Stage Test 1

Stage Test 1

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 178.

Level 1

1. (a) Arrange 3, 0, 7, 9 and 6 in ascending order.

(b) Arrange 2.3, 0.4, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.3 in descending order. (4 marks)

2. Mark the numbers 6, 3 and 7 on the number line below.

(2 marks)

3. Use the symbol ‘’ or ‘’ to describe the relation between each of the
following pairs of numbers.
3 1
(a) 4 and 7 (b)  and  (c)
4 6
8 and 0 (3 marks)

4. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 6  8 (b) 2  5 (c) 4  7 (3 marks)

5. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 0  (3) (b) 2  (2) (c) 0  (8) (3 marks)

6. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 5  7 (b) 12  (3) (c) 3  (9) (3 marks)

7. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 2.3  5.6 (b) 8.4  (3) (c) 2.5  8 (3 marks)

8. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 3.8  4.9 (b) 5.4  3.7 (c) 13.2  2.2 (3 marks)

9. Calculate the following expressions.

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 3 1 1  5
(a)   (b)     (4 marks)
4 2 4  6
10. Calculate the following expressions.
2  9  4  2
(a)    (b)    2  (4 marks)
3  14  9  3

11. Correct 694.7 to the nearest

(a) one, (b) ten, (c) hundred. (3 marks)

12. (a) Estimate 2.3  5.6  2.4  19.7  4.3 by rounding off the numbers.
(b) Estimate 2.3  5.6  2.4  19.7  4.3 using translation strategy. (5 marks)

13. Estimate 199  3.04  51 using compatible numbers. (3 marks)

14. Estimate 20.3  19.7  18.9  21.3  19.9 using clustering. (3 marks)

15. Determine whether each of the following quantities is presented in an appropriate way.
(a) The average temperature of Japan in summer is 38.253C.
(b) The net weight of gold in a piece of jewellery is 2.349 g.
(c) Susan spent 1 min 12.13 s to finish a 400-m run. (3 marks)

16. If 29 rubbers weigh 873 g, estimate the weight of 100 pieces of rubber. (4 marks)

17. The length and the width of a rectangle are 5.96 cm and 3.52 cm respectively.
Estimate the area of the rectangle. (3 marks)

18. Express each of the following word sentences in an algebraic expression.

(a) Add 11 to the result of subtracting n from m.
(b) Subtract the product of 4 and x from y. (4 marks)

19. Express each of the following algebraic expressions in a word sentence.

(a) s  9  t (b) 3p  q (4 marks)

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20. Given that h  (3M  1). Find the value of h when M  5. (3 marks)
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21. Given that k  a(6  b). Find the value of k when a  2 and b  4. (3 marks)

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22. Solve the equation 7x  19  9x  11. (3 marks)

23. Solve the equation 5(y  4)  3y  10. (4 marks)

n n 1
24. Solve the equation   . (4 marks)
6 8 8

25. Christine used a $50 banknote to buy 7 pears. The change was $30.4. By
setting up an equation for the above situation, find the price of each pear. (4 marks)

Level 2

26. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 3  15  27 (b) 5  28  (4) (c) 5  (2)  (7) (6 marks)

27. Calculate the following expressions.

( 7)  (16) 3  6( 8)
(a) (b)
(7)  (4) 5  ( 3)
(6 marks)

28. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) [(25)  (8)]  5  (6) (b) 4  24  [(5)  (3)] (8 marks)

29. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) 10.8  (8  2.3)  (4) (b) 4(3)  3(7)  (5)(4) (7 marks)

30. Calculate the following expressions.

5  3 1 5 2
(a)  (15)    (10) (b)    1 (6 marks)
3  5  2 6 3

31. The following table shows the profits of a company in the past 4 years.

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007

Profit $350 000 $120 000 $60 000 $110 000

(a) Find the total profit or loss of the company in the past 4 years using
directed number.

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 (b) If the total profit of the company from 2004 to 2008 is $0, use directed
number to represent the profit or loss of the company in 2008. (6 marks)

32. Estimate 62.1  447.2  57.9  451.6  59.4 using appropriate estimation
strategies. (6 marks)

33. Estimate 48.3  3.02  8.07  1.97  83.9  6.99 using appropriate estimation
strategies. (5 marks)

34. The height of each door in a building is about 2 m. The height of a wall is
about 1.5 times that of a door.
(a) Estimate the height of a wall.
(b) It is known that the height of the building is 122 m. Estimate the number
of floors of the building.
(c) If there are 320 living units in the building, how many living units are
there in each floor? (7 marks)

35. Estimate the difference in the areas of the leaves in the figures. (5 marks)

36. Solve the equation 5[4y  (7  3y)]  y  1. (6 marks)

a  5 a  15
37. Solve the equation  . (6 marks)
6 2

2b  1 3b  5
38. Solve the equation  . (6 marks)
3 4

39. 3 years ago, Mrs. Wong’s age was 11 times her son’s age. This year, Mrs.
Wong’s age is 6 times her son’s age. Find Mrs. Wong’s age this year. (6 marks)

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40. Cindy has some $1, $2 and $5 coins. Given that the number of $1 coins is 3
times that of $5 coins, while that of $2 coins is 5 less than that of $1 coins. If
the total value of the coins is $32, how many $2 coins does Cindy have? (7 marks)

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