Unit 1: Numbers Review 1

Name: _________________________________

1 By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of

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[Total: 2]

2 Tanvi rounds the number 4896.

She writes down 4900.
Rahul says Tanvi rounded 4896 correct to the nearest 100.

Explain why Rahul cannot be certain that Tanvi rounded 4896 correct to the nearest 100.

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[Total: 1]

3 Write 9876 correct to the nearest thousand.

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[Total: 1]

4 One day in Chamonix the temperature at noon was 6°C.

At midnight the temperature was 11°C lower.

Write down the temperature at midnight.

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[Total: 1]

5 The average monthly temperatures (°C) in Silvas, Turkey, are shown in the table below.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Temperature (°C)
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(a) Which month is the coldest?

Answer(a) ................................................... [1]

(b) Work out the difference between the temperature in November and the temperature in December.

Answer(b) ................................................... °C [1]

(c) Find the median temperature.

Answer(c) ................................................... °C [2]

(d) Calculate the mean temperature.

Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer(d) ................................................... °C [3]

[Total: 7]

6 At noon the temperature was 4 °C.

At midnight the temperature was –5.5 °C.

Work out the difference in temperature between noon and midnight.

Answer ................................................... °C [1]

[Total: 1]
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7 Jason starts a run at 10.05 am and finishes at 1.02 pm.

Work out the time Jason takes to complete the run.

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[Total: 1]

8 A plane leaves Shanghai at 20 05 local time on 13th November.

The plane stops for 2 hours 30 minutes in Sydney.
The plane lands in Auckland at 17 25 local time on 14th November.
The local time in Auckland is 5 hours ahead of the local time in Shanghai.

(a) Work out how long the plane is flying, in hours and minutes.

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(b) Write your answer to part (a) in hours, correct to 3 decimal places.

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(c) The flight distance from Shanghai to Sydney is 7882 km.

The flight distance from Sydney to Auckland is 2156 km.

Find the total distance the plane flies.

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(d) Calculate the average speed of the plane when it is flying.

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[Total: 7]

9 Here is part of a bus timetable.

Abbots 06 50 08 25 09 20

Callet 07 12 08 47 09 42

North Moor 07 30 09 05 10 00

South Moor 07 37 09 12 10 07

Centre Point 08 00 09 35 10 30

(a) Rashid catches the 09 20 bus at Abbots.

Find the time the bus arrives at South Moor.

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(b) Annisa leaves home at 8.27 am and takes 25 minutes to walk to the bus stop at Callet.
She catches the next bus to Centre Point.

Find the total time, in minutes, for her journey from leaving home to arriving at Centre Point.

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[Total: 3]

10 Write as

(a) a decimal,

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(b) a percentage.

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[Total: 2]

11 Write as a fraction.

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[Total: 1]

12

Fraction Decimal Percentage

= 0.5 = 50

.................... = 0.25 = ....................

= .................... = 20

Complete the table. [3]

[Total: 3]

13 Write as a fraction in its simplest form.

(a) 72%

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(b) 0.004

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[Total: 2]

14 Write as a fraction in its simplest form.

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[Total: 1]
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15 Change the recurring decimal to a fraction.

You must show all your working.

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[Total: 2]

16 140 students choose which subjects they want to study.

• 122 students choose biology (B).

• 55 students choose chemistry (C).
• 2 students do not choose biology and do not choose chemistry.

B C

(a) Complete the Venn diagram.

[2]

(b) One of these students is picked at random.

Find the probability that this student chooses biology and chemistry.

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[Total: 3]
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17
= {integers greater than 2}
A = {prime numbers}
B = {odd numbers}
C = {square numbers}

(a) Describe the type of numbers in the set .

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(b) Complete the set labels on the Venn diagram.

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[1]

[Total: 2]

18 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

P = {x : x is an even number}

Q = {x : x is a prime number}

Complete the Venn diagram. [2]

[Total: 2]
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19 In one month, a company sells 3000 headphones.

Of these, 48% are exported, are sold to shops and the rest are sold online.

Calculate the number of headphones that are sold online.

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[Total: 3]

20 Write $24.60 as a fraction of $2870.

Give your answer in its lowest terms.

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[Total: 2]

21 Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.

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[Total: 1]

22 Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 30 and 75.

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[Total: 2]
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23 Udita thinks of two whole numbers.

Both numbers are greater than 6.
The lowest common multiple (LCM) of the two numbers is 90.
The highest common factor (HCF) of the two numbers is 6.

Find the two numbers.

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[Total: 2]

24 Calculate.

Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

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[Total: 2]