Level 3 PSLE
Fong wanted to build a set of steps with 1-cm cubes. The figures show how he built the steps from a height of 2 cm to 3 cm to 4 cm. If Fong continued building the steps in this way, what would be the height of the set of steps that had 135 cubes? Express your answer in cm.
2 m
Level 3
Benny formed the following patterns using toothpicks.

If the last pattern formed by Benny had 360 matchsticks, what was the pattern number?
3 m
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Level 3
The figure is made up for triangles drawn up to Layer 3.
  1. How many triangles will there be if it is drawn up to Layer 7?
  2. If there is a total of 60 triangles, how many layers are there in the figure?
4 m
Level 3
Observe the following figures.
  1. Find the number of small triangles in Figure 4.
  2. Find the number of small triangles in Figure 50.
  3. Find the number of sticks in Figure 100.
4 m
Level 3
The diagram shows the first three figures in a sequence of squares with shaded patterns. For each figure, a mathematical pattern is expressed as the following.

Figure 1: 1 + 3 = 4 = 2 x 2 total squares
Figure 2: 1 + 3 + 5 = 9 = 3 x 3 total squares
Figure 3: 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 16 = 4 x 4 total squares
  1. How many white squares are there in Figure 6?
  2. How many white squares are there in Figure 10?
  3. Find the sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ... + 39.
4 m
Level 3
Squares of sides 2 cm are arranged to create a pattern as shown.
  1. Find the number of squares needed for Figure 20.
  2. Find the area of Figure 10.
  3. Find the perimeter of Figure 40.
5 m