CLaSS

Waltham Forest Community Learning & Skills Service

Initial Assessment Test

Maths Pre-GCSE Level 1 & 2

Please answer the following questions:

  1. The entry fee for a race is £8.
    A French runner enters.
    The rate of exchange is £1 = 1.65 Euros.
    How much is the entry fee in Euros?

    Answer

  2. A cook makes scones for a refreshment stall at a fair.
    These are the ingredients from the recipe that makes 8 scones.

    225g self-raising flour
    150 ml milk
    50g butter
    5ml baking powder
    1 pinch of salt

    She buys ingredients for 72 scones.
    How many 250g packs of butter does she need to buy to ensure she has enough?

    Answer

  3. On the prize draw stall at the fair, raffle tickets are sold with the numbers between 1 and 99. There is a prize for every number ending in a zero or a five.
    How many prizes are there in total?

    Answer

  4. A club increases its membership fee from £12 to £15 per year.
    What is the percentage increase?

    Answer

  5. This table shows the number of tickets and programmes sold for a garden show.
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    Tickets for the show cost £3 each and programmes cost £1.50 each.
    How much is paid for the tickets & programmes for Saturday's show?

    Answer

  6. A club wants to change the day of its monthly meeting and has a vote.
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    The bar chart shows the results of the vote.
    What percentage of voters chose Thursday?

    Answer

  7. The reserve tank on a lorry holds 12 gallons of petrol.
    This diagram shows the reading on the gauge for the reserve tank.
    How much fuel is left, to the nearest gallon?
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    Answer

  8. This table gives the temperatures on January 1st in four cities:
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    In which city was the temperature fall greatest between midnight and 6am?
    And how many degrees did the temperature fall?

    Answer

  9. In the long jump at a sports event, the distance each competitor jumps is measured to decide who wins.
    The diagram shows part of the tape measure.
    The arrow shows how far the winner jumped.
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    Work out the length of the jump.

    Answer

  10. A fishing rod consists of three sections.
    The length of the rod in section 1 is 1334 millimetres.
    Section 2 is 150 millimetres longer than section 1.
    Section 3 is 200 millimetres longer than section 2.
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    What is the total length of the fishing rod?

    Answer

  11. This table shows the results of a survey of the number of children and the number of television sets in the households on an estate.
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    How many households had three children and at least two television sets?

    Answer

  12. Using the same table as Question 11;
    How many households in the survey had at least 3 children?

    Answer

  13. A television set costs £320. The price is reduced by 20% in a sale.
    What is the sale price of the television?

    Answer

  14. Material for dressmaking is sold by the metre.
    The cost of 5 metres of material is £17.50.
    How much does 8 metres of the same material cost?

    Answer

  15. A salesman records the registration letter of the cars for sale at his garage. This table shows his results.
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    What (simple) fraction of the cars are either W or X registration?

    Answer

  16. This graph shows the temperatures in a city on one day.
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    What is the best estimate of the temperature at 8:30am?

    Answer

  17. This pie chart shows the votes for three people in a local election.
    In total 280 people voted.
    How many voted for Smith?
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    Answer

  18. Telephone call costs are calculated by the second.
    A one minute telephone call costs 10p
    What is the cost of a 100-second call to the nearest penny?

    Answer

  19. A packet of fish fingers normally sells for £1.50. There is a 'buy one get one free' offer on them. A customer buys as many as possible with a £5 note.
    How many packets would he get?

    Answer

  20. A cleaning firm charges for cleaning by area.
    A householder calculates the area of this rectangular lounge.
    The charge is £2 per square metre.
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    What is the total charge for cleaning the whole area?

    Answer

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