SECTION A

Answer all questions.

Every question is followed by four answer A, B, C and D. Choose the correct answer. Then, blacken your
answer on the answer sheet provided. The suggested time for this section is 45 minutes. If you are
unable to answer a question, proceed to the next question.

1. What is meant by length ?

A Period within two events

B A standard unit for length
C Position of two different places
D Measurement of the distance between two points

FIGURE 1

2. Based on Figure 1, the length between X and Y is …

A 4 cubits.
B 6 cubits.
C 5 spans of the finger.
D 6 spans of the finger.

3. Which of the following is not used by the people at ancient time to measured length ?

A B

C D

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Pupil Length of an arm span
M 72 cm
N 70 cm
O 71 cm
P 68 cm
TABLE 1

Table 1 shows the measurement of length of four pupils. The information shows that the arm span …

A is not the unit for length.

B is a limited unit for length.
C is a rare unit to measure length.
D is not the standard unit for length.

5. Figure 2 shows two groups of units used to measure length. Which of the following can be
used to represent X and Y ?
Length

Span of finger Metre

Cubit Centimetre
X Y

FIGURE 2
X

X Y
A Arm span Millimetre
B Gram Foot
C Foot Millilitre
D Kilogram Arm span

6. Figure 3 shows part of a paper area cover with 1 sen coins. What is the total area for the paper ?

FIGURE 3

A 30 coins
B 35 coins
C 40 coins
D 45 coins

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7. What is the total area for P and Q in Figure 4 ?

FIGURE 4
A 24 cm2
B 30 cm2
C 36 cm2
D 40 c m2

8. Which of the following objects are suitable to measure a surface area ?

I Paper clip
II String
III Pencil
IV Bottle

A I and II only
B I and IV only
C I, II, and III only
D I, III and IV only

9. The shaded area in Figure 5 is …

FIGURE 5

A 4 cm2.
B 5 cm2.
C 6 cm2.
D 7 cm2.

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10. Figure 6 shows a rectangle.

FIGURE 6

Which of the following is correct for the shaded area ?

A (PQ)–(RS)
B (PR)–(QS)
C (PS)–(QR)
D (RS)–(PQ)

11. Figure 7 shows the sizes of a cube P and a box Q.

FIGURE 7

How many cubes of P can fill box Q ?

A 38 cubes
B 40 cubes
C 44 cubes
D 48 cubes

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12. The block in Figure 8 is made up of cubes.

FIGURE 8
The volume for each cube is 27 cm3. What is the volume of the block ?

A 124 cm3
B 234 cm3
C 324 cm3
D 414 cm3

13. Azwan’s brother pours the milk from a bottle into a box until it overflows. This shows that …

A the volume of milk increases in the cup.

B the volume of the milk bottle and the cup are equal.
C the volume of the milk bottle is bigger than that of the cup.
D the volume of the milk bottle is smaller than that of the cup.

14. Daniel is asked to drink 5 ml of cough mixture four times a day. He followed the instruction of doctor
for three days. What is the volume of cough mixture he had drank ?

A 30 ml
B 40 ml
C 50 ml
D 60 ml

15. Which of the following can be used to measure the volume of cooking oil in standard unit ?

A B

C D

16. When an astronaut goes to the Moon, he finds out that his mass …

A increase.
B decreases.
C does not change.
D doubles.
17. The block in Figure 9 is built up of cuboids with the mass 12 g each.

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 FIGURE 9
What is the mass of the block ?

A 180 g
B 200 g
C 216 g
D 220 g

18. Figure 10 shows the lever in a balanced condition.

small marbles

FIGURE 10

The mass of two small marbles are equal to the mass of a big marble. Which of the following
statements are true ?

I The mass of a small marble is half of the big marble.

II The mass of a small marble is equal to a big marble.
III The mass of a big marble is double that of the small marble.

A II only
B I, II and III
C I and II only
D I and III only

19. Table 2 shows the things Madam Salmah bought from the market.

Wheat
Thing Sugar Fish Watermelon
flour

Mass 1.5 kg 3 kg 350 g 3 500 g

TABLE 2

Which of the following sequence of the mass of the things in ascending order is correct ?

A Sugar, fish, wheat flour, watermelon

B Fish, sugar, watermelon, wheat flour
C Wheat flour, sugar, fish, watermelon
D Watermelon, wheat flour, fish, sugar

20. What is the similarity between the three events as shown below ?

Swinging of pendulum
Water dripping
Pulse
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 A They happen continously
B They repeat unevenly
C They happen all the time
D They repeat uniformly
21. Based on the information below, what is the value of X ?

1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = X
1 day = 24 hours

I 60 seconds
II 60 minutes
III 360 minutes
IV 3600 seconds
A II only
B I and IV only
C II and IV only
D III and IV only
22. Which of the following are used to measure time ?
I Day
II Hour
III Minute
IV Second
A I and II only
B II and III only
C I, II and III only
D II, III and IV only
23. Figure 10 shows the position of the hand in stop-watch after it was stopped when a pupil had run for
200 metres.

FIGURE 10
The time taken by the pupil is…

A 10 seconds.
B 30 seconds.
C 1 minute.
D ½ hour.
24. Fauziah took taxi from her house to bus station at 7.30 pm. She arrived the bus station at 8.15 pm.
Calculate the time taken by the taxi.

A 30 minutes
B 45 minutes
C 50 minutes
D 55 minutes

25. Which of the following events can be used to measure time ?

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 I Sunrise and sunset
II Appearance of full moon
II Path of a meteor

A I and II only
B I and III only
C II and III only
D I, II and III

26. 100 ml is equal to…

A 1 cm3.
B 10 cm3.
C 100 cm3.
D 1 000 cm3.

27. The mass of a new born baby is 3 500 g. Which of the following is same as the mass of the baby ?

A 3 kg
B 3.5 kg
C 35 kg
D 350 mg

28. The time of 2 minutes 35 seconds is equal to…

A 135 seconds.
B 140 seconds.
C 150 seconds.
D 155 seconds.

29. Which of the following time is equal to one day ?

A 60 minutes
B 12 hours
C 24 hours
D 36 hours

30. When two bottles of mineral water are poured into a measuring cylinder, the reading obtained is 1000
ml. What is the volume of water in a mineral bottle ?

A 250 ml
B 500 ml
C 550 ml
D 600 ml

SECTION B
Instruction : Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

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a. Processes that repeat ______________( erratically, uniformly ) can be used to measure time.

b. The phases of the _______________( moon, sun ) can be used to measure long periods of time such
as months.

c. The standard units for time in the metric system are ___________( beats, seconds ), minutes and
hours.

d. The standard units for mass are grams and _______________ ( kilometers, kilograms ).

e. The metre is one of the standard units of _____________( length, seconds )

(5 marks)

2. Mark with a tick ( / ) for those that can be used to measure time. For the other mark with a cross ( X ).

a. The dripping of a tap ( )

b. The chirping of a bird ( )

c. The swinging of a pendulum ( )

d. The flickering of a distant star ( )

e. The blinking of a traffic light timer ( )

(5 marks)

3. Figure 1 shows a small cube, P, and two boxes, Q and R.

2 cm

1 cm
4 cm

4 cm

4 cm
Q

1 cm
1 cm
1 cm
9 6 cm

cube P R
 FIGURE 1
a. How many cubes P can be filled into…

i. box Q?
___________________________________________________________________________

ii. box R?
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(2 marks)
b. State the volume of…

i. box Q.
___________________________________________________________________________

ii. box R.
___________________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
c. Which box has the bigger volume?

___________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

4. Study the table below.

Weight used ( g ) Extension of spring ( cm )

20 3
40 6
60 9

a. What happen to the spring when a weight is attached to it ?

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(1 mark)

b. What happen to the spring when the weight is removed ?

_________________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

c. When must your eye be when reading the extension of the spring ?

_________________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

d. Predict the extension of the spring if a 80g weight were used ?

_________________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

e. How does the extension of the spring change ?

_________________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

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