Past Year Questions (2010 2016) Arithmetic Paper 33

1. (a) Juan takes his car to a garage for repairs.

Complete his bill.

Item Price ($)

Service 475.00

3 tyres at $86 each ................................

4.5 litres of oil at $5.68 per litre ................................

Total ................................
[3]

(b) Juan buys a van costing $4400.

He pays a deposit of $3740.
(i) Work out $3740 as a percentage of $4400.

............................................ % [1]
(ii) He borrows the rest of the money for one year at a rate of 12% per year simple
interest.
Work out how much he pays back at the end of one year.

$ ................................................. [3]
(c) Juan pays $321 for insurance.
 He makes 12 equal payments.
Work out each payment.

$ ................................................. [1]

(d) Juans car travels 12.4 km and uses 1 litre of fuel.

His van travels 1 km and uses 0.0792 litres of fuel.
Using 1 litre of fuel, which vehicle travels further?
Explain how you decide.

............................ travels further because .........................................................

........................................................................................................................[2]

(e) In 2015 the total cost of repairs and fuel for his van was $4200.
These costs are in the ratio repairs : fuel = 1 : 2.
Find the cost of the fuel.

$ ................................................. [2]

2. (a) (i) Write down the two square numbers between 50 and 99.
 ..................... and .................... [2]
(ii) Find a common multiple of 30 and 45.

................................................. [1]
(iii) Write down all the factors of 54 that are odd numbers.

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(iv) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 64 and 80.

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5 2
(b) Without using your calculator, work out 1 6 5

Write down all the steps in your working and write your answer as a mixed
number.

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(c) For each of these sequences, write down the next term and the rule for continuing
the sequence.
 (i) 8, 11, 14, 17,

Next term is ................................................

The rule is .................................................................................[2]

(ii) 25, 17, 9, 1,

Next term is ................................................

The rule is .................................................................................[2]

(iii) 2, 4, 7, 11,

Next term is ................................................

The rule is .................................................................................[2]

(iv) 1, 8, 27, 64,

Next term is ................................................

The rule is .................................................................................[2]

3. (a) Here is a list of ingredients to make 18 chocolate chip biscuits.

butter 130 g
sugar 60 g
flour 180 g
chocolate chips 30 g
Work out how much of each ingredient you need to make 45 biscuits.

butter ............................................ g
sugar ............................................ g
flour ............................................ g
chocolate chips ............................................ g [3]
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(b) In a recipe for bread, 8 of the mass of bread mixture is flour.
 Paul uses 395 g of flour.
(i) What mass of bread mixture does he make?

............................................. g [2]
(ii) Write your answer to part(b)(i) in kilograms.

........................................... kg [1]

4. (a) Chip flies from New York to St Petersburg.

The plane takes off at 02 30 and arrives in St Petersburg at 19 35.
The local time in New York is 8 hours behind the local time in St Petersburg.
How long does the flight take?

.......................... hours .......................... min [2]

(b) Chip books a bus tour of St Petersburg.
The cost is $290 for each adult and $163 for each child.
There are 37 adults and 8 children on the bus.
(i) Calculate how much is paid altogether.

$ ................................................. [3]
(ii) The bus has 53 seats for passengers.
Calculate the percentage of seats that are occupied.
 ............................................ % [2]
(iii) Chip pays $290 for the bus tour.
The exchange rate is $1 = 33.2 rubles.
Work out the cost of the tour in rubles.

..................................... rubles [1]

(c) St Isaacs cathedral in St Petersburg is 101 m high, correct to the nearest metre.
Complete the statement about the height, h metres, of St Isaacs cathedral.

........................ h ........................ [2]

5. Kylie, Rio and Choi buy a horse for $21 600.

(a) They pay for the horse in the ratio Kylie : Rio : Choi = 2 : 3 : 4.
Calculate the amount that they each pay.

Kylie $ ......................................................
Rio $ ........................................................
Choi $ ................................................. [3]
(b) It costs $14 000 to keep the horse for one year.
(i) Food costs 30% of the $14 000.
 Calculate the cost of the food.

$ ................................................. [2]
(ii) Stable fees are $8000.
Write this as a fraction of the $14 000.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.

................................................ [2]
(iii) It costs $600 for vets fees and the rest of the $14 000 is spent on
equipment.
Work out how much is spent on equipment.

$ ................................................. [2]

6. (a) Find

(i) 81 ,

................................................ [1]
3
(ii) 7 ,

................................................ [1]

(iii) 80 .

................................................ [1]

(b) (i) Write 6751 correct to the nearest hundred.

 ................................................ [1]
(ii) Write 0.25 as a fraction.
................................................ [1]
(iii) Write 0.06 as a percentage.
............................................ % [1]
(iv) Write 687 000 000 in standard form.
................................................ [1]

7. The first three diagrams in a sequence are shown below.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3

(a) Complete the table for the number of lines and the number of dots in Diagram 3
and Diagram 4.

Diagram 1 2 3 4 5
Lines 5 10
Dots 6 11
[2]
(b) For Diagram n, write down an expression, in terms of n, for the number of
(i) lines,

(i) ................................................ [1]

(ii) dots.

(ii) ................................................ [1]

(c) Work out the number of lines and the number of dots in Diagram 20.
 Number of lines = ....................................................
Number of dots = ................................................ [2]

8. (a) Lei earns $6.75 per hour.

One week she works for 37 hours.
How much does she earn this week?

$ ................................................. [1]
(b) One month Lei earns $1080.
20% of her earnings are taken off for tax.
Show that the amount of money she has left is $864.

[1]
(c) Lei divides $864 in the ratio bills : spending money : savings = 9 : 4 : 2.
(i) Work out how much spending money she has.

$ ................................................. [2]
(ii) What fraction of the $864 does she use for bills?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................ [2]
(d) Lei wants to buy a computer.
(i)
Computer
 $425 + sales tax
The sales tax is 15%.
Work out the total cost of this computer.

$ ................................................. [2]
(ii) Lei goes on holiday to London.
The exchange rate between dollars and pounds () is $1 = 0.52 .
The total cost of the same computer in London is 235.
Work out how much less, in pounds, the computer costs in London.

................................................. [2]
(e) Lei inherits $1400.
She spends $175 on a camera.
(i) Work out $175 as a percentage of $1400.

............................................ % [1]
(ii) Lei invests the remaining $1225 for 3 years at a rate of 4.5% per year compound
interest.
How much interest does she receive after 3 years?

$ ................................................. [3]
9. Tables and chairs can b e arranged in two different patterns.
 Pattern A

Pattern B

1 table 2 tables 3 tables

(a) Complete the following table.
Number of 1 2 3 4 8
tables
Number of 6 8
chairs in
Pattern A
Number of 6 10
chairs in
Pattern B
[5]
(b) How many chairs are needed with n tables
(i) in Pattern A,

Answer(b)(i) ................................................ [2]

(ii) in Pattern B?

Answer(b)(ii) ................................................ [2]

(c) Sofi a needs to arrange tables to seat 66 people.
Which pattern uses the least number of tables and by how many?

Answer(c) Pattern ................ by ............................ tables [3]

10. Adam owns a farm.
(a) He plans to keep twenty hens.
He works out what he thinks this will cost.
Complete the following table.

Item Cost ($)

Equipment 500

20 hens costing $12 each

3 years supply of feed costing $25

per month

TOTAL
[3]
(b) The equipment actually costs $600.
The ratio of costs is equipment : hens : feed = 5 : 3 : 9 .
(i) Show that the total cost is now $2040.

[2]
(ii) Adam actually buys more than 20 hens, each costing $12.
How many hens does he buy?

............................................... [2]
(c) Adam makes $2920 from selling his hens eggs.
Calculate his percentage profit on the $2040.

........................................... % [2]
(d) Adam borrows $1500 for 3 years at a rate of 5.5% per year compound interest.
Calculate the interest he will pay, correct to the nearest cent.
 $ ................................................ [3]
11 (a) Using only the integers from 1 to 50, fi nd
(i) a multiple of both 4 and 7,
............................................... [1]
(ii) a square number that is odd,
............................................... [1]
(iii) an even prime number,
............................................... [1]
(iv) a prime number which is one less than a multiple of 5.
............................................... [1]
(b) Find the value of
2
(i) ( 5 )

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-3 3
(ii) 2 6 .

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12 Here is a sequence of patterns made using identical polygons.

 Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3
(a) Write down the mathematical name of the polygon in Pattern 1.
............................................... [1]
(b) Complete the table for the number of vertices (corners) and the number of lines in
Pattern 3, Pattern 4 and Pattern 7

Pattern 1 2 3 4 7
Number of
vertices
Number of
line
[5]
(c) (i) Find an expression for the number of vertices in Pattern n.

............................................... [2]
(ii) Work out the number of vertices in Pattern 23.

............................................... [1]

13 (a) Angelica goes to watch a football match.

She entered the stadium at 19 20 and left at 22 05.
 Work out the number of hours and minutes she was in the stadium.

..hours ..minutes [1]

(b) The number of people watching the football match was 25 926.
Write 25 926 correct to the nearest thousand.

[1]
(c) The football club buys lemonade in 5 litre bottles.
Work out the number of 250 millilitre drinks that can be poured from one bottle.

... [2]

14 (a) The travel graph shows Helvas journey from her home to the airport.
(i) What happened at 09 30?
.[1]
(ii) Work out the time taken to travel from home to the airport.
Give your answer in hours and minutes

.hours .minutes [1]

(iii) Calculate Helvas average speed for the whole journey from home to the airport.

..km/h [2]
(iv) Between which two times was Helva travelling fastest?
 and [1]
(v) Helvas husband left their home at 11 00 and travelled directly to the airport.
He arrived at 15 30.
Complete the travel graph for his journey. [1]
(b) (i) Helva and her husband are flying from Finland to India.
Their plane takes off at 17 00 and arrives in India 7 hours 25 minutes later.
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The time in India is 3 2 hours ahead of the time in Finland.

What is the local time in India when the plane arrives?

.. [2]
(ii) The temperature is -3C in Finland and 23C in India.
Write down the difference between these two temperatures.

.. C [1]
(c) Helva exchanged 7584 rupees for euros ().
The exchange rate was 1 = 56 rupees.
How many euros did Helva receive?
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

.. [2]

15 Mrs Ali sold her house for $600 000.

 2
(a) She gives 5 of the money to her son.

Work out how much her son receives.

$................................. [1]
(b) Mrs Ali gives $2400 to her grandchildren Elize, Sam and Juan in the ratio
Elize : Sam : Juan = 8 : 3 : 5 .
Calculate how much they each receive.

Elize $.......................
Sam $.......................
Juan $...................... [3]
(c) Mrs Ali invests $200 000 for 3 years at a rate of 4% per year compound interest.
Calculate the total amount of money she will have at the end of the 3 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

$............................... [3]

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