KS3 Maths Progress Autumn Half-Term Test Name

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1 Work out the lowest common multiple of 9 and 12

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(2 marks)

2 A dozen is 12
In a farm, 444 eggs were laid in a single day. How many dozen is this?

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(2 marks)

3 Work out each of these.

a 195 ÷ 15

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b 297 ÷ 11

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(4 marks)

4 Work out
a 5 + −11 …………………………

b −5 + −11 …………………………

c +5 − −11 …………………………

d −5 − −11 …………………………
(4 marks)
5 Work out
2
a −2 × 3

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5
b (−2) ÷ 4

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(4 marks)

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6.6 × 6.23
6 Estimate 2.9

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(2 marks)
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7 Show each step to work out √64 × (1 − √64)

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(3 marks)

8 A car park attendant emptied the ticket machine. The coins in the machine were

Value of coin Frequency

10p 47
20p 39
50p 21
£1 34
£2 9

a Work out the total amount of money taken out of the machine.

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b Work out the mean coin value.

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(4 marks)

9 Two different types of mobile phone battery were tested to see how long they could be
continuously used before they needed to be recharged. The results, in hours, are shown
in the table.

Type A Type B

Mean 6.9 7.3

Range 1.4 2.1

Compare the mean and range for battery Type A and Type B to explain which type of battery you
think is better.

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(5 marks)

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10 Alex analysed the amount of money customers spent in a gift shop between 10 am and 11 am on a
Saturday morning. The results, in pounds, are shown in the table.

Money spent, s (£) Frequency

0≤s<3 08

3≤s<6 19

6≤s<9 07

9 ≤ s < 12 04

12 ≤ s < 15 01

a Write the modal class. …………………………

b Draw a frequency diagram for this data.

(7 marks)

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