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1. What is the number half way A. ⅘ B. 0.71

between 38,500 and 39,500? C. 13/20 D. 72 hundredths
A. 38,000 B. 39,000
C. 39,500 D. 40,000 12. What percent of your fingers are
your thumbs?
2. The total rainfall over a week was A. 10% B. 20% C. 15% D. 25%
112 mm. What was the daily average?
A. 14 mm B. 16 mm 13. Estimate 19×999 to the nearest
C. 12 mm D. 18 mm hundred.
A. 18,900 B. 19,000
3. What speed must a motorist C. 19,100 D. 18,800
average to travel 675 km in 9 hours?
A. 65 km/h B. 75 km/h 14. What is the approximate weight of
C. 70 km/h D. 80 km/h a small family car?
A. 250 kg B. 1,000 kg
4. Write6×6×6×6 using exponents. C. 500 kg D. 4,000 kg
A. 6³ B. 6⁴C. 6⁵ D. 6⁶
15. How many years were there
5. Multiply 54 by four tens. between 30 BC and 45 AD?
A. 540 B. 5,400 A. 75 years B. 74 years
C. 216 D. 2,160 C. 76 years D. 77 years

6. 90 - 9 ×5 - 2 × 11 = 16. What is the area of a square with

A. 23 B. 25 sides of 3.5 cm?
C. 27 D. 29 A. 12.25 cm² B. 10.25 cm²
C. 14.25 cm² D. 16.25 cm²
7. What is 25.65 less 9.87?
A. 15.78 B. 16.78 17. Danny receives $8/hour for 36
C. 14.78 D. 17.78 hours and time-and-a-half for overtime.
If he works 44 hours, how much
8. What is a third of 9.3? should he be paid?
A. 3.1 B. 3.2 A. $368 B. $376
C. 3.0 D. 3.3 C. $384 D. $392

9. What is 18⅖-8⅘? 18. A fisherman sold boxes of fish

A. 9⅗ B. 10⅗ weighing 27 kg, 25 kg, and 39 kg at
C. 9⅕ D. 10⅕ $6.50/kg. How much did he earn?
A. $591.50 B. $600.50
10. Write 13+9/10 as a decimal. C. $581.50 D. $590.50
A. 13.9 B. 13.09
C. 13.99 D. 13.1 19. Write the number that is two and a
half times half a million.
11. Which amount is less than seven A. 1,250,000 B. 1,500,000
tenths? C. 625,000 D. 750,000
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1.If you scored 20, 35, 17 and a duck 9. What is 23 divided by a hundred?
in successive innings at cricket, what A. 0.023 B. 0.23
would be your average? C. 2.3 D. 230
A. 16 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22
10. How much less is a quarter of a
2. If Jean scores 30, 35 and 25 in thousand than a fifth of four thousand?
successive tests, what must she score A. 100 B. 550
in her next one to raise her average to C. 300 D. 400
40?
A. 70 B. 75 11. A round pie was cut into 10 equal
C. 80 D. 85 pieces. How many degrees is the
sharp end of one slice?
3. If a motorcyclist travels exactly 2 A. 30° B. 36°
kilometres in a minute, by how many C. 40° D. 45°
km per hour is he exceeding the speed
limit of 110 km? 12. A storage tank for oil normally
A. 10 km/h B. 20 km/h holds 2880 litres. If there are only 1920
C. 30 km/h D. 40 km/h litres remaining, what fraction was
used?
4. A temple stood for five centuries A. 1/3 B. 1/2
and three decades. How much older in C. 2/3 D. 3/4
years was a tomb that survived for 3
millenniums? 13. An iceberg measures thirty metres
A. 2,470 years B. 2,570 years from top to bottom. If 0.35 of the
C. 2,670 years D. 2,770 years iceberg is visible above the water, how
deep is the rest of the iceberg?
5. What are the prime factors of 48? A. 10.5 m B. 19.5 m
A. 2×2×2×2×3 B. 2×2×3×3 C. 20.5 m D. 21.5 m
C. 2×3×3×3 D. 2×2×2×3×3
14. How many days are there in 224
6. A movie was made in MCMLXXXV. days?
What year was that? A. 28 weeks B. 30 weeks
A. 1980 B. 1985 C. 32 weeks D. 34 weeks
C. 1990 D. 1995
15. What number is half way between
7. Write the next number in the 168 and 180?
pattern: 4, 9, 19, 39, 79. A. 172 B. 174 C. 176 D. 178
A. 119 B. 129
C. 159 D. 169 16. Eleven times a number plus eleven
is 121. What is the number?
8. What is the least number of notes A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
needed to have $385 in paper money?
A. 7 B. 8
C. 9 D. 10
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1. How many tenths are there C. $70 D. $80
altogether in: 6.6 + 25.7 + 137.9?
A. 170 B. 180 10. How many minutes are there in
C. 1702 D. 200 fifteen and a half hours?
A. 900 B. 930
2. If three fifths of a number is 216, C. 960 D. 990
what is the number?
A. 360 B. 350 11. How many centimetres in two and
C. 370 D. 380 a half kilometres?
A. 250,000 B. 255,000
3. Round $209.75 to the nearest C. 260,000 D. 265,000
dollar.
A. $209 B. $210 12. What percent of an hour is 12
C. $211 D. $212 minutes?
A. 10% B. 15%
4. Find the average of these amounts: C. 20% D. 25%
$67, $73, $94, $45.50, $55.60.
A. $65.20 B. $67.02 13. Write 352 in Roman numerals.
C. $68.50 D. $70.10 A. CCCLII B. CCCLXII
C. CCCXXL D. CCCLXX
5. How much would 8 antique dining
room chairs cost at $250 each? 14. A patient in hospital had to be in a
A. $1,500 B. $1,750 room with a temperature ten degrees
C. $2,000 D. $2,250 Celsius below normal body
temperature. What should the room
6. In a town of 7500, 1500 children temperature be?
attend school. What fraction of the A. 27°C B. 28°C
population is going to school? C. 29°C D. 30°C
A. 1/3 B. 1/4
C. 1/5 D. 1/6 15. What fraction of 7 kilometres is 70
metres?
7. Write the decimal number for fifteen A. 1/10 B. 1/50
and seventeen thousandths. C. 1/100 D. 1/1000
A. 15.017 B. 15.17
C. 15.0017 D. 15.170 16. Oranges cost $3.60 a dozen. How
much would two cases of oranges cost
8. How many 17's make 323? if there are 96 in each case?
A. 17 B. 19 A. $28.80 B. $57.60
C. 21 D. 23 C. $86.40 D. $115.20

9. Find the change from $260 if Dad 17. A boy had 700 stamps. He sold a
buys two $75 pictures and pays an fifth of his collection and gave three
extra $30 each to have them framed. quarters of the remainder to a friend.
A. $50 B. $60 How many did he keep?
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A. 105 B. 140 C. 175 D. 210 9. What is the average of 35, 43, 27,
1. An athlete runs 20 laps/day on a 64, and 56?
500 m track. How many km does he A. 45 B. 46 C. 47 D. 48
run in a fortnight?
A. 140 km B. 150 km 10. 7×6 + 9 - 5×5 =
C. 160 km D. 170 km A. 26 B. 28 C. 30 D. 32

2. A 3-litre squash mix has 1 part 11. Divide 4,200 by 600, then halve
orange and 5 parts water. How much the answer.
pure orange juice is in it? A. 3.5 B. 4.5 C. 5.5 D. 6.5
A. 0.5 litres B. 0.6 litres
C. 0.4 litres D. 0.7 litres 12. What is the square root of 576?
A. 24 B. 26 C. 28 D. 30
3. If 350 children pay $3.50 each for a
movie, how much does the cinema 13. Michael has three bags of marbles
take? with 240 each. Robert has six bags
A. $1,225 B. $1,250 with 302 each. How many marbles do
C. $1,275 D. $1,300 they have together?
A. 2,412 B. 2,532
4. If 792 cricket balls were bowled in 6- C. 2,712 D. 2,892
ball overs, how many overs were
bowled? 14. Susan's school has 175 pupils. If
A. 132 overs B. 130 overs 40% ride bicycles to school, how many
C. 134 overs D. 136 overs rely on walking or transport?
A. 70 B. 85 C. 105 D. 120
5. If June 27 is Monday, what is the
date of the second Tuesday in July? 15. An Australian Navy frigate traveled
A. July 8 B. July 15 at 25 nautical miles per hour for a day,
C. July 22 D. July 29 anchored for 24 hours, then continued
at the same speed for half a day. How
6. What is the number half way many nautical miles did it travel?
between 50,000 and 60,000? A. 600 B. 750
A. 55,000 B. 54,000 C. 900 D. 1,050
C. 56,000 D. 57,000
16. A clock loses 6 minutes every 15
7. Write "two hundred eight thousand hours and is set 5 minutes fast at
two hundred" in numerals. midnight on Tuesday. What time will it
A. 208,200 B. 280,200 show at 5 p.m. on Friday?
C. 200,820 D. 208,020 A. 4:30 p.m. B. 4:45 p.m.
C. 5:15 p.m. D. 5:30 p.m.
8. How is "seven to the power of three"
written? 17.)0.4 + 0.057=
A. 7³ B. 7² C. 7⁴ D. 7⁵ A. 0.457 B. 0.467 C. 0.477 D. 0.487
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1. How many slabs of cooking 11. A machine-gun fires 1,800
chocolate (4 cm × 3 cm × 3 cm) can be rounds/minute. How many bullets hit a
packed into a box (12 cm × 18 cm × 4 target in 1 second?
cm)? A. 30 B. 40
A. 24 B. 36 C. 50 D. 60
C. 48 D. 72
12. A jet carries 20 tonnes of fuel with
2. How many tenths are there 400 passengers (75 kg avg) and 5
altogether in: 6.6 + 25.7 + 137.9? tonnes of cargo. How much below the
A. 170 B. 180 60-tonne safety limit is it?
C. 1,702 D. 200 A. 5 tonnes B. 10 tonnes
C. 15 tonnes D. 20 tonnes
3. What are the prime factors of 48?
A. 2×2×2×2×3 B. 2×2×3×3 13. A ship delayed by 12.5 hours from
C. 2×3×3×3 D. 2×2×2×3×3 0145 leaves at what time?
A. 1415 B. 1515
4. Round $209.75 to the nearest C. 1615 D. 1715
dollar.
A. $209 B. $210 14. An agent earns 2% on the first
C. $211 D. $212 $100,000 and 1% on the rest for a
$200,000 sale. What is their fee?
5. What is the next number in the A. $3,000 B. $4,000
pattern: XVI, XXII, XXVIII, ...? C. $5,000 D. $6,000
A. XXXIV B. XXXV
C. XXXVI D. XXXVII 15. A 15 m × 35 m yard has a 5 m ×
10 m pool with 1 m paving around it.
6. What is three tenths of a thousand? What is the remaining garden area?
A. 300 B. 350 C. 400 D. 450 A. 400 m² B. 425 m²
C. 450 m² D. 475 m²
7. What is 8 divided by 1,000?
A. 0.008 B. 0.08 C. 0.8 D. 8 16. A town's population of 36,000
increases by 10%, then 5%. What is
8. What percent of February (non-leap the new population?
year) is one week? A. 41,580 B. 41,680
A. 25% B. 28% C. 30% D. 33% C. 41,780 D. 41,880

9. Estimate the farthest a cricketer can 17. Three cars cost $30,000 total, with
throw a ball. each subsequent car $4,000 more
A. 150 m B. 200 m C. 300 m D. 80 m expensive. What is the cheapest car's
price?
10. Estimate the number of days in A. $6,000 B. $7,000
nine months. C. $8,000 D. $9,000
A. 310 B. 292 C. 275 D. 300
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1) Write DCCLXVII in Hindu-Arabic A. 90 B. 93 C. 96 D. 99
numerals.
A. 567 B. 657 C. 765 D. 767 12) What number is as much less than
106 as it is more than 96?
2) If two angles of a triangle are 73° A. 100 B. 101 C. 102 D. 103
and 49°, what is the third angle?
A. 48° B. 58° C. 68° D. 78° 13) A number is added to half of itself.
If the answer is 15, what is the
3) Through how many degrees does number?
the Earth move in an hour? A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11
A. 10° B. 15° C. 20° D. 25°
14) How many hundredths are there in
4) From $15 subtract 10%. 5.8?
A. $13.50 B. $13.75 A. 58 B. 580 C. 5,800 D. 58,000
C. $14.00 D. $14.25
15) Write these numerals in contracted
5) What is the angle formed by the form: (7×10³)+(4×10²)+(3×10)+9
hands of a clock at 8:30 a.m.? A. 7,439 B. 7,493 C. 7,349 D. 7,394
A. 60° B. 75° C. 90° D. 105°
16) Circle the correct answer: MDLXV
6) How many axes of symmetry has a =
square? A. 1,540 B. 1,660 C. 1,565 D. 1,670
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
17) Complete the number pattern: 13,
7) If the divisor is 11 and the dividend 73, 14, 79, 15, 85, 16
is 495, what is the quotient? A. 91 B. 92 C. 93 D. 94
A. 35 B. 40 C. 45 D. 50
18) My brother's car has traveled
8) Circle another word we could use 105,388.3 km. How many more km
for 'brackets'. until 110,000 km?
A. enclosures B. screens A. 4,611.7 B. 4,711.7
C. envelopes D. parentheses C. 4,811.7 D. 4,911.7

9) How many nines are there in 12 19) William has 400 stamps. Three-
dozen? fifths are Australian. One-eighth of
A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18 non-Australian stamps are British. How
many New Zealand stamps?
10) If three and a half metres of ribbon A. 60 B. 70 C. 80 D. 90
costs $14, how much would 5 metres
cost? 20) What is the average age of six
A. $18 B. $20 C. $22 D. $24 friends with given ages in years and
months?
11) What is the largest two-digit A. 11y 2m B. 11y 3m
number that is divisible by 9? C. 11y 4m D. 11y 5m
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1. If a family uses 295 liters of hot A. gross B. score
water daily, is their yearly usage under C. ream D. bundle
100,000 liters?
A. Yes B. No C. Exactly 100,000 D. 11. If a melon costs $1.80,
Cannot determine approximately how much for a dozen?
A. $20 B. $22 C. $24 D. $26
2. Moira has 3 times as many pencils
as her sister. One-twelfth of Moira's 12. How many axes of symmetry has a
pencils are broken. How many good rectangle?
pencils does she have? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
A. 42 B. 44 C. 46 D. 48
13. What number is 14 less than a
3. A pineapple, orange and apple cost million?
$4 total. The pineapple costs $1 more A. 999,986 B. 999,987
than apple and orange combined. How C. 999,988 D. 999,989
much was the pineapple?
A. $2.50 B. $2.75 C. $3.00 D. $3.25 14. Three businessmen each have
$750,000. What is their combined
4. A television lead has 1/4 up mast, capital?
18m down walls, and 3/10 under A. $2,150,000 B. $2,200,000
carpet. How long is the whole lead? C. $2,250,000 D. $2,300,000
A. 40m B. 45m C. 50m D. 55m
15. Write the product of 670 and 200.
5. Count the number of rectangles in a A. 134,000 B. 134,500
given diagram. C. 135,000 D. 135,500
A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16
16. A $2.4 million lottery prize is
6. To find the perpendicular height of a shared by 4 people. How much per
triangle, measure from the: person?
A. vertex B. base A. $500,000 B. $550,000
C. midpoint D. side C. $600,000 D. $650,000

7. Circle the mixed number: 17. If a general commands 88,000

A. 7.3 B. 1.4 C. 20.6 D. 1985 troops with 11,000 per division, how
many divisions?
8. Circle the leap years: A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
A. 1985 B. 1986 C. 1997 D. 2000
18. Circle the largest:
9. If Australia Day is Saturday, what A. 17.50 B. 19.60 C. 0.35 D. 0.32
day is February 1st?
A. Monday B. Tuesday 19. Estimate the weight of a cruise
C. Wednesday D. Thursday liner.
A. 250,000 tonnes B. 3,000 tonnes
10. What is twelve dozen called? C. 30,000 tonnes D. 300,000 tonnes
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