Calculate the following: 27 - (-5)
32
-32
22
Mary has four number cards: (7), (2), (1), (9). She is asked to arrange them in order to make different four-digit numbers. What is the smallest number Mary can make?
1279
2719
9721
What is the circumference of a circle of diameter 10 cm (Take Pi = 3.14)?
31.4 cm
0.314 cm
314 cm
Simplify the expression:  7x - 9y + 3 - 3x - 5y + 8
4x - 14y + 11
x + 2y - 15
- 2x - 13y + 1
A bag has 5 red balls, 3 green balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn from the bag without looking into the bag. What is probability of getting a yellow ball?
1/5
1/2
1/3
In a library, books are stacked in piles of twenty. If each book has a height of 6 inches, what is the height of a stack?
120 inches
12 inches
1200 inches
Allen has four number cards: (6), (0), (2), (9). He is asked to arrange them in order to make different four-digit numbers. What is the biggest number Allen can make?
9620
9260
9062
Work out the sum 1.3 + 8.1 =
9.4
9.04
9.3
What is the missing word in the following sentence: It is __ that it will snow in Canada in January.
Likely
Unlikely
Impossible
What is the square root of 64?
8
4
32
Find 10% of 660?
66
6600
6.6
A bag has 4 red balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn from the bag without looking into the bag. What is probability of getting a red ball?
2/3
3/2
1/2
The first five multiples of 12 are:
12, 24, 36, 48, 60
24, 36, 48, 60, 72
1, 2, 3, 4, 6
What is the name for the distance around a circle?
circumference
radius
diameter
What is 348 multiplied by 5?
1740
1750
1840
What is 2044.4 to the nearest 100?
2000
2100
2044
In February 1992, there were five Saturdays. When will this happen again?
February 2020
February 2016
February 2029
There are 6 marbles in a box with numbers from 1 to 6 marked on each of them. What is the probability of drawing a marble with number 2?
1/6
1/3
2/3
81 / 4 is 'approximately equal to'
20
21
19
Eleven bags of wheat flour, each marked 5 lbs, actually contained the following weights of flour (in lbs): 4.97 5.05 5.08 5.03 5.00 5.06 5.08 4.98 5.04 5.07 5.00. Find the probability that any of these bags chosen at random contains more than 5 lbs of flour.
7/11
1/11
1/4
Work out the sum 9.5 + 7.5 =
17.0
16.5
18.0
Express 150 out of 200 as a percentage.
75%
150%
0.75%
Jill buys a pair of jeans for 30% off the original price of $29. What is the sale price?
$20.30
$29
$8.7
The ages in years of 10 teachers from a school are: 32, 41, 28, 54, 35, 26, 23, 33, 38, and 40. What is the mean age of these teachers?
35 years
30 years
47 years
Reduce the fraction 36/60 to its lowest terms:
3/5
6/10
3/10
Express 15 out of 20 as a percentage.
75%
15%
7.5%
Solve 20 = 6 + 2x
x=7
x=12
x=3
Which direction will you face if you start facing east and make 1/2 of a revolution clockwise?
West
South
North
Solve the following pairs of simultaneous equations: 3x + 2y = 8 and x + 5y = 7
y=1  x=2
y=2  x=6
y=1  x=3
Work out the sum 4.7 + 9.0 =
13.7
12.7
14.0
Abraham buys 75 identical cakes for the school picnic for $150. What is the cost of each cake?
$2.00
$2.40
$1.50
Work out the sum 10.3 - 6.5 =
3.8
4.8
4.7
The ages in years of 10 teachers of a school are: 32, 41, 28, 54, 35, 26, 23, 33, 38, and 40. What is the mean age of these teachers?
35 years
30 years
47 years
What is the vertical axis called?
the y axis
the x axis
the z axis
A die is thrown. Find the probability of getting a number which is either 1 or 6.
1/3
1/2
1/6
What is 822 divided by 6?
137
147
127
Calculate: 8 x -3 =
-24
24
16
PQR is a triangle right angled at P. If PQ = 10 cm and PR = 24 cm, find QR.
26 cm
25 cm
18 cm
What is 149 multiplied by 7?
1043
1034
103
If you get 8 out of 10 in a test, express your score as a percentage.
80%
20%
100%
If a number ends with 3 zeroes, how many zeroes will its square have?
6 zeroes
3 zeroes
9 zeroes
When the expression 7y + 3z - 6z - y is simplified it, becomes:
6y - 3z
8y + 9z
- 7y + 3z
Find the next term of the sequence: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 ...
16
18
19
Calculate:  10 / -1 =
-10
10
-1
When the expression 14m - 6k - 5m + 3k + 4k is simplified, it becomes:
9m + k
9m + 13k
19m - 7k
What is the value of 3(2x - 5) when x = 4?
9
6x - 5
30
Work out 6 x 5 + 3
33
48
14
In the number 4 915 426, the figure 1 has the value of 10000. What is the value of the figure 9?
900 000
9 000
9 000 000
Round 0.0224592 to 3 significant figures.
0.0225
0.0224
0.022
Solve the following equation: 2(5x + 1) = 3(3x + 7)
x = 19
x = 20
x = 21
What is 176 divided by 4?
44
46
34
What is the solution of the inequality 30 -4(2x - 1) < 30; where x is a positive integer?
x=1, 2, 3, 4, 5,......
x=10, 11, 12, 13.......
x=27, 28, 29
Which of the following is true?
A triangle can have two acute angles
A triangle can have two obtuse angles
A triangle can have two right angles
Simplify: -25y - 47y + 64y - 12y + 30y
10y
-32y
17y
Convert 0.38 into a fraction. Give your answer in its simplest form.
19/50
38/100
38
A letter is chosen at random from the word PROBABILITY. What is the probability that it is the letter p?
1/11
1/2
1/3
A die is thrown. Find the probability of getting a number which is not prime.
1/2
1/3
2/5
If you have a spinning wheel with 3 green sectors, 1 blue sector and 1 red sector, what is the probability of getting a non-blue sector?
4/5
1/5
1/4
Work out the sum 8.0 + 7.4 =
15.4
14.8
13.8
What is another name for average?
Arithmetic mean
Median
Mode
Work out the sum 6.8 - 3.9 =
2.9
3.8
0.28
Find 15% of 700?
105
70
15
A pentagon pyramid has 6 faces and 6 vertices. How many edges does it have?
10 edges
12 edges
15 edges
Find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 6 sides
60 degrees
30 degrees
90 degrees
Christina saved 25% on a shirt that originally cost $36. How much did she save?
$9
$12
$8
Calculate:  -40 / -8
5
-5
8
Reduce the fraction 27/45 to its lowest terms:
3/5
1/5
1/9
A garment store sells 10 identical shirts for $1450. What is the cost of each shirt?
$145
$140
$150
Which of these lists contains only odd numbers?
21, 15, 13, 25, 1
5, 8, 3, 11, 36
18, 26, 6, 14, 8
Find the mode of the data: 13, 16, 12, 14, 19, 12, 14, 13, and 14
14
19
12
Which of the following is equivalent to 12 to 12?
1:1
1:2
2:12
In the number 8 215 437, the figure 2 has the value of 200 000. What is the value of the figure 1?
10 000
1 000
100 000
Convert 0.125 into a fraction. Give your answer in its simplest form.
1/8
125/1000
1/4
A dress which originally cost $80 is reduced by $10 in a sale. What percentage reduction is this?
12.5%
10%
87.5%
Select the missing word. The probability of at least one person in a group of 50 having a birthday next month is [_].
Likely
Impossible
Certain
Which of the ratios 4:6, 4:7, 4:8 is written in its simplest form?
4:7
4:8
4:6
Work out the sum 4/20 = ___%
20%
40%
25%
Express 4 out of 20 as a fraction in its simplest form.
1/5
4/20
2/10
Numbers 1 to 10 are written on ten separate slips (one number on one slip), put in a box and mixed well. One slip is chosen from the box without looking into it. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 6?
2/5
1/2
3/2
Solve the following equation 5x - 2 = 12 - 2x
x = 2
x = 3
x = 4
Solve the given quadratic equation: x + 1 = 6/x
x=2 or - 3
x=3 or - 3
x=-2 or 5
Work out the sum 4.0 + 9.2 =
13.2
13.1
13.3
Where will the hand of a clock stop if it starts at 5 and makes 1/4 of a revolution, clockwise?
8
9
7
In a class there are 400 students. 120 of the students are girls. What percentage of the students are girls?
30%
70%
12%
Find the probability of getting an odd number when a die is thrown
1/2
3/4
2/3
Divide 10 by -5
-2
2
-50
What is 50% of 282?
141
14.1
564
Aleena has four number cards: (7), (5), (1), (9). She is asked to arrange them in order to make different four-digit numbers. What is the smallest number Aleena can make?
1579
5179
1759
Calculate 200% of 23.5?
47
2350
4700
What is 50% of 192?
96
9.6
384
Which of the following statements is false?
The mean is always one of the numbers in a data list.
The mode is always one of the numbers in a data list.
The median is the middle value of the numbers in a data list.
Calculate: 9 x -3 =
-27
27
-13
Which of the following is equivalent to 2 to 12?
1:6
1:12
2:6
In a factory, boxes are stacked in piles of ten. If each box has a height of 12 inches, what is the height of a stack?
120 inches
1,020 inches
12 inches
Find two consecutive even natural numbers whose product is 168.
12 and 14
26 and 28
18 and 20
What is the missing number from this ratio? 2:4=[_]:20
10
5
100
The ages in years of 10 teachers of a school are: 32, 41, 28, 54, 35, 26, 23, 33, 38, 40. What is the range of the ages of the teachers?
31 years
54 years
23 years
What is the square root of 100?
10
50
10000
What is 1084.5 to the nearest 100?
1100
1000
1084
Calculate:  77 / -11 =
-7
7
8
