Below are the questions and answers of the 2002 MTAP Elimination questions for Grade 5, items 1-25. Items 26-50 can be read here.
Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number. [Use π = 3.14]
1.) What is the value of 8 in 86 543 217?
Answer: 80 000 000
2.) Write MDXL in Hindu-Arabic.
Answer: 1540
3.) Write three million, four hundred fifty thousand, sixty-five in figures or standard form.
Answer: 3, 450, 065
4.) How many times greater is the underlined 6 in 4 567 564 than the 6 that is not underlined?
Answer: 1000
5.) If I can save ₱75 a month, how much do I save in 4 years?
Answer: P 3600
6.) Find N in the pattern: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, N.
Answer: 34
7.) What is the remainder when 564 is divided by 23?
Answer:12
8.) A farmer harvested 109 cavans of palay from his field. If each cavan sold for ₱350, how much did he get?
Answer: P 38 150
9.) What is the sum of the first 5 prime numbers greater than 50?
Answer: 311 (first five prime numbers greater than 50 are 53, 59, 61, 67, 71)
10.) Three more than 6 times a number is 45. What is the number?
Answer: 7
11.) If I multiply a number by 8 and then subtract 15 from the product, the result is 65. What is the number?
Answer: 10
12.) Find the sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + 18 + 19 + 20.
Answer: 210
13.) Erl is 3 years older than Dhang. Together, their ages total 21 years. How old is Erl?
Answer: 12
14.) What is the GCF of 54 and 90?
Answer: 18
15.) What is the LCM of 54 and 90?
Answer: 270
16.) What is the smallest number that has 12, 13 and 30 as factors?
Answer: 780
17.) Evaluate: 3 ÷ [41/2 x 15/6 ]
Answer: 4/11
18.) Reduce 56/84to lowest terms.
Answer: 2/3
19.) Jean bought 5 3/5m of white cloth and 3 3/4m of blue cloth. How many meters of cloth did she buy?
Answer: 9 7/20
20.) Zeus has a string 26 2/3dm long and Ador has one that is 17 4/5dm long. How much longer is the string of Zeus?
Answer: 8 13/15
21.) Divide 4 2/3by 3 1/9.
Answer: 3/2 or 1 1/2
22.) Add 2/3 to the quotient of 4 divided by 5.
Answer: 22/15 or 1 7/15
23.) Change 57/13 to an improper fraction.
Answer: 72/13
24.) Joy bought 4 mangoes for ₱46. At the same rate, how much would a dozen cost?
Answer: P 138
25.) Hercules had a temperature of 39.4 oC this morning and 37.8oC this afternoon. By how much did the temperature go down?
Answer: 1.6 degrees C
