CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

A PLACEMENT TEST
SMP PROGRESIF BUMI SHALAWAT

NAME :

A. MATHEMATICS

1. Calculate 423 298 = 5. Here is a number fact.

...(1)
14 37 =

2. Fatima has 72 oranges. Four oranges are

Use this fact to decide whether these
needed to make a glass of freshly
calculations are true or false.
squeezed orange juice.
18 37 = 14 True False
How many glasses of orange juice can she
make?
glasses (1) 37 518 = 14 True False

[1]
3. Shade of the shape
6. A box contains 30 chocolates.

(1) How many chocolates are in 6 of these

4. The Venn diagram shows information boxes?
about the children in a Grade 6 class.
chocolates [1]

7. Fatima is thinking of a number.

She says

Double my
Number is 14.4

How many children in this class walk to

school?
Children (1) What number is Fatima thinking of?

(1)
8. The point (2, 3) is plotted below. 14. At midday the temperature in
Plot three more points whose co- Moscow was 7C.
ordinates have a sum of 5. At midnight it was 3C.

By how many degrees did the

temperature fall?
C (1)

15. Complete the table.

The first row has been done for you.

(1) 16. Use either < or > to make each

statement correct.
9. Write these fractions in their simplest
form. 112 102

6
= .. 1121 1211
12

12
= ..
15 2111 1112

(1)
10. Draw a ring around all the numbers
that are factors of 42. 17. George counts the number of boats
sailing into a harbour on 5 days.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(1)

11. Write in the missing number.

(1)

12. Draw a ring around all the numbers

which are multiples of 25.

250 730 675 380 55

(1)
How many boats does George count sailing
13. Write in the missing digits to make this into the harbour altogether?
calculation correct. (1)

(1)
18. Tina has these three cards.

Use each card once to make the

largest possible number that will
divide by 5 exactly.

(1)

19. Write the missing number.

(1)

20. A glass holds 225 millilitres of water.

Peter drinks 1.8 litres of water during a

day.

How many glasses of water does he

drink during the day?

..(1)
B. SCIENCE

1. The Earth rotates on its axis.

a) Write down how long the Earth takes to make one complete rotation on its axis.
( 1)
b) Which of these sentences is true?
Tick ( ) one box.

The Sun does not move.

The Sun goes round the Moon.

The Sun orbits the Earth.

The Sun travels round the Earth.

(1)

2. Samir is flying a kite. There is a strong wind blowing. The picture shows the forces on the kite.

(a)
Which letter shows the gravitational force on the kite?
..
Which letter shows the pulling force Samir exerts?
..
Which letter shows the pulling force of the wind?
(2)
(b) Which two forces balance?
Circle the correct answer.
A and C

B and C

C and D

D and A (1)

3. All animals eat to give them energy.

(a) Here is some information about a food chain in the sea.

Penguins eat fish.

Fish eat green plants called plankton
 Use the information to draw a food chain in the boxes.

[1]

(b) Here is some information about a food chain in a woodland.

Owls eat small birds.

Small birds eat insects

Use the information to complete this food chain.

Draw arrows to show the direction that energy is flowing.
Leaves [2]

4. (a) Some things are living things.

Others have never lived.
Write down each word in the correct box in the table.

kangaroo rat rock sand seaweed

Living things things that have never lived

. .
. .
. .
. .
[1]

(b) Which of the following observations would help to identify a living thing?
Tick ( ) the two correct answers

it grows it can get smaller

it feels warm it makes young ones

[1]
5. Here are some substances that are solid, liquids or gases.
butter chocolate ice orange juice steam gas

solid liquids gas

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 (a) Write down the substances in the correct column, solid, liquid or gas. [1]

(b) When ice is warmed, it changes. Write down the name of this process.
. [1]

(c) If water was cooled to 0C it changes. Write down the name of this process.
. [1]

(d) What will happen to water if it boils?

. [1]

6. Draw a line to connect the term to the correct meaning.

7. Here is a diagram of a puppet show.

(a) Complete this sentence.

The puppet makes an image called a. on the screen. [1]

(b) What must the girl do to the puppet to make this image smaller?
..
[1]

(c) What do the audiences see?

Tick ( ) one box.

[1]
(d) What would the audience see if the screen were opaque?
[1]
8. Rosie is playing a guitar

She increases the pitch of the note made.

What does Rosie have to do to increase the pitch?

Tick ( ) one box.

tighten the drum skin

slacken the drum skin
strike the drum harder
strike the drum softer

ANSWER SHEET
SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
Question 1
Part Mark Answer Further Information

1
125
Total 1

Question 2
Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 18 (glasses)

Total 1
Question 3
Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 Any 8 boxes shaded

Total 1

Question 4

Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 19 (children)

Total 1

Question 5
Part Mark Answer Further Information

True False
1 Both correct for the mark.
True False

Total 1

Question 6
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 180 (chocolates)

Total 1

Question 7

Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 7.2

Total 1

Question 8
Question 9

Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 Both correct for the mark.

Total 1

Question 10

Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 All five numbers must be

circled, with no additional
numbers, for the mark.

Total 1
Accept any clear indication.

Question 11
art Mark Answer Further Information

1 0.15
Total 1

Question 12

Part Mark Answer Further Information

 1 Both answers must be
circled, with no additional
numbers, for the mark.

Total 1
Accept any clear indication.

Question 13
Part Mark Answer Further Information
Both digits must be
correctly placed for the
1 award of the mark.
Total 1

Question 14
Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 8.04
Total 1

Question 15
Part Mark Answer Further Information
Accept reasonable spelling.
1 7906
Accept alternative wording if
and mathematically correct

Two thousand and seventy nine e.g.

two thousand seventy nine

twenty hundred seventy
Total 1 nine

Question 16

Part Mark Answer Further Information

>
1 All three correct for the
< mark.

>
Total 1

Question 17
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 155 (boats)
Total 1
Question 18
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 6 4 5
Total 1

Question 19
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 2
or equivalent fraction
3
Total 1

Question 20
Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 8
Total 1

ANSWER SHEET
SUBJECT: SCIENCE

Question 1

Part Mark Answer Further Information

(a) 1 1 day or 24 hours or 23 hours 56 minutes

(b) 1 If more than one box ticked = 0

The Sun does not move.
marks
The Sun goes round the Moon.
The Sun orbits the Earth
The Sun travels round the e arth.

Total 2

Question 2

Part Mark Answer Further Information

(a) 2 C, D, B in that order 3 correct = 2 marks

2 correct = 1 mark
1 correct = 0 marks
(b) 1 A and C More than 1 answer circled =
0 marks

(c) 1 (pulling force) increases

Total 4
Question 3

Part Mark Answer Further Information

(a) 1 plankton / plant fish penguin All correct = 1 mark

(b) 2 (leaves) insect (small) bird owl Correct order = 1 mark

All three arrows in correct

direction = 1 mark

Total 3

Question 4

Part Mark Answer Further Information

(a) 1 Both columns correct

= 1 mark

(b) 1 2 ticks, both correct

= 1 mark

2 ticks, 1 correct = 0 marks

3 ticks, 2 correct = 0 marks

4 ticks = 0 marks

Total 2

Question 5

Part Mark Answer Further Information

(a) 1 All correct = 1 mark

(b) 1 melting

(c) 1 freezing

(d) 1 (turns to) steam / water vapour /a gas / Do not accept it gets hot
evaporates

Total 4
Question 6

Part Mark Answer Further Information

2 3 correct = 2 marks

1 or 2 correct = 1 mark

Total 2

Question 7

Part Mark Answer Further Information

(a) 1 The puppet makes an image called a shadow on

the screen.

(b) 1 move the puppet away from the light / move

puppet towards screen

(c) 1 Both boxes ticked = 0

marks

(d) 1 no image / no shadow Accept the word nothing

or no light coming
through or blank screen

Total 4

Question 8

Part Mark Answer Further Information

1 If more than one box ticked =

0 marks

Total 1