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Maths
Multiple
Choice
Practice Test
Paper 17

Time: 45 minutes

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1 Look at the square below. Each of its sides is 5 1/2 cm long.

What is the area of the square?

A 25 1/4 cm2 B 25 1/2 cm2 C 30 1/4 cm2 D 30 1/2 cm2 E 30 cm2

2 The cuboid below is 7.2 cm by 2.5 cm by 4 cm.

2.5 cm

4 cm

7.2 cm

What is the volume of this cuboid?

A 57.6 cm3 B 720 cm3 C 56.6 cm3 D 72 cm3 E 42 cm3

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3 Hugh keeps a record of the amount of water his kitten drinks each day.
Hugh draws the graph below. The graph shows how many millilitres of wa-
ter the kitten drinks over 5 days.

80

70

60
ml. of 50
water
40

30

20

10

0
Monday T uesday Wednesday T hursday Friday

Day

How much water did the kitten drink over the five days?

A 345 litres B 355 litres C 0.345 litres D 3.55 litres E 0.355 litres

4 On what day did the kitten drink the greatest amount of water?

A Monday B Tuesday C Wednesday D Thursday E Friday

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Over which two days is there a 25% increase in the amount of water
the kitten drinks?

A Monday and Tuesday

B Tuesday and Wednesday

C Wednesday and Thursday

D Thursday and Friday

E Monday and Friday

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6 Two small towns, called Finaghy and Lambeg, are connected by a long
straight road. The signpost below is located on the road between the
towns.

Finaghy (3.7km) Lambeg (1.4km)

What is the distance between the 2 towns?

A 5.1 km B 2.3 km C 4.1 km D 4.7 km E 3.7 km

7 Keith is driving around Ireland. His car uses 9.4 litres of petrol each hour.

If Keith travels for 7 hours, how many litres of petrol does his car
use?

A 63.8 litres B 83.8 litres C 65.8 litres D 65.1 litres E 1.34 litres

8 Look at the calculation below.

2712 - 917 = ?

What is the missing number that completes the calculation?

A 3629 B 2205 C 1805 D 1795 E 1815

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9 Ciarna is printing leaflets. The cost of 110 leaflets is £23.40.

What is the cost of 880 leaflets?

A £164.20 B £184.20 C £234 D £163.80 E £187.20

10 Look at the calculation below.

3719 - ? = 1692

What is the missing number that completes the calculation?

A 2027 B 5411 C 2187 D 5401 E 5421

11 What is a quarter of 7.6?

A 30.4 B 1.15 C 1.9 D 3.8 E 1.8

12 Aoife uses her calculator to carry out the calculation:

3.9 x 193 = 752.7

Which calculation below also gives the answer 752.7?

A 193 x 0.39
B 39 x 193
C 19.3 x 390
D 0.39 x 19.3
E 1.93 x 390

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13 Look at the rule below:

Add 1/2 to the previous number then multiply it by 5

Aaron uses this rule to write a sequence of four numbers.

The first number Aaron writes is 4. The third number he writes is 115.

What is the second number in the sequence?

A 20 B 21.5 C 22.5 D 19.5 E 20.5

14 What is the fourth number in the sequence?

A 577.5 B 575 C 575.5 D 557.5 E 555.5

15 The temperature in Paris is 13oC and the temperature in Helsinki is -13oC.

What is the difference between the two temperatures?

A 14oC B 12oC C 13oC D 26oC E 25oC

16 A box of biscuits weighs 93 grams.

What is the weight of 47 boxes of biscuits?

A 4371 kg B 4351 kg C 4.371 kg D 4.271 kg E 4271 kg

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17 Caitlin and Johanna are driving from their home to visit their grandmother.
Their journey is shown on the graph below.

35

30

25
Distance from home (in miles)

20

15

10

0
1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
Time

How far is it from Caitlin and Johanna’s home to their grandmother’s?

A 30 km B 15 miles C 60 miles D 90 miles E 30 miles

18 How long did Caitlin and Johanna spend travelling?

A 30 minutes

B 1 hour

C 45 minutes

D 15 minutes

E 100 minutes

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19 Ruairi has three chores to do for his pocket money.

He spends 35 minutes on washing the car. He spends 1 1/4 hours on
washing the dishes. He spends 45 minutes tidying his room.

How much time does he spend altogether on his three chores?

A 1 hours and 35 minutes

B 2 hours and 35 minutes
C 1 hours and 45 minutes
D 2 hours and 25 minutes
E 2 hours and 45 minutes

20 Look at the number below.

13.578

What is the value of the 7 digit in this number?

A seven hundreds
B seven tens
C seven tenths
D seven hundredths
E seven thousandths

21 A film on TV lasts for 110 minutes. It finishes at 01:05.

At what time did the film start?

A 11:05pm B 11:15am C 11:15pm D 11:55pm E 11:05am

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22 Karla is making patterns using square tiles. The length of a side of one of
these square tiles is 1cm. Look at the pattern below.
This is the first pattern in a series of patterns that Karla makes.
You can see that she uses 5 tiles to make the first pattern.

The perimeter of the first pattern is 12cm.

The area of the pattern is 5cm2.

Look at the second and third patterns in the series below.

What is the perimeter of the second pattern?

A 13 cm2 B 19 cm2 C 12 cm2 D 20 cm2 E 21 cm2

23 What is the area of the third pattern?

A 29 cm2 B 20 cm2 C 27 cm2 D 28 cm2 E 25 cm2

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24 The rectangle below is divided into squares of equal area.

What percentage of the rectangle is shaded?

A 18% B 50% C 30% D 72% E 60%

25 Look at the triangular prism below.

The triangular prism has how many vertices?

A5 B9 C6 D8 E 12

26 The triangular prism has how many edges?

A 12 B6 C8 D9 E5

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27 Look at the list of 7 numbers in the box.

25 64 11 29 31 16 45

Which number is a factor of 62?

A 45 B 64 C 11 D 29 E 31

28 Which number is a multiple of 9?

A 25 B 29 C 31 D 16 E 45

29 Which number is a cube number?

A 25 B 64 C 29 D 16 E 45

30 Look at the right-angled triangle below.

Angle m is 20o bigger than angle n.

What is the size of angle n?

A 25o B 30o C 50o D 40o E 35o

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31 4.87 ÷ 10 = ?

A 48.7 B 0.487 C 0.0487 D 487 E 4870

32 41.6 ÷ 100 = ?

A 41.600 B 4.16 C 0.416 D 416 E 4160

33 9237 ÷ 10 = ?

A 9.237 B 92.37 C 0.9237 D 923.7 E 92370

34 Mia is facing South-East. She turns through 135o.

In which two directions could she now facing?

A South-west or North-east
B North or West
C North-west or South-east
D South or West
E North or East

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35 Look at the statement below.

y - 7.3 = 4.2

Use this statement to complete the two statements below.

y + 11.8 = ?

A 0.3 B 11.5 C 23.3 D 22.3 E 3.1

36 25.3 - y = ?

A 13.5 B 36.8 C 14.2 D 13.8 E 14.8

37 Mr Jamison makes sausage rolls. He has 463 sausage rolls. He wants to

put the sausage rolls in 72 packets. Each packet must contain the same
number of sausage rolls.

Which calculation below must Mr Jamison use to work out how

many sausage rolls go in each packet?

A 72 - 463

B 463 - 72

C 72 ÷ 463

D 463 ÷ 72

E 463 + 72

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38 Look at the three calculations below.

32 x 15 = 480 53 x 18 = 954 192 ÷ 4 = 48

Use these to help you complete the calculations below.

32 x 30 = ?

A 963 B 954 C 480 D 48 E 960

39 106 x 18 = ?

A 954 B 1908 C 477 D 48 E 480

40 53 x 36 = ?

A 954 B 477 C 480 D 1908 E 960

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41 Look at the 6 cards below. Each has a number on it. These cards are
shuffled and placed face down on a table so that the number on each card
cannot be seen.

24 15 13 2 12 27

One card is picked at random and turned over.

What is the probability that there is a multiple of 3 on the card.?

A Impossible B Unlikely C Even Chance D Likely E Certain

42 What is the probability that there is a number less than 30 on the card?

A Impossible B Unlikely C Even Chance D Likely E Certain

43 What is the probability that there is a prime number on the card?

A Impossible B Unlikely C Even Chance D Likely E Certain

What is the probability that there is a multiple of 7 on the card?

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A Impossible B Unlikely C Even Chance D Likely E Certain

45 What is the probability that there is an odd number on the card?

A Impossible B Unlikely C Even Chance D Likely E Certain

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MATHS PAPER 17 ANSWER SHEET

1 C 16 C 31 B
2 D 17 E 32 C
3 E 18 B 33 D
4 C 19 B 34 B
5 A 20 D 35 C

6 A 21 C 36 D
7 C 22 D 37 D
8 D 23 A 38 E
9 E 24 E 39 B
10 A 25 C 40 D

11 C 26 D 41 D
12 E 27 E 42 E
13 C 28 E 43 B
14 A 29 B 44 A
15 D 30 E 45 C

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