Year 10 Number Workbook

LYNFIELD COLLEGE
MATHEMATICS FACULTY

Year 10 Number

NAME
HUI MAI
MATHS TEACHER

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4. Using inequality symbols (<) or (>), complete
Decimals the comparison between these number pairs.

1. Write these numbers as decimals. a) 13.8 ___ 12.9 b) 0.7 ___ 0.45

a) 4 tens, 7 ones, 5 tenths __________ c) 0.108 ___ 0.91 d) 0.008 ___ 0.06

b) 8 tenths, 1 hundredths __________ e) 1.3 ___ 0.5877 f) 0.2368 ___ 0.2386

c) 2 tenths, 9 thousandths __________

5. Order these decimal numbers from smallest
d) 2 ones, 9 hundredths, to largest.
and 6 thousandths __________ 0.8, 0.037, 0.04, 0.082, 0.403, 0.384

2. Write these numbers by their place values. ___________________________________

a) 0.85 6. This table gives the results for the high jump
___________________________ and the 100m sprint from the school’s athletics
b) 0.7 day.
___________________________
Student / Athlete High Jump 100m
c) 3.52
(m) (sec)
___________________________
d) 0.707 Lee Brown 1.1 13.59
___________________________
Matija Ivanic 1.035 14
3. Use these decimal scales to write down the
values of (a) (b) (c) in each question. Christy Smith 0.98 13.08

i. a = ______ b = ______ c = ______ Tracy Evans 1.0 13.7

Kimberly Bridge 1.24 14.86

Tama Nathan 1.235 14.78

Sahil Patel 1.08 13.92

Patrick Ofa 0.9975 13.72

ii. a = ______ b = ______ c = ______
a) What was the fastest time in the 100m
sprint and who did it belong to?

________________________________

b) Write down the names of the 1st, 2nd, and

3rd place athletes in the high jump
iii. a = ______ b = ______ c = ______
___________________________________
___________________________________

c) The top 4 runners in the 100m sprint qualify

for the Inter-school competition. Who
qualified?

___________________________________
___________________________________

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Rounding Off
Round the original numbers to one decimal place, two decimal places, and three decimal places.

Original Number 1 d.p. 2 d.p. 3 d.p. Original Number 1 d.p. 2 d.p. 3 d.p.

a) 0.2467 i) 7.2956

b) 0.0059 j) 0.5729

c) 2.1375 k) 3.7996

d) 0.0172 l) 4.02643

e) 3.4961 m) 5.99497

f) 0.0395 n) 2.090772

g) 0.0258 o) 3.094258

h) 1.4739 p) 5.279316

Significant Figures
Round the original numbers to one, two, and then three significant figures.

Original Number 1 s.f. 2 s.f. 3 s.f. Original Number 1 s.f. 2 s.f. 3 s.f.

a) 0.0048635 i) 37,615

b) 0.036387 j) 49.0563

c) 7,865,200 k) 999,510

d) 90.671 l) 0.001423

e) 423.54 m) 1.00057

f) 14.356 n) 14,300,052

g) 605,220 o) 647,912

h) 403,520 p) 1,823,564

Here is a list of world records and figures. State how many significant figures each have been given in

Number of Significant Figures

q) The tallest mountain, Mt Everest, is 8850m tall.

r) The fastest animal, the cheetah, has been recorded at 98.17km/h

s) The diameter of Earth’s moon is 3500m.

t) A lightning bolt travels at 299,800 km/s

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Calculator Calculations
1. Use your calculator to find the value of the 3. Anthony calculates this on their calculator:
following questions. Display your answer as 23×100
decimals and write down all digits displayed by 91×41
your calculator. Their answer is 1036.2637. This is incorrect.

a) 8. 6(3. 03 − 1. 7) = ______________ a) What is the mistake they made?

3
b) (3. 9 − 1. 4) = ______________

3.86+17.59
c)
5
= ______________

9.76+1.87
d) = ______________
18.3−15.8 b) What is the correct answer?

330
e)
1.2×5.5
= ______________

1 4. The formula for calculating the area of an

f) = ______________ equilateral triangle is:
0.16
3 2
𝐴= 4
𝑠
28.404
g)
3.6
= ______________ Where '𝑠' is the length of one side.
The length is 5.8cm.
17.6−8.96 3
h) ( ) = ______________
4.3+1.18 a) Write down exactly the area given when this
formula is used in your calculator.
i) (2. 1 − 0. 89)(6. 7 − 4. 3) = _____________
2 2
2.3 +5.3
j) 2 2 = ______________ b) Give the answer to an appropriate degree of
1.3 −1.2
accuracy.

1
k) 3. 1 − 3.1
= ______________

5. In a Science lesson, Lesley does an

2. Gloria does this sum on his calculator: experiment and puts her readings into a
formula. She ends up with this…
37 − 19
π 2
His answer is 4.2426407. This is incorrect. 𝑔 = 8. 9 × ( 5×1.9 )
a) What is the mistake he made?
Find '𝑔', write down all the figures on the
calculator display.

b) What is the correct answer?

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Decimal Word Problems

1. A cyclist records how far he travels each day. 6. Eight friends won $24635.88 from the lottery.
Day 1 = 24.6 km, Day 2 = 18.36 km, and They share it equally. How much does each get?
Day 3 = 47.562 km.
How far has he travelled altogether?

7. Patrick goes on an eighteen day diet. At the

beginning he weighed himself at 86.40 kg. At the
2. A piece of wood has to be sawed into 4 equal end he weighed 79.85 kg.
parts. The wood is 2.6 metres long. How long is
each sawed part? a) How much weight did he lose?

b) On average, how much weight was he losing

per day?
3. Lisa does a paper run every day during the
holidays. The holidays are 38 days long and she
gets paid $10.49 for each day. How much does
she get paid by the end of the holidays? 8. Quinn is buying meals for herself and her two
younger siblings. The menu and prices are…
Hamburgers $4.65
Hot Chips $3.40
Soft Drinks $2.79
Soft-serve Ice-cream $2.99
4. Annabelle, Bob, and Chris run a car wash. At Collectively, Quinn and her siblings want 4
the end of the day, they had collected $62.30 in hamburgers, 5 hot chips, 3 soft drinks, and 2
donations. It has to be shared equally. How much ice-creams.
does each get?
a) How much does the whole order cost?

5. The rice-bag shuttle competition has

competitors move bags of rice from one side of a
field to another. The total weight moved
determines the winner. Here are the weights of
four competitors, in kgs:
Daniel 12.3 8.51 14.25 b) Quinn has a $50 note. Is it enough to pay for
Edward 6.82 5.04 9.41 10.88 the meal? If so, how much change does she get?
Frances 20.71 8.47 If not, how much more money does she need?
Gail 14.3 17.3 4.59
Who won the competition? Yes, it’s enough / No, she need more

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Standard Form / Scientific Notation

1. Write these ordinary numbers in standard index form.
a) 560 ____________ i) 19 ____________ q) 6720 ____________

b) 0.0034 ____________ j) 71200000 ____________ r) 730000 ____________

c) 0.00529 ____________ k) 8000000 ____________ s) 0.0000652 ____________

d) 9100 ____________ l) 3 ____________ t) 0.124 ____________

e) 3600 ____________ m) 19000000 ____________ u) 0.000426 ____________

f) 12000 ____________ n) 0.0568 ____________ v) 0.00000076 ____________

g) 0.00067 ____________ o) 930000000 ____________ w) 970000000 ____________

h) 0.7 ____________ p) 23 ____________ x) 0.00000001 ____________

2. Write these standard form numbers in ordinary form.

a) 4.4 × 103 ____________ i) 9.76 × 10-1 ____________ q) 2.82 × 105 ____________

b) 6 × 101 ____________ j) 7.45× 10-2 ____________ r) 8.8 × 103 ____________

c) 7.1 × 105 ____________ k) 1.56× 104 ____________ s) 9.06× 104 ____________

d) 2.3 × 10-3 ____________ l) 2.67× 10-6 ____________ t) 4.201 × 10-1 ____________

e) 1.52 × 100 ____________ m) 4.635 × 105 ____________ u) 1.25 × 102 ____________

f) 2.81 × 10-4 ____________ n) 1.56 × 103 ____________ v) 3.45 × 10-3 ____________

g) 6.1 × 106 ____________ o) 7.16 × 10-4 ____________ w) 7.85 × 10-4 ____________

h) 3.48 × 109 ____________ p) 8.25 × 102 ____________ x) 6.34 × 105 ____________

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Standard Index Form Word Problems

Unless stated, record your answers in standard index form. Round appropriately to your best judgement.
6. One hydrogen (H) atom weighs 1.67 × 10-24 g
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1. The mass of Jupiter is approx. 1.9 × 10 kg. and one oxygen (O) atom weighs 2.66 × 10-23 g.
Write this mass as an ordinary number? Water (H2O) is made of two hydrogen atoms and
one oxygen atom.
How much does 5 molecules of water weigh?

2. The radius of Saturn is approx. 6.04 × 107 m.

a) What is the diameter of Saturn?

b) Planets are spherical. The volume of a

sphere can be calculated using the formula 7. The speed of light is approx. 2.998 × 108
4 3 metres per second. How far can light travel in…
𝑉= 3
π𝑟
a) 40 seconds _______________________
‘r’ = radius
What is the volume of Saturn?
b) 5 minutes _______________________

c) 7 hours _______________________
3. Dinosaurs died out roughly 64 million years
d) 1 day _______________________
ago. They first appeared on Earth 220 million
years ago. For roughly how many years did
dinosaurs exist on Earth? e) 1 year _______________________

8. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is made of one carbon

atom and two oxygen atoms. If one molecule of
4. A magazine is made of 75 sheets of glossy
carbon dioxide weighs 7.31 × 10-23 g, find the
paper and the whole magazine is 0.6 cm thick.
mass of one carbon atom.
How thick is one sheet of the magazine?
(use information from a previous question)

5. The area of the Atlantic Ocean is 8.17 × 107

km2 and the area of the Pacific Ocean is 1.66 ×
108 km2.
a) Which ocean is larger?
9. The speed of a radio wave is 3 × 108 m/s. How
long will it take for a radio wave to travel 100 km?
(note: Speed = distance ÷ time) (1km = 1000m)
b) What is the difference in size between the
two oceans?

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Improperly Mixed
1. Change the following improper fractions into
mixed numbers. 2. Change the following mixed numbers into
improper fractions.
11 9
a) m)
2 _________ 7 _________ 3 9
a) 1 m) 2
4 ________ 10 ________

7 11
b) n)
3 _________ 9 _________ 1 3
b) 2 n) 5
3 ________ 8 ________

7 24
c) o)
4 _________ 7 _________ 4 6
c) 1 o) 3
5 ________ 7 ________
13 25
d) p)
2 _________ 6 _________ 1 1
d) 3 p) 7
2 ________ 4 ________
13 33
e) q)
4 _________ 4 _________ 2 7
e) 2 q) 7
3 ________ 9 ________
8 29
f) r)
5 _________ 3 _________ 1 5
f) 6 r) 9
5 ________ 7 ________
11 23
g) s)
3 _________ 8 _________ 3 5
g) 3 s) 8
4 ________ 12 ________
15 30
h) t)
4 _________ 7 _________ 5 6
h) 3 t) 6
8 ________ 7 ________
21 36
i) u)
2 _________ 7 _________ 7 5
i) 1 u) 4
10 ________ 6 ________
12 23
j) v)
5 _________ 9 _________ 3 14
j) 4 v) 1
5 ________ 25 ________
11 53
k) w)
6 _________ 10 _________
4 1
k) 5 w) 3
7 ________ 19 ________
22 41
l) y)
5 _________ 6 _________
1 5
l) 9 x) 2
3 ________ 13 ________

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Simple Fractions
Simplify these fractions as much as possible
45 24 24 68
a) g) m) s)
50 ___________ 56 ___________ 64 ___________ 80 ___________

18 30 21 12
b) h) n) t)
21 ___________ 54 ___________ 45 ___________ 90 ___________

18 12 28 15
c) i) o) u)
24 ___________ 52 ___________ 70 ___________ 100 ___________

36 18 20 5
d) j) p) v)
48 ___________ 81 ___________ 85 ___________ 20 ___________

35 36 13 75
e) k) q) w)
40 ___________ 84 ___________ 52 ___________ 225 ___________

28 45 42 6
f) l) r) x)
56 ___________ 72 ___________ 75 ___________ 600 ___________

Multiply Fractions
Calculate these multiplications.
Divide Fractions
Simplify as improper fractions if possible. Calculate these multiplications.
2 6 15 4
Simplify as improper fractions if possible.
a)
3
× 7 _____
j)
28
× 5 _____ 5 2 2 5
a)
7
÷ 3 _____
j)
3
÷ 9 _____
3 8 3 2
b)
4
× 11 _____
k)
5
× 7 _____ 3 2 4 8
b)
4
÷ 5 _____
k)
7
÷ 11 _____
15 4 10 6
c)
17
× 5 _____
l)
13
× 25 _____ 4 1 5 2
c)
5
÷ 3 _____
l)
9
÷ 3 _____
d) 9 2
7 19 _____
m)
14
× 3 _____ 2 3 6 10
× d) ÷ m) ÷
10 21 7 8 _____ 13 11 _____
1 14 5 1 5 1 2 3
e) × _____
n) 1 ×2 _____ e) ÷ n) 1 ÷2
2 15 6 4 6 2 _____ 3 5 _____
11 3 3 2 4 3 3 2
f) × _____
o) 3 ×1 _____ f) ÷ o) 3 ÷1
21 4 5 7 7 4 _____ 4 7 _____
2 20 3 2 3 2 1 4
g) × _____
p) 4 ×2 _____ g) ÷ p) 5 ÷3
5 21 8 3 4 9 _____ 2 5 _____
22 2 5 1 4 5 2 5
h) × _____
q) 2 × _____ h) ÷ q) 9 ÷2
7 3 9 2 7 8 _____ 5 9 _____
4 23 3 9 2 7 11 1
i) × _____
r) ×5 _____ i) ÷ r) 6 15 ÷ 1 6
7 28 4 10 9 10 _____ _____

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Highest Common Factor

Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of each of the sets of numbers.

a. 12 and 18 _______ g. 48 and 36 _______ m. 90, 45, and 105 _______

b. 10 and 25 _______ h. 72 and 60 _______ n. 108, 54, and 90 _______

c. 14 and 21 _______ i. 105 and 63 _______ o. 63, 42, and 126 _______

d. 24 and 32 _______ j. 18, 30, and 42 _______ p. 144, 96, and 192 _______

e. 30 and 24 _______ k. 36, 96, and 60 _______ q. 104, 72, and 56 _______

f. 30 and 45 _______ l. 24, 40, and 72 _______ r. 42, 56, and 98 _______

Lowest Common Multiple

Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of each of the sets of numbers.

a. 3 and 4 _______ g. 20 and 15 _______ m. 8, 12, and 22 _______

b. 5 and 7 _______ h. 16 and 24 _______ n. 5, 12, and 30 _______

c. 6 and 9 _______ i. 9 and 14 _______ o. 8, 15, and 20 _______

d. 4 and 7 _______ j. 3, 4, and 5 _______ p. 3, 7, and 16 _______

e. 8 and 12 _______ k. 2, 10, and 15 _______ q. 9, 13, and 15 _______

f. 10 and 15 _______ l. 15, 20, and 45 _______ r. 3, 12, and 33 _______

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Adding and Subtracting Fractions

1. Calculate these additions and subtractions. Simplify as improper fractions if possible.
1 5 2 1 3 1
a.
4
+ 12 _______
h.
5
+ 3 _______
o.
4
− 2 _______

8 2 7 1 3 2
b.
9
− 3 _______
i.
8
− 2 _______
p.
4
− 3 _______

4 3 1 2 4 3
c.
5
− 10 _______
j.
5
+ 3 _______
q.
5
+ 4 _______

5 2 7 1 6 2
d.
7
+ 3 _______
k.
9
− 3 _______
r.
7
+ 5 _______

1 3 3 2 13 1
e. 1 + l. 2 +1 s. +
3 4 _______ 4 5 _______ 10 4 _______

3 14 2 1 5 12
f. 6 + m. 4 −2 t. 3 −
4 5 _______ 7 2 _______ 6 5 _______

20 1 2 3 7 4
g.
13
−1 3 _______
n. 13
5
−8 5 _______
u. 8
10
−4 5 _______

2. Shade your answer in the provided diagram

5 3
a. 1 +2 =
6 6

3 4
b. 2 +2 =
5 5

1 2
c. 3 −1 =
4 4

3 7
d. 5 −4 =
10 10

5 7
e. 2 +3 =
8 8

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Fraction Word Problems Fully simplify all fraction answers

1. Four buckets of popcorn are shared equally 6. A new packet of safety-pins holds 150 pins.
between the 10 members in a film club. What Tony has an old packet with 60 pins remaining
fraction of one whole bucket does each member 1
and another with remaining. If the packets are
get? 5
combined, what fraction of the full packet will
Tony have?

2. A swimmer trains by completing laps of the

7
pool. When the swimmer finishes of her 1
20
7. Bethany used of a new roll of duct tape on
daily laps, she has completed 35 laps of the 6
pool. What is the total number of laps this 1
Day 1 of a project. The next day, she used of
swimmer aims to complete each day? 2
what was left to finish the project. As a fraction,
how much of the original roll of duct tape was
unused?

3. Two-fifths of patients who come into a hospital

have high-blood pressure (HBP). Three-quarters
of these patients are older than 50 years old.
1
What fraction of all patients at this hospital are 8. One kilo of sugar is roughly 2 pounds. How
2
older than 50 years old with HBP.
many pounds are there in five kilos of sugar?

4. Five-sevenths of the visitors to the national

park give a donation to help conservation efforts.
If there are 1,400 visitors during the summer,
how many gave donations?
9. Gina binged watched her favourite
mini-series. There was four episodes and it took
1
her 5 2 hours. Each episode is the same
length. How long is each episode?

3
5. A pilot notices thatof the cargo are listed as
8 6
2 10. Last season, the cricket team won of
9
commercial-goods and of it is listed as
5 9
consumer-goods. The remainder are donations for their games. The football team won of their
12
charity. How much of the cargo are donations? matches. Who was more successful?

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Integer Recap
1. For each question, simplify the integers and operations BEFORE solving.
a) +4 - +2 = __________ = ____ b) +6 - -5 = __________ = ____ c) +3 + -5 = __________ = ____

d) -1 + -4 = __________ = ____ e) -3 + +8 = __________ = ____ f) 0 + -7 = __________ = _____

g) +3 + +9 = __________ = ____ h) -7 + -4 = __________ = ____ i) +2 - -1 = __________ = _____

j) -7 × +8 = __________ = ____ k) +5 × -2 = __________ = ____ l) -3 × -4 = __________ = _____

m) +2 × +5 = _________ = ____ n) -9 × +1 = __________ = ____ o) -5 × -6 = __________ = ____

p) +5 + -4 × -1 - +2 = ________________ = _____ q) -3 + +2 × -10 - -5 = ________________ = _____

r) -7 × -2 - +3 × -4 = ________________ = _____ s) -12 + +3 × +6 - -9 = _______________ = _____

t) -2 × -4 × -5 - +15 = ________________ = _____ u) +21 + -3 × -5 × -1 = _______________ = _____

v) +10 × +5 - -6 × -2 = _______________ = _____ w) -25 - +12 + +3 × +12 = _____________ = _____

x) +7 × +8 - +5 × -4 = ________________ = _____ y) +13 - +7 × -5 × -2 = _______________ = _____

2. For each of the following problems, write down the calculation you need BEFORE solving.

a) The temperature is -2oC. If the temperature

increases by 15oC, what is the new temperature?
b) At noon, the temperature is recorded to be
16oC. By midnight, the temperature had
changed to -4oC. How much has the
temperature changed between the two times?
c) Abby has an overdraft balance with her bank.
She owes the bank $75. On payday, her work
deposits her wages straight into her account.
She earned $440 this week. What is her new
bank balance?
d) Ben is overdrawn by $237 with his bank.
Catherine is $143 better off than him. How much
money does Catherine have in her bank
balance?
e) An aeroplane passes directly over a
submarine during a flight. The elevation of the
plane is 3800m above sea-level. The submarine
is 425m below the surface of the ocean. How far
apart are the plane and submarine at that
moment?
f) Daniel wants to buy a brand new phone. It
costs $899. His bank balance has $574 and he
has an overdraft limit of $1000. What is his new
account balance after the purchase?

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Decimal, Fraction, Percentage Conversions

1. Convert these fractions into 2. Convert these decimals into 3. Convert these percentages
percentages (×100). percentages (×100). into decimals (÷100).
Round answers to 2 d.p. Round answers to 1 d.p. Round answers to 3 d.p.

a)
5
= ____________% a) 0. 15 =___________% a) 95% = _________
6

b)
3
= ____________% b) 0. 439 = __________ b) 102. 7% = _________
7

c)
1
= ____________% c) 1. 266 = __________ c) 0. 13% = _________
8

d)
4
= ____________% d) 0. 7884 = __________ d) 11. 6% = _________
15

e) 3
1
=____________% e) 0. 0606 = __________ e) 225. 8% = _________
5

f)
17
= ____________% f) 0. 00741 =__________ f) 33
1
%= _________
20 3

g)
32
= ____________% g) 0. 9 = __________ g) 1. 03% = _________
11

h) 2
5
=____________% h) 1. 0917 = __________ h) 67
3
% = _________
7 4

4. Convert these fractions into 5. Convert these decimals into 6. Convert these percentages
percentages (×100). percentages (×100). into decimals (÷100).
Round to the indicated d.p. Round to the indicated d.p. Round to the indicated d.p.

a)
51
= ________%[1] a) 0. 254 =________%[1] a) 15% =___________[1]
75

b)
131
= ________%[2] b) 1. 2065 = _______[3] b) 34. 2% =_________[3]
165

c) 3
43
= ________%[2] c) 0. 10025 = _______[2] c) 12. 58% =________[2]
55

d)
1
= ________%[1] d) 1. 28056 = _______[3] d) 0. 196% =________[1]
9

e) 1
4
= ________%[3] e) 3. 125 = _______[1] e) 63. 8% =_________[1]
15

f) 2
16
= ________%[2] f) 0. 03569 = _______[2] f) 1. 0254% = _______[3]
55

g)
74
= ________%[3] g) 8. 3642 = _______[1] g) 76. 5% =_________[2]
21

h)
268
= ________%[1] h) 0. 60596 = _______[2] h) 143. 74% =_______[0]
360

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Percentages of Amounts 1. Find…

a) 20% of 90 __________ i) 8% of 1 __________ q) 0.75% of 56 __________

b) 33% of 60 __________ j) 68% of 58 __________ r) 120% of 53 __________

c) 38% of 65 __________ k) 70% of 20 __________ s) 99% of 685 __________

d) 15% of 300 __________ l) 0.1% of 12 __________ t) 200% of 10 __________

e) 75% of 520 __________ m) 21% of 750 __________ u) 300% of 50 __________

f) 18% of 45 __________ n) 58% of 36 __________ v) 250% of 45 __________

g) 62% of 913 __________ o) 10.5% of 1400 __________ w) 1000% of 0.5 __________

h) 32% of 48 __________ p) 80.5% of 246 __________ x) 44.44% of 90 __________

2. Solve these worded problems. e) In order to get accepted into a course,

Round appropriately
a) The school expects on average, 3% of
students will be away sick each day. With a roll
of 1650 students, how many are away on
average?
b) Jeremy wants to buy a new phone using a
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ scheme. The phone costs
$750 and he needs to pay a deposit of 20%.
How much is the deposit?
c) A crate contained 340 ears of corn. 23% of
them went bad before being sold. How many
went bad?
students need to get greater than 45% on an
entrance exam. The exam paper is out of 70
marks. How many marks is required to pass?
f) Amongst year 13s, 55% of students have
gotten either their learner’s or restricted driver’s
licence. If there are 346 students in year 13,
how many have some form of a driver’s licence?
g) Shoppers have to pay GST (Goods and
Services Tax) on items they buy. GST in NZ is
15%. If an item costs $480 before GST. How
much GST is needed to be charged in addition
to the cost?

h) Kelly was to build up her savings by

d) According to reports, 4% of students who sat separating out a % of her wages each week.
the Biology exam got an Excellence grade. If She earns $450 per week and wants to save
there were 12,000 students enrolled to sit that 15% of it. How much money will she save after
exam, how many got Excellence? 12 weeks?

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Increasing by a Percentage
1. Increase the following amounts by the given percentage.

a) 50 by 30% _________ i) 90 by 46% _________ q) 610 by 61% _________

b) 90 by 40% _________ j) 45 by 7% _________ r) 255 by 110% _________

c) 40 by 15% _________ k) 36 by 53% _________ s) 16.1 by 155% _________

d) 150 by 5% _________ l) 65 by 34% _________ t) 28.5 by 300% _________

e) 210 by 43% _________ m) 950 by 62% _________ u) 13.18 by 19% _________

f) 150 by 6% _________ n) 973 by 59% _________ v) 46.58 by 10.5% _________

g) 300 by 85% _________ o) 958 by 21% _________ w) 605.5 by 24.1% _________

h) 215 by 32% _________ p) 315 by 26% _________ x) 40.125 by 99% _________

Decreasing by a Percentage
2. Decrease the following amounts by the given percentage.

a) 30 by 25% _________ i) 350 by 4% _________ q) 64 by 34% _________

b) 90 by 15% _________ j) 420 by 6% _________ r) 261 by 42% _________

c) 40 by 5% _________ k) 528 by 34% _________ s) 20.35 by 62% _________

d) 120 by 10% _________ l) 614 by 28% _________ t) 55.2 by 89% _________

e) 390 by 48% _________ m) 395 by 78% _________ u) 74.25 by 77% _________

f) 500 by 62% _________ n) 1025 by 46% _________ v) 13.8 by 68% _________

g) 400 by 89% _________ o) 351 by 18% _________ w) 250.95 by 46% _________

h) 950 by 28% _________ p) 798 by 22% _________ x) 15.185 by 28% _________

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 Year 10 Number Workbook
Increasing and Decreasing by % Worded
Show your working for each of the solutions to these problems. Round appropriately.
1. A bluetooth speaker is priced at $240. In a
sale, it is discounted by 25%.
What is the new sale price?
2. A limited edition pair of sneakers is valued at
$350. When production of those sneakers ends,
the value increases by 32%.
What is it worth now?
3. Zack puts $700 into his savings account. It
earns interest at 6.5% per year. How much is
Zack’s bank balance after one year?
4. A second-hand car costs $8600 when bought.
The price of it falls 55% when it goes up for sale
again. How much is it sold for this time?
5. A season ticket to the regional rugby league
tournaments in Auckland costs $865 this year.
Organisers need it to increase by 9% to cover
new expenses. How much will a season ticket
cost next year?
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6. The packaging of a board game is damaged
in the store. The manager discounts the item by
42% to get it sold. The original price is $74.95.
How much is it discounted?
7. A restaurant applies a surcharge on meals
during public holidays. It is 15%. If a meal costs
$95.40, how much change will you get if you pay
using three $50 notes?
8. Jessie’s company earns a gross profit of
$84,000 in a year. She pays income tax at 33%.
Her goal is to increase her gross profit by 10%
in the next year. How much tax will she pay if
she reaches her goal?
9. Steve wants to get fit and starts working out.
He weighs 67 kg at the beginning and after
putting on muscle mass, it increases by 22%.
How much does Steve weigh now?
10. There are on average, six billion bacteria in
the average human mouth. A mouthwash claims
to kill 99.9% of bacteria per use. How many
bacteria would there be in the average mouth
immediately after using this mouthwash?
 Year 10 Number Workbook
Finding the Percentage
State the percentage present in each situation. Show the working required to convert the values to %
1. The school has 1370 students. 640 of them
are listed as female and 710 are listed as male.
What percentage are listed as other?
2. There were 28 apples unsold. The store
originally had 246 apples for sale. What
percentage were unsold?
3. Victor scores 37 marks out of 50 in his Maths
exam. What percentage did he score?
4. A farmer is raising 415 chickens. He sells 327
of them to the butchers. What percentage of the
flock does the farmer keep?
5. A class of 27 students completed a survey. 24
of them claimed they play a sport. What
percentage does not play a sport?
6. During the month of November, it rained for 9
days. What percentage of days did it rain?
7. The captain of a basketball team scored 51
points in a season. 22 points were earned from
slam dunks. What percentage of the captain’s
points were from slam dunks?
8. In the most recent science test, 286 students
passed. 342 students sat the test. What
percentage failed the test?
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9. Three candidates stood for the mayorship for
a small south island town. One candidate was
backed by Labour, and other had support by
National, and the third was independent.
Of the 14600 eligible people living in the area:
6400 voted Labour, 5340 voted National, and
700 voted independent. What percentage of the
electorate did not vote?
10. Out of 15 trays of a dozen eggs, 32 eggs
were broken. What percentage of the eggs were
still intact?
11. A taxi company employs 60 people.
two-thirds of them work as drivers and the rest
are admin staff. One day, there were 4 drivers
who were sick. Of the drivers, what percentage
were working that day?
12. An animal shelter records the animals that
were in its care each month. In January, they
record 5 dogs, 7 cats, 12 guinea pigs, and 2
birds being brought to them. What percentage of
the animals were guinea pigs.
13. Joe has all 32 of his teeth and 5 have
fillings. His dentist suggests 4 of his teeth with
fillings should be removed. After the operation,
what percentage of Joe’s teeth has fillings?
14. Rhea needs to score 90% or more to get
into the advanced physics class. She gets a 55
out of 60 on the test. Does she qualify for the
advanced class? Justify your answer with a %.
 Year 10 Number Workbook

What’s the Percentage Change

For each situation, identify the original amount and the adjusted amount.
Calculate the percentage change between the two values. You must state if it is an increase or decrease.

1. In a storm, 162 apple trees were left standing
in an orchard that had 240 trees. What is the
percentage change in the number of trees?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
2. A shot-putter has a personal best of 18.4m. In
their latest competition, they make a throw that
is 19.3m long, setting a new personal best.
What is the percentage change in throws?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
3. A kiwi fruit grower counts the amount of kiwi
fruit his bushes produce each season. In 2021,
he produced 250 kg of produce. In 2022, he
recorded 220 kg of kiwi fruit. What is the
percentage change in yield?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
4. Kyle has been working out and dieting to lose
weight. He weighed 82 kg at the start of the
month and at the end, he measured 73 kg. What
is Kyle’s percentage change in weight?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
6. Three boards are used to make the top of a
seating bench. The bench has to be 3.25m long.
The boards provided are 4.5m each. What is the
percentage change in the length of boards used?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
7. A family counts 29 ducks in a lake while they
are picnicking. When they leave, they count only
24 ducks in the lake. What is the percentage
change in ducks in the lake?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
8. A rainwater collection tank has a capacity of
2400L when full. It is at 80% capacity when a
fallen branch creates a crack. Upon inspection,
it contains 945L of rain water. What was the
percentage water loss?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________
9. In 2021 the number of new enrolments into
the local primary school was 140 students. 55%
of these were girls. In 2022, the new enrolments
were at 160 students and 60% were girls. What
is the percentage change in enrolments for
boys, from 2021 to 2022?

Working space
5. An aspiring filmmaker shoots their first short
film. They record 64 minutes of footage and edit
it down to 43 minutes. What is the percentage
change in footage?
Original: _________ Adjusted: _________ Original: _________ Adjusted: _________
% Change: ___________________________ % Change: ___________________________

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 Year 10 Number Workbook
Find the Original
Show your working for each problem.
1. Laptops go on sale for the beginning of the
school year, 15% off all devices. The sale price
of a particular model is $425.80. What was the
original price?
2. A limited edition pair of sneakers increases in
value 40% one year after the manufacturer
stops production of them. It is now worth $242.
What was it originally worth?
3. Jeremy decides to invest his birthday money
in shares. The value of his shares drops by
24%. When he checks the current value, they
are worth $351.12. How much birthday money
did Jeremy originally invest?
4. An office manager is offered a raise of 12%.
Her salary is now $68,350 per year. How much
did she earn before her raise? (round to the
nearest whole dollar)
5. A large flood damaged and dislodged 45% of
the trees in a forest. A survey after the flood
counted 21480 standing trees. How many trees
were there before the flood?
6. Iain buys a new console game. When he is
done, he trades it in for store credit. The store
policy is to only credit 60% of the value of any
trade-in’s sale price. Iain gets $42.50 in store
credit. How much was his game’s original price?
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7. A tear is found on a shirt on sale. The price is
reduced by 30%. It is now selling for $9. How
much is the shirt’s original sale price?
8. Andy begins a new diet and exercise routine
at the start of February. At the start of March, he
reported a 9% decrease in weight. At the start of
April, he calculated another 7% decrease. His
most recent weight is 85.4kg. How heavy was
Andy at the beginning of February?
9. A family is selling their house and moving out
of Auckland. They get $1,052,000 for the sale.
The real estate agent takes 2% in commission.
The amount the family gets is 35% more than
what they paid for the house. How much did
they buy the house for?
10. Ysa is reducing the number of hours she can
work, so she can spend more time taking care of
her sick parents. Her work hours are reduced by
35%, meaning she only works 19 and a half
hours a week. How much did she work a week
originally?
11. A blockbuster movie recorded a 210% profit
from box office sales over its production budget.
The movie achieved $270,500,000 in box office
revenue. How much did the movie cost to
make?
 Year 10 Number Workbook

Order of Operations Each of the following operations is currently

Solve these without using a calculator first, and incorrect, correct them by putting in one or two
then check your answer with a calculator. pairs of brackets.
1) 8 + 5 × 3 = ______________ 24) 3 + 1 × 5 = 20
2
2) 4 × 3 = ______________ 25) 4 × 12 − 6 = 24
9
3) 5 − = ______________ 26) 24 ÷ 8 + 4 =2
3

10 27) 5 × 9 − 7 = 10
4) 7 + 2
×3 = ______________
28) 27 ÷ 3 + 6 =3
12
5) 8 + 4
= ______________
29) 10 − 4 × 3 = 18
6) (16 − 13) ÷ 6 = ______________
30) 12 + 8 ÷ 5 =4
3
7) 40 ÷ (3 − 7) = ______________ 31) 9 − 1 ÷ 9 − 5 =2
2
8) (3 + 7) = ______________ 32) 3 + 2 × 4 + 1 = 13

3 2
9) 4 ÷ 8 = ______________ 33) 3 + 2 × 3 − 1 = 20

2
10) 7 + 14 ÷ (5 − 3) = ______________ 34) 3 + 2 × 3 − 1 = 50
2 2
11) (6 + 2) − 3 × 5 = ______________ 35) 27 − 4 + 2 ÷ 4 = 125
2
12) 7 − 18 × 2 = ______________ 36) 4 × 2 + 3 − 1 = 19

8 3 2
13) × 3 −2 = ______________ 37) 4 + 3 + 1 ÷ 5 = 10
4

2
14) 15 + 7 − 2
4
= ______________ 38) 4 + 1 − 3 × 2 = 28

2
15) 4 × 7 − 10
2
= ______________ 39) 7 + 7 − 18 ÷ 6 =5

2
16) 3 + (4 + 8)
2
= ______________ 40) 2 × 4 − 1 − 10 =8

2 2 41) 21 ÷ 10 ÷ 5 + 1 =7
17) 2 × (5 − 3 ) = ______________
2
3 42) 7 + 1 + 12 ÷ 4 = 23
18) 36 − 3 ÷ 2 = ______________
2
19) (3 × 10) ÷ (5 + 10) = ______________ 43) 4 + 2 × 3 − 50 = 50

2
2
20) 7 − (3 + 2)
2
= ______________ 44) 4 + 9 ÷ 3 + 2 = 81

21) 62 ÷ 2 + 3 × 7 = ______________ 45) 40 ÷ 3 + 2 × 4 =2

2 2
22) 15 + 4 − 2
4
= ______________ 46) 32 ÷ 6 − 2 − 1 =1

2 2
23) ([3 + 1] × 2) − 5 = ______________

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 Year 10 Number Workbook

Ratios 19) Jamie needs to wrap three presents and has

Divide each quantity by the given ratio. 4.2m of wrapping paper. He does not want any
leftover scraps, so divides all the wrapping
1) $10 in a ratio 3 : 2 _______________ paper at a ratio of 2 : 5 : 7. How much wrapping
paper is used for each present?
2) $20 in a ratio 4 : 1 _______________

3) 14m in a ratio 5 : 2 _______________

4) 18 kg in a ratio 5 : 1
5) 45 km in a ratio 7 : 2
6) $16 in a ratio 5 : 3
7) 50 cm in a ratio 3 : 7
_______________
20) A new cafe uses a blend of coffee beans:
_______________ Java and Colombian, mixed at a ratio of 2 : 3. If
the cafe has 315g of Colombian beans, how
_______________
much Java beans are needed in the blend?
_______________

8) 77 L in a ratio 3 : 4 _______________
21) Mr Gala has an orchard of apple trees and
9) 21000 g in a ratio 2 : 5 _______________ supplies to different supermarkets: Pricedown
and Fresh World. Average sales between the
10) $40 in a ratio 2 : 3 _______________ two are split at a ratio of 4 : 3. If Fresh World
buys 510 kg of apples, how much does
11) $20 in a ratio 1 : 2 : 2 _______________
Pricedown buy?
12) 50 kg in a ratio 5 : 4 : 1 _______________

13) 96 T in a ratio 7 : 3 : 2 _______________

22) Afiyah and Frank start a business together.
14) $120 in a ratio 5 : 3 : 2 _______________ They invest 5 : 7 into the business respectively.
In the first year, if the business makes $84,000,
15) $108 in a ratio 5 : 2 : 2 _______________ how much does each investor get?

Divide each quantity by the given ratio.

State the quantity each group / individual gets.

16) A school collected $1400 for charity. The

board of trustees decided to divide the money
between the local doctors clinic and the SPCA in
a ratio of 4 : 3. How much did each group get?
23) General purpose cement is made by mixing
cement powder, sand, and aggregate in a ratio
of 1 : 2 : 4. If Maia uses three buckets of
cement, how many buckets of sand and
aggregate should she use?

17) Weekly allowance is split between three

siblings; Ian, Joan, and Keith in a ratio of
2 : 3 : 4. Their parents decide to hand out $45.
How much does each sibling get?
24) Ivan is making a snack bowl of nuts, chocolate,
and dried cranberries. He has 150g of nuts, 210g
of chocolate, and 90g of dried cranberries. What is
18) The sides of a triangle are drawn in a ratio of the ratio of each ingredient?
1 : 4 : 5. The perimeter is 35 cm long. Find the
length of each side of the triangle.

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 Year 10 Number Workbook

Rates 7) Victor uses 17.3 kg of fertiliser on 5m2 of land

Calculate the rates in each situation. Include for his garden. If he increases the garden size to
units in each answer and show all working. 11m2, how much fertiliser would he need?

1) A 12m2 wall needs 4 litres of paint to

adequately cover it. At what rate does the paint
cover the wall per litre?
8) Nate types 642 words in 9 minutes. How
many words would he type in 13 minutes?

2) An oven takes 4 minutes to reach 210oC from

20oC. At what rate does the oven increase in
temperature per minute? 9) Rachael takes 3 hours to paint a 6m2 wall.
How long would it take her to paint a 15.5m2
wall?

3) A heart beats 180 times over 2 minutes. At

what rate does this heart beat per minute?
10) A tyre rotates exactly 25 times and covers a
32 m distance. How many rotations will it take to
cover 52.7 m?

4) An athlete completes a marathon (42.2 km) in

3 hours and 20 minutes. What average speed,
metres per minute, was the athlete running at?
11) A carpenter takes 4.5 days to make 2
dressers. How long should it take to make 7
dressers?

For each of the following situations, find the rate

and solve the problem. Show your working and
include units in your final answer.
Assume all rates are constant. 12) A set meal for 3 people uses 21 plates. How
many plates are needed for the set meal served
5) 4 kg of carrots cost $5.80. How much would to 8 people?
6.5 kg of carrots cost?

13) Quincy earns $630 for over three 6 hour

6) 6 boxes of oranges weigh 21 kg. How much shifts. How much will he earn if he works 5
would 10 similar boxes of oranges weigh? similar shifts?

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 Year 10 Number Workbook
5. Sarah wants a rare bottle of champagne, on
Exchange Rates sale on an online French store for €3450 EUR.
Her sister, Hannah, who lives in the United
States is willing to loan Sarah the money to buy
Exchange Rates as at 06/01/2023
One New Zealand Dollar ($ - NZD) to … it. How much money in USD does she send?

Australian Dollar ($ - AUD) 0.9223

Chinese Yuan Renminbi (¥ - CNY) 4.287

Euro (€ - EUR)
Indian Rupees (₹ - INR)
US Dollar ($ - USD)
6. Peter wants to visit Germany. He has saved
0.5919 $1850 NZD. The trip will cost €1150 EUR. Does
he have enough? If yes, how much extra money
51.47
in NZD does Peter have? If not, how much more
money does he need?
0.6229

1. Convert $1000 NZD into each provided

currency type.
7. Amesha has come to New Zealand on holiday
a. Australian Dollar = ____________ from India. She has brought ₹76800 INR in
spending money which needs to be changed
b. Chinese Yuan Renminbi = ____________ into New Zealand Dollars. How much will she
have in NZD?
c. Euro = ____________

d. Indian Rupees = ____________

8. Tristan went to China with $3750 NZD and
e. US Dollar = ____________ spent half his money there. Then he went to Los
2. Convert the following amounts into New Angeles, USA. There the currency exchange
Zealand Dollars. charges 2% commission to turn CNY to USD.
How much money will Tristan have in USD?
a. $200 AUD = ____________

b. $550 USD = ____________

c. ₹4500 INR = ____________

9. Tony runs the online store of a honey
d. ¥68500 CNY = ____________ business and he programmed the website to
show the prices in the local currency of the
e. €1250 EUR = ____________ customers. If a 130g jar of manuka honey is
worth $139 NZD, how much should the price be
3. Gemma is buying a camera online. It costs
displayed in…
$275 USD. How much will she pay in $NZD?
a. Australia _______________

b. China _______________
4. Donovan is going on holiday in China. He is
bringing $1245 NZD as spending money and will c. Spain _______________
exchange it for the local currency. How much will
Donovan receive? d. India _______________

e. United States _______________

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 Year 10 Number Workbook
3. a. Did not use the fraction button, OR did not
Answers simplify the numerator and denominator before
dividing. b. 0.616456714
Decimals (Page 2) 4. a. 14.56654729 b. 14.56cm2
1) a) 47.5 b) 0.81 c) 0.209 d) 2.096 5. 0.973290628
2) a) 8 tenths and 5 hundredths b) 7 tenths
c) 3 ones, 5 tenths, and 2 hundredths Decimal Word Problems (Page 5)
d) 7 tenths and 7 thousandths 1. 89.922km 2. 0.65m 3. $398.62 4. $20.76
3) i) a) 8.4 b) 10.9 c) 11.5 5. Gail - 36.19kg 6. $3079.48 7. a. 6.55kg
ii) a) 3.11 b) 3.25 c) 3.47 b. 0.3639kg per day 8. a. $49.95 b. 5c or
iii) a) 4.94 b) 5.05 c) 5.18 none, as New Zealand does not have 5c coins
4) a) > b) > c) < d) < e) > f) < anymore to use as change.
5) 0.037, 0.04, 0.082, 0.384, 0.403, 0.8
6) a) Christy Smith 13.08 seconds Standard Form / Scientific Notation (Page 6)
b) Kimberly Bridge, Tama Nathan, Lee Brown 1. a. 5.6 x 102 i. 1.9 x 101 q. 6.72 x 103
-3 7
c) Christy Smith, Lee Brown, Tracy Evans, b. 3.4 x 10 j. 7.12 x 10 r. 7.3 x 105
Patrick Ofa c. 5.29 x 10-3 k. 8 x 106 s. 6.52 x 10-5
3 0
d. 9.1 x 10 l. 3 x 10 t. 1.24 x 10-1
Rounding Off (Page 3) e. 3.6 x 103 m. 1.9 x 107 u. 4.26 x 10-4
a) 0.2, 0.25, 0.247 i) 7.3, 7.30, 7.296 f. 1.2 x 104 n. 5.68 x 10-2 v. 7.6 x 10-7
-4
b) 0.0, 0.01, 0.006 j) 0.6, 0.57, 0.573 g. 6.7 x 10 o. 9.3 x 108 w. 9.7 x 108
c) 2.1, 2.14, 2.138 k) 3.8, 3.80, 3.800 h. 7 x 10-1 p. 2.3 x 101 x. 1 x 10-8
d) 0.0, 0.02, 0.017 l) 4.0, 4.03, 4.026
e) 3.5, 3.50, 3.496 m) 6.0, 6.00, 5.99 2. a. 4400 i. 0.976 q. 282000
f) 0.0, 0.04, 0.040 n) 2.1, 2.09, 2.091 b. 60 j. 0.0745 r. 8800
g) 0.0, 0.03, 0.026 o) 3.1, 3.09, 3.094 c. 710000 k. 15600 s. 90600
h) 1.5, 1.47, 1.474 p) 5.3, 5.28, 5.279
d. 0.0023 l. 0.00000267 t. 0.4201
e. 1.52 m. 463500 u. 125
Significant Figures (Page 3)
f. 0.000281 n. 1560 v. 0.00345
a) 0.005, 0.0059, 0.00486 i) 40000, 48000, 37600
b) 0.04, 0.036, 0.0364 j) 50, 49, 49.1 g. 6100000 o. 0.000716 w. 0.000785
c) 8000000, 7900000, k) 1000000, 1000000, h. 3480000000 p. 825 x. 634000
7870000 1000000
d) 90, 91, 90.7 l) 0.001, 0.0014, 0.142 Standard Index Form Word Problems (Page 10)
e) 400, 420, 424 m) 1, 1.0, 1.00
1. 1,900,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
f) 10, 14, 14.4 n) 10000000, 14000000,
14300000 2. a. 12.08 x 107 b. 9.23 x 1023 m3 3. 1.56 x 108
g) 600000, 610000, o) 600000, 650000, 4. 8 x 103 cm 5. a. Pacific Ocean b. 1.76 x 108
605000 648000 6. 1.497 x 10-22 7. a. 1.2 x 1010 m
h) 400000, 400000, p) 2000000, 1800000, b. 8.99 x 1010 m c. 7.55 x 1012 m
404000 1820000
d. 2.59 x 1013 m e. 9.45 x 1015 m
8. 1.99 x 10-23 g 9. 3.333 x 10-4 seconds
q) 3 s.f. r) 4 s.f. s) 2 s.f. t) 4 s.f.

Improperly Mixed (Page 11)

Calculator Calculations (Page 4)
1 1 3 1 1 3
1. a. 11.438 b. 15.625 c. 4.29 d. 4.652 1. a. 5 2
b. 2 3
c. 1 4
d. 6 2
e. 3 4
f. 1 5
e. 50 f. 2.5 g. 2.808914381 g. 3
2
h. 3
3
i. 10
1
j. 2
2
k. 1
5
l. 4
2
3 4 2 5 6 5
h. 3.919219181 i. 2.904 j. 133.52 k. 2 2 3 1 1 2
1.666559136 m. 1 7 n. 1 9 o. 3 7 p. 4 6 q. 8 4
r. 9 3
2. a. Subtracted the values before applying the 7
s. 2 8
2
t. 4 7
1
u. 5 7
5
v. 2 9 w. 5
3
y. 6
5
10 6
square-root. b. 1.723863586

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 Year 10 Number Workbook
Improperly Mixed Cont. (Page 11)
7 7 9 31 7 8 15
2. a. b. c. d. e. f. g.
4 3 5 5 2 3 4 b.
29 17 23 24 28 29 43
h. 8
i. 10 j. 5 k. 7 l. 3 m. 10 n. 8
27 29 70 68 101 48 29
o. 7
p. 4 q. 9 r. 7 s. 12 t. 7 u. 6 c.
39 58 31
v. 25
w. 19 x. 13

d.
Simple Fractions (Page 12)
9 6 3 3 7 1 3
a. 10
b. 7
c. 4
d. 4
e. 8
f. 2
g. 7 e.
5 3 2 3 5 3 7
h. 9
i. 13 j. 9
k. 7
l. 8
m. 8
n. 15
2 4 1 14 17 2 3 Fraction Word Problems (Page 12)
o. 5
p. 17 q. 4
r. 25
s. 20
t. 15
u. 20 2 3
1. 5
of a bucket. 6. 5
of a full packet.
1 1 1
v. 4
w. 3 x. 100 5
2. 100 laps. 7. 12
of duct tape
3 1
Multiply Fractions (Page 12) 3. 10
of all patients 8. 12 2 kg
12 6 12 19 7 11 8 3
a. 21
b. 11
c. 17
d. 30
e. 15
f. 28
g. 21 4. 1000 visitors donate. 9. 1 8 of an hour
43 23 3 6 12 3 9
h. 21
i. 49 j. 7
k. 35
l. 65
m. 7 5. are donations 10. Football Team.
40
33 288 35 5 23 177
n. 8
o. 35 p. 3
q. 1 18
or 18
r. 40
Integer Recap (Page 13)
1. a. 2 b. 11 c. -2 d. -5 e. 5 f. -7 g. 12
Divide Fractions (Page 12)
15 15 12 16 5 16 27 h. -11 i. 3 j. -35 k. -10 l. 12 m. 10 n. -9
a. b. c. d. e. f. g.
14 8 5 21 3 21 8 o. 30 p. 7 q. -15 r. 26 s. 15 t. -55 u. 6
32 20 6 11 5 33 25
h. i. 63 j. k. l. m. n. v. 38 w. -1 x. 55 y. -57
35 5 14 6 65 39
35 55 423 202
o. p. 38 q. r.
12 115 35 2. a. 13oC b. 20oC c. $365 d. -$94
e. 4225m f. -$325
Highest Common Factor (Page 13)
a. 6 b. 5 c. 7 d. 8 e. 6 f. 15 g. 12 h. 12 Decimal, Fraction, Percentage Conversions
i. 21 j. 6 k. 12 l. 8 m. 15 n. 18 o. 21 (Page 14)
p. 48 q. 8 r. 14 1. a. 83.33% 2. a. 15.0% 3. a. 0.950
b. 42.86% b. 43.9% b. 1.027
Lowest Common Multiple (Page 13) c. 12.50% c. 126.6% c. 0.001
a. 12 b. 35 c. 18 d. 28 e. 24 f. 30 g. 60 d. 26.67% d. 78.8% d. 0.116
h. 48 i. 126 j. 60 k. 30 l. 180 m. 264 n. 60 e. 320.00% e. 6.1% e. 2.258
o. 120 p. 336 q. 585 r. 132 f. 85.00% f. 7.4% f. 0.333
g. 290.91% g. 90% g. 0.010
Adding and Subtracting Fractions (Page 14) h. 271.43% h. 109.2% h. 0.678
2 2 1 29 25 191
1. a. 3
b. . 9
c. 2
d. 21
e. 12
f. 20
8 11 3 13 4 83 25 4a. 68.0% 5. a. 25.4% 6. a. 0.2
g. h. i. j. k. l. m.
39 15 8 15 9 20 14 b. 79.39% b. 120.650% b. 0.342
24 1 1 31 44 31 103
n. 5
o. 4
p. 12
q. 20 r. 35
s. 20
t. 30 c. 378.18% c. 100.25% c. 0.13
39 d. 11.1% d. 128.560% d. 0.002
u. 10 e. 126.667% e. 312.5% e. 0.6
f. 229.09% f. 3.57% f. 0.010
g. 352.381% g. 836.4% g. 0.77
2. a. h. 74.4% h. 60.60% h. 1

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Percentages of Amounts (Page 15) Find the Original (Page 20)
1. a. 18 b. 19.8 c. 24.7 d. 45 e. 390 f. 7.65 1. $500.94 2. $172.86 3. $462 4. $61026.79
g. 566.06 h. 15.36 i. 0.08 j. 1439.44 k. 14 5. 3905 trees 6. $70.83 7. $12.86 8. 100.91kg
l. 0.012 m. 157.5 n. 20.88 o. 147 p. 198.03 9. $763,674 10. 30 hours 11. $87,258,064.52
q. 0.42 r. 63.6 s. 687.15 t. 20 u. 150
v. 112.5 w. 5 x. 39.996 Order of Operations (Page 21)
2. a. 49.5 students b. $150 c. 78 ears of corn 1. 23 24. (3 + 1) × 5 = 20
d. 480 students e. 32 marks f. 190 students 2. 36 25. 4 × (12 − 6) = 24
g. $72 h. $810 3. 2 26. 24 ÷ (8 + 4) = 2
4. 22 27. 5 × (9 − 7) = 10
Increasing by a Percentage (Page 16) 5. 11 28. 27 ÷ (3 + 6) = 3
1. a. 65 i. 131.4 q. 982.1 6. 0.5 29. (10 − 4) × 3 = 18
b. 126 j. 48.15 r. 535.5 7. 2 30. (12 + 8) ÷ 5 = 4
c. 46 k. 55.08 s. 41.055 8. 100 31. (9 − 1) ÷ (9 − 5) = 2
d. 157.5 l. 87.1 t. 114 9. 8 32. 3 + 2 × (4 + 1) = 13
e. 300.3 m. 1539 u. 15.6842 2
10. 14 33. (3 + 2 ) × 3 − 1 = 20
f. 159 n. 1547.07 v. 51.4709
2
g. 555 o. 1159.18 w. 751.4255 11. 29 34. (3 + 2) × (3 − 1) = 50
h. 283.8 p. 396.9 x. 39.72375 12. 13
2
35. (27 − 4 + 2) ÷ 5 = 125
13. -3 36. 4 × (2 + 3) − 1 = 19
Decreasing by a Percentage (Page 16) 2
14. 6 37. ((4 + 3) + 1) ÷ 5 = 10
2. a. 22.5 i. 336 q. 42.24
2
b. 76.5 j. 394.8 r. 151.38 15. -72 38. (4 + 1 − 3) × 2 = 28
2
c. 38 k. 348.48 s. 0.893 16. 147 39. 7 + 7 − (18 ÷ 6) = 5
d. 108 l. 442.08 t. 6.072 2
17. 32 40. 2 × (4 − 1) − 10 = 8
e. 202.8 m. 86.9 u. 17.0775
18. 22.5 41. 21 ÷ (10 ÷ 5 + 1) = 7
f. 190 n. 553.5 v. 4.416 2
g. 44 o. 287.82 w. 135.513 19. 2 42. 7 + (1 + 12 ÷ 4) = 23
2
h. 684 p. 622.44 x. 10.9332 20. 24 43. (4 + 2 × 3) − 50 = 50
2
21. 52 44. (4 + 9 ÷ 3 + 2) = 81
Increasing and Decreasing by % Worded
22. 3 45. 40 ÷ ((3 + 2) × 4) = 2
(Page 17) 2 2
1. $180 2. $462 3. $745.50 4. $3870 23. 39 46. (32 ÷ (6 − 2) − 1) = 1
5. $942.85 6. $43.47 7. $40.29 8. $30492
9. 81.74kg 10. 6 million Ratios (Page 22)
1. $6:$4 2. $16:$4 3. 10m:4m 4. 15kg:3kg
Finding the Percentage (Page 18) 5. 35km:10km 6. $10:$6 7. 15cm:35cm
1. 1.46% 2. 11.38% 3. 74% 4. 21.2% 8. 33L:44L 9. 6000g:15000g 10. $16:$24
5. 11.1% 6. 30% 7. 43.14% 8. 16.37% 11. $4:$8:$8 12. 25kg:20kg:5kg
9. 14.79% 10. 82.2% 11. 90% 12. 46.15% 13. 56T:24T:16T 14. $60:$36:$24
13. 3.57% 14. Yes, 91.67% 15. $60:$24:$24
16. Doctors: SPCA - $800:$600
What’s the Percentage Change (Page 19) 17. Ian:Joan:Keith - $10:$15:$20
Answers arranged Original/Adjusted/%Change 18. Side 1:Side 2:Side 3 - 3.5cm:14cm:17.5cm
1. 240/162/-32.5% 2. 18.4/19.3/+4.89% 19. Present1:Present2:Present3 - 0.6m:1.5m:2.1m
3. 250/220/-12% 4. 82/73/-10.98% 20. Java:Colombian - 126g:189g
5. 64/43/-32.81% 6. 4.5/3.25/-27.78% 21. Pricedown:Fresh World - 291.4kg:218.6kg
7. 29/24/-17.24% 8. 1920/945/-48.22% 22. Afiyah:Frank - $35000:$49000
9. 63/64/+1.59% 23. 6 buckets of sand and 12 buckets of aggregate
24. Nuts:Chocolate:Cranberries - 5:7:3

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Rates (Page 23)
1. 3m2 per 1L of paint 2. 47.5oC per minute
3. 90 beats per minute 4. 211m per minute
5. $1.45 per kg / $9.43 6. 3.5kg per box / 35kg
7. 3.46kg per m2 / 38.06kg
1
8. 71 3 words per min / 927 words
9. 0.5 hours per 1m2 / 7 hrs 45 min
25
10. 32
rotations per metre / 41.17 rotations
11. 2.25 days per dresser / 15.75 days
12. 7 plates per person / 56 plates
13. $210 per 6hr shift / $1050

Exchange Rates (Page 24)

1. a. $922.3AUD b. ¥4287CNY c. €591.9EUR
d. ₹51470INR e. $622.9USD
2. a. $216.85NZD b. $882.97NZD c. $87.43NZD
d. $15978.54NZD e. $2111.84NZD
3. $441.48NZD 4. ¥5337.31CNY 5. $3630.69USD
6. Not Enough. Needs $92.90NZD or €54.99EUR
7. $1492.13NZD 8. $1144.58USD
9. a. $128.20AUD b. ¥595.89CNY c. €82.27EUR
d. ₹7154.33INR e. $86.58USD

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