CLASS 5

International
Benchmark
Tests in English,
Mathematics
& Science

Mathematics
Practice Test

ABOUT THIS PRACTICE TEST

This Practice Test has 20 questions. It has been designed to give you an idea of
the main IBT assessment.

ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

Each question has four options. Choose the BEST answer from the four options
A, B, C or D.
You will find the key to the answers on the last page of this booklet.

EQUIPMENT ALLOWED IN THIS PRACTICE TEST

You may use a pencil for this Practice Test.

ESTIMATED TIME FOR THIS PRACTICE TEST

You should be able to complete this Practice Test in approximately 30 minutes.

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1 These blocks show the number 32.

4 Students in Grade 5 were asked how

they travel to school each day

Number of students

How Grade 5 Travel to School

What number do these blocks show?

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

Car

Bike

Walk Bus

Train

Transport
How many students travel by train?
A

16

27

72

2 126 6 =
A

12

21

101

120

5 Which of these is not a factor of 12?

Which 3D object is this gift shaped

like?
A

a cube

a cone

a rectangular prism

a triangular prism

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8 Raman made this pattern with sticks.

He adds the same number of sticks
each time.

6 This table shows the number of

stickers given to students in the
Dolphins Reading Group.
Dolphins Reading Group
Salma

Stage 1

Mustafa

Stage 2

Roshan
Eshita

Stage 3

Kiah

How many sticks will be in stage 4?

Aida
Taj

Which one of these statements is

true?
A

Taj has the most stickers.

Three students have an equal

number of stickers.

Roshan has half as many

stickers as Eshita.

Aida has twice as many

stickers as Kiah.

15 5

15 5

15 + 5

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21

26

She has to put the plug into a socket.

Which socket will the plug fit into?

Which of these shows how to calculate

the length of each piece in metres?
15 x 5

17

9 Naynas radio has this kind of plug.

7 Kriti had a length of ribbon 15 metres

long. She cut it into 5 pieces of the
same length.

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10 Mangesh bought a camera that was

$ 900 more than the cheapest one
shown.

12 Mohit cut a shape out of a piece of

folded paper.

Which camera did he buy?

$ 3240

$ 3140

Which of these shows the shape

when the paper is unfolded?
A

$ 2340

$ 3330

11 What time is showing on this clock?

13 The numbers in this pattern decrease

by the same amount each time.
3

5, 4 4 , 4 2 , 4 4 , 4, ?
Which number comes next in this
pattern?

3:40

4:40

3:08

8:20

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2

34

34

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14 Some students were asked if they

like apples and bananas. The results
are shown in this table.

17 Raman shaded a fraction of this

shape.

Bananas

Do not
like

Apples

Like

Like

Do not like

25

Which shape below has the same

fraction shaded as the one above?
A

How many students liked bananas,

but did not like apples?
A

25

15 A train was due to arrive at 13:55 but

it arrived 1 hour and 25 minutes late.

18 What fraction of 100 is 5?

What time did the train arrive?

A 10

B 5

14:25

14:20

C 1

D 1

15:20

15:25

20

50

19 At a fair, 32 plastic ducks are floating

in a pool. Two of the ducks have a
prize inside. Samir chooses one duck.

16

What is the chance he chooses a

duck with a prize inside?

What fraction of this rectangle is

shaded?
A

0.3

0.03

1 in 2

1 in 16

3.0

3.3

1 in 30

1 in 32

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20 Sameera, Zaina and Alia saved

$ 3950 altogether to buy a TV game.
Sameera saved $ 350 more
than Zaina. Zaina saved twice as
much as Alia.
How much money did Alia save?
A

$ 1200

$ 900

$ 790

$ 720

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