CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 9: END OF UNIT 3 TEST
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Stage 9 End of unit 3 test
1 Work these out.
a
× 102 = ________________ b 3.25 × 104 = ________________
c
× 100 = ________________ d 6 × 10−1 = ________________
e
× 10−3 = ________________ f 270 ÷ 103 = ________________
g
÷ 100 = ________________ h 0.45 ÷ 102 = ________________
2 Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D.
0.45 ÷ 10−1 A 45 B 4.5 C 0.045 D 0.0045
0.085 ÷ 10−2 A 0.0085 B 0.85 C 8.5 D 85
c
÷ 10−4 A 60 000 B 6000 C 0.006 D 0.0006
3 Work these out.
a
× 0.3 = ________________ b −0.5 × 9 = ________________
c
× 0.02 = ________________ d 0.12 × −40 = ________________
0.03 × 0.2 = ________________ f 0.5 × 0.007 = ________________
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4 Work these out.
a
÷ 0.2 = ________________ b −55 ÷ 0.5 = ________________
c
÷ 0.05 = ________________ d 32 ÷ −0.08 = ________________
0.36 ÷ 0.09 = ________________ f 3.2 ÷ 0.002 = ________________
5 Work out the answer to . Show all your working.
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6 Work out the final value after these compound percentage changes.
160 increased by 20%, then increased by 10%.
[2]
b
decreased by 25%, then decreased by 40%.
[2]
7 Circle the correct multiplier, A, B or C, for each of these percentage
changes.
Increase by 10%, then decrease by 20%. A 0.88 B 0.9 C
1.1
Decrease by 25%, then increase by 40%. A 0.85 B 1.15 C
1.05
8 The population of a village is 800 people. The population is predicted to
increase at
a steady rate of 5% per year.
Write down a calculation to work out the population of the village after:
year
years
years
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What does the calculation 800 × (1.05)4 represent?
[1]
What does the calculation 800 × (1.05)10 represent?
[1]
After how many years does the population of the town first go above
1500 people?
Show how you worked out your answer.
[2]
Write down a calculation to work out the population of the town after n
years.
[1]
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9 When an integer is rounded to the nearest ten, the answer is 60. Write
down:
a list of the integer values that the number could be
[1]
the lower bound
the upper bound.
10 A decimal number is rounded to the nearest ten.
Complete each inequality to show the range of values that the number
can be when:
a
answer is 30 ______ ______
b
answer is 460. ______ ______
11 A decimal number is rounded to the nearest one hundred.
Complete each inequality to show the range of values that the number
can be when:
a
answer is 700 ______ ______
b
answer is 3500 ______ ______
12 Karim works out the mean height of the members in his basketball team to
be 178 cm,
correct to the nearest centimetre.
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Write down
lower bound of the mean height
upper bound of the mean height.
Write an inequality to show the range of the possible values of the mean
height.
[Total: 50 marks]
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Answers
1 a 1500
b 32 500
c 19
d 0.6
e 0.045
f 0.27
g 13
h 0.0045
2 a B 4.5
[1]
b C 8.5
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c A 60 000
3 a 2.4
b −4.5
c 0.32
d −4.8
e 0.006
f 0.0035
4 a 30
b −110
c 80
d −400
e 4
f 1600
5 200
[2]
6 a 211.2
[2]
b 27
7 a A 0.88
b C 1.05
8 a i 800 × 1.05 ii 800 × 1.052 iii 800 × 1.053
b The population of the village after 4 years.
c The population of the village after 10 years.
d 13 years
e 800 × 1.05n
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9 a 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
b 55
c 64
10 a
11 a
12 a i 177.5 cm ii 178.5 cm
CHAPTER 3 SUCCESSIVE CRITERIAS:
I can multiply and divide numbers by 10 to the power of any positive or negative number.
I can estimate, multiply and decimal by integers and decimals.
I can use and understand compound percentages.
I can work out upper and lower bounds.
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