Maths Questions 25/08/14

1) Which of the following fractions are equivalent to 3/4?

6/9,     9/12,   5/15,   15/20,   18/24,  25/75

2) Which is bigger?

i)  0.03  or   3/10
ii) 45%  or    2/5
iii)  85% or   8.5
iv)  1%  or  1/100

3) Express the following fractions as percentages:
i)  4/5
ii)  7/10
iii) 2/8
iv) 17/50

4) Express the following percentages as fractions:
i) 65%
ii) 35%
iii) 18%
iv) 30%

5) A bottle can hold 500 ml. If it has 375 ml of water, what fraction of the bottle is full?

6) Find:

i) 4/7 of  28
ii) 3/5  of  105
iii) 2/9 of 216
iv) 2/3 of 378

7) Find:

i) 10% of 350
ii) 25% of  76
iii) 75% of  156
iv)  35% of  125

8) In a school, there are 264 pupils. If there are 198 boys, what fraction of the pupils are boys?

9) Ann ate 25% sweets in a pack.If there were 18 sweets left in the pack, how many sweets did Ann eat?

10) 10% of passengers in a bus were children. If there were 63 adults,how many passengers were there in the bus?

BODMAS

1)    23 - 5 x 4 =                 11)  56 ÷ 7 + 16 ÷ 2 = 

2)   8 + 4 x 4 =                   12)  5 x 0 + 8  =

3)  3 + 8 - 4 + 5 =              13)  5 + 8 x 0 =

4)  14 + 5 ÷ 5 =                  14)   18 - 0 x 3 =          

5)  3 x 9 - 4 x 2 =                 15)   (3 + 5) x (5 + 2) =

6)  16 ÷ 2 -  2 x 2 =              16)  32 ÷ 4 - 3 =

7) (4 + 5) - 6 =                      17) (9 + 8) + ( 5 x 6) =

8) 13 - 5 + 6 =                      18) (6 + 7) x 6  =

9)  15 x 3 - 8 x 5 =                19) (13 - 9) x 5 =

10)  15 ÷ 3 - 6 ÷ 2 =              20) (17 - 9) x 9 =

Making simple sentences interesting

Add embedded clauses to the following sentences to make them interesting:
Example: 
 The cat was sleeping on the mat. 
 The cat, which was white with brown patches, was sleeping on the mat.

Be as imaginative as you can:

1. The dog chased the cat.

2. My friend likes football.

3. Anna won the race.

4. The cake was baked by my mother.

5. The building was made of steel and concrete.

6. Yogurt is tasty.

7. The child sat on the chair.

8. London is the capital of England.

9. The spacecraft landed safely.

10. The rollercoaster is the main attraction of the amusement park.

11. The shop is closed.

12. The balloon popped.

13.The children were noisy.

14. The house looked abandoned.

15. The fox ate the rabbit.

Note: Make five sentences (of your own) with embedded clause in them. 

Timed Maths Questions

  1. Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of London. If the local time in Tokyo is 10:00 pm, what is the local time in London?

  2. The train journey from Yokohoma to Tokyo takes 2 hours 10 minutes. If a train arrives at Tokyo at 3:55 pm, what time did it depart from Yokohama? Give your answer in 24 hour format.

  3. The duration of a play is 2 hours 45 minutes. There is a 20 minutes break in between.  If the play ends at 7:05 pm, when did it start?

  4. The test starts at 10:05 am and is divided into two halves with a break in the middle. The break lasts 15 minutes. The halves are both 45 minutes each. When does the whole test end?

  5. What time is it 2 hours 25 minutes after half past 10 in the morning?

  6. One literacy lesson lasts 50 minutes. How many hours do the pupils spend doing literacy lessons if they have 4 literacy lessons per week?

  7. How many minutes are there between quarter to two in the afternoon and quarter past 3 in the afternoon?

  8. The movie starts at 6:45pm. I want to reach the cinema 10 minutes early to get a good seat. It takes a 17 minute bus ride and a 7 minute walk to reach the cinema. Bus runs every 6 minutes from the hour (eg 6:00, 6:06, 6:12…..). What is the latest bus I can get to go the cinema?

 9. It takes 10 minutes to prepare a cake, 27 minutes to bake and 15 minutes to decorate it. If Ellie finishes making a cake at 2:17pm, what time did she start preparing the cake? Remember to allow the cake to cool for 13 minutes.

 10.  Brenda goes to work 6 days a week. It takes her 45 minutes to go to work and the same time to come back home. How much time does she spend to go to and from work in a working week?

 11.  Kelly goes to a Tennis club. Each lesson is 30 minutes long plus 5 minutes to kit up.  What is the total time taken for 5 lessons?

 12.   Fulham FC and Willoughby City are two football teams. Fulham FC score goals every 7 minutes and Willoughby City scores goals every 8 minutes. If both teams play a 90 minute match, how many goals will each team score?

 13. Anna reads 1 hour and 15 minutes every day. If she spends a fifth of her reading time doing mental maths, how much time does she spend doing mental maths?

 14. If the train from London to Manchester leaves London at 18:54 and reaches Manchester at 21: 13, how long is the journey?

 15. James goes to bed at 20:45 and wakes up at 07:00. If his elder brother goes to bed at 21:15 and his sleep time is 20 minutes less than James, what time does he wake up?

Direct Speech to Reported Speech

1. The distressed boy muttered to himself, "I am going to have a meltdown if this continues."

2. The cheerful monkey asked his friend, "Do you want to eat bananas?"

3. The security guard announced, "Please have your passports ready to be checked."

4. Anna said to Sara, "I went to Paris during the summer holidays with my family."

5. The old man asked the boy, "Can you help me cross the road?"

6. My mother said to me, "Finish your homework before you go out to play!"

7. The GPS said, “Go right at the roundabout, first exit.”

8. Super Sam asked, “Will you pick up my socks?”

9. The blaring loudspeaker crackled, “Mind the gap!”

10. John screamed, “I spilled grape juice all over my new shirt.”

11.  The teacher said to the pupils, "Take your maths books out, go to page number 23 and do all the questions."

12.  Sarah screamed, “Run! The building is collapsing!”

13. The sad slave groaned, “When will our hardship end?”

14. The scary alien leader boomed, " You cannot escape from us!"

15. The child read out loud, "There was once a beetle called Bob. Bob led a happy life with his friends Fred and John. Fred was a frog. John was a grasshopper."

Exercises:

1. Pick out the adjectives in the sentences

2. Change all of the sentences into reported speech.