This document provides specifications and examples for item building and marking schemes for mathematics assessments. It includes: 1. An items specification table that lists the topics, number of questions, and question type distributions for Paper 1. 2. Examples of different question types - numerical, short sentence, graphic, and story questions - with explanations of correct and incorrect answer options. 3. A marking scheme table that shows the distribution of answers for each question type for Paper 1. 4. Similar specifications and examples for the marking scheme for Paper 2, including 1 mark, 2 mark, and 3 mark questions. 5. Instructions for workshops to review the papers and marking schemes.

1. Item Building
and
Marking Scheme

2. ITEMS SPECIFICATION TABLEITEMS SPECIFICATION TABLE
No TOPICS
1 WHOLE
NUMBERS
5
2 FRACTIONS 6
3 DECIMALS 3
4 PERCENTAGE 3
5 MONEY 3
6 TIME 2
No.ofQuestions
Short
Sentence
Graphic
Story
Easy20%
Moderate60%
Difficult20%
Numerical

3. ITEMS SPECIFICATION TABLEITEMS SPECIFICATION TABLE
No TOPICS
7 LENGTH 4
8 MASS 1
9 VOLUME OF
LIQUID
2
10 SHAPE AND
SPACE
6
11 DATA
HANDLING
5
No.ofQuestion
Short
Sentence
Graphic
Story
Easy20%
Moderate60%
Difficult20%
Numerals

4. Mathematics Paper 1
015/1

5. Numerical
Example:
56 – 36 ÷ 4 =
A 5
B 16
C 22
D 47
(56 – 36 = 20. 20 ÷ 4 = 5)
(56 – 36 = 20. 20 – 4 = 16)
(56 ÷ 4 = 14. 36 – 14 = 22)
(56 – 9 = 47)

6. Short Sentence (Literacy)
Example:
Round-off 5.964 million to the nearest ten
thousands.
A 5 900 000
B 5 960 000
C 5 964 000
D 6 000 000
To the nearest hundred thousands
Answer
To the nearest thousands
To the nearest millions

7. Graphic
Example:
Table 3 shows the time taken by
Aminah to do a certain housework.
HouseworkHousework TimeTime
cookingcooking 10.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.10.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
washingwashing 7.30 a. m. – 9.15 a.m.7.30 a. m. – 9.15 a.m.
gardeninggardening 4.20 p.m. – 6.20 p.m.4.20 p.m. – 6.20 p.m.

8. How many percent of the time taken for
gardening compare to the whole time for all
the housework?
A 2
B 10
C 20
D 40
(Pupils ignore the percentage)
(2 hours X 5 hours = 10 hours, 100 ÷ 10)
(100 ÷ 5 hours = 20)
(answer)

9. Story
Example:
Hani measured 1.3 l of water and Amy measured
400 ml of water less than the measurement made
by Hani. Calculate in litre, the total amount of water
measured by both of them.
A 0.9
B 1.7
C 2.2
D 5.3
(1.3 – 0.4)
(1.3 + 0.4)
(1.3 + 0.9)
(1.3 + 4.0)
Note: Answers are in ascending order.

10. Distribution of answers
AA BB CC DD
1010 1010 1010 1010
99 1111 1010 1010
1111 99 1212 88

11. Marking scheme Paper 2
(015/2)

12. 1 mark question:
Example 1:
861 ÷ 21 =
Example 2:
Convert 2.07 to a mixed number.

13. 2 marks question:
Example 1:
65 – 4 X 7 =

14. Example 2:
Table 1 shows the quantities of notes
and coins.
MoneyMoney RM50RM50 RM10RM10 RM5RM5 RM1RM1 50 sen50 sen
QuantityQuantity 11 22 11 33 55
Table 1
Calculate the total value of the money.

15. 3 marks question:
Example 1:
Calculate 0.7 l + 250 ml.
Give your answer in ml.

16. Example 2:
The total number of pencils in 5 boxes
are 225.
Every box consists of equal number of
pencils.
How many pencils are there in 8
similar boxes?

17. MARKING SCHEME
1 mark = F
2 marks = F A or F
3 marks = F W A
W W A

18. Workshop
Paper 1 – 4 groups
Paper 2 – 2 groups – 1 mark
– 2 groups – 2 marks
– 2 groups – 3 marks