Level 3
Laura had 1 m of wire. She gave 0.64 m of the wire to Trevor and the remaining wire to Kathy. Trevor used the wire he received to form a square with no leftover. Kathy used the wire she received to form a triangle of equal sides, with no leftover. What was the difference in length between one side of the square and one side of the triangle?
3 m
Level 3
A rectangle has a length of 16 cm and a breadth of 4q cm. Find
  1. its area in terms of q,
  2. its perimeter in terms of q,
  3. the area of the rectangle if q = 3.
4 m
Level 2
5 trees are being planted at equal intervals on a road side of 20 m. If the trees are planted at both ends of the road, what is the distance between each tree?
2 m
Level 2
Mrs Ling planted 6 trees in a row. Each tree is 2 m away from the other. What is the distance between the first and the last tree?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
A path of length 28 m is completely covered with identical tiles, following the pattern shown. The width of the path is 70 cm. How many tiles were used to cover the entire path?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Figure 1 shows a square tile made up of 2 grey squares, A and B and 2 identical white rectangles C. The length of 1 side of square A is twice the length of 1 side of square B.
  1. What fraction of the square tile in Figure 1 is grey?
  2. Figure 2 shows a wall laid with square tiles. The wall is 9 m by 9 m and is completed covered with square tiles. Find the total area of the wall covered by grey squares.
3 m
Level 2
A lace was cut into two pieces as shown. What was the original length of the lace? Give the answer in m and cm.
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Six identical rectangular boxes can be stacked into a cupboard 0.9 m wide. Two arrangements are shown. The first arrangement in Figure A leaves a 42 cm gap at the top. The second one in Figure B leaves a 10 cm gap at the top and another gap at the side.
  1. In the arrangement shown in Figure B, what is the width of the gap at the side in m?
  2. What is the height of the cupboard in metres?
3 m
Level 2
Find the distance between the school and the house. Give the answer in km and m.
2 m
Level 2
Cathy cuts a piece of string into two pieces. The first piece is 3 m 25 cm long and the second piece is 3 m 3 cm long. What is the length of the string in m and cm at first?
2 m