Brush up your maths: Simple maths test 2011-12

Try these ten questions:

  1. 627 + 183 = ?

  2. 20 – 3 × 5 = ?

  3. Put these numbers in order of magnitude from smallest to biggest:
    0.5   0.03   1   0.1   1.5   0.3   0.55   0.05

  4. 0.001 is equal to which of the following?
            1               1                   1
    (a) –––     (b) ––––     (c) –––––
          10             100             1000

  5. ¾ + 0.6 = ?

  6. If y = x – 2, what is the value of x when y = 6?

  7. Write 3.75 million in figures.

  8. √(32 + 42) = ?

  9. What is 2½% of £10?

  10. If cheese is £4.40 per kilogramme, what should I pay for 200 grammes?

Did you panic when you saw all those numbers?

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