Question 1
Convert 87 cm into inches, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
Use the conversion 1 cm = 0 .393701 inches.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 34.25 inches
Workings:
87 \times 0.393701 = 34.25 inches.
Marks = 2
Question 2
2(a) Convert 3 days into minutes.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 4320 minutes
Workings:
3 \times 24 \times 60
Marks = 2
2(b) Convert 1 year into hours.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 8760 hours
Workings:
365 \times 8760Marks = 2
Question 3
Greta is exchanging money from US ($) to GBP (£).
The bank only offers bank notes ( £10, £20 or £50) with no change available.
If Greta has \$ 357, what is the maximum amount of GBP she can get?
Use the exchange rate \$ 1 = £0.8.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £280
Workings:
357 \times 0.8 = £285.60
Marks = 2
Question 4
Annalise is travelling from the UK to France.
She wants to exchange her money from Great British Pounds (£ GBP) to Euros
(€ EUR).
The exchange rate from EUR to GBP is €1=£0.91.
4(a) What is the exchange rate from GBP to EUR?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £1=€1.10
Workings:
\dfrac{1}{0.91} = 1.0989
Marks = 2
4(b) Annalise exchanges £250 to take with her on holiday.
She spends 85\% of her money on the trip.
How many Euros does Annalise have by the end of her trip?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: €14.25
Workings:
£250 = € 275
0.15 \times € 275= €14.25
Marks = 2
Question 5
5(a) Eric buys 1 gallon of orange juice.
What is this in litres?
Use the conversion 1 litre = 0.219969 gallons
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 4.55 gallons
Workings:
\dfrac{1}{0.219969} = 4.546095
Marks = 2
5(b) Bobby buys 10 litres of orange juice.
What is this in gallons?
Give your answer to 2 decimal place.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 2.20 gallons
Workings:
10 \times 0.219969
Marks = 2
5(c) Eric buys another 5 litres of orange juice to add to his original amount.
Who now has the most gallons of orange juice, Eric or Bobby?
Give your answer as either “Eric” or “Bobby”.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: Bobby
Workings:
5 \times 0.219969 = 1.1 gallons
Eric has 2.1 gallons in total.
Bobby has 2.20 gallons so Bobby has more.
Marks = 2
Question 6
Tom is about to drive to Toulouse from London.
The distance from London to Toulouse is 840 km.
Tom’s car can drive 60 miles using 1 gallon of petrol.
Petrol costs £1.15 per litre
4.5 litres = 1 gallon
8 km = 5 miles
Use the information above to calculate how much it will cost Tom to drive from London to Toulouse.
Give your answer to the nearest pound.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £45
Workings:
840 km \times \dfrac{5}{8} = 525 miles
1.15.\times 4.5 = £5.175 per gallon
\dfrac{525}{60} = 8.75 gallons consumed
£5.175 \times 8.75 = £45.28 = £45
Marks = 4