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Key skills application of number Adult numeracy Level 1 Test Paper B YOU NEED This test paper An answer sheet A ruler marked in mm and cm You may NOT use a calculator You may use a bilingual dictionary Do NOT open this paper until you are told to do so by the supervisor THERE ARE 40 QUESTIONS IN THIS TEST Total marks available: 40 Try to answer ALL the questions YOU HAVE 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES TO FINISH THE TEST INSTRUCTIONS Make sure your personal details are entered correctly on the answer sheet Read each question carefully Follow the instructions on how to complete the answer sheet At the end of the test hand the test paper, your answer sheet and all notes to the supervisor REMEMBER: YOU HAVE 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES TO FINISH THE TEST 4/4/4/4 First published in 2002. © Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2002. Reproduction, storage, adaptation or translation, in any form or by any means, of this publication is prohibited without prior written permission of the publisher, unless within the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Printed in Great Britain. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is an exempt charity under Schedule 2 of the Charities Act 1993. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, 83 Piccadilly, London W1J 8QA. www.qca.org.uk 33Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B 34 PLEASE GO TO NEXT PAGE35 Turn Over 1 The takings in the U.K. for one weekend of a new film were £5.72 million. This amount of money is A £5720000 B £57200000 C £572000000 D £5 720000000 2 A Sunday afternoon sports programme on TV featured four sports. The chart shows the number of hours given to each sport in the programme. How long was the programme? A 10 hours B 10 hours C 5 hours D 5 hours Time given to each sport Number of hours shown Sports rowing 0123 snooker motor-cycling horse-racing 1214121 4 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B36 3 29 376 runners finished a marathon. How many is this to the nearest ten? A 29300 B 29370 C 29380 D 29400 4 A runner started a marathon at 11:00am. The watch face shows the time he finished. How long did he take? A 3 hours 21 minutes B 3 hours 39 minutes C 4 hours 21 minutes D 4 hours 39 minutes Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B37 Turn Over A marathon runner had ten sponsors. The amounts they paid were: £6 £10 £10 £5 £2 £5 £10 £4 £20 £8 5 What is the range of the amounts paid? A £2 B £10 C £18 D £20 6 What is the average (mean) amount of money each sponsor paid? A £7 B £8 C £10 D £80 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B38 7 A playgroup leader is paid £5.20 per hour. Her payslip shows she earned £119.60 last week. Which calculation gives the number of hours she worked? A 5.20 x 119.60 B 119.60 ÷ 5.20 C 119.60 ÷ 52 D 5.20 ÷ 119.60 8 A playgroup leader earned £119.60 last week. £17.32 Income Tax and £5.60 National Insurance were deducted. How much did she receive after the deductions? A £95.68 B £96.68 C £97.32 D £102.28 9 A carer at a playgroup takes home pay of £85.40. She buys 2 CDs at £9.99 each. She saves the rest of her pay. How much does she save? A £65.38 B £65.42 C £75.39 D £75.41 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B39 Turn Over 10 Twenty per cent of the CDs in a collection are Jazz. This is: A a little less than a quarter B a little more than a quarter C a little less than a half D a little more than a half 11 A CD has a total playing time of 1 hour 13 minutes. It has been playing for 39 minutes. How much longer will it play? A 21 minutes B 34 minutes C 74 minutes D 112 minutes Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B40 12 A householder thinks that too many lorries pass his house. He collects some information on a Thursday morning to send to the council. This chart shows the results. Which period had the largest number of lorries passing the house? A 0800 to 0900 B 0900 to 1000 C 1000 to 1100 D 1100 to 1200 13 The attendance figure at a football match is 17 000 to the nearest 1 000. What is the smallest possible number of people who went to this match? A 16500 B 16950 C 16995 D 17499 Lorries passing the House Time Number of lorries 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 30 25 20 15 1050 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B41 Turn Over 14 2000 people were asked whether they chose to use Soapysudsor Greencleanto do their washing up. 75% chose Greenclean. How many people chose Greenclean? A 75 B 150 C 750 D 1500 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B42 Some friends live in Sheffield. They are going on a holiday to Devon. 15 They want to find the approximate distance to their destination, near Exeter. This is a table of distances in miles. How far is Exeter from Sheffield? A 235 miles B 257 miles C 258 miles D 297 miles Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B43 Turn Over 16 The petrol tank of a car holds 10 Ð gallons. On average, the car travels 42 miles to each gallon of petrol. How far will the car travel on a full tank of petrol? A 52 miles B 420 miles C 425 miles D 441 miles 17 The jackpot in a lottery is £200 403. How many pounds is this written in words? A Two hundred and forty three B Twenty thousand forty hundred and three C Two hundred thousand four hundred and three D Two million four hundred and three 18 A mother takes her sons temperature. 1212 12 What temperature does the thermometer show? A 38.2°C B 38.4°C C 38.5°C D 39.3°C Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B44 Questions 19 and 20 are about the times an athlete takes to run 100 metres. 19 An athlete takes 13.18 seconds to run 100 metres. What is this time to the nearest tenth of a second? A 13.0 seconds B 13.1 seconds C 13.2 seconds D 14.0 seconds 20 The same athlete takes only 12.46 seconds in his next race. He calculates that his time has improved by 0.72 seconds. Which of these calculations can he use to check that he is correct? A 12.46 ÷ 0.72 B 12.46 0.72 C 12.46 + 0.72 D 12.46 x 0.72 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B45 Turn Over PLEASE GO TO NEXT PAGE Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B46 A theme park has four rides called Big Brother, Devil's Drop, Terror Tunnel and Water Wonder. This chart shows the number of people who went on each ride on aThursday. 0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 Number of People 21 What is missing from the chart? A Title B Labels to show what the bars mean C Label for the vertical axis D Scale for the number of people 22 The total number of rides taken was 7500. What fraction of these went on the most popular ride? A B C D Number of people on each ride on Thursday Number of people 16141312 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B47 Turn Over 23 7500 rides were taken on Thursday. The number of rides taken on Friday was only 20% of Thursday's total. How many rides were taken on Friday? A 200 B 750 C 1500 D 3750 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B48 A fair ground organiser draws a plan of the field to show the positions of the stalls and games. He uses a scale of 1cm to 2m. 24 The table for the cake stall is 1.94 metres long. How long is it on the plan? A 0.97cm B 3.88cm C 9.70cm D 38.80cm 25 On the plan, the space roped off for pony rides is 1.8cm by 11cm. The actual measurements of this space are A 3.6m by 22m B 9m by 55m C 36m by 220m D 90m by 550m 26 A stall holder is making rolls to sell at the fair. The ingredients below make 12 rolls. 300g flour 1 level teaspoon baking powder 90g sugar 250ml milk 2 eggs 4 tablespoons sunflower oil How much flour does he need to make 60 rolls? A 150g B 1500g C 1800g D 18000g Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B49 Turn Over PLEASE GO TO NEXT PAGE Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B50 A swimmer is training for a competition. 27 The length of the swimming pool is 50m. The swimmer swims 2.5 km. How many lengths is this? A 5 B 20 C 50 D 200 28 A swimmer goes swimming three times a week. It costs her 75p every time she goes. How much does she spend in 6 weeks? A £2.25 B £4.50 C £9.00 D £13.50 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B51 Turn Over 29 A swimming pool manager shows on a pictogram the number of people swimming at 10.00am. How many adults were swimming? A 7 B 14 C 26 D 28 30 A Swimming pool attendant adds chemicals to the pool each day. He mixes chemicals labelled 'Fresh' and 'Safe' in a ratio of 3 : 2. How much 'Fresh' is there in one litre of mixture? A litre B litre C litre D litre 25355332 Number of people swimming Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B52 31 What is the average (mean) distance per day that he runs? A 8km B 13km C 16km D 18km 32 The marathon is approximately 42km long. On which day did the runner run of this distance? A Monday B Wednesday C Friday D Saturday A runner is training for the London marathon. He measures how far he runs every day for a week. The results are in this table. Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Distance (km) 16 18 14 18 17 21 8 13 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B53 33 The chart shows the number of members of a club over four years. Table a 1997 1998 1999 2000 Which table shows the correct information? A Table a B Table b C Table c D Table d 0 2 4 6 810 12 14 16 1997 1998 1999 2000 Male Female Club Membership Year Number of People Table d 1997 1998 1999 2000 Male 8 10 12 14 Female 10 15 13 9 Table c 1997 1998 1999 2000 Male 80 100 120 140 Female 100 150 130 90 Table b Jan Feb March April Male 8 10 12 14 Female 10 15 13 9 Male 10 15 13 9 Female 8 10 12 14 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B54 34 The diagram shows a parking space. Diagram not to 3m scale 5m The owner buys square paving slabs to cover the space. The length of a side of a slab is 50 centimetres. How many slabs does he need to pave the parking space? A 15 B 16 C 30 D 60 35 A gardener opens her garden to raise money for charity. She takes £345. She decides to give Ð of the money to a local playgroup. Which calculation tells her how much to give to the playgroup? A £345 ÷ 2 ÷ 3 B £345 ÷ 3 x 2 C £345 ÷ 2 x 3 D £345 x 2 x 3 23Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B55 Turn Over 36 A man lives 1 kilometre from a shop. It takes him 15 minutes to walk to the shop. His walking speed is A 4 metres per minute B 4 kilometres per minute C 4 metres per hour D 4 kilometres per hour 37 A sari uses 3.85 metres of material. The material costs £6.98 per metre. Which of these methods of estimating the cost of material is most accurate? A 3 x 6 B 3 x 7 C 4 x 6 D 4 x 7 Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B56 38 In 1999 a supermarket chain made £50 million in profit. In 2000 the supermarket chain only made £40 million in profit. What percentage of the 1999 profit is this? A 10% B 40% C 80% D 90% 39 As a result of reduced sales in a supermarket chain 600 workers lose their jobs. Of these, 480 are women. What is the ratio of men to women who lose their jobs? A 1 : 5 B 1 : 4 C 4 : 1 D 5 : 1 40 The Tower Hotel has 445 bedrooms. Each bedroom has two clean towels every day. Which calculation will give the number of clean towels needed in a week? A 445 ÷ 7 ÷2 B 445 x 2 ÷ 7 C 445 ÷ 2 x 7 D 445 x 2 x 7 END OF TEST Key skills application of number/Adult numeracy Level 1: Test B