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Question 1: Fractions; subtraction; addition
Question 2: Ratios; fractions
Question 3: Ratios
Question 4: Ratios; fractions
Question 5: Estimation; percentages
Question 6: Percentages; money
Question 7: Equivalent ratios
Question 8: Fractions; subtraction; addition; equivalent fractions
Question 9: Ratios
Question 10: Equivalent ratios
Question 11: Fractions; subtraction
Question 12: Fractions; division
Question 13: Decimals; division; order of magnitude

 

QUESTION 1

a) What is the value of - - ?

(A)  

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b)

+ + =

(A)  

(B)  

(C)  

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QUESTION 2

To mix a certain colour of paint, Alana combines 5 litres of red paint, 2 litres of blue paint, and 2 litres of yellow paint. What is the ratio of red paint to the total amount of paint?

(A)  

(B)  

(C)  

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QUESTION 3

A class has 28 students. The ratio of girls to boys is 4:3. How many girls are in the class?

Answer: __________

 

QUESTION 4

Two boxes of square-shaped cardboard pieces are available to make a larger pattern. There are 4 small squares in each piece.

All pieces in Box 1 look like

    

All pieces in Box 2 look like

In the required pattern, for every piece from Box 2 there are 2 pieces from Box 1.

a) If 60 pieces from Box 2 are used in the required pattern, how many pieces will be needed altogether?

Answer: __________


b)

What fraction of the small squares in the required pattern will be black?

Answer: __________

 
  

QUESTION 5

Last year there were 1172 students at Beaton High School. This year there are 15 percent more students than last year. Approximately how many students are at Beaton High School this year?

(A)   1800
(B)   1600
(C)   1500
(D)   1400
(E)   1200

 

QUESTION 6

If the price of a can of baked beans is raised from 60 cents to 75 cents, what is the percent increase in the price?

(A)   15%
(B)   20%
(C)   25%
(D)   30%

 

QUESTION 7

The table shows the values of x and y, where x is proportional to y.

x

3

6

P

y

7

Q

35

What are the values of P and Q?

(A)   P = 14 and Q = 31
(B)   P = 10 and Q = 14
(C)   P = 10 and Q = 31
(D)   P = 14 and Q = 15
(E)   P = 15 and Q = 14

 
  

QUESTION 8

Toby and Marc took cherries from a basket. Toby took of the cherries and Marc took of the cherries. What fraction of the cherries remained in the basket?

(A)  

(B)  

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QUESTION 9

In making a garden fertiliser, a gardener mixes 2 kg of a nitrate, 3 kg of a phosphate, and 6 kg of potash. What is the ratio of nitrate to the total amount of fertiliser?

(A)  

(B)  

(C)  

(D)  

 
  

QUESTION 10

The table shows some values of x and y, where x is proportional to y.

x

4

8

Q

y

9

P

45

What are the values of P and Q?

(A)   P = 40 and Q = 13
(B)   P = 18 and Q = 17
(C)   P = 20 and Q = 18
(D)   P = 40 and Q = 18
(E)   P = 18 and Q = 20

 

QUESTION 11

What is the value of - ?

(A)  

(B)  

(C)  

(D)  

(E)  

 

QUESTION 12

Divide: ÷ =

 

Answer: __________

 

QUESTION 13

Divide:

(A)   0.614
(B)   6.14
(C)   61.4
(D)   614
(E)   6140