fractions and percentages
measurement
ratio & scale
The four rules
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

What is the sum of 4326 and 224

4550

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

What is the difference between 995.6 and 327.2

668.4

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

what is 352 x 9

3168

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

Work out 968 divided by 4

242

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

Complete this sum 155 x  ? - 90 = 375

3

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