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SCHOOL OF ENERGY & ENGINEERING CENTRAL

IBTE MECHANICAL CAMPUS

PHASE TEST 2
 ISQ IN RIGGING
Programme Title:
 ISQ IN MARKING AND FITTING
 ISQ IN SCAFFOLDING
Module Title: APPLIED NUMERACY FOR ISQ

Student Name: Date:

Group Code: SC Number:

Duration: 1Hr 30Min Passing Mark: 25 Total Mark: 50

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES:
1. There are 10 questions in this paper. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write ALL your answers and workings clearly on the answer booklet provided.

3. The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ] at the end of the questions.

4. The Academic Board reserves the right to fail any candidate who breaches any
examination rules.

5. Candidates are required to bring their Smart Card (SC) during the test.

6. Candidates are not allowed to leave the examination room during the first thirty (30)
minutes and the last ten (10) minutes of the examination period.

7. Test papers are not to be removed from the examination room.

8. This question paper is to be returned to the invigilator, before leaving the examination
room.

9. The use of electronic calculators is permitted in this paper.

This question paper consists of 4 printed pages (including this page)

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND SHOW YOUR WORKING WHERE APPROPRIATE.

1) Express the following as ratio in their simplest form.

3 1
a) L to L [1]
8 16

b) 135 cm to 45 cm to 75 cm [1]
c) 40 seconds to 3 minutes [2]

2) Convert:
a) 78.6% to decimal [2]
b) 45% to fraction in lowest term [2]
3
c) 1 4 to percentage [2]

3) a) What is the ratio of 400 metres to 3000 metres in its simplest form? [1]
b) Divide,
i) 2.754 litres in the ratio 9 ∶ 8. [2]
ii) 8340 milligrams in the ratio 7 ∶ 3 ∶ 5. [3]

4) Find the value of x in the following proportions:

a) 𝑥 ∶ 7 = 32 ∶ 56 [2]
b) 52 ∶ 39 = 44 ∶ 𝑥 [2]

5) a) What is 55% of $1228? [2]

b) Express 93 g as a percentage of 3 kg [3]

6) a) 15 workers can build a house in 24 days. How many workers are needed if the house
is to be built in 10 days? [2]
b) The ratio of male student to female student in the Marking and Fitting group is 5 : 7.
There are 55 boys.
i) How many female students are there in the group? [2]
ii) What is the total number of students in the group? [1]

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7) a) Four pipes can fill a tank in 72 minutes. How long will it take to fill the tank
if 7 pipes are used? [2]
b) A map is drawn to a scale of 1 : 25 000. The distance between two towns
is 35 km, what is the distance on the map? (Note: 1 km = 100 000 cm) [3]

8) a) After an increase of 20 %; a number becomes 540. Find the original number? [2]
b) A machine produces 170 pipes per minute. Then, it slows down to 51 pipes per
minute. Find the percentage decrease. [2]

𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑢𝑡
9) Given that 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 = × 100%,
𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡

a) What is the output when the efficiency is 62% and the input is 39 J? [2]
b) What is the input work when the output is 2841 J and the efficiency is 15 %? [2]

10) a) An alloy consists of 60% copper, 25% zinc and 15% nickel. In a 3.74 kilogram block of
the alloy, find the masses of the
i) copper, [1]
ii) zinc and [1]
iii) nickel [1]

b) Determine the percentage error for the following values:

|𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 − 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒|
𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100%
𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
i.) Actual value: 1.24 g, estimate value: 1.30 g [2]
ii.) Actual value: 125.2 mg, estimate value: 124.8 mg [2]

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