Students across the country to sit NAPLAN tests

Students across the country will sit their NAPLAN tests today, putting their reading, writing and mathematics skills to the test.

NAPLAN, which stands for the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, is a series of tests focused on basic skills administered to Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Do you have what it takes to score big on the Grade 5 numeracy test?

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Question one: Six children shared 50 chocolates. Four of these children got 10 chocolates each. The other two, Lily and Sam, shared the rest of the chocolates equally. How many chocolates did Lily get?

1. 5
2. 10
3. 25
4. 40

Question two: There are 50 presents in a basket. Only one of the presents is a toy car. Liz takes one of the presents without looking. Which of these describes the chance that she will take the toy car?

1. Impossible
2. Unlikely
3. Likely
4. Certain

Question three: Jay went to the library at 11:10am. The time is now 2:28pm. How long has Jay been at the library?

1. 1 hour 38 minutes
2. 3 hours 18 minutes
3. 3 hours 38 minutes
4. 4 hours 18 minutes

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Question four: There are 2350 concert tickets for sale. So far, 1721 tickets have been sold. How many tickets are left?

1. 629
2. 631
3. 639
4. 1431

Question five: There were some strawberries on a plate. Nat took half of them. Then she took one more. Five strawberries were left. How many strawberries were on the plate at the start?

1. 4
2. 6
3. 11
4. 12

Question six: John and Bella get pocket money each week. John gets $4. Bella gets $7. After 11 weeks, Bella will have received more pocket money than John. How much more?

1. $33
2. $30
3. $38
4. $40

Question seven: A shop sells packets of toy cars. There are seven cars in a packet. Each packet costs $6. What is the largest number of cars that can be bought for $50?

1. 42
2. 48
3. 54
4. 56
5. 63

Question eight: There were 23,958 people at a football match. One-third of the people at the match supported the away team. Which of these is closest to the number of people at the match who supported the away team?

1. 700
2. 800
3. 7000
4. 8000

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Question nine: Lee paid for some lemons with a $10 note. Each of the lemons cost 45 cents. She got $5.05 change. How many lemons did Lee buy?

1. 11
2. 13
3. 17
4. 9

Question 10: Joe has four notes in his wallet. The total value of the notes is $75. Which type of note is not in Joe's wallet?

1. $5
2. $10
3. $20
4. $50

Answers) Q1. 1, Q2. 2, Q3. 2, Q4. 1, Q5. 4, Q6. 1, Q7. 4, Q8. 4, Q9. 1, Q10. 3