Maths assessment 07/10/2015

Unless specified otherwise calculators may be used.

1) Round 5,948 to the nearest multiple of 1000. (1mark)
2) Without using a calculator:
a. 307+212 (2 marks)
b. 618-589 (2 marks)
c. 74 X 10 (1 mark)
d. 7.6 X 3 (2 marks)
e. 9.61 X 1000 (1 mark)
f. 54 X 100 (1 mark)
3) Calculate the total volume of liquid contained by 24 tanks each holding 150 litres
of fuel. (3 marks)
4) Find the total cost of 17 textbooks each costing 12.75. (3 marks)
5) A government grants four boroughs equal sums of money to spend on their park
maintenances. The total amount donated by the government is 12,200. Without
using a calculator, write down the share of money received by each of the four
boroughs. (3 marks)

6) Assuming section A is 1/6 of the whole regular hexagon, what fraction of

the hexagon is covered by shape B? (4 marks)

7) What is 0.31 as a percentage? (1 mark)

8) In a survey, 7/8 of the people interviewed was male.
a. What fraction of the sample interviewed was female? (1 mark)
b. What percentage of the sample interviewed was female? (1 mark)
9) In a class of 16, 4 pupils have grey eyes (4/16). Express this fraction as a
decimal. (2 marks)
10)
A class of 6 measured their heights and recorded the following
heights: 1.346m; 2.005m; 1.727m; 1.530m; 1.720m; 1.420m. Place the
students heights in order from the shortest to tallest. (1 mark)

Mark scheme
1) 6,000
2)
a. 519
b. 29
c. 740
d. 22.8
e. 9610
f. 5400 (award marks for correct working in multiple mark
questions)
3) 3600 litres (award one mark for correct working, one mark for correct
answer and 1 mark for correct units)
4) 216.75 (award one mark for correct answer, one for correct working
and 1 mark for correct working)
5) 12,200/4=3,050 (award 1 mark each for correct working; correct
answer and correct units)
6) 5/12 (award one mark for deducing half triangle to be used as 1/12 th
instead of 1/6th; one mark for converting 1/6th to 2/12th s; one mark for
doubling to account for both full 6th segments and one mark for adding
together all 1/12ths obtained.)
7) 31% (do not accept answers which do not include % sign)
8)
a. 1/8
b. 12.5%. (award one mark for working showing division of 100 by
8 or equivalent; one mark for correct answer)
9) 0.25 (award one mark for converting 4/16ths to and one mark for
converting this to 0.25)
10)
1.346m; 1.420m; 1.530m; 1.720m; 1.727m; 2.005m