NAME OF LEARNER:
MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST: APRIL 2025
GRADE 5
MARKS: 20
DURATION: 1 Hour
This test consists 7 pages, including the cover page.
Instructions and information to the learner
1. Read the questions carefully
2. Answer ALL the questions
3. Circle only the letter for the correct answer, e.g. If the correct answer in 1.
is D, you should only circle D
4. There is only one correct answer in each question
5. This question paper consists of 20 questions.
6. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale
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1. What is the product of 58 × 14? (1)
A 72
B 232
C 812
D 821
2. What is the quotient of 689 ÷ 9? (1)
A 76
B 76 rem 5
C 71
D 581
3. What are the missing numbers in the pattern? (1)
909; 709; 509;__________;____________
A 510; 511
B 309; 109
C 609; 709
D 409; 309
4. Write down the missing number that will make the sides equal (1)
540 ÷ ▯ = 2 × 30
A 9
B 18
C 60
D 270
5. Your mother shares R924 equally among you and your 3 siblings. How much (1)
money does each of you get?
A R308
B R231
C R921
D R927
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6. For every 3 small bottles of juice, 2 big bottles of water are needed to dilute it. (1)
How many big bottles are required to dilute 18 small bottles of juice?
A 6
B 12
C 54
D 36
7. Find the missing output value in the table below. (1)
Number of dogs 1 2 3 10
Legs 4 8 12
A 16
B 14
C 20
D 40
8 Which number is the sum of three factors of 15?
A 8
B 7
C 9
D 15
Steve used a rule to get the number in the from the number in the .
What was the rule?
A Multiply by 1 then add 5.
B Multiply by 2 then add 2.
C Multiply by 3 then subtract 1.
D Multiply by 4 then subtract 4.
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10. The following pattern is made with toothpicks. How many toothpicks will there (1)
be in pattern 5?
1 2 3
A 31
B 30
C 24
D 26
11. Describe the rule above in words. (1)
A Add four toothpicks to get the next pattern
B Add six toothpicks to get the next pattern
C Add five toothpicks to get the next pattern
D Add three matchsticks to get the next pattern
12. The first 4 multiples of 12 are…. (1)
A 12; 14; 16; 18
B 12; 24; 48; 96
C 12; 24; 36; 48
D 12; 16; 20; 24
13. 4 × 3 = _____ × 4 (1)
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 12
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14. Which is not the correct answer to make this number sentence true? (1)
(2 × 3) × 4 = ___________
A (3 × 2) × 4
B 2 × (3 × 4)
C 2 × (4 × 3)
D 2 × (3 + 4)
15. 5 × (2 +3) = (5 × 2) + (5 × _________) (1)
A 3
B 10
C 2
D 5
16. Thato has a 2m rope and wants to cut it into 5cm pieces. How many equal
pieces will she cut?
A 10
B 25
C 40
D 50
17. Beef must be cooked for 40 minutes for every 1kg. How long would it take to
cook 2kg?
A 80 minutes
B 40 minutes
C 42 minutes
D 43 minutes
18. There are 10 boys for every 30 girls at the disco. If there are 90 girls, how
many boys are there?
A 30
B 40
C 20
D 45
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19. A toy factory produces 960 toys a week (made up of 5 days). There are six (1)
machines producing the toys. How many toys does each machine produce a
day?
A 160
B 32
C 192
D 132
20. The scale on a map indicates that 1 centimeter on the map represents 4 (1)
kilometers on the land. The distance between two towns on the map is 8
centimeters. How many kilometers apart are the two towns?
A 2
B 8
C 16
D 32
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