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Consumer arithmetic
TOPIC
TOPIC TEST
TEST PART
PART AA
Topic Test PART A
Consumer Arithmetic
Time allowed: 15 minutes Total marks = 12
Time
Time allowed:
allowed: 15
15 minutes
minutes Total
Total marks
marks == 15
15
Marks
11 Anna
Anna receives
receives aa commission
commission of of 8·5%
8·5% on
on all
all her
her sales.
sales. How
How much
much commission
commission does
does she
she earn
earn in
in aa
week
week in
in which
which her
her sales
sales total
total $3600?
$3600?

A
A $423.53
$423.53 
BB $306
$306 CC $3294
$3294

 DD $3006
$3006 
 11
22 Rhonda
Rhonda has
has aa salary
salary of
of $66
$66573
573 p.a.
p.a. Her
Her fortnightly
fortnightly pay
pay isis

A
A $1386.94
$1386.94 BB $1280.25

 $1280.25 C
C $2560.50
$2560.50

 D
D

 $1276.74
$1276.74 11
33 Mitchel
Mitchel receives
receives $756
$756 for
for aa 40-hour
40-hour week.
week. What
What isis he
he paid
paid for
for each
each hour
hour worked?
worked?

A
A $28.35
$28.35 
BB $23.63
$23.63 CC $37.80
$37.80

 D
D $18.90
$18.90 
 11
44 Melissa’s
Melissa’s hourly
hourly rate
rate of
of pay
pay isis $15.20
$15.20 for
for the
the first
first 36
36 hours
hours and
and time-and-a-half
time-and-a-half for
for every
every extra
extra
hour.
hour. How
How much
much isis she
she paid
paid for
for 45
45 hours?
hours?

A
A $684$684 BB $752.40

 $752.40 CC $820.80

 $820.80 DD $1026
$1026

 11
55 Alex
Alex isis paid
paid $25.20
$25.20 per
per hour
hour and
and works
works 38
38 hours
hours per
per week.
week. Find
Find his
his holiday
holiday pay
pay for
for 44 weeks
weeks
11
including aa 17
including 1722%
% holiday
holiday loading
loading??

 A
A $3830.40
$3830.40 
 BB $4500.72
$4500.72 C
C $670.32
$670.32

 DD None
None ofof these

these 11
66 IfIf 9%
9% of
of an
an amount
amount isis $1800,
$1800, then
then the
the amount
amount isis

 A
A $200
$200 
BB $2000
$2000 C
C

 $20
$20000
000 D
D

 $200
$200000
000 11
77 A
Adealer
dealer sells
sells an
an article
article for
for $250
$250 and
and makes
makes aa profit
profit of
of $50.
$50. His
His percentage
percentage profit
profit on
on the
the cost
cost
price
price is?
is?

A
A 15% 15% 
 BB 20%
20% C
C 25%

25% D
D 30%30% 
 11
88 A
A$1850
$1850 mobile
mobile phone
phone isis discounted
discounted by
by 15%.
15%. The
The new
new price
price for
for the
the mobile
mobile phone
phone isis

A
A $277.50
$277.50 BB $2127.50

 $2127.50 C
C $1572.50
$1572.50
 DD $2446.63
$2446.63 
 11
99 An
An agent
agent gets
gets aa commission
commission of
of 12%.
12%. IfIf the
the sales
sales are
are $9600,
$9600, how
how much
much isis the
the commission?
commission?

A
A $1152
$1152 BB $8448

 $8448 CC $10
$10752

 752 DD None
None of
of these

these 11
10 AAshopkeeper
10 shopkeeper buys
buys aa TV
TV for
for $1500
$1500 and
and sells
sells itit for
for $2000.
$2000. His
His profit
profit as
as aa percentage
percentage of
of the
the cost
cost
price
price isis
A
A 50% 50% BB 150%
150% C
C 331313%
33 % D
D 662323%
66 % 11

 
 
 

11 Michael
11 Michael was
was paid
paid $561.60
$561.60 for
for 18
18 hours
hours of
of work.
work. What
What was
was his
his hourly
hourly rate
rate of
of pay?
pay?
A
A

 $29.20
$29.20 BB

 $30.20
$30.20 C
C

 $31.20
$31.20 D
D

 $32.20
$32.20 11
12 The
12 The tax
tax on
on aa salary
salary of
of $58
$58485,
485, paid
paid at
at $11
$11772
772 plus
plus 42
42 cents
cents for
for each
each $1
$1 over
over $52
$52000
000 is:
is:
A
A

 $2723.70
$2723.70 BB

 $14
$14495.70
495.70 C
C

 $24
$24563.70
563.70 D
D

 None
None of
of these
these 11
13 David
13 David paid
paid $180
$180 for
for aa jumper
jumper after
after aa discount
discount of
of 40%.
40%. How
How much
much did
did he
he save?
save?
A
A

 $72
$72 BB

 $108
$108 C
C

 $252
$252 D
D

 $120
$120 11
14 AAshirt
14 shirt with
with aa mark-up
mark-up of
of 25%
25% isis sold
sold for
for $120.
$120. How
How much
much profit
profit isis made,
made, to
to the
the nearest
nearest dollar?
dollar?
A
A

 $24
$24 BB

 $29
$29 C
C

 $31
$31 D
D

 $33
$33 11
15 Mark
15 Mark receives
receives aa retainer
retainer of
of $300
$300 per
per week
week and
and 15%
15% commission
commission on
on all
all sales.
sales. How
How much
much does
does he
he
earn
earn in
in aa week
week in
in which
which he
he sells
sells $10
$10000
000 worth
worth of
of goods?
goods?

A
A $1500$1500 
BB $1800
$1800 CC $1200
$1200

 D
D

 $545
$545 11

Total
Totalachieved
Total marks marks
marks for
for
for PART
PART A
PART A
A
15
15
15

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Consumer
TOPIC TEST
arithmetic PART B
TOPIC TEST
Topic Test PART B
Consumer Arithmetic
Time
Timeallowed:
allowed:15
15minutes
minutes Total marks
Total = 12
marks = 15
Time allowed: 15 minutes Total marks = 15
Marks
Question 1
a Find David’s weekly wage if he works for 40 hours at the
rate of $25.60 per hour. ___________________________ 1
b The annual salary of a person is $70 650. Find his weekly
income. ___________________________ 1
c An article was marked $225 and was sold for $150.
What was the percentage discount? ___________________________ 1
d An article costing $120 is sold at a loss of 25% of the cost
price. Find the selling price. ___________________________ 1
e A landlord charges an annual rent of $15 381.60.
Find the monthly rent. ___________________________ 1

Question 2
a John bought a house for $350 000 and spent a further $90 000
on renovations. He then sold it, making a profit of 30%.
i How much profit did he make? ___________________________ 1
ii What was the selling price of the house? ___________________________ 1
1
b Cameron earns $18.70 an hour for a 37122-hour week, while
Cathy earns $15.40 an hour for a 40-hour week.
i How much does Cameron earn in a week? ___________________________ 1
ii How much does Cathy earn in a week? ___________________________ 1
iii Who earns more, and by how much? ___________________________ 1

Question 3
a Nathan receives a salary of $66 900 per annum.
i Calculate the amount he will receive each fortnight. ___________________________ 1
ii He pays 5% of his gross salary in superannuation.
Calculate his fortnightly superannuation contribution. ___________________________ 1
b Jaani is paid a wage of $32.85 per hour.
i If Jaani works a normal 38-hour week, calculate his
weekly wage. ___________________________ 1
ii What will Jaani’s wage be in a week when, in addition
to his normal hours, he works 5 hours at time-and-a-half
and 3 hours at double time? ___________________________ 1
iii Calculate the total amount Jaani will receive for his
4 weeks’ annual leave if he is paid an annual leave
1
loading of 17122% on 4 weeks’ normal wages. ___________________________ 1

Total marks for

forPART
PARTBB
Total marks achieved 15
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Answers – Consumer arithmetic

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Page 20 1 C 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 B 6 B 7 B 8 D 9 C 1 0 D 11 C 1 2 B 1 3 D 1 4 C 1 5 C
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22 1 $1337.50 2 $4725.25 3 $49 296 4 a $50 760 b $976.15 5 $67 767 6 $90 767.80 7 15·07%
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23 1 $51.63 2 $1300 3 $856 4 $1360.80 5 $1100.10 6 $37.77 7 $123.88 8 $833 9 $26
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3 1 a $42.45 b $56.60 2 a $229.95 b $262.80 3 a $31.25 b $1789.06 4 $2800 5 a $24.60 b $49.20
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25 1 $1440 2 a $3120 b $4800 3 a $3600 b $3920 4 $12 000 5 a $390.40 b $4918
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5 1 $857.40 2 $555 3 $190.90 4 $301.50 5 $1400 6 $586.50
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27 1 $6530.40 2 $661.83 3 $1218.29 4 a $5583.08 b $977.04 c $6560.12 d $2296.04
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28 1 $1642.18 2 $703.85 3 $1432.90 4 a $2456.54 b $1567.44 c 36·19% 5 $866.63
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29 1 a $74 040 b $20 510.80 c $4709.20 2 a i $10 572 i i 22·03% i i i $719.77 b i $5667 i i $1434.60
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30 1 a $48505.60 b $915.60 c $23805.60 2 a
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Fixed Variable
Income $ Expenses $ Expenses $

Job 600 Food 100 Clothes 150

Parents 120 Repayments 40 Entertainment 150
Organisation 150 Savings 200 Car expenses 150
School needs 80
Total 870 Total 420 Total 450

31 1 a $660 b 25·98% c 20·63% 2 a $12 360 b $18 540 3 a $5.16 b $51.64 4 $600
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32 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 B 5 B 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 A 1 0 C 11 C 1 2 B 1 3 D 1 4 A 1 5 B
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Page 33 12 1 a $1024 b $1358.65 c 33 13% d $90 e $1281.80 2 a i $132 000 i i $572 000 b i $701.25 i i $616
i i i Cameron earns $85.25 more than Cathy 3 a i $2573.08 i i $128.65 b i $1248.30 i i $1691.78 i i i $5867.01
Page 34 1 a isosceles b equilateral c scalene d acute-angled e right-angled f obtuse-angled 2 a square b rectangle
c parallelogram d rhombus e trapezium f kite 3 a pentagon b hexagon c octagon 4 a circle b semi-circle c quadrant
d minor segment e sector f ellipse
Page 35 1 a P = 4s b P = 2l + 2b c P = 3s d P = 2a + 2b e P = 2πr f P = 2r + l 2 a 98 cm b 60 cm c 56 cm 3 a 36 cm
b 38 cm c 24 cm 4 a 70 cm b 60 cm c 28 cm
Page 36 1 a 79 cm b 48 cm c 64 cm d 42 cm 2 a 61·8 cm b 50·7 cm c 57 cm d 66·6 cm 3 36·5 cm 4 46·24 m
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g 81 h 12
5
i 5
8
2 a 10π cm b 20π cm c 20π
3
cm d 5π cm e 40π
3
cm f 30π cm 3 a 53·6 cm
b 81·9 cm c 41·7 cm d 64·3 m e 8·4 m f 37·6 m
Page 38 1 a A = s 2 b A = lb c A = 12 bh d A = bh e A = 12 x y f A = 12h(a + b) g A = 12 ab h A = πr 2 i A = 360°

 πr2
2 a 68·04 cm2 b 68·89 cm2 c 25·44 cm2 d 170·52 cm2 e 188·34 cm2 f 69·3 cm2 3 a 60 cm2 b 452·4 cm2 c 200 cm2 d 615·75
cm2 e 80 cm2 f 42·32 cm2

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