Key skills application of number Adult numeracy Level 1. Key skills application of number. Test Paper. Level 1

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1 YOU NEE This test paper Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 October 2004 Key skills application of number dult Test numeracy Paper Level 1 Test Paper n answer sheet YOU NEE ruler marked in mm and cm This test paper You may n NOT answer use sheet a calculator You may ruler use a marked bilingual in mm dictionary and cm You You may may write NOT on this use paper a calculator if it helps you to work things out You may use a bilingual dictionary You may write on this paper if it helps you to work things out o NOT open this paper until you are told to do so by the supervisor o NOT open THERE this paper RE 40 until QUESTIONS you are told IN to THIS do so TEST by the supervisor THERE RE Total 40 marks QUESTIONS available: IN 40THIS TEST Try Total to answer marks LL available: the questions 40 YOU HVE 1 Try HOUR to 15 answer MINUTES LL the TO questions FINISH THE TEST YOU HVE 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES TO FINISH THE TEST INSTRUTIONS INSTRUTIONS Make sure your personal details are entered correctly on the answer sheet Make sure your personal details are entered correctly on the answer sheet Read Read each each question question carefully carefully Follow Follow the the instructions instructions how on how to complete to complete the the answer answer sheet sheet t t the end of the test, hand the test paper, your answer sheet and all notes the end of the test, hand the test paper, your answer sheet and all notes to the to the supervisor supervisor REMEMER: YOU HVE 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES TO FINISH THE TEST REMEMER: YOU HVE 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES TO FINISH THE TEST INSTRUTIONS TO ENTRES This paper must not be photocopied First published in Qualifications and urriculum uthority Reproduction, storage, adaptation or translation, in any form or by any means, of this publication is prohibited without prior written permission of the publisher, unless within the terms of licences issued by the opyright Licensing gency. Printed in Great ritain. The Qualifications and urriculum uthority is an exempt charity under Schedule 2 of the harities ct Qualifications and urriculum uthority, 83 Piccadilly, London W1J 8Q. Ref: on-l1-s1_-p5-v7.0-urn:351

2 Questions 1 and 6 are about a large company 1 The company employs people. What is to the nearest hundred? This chart shows the value of one share in the company over 6 years. How much more was the share worth in 2005 than in 2000? 10 pence 40 pence 100 pence 140 pence 2 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

3 3 The graph below shows the value of company sales over the last 6 years. What is missing? a title a scale on the vertical axis a label on the horizontal axis a label on the vertical axis 4 The scale of a map is 1cm to 5km. The distance on the map from the company headquarters to a site in erby is 2.5cm. The actual distance is 2.5km 5.0km 7.5km 12.5km Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 3

4 5 manager at the erby site has a salary of In words this is twenty-four thousand and eighty-three pounds twenty-four thousand eight hundred and three pounds twenty-four thousand eight hundred and thirty pounds two hundred and forty-eight thousand and thirty pounds 6 The manager's assistant earns 6.84 an hour. How much does he earn for a 40-hour week? Please go on to the next page 4 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

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6 Questions 7 to 11 are about car maintenance. 7 Tyre pressure is measured in pounds per square inch (psi). This table shows the correct tyre pressure for different cars. What is the correct rear wheel tyre pressure for a Vauxhall orsa? 25psi 28psi 29psi 30psi 8 driver checks her car tyre pressure. The line on the gauge shows the tyre pressure (psi). The reading on the gauge is 28psi 29psi 29.8psi 29.9psi 6 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

7 9 The car needs two new tyres. The cost without fitting is The cost with fitting is How much does the fitting cost? The driver buys 26 litres of petrol costing 83.9p a litre. Which calculation gives the best estimate of the total cost? 20 x x x x nti-freeze costs 6.60 for a 2-litre bottle. The driver has a voucher giving a 20% discount. How much is the discount? Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 7

8 Questions 12 to 17 are about caring for someone who is ill. 12 The carer takes the ill person's temperature with a thermometer. The diagram shows the temperature reading. The thermometer reads unit for measuring temperature is. The '' stands for centigrade centimetres centilitres calories 8 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

9 Questions 14 and 15 use the following information. The carer buys some cough medicine. The shop sells six brands. 14 What is the range of the prices? What is the average (mean) price of these bottles of medicine? The carer buys a bottle of medicine costing 3.95 and pays with a 10 note. His change is Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 9

10 17 The bottle holds 200 millilitres of medicine. The instructions are Take two 5ml spoonfuls 4 times a day How many days will the bottle of medicine last? Please go on to the next page 10 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

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12 Questions 18 to 21 are about a shopping trip to the sales. 18 shopper arrives at the train station at 8:35am to go to a nearby town. She waits until the train arrives late at 9:20am. How long does she wait for the train? 15 minutes 45 minutes 75 minutes 85 minutes 19 She sees a player in a shop window. 1 4 of is Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

13 20 She goes to a health food shop. Special Offer uy 3 items for the price of 2 The cheapest item is free She buys three items: od liver oil 5.99 alcium 4.49 Vitamin 3.59 How much do these items cost at the special offer price? shoe shop has 30% off all boots. What is 30% as a fraction? Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 13

14 Questions 22 to 27 are about a firm of electricians. 22 The firm charges a 35 call out fee and per hour for labour. n electrician works out the total charge for a job that takes four hours as Which calculation checks the total charge for call out and labour? 4 x ( ) 4 x x x He works out the VT cost in pounds of one job as What is the VT cost rounded to two decimal places? scale plan shows the length of wire required for a job as 54mm. The scale of the plan is 1 to 100 The length of the actual wire required is 54mm 540mm 5 400mm mm 14 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

15 25 The table below shows the time one electrician spends estimating the costs of five jobs. The average (mean) time he spends estimating costs is 25 minutes 30 minutes 35 minutes 40 minutes 26 The firm expects to get a contract for one out of every four jobs where they estimate the cost. How many contracts do they expect to get from 60 estimates? Please go on to the next page Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 15

16 27 n assistant keeps a record of items used for jobs. The table shows the number of light switches used during one week. How many double switches were used in total that week? Please go on to the next page 16 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

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18 Questions 28 to 33 are about a hair salon. 28 The salon employs five full-time staff. They each earn 240 a week. Which calculation works out their total wages in a year? 5 x 52 x x x x One part-time stylist has a 0.6 contract. 0.6 can also be written as Please go on to the next page 18 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

19 30 This bar chart shows monthly takings from October to ecember of 2003 and How much more were the takings in ecember 2003 than ecember 2004? The takings in January are To the nearest thousand pounds this is Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 19

20 32 Last year's total takings were four hundred and sixty thousand pounds. In figures this is The salon manager wants to show the proportion of takings from different services. Which display best shows the proportion of takings from different services? table pictogram line graph pie chart Please go on to the next page 20 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

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22 Questions 34 to 40 are about a woman working on her house. 34 The woman works out the area of a wall she needs to paint. The wall is 4 metres long and 2.4 metres high. The area of the wall is 6.4m² 9.6m² 10.4m² 12.8m² 35 full can of paint holds 750 millilitres. There is a part-used can of paint. 1 The can is full. 3 How much paint is in the can? 500ml 333ml 250ml 130ml 36 There are some holes in the wall. The woman fills the holes with filler mixed with water in the ratio She uses 20 spoonfuls of filler. How much water should she use? 5 parts filler : 2 parts water 4 spoonfuls 8 spoonfuls 40 spoonfuls 50 spoonfuls 22 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

23 37 She measures the width of a window with her tape measure. The diagram shows the reading on the tape. What is the width of the window? cm 142.5cm cm 143.5cm 38 The woman needs 6 lengths of fabric each 1.75 metres long to make some curtains. The fabric costs 5.99 a metre. Which calculation gives the total cost of fabric? 6 x x x x 1.75 x new curtain rail and hooks cost She has a 5% discount voucher. What is 5% of 22.80? Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351 23

24 40 She fits an extractor fan in the kitchen. The output of the fan depends on the volume of the kitchen. The kitchen is 2.4 metres high, 5 metres long and 4 metres wide. The volume of the kitchen is 11.4m³ 16.0m³ 22.4m³ 48.0m³ End of test 24 Key skills application of number dult numeracy Level 1 URN:351

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