Mock Test (Practice Questions)

1. Circle the letter of a correct answer. [5]

i. The answer for the calculation 2 − 8 ÷ (5 − 1)2 is

−3 2
A0 B C5 D 1.5
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ii. A map has a scale of 1 ∶ 50 000. If the distance between two towns on the map is 4 𝑐𝑚,
what is the distance between the towns in real life?

A 1.25 𝑘𝑚 B 2 𝑘𝑚 C 125 𝑘𝑚 D 20 𝑘𝑚

iii. The rectangular garden with length 11.5 𝑐𝑚 has perimeter 37 𝑐𝑚. If the width of the
garden is 𝑤, an equation showing this is:

A 11.5 + 𝑤 = 37 B 11.5 + 2𝑤 = 37
C 2𝑤 + 23 = 37 D 11.5 × 2 + 𝑤 × 2 + 37 = 𝑃

iv. Which of these numbers is in the sequence with 𝑛𝑡ℎ term 5𝑛 + 0.2?

A 50.2 B 51.2 C 52.2 D 53.2

v. Determine which situation matches the graph.

A Rachael earns $8.50/h babysitting.

B Christine earns $6/h painting.

C Jerry earns $6.50/h shoveling snow.

D Ian earns $7/h tutoring.

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2. Each question worths [2] marks.

a) Mirada needs 144 paper cups for party. The cups come in packs of 15, 20 or 24. How
many single size packs should she buy to get exactly the right number of cups?

b) Angles inside two parallel lines are

called co-interior angles. Use this
diagram to explain why co-interior
angles add up to 180°.

c) “2𝑝2 is not the same as (2𝑝)2”

Justify the statement by using 𝑝 = −3.

d) Kevin and Lesley share a bag of sweets in the ratio 3 ∶ 4. Kevin gets 15 fewer sweets
than Lesley. How many sweets did Lesley get?

e) The price of a bike is reduced by 20% with the sale price $480.
What is the original price of the bike?

3. A charm bracelet costs $20 for the bracelet and $7 for each charm.
a) Write a formula for the total cost, 𝑇 of a bracelet with c charms. [1]
b) Change the formula from part-a by making 𝒄 the subject. [2]
c) Christine spent $220 to buy bracelets with 5 charms each.
How many bracelets did she buy? [3]

4. This is the plan of Jerry’s bedroom.

She wants to buy coving to line all around the

edges of the ceiling.

a) What length of coving does she need?

[2]

She also wants to tile the floor. The tiles are 50 𝑐𝑚 by 50 𝑐𝑚.

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 b) How many tiles will she need to cover her floor? [4]

5. The diagram shows a right-angled triangle. The midpoints of the sides of the triangle are
A, B and C. Find the coordinates of A and B. [2]

6. The US stock market used to trade in fractions. Prices were given as eighths of a dollar,
instead of in cents.
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a) How many cents is 8 of a dollar? [1]
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Shares for one company cost 3 8 of a dollar per share.
b) Wisley has $1000 and he wants shares to buy as much as he can. How many shares
could he buy? [2]
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c) Cleo’s shares increased their value by 2 . They originally cost her 2 8 of a dollar.
How much are they now? [3]

7. Here are two inequalities. 𝑥 − 4 > 2 and 3𝑥 + 6 < 36

a) Find all the possible integers of x which satisfies both the inequalities. [2]
b) Represent your solution on the number line. [1]

8. It takes 7 men 4 hours to dig a ditch. How long would it take 5 men? [3]
Give your answer in hours and minutes.

9. Explain why 300 is not a term in a sequence with the 𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚, 7𝑛 + 4. [3]

10. Here are the distances (in metres) some athletes ran in 20 seconds.
190, 192, 195, 184, 176, 171, 189, 193, 199, 170
a) Draw a stem and leaf diagram to display the data. [3]
b) What is range of this data? [1]

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11. Use the following facts to estimate the total amount of pocket money given by UK parents
per week.

12. The pie charts show the proportions of different sizes of T-shirt sold in a shop on two days.

Monday Tuesday

On Monday, the shop sold 144 T-shirts.

On Tuesday, the shop sold the same number of small T-shirts as on Monday.
a) How many small T-shirts did the shop sell on Tuesday? [2]

b) How many T-shirts did the shop sell altogether on Tuesday? [2]

c) Are the number of medium T-shirts sold on Monday more than on Tuesday?
Show your working clearly to justify your answer. [4]

13. These offers are given by the two supermarkets for the same packet of biscuits.

Which supermarket gives the best offer? 1st or 2nd?

Explain how you made your decision. [6]

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14. The diagram shows a learning building being supported by two parallel wooden beams.

a) Work out the angle x that the beams

make with the ground. Describe the
properties that you used. [3]

b) Are the floor and ceiling parallel? Give a reason for your answer. [2]

15. a) Write the ratio, 0. 8̇ ∶ 0.02̇ ∶ 0. 3̇ in the simplest form. [4]

b) To make 3 cups of orange squash you need 825 𝑚𝑙 of water,

and 75 𝑚𝑙 of orange cordial.

i. How much water do you need to make 8 cups of orange squash? [2]
ii. How many cups of squash can you make with 0.3 𝑙 of orange cordial?
[3]