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P1 What is the number between 7 and 9?
P3 On Wednesday morning, Ann jogged for 28 minutes.
In the afternoon she jogged for 24 minutes.
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❍❍ 8
❍❍ 10
❍❍ 16
How many minutes did Ann jog for on Wednesday?
minutes
Working
P2 Complete this number sentence.
10 + 10 =
(Show how to do it in your working-out book.)
1
1 Which of these amounts is closest in value
to $14.60?
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3 Tim is doing this sum in his head.
$14
$15
$146
$150
19 + 18
2 Ricky picked 30 plums.
He gave half of them to Jake.
Which calculation will give him the right answer?
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How many plums did Ricky give to Jake?
plums
2
20
20
20
20
+
+
+
+
18
18
20
20
–1
+1
–2
+2
4 A school long jump record is 7.38 metres.
5 Which of these equals 2.45?
Len jumped 6.80 metres.
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2 ones and 45 tenths
24 ones and 5 tenths
2 tenths and 45 hundredths
24 tenths and 5 hundredths
6 Complete this number sentence.
How far from the record was Len’s jump in metres?
3 × 60 =
metres
Working
Working
(Show how to do it in your working-out book.)
(Show how to do it in your working-out book.)
3
7 This is a fraction wall.
8 A journey by camel is 134 km long.
The group has already travelled 78 km.
halves
thirds
quarters
fifths
Find the fraction from the wall that is
2
1
and larger than
.
smaller than
3
2
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1
3
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1
4
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3
4
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3
5
How many more km do they still have to travel?
km
Working
(Show how to do it in your working-out book.)
4
9 What does 42 equal?
11 Here is a problem.
100 ÷ 6
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❍❍ 16
❍❍ 24
❍❍ 42
Which one of these is the answer?
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10 A car has travelled 77 602 km.
77
10
14
16
16
remainder
remainder
remainder
remainder
4
0
0
4
12 One quarter of the students at a school travel by
bus.
602
5
4 0
What percentage of the students travel by bus?
Which number is closest in value to 77 602?
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76
77
78
80
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000
000
000
000
5
2.5%
4%
25%
40%
13 Here are four parcels.
14 Tan has some cubes that are all of the same size.
He stacks them on top of each other to make
towers.
Which parcel weighs the most?
Which tower has the greatest volume?
6.2 kg
m
6.23 kg
m
m
6.087 kg
m
6.179 kg
m
m
15 A fishing rod is 1.6 metres long.
m
1.6 m
How many centimetres is this?
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6
106
160
1060
1600
m
16 Sally coloured in the triangle shown.
17 Brian rides his bike to school about 5 times each
year.
What is the area of the triangle Sally coloured?
squares
Today is a school day.
What is the chance that Brian rides his bike to school
today?
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7
impossible
very unlikely
very likely
certain
18 Lia used this spinner in a game.
19 This table shows the heights of nine basketballers.
B
Chris
Daryl
David
Matt
Don
Greg
Bebe
Sean
Adrien
G
R
She put the results into a table.
One number is missing.
Spinner
lands on
Y
G
R
B
Height
(cm)
213
190
205
190
205
204
192
198
209
Player
Y
Number
of times
13
5
6
?
What is the median height of the team?
cm
Which one of these is most likely to be the missing
number?
❍❍ 7
❍❍ 13
❍❍ 25
❍❍ 45
8
20 This is a map of a small town.
A
B
C
D
1
E
P
Key
P
P Post office
F Fire station
B Bank
3
5
F
G Garage
2
4
21 Anna turns this wheel about its axle in the direction
shown.
Axle
D
A
S School
F
S
B
G
C
B
6
A turn through a complete circle is called
a revolution.
Which building is at E4?
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Where does the point P move to after
3
of a revolution?
4
❍❍ A
❍❍ B
❍❍ C
❍❍ D
Post office
Fire station
Garage
School
9
22 This is a picture of the leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.
23 Complete this number sentence.
33 –
= 27
24 Tina thought of a number.
?
?
Which of these is closest to the size of the marked
angle?
❍❍ 45°
❍❍ 60°
❍❍ 85°
❍❍ 100°
She doubled the number and then subtracted 4.
The answer was 16.
What number did Tina think of?
10
25 In a game, one goal is worth 4 points.
You can show this information as a rule.
The number of goals is g.
The number of points is p.
Which one of these shows the rule?
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g
p
g
p
=
=
=
=
p
g
p
g
×
×
+
+
4
4
4
4
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