Primary 3 Third Term Examination MATHEMATICS

Third Term Examinations Primary 3

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: BASIC 3

Mathematics Primary 3 Third Term Examination

Choose the correct answer from the options.

1. Divide 48 by 3 [a] 15 [b] 16 [c] 51

2. Which of these numbers is not a multiple of 8 ?

[a] 8 [b] 24 [c] 28

3. How many centimetres make 1 metre ?

[a] 10 [b] 100 [c] 1000

4. ____________ gives more accurate measures

[a] non standard [b] standard measures [c] None of the above

5. What is it ?

[a] 9’0 clock

[b] 12’0 clock

[c] 6’0 clock

6. Which of these objects is the heaviest ?

[a] 50 kg [b] 4500 g [c] 5100 g

7. Capacity is measured in _________________

[a] kilogram [b] gram [c] litre

8. Find the product of 49 and 3

[a] 51 [b] 147 [c] 349

9. Which of these is equal to 36 ?

[a] 3x5x7 [b] 2x2x3x3 [c] 2x2x2

10. l had #200, l bought an article which cost #85, How much is my change ?

[a] #285 [b] #115 [c] #88.20

11. A tissue box is a rectangular prism. lt has _________ corner

[a] 12 corner [b] 8 corner [c] 4 corner

12. Akin ran from 6’ O clock until quarter past 6. How many minutes did he run ?

[a] 30 minutes [b] 15 minutes [c] 10 minutes

13. 40 divided by 4

[a] 12 [b] 30 [c] 100

14. Subtract 100 from 350

[a] 220 [b] 210 [c] 250

15. Chiedu’s shop sells 35 kg of sugar per month. How much sugar will he sell in 7 month ?

[a] 100 kg [b] 200 kg [c] 245 kg

16. _______cm is equal to 1m (a) 10cm (b) 5 (c) 100 (d) 1000

17. Which of these is not a unit for measuring length [a] kilogram [b] centimerer [c] kilometer [d] metre

18. EVALUATE 3.2KM + 6.6KM (a) 3.4km (b) 9.8km (c) 8.9km (d) 6.3km

19. How many grams are in 1km (a) 1000 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 1

20. A rectangle has _______ sides (a) 3 (b) 5 (d) 4 (d) 7

21. Subtact7.35l from 18.9l (a) 11.55l (b) 14.2l (c) 3.54l (d) 10.6l

22. _________ is a round shape (a) triangle (b) square(c) circle (d) line

23.The event with the highest occurrence is called ______ (a) median (b)mode (c) mean (d) range

24. On of these is not a type of triangle (a) isosceles (b) equilateral (c) quadrilateral (d) scalene

25. _________ hours make 1 day (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 7 (d) 30

SECTION B

Attempt all questions in this section

1a. Work out the area of each shape

b. Find the perimeter of the following shapes.

2. There are 45 litres of petrol in the petrol tank of a car. After using up to 25 litres of petrol, how much petrol is left ?

b. Add 5L + 5L + 2L + 1 L

3. You need 250g of flour to bake one cake. How many flour would you need for 4 cakes ?

b. i. 1 / 2 of 50g ii. 1 / 4 of 120 g

c. 4 5 g ii. 7 5 0 g

x 2 – 2 5 0 g

4. Draw clock faces and fill in these times

a. Quarter past 2

b. Half past 3

c. 10’0 clock

5a. Draw these shapes

1. Cone
2. ii. Hexagonal prism
3. iii. Cube

b. Draw a line of symmetry

6. Draw a pictogram to represent the data Number of pupils in a class each day

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

30 27 33 26 20