Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool
Numeracy
2017 Q2 Numeracy
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Instructions
This is an assessment of how well you understand numeracy problems.
The practice questions below help you to understand different sorts of numeracy questions.
When you have finished the practice questions please turn the page and begin the assessment.
You may need to wait for your tutor to tell you when to begin.
You need to choose the answer you think is best for each question. It is a good idea to read
parts of the text again before choosing each answer.
Answer every question, even if you are not quite sure of the answer. If you change your mind
about an answer, rub out the answer you chose and shade in your new answer. The questions
are likely to get harder as you go through the book.
There is no time limit for the assessment. You will be given about 15 questions to answer.
Practice Unit
1
How many cakes are in the cake tray?
A
B
C
D
2
m
m
m
m
10
11
12
13
How many trays do you need to bake 24 cakes at the same time?
_________ trays
4
3
You have 3 of these trays. How many cakes could you bake altogether?
_________ cakes
Show your calculations below.
4
Write these five numbers in order from smallest to largest.
Smallest __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ Largest
5
Are the numbers below larger than 20?
Circle Yes or No for each one.
A
B
C
D
7
23
31
18
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
5
BLANK PAGE
6
People count 2
1
Which of the following shows how to calculate the number of people shown above?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
7+6–7
7+6+7
7–6–7
7×6×7
7×6÷7
7
Price codes 1
2
Which combination of coins would NOT be enough to pay for this packet of salami?
A
B
C
D
E
3
m
m
m
m
m
$2, 50c, 20c
$1, $1, 50c, 20c
$2, 20c, 20c, 20c, 10c
$1, 50c, 50c, 50c, 10c
$2, 20c, 20c, 10c, 10c, 10c
You pay for the salami with a $5 note.
How much change would you get?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
$3.70
$3.30
$2.70
$2.30
$2.20
8
House auction 2
Hohepa is bidding for a house at an auction. The current bid is $308,250.
4
What will the bid increase to if Hohepa offers another $1,000?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
$308,260
$308,350
$309,250
$319,250
$409,250
9
Price codes 2
5
How much would five times this much Salami cost?
A
B
C
D
6
m
m
m
m
$10.35
$10.50
$13.50
$13.55
What is the cost of a quarter (1/4) of a kilogram of Salami at $20 per kilogram?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
$0.68
$4.00
$5.00
$8.00
$10.00
10
Property purchase
John wants to purchase a house for $423,700. He has already saved $125,000.
7
How much money does John still need?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
$82,630
$298,700
$302,700
$398,700
$411,200
11
Matching times 3
8
What time does Tui start work?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
11:15 pm
11:45 am
11.45 pm
12.15 am
12.15 pm
12
Selling plants
9
Ravi sells plants for $5. At the start of the day he has $12 in his money bag. He then
sells 4 plants to Roger and is paid $5 for each one.
Which of these shows how Ravi’s money increases with each plant he sells?
A
B
C
D
E
10
m
m
m
m
m
13, 14, 15, 16
15, 20, 25, 30
17, 20, 25, 30
17, 22, 27, 32
22, 32, 42, 52
Emily came to the market with $78. She bought 4 plants for $5 each.
She paid for the plants one at a time with $5 notes.
Which of these shows how Emily’s money decreases as she buys each plant?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
73, 72, 71, 70
73, 70, 65, 60
73, 68, 63, 58
77, 72, 67, 62
77, 76, 75, 74
13
Fishing revenue
This year, the income of Paea Fishing Company is $43.4 million. This income is an increase of $17
million from the previous year.
11
What was the income for the previous year?
A
B
C
D
E
m
m
m
m
m
$26.4 million
$27.3 million
$42.3 million
$44.1 million
$60.4 million
14
Golfers
Bill and Stan are playing 18 holes of golf. They have played 1/3 of the holes.
12
How many holes have they played?
_______________ holes
Ordering unit fractions 1
13
Write these fractions in order from smallest to largest.
Smallest
__________
__________
15
__________
__________
Largest
Stacks of booklets 3
Bill weighs booklets to find out how many he has.
He finds that 100 of the booklets weigh 4.48 kg.
14
How much would 250 booklets weigh?
_______________ kg
16
Fraction line 2
15
Where would the fraction 1/5 be located on this scale?
A
m
Between 0 and 1/4
B
m
Between 1/4 and 1/2
C
m
Between 1/2 and 3/4
D
m
Between 3/4 and 1
Round to nearest tenth 1
16
4.87 rounded to the nearest tenth is
4. _______________
17
End of Assessment