This study aims to investigate the primary school pupil's performance in answering Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) in mathematics questions according to gender and types of schools. A descriptive research design was employed in this study to collect quantitative data. Mathematics test questions were administered in the study. The mathematics test was used to measure the pupils' performance in HOTS and LOTS questions based on their mathematics skills. The sample of the study consists of 540 year-five pupils (270 male and 270 female) from National Primary School (SK), Chinese Primary School (SJKC), and Tamil Primary School (SJKT) in three different states in Malaysia: Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Melaka. The mathematics test consists of 40% of LOTS questions and 60% of HOTS questions based on revised Bloom's Taxonomy. The data was analysed using the SPSS Programme for Windows version 25. Paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test were used in the data analysis. Prior to the actual study, a pilot test was carried out to obtain the reliability and validity of the instruments. The results revealed that pupils performed significantly better in answering LOTS questions compared with HOTS questions. The findings also indicate that there is no significant difference between the male and female pupils in their performance for both LOTS and HOTS mathematics questions. However, there is a significant difference in pupils' performance for LOTS and HOTS questions according to the types of schools. This research only involves participants from the central part of Peninsula Malaysia, further research should include a larger sample for better generalisation.