Functional Skills Maths ScreenAbility Set B
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1.
The list shows the number of
students in a class each day of one
week.
If you make a new list, putting the
day that the least people were
there, which day would be at the
top?
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2.
Fill in the missing
word to say why the
pen will not fit into
the box.
Use a word from this
list:
heavy short wide
high long narrow
tall
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3.
John had these coins left in
his pocket. He bought a
sandwich for £1.20.
How much did he have left?
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4.
Sunita decided to make a dog by
folding paper.
The instructions (shown) had
been torn and the word naming
the shape is missing from the end
of the first line.
Fill in the missing word on the
line below.
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5.
A shoe shop
wanted to put
boxes of shoes
into piles of the
same size.
How many
piles will there
be?
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6.
Simon
gives
his
son,
Paul,
all the
loose
change
in his
pocket.
The
coins
are
shown
here.
How
many
coins
are
there?
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7.
A decorator decorated five rooms for a builder.
The builder was happy with his work and asked
him to do another five.
He had used 30 rolls for the first five. How
many rolls will he have used altogether for all
10 rooms?
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8.
Jenny needed to board the plane at Gate 36.
She was told to go left for the even numbered gates or
right for the odd numbered gates.
Which way did she need to go?
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9.
During the flight, Jenny put a puzzle
together. It makes a cube.
How many faces will the cube have?
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10.
The table
shows the
average
daily hours
of
sunshine
per day in
an English
town.
Which
month had
the same
Average
Hours of
Sunshine
as
February?
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11.
Jane wanted 72 pieces of Scotch egg for her
party.
If one Scotch egg can be cut into four pieces,
how many Scotch eggs does she need?
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12.
A newspaper reported that about 900
people attended a concert the previous
night.
Which of the following could NOT be the
true number of people there?
A
968
B
857
C
894
D
904
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13.
Tony bought a burger for £2.09 at a concert.
What is £2.09 in pence?
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14.
The taxis where Sarah and Joe live estimate that, on
average, they can travel at 20mph.
If Sarah and Joe need to travel 10 miles to the airport,
approximately how long will it take (in minutes)?
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15.
Sarah bought 5 presents for her grandchildren
while she was on holiday. They cost €3.34 each
which she worked out was £2.97 each in British
currency.
To the nearest pound, how much did she spend on
presents?
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16.
Eight friends won a lottery prize of £4 252 052.
If they shared the prize equally between them, how
much did each person get?
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17.
Simon and his wife went to Spain for
two weeks in July.
The total flight cost was £399 and the
room charges are shown.
They booked a double room and paid
extra for half board. The prices are
shown.
How much did the flight and hotel cost
together?
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18.
Jerry wants to lay a new lawn in his
garden. The size of the lawn will be
3.9m x 8.6m.
Lawn turf is sold in rolls measuring
25cm x 4m.
How many rolls of turf does Jerry
need to buy?
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19.
Simon and Charlie were playing a game where two
dice had to be thrown for each move.
Near the end of the game, Simon needed 2 to win and
Charlie needed 7 to win.
Who is most likely to win on the next move?
A
Neither Charlie nor Simon can win on the next move
B
They both have the same chance of winning
C
Simon is most likely to win
D
Charlie is most likely to win
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20.
When she reached the shops, Laura saw a TV
in the sale. The price of a TV was reduced
by 40%.
What percentage of the original price would
Laura have to pay?
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21.
John was due to get a new company car when the old
one had done sixty thousand miles.
The car's mileage was 58 517 miles and he went on a
trip that added another 1714 miles.
How many miles past the limit for a new car had John
travelled?
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22.
Paul needs to find the area of his front
lawn so he can buy fertiliser for it.
The lawn is in the shape of a
trapezium. The formula for the area
of a trapezium is:
Area=h(a+b)÷2
where
a is the length of the shortest
parallel side,
b is the length of the other parallel
side and
h is the distance between the parallel
sides.
The sizes of the lawn are shown.
What is its area to the nearest
square metre?
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23.
A gardener charges £12.25 per
hour. He is tidying Paul's garden
and uses a small skip to dispose of
the rubbish.
The skip costs £62.50 and the
gardener works for four hours.
How much change will Paul get if
he gives the gardener six £20
notes?
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24.
The table on the right shows
the Average Attendances for
some football leagues in the
seasons from 1994/95 to
2008/09.
How many more spectators
attended the first league
matches in the seasons from
2000 to 2005 than in the
seasons from 1995 to 2000?
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25.
The numbers below show the
number of phone calls made
by a telephone salesperson in
one week.
What is the mode of the
number of calls?
31
42
67
31
54
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Functional Skills Maths ScreenAbility
ANSWERS
Note that there may also be valid alternative answers for written-down answers.
1
Wednesday
2 The pen is too
long
3
11p
4 Start with a
square
5
3 piles
6
7
60 rolls
8
9
6 faces
10
November
11 18
Scotch eggs
12 A
14
30 minutes
15 £15
16 £531506.50
17 £1043
18
34 rolls
19 D
20
60%
21
231 miles
22
69m2
23 £8.50
24
25211
25
31 calls
13
209 pence
13 coins
Suggested Level/Mark Correlation:
Less than 3
Pre-Entry
3 to 8
Entry Level 1
9 to 13
EntryLevel 2
14 to 18
Entry Level 3
left
19 to 22
Level 1
23 or more
Level 2 or higher