Ages 12 - 13

Preparation for form 1 test series

Mathematics

TEST 1 11/11/2017
1 What is the place value of each of the following?
a) 4 in 6402
b) 4 in 2984
c) 2 in 6402
d) 1 in 10269

2 What is the value of the indicated digit?

a) 8 in 1.85
b) 0 in 19.08
c) 5 in 5.691
d) 7 in 0.072

3 Write the following numbers in figures

a) thirty two
b) nine hundred and fifty six
c) three million five hundred
d) thirty five billion

4 The figures below are populations of SADC countries and write each
population in million using a decimal.
a) Zimbabwe 11,010,000
b) Zambia 8,980,000
c) Botswana 1,450,000
d) South Africa 41,460,000

5 The amounts bellow will be spent by the government in 2017/2018.

Write each amount in billions with decimals.
a) Defence P13,700,000,000
b) Education P12,900,000,000
c) Total budget P235,500,000,000
6 Find the missing number:
a) 4.6 = 460 b) 602 x ? = 6.02 c) 0.78 ÷ ? = 0.01
?
d) 100 = 36 e) 40 = 3.2 ÷ ? f) 3060 x ? = 91.8
?
g) 0.002 = ? ÷ 40.3

7 a) 37.83 + 19.25 + 24.67 b) 29.96 + 7.03 +0.51 c) 1.004 + 3.5 + 5

d) 72.9 – 57.54 e) 11.6 + 16.54 +2.67 f) 10 – 6.292

8 a) 1.024 x 0.75 x 0.125 b) 18.75 x 0.08 x 0.064 c) 0.4375 x 0.56 x 0.4

d) 0.625 x 0.64 x 0.95 e) 1.92 x 0.015 x 12.5 f) 9.375 x 24 x 0.0016

9 a) 3.2 x 9.45 b) 21.5 x 3.4 c) 30.24 x 12.5

0.36 0.85 4.5
d) 2.625 x 3.6 e) 16.25 x 1.04 f) 216 x 0.225
0.14 0.25 0.72

10 Find the missing numbers in each magic square, using the sum provided
in each one.
a)
0.43

0.37 0.61

0.37
0.31

b)

0.2 2.8
1.2 1.8
1.6 2.0 2.2
2.6 0.4 3.2
 Use of the calculator for question 11 only

11 a) 48.6 + 562.4 b) 23.87 – 7.26 c) 5 – 23.9

0.94 3.02 8
d) 32 ÷ 0.04 e) 7 - 1 f) 37.5 x 11.2
1.8 24 6 156 + 54
g) 1.26 x 56 h) 0.49 x 0.84
0.16 x 14 8.75 – 6.79

12. Use the order of operations to evaluate each of the following

expressions.
a) 3 + 4 x 5 b) 10 + 2 x 3 – 6 ÷ 3 c) 10 – 7 – 2 d) 15 + 2 x 3 – (27 ÷ 33)
e) (42 + 8) ÷ 2 f) (4 + 2) x 3 – (62 ÷ 2) g) 6 + 4(3 + 2) – 12 ÷ 4

13. Mashinyana delivers milk to 300 houses:

62 houses have 4 bottles,
45 houses have 3 bottles,
112 houses have 2 bottles, and
81 houses have 1 bottle.
He starts the round with 45 crates on his float, each of which contains 16
bottles. How many full crates will he have left at the end of the round?

14. (a) Apply commutative law for addition on 14 + 16 =30

(b) Apply commutative law for multiplication on 10 x 19 = 190

15. Apply associative law to the following (2+3)+4=9 and (7x13)x10=910

16. Use distributive law in (56 – 42) ÷ 7 and in (56 + 42) ÷ 7

17. Apply inverse operations to 23 + 13 – 13 = 23

18. For this question round number each to the:

a) nearest hundred b) nearest ten and c) nearest whole number
i) 263.51 ii) 678.23 iii) 178.802 iv) 905.86 v) 4509.6917 vi) 12893.079
vii) 1590.5609 viii) 8701.09

19. Round off each number to ten. Then estimate each answer
a) 37 + 52 b) P51 – P17 c) P9.60 x 5.8 d) P672 ÷ 24
20. Round off each number to the nearest whole number. Then estimate
each answer
a) 6.2 + 3.7 b) P13.09 – P4.81 c) P2.58 x 4.5

21. Round off each number to the nearest tenth. Then estimate each answer
a) 0.41 x 0.92 b) 0.075 x 0.025 c) 0.617 ÷ 0.028

22. A rectangle has an area of 30 cm2 . What are the possible lengths of the
sides of the rectangle in cm, if the lengths must be whole numbers?

23. Which of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 12 are the factors of

a) 44 b) 45 c) 144 d) 176 e) 315

24. List the factors of a)36 b)27 c)45 d)72 e)54 f)87

25. Find which of the following are exactly divisible by 8.

a)1756 b)3042 c)2872 d)19176 e)48225 f)307138 g)17326 h)172744
i)563362

26. Express the following as a product of prime factors and use indices
where necessary
a)216 b)399

27. Use prime factorization method to find the HCF of

a) 189, 270, and 108 b) 324, 432, 540