DECIMALS EXAM QUESTIONS

Work out 300 x (0.58 0.08)

(2 marks)
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(a) Work out 600 x 0.3
(1 mark)
(b) Work out 600 0.3
(1 mark)
(c) You are told that 432 x 21 = 9072
Write down the value of 9072 2.1
(1 mark)
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Work out
(a) 5.4 1.28
(1 mark)
(b) 3.64 x 2 + 13.7
(3 marks)
(c) 0.3 x 100 + 2.4 x 10
(2 marks)
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Magazines are stored in piles of 100.
Each magazine is 0.4 cm thick.
Calculate the height of one pile of magazines.
(2 marks)
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Use approximations to show which of the following calculations gives the
bigger answer.
(a) 59.4 0.307
(b) 80.16 0.481
You must show your working.
(3 marks)
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Hannah, Gemma and Jo use their calculators to work out the value of
28.78 .
4.31 x 0.47
Hannah gets 142.07, Gemma gets 14.207 and Jo gets 3.138
Use approximations to show which one of them is correct.
You must show your working.
(3 marks)
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Use approximations to estimate the value of
316 x4.03
0.198
You must show your working.
(3 marks)
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A school shop buys 400 pens for 36.
The shop sells the pens for 10p each.
How much profit does the shop make when it sells all the pens?(3 marks)