FETAC Level 3 Number Assignment

1. SOUTH TIPPERARY VEC
FETAC
ASSESSMENT NO. 1
NUMBER
MATHEMATICS
LEVEL 3
3N0929
AUTUMN 2011
NAME_______________________________
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2. 1) A secretary photocopies a letter for every child in a
school. There are 208 boys and 232 girls. How many
photocopies are needed?
2) It is 11,934 miles from London to Melbourne by air. How
many miles will you travel if you fly there and back?
3) A live concert is also shown on the television. There are
12,000 people at the concert and 1,320,000 people watch
it on television. How many people watch the concert
altogether?
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3. 4) A charity is trying to raise €1,000,000. It raises €45,560
from charity shop sales and €19,500 from donations.
a) Altogether how much money has the charity
raised so far?
b) How much more does the charity need to raise?
5) A coach company charges €27 a ticket for a trip. 42
people buy tickets. How much is this in total?
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4. 6) Fifteen people form part of a Lotto syndicate. They win a
jackpot of €5,550,000. How much can each expect to get?
7) Using the approximate conversion given please complete
the table. Answers correct to nearest whole number
1 mile 1.6 km 1 km 0.6 miles
JOURNEY MILES KM
Paris to Boulogne 159
Brussels to Calais 216
Cashel to Dublin 160
Carrick - on - Suir 100
to Dublin
Cork to Dublin 255
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5. 8) A worker earns €17 per hour overtime.
I. How much does he earn for 9 hours overtime?
II. His basic wage is €418 per week. How much does he
earn altogether?
9) Six people inherit €135,000 to be shared equally between
them. How much does each person inherit?
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6. 10)
SECTION PROFITS
A €2.46 MILLION
B €3.28 MILLION
C €5.14 MILLION
The above table shows the profits made by the three sections
of a company. The total profit is shared equally between two
partners. How much do they each receive?
11) Write or between each pair of numbers.
a) 2 8 b) 6 1 c) 170 159
d) 99 101 e) 19 23
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7. 12) (a) Complete place value table below. Write
the following numbers in it.
(i) 116.74
(ii) 37.54
(iii) 12.06
(iv) 4.52
(v) 536.09
(vi) 619.102
(b) Write down the place value of each digit that is
coloured.
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Round these numbers to 2 decimal places
a) 5.678
b) 16.591
c) 11.325
d) 21.898
e) 155.793
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8. 14) Express each of the following decimals as a fraction
in its lowest terms:
i. 0.3
ii. 0.8
iii. 0.5
iv. 0.37
v. 0.45
vi. 0.25
vii. 0.28
viii. 0.317
ix. 0.125
x. 0.625
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9. 15) Write each of these as decimals
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x. 12
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10. 16) Copy the fractions and fill in the missing numbers
= = = =
17) Divide €1400 between 3 people in the ratio 4:2:1
18) Complete the following table
Percentages Fraction Decimal
50%
33%
25%
1%
75%
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11. of the students in first year are girls. If there are
64 boys in first – year, find the number of girls in the
year.
21.) Find the selling price of a suite of furniture marked
€850 +VAT at 20%.
22) A shopkeeper bought 200 pens at €2.40 each +
VAT at 20%. Find the total cost of the pens.
Percentage profit (or loss) = ×
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12. 23) A jeweller bought a gold ring for €450 and sold it
for €540. Find her percentage profit.
24) Use a number line to indicate the natural
numbers(N)
What is the most common term for the natural numbers?
25) Use a number line to include the integers (Z). How
are they defined?
26) Use a number line to demonstrate real numbers.
(R). How would you describe real numbers
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13. 27) Work out the following calculations without using
your calculator.
(a) 4 + (−3)
(b) (−7) − (−8)
(c) (−1) + 6 + (−3)
(d) (−3) × 2
(e) (−8) ÷ (−2)
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28) Round the following numbers as indicated.
(a) 23,650 to two significant figures
(b) 0.00547 to one significant figure
(c) 42.59817 to four significant figures
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