Math with Tasmania
Terms
Population
Rounding
Volume
100

Tasmania’s population is about 540,000 if 10,000 more people move there what will the new population be?

555,000

100

I want to put a poster on the wall, what should I find?

The area

100

The world population is 8 billion, if 2 billion live in Asia, how many live in other countries?

6 billion 

100

Round to the nearest hundredth. 

12.243

12.24

100

Hisham wants to fill a box with sand. The dimensions of the box are l = 2, w = 4 and h = 6. He only has enough sand for 50 units squared. Will this be enough?

yes, the volume is 48. 

200

The population of Hobart is about 240,000. If this is half of Tasmania’s total population, what is the total population?

480,000

200

I want to put a fence around the yard, what should I find?

Perimeter 

200

Europe’s population is about 750 million. If Germany has 83 million people, how many people live in the rest of europe?

667

200

Round to the nearest hundredth. 

42.626

42.63

200

Ahmad wants to fill a swimming pool with water. The dimensions of the pool are l = 20, w = 100 and h = 5. He only has enough water for 8000 units squared. Will this be enough?

No, the volume of the pool is 10,000

300

A souvenir costs 25 Australian dollars. IF 1 AUD = 0.20 KWD, how much does the souvenir cost in KWD?

5

300

I want to fill a bottle with water, what should I find?

Volume

300

The world population is 8 billion, if China has 1.4 billion people and India has 1.3 billion people. Is this more or less than half of the world’s population?

5.3

300

Round to the nearest tens. 

57.27

60

300

Maria wants to fill her water bottle with juice. The dimensions of the bottle are l = 4, w = 3 and h = 5. She only has enough juice for 18 units squared. Will this be enough?

No, the volume is 60. 

400

IF the area of Tasmania is 68.4 square kilometers, and the area of Kuwait is 17.818 square kilometers which is bigger?

Tasmania

400

I am moving and want to fill my car with boxes, what should I find?

The volume 

400

What is Tasmania’s population?

Between 500,000 - 600,000. 
400

Round to the nearest tenth. 

14.76

14.8

400

Fahad wants to bake a cake. The dimensions of the cake pan are l = 3 w = 8 and h = 2. He only has enough cake batter for 44 units squared. Will this be enough?

No, the volume is 48. 

500

A hotel room in Hobart costs 150 AUD per night. IF you stay for 1 night and convert the total to Kuwaiti dinar at 0.20, how much will it cost in KWD?

30

500

My water bottle contains 887mL, and I have one litre of water to fill. How many mL do I have left over?

113

500

IF 247,000 people live in Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania, does this count for 30%, 40% or 50% of the total population?

40%

500

I want to buy popcorn, the cashier tells me my total is $2.50 rounded up to the nearest tenth. What is the cost of the popcorn?

2.45, 2.46, 2.47, 2.48 or 2.49

500

Yasmeen wants to fill a box with small balls. The dimensions of the box are l = 10, w = 6 and h = 6. If each ball is one unit squared, how many balls can fit in the box?

360 balls. 

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