Free PSLE Math mock paper: the 5 questions our students got wrong most

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Free PSLE Math mock paper: the 5 questions our students got wrong most

These are the five questions our students got wrong during our PSLE mock exam. Let your child try them at home, then mark the paper with the answers on the last page.

of students got these questions right in our mock exam. That is about 1 in 3.

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Free PDF, with answers on the last page.

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Taken from our PSLE mock exam

Every question here comes from a mock exam sat under real exam conditions. Find out more on how our mock exam works!

How real exam conditions build real results
Most students know the concept. Marks are lost to missing working, careless slips on easy questions and multi-step Section B problems, and a timed mock shows exactly where

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Inside our PSLE Math mock exam
Our July 2026 mock followed the official format, with Paper 1 without a calculator and Paper 2 with one. Marked scripts were walked through in a workshop within a week.

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Why students stumble

The math is familiar. But some questions seem different.

Information appear to be in pieces
Our Q1 and Q4 give a total, a difference and a fixed number across several sentences. This gets students confused.

Percentages sit on top of each other
Q3 stacks three discounts and GST. Children need to decide what each percentage is of before they calculate anything.

Visualising Diagrams
Children who cannot picture the new shape find it hard to know which sides to add up.

How we teach it
With the oodles math method, children read a word problem one sentence at a time and build a model as they go. Each question type is then matched to one of our proprietary strategies, so a child who is stuck has another approach ready to try.

After the paper

See where your child stands

If a few questions felt tricky, that is useful to know. Our free trial class and
diagnostic show which topics need attention first.

80%of our students achieve AL1 to AL3 in PSLE Math
95%improve by at least 1 grade

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Questions parents ask

About the PSLE Math mock paper

Is the PSLE Math mock paper free?

Yes. Fill in the form and you can download the paper straight away. The answers are on the last page.

It is written for students preparing for PSLE Math, so Primary 5 and Primary 6 will get the most from it.

Choose a quiet time and ask your child to show every step of working. In Math, the working earns marks even when the final answer is wrong, so it is worth marking both.

Note which questions went wrong and why. Then book a free trial class and our coaches can go through them with your child.

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