Legacy International School

Pre-IGCSE 0.4 (Night)

Monthly Test 5
Mathematics

Time allowed: 1 hour Total Marks: 30

1. Convert:
(a) 1.65 m2 to cm2 (b) 0.4 cm3 to mm3 (c) 850 cm3 to litres
(d) 12.4 ha to m2 (e) 4700 cm3 to ml [5]

2. In 2009 in the UK 781 000 women gave birth.

12595 had twins. 172 had triplets. Five had four or more babies.
Estimate the probability of having (a) twins (b) one baby. [3]

3. Chin Mae has a fish tank that measures 75 cm by 45 cm by 35 cm.

He also has a jug that holds 1.75 litres.
He uses the jug to fill the fish tank with water.
How many full jugs of water does it take to fill the fish tank? [3]

4. Anders throws a 10-faced dice with numbers from 1 to 10. Then he spins a coin.
(a) Draw a sample space diagram to show all the possible outcomes.
(b) Find the probability of scoring
(i) a tail and a prime number
(ii) a head and a multiple of 3 [4]

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5. Mia spins a coin until she gets a head. The probability she needs just one spin is .
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The probability she needs two spins is 4 . The probability she needs three spins is . Work out the
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probability that she needs
(a) more than one spin (b) more than two spins (c) more than three spins [3]

6. A rectangular piece of land measures 780 m by 550 m.

Work out the area of the land in (a) square metre (b) hectares. [2]

7. (a) Draw a sample space diagram for these two spinners.

(b) Find the probability of scoring
(i) two even numbers
(ii) two odd numbers
(iii) A total of 5 [5]
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A company wants to build a theme park.

The diagram shows a plan of the land it wants to buy.
The company wants to pay no more than $16 million for the land. The price of the land is $5120 per
hectare. Can the company afford to buy the land? [5]