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Zachary and Erin went to a climbing centre.
Zachary climbed 6/7 of the way up an 11.1m high wall. Erin climbed 4/9 of the way up
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This pie chart is split into equal sections. It shows the results from a survey about how often people exercise.
a) What fraction
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A class of 40 students voted on where to go for a school trip.
3/5 voted for the Science Park and the rest voted for Maths World.
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Simplify :
a) 25:35 b) 9/4:15/2 c) 8:18 to the form 1:n
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Write each of these ratios in its simplest form.
b) 15:21 c) 72:45 d) 24cm:36cm e) 350g:2kg f) 42p:£1.36 g) 2.9:8.7 h) 3/5:9/10
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Change these decimals to fractions (in their lowest terms)
a) 0.5 b) 0.8 c) 0.19 d) 0.25 e) 0.64 f) 0.06 g) 0.125 h) 0.075
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Onika gives money to a charity directly from her wages, before tax. One sixth of her monthly earnings goes to the charity, then
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The amount of sugar in Corn Crispies cereal has been reduced by 1/4. There is now 4.8g sugar in every 50g of cereal. Work out
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If I pay my gas bill within seven days, I get a reduction of an eighth of the price. If my bill is £120, how much can I save?
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In the diagram on the right, the area of the circle is 2/3 the area of the square. The area of the triangle is 1/5 the area of
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A cafe employs eighteen girls and twelve boys to wait at table.
Another six boys and nine girls work in the kitchen a) What
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If a TV programme lasts 40 minutes,
what fraction of the programme is left after: a) 10 minutes b) 15 minutes c) 35 minutes
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On a given day, a greengrocer sold 93 melons and 41 apples.
Write the ratio of melons to apples in the form 1:n. Give any
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Two parts of this square shaded. The other two parts are unshaded. What is the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area?
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The fractions below are in ascending order. Each fraction in its simplest form.
c is an integer. Work out the value of c. 7/12,
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Charlie takes out a loan of £20,000. It gains compound interest at a rate of 4% per year and he pays it back after 3 years.
Copy
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Theo put £350 into a savings account which gathered simple interest at a rate of 2% per month.
After 6 months, Theo used some
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Emma takes out a loan of £1400.
It gathers simple interest at a rate of 2.5% per annum. She pays back the loan after 10 years.
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Which is hyperbole?
A. He could have knocked me over with a feather. B. He could never understand how it worked. C. She had a
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Which is hyperbole?
A. We are so poor we can't afford much. B. We are so poor we don't have two pence to rub together. C. We are
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Which digits replace A, B and C in the boxes?
57. B 9 4 C. 73 10.4 A
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Find the sizes of the three unknown angles in the image below.
Give your answers in degrees. 34 degrees
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Which is assonance?
Leaves drift slowly downwards Take the high road People often take risks Sheep bleat when they speak
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Which is assonance?
Three things to throw Six geese going crazy Four fish jumping around Two blue birds flew
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Using each of the cards below once, what is the closest number to -64.28 that you can make?
3 7 9 . 5
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Using each of the cards below once, what is the closest number to -64.28 that you can make?
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Three straight lines cross at a point.
Work out the sizes of angles a, b and c. 91 degrees 40 degrees
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Three straight lines cross at a point.
Work out the sizes of angles a, b and c. 91 degrees 50 degrees
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Tabitha thinks of a whole number.
When she divides by her number by 4, the result has 1 decimal place and is greater than 8 but
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Amelia thinks of a whole number.
When she divides her number by 4, the result has 1 decimal place and is greater than 7 but less
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If £40 is divided in the ratio of 5:3 what is the difference between the amounts?
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A ship sails 15 nautical miles south then 18 nautical miles west. What is its bearing from its starting point? (to the nearest
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A car is bought for £4950. It is sold 2 years later for £3300. Calculate the loss as a percentage on the cost price (correct
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A train travels at 72km/h. How far will it travel between 7.48 am and 10.18 am?
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A farmer bought 800 sheep and sold them for £29.75 each. What was his total profit?
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Mum made 3 dozen small cakes and 4 large cakes for our school fete. The small cakes sold for 15 pence each and the large cakes
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A boy did 32 sums in a test. He got 75% correct. How many did he get wrong?
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How many books costing 95 pence each can be bought for £67.45?
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A square has a perimeter of 36cm. What is its area?
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A car travels 8 km on a litre of petrol. How far will it go on 15 1/2 litres?
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A farmer built a new fence around a paddock 600m x 400m. How much would it cost him to build the fence at £275 a kilometre?
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What unit would you use to measure the length of a road?
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Find the area of a semi-circle with a radius of 3.5 metres. (answer to nearest whole number)
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Simplify 0.36:1.2
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Increase 1 litre by 20%
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Find the volume of a container 15cm in diameter and 14cm deep. (answer to nearest whole number)
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Sound travels at about 340 metres per second. What is this in kilometres per second?
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What improper fraction is Kayla thinking of?
My improper fraction is equivalent to 4 2/7. The numerator is between 110 and 160.
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The fractions below are in ascending order. Each fraction is in its simplest form.
a is an integer. Work out the value of a.
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A birthday cake is divided evenly between 9 people.
What fraction of the cake does each person have? Give your answer in its
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Two numbers multiply together to give -30 and add together to give -1. What are the two numbers?
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Willow thinks of a number. She multiplies it by -9 and then adds 3.
If Willow's original number was 5, what number does she end
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Divide 1kg into 3 parts in the ratio 4:3:1. Find the largest part.
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The surface area of a cube is 24cm^2. Find the length of the sides.
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An equilateral triangle has sides 12cm in length. Calculate the perpendicular height of the triangle. (to the nearest mm)
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A man travelled 9600km in 80 hours. What was his average speed?
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If 24 metres of material cost £21.60, what would 40 metres of the same material cost?
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At our school there are 560 students. If 80% walk to school, how many come to school in other ways?
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A car leaves Leeds for Newcastle 160 kilometres away at 1:00pm. If it averages 50 kmph, what time will it arrive in Newcastle?
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Five bags of fertiliser covers 15 square metres. What area of lawn could be covered with 30 bags of fertiliser?
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A man put down a concrete barbeque block 7 metres long and 6 metres wide. If the concrete cost £15.80 a square metre, how much
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A shop bought £33.55 worth of chocolates. They cost 55 pence each. How many chocolates were bought?
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The price of an article at a sale was £4.50. This was 10% off. What was the price of the article before the sale?
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A paper boy sold 637 papers in a week. What were his average daily sales?
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In a school of 300 pupils 99 are boys. What percentage are girls?
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The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 30cm. One side is 24cm. Find the length of the other side.
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Simplify 3a^2 * 5a
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Find the radius of a circle that has an area of 154cm^2. (to nearest cm)
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A birthday cake is divided evenly between 8 people.
What fraction of the cake does each person have? Give your answer in its
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Copy down the expression and insert one pair of brackets to make its value 70.
4 + 3 + 3 * 7
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Find the gradient between the points (3,7) and (-1,3).
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Square root of 9/4.
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Simplify x/2 + x/3
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If K = 1/2mv^2 find m if K = 50 and V = 5.
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A water tank is 5/8 full. It needs 270 litres to fill it. The tank will hold litres when full.
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The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio of 5:1.
The perimeter is 144cm. What is the length of the longest side?
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The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio of 2:3.
The perimeter is 300cm. What is the length of the shortest side?
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The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio of 4:3.
The perimeter is 168cm. What is the length of the shortest side?
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The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio of 3:8.
The perimeter is 132cm. What is the length of the longest side?
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The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio of 5:7.
The perimeter is 144cm. What is the length of the longest side?
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A car averages 30km per hour. If it left on a trip at 12:15pm and arrived at 6;45pm what distance was covered?
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A man works 8 hours a day for 5 days a week. He earns £360 a week. How much does he earn an hour?
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At a large factory there were 2300 men employed. If 15% were away sick, how many men were at work?
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Dad gets paid £16.50 for three hours' work.
How much would he receive for a day's work? (8 hours)
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How long would it take me to save £20.40 saved 85 pence a week?
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Dad paid £7.20 for 3 dozen bolts. What would be the cost of one bolt?
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A paper boy sold magazines as well as papers.
He took £50 from the sale of 25 magazines. What was the average price of the
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How many books can I buy at a sale for £98 if they cost £14 for 20?
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In a test I got 68% overall. If the test was out of 600, how many marks did I get?
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A woman started shopping with £20. She spent 1/2 of it in one shop and 1/5 in another. How much did she have left?
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How many fence posts are needed for a fence to enclose a triangular garden 6m * 10m * 12m if the posts are 1 metre apart?
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Rice costs £3 for a 500g packet. How much for 4 1/2kg of rice?
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A motorist took a trip of 832km at an average speed of 64km/hour. He left at 7 a.m. What time did he arrive?
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Simplify 1/4 : 2/5
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If 7x = 49 find 5x.
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An agent sold 50 head of cattle at £159.60 each. Find his commission at 5% on total sales.
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The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 4:3:2:1. What is the size of the smallest angle?
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Julie buys a £3500 piano by paying a 10% deposit and £142.41 per month for 2 years. How much does Julie pay for the piano?
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A 10m ladder leans against a wall and makes an angle of 65 degrees with the ground. How far up the wall does it reach? (to
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A train carriage had 4 boys, 13 girls, 2 teachers and a parent. Find the % of adults on the train?
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