Percentage Questions
1.
A fuel bill has increased by 12% per month. If it was £240
previously, how much is it now?
2.
VAT is charged at 20%. If my TV cost £600 before VAT, what is
the final price?
3.
My car insurance bill is £350 per year. If it is due to increase by
7% next year, how much will it be then?
4.
Gold sold at £70 per gram last year. It has increased in value by
6% in the last year. How much will it sell for now?
Working Backwards
1.
A box weighs 450 grams. When 15 bags of sugar are added it
weighs 12.45 kg. How much does one bag of sugar weigh?
2.
A container weighs 600 grams. When 40 packets of tissues are
added it weighs 1.35 kg. How much does one pack of tissues
weigh?
3.
A pallet weighs 4.2 kg. When 20 paving slabs are stacked on it,
it weighs 86.7 kg. How much does one slab weigh?
4.
A water filled tank weighs 6.8 kg. When 12 fish are added it
now weighs 7.52 kg. How much does one fish weigh?
Exchange Rates:
1.
If I travel to New Zealand with £650 spending money and
the exchange rate is $3.10 to the pound, how many dollars
will I get?
2.
The exchange ate to the USA is $1.97 to a pound. How
much would I get for £865 ?
3.
A tourist goes to Spain and exchanges £470 to euros. If the
exchange rate is 1.68 euros to the pound, how much will
she get?
4.
The exchange rate for Japan is 55 yen to the pound. How
much would you get for £550?
Time
Complete the table;
DEPART
ARRIVE
0845
1420
1325
TIME TAKEN
3 h 50 min
1715
6 h 40 min
2020
4 h 45 min
Perimeter
20 m
28 m
14 m
15 m
23 m
14 m
33 m
1. A tiler needs to grout around the
edge of this bathroom. If he has
enough to do 100 metres, will he
be able to do this job?
Justify your answer.
16
m
8m
7m
12 m
2. A farmer wants to put a
fence around this field. If he
has 110 m of fencing will he
have enough to do the job?
Justify your answer.
Speed:
1.
A car travels at 120 mph for 10 minutes. How far will it
travel?
2.
A train travels at 120 km/h for 12 minutes, how far does it
travel?
3.
A cyclist can cycle at 24 mph for 5 minutes. How fay will she
travel?
4.
A typist can type 90 words per minute. How many will he
type in 20 minutes?
5.
A skier can ski downhill at 45 km/h for 2 minutes. How far
will they travel?
Ratio:
1. There are 250 pupils in S4, and the ratio of boys to girls in S4 is 2:3.
Mr Wilson calculates there are 120 boys. Is he correct?
2. There are 600 people at a concert. The ratio of adults to children is
4:1. The organiser calculates that there are 480 adults, is she correct?
3. Fruit punch is made using pineapple and orange juice in the ratio
3:2. If Joan wants to make 10 litres of punch, she estimates she will
need 4.5 litres of orange juice. Is she correct?
4.
There are 300 people on a flight to France. If there are French and
British people on the plane in a ratio of 5:1, the stewardess
estimates there are 250 French people are on the flight, is she
right?
Using a Protractor:
1.
Draw a angle of 45 degrees
2.
Draw a angle of 22 degrees
3.
Draw a angle of 67 degrees
4.
Draw a angle of 109 degrees
5.
Draw a angle of 164 degrees
Probability:
1.
A dice is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a
number greater than 3?
2.
A spinner with the numbers 1 to 8 on it is spun. What is
the probability of it landing on a number less than 7?
3.
A 8 sided dice is rolled. What is the probability of
rolling a number greater than 5?
4.
A set of cards numbered 1 to 10 has a card picked at
random from them. What is the probability of picking a
number less than 4?
1. Which of the following 3 teams is the best?
TEAM A
won 13 out of 18 matches
TEAM B
won 15 out of 21 matches
TEAM C
won 12 out of 17 matches
2. Which raffle has the best chance of winning a prize?
RAFFLE A
10 prizes and 90 tickets sold
RAFFLE B
12 prizes and 100 tickets sold
RAFFLE C
15 prizes and 120 tickets sold
3. Which of these 3 classes did best in the test?
CLASS X
25 out of 30 passed
CLASS Y
22 out of 28 passed
CLASS Z
23 out of 29 passed