies were there at first?

Ans: [5]
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16. Sunshine’s bakery sells tarts at $3.20 each. For every 10 tarts bought, a 10%
discount will be given.
(a) Eunice bought 10 tarts. How much discount did she get?
(b) Sharon bought some tarts from the bakery. She paid $171.20 inclusive of the
7% GST for all her tarts. How many tarts did she buy altogether?

Ans: (a) [1]
(b)
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17. Kathleen and Jessica had a total of 450 beads. Kathleen gave 40% of her beads to
Jessica. Jessica then gave 25% of her total number of beads to Kathleen. In the
end, Kathleen had 270 beads. How many beads did Kathleen have at first?

Ans: [5]

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