fractions and percentages
measurement
ratio & scale
Data handling
Lucky Dip
100
What is 50% of £630?
£315
100
How many centimetres are there in one metre?
100
100
On a scale drawing question, I am told that 1 square equals 50 cm. How many squares do I need to represent 1m?
2
100
If something could never, ever happen, we describe this as i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
impossible
100
How many grams are there in 3 kg?
3 000
200
A car costs £12 600. There is 1/3 off. How much money will you save?
£4200
200
How many metres are there in 1.5 km?
1500
200
Jack is mixing purple paint using red and blue in the ratio 1:2. If he uses 3 tins of red paint, how many tins of blue paint does he need?
6 tins
200
Name two types of graph or chart.
Bar, line, pie, scatter, etc
200
How many weeks are there in a year?
52
300
Hamish managed to complete 3/4 of a 10k race. How many metres had he run before he gave up?
7 500m
300
Lucy has 447.5 ml of white wine. Jack has 1/2 litre of red wine. Who has the most?
Jack.
300
I work in a garden centre and need to mix up some plant food. I have 12 litres of water in my watering can. The bottle says use 50 ml of plant food : 3 litres of water. How much plant food should I put in?
200 ml
300
List three things you have to remember when drawing a line graph or bar chart.
title, labels, plot points accurately, choose a sensible scale.
300
How many days are there in a year?
365
400
An advert claims that over 80% of people who use Whamo washing powder prefer it to other brands. In a survey of 125 people, 96 agreed that they did. Is the advert correct? Explain your answer.
No. 76.8% agreed.
400
A room is 3.5m by 4.2 m. I need to put skirting board around it. I have 2000 cm of skirting board. Do I have enough?
yes
400
I have a recipe for spaghetti bolognaise which uses 2.5 Kg of mince. The recipe serves 15 people. Unfortunately, I only have 2 friends. If I make the recipe for our dinner, how much mince should I use?
0.5 kg / 500 g
400
Monday: 14 C Tuesday: 15 C Wednesday: 16.5 C Thursday: 17.2 C Friday: 15 C What is the mean temperature for the week? What is the range?
15.54 C (mean) 3.2 C (range)
400
If it's 5:15 p.m. now. What time was it 150 minutes ago?
2:45 p.m.
500
In the end of year test, you need 65% to pass. I scored 26/40. Anuja scored 3/5 of the available marks. Igor missed out 1/4 of the questions but got the rest right. Beth missed out 1/4 of the questions and got 10% of the rest wrong. Who passed?
Me, Igor and Beth 26/40 = 65% 3/5 of 40 = 24 marks 1/4 missed = 3/4 done = 75% 1/4 missed = 30 questions done. 10% of 30 = 3. 27 correct.
500
I have a cube shaped box with sides of 10cm. I am going to cover the box with small mosaic tiles. Each tile is 1 cm2 . The tiles cost £5.99 for a pack of 50. How much will it cost?
£71.88
500
I have two children: Tom, aged 8 and Amy, aged 12. Their granny has given me £100 to give them and told me to split it to reflect their different ages. How much should I give each of them?
£40 for Tom £60 for Amy.
500
Bogstandard FC have a goal average of 1.5. They have played 12 games this season. How many goals have they scored over the whole season?
18 goals.
500
Lorna is going to lay some decking. She is covering an area 300 cm by 4.5 m. Decking costs £ 20 / m2. Lorna buys the decking but then realizes she doesn't know how to lay it. She employs 'Decking are Us'. They charge £45 an hour labour and £50 initial fee. It takes from 9:30 - 4:00 with thirty minutes off for lunch. How much does it cost Lorna?
3 x 4.5 = 13.5 13.5 x 20 = 270 6 x 45 = 270 270 + 270 + 50 = £590
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