Numeracy for National 4
Time, Distance for fraction of hour and VATHire Purchase Bus question and Crate Q … packet
weight
Measuring Jug and Integer Change in temperature
Perimeter of roomPerimeter of room Pie Chart / Exchange Rate
Choir Compare using % ; Split in a ratio question
Which team has best result / Exchange Rate
Contract for Mobile phone / Distance Q
Compound Bar Chart
Select best interest from table
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20:35 8 hour 15 min
14:10 3 hour 40 min
1. Copy and complete the following table which shows departure times and arrival times for different trains
Departure Arrival Time Taken
5 hour 20 min
04:50
10:30
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2. A car travels at a constant speed of 48 mph for 15 minutes.
How far does the car travel in this time ?
12 mile
mile
3. Mr Smith bought a new washing machine.The price is £305 + VAT.
VAT is charged at 20%
What was the total price of the washing machine
£366
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Two shops are selling the same model of laptop. Offer different deals
Shop A Shop B
Deposit £105
Six payments of £55.10
Deposit £140
Six payments of £47.40
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Which shop has the cheaper deal
Justify your answer by calculation
A B £ When entering the answer remember the £
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A school group of 144 pupils are planning to travel to an event using hired buses. A bus company offers two sizes of busesSize A : 54 seats, Price £250
Size B : 37 seats, Price £190
The group want to pay the lowest charge available.
How many buses of each size should they hire?
2 1
A B
An empty crate weighs 600g.
When 50 packets are put into the crate then it has a total weight of 16600g.
What is the weight of one packet of cereal ?
320g
g
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2 Litre
3 LitreSome coloured water has been added to this measuring jar.How much more water is needed to fill the jar to 3 Litres
ml
1800 ml
A liquid is cooled from 9°C to -6°C .
By how many degrees has the temperature dropped?
15°C°C
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The diagram shows a room, which is made up of two rectangles.
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4m
3m
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The owner bought a 45m roll of decorative border.
Is this roll big enough to go all around the walls of the room.
Give a reasonYes No
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Italy
Germany
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A survey of a theme park showed that there were a total of 693 visitors from a variety of countries.
How many visitors
were from Germany
The diagram shows the proportion of visitors that came from each country.
John is going to the USA, how many dollars will he get for £630
when the exchange rate is $1.60 to the pound
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Two choirs are to send a representative to a show.
The representatives are chosen at random.
Choir A has 26 members and 7 tickets to issueChoir B has 30 members and 8 tickets to issueIn which choir do you have a better chance of being chosen?(Justify your answer by calculation )
A B
In a lottery win of £42000, the money has to be divided by Julie and Javeed in the ratio of 8:7 respectively
Julie received £22400
Is this the correct amount ?
Justify your answer by calculation Yes No
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Three rugby teams play in the same area
Team A have won 8 out of their 12 games
Team B have won 9 out of their 14 games
Which team has the best winning record ?
(Justify your answer by calculation )
A B
Yes No
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Team C have won 10 out of their 16 games
C
John is going to the USA, how many dollars will he get for £820 when the exchange rate is $1.40 to the pound
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Joanne is looking for a mobile phone contract which will give her 135 minutes of calls, 700 texts and 120Mb of Internet use
A B
Yes No
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Company B
Company C
Calls
Texts
Internet (Mb)
150 120
850
150
750
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Three mobile phone companies each have a contract available at the same price
130
800
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C
How far does the car travel in this time ?
A car travels at a constant speed of 36 mph for 15 minutes.
9 mile
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A local school conducted a survey on a Wednesday afternoon to establish the number of pupils who were wearing trainers.The compound bar chart below gives the results of the data collected.
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How many S1 girls wore trainers that day
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Compare the use of trainers by both boys and girls across the year groups
Boys
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1.1% 1.2% 1.3%
1.1% 1.2% 1.3%
1.3% 1.4% 1.7%
1.2% 1.5% 1.6%
Between £1000 and
£5000
Less than £1000
More than £5000
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Bank
The table below shows the amount of yearly interest a selection of banks will pay to customers on savings.
For a saving amount of £5150, which bank would pay the most interest?
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