MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

MINIMUM COMPETENCY TEST

2015

MATHEMATICS

GRADE TWO (2)

NAME:
SCHOOL:

M F
THESE TEST ITEMS SHOULD BE READ TO THE
CLASS. PUPILS SHOULD RESPOND TO EACH
ITEM AS IT IS READ.

STRAND SCORE
Number Concepts
Computation
Geometry
EDUCATIONAL TESTING AND MEASUREMENT UNIT
Measurement
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
BOTANICAL GARDENS
Data Management
TANTEEN
ST. GEORGE’S
TOTAL
 INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your name and the name of your school in the spaces
indicated on the front page.

2. You MUST attempt to answer ALL questions.

3. Show all your working for each question in the spaces

provided. Do not work on scrap paper.

Total marks possible on this test is 100

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 NUMBER CONCEPTS (18 MARKS)

1. Use <, > or = in the spaces below.

(i) 53_______47 (1 mark)

(ii) 18_______25 (1 mark)

2. Use your pencil to shade ¼ of the shape shown. (2 marks)

3. Write words for the number 63. (2 marks)

Ans: _________________________________________________

4. Write numerals for “eighty-five”. (1 mark)

Ans: _________________________________________________

5. Three hundred and seven (307) is made up of ______ ones,

______ tens and ______ hundreds. (3 marks)

6. Arrange the numbers in the box below from largest to smallest.

(4 marks)
27 53 21 44

Ans:_________________________________________________

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7. Write the missing numbers in the sequence in the spaces below.
(4 marks)
27, ______, ______, ______, ______, 32

COMPUTATION (22 MARKS)

1. What fraction will you get when the two shaded portions in the
shapes below are added? Circle the correct answer. (2 marks)

+ =

(a) 1/6 (b) 5/6 (c) 3/6 (d) 2/6

2. Which number makes the Mathematics sentence below true?

(2 marks)
12 –10 = – 11

Ans:_________________________________________________

3. Write the missing signs, >, < or = in the boxes below. (6 marks)
(a) 39 + 5 49 – 5
(b) 6 × 1 4+1
(c) 6 ÷ 2 8÷2

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Calculate the following:
4. (a) 5 + 4 = (1 mark)

Show working here

Ans:____________________
(b) 37 (2 marks)
+ 24

Show working here

Ans:____________________

(c) 64 (2 marks)
– 32

Show working here

Ans:____________________

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5. Sarah has 15 coins in her bags. She puts the coins into 3 equal
groups. How many coins are in each group? (3 marks)

Show working here

Ans:____________________

6. Mary gave 20 crayons to Ken and 23 crayons to Caro. She has 24

crayons left. How many crayons did Mary have to start with?
(4 marks)

Show working here

Ans:____________________

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 GEOMETRY (17 MARKS)
1. State whether the following statements are true or false about
plane shapes. If true place T in the space next to the statement and
if false place F next to the statement. (2 marks)

(a) A square has four (4) sides and three (3) angles.
_____________
(b) A circle is a curved shape.______________
(c) A triangle has three (3) sides. _______________
(d) A rectangle has four (4) equal sides. ___________

2. (a) Draw a line of symmetry through the shape shown below.

(2 marks)

(b) Complete the table below. (6 marks)

Solid Figure Number of Faces Number of Edges Number of Vertices

Cylinder ____________ ______________ ______________

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 3. In the box below draw a cuboid and a cone. (4 marks)

Drawing of a Cuboid Drawing of a Cone

4. Carla puts three (3) equal size squares together placing them side-
by-side in a line to touch at the side. Name the new shape that
Carla has made? (3 marks)

Ans: _____________________

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 MEASUREMENT (23 MARKS)

1. Johnny wants to measure the length of his school. Select the best
unit of measure he can use. (2 marks)

Circle the correct answer.

(a) meter
(b) gram
(c) centimeter

2. The school team played a football match 9:30 a.m. on

Wednesday. Did the team play the match in the morning or in the
evening? (2 marks)
Ans:______________________________

3. Use the words below to compare the lengths of the blocks shown.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
(3 marks)
Long, longer, longest

(a) ____________ (b) _____________ (c) ____________

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4. (a) Starting from Sunday, what day is the fourth day of the
week? (1 mark)
Ans:___________________________

(b) Write the time that is shown on the clock.

It is ___________o’clock. (2 marks)

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 5. Look at the bills and coins shown below. Add or count to find the
total amount of money shown.
(3 marks)

TEN
DOLLARS

FIVE
DOLLARS

ȼ
$1 25 2ȼ 1ȼ 1ȼ 1ȼ

Ans:_____________________________

6. In our school’s fair, Tom bought a snow ice for 50¢ and two
mints for 25¢ with a $1.00 coin.

(a)How much money did Tom spend? (1 mark)

Show working here

Ans:_________________

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 (b) What change did Tom receive? (2 marks)

Show working here

Ans:_________________

(c)Draw any group of coins to show the change. (2 marks)

Show working here

Ans:_________________

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 7. The weight of each item below is shown in marbles. Each marble
is of equal size and weight.

Banana Apple Plum Chicken

Weight of the Weight of the Weight of Weight of

banana in apple in the plum in the chicken
marbles marbles marbles in marbles
Which item is the heaviest and which item is the lightest?
(a) _________________ is heaviest (1 mark)
(b) _________________ is lightest (1 mark)

(c) By how many marbles is the banana heavier than the plum?
(3 marks)
Show working here

Ans:_________________

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 DATA MANAGEMENT/ STATISTICS (20 MARKS)

The table below shows the meals eaten by Grade 2 students. Use the
information in the table to answer the questions that follow.

NUMBER OF STUDENTS EATING

MEAL
EACH MEAL
Rice and Peas 4
Oil-down 7
Peas soup 5
Green bananas and salt-fish 3

1. (a) (i) What meal did Grade 2 students enjoy most? (3 marks)

Ans: ____________________________

(ii) Why do you think they enjoyed this meal most? (2 marks)

Ans: ____________________________

(b) Name the meal the students least enjoyed. (3 marks)

Ans: ____________________________

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2. The graph shows the number of buses passing the school on
Fridays by colour.
NOTE that represent 1 bus
NUMBER OF BUSES

Yellow Green Red Blue Grey

COLOURS
(a) Which two colour buses recorded the same amount of trips?
(2 marks)
Ans:________________________________________
(b) How many more green buses passed by the school than red?
(3 marks)
Ans:________________________________________
(c) By what amount are the grey buses less than the green buses?
(3 marks)
Ans:________________________________________

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The graph below represents the number of Grade 2 students
attending Math classes. Use the graph to answer the questions that
follow.

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NUMBER OF STUDENTS

7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
DAYS OF THE WEEK

3. (i) What type of graph is shown above? (1 mark)

(a) Pictograph
(b) Bar graph
(c) Table graph

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 (ii) What is the total number of students attending class on
Monday and Wednesday altogether? (3 marks)

Show working here

Ans:_________________

END OF EXAMINATION!!

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