PSLE Maths · Whole numbers
PSLE whole numbers short-answer questions, with worked answers
16 questions in the 2026 PSLE format. Each one has the full working and the habit it tests, so you can see exactly where marks go.
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Short-answer questions are worth 2 marks each: 12 in Paper 1 (no calculator) and 5 in Paper 2. A correct method with a slip can still earn a mark, so the working matters.
1Four cards each show a different 2-digit number2m2A roll of stickers repeats the pattern star ✦, moon ☾, cloud ☁, then star ✦ again, and so on, in that order2m3Write down all the common factors of 18 and 302m4Ravi had five fewer $2 coins than 50¢ coins2m5There were 5 times as many adults as children at a funfair2m6Aisyah, Benjamin and Chloe each have a different 3-digit number of stickers2m7At a school fair, Priya had 84 stickers2m8There are some stickers in a box2m9The average mass of a basket of apples is 150 g2m10Madam Lim's bookshop packed 840 activity books equally into cartons of 8 books2m11A number pattern repeats the block 2, 0, 5, 0, 1 over and over, starting from the first number2m12The average mass of 4 bags of rice is 3.75 kg2m13The sum of three different 3-digit numbers is 5072m14A roll of stickers repeats the pattern triangle ▲, circle ●, diamond ◆, circle ●, then triangle ▲ again, and so on2m15Raj had 30 more marbles than Ken at first2m16Dev has some bread rolls for a neighbourhood event2m
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