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 15
× 102 = ________________ b 3.25 × 10 = ________________
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c 19
× 100 = ________________ d 6 × 10 −1
= ________________

e 45
× 10−3 = ________________ f 270 ÷ 103 = ________________

g 13
÷ 100 = ________________ h 0.45 ÷ 10 = ________________
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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 6
÷ 10−4 A 60 000 B 6000 C 0.006 D 0.0006 [3]

3 Work these out.

a 8
× 0.3 = ________________ b −0.5 × 9 = ________________

c 16
× 0.02 = ________________ d 0.12 × −40 = ________________

0.03 × 0.2 = ________________ f 0.5 × 0.007 = ________________ [6]

4 Work these out.

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a 6
÷ 0.2 = ________________ b −55 ÷ 0.5 = ________________

c 4
÷ 0.05 = ________________ d 32 ÷ −0.08 = ________________

0.36 ÷ 0.09 = ________________ f 3.2 ÷ 0.002 = ________________ [6]

5 Work out the answer to . Show all your working.

[2]

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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 60
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

[1]

Decrease by 25%, then increase by 40%. A 0.85 B 1.15 C 1.05

[1]

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:

i
1 year

ii
2 years

iii
3 years [3]

What does the calculation 800 × (1.05)4 represent?

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[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 a list
of the integer values that the number could be

[1]

b the
lower bound [1]

c the
upper bound. [1]

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 the
answer is 30 ______ ______

b the
answer is 460. ______ ______ [2]

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 the
answer is 700 ______ ______

b the
answer is 3500 ______ ______ [2]

12 Karim works out the mean height of the members in his basketball team to be
178 cm,
correct to the nearest centimetre.

Write down

i
the lower bound of the mean height [1]

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ii
the upper bound of the mean height. [1]

Write an inequality to show the range of the possible values of the mean
height. [2]

[Total: 50 marks]

END OF TEST

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