Math Practice Test - Answers (Updated)
Math Practice Test - Answers (Updated)
Math Practice Test - Answers (Updated)
PRACTICE EXAMINATION
School:…………………………………………………………….. Class:………………………………………
Date:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……
Instructions
Pie Charts
1) This is information on how Marty spends his time in the garden.
Activity Time (Mins) Angle
Weeding a b
Cutting the grass 20 40o
Planting c 80o
Digging d 100o
Harry asked each student in his class how they travelled to school that day.
2) The number of people visiting a cafe each day, for 11 days, is listed below.
104 131 120 115 109 124 128 118 116 120 125
Estimation
I) Work out an estimate to each calculation
II) Calculate the exact answer. Round to 3 s.f.
3.725− 1.628 0.803
a) 4.96 ×1.98 c)3.965
+ 1.074
4−2 0.8 8
≈ =0.2 ≈ + 1= +1=1.2
5 ×2 4 40
Exact =0.214 Exact ¿ 1.28
b)
√ 50.77
0.513
d)
5.843+8.925 −3.185
7.24 − 2.19
≈
√ √
50
0.5
=
500
5
=√ 100=10 ≈
6+9 −3 12 10
7−2
= ≈ =2
5 5
Exact =9.95 Exact ¿ 2.29
1) Phoebe pays 2.8 pence per minute to use her phone. On average, Phoebe uses her
phone for 77 minutes per day. She pays her phone bill for 29 days.
Work out an estimate for how much Phoebe pays.
2) A baby was born every 43 seconds in the UK in 2018. Work out an estimate for the
total number of babies born in the UK in 2018. Show your work.
Actual=60 x 60 x 24 x 365=31 536 000 s / yr
Estimate ≈ 60 x 60 x 20 x 400 ≈ 3600 x 8000≈ 4000 x 8000=32000 000 s / yr
¿ of babies=32000 000 /40=800 000 babies
(2 marks for estmation , 1 mark for final answer , 3 marks total)
Bounds
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1) A measure is given as 200 cm rounded to the nearest 10 cm. What is the lower
bound for the actual measure?
LB=200−(10 /2)=195 cm(0.5 mark)
2) What are the upper and lower bounds of 5.8 to one decimal place?
UB=5.8+(0.1/2)=5.85 cm(0.5 mark )
LB=5.8 −(0.1 /2)=5.75 cm(0.5 mark)
3) James is trying to find the density, in g/cm3, of a block of wood. The block of wood is
in the shape of a cuboid. He measures the length as 13.2 cm, width as 16.0 cm, height
as 21.7 cm; all correct to the nearest mm.
He measure the mass of the cuboid as 1970g, correct to the nearest 5 g.
Work out the UB and LB of the density (rounded to 3 sig fig).
4) A solid metal cube has side of length 125 mm, correct to 3 s.f.
The cube is melted down and the metal is used to make solid spheres, each of volume
140 cm3, correct to the nearest 10 cm3.
What is the greatest number of spheres that could be made from the metal?
For the greatest number of spheres → most (UB )metal cube volume /least (LB)sphere volume
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Cube VolumeUB =12.55 x 12.55 x 12.55=1976.656375.... cm (1 mark )
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SphereVolume LB=140 − 5=135 cm (1 mark )
Cube Volume UB 1976.656375
= =14.64187 ≈ 14 spheres (1 mark)
Sphere Volume LB 135
Inequalities
1) Plot the inequality on a number line. Zero is NOT a positive or negative integer.
a) x is a positive integer such that x ≤ 2 b) x is a negative integer such that x ≥ -6
(1 mark) (1 mark)
c) x is a positive integer such that x < 5 d) x is a negative integer such that x > -4
(1 mark) (1 mark)
d b
e c
2
3 3 7
2 2 5 7
5 2 2
2
6 1,440 14 490
b) 0.6 1̇ 2̇ d) 0.11 7̇ 2̇
x=0.6121212 x=101/165 x=0.11727272 x=129 /1100
10 x=6.121212 (1 mark) 100 x=11.727272 (1 mark)
1000 x=612.121212 10000 x=1172.727272
990 x=606 9900 x=1161
Significant Figures & Standard Form
1) Evaluate in standard form:
a) ( 4 ×108 )×(3 × 105) c) (2.5 ×10 5) ×(5× 104 )
8+5 5+4
¿(4 x 3) x 10 ¿(2.5 x 5)x 10
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¿ 12 x 10 =12.5 x 10
14 10
¿ 1.2 x 10 (1 mark )=1.25 x 10 (1 mark)
a) 0.032: −2
3.2 x 10 (0.5 mark ) a ¿ 3 x 10 : 3000
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(0.5 mark )
c) 5.8 million: 5.8 x 106 (0.5 mark ) c ¿ 6.42 x 104 : 64,200 (0.5 mark )
3) Round: 1,345,625.3545
3) Kingston pays $150 to spend a 2 hour dinner with Drake, while Nathan pays $350 for
his 3 hour dinner with Drake. Who got the better deal?
$ 150 $ 350
Kingston : =$ 75/hr vs . Nathan : =$ 116. 6̇/hr
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