HOTs Questions – Form 1 Mathematics – Rational Numbers

1. John and Judy took a Mathematics multiple-choice quiz with 10 questions. The scoring
criterion is as follows:
• 4 marks are awarded for a correct answer
• 2 marks are deducted for a wrong answer
• 1 mark is deducted for an unanswered question

John answered 6 questions correctly and left 4 questions blank while Judy answered 7
questions correctly, 2 questions wrongly and left 1 question blank. Calculate the marks
obtained by John and Judy and conclude who scored higher in the test.
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2. Ramesh earns RM4000 a month. Each month, he uses of his salary to pay a housing loan
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and saves 4 of the remainder.
a) How many months will it take for him to save RM25 200?
b) Express your answer for (a) years.
c) What is the value of his house if he needs to pay his housing loan about 25 years?

3. The temperatures at noon on a particular day in three cities are stated in the table below.
Malaysia Beijing Seoul London
32ᵒC -9ᵒC -3ᵒC 0ᵒC

a) Which was the coolest city?

b) What was the difference in temperature between Malaysia and Seoul?
c) The temperature in Cambridge was exactly midway between the temperatures in Beijing
and London. Find the temperature in Cambridge.

4. a) A stone was thrown from the top of a mountain 2500 m above sea level. It landed into
the sea and reached 40 m underwater. Calculate the total vertical distance travelled by
the stone.
b) Suppose the stone hits a branch at half of its vertical distance, find the height of the
branch above the sea level.

5. A Hong Fruit Stall and Ah Lok Fruit Stall are selling the same type of oranges. Which stall will
you buy the orange from? Why?

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6. Zul takes the quarter of the time that Tim used to finish an assignment. Time takes only two-
fifth of the time that Seri used to finish the assignment. Seri takes twice as long as Min. If
Min takes 2 hours to finish the assignment, how long does Zul take to complete the
assignment, in minutes?

7. Amin bought 236 eggs for RM50. He sold 98 of the eggs at 20 cents each and the remainder
at 25 cents each. Determine whether Amin made a profit or a loss.