Challenging

Mathematics for
Primary School
:
Arithmetic


Dear P5 and P6 students
I have selected 100 questions on Arithmetic to challenging you and your brain.
Consider the questions in this booklet as Bukit Timah hill, try your best to go up
the hill.
You need to find an elegant way to solve each question and there may have
more than one way to find the answer. Try your best to find the best solution.
If you are ready, lets go.

Mr Ang K L, 2012

1
1. Find the numbers in the brackets to make the statement correct:

( ) ( ) ( )
3 3 8
8
4 7 4





2. Find the sum of:

1 1 1 1
1 ...
10 100 1000 100000000







3. Find the sum of:

1 1 1 1
1 ...
10 100 1000 100000000
+ + + + +







4. Calculate:
382 498 381
382 498 116
+









5. Calculate:

121121121121 121212121212
212121212121 212212212212








2
6. Calculate:

3 3 3 3
99 199 2999 39999 1
4 4 4 4
+ + + +








7. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
2 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 2 3 4
_ _ _ _
+ + + + + + + + + + + +

, , , ,










8. Calculate:

( ) ( )
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 4 6 ... 100 1 3 5 ... 99
1 2 3 ... 8 9 10 9 8 ... 3 2 1
+ + + + + + + +
+ + + + + + + + + + + +









9. Calculate:

1 6
1995 73 730 153.3
2 25
+ +







3
10. Calculate:

( ) 1999 3.4 69 3.5
3.5 69 3.4
+









11. Calculate:

1 3 9
1.2 3.6 10.8 2 6 18
13 13 13
1 2 4
1.2 2.4 4.8 2 4 8
13 13 13
+ +
+ +










12. Calculate:

2 2 2 2 2
101010 202020 303030 444055 555555
202020 303030 404040 555055 666666
_ _ _ _ _


, , , , ,









13. Calculate:

3 8 2 5
18 0.65 18 0.65
7 13 7 13
+ +






4
14. Calculate:

6
0.5 0.15 7.25
29








15. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1992 1 2 3 4 5 ... 1990 1991
2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
+ + + +












16. Calculate:

1 3 1
84 2 0.35 1 60%
2 8 4
1
_

' ;
1
, ]









17. Calculate:

2 57
7.0875 4 0.72 2.85
3 64
+






5
18. Calculate:

11 7
292.5 2
13 8








19. Calculate:

1
45 18 24.873 18.96
2
+








20. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 4 8 16 32 64 128
+ + + + + +









21. Calculate:

2 2 2 2
1
3 9 27 81










6
22. Calculate:


1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1
2 3 4 6 7 14 28
+ + + + + + +










23. A series of natural number is arranged in the following way, which column can
you find number 1999?

A B C D E F G
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28











24. Calculate:

1 1 1
1 ...
1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 ... 1999
+ + + +
+ + + + + + +











7
25. Calculate:

123 2 4 332 1 3 331
123 123 ... ...
332 333 333 333 333 333 333
_ _
+ + + + + + +

, ,











26. A series of natural number is arranged in the following way, which column can
you find number 1999?

A B C D E F G
1 2 3
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
24 23 22 21 20 19 18
25 26 27 28












27. Calculate:

7 7 7 7 7
1 1 2 1 3 ... 1 10 1 11
33 33 33 33 33
_ _ _ _ _
+ + + + + + + + + +

, , , , ,











8
28. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 6 12 20 30 42 56
+ + + + + +









29. Calculate:

5 7 9 11 13 15 17
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
6 12 20 30 42 56 72
+ + +









30. Calculate:

1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1998 1997 2 1
1 ... ... ...
2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +








31. Calculate:

2
1994
5
1994 1993 1995
+









9
32. Calculate:

55
57
56








33. Calculate:

7 1 10
16 1.6875 2
8 5 61
_
+

,










34. Calculate:

1 1 1
1 1 ... 1
2 2 3 3 10 10
_ _ _



, , ,










35. Calculate:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
88888888 88888888
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

10
36. Calculate:

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
+
+
+
+





37. Find the sum of all the non-whole number fractions.

1 2 3 4 238 239
, , , ,..., ,
12 12 12 12 12 12











38. How many ways can you fill the blank with natural numbers in this inequality?

1 4 1
7 3
< <






39. Calculate:


1 1 1
...
1 2 3 2 3 4 98 99 100
+ + +










11
40. Calculate:

1 1 1 1
...
2 4 4 6 6 8 98 100
+ + + +










41. Calculate:

1 5 11 109
...
2 6 12 110
+ + + +








42. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
12 20 30 42 56 72 90
+ + + + + +









43. Calculate:

2 2 2 2 2 2
1
3 9 27 81 243 729









12
44. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 3 4 5 7 10 14 15 28 30
_ _ _ _ _
+ + + +

, , , , ,









45. Calculate:


1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1
127 254 508 1016 2032 4064 8128
+ + + + + +









46. Calculate:

2 2 2 2 2
...
21 77 165 1677 2021
+ + + + +







47. Calculate:

1999 1999 1999 1999
...
1 2 2 3 3 4 1998 1999
+ + + +




13
48. Find the sum of:

3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 4 4 7 7 10 10 13 13 16 16 19 19 22
+ + + + + +










49. Find:

1998 1997 1999
1998 1999 1
+









50. Find the value of x.

1 8
1
11
1
1
2
1
4
x

+
+
+





51. Calculate:

1
3.875 38.75 0.09 0.155 0.4
5
1 8 5 2 9 11
2 4.32 1.68 1 1 1
6 25 11 7 35 24
+
1 _
+
1
, ]









14
52. Find the sum of the numbers in the four squares.

1 1
1
1 1
7
1 1
7
1
7

+ +
+ +
+







53. Evaluate:

987 666 320
665
667 987 665

+








54. Calculate:

213639 264528792
132396 213426639

55. Find:

1
2 1
2
2
9
1 3
3
2
1
2
1 1
2

+
+







15
56. Find the value of x.

1 67
1
96
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
x

+
+
+
+







57. Xiao Ming was reading a novel. Each day he read 16 pages. After five days,
there are still
3
5
of the book left unread. How many pages were there in this book?









58. In a factory, the fraction of number of male workers is
3
5
more than the number
of female workers. What is the fraction of number of female workers that was less
than the male workers?









59. Ali was reading a storybook. On the first day, he read 6 pages more than
1
6
of
the book. On the second day, he read 8 pages less than
1
8
of the book. He still had
172 pages left. Find the number of pages in this book.







16
60. Evaluate:

1 7 9 11 13 15
1
3 12 20 30 42 56
+ +







61. Convert
2
11
into a repeating decimal number. What is the 50
th
digit and the 51
st

digit in the decimal?









62. Convert
1
81
into decimal, what is the sum of the 1001 digits in the decimal?









63. From the table below, group 1 is (1, A, We), group 2 is (3, B, Love), group 3 is (4,
A, To). What is in group 94
th
? What is in group 150
th
?

Number 1 3 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 ..
Alphabet A B C A B C A B C ..
word We Love To Do Math We Love To Do ..








17
64. Of the 1997 fractions in the following sequence, how many are
1
2
? How many
are
1
6
? How many are
1
4
? What is the sum of these fractions?

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,...
2 6 6 2 2 4 2 6 6 2 2 4 2 6 6 2 2 4 2 6 6









65. Calculate:

6
4 2 2 3
1 1
9 3 3 2

1 _

' ;
1
, ]









66. Which of the following fraction is the largest? Which is the smallest?

5 12 10 4 15
, , , ,
12 19 23 7 22







67. Compare the value of a and b, which is larger than the other?

2
2 2
1
1998 1998 1
1
1998 1997 1998 1997
a
b

+




18


68. Determine which one is larger?

1993 1992
1995 1994
1994 1995
1993 1992
1996 1993
1994 1995
a
b
+
+







69. Determine the whole number part of A.


1
1 1 1
...
1980 1981 1997
A
+ + +







70. Which is larger?

666665 777776
666667 777778
or





71. Find the two closest whole numbers in the blanks.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
< + + + + + + + + + <








19
72. Fill in the bracket with < or >.

( )
71 12
125 13





73. Fill in the bracket with < or >.

( )
555 5555
6666 66666





74. Evaluate:

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 2000 20001
...
1 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 2000 2001
+ + + + +
+ + + + +














75. Calculate:

2 2 2 2 2 2
3 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 8 7 8 9 8 9 10
+ + + + +















20
76. Calculate:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


, , , , , , , , ,










77. Calculate:

1 1 1 1
1 1 1 ... 1
4 6 16 100
_ _ _ _


, , , ,









78. Calculate:

1 1 1 1
3 99 2 4
...
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... 1
2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 99
+ + + +
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+ + + + + + + + +

, , , , , , , ,









79. Calculate:

1 3 7 15 31 63 127 255
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256
+ + + + + + +




21
80. Calculate:

2
2 2
1 2002 2002 1
2002 2002 2001 2001 2000
+

+









81. 3 different digits, none of them are zero, are used to form 3-digit numbers. The
sum of all these 3-digit numbers is 1332. What is the smallest of this 3-digit number?









82. Find the 3 natural numbers, a, b, and c that satisfy this equation.

1 1 1 1
14 a b c
+ +






83. Calculate:

1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 20
... ...
55 55 55 55 55 155 155 155 155
+ + + + +












22
84. Find the sum of all the numbers in this number sequence.

1 1 1
1,1 , 2, 2 ,..., 25, 25 ;
2 2 2
1 1 1
1 , 2, 2 , 3,..., 25 , 26;
2 2 2
1 1 1
2, 2 , 3, 3 ,..., 26, 26 ;
2 2 2
...............
1 1 1
25, 25 , 26, 26 ,..., 49, 49 ;
2 2 2
1 1 1
25 , 26, 26 , 27,..., 49 , 50;
2 2 2










85. Calculate:

2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
7 1 9 1 11 1 99 1
...
7 1 9 1 11 1 99 1
+ + + +
+ + + +











86. Calculate:

( )( )( )( )
( )( )( )( )
4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4
10 64 18 64 26 64 34 64
6 64 14 64 22 64 30 64
+ + + +
+ + + +









23
87. Calculate:

2
1 1 1
1 ...
2 2 2
n
+ + + + +







88. Calculate:

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5 6 7 2 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 3 4 5 6 7
_ _
+ + + + + + + + + + +

, ,
_ _
+ + + + + + + + + +

, ,










89. Calculate:

1 7 4
96 4 4 5 3 3.875 49.5 0.8
18 8 5
1 _ _

1
, , ]









90. Calculate:

( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9







24
91. Calculate:

2 3 99 100
1 1 1 1 1
1 ...
3 3 3 3 3
+ + + + + +







92. Calculate:

1 1 1 1 1 1
1949 47 1996 1003
47 1996 1949 1996 1949 47
_ _ _
+ +

, , ,








93. Calculate:

2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 ... 1
1995 1994 1993 2
_ _ _ _


, , , ,












94. Calculate:

1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 49
... ...
2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 50 50 50
+ + + + + + + + + + + +








25

95. Calculate:

7 3 7 5
0.1 0.001 39 3 39 3.6 5 0.36 33.75
12 5 12 8
_
+ +

,







96. Calculate:

16 16 16
9 4 8 5 ... 4 9
39 39 39
_ _ _
+ + +

, , ,










97. Calculate:

7 5 1 1 1
5 3 1 2
8 6 4 3 8
1 _
+
1
, ]








98. Calculate:

2
69 5 3.4 17.5 17.5
1958 1957 1959 3.5 69 3.4
+

26
99. Calculate:

2 5 5
42 0.4 60 3 2
3 42 14
1 _ _
+
1
, , ]








100. Calculate:

2
1
3.875 38.75 0.09 0.3875
5
1 5 2 9 11 1
2 1.32 1 1
6 11 11 35 24 36 35 37
1
+
1
]
1 _
+ + +
1

, ]