PAGE 1 2. 6. 6.

1. (a) 3 tens + 4 units (a) = (a) 568

(a) 124 (b) 6 hundreds + 7 tens + (b) < (b) 775
(b) 341 5 units (c) > (c) 839
(c) 406 (d) > (d) 824
(d) 515 3. (e) < (e) 854
(e) 630 (a) 17 units (f) =
(b) 6 tens + 16 units (g) < 7.
3. (h) > (a) 444
(a) 27, 72, 85 4. (b) 444
(b) 128, 281, 812 (a) 17 tens + 5 units (c) 352
PAGE 4
(c) 376, 637, 763 (b) 6 hundreds + 15 tens + (d) 353
4 units 1.
(d) 428, 482, 842 (e) 222
(a) (i) 20 past 10
(ii) 10:20
5.
4. (b) (i) 25 past 11 Challenge: 685
(a) Rectangle
(a) Three hundred and (ii) 11:25
forty-five (b) Hexagon
(c) (i) 20 to 3
(c) Square PAGE 5
(b) Four hundred and (ii) 2:40
seventy (d) Triangle 1.
(d) (i) 5 to 12
(c) Two hundred and (e) Semi-circle (ii) 11:55 (a) 24, 12, 20, 8, 40, 32, 16,
seventy-six 36, 28
(d) Eight hundred and (b) 49, 21, 7, 42, 56, 14, 28,
6. 2.
thirteen 63, 35
(a) Pyramid (a) 2:30
(c) 4, 2, 6, 1, 8, 3, 5, 9, 7
(b) Cone (b) 3:40
5. (d) 5, 2, 8, 1, 3, 6, 4, 9, 7
(c) Sphere (c) 4:45
(a) 20
(d) Cylinder (d) 6:55
(b) 50 2.
(e) Triangular Prism (e) 11:10
(c) 80 (a) 12
(d) 80 (b) 25
3.
(e) 120 (c) 24
PAGE 3 (a) 6:30
(f) 440 (d) 72
1. (b) 9:25
(g) 650 (e) 42
(a) ¼ ¾ (c) 10:00
(h) 980 (f) 63
(b) ½ ½ (d) 10:55
(g) 45
(c) 3/8 5/8 (e) 8:45
6. (h) 70
(a) 200 2. 4.
(b) 300 3.
(a) 6 (a) 125c
(c) 300 (a) 4
(b) 2 (b) 274c
(d) 500 (b) 4
(c) 3 (c) 743c
(e) 600 (c) 7
(d) 5 (d) 967c
(f) 800 (d) 9
(e) 4 (e) 632c
(g) 600 (f) 4 (f) 547c
(h) 300 4.
(g) 7 (g) 859c
(a) 6
(h) 10 (h) 999c
(b) 6
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(c) 7
1. 3. 8, 28, 24, 16, 32, 4, 36, 40, 5.
12, 20, 44, 48 (d) 10
(a) Forty (a) €1·29
(e) 7
(b) Three hundred (b) €2·68
4. 24, 72, 8, 48, 16, 56, 40, 80,
(c) Ninety (c) €4·69
64, 32, 88, 96 5.
(d) Five hundred (d) €8·70
(a) 7
(e) Three
(b) 6
(f) Nine hundred
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(d) 6 13. 9 7. 5000 + 0 + 0 + 6 3.

(e) 8 14. 28 5 + 0+ 0 + 6 (a) 3946, 3469, 1125
15. 8 8. 7000 + 0 + 0 + 0 (b) 3876, 3867, 3786
7+0+0+0
6. 16. 5 (c) 9942, 4992, 4299
9. 9000 + 900 + 90 + 9
(a) 21 17. 112cm
9+9+9+9
(b) 36 18. 50c 4.
(c) 40 19. 9 nets 3 left over (a) example given in book
(d) 42 20. January 1st PAGE 10 (b) Two thousand four
(e) 36 1. hundred and seventy-
(a) 300 eight
(f) 50
PAGE 7 (b) 9 (c) Four thousand six
hundred and ninety
7. 1. 3000 + 200 + 30 + 4 (c) 2000
(d) Five thousand six
(a) 104 2. 4000 + 200 + 50 + 8 = (d) 40
hundred and four
4258 (e) 600
(b) 160 (e) Eight thousand and
3. 2000 + 400 + 30 + 9 = (f) 6
(c) 270 ninety-nine
2439
(d) 232 (g) 6000 (f) Nine thousand nine
4. 5000 + 100 + 60 + 7 =
(e) 658 (h) 60 hundred and ninety-nine
5167
(f) 783 (i) 300
5. 3 tens + 6 units
(j) 100 5.
6. 4 thousands + 7 hundreds
8. + 5 tens + 1 unit = 4751 (k) 7000 (a) 6595
(a) 15 R1 (l) 0 (b) 4484
(b) 8 R5 (c) 3064
(c) 12 R5 PAGE 8 3. (d) 8376
(d) 11 R4 1. (a) 8321 1238 (e) 9007
(a) 2774 (b) 9641 1469
9. (b) 5016 (c) 8852 2588 Challenge: 7599
(a) 5kg 559g (c) 3420 (d) 9321 1239
(b) 3kg 229g (d) 6402 (e) 8541 1458
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(c) 8kg 943g (e) 3323 (f) 9432 2349
1. 1876, 1893, 1899, 1927,
(d) 3kg 219g (g) 3333 3333 1933, 1983, 1995, 2000.
(e) 6kg 259g 3. (h) 9651 1569 2. 1834, 1901, 1902, 1905,
(a) 2222 1906, 1909, 1924, 1967.
10. (b) 4026 3. €4480, €4804, €8044,
PAGE 11
(c) 5404 €8404, €8440.
(a) 1m 37cm 1. 988, 989, 990, 991, 992,
(d) 6311 4. 5829, 6729, 6819, 6829,
(b) 2m 74cm 993, 994, 995, 996, 997,
6839, 6929, 7829.
(c) 7m 80cm (e) 1356 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002,
1003, 1004, 1005, 1006,
(d) 4m 8cm 3372, 4272, 4362, 4372,
1007, 1008, 1009, 1010,
5. 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 4382, 4472, 5372.
1011, 1012, 1013, 1014,
1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018,
PAGE 6 1244, 1245, 1246 956, 1856, 1946, 1956,
1019, 1020, 1021, 1022,
1. 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 1966, 2056, 2956.
1023, 1024, 1025, 1026,
104 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030,
4043, 4943, 5033, 5043,
2. 130 PAGE 9 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034,
5053, 5143, 6043.
3. 200 2. 3000 + 200 + 20 + 9 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038,
3+2+2+9 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042.
4. 4·7 5805, 6705, 6795, 6805,
5. 30 3. 2000 + 800 + 10 + 1 6815, 6905, 7805.
2+8+1+1 2.
6. 1000 6260, 7160, 7250, 7260,
4. 4000 + 300 + 0 + 6 (a) 2000, 3000, 5000
7. 200 7270, 7360, 8260.
4+3+0+6 (b) 1200, 1700, 1900
8. 32
5. 6000 + 0 + 80 + 4 (c) 3560, 7560, 8540 7000, 7900, 7990, 8000,
9. (a) 6+0+8+4 8010, 8100, 9000.
10. 9 6. 8000 + 300 + 40 + 0
11. (a) 8+3+4+0
Challenge: 4875
12. €2·20

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PAGE 13 E 408 449 798 (d) 7405 PAGE 19

1. r a p (e) 6826 1.
(a) INDIAN F 895 M (a) 5228
795 I
(b) ARCTIC 3. (b) 5323
615 N
(c) SOUTH PACIFIC 349 D (a) 6799 (c) 2251
(d) SOUTH ATLANTIC G 777 O (b) 8986 (d) 5215
(e) ANTARCTIC 381 K (c) 7844 (e) 5573
(f) NORTH PACIFIC 449 A (d) 7688 (f) 6612
481 Y
(g) NORTH ATLANTIC (e) 8565 (g) 4515
(h) 2147
2. 4th PAGE 16 4. 2761
2nd 1. 5. 5763 2.
3rd
(a) 4577 (a) 4364
1st
5th (b) 3998 Challenge 1: 7166 (b) 3238
(c) 7979 Challenge 2: 8505m (c) 1224
3. 2nd (d) 7789 (d) 5618
4th (e) 7999 (e) 7318
5th PAGE 18
(f) 7889 (f) 3517
1st 1.
(g) 5745
3rd A. 23, 17, 43, 56, 35
2. e, l, b, o, w (h) 5525
(a) 3764
PAGE 14 (b) 6773 B. 214, 434, 401 3.
2. (c) 7984 I, a, m (a) 3234
(a) 3 (d) 8895 (b) 4566
(b) 7 C. 401, 56, 777, 434
(e) 4695 (c) 7479
M, o, n, a
(c) 12 (f) 8895 (d) 7267
(d) 15 17, 214, 245, 434 (e) 4378
(e) 36 3. L, i, s, a (f) 2179
(f) 333 (a) 6743 (g) 3267
(g) 4136 D. 245, 123, 214, 245, 245, 56, 330, 245
(b) 9841 (h) 2378
s, c, i, s, s, o, r, s
(h) 3401 (c) 9964
(d) 8947 E. 245 123, 330, 23, 23, 123, 466, 23, 264 4. 1122
3. (e) 7961 s, c, r, e, e, c, h, e, d 5. 1471km
(a) 2043 (f) 7933
(b) 4017 F. 401, 23, 777 Challenge: 2548km
(c) 4050 m, e, n
4. 5593
5. 9823
G.
4. PAGE 20
337 p
(a) 1111 Challenge: 3722 1.
56 o
(b) 1218 337 p (a) 5738
(c) 3202 23 e (b) 5774
PAGE 17
(c) 4667
1. A) elbow (d) 4866
PAGE 15 (a) 5146 B) I am (e) 2386
A 795 798 777 349 (b) 8420 C) Mona Lisa
i p o d (c) 9162 D) scissors 2.
B 499 364 449 349 798 (d) 8335 E) screeched (a) 2688
h e a d p (e) 9443
499 777 615 364 862 F) men (b) 3254
h o n e s G) pope (c) 2433
2.
C 862 895 795 662 364 (d) 3243
s m i l e (a) 6877
(e) 4558
D 657 449 798 (b) 8072
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3. PAGE 23 2. PAGE 29
(a) 3291 2. (a) 3 1.
(b) 5143 (a) Tablet (b) Sickness (a) 3000
(c) 2655 (b) 76 (c) (i) ½ +2000
(ii) ¼ 5000 5403
(c) 24
(iii) ¼
4. (d) (i) 6
(ii) €558 (d) 20 (b) 4000
(a) 3287
(e) 30 +4000
(b) 2619 8000 7797
PAGE 24
3.
5. 504km 2. (c) 6000
(a) #
6. €3964 (a) (i) 80 +3000
(b) 50 9000 8611
(ii) 20
Challenge: €3535 (iii) 60 (c) 25
(iv) 70 2.
(v) 40 (a) 240
PAGE 21 PAGE 28
(b) 50 –170
1. 1. 5470, 5500, 5000 70 81
(c) 20
2620, 2600, 3000
(a) 1316 (d) 420 6140, 6100, 6000
(b) 2621 (e) 100 3200, 3200, 3000 (b) 1420
(c) 1628 9310, 9300, 9000 –230
1190 1192
(d) 1165
PAGE 25
(e) 2752 2.
2. (c) 3720
(a) Given as example
(a) (i) Kasper –1380
2. 2340 2333
(ii) Jess
(a) 653 (b) 180
(b) 15m
(b) 1441 + 60 3.
(c) 185m 240 239
(c) 3532 (a) 500
(d) Kasper –200
(d) 1655
(e) 315m (c) 350 300 278
(e) 5913
(f) 25m +220
570 564 (b) 4900
Challenge: 4451 –100
PAGE 26
(d) 600 4800 4748
1. 16
+490
PAGE 22 8
1090 1076
1. 15 (c) 2600
13 –1400
(a) 4605km 3. 1200 1164
6
(b) 1395km (a) 741
(c) 1095km 2. 4.
(d) 2210km (a) # 6000
(b) 500 –4000
(b) Jurassic +300 2000 2799
2. (c) Ancient Rome 800 811
(a) 6345 (d) 9 9000
(b) 8720 (e) 58 (c) 2600 –6000
(c) 5247 +400 3000 2189
(f) Vertical
3000 3040
(d) 6479 (g) Stone Age
(e) 4836 9000
(d) 1700 –3000
(f) 3657 PAGE 27 +3100
(g) 5551 6000 6226
1. 4800 4857
(h) 9245 (a) (i) rice 5. 5400, 5447
(ii) pasta 4. 70km 70km
3. 7815 (b) (i) walk 20km 50km
4. 5758 (ii) bus Challenge (a): €600
(c) (i) comedy Challenge (b): €2400
Challenge: 2365 (ii) horror

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PAGE 30 & 31 3. 5. 7.
1. €5125 (a) 16 (a) 30 (a) 56
2. €434 (b) 66 (b) 80 (b) 40
3. €2430 (c) 54 (c) 40
4. €1130 (d) 70 (d) 380 Challenge: (a) 45
5. €4282 (b) 27
(c) 72
6. €2168 4. 6.
(d) 63
7. €5073 (a) 72 (a) 30
8. €5272 (b) 84 (b) 42
9. €2485 (c) 32 (c) 18 PAGE 36
10. €72 (d) 90 (d) 48 1. 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12
+ 12 = 84
11. €1312 (e) 12
(10 x 7) + (2 x 7)
12. €1974 5. (f) 60 70 + 14 = 84
13. €1400 (a) 3 x 6 = 6 x 3
(b) 5 x 8 = 8 x 5 Challenge: 2. 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 =
Challenge: (a) €8484 (c) 7 x 3 = 3 x 7 • Monday: 60 80
• Tuesday: 20 (10 x 5) + (6 x 5)
Challenge: (b) €1515 (d) 7 x 8 = 8 x 7
• Wednesday: 90 50 + 30 = 80
(e) 9 x 6 = 6 x 9 • Thursday: 70
(f) 8 x 9 =9 x 8 • Friday: 110
PAGE 32 3.
• Saturday: 120
1. €4·00 (a) 64
Challenge: (a) Paul = 63kg
2. 430 (b) 51
Tina = 72kg
3. 600 PAGE 35
Alex = 54kg (c) 75
4. 5996 Sue = 81kg 1.
(d) 72
5. 11 Challenge: (b) 270kg (a) 5 x 5
(e) 78
6. 2514 (b) 3 x 3
(f) 96
7. 1300 (c) 10 x 10
PAGE 34
8. 5078 (d) 2 x 2
1. 4.
9. 318 (e) 7 x 7
(a) (5 x 3) + (3 x 3) = 24 (a) 112
10. 6431 (b) 138
(b) (4 x 5) + (3 x 5) = 35 2.
11. 3800 (c) 285
(c) (6 x 7) + (4 x 7) = 70 (a) 4 x 4
12. 2000 (d) 340
(d) (7 x 8) + (2 x 8) = 72 (b) 1 x 1
13. 106 (e) 462
(e) (6 x 9) + (6 x 9) = 108 (c) 8 x 8
14. 3890 (f) 384
(f) (6 x 7) + (5 x 7) = 77 (d) 12 x 12
15. 16
(e) 9 x 9
16. 8 5.
2.
17. 500ml (a) 102
(a) 8 x 4 = 32 3.
18. 56 (b) 168
(b) 10 x 7 = 70 (a) 48
19. €3·15 (c) 162
(c) 9 x 6 = 54 (b) 45
20. 125 (d) 144
(d) 10 x 8 = 80 (c) 72
(d) 28 (e) 392
PAGE 33 3. (e) 27 (f) 315
1. (a) 0 (f) 40
(a) 12 (b) 0 (g) 56 PAGE 37
(b) 27 (c) 0 1. 63
(c) 20 (d) 0 4. 20km
(d) 56 2.
5.
4. (a) 48
(a) 56
2. (a) 6 (b) 80
(b) 72
(a) 20 (b) 10
(c) 96 3.
(b) 60 (c) 3
(c) 54 (d) 17 (a) 56
6. €42
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4. 112 (d) 4 R2 2. PAGE 42

(e) 5 R0 (a) 3 1.
5. (b) 9 (a) 2 R3
(a) 52m 4. (c) 8 5 ) 13
10 (5x2)
(b) 91m (a) €5·00 R €0 (d) 7
3
(b) €8·00 R €1·00
(b) 2 R3
6. 3. 8 ) 19
(a) 117m 5. (a) 11 16 (8x2)
(b) 104m (a) €5·00 R €0 (b) 8 3
(b) €5·00 R €5·00 (c) 9
7. €63 (d) 8 (c) 7 R2
8. €48 Challenge: 9km
6 ) 44
42 (6x7)
4. 2
9. (a) 4
PAGE 40
(a) 216 (b) 8 (d) 8 R3
1.
(b) 378
(a) 4
(c) 6 9 ) 75
(d) 9 72 (9x8)
(b) 5 3
10. 192
(c) 6
11. 486 5.
(d) 5 2. 22c
(a) 6 R1
(e) 6 3. 9
Challenge 1: 216 (b) 6 R3
(f) 3
Challenge 2: 40 (c) 6 R1
(g) 9 4.
(h) 6 (a) 12
6.
PAGE 38 (i) 5 (b) 1
(a) 8 R1
1. (j) 4
(b) 7 R2
(a) 14, 14 ÷ 7 = 2, 14 ÷ 2 = 7 (k) 4 5. 9 R2
(c) 8 R2
(b) 24, 24 ÷ 4 = 6 24 ÷ 6 = 4 (l) 5 6. 7 R5
(d) 11 R2
(c) 56, 56 ÷ 7 = 8, 56 ÷ 8 = 7 (m) 4
(d) 45, 45 ÷ 9 = 5, 45 ÷ 5 =9 (n) 5 Challenge 1: 8 R7
7.
(e) 30, 30 ÷ 10 = 3, 30 ÷ 3 = 10 (o) 8 Challenge 2: 9 R5
(a) 7 R4
(b) 8 R4
2. 36 ÷ 9 = 4 2.
(c) 9 R2 PAGE 43
3. 32 ÷ 8 = 4 (a) 4 R2
(d) 8 R 4 1.
4. 24 ÷ 8 = 3 (b) 5 R3
(a) Vertical
(c) 3 R8 Parallel
8.
Challenge: (a) 3 (d) 4 R16 Perpendicular
(b) 4 (a) 12 R 2
(e) 3 R0 (b) Vertical
(c) 6 (b) 12 R 4 Horizontal
(f) 5 R0
(d) 9 (c) 8 R 3 Parallel
(e) 12 (g) 6 R2
(d) 7 R 2 (c) Diagonal
(f) 18 (h) 3 R20
Parallel
(i) 5 R5 Parallel
9. 6
(j) 3 R18 Perpendicular
PAGE 39 10. 7, 1
1. 3 (d) Diagonal
Challenge: 13 Horizontal
2. 11.
(a) 3 R3 (a) 4
(b) 2 R3 PAGE 41 (b) 4 PAGE 44
1. 1.
3. (a) 2 Challenge: 3 (a) Vertical
(a) 6 R0 (b) 5 (b) Horizontal
(b) 10 R0 (c) 7 Diagonal
(c) 7 R2 (d) 8 (c) Diagonal

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(d) Parallel PAGE 47 2. 123km 5.

(e) Horizontal 1. 30 (a) 2/2
Perpendicular 2. 7 3. (b) 4/4
(f) Parallel 3. 60 (a) – 10 (c) 8/8
4. 400 (b) – 40 (d) 10/10
2. 5. Obtuse (c) – 6
(a) Vertical 6. 449 (d) – 100 6. 1 = 1/1 = 2/2 = 4/4 = 8/8 = 10/10
(b) Horizontal 7. 7 x 8 (e) – 8
(c) Diagonal 8. Vertical (f) – 60 7.
(d) Horizontal 9. 4 x 7 (g) – 10 (a) 1/8 > 1/10
(e) Vertical 10. 81 (h) – 300 (b) 3/8 < 3/6
(f) Parallel 11. 250 (i) – 1 (c) 7/8 > 7/10
(g) Perpendicular 12. Acute (j) – 1000
(h) Orange and Green 13. 6 x 7 (k) – 70
PAGE 51
14. 13 (l) – 800
1.
PAGE 45 15. 8 (m) – 40
(a) 3
1. 16. 6 (n) – 4000
(b) 6
(a) Obtuse 17. 8 R3 (o) – 400
(c) 9
(b) Right 18. 7 bags, 1 left (p) – 4
(d) 12
(c) Acute 19. 8 teams, 5 children
(d) Obtuse leftover Challenge: 816 hrs
2.
(e) Obtuse 20. 60
(a) 2
(f) Right
PAGE 50 (b) 6
(g) Right PAGE 48 1. (c) 14
(h) Acute (a) 805 SOB (a) (i) ½ (d) 16
(b) 7718 BILL (ii) ½
PAGE 46 (c) 618 BIG (b) (i) 1/10 3.
1. (d) 771 ILL (ii) 9/10
(a) 5
(a) Right (e) 607 LOG (c) (i) 1/8
(b) 15
(ii) 7/8
(b) Right (f) 7714 HILL (c) 45
(d) (i) ¼
(c) Obtuse (g) 710 OIL (d) 50
(ii) ¾
(d) Acute
(e) Acute 2. 4.
2.
(f) Obtuse (a) Take away 100 (a) (i)2/4
(a) ½ or one half
(g) Obtuse (b) Divide by 5 (ii) ½
(b) ¼ or one quarter
(h) Acute (c) Add 2000 (b) (i) 4/8
(c) 1/8 or one eighth
(i) Obtuse (d) + 31, + 5, + 3000 (ii) ½
(d) 1/10 or one tenth
(j) Acute (e) + 96, + 1700 (c) (i) 5/10
(ii) ½
(k) Obtuse
3. (d) (i) 6/8
(l) Acute Challenge: (a) 4320
(a) ¾ (ii) ¾
(m) Obtuse (b) 8640
(b) 5/8
(n) Right
(c) 7/10 5.
(o) Acute PAGE 49 (d) 3/8 (a) 20, 10, 5, 4
(p) Right 1. (e) 9/10 (b) (i) 20
(a) 72 (f) 7/8 (ii) 10
2. (iii) 5
(b) 161
(a) Obtuse (iv) 4
(c) 86 4. Smaller
(b) Right (v) 1
(d) 33
(c) Obtuse
(e) 50
(d) Right
(f) 4
(e) Acute
(g) 4
(f) Obtuse
(h) 81

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6. 6. 40/8 = 5 (j) 50 (d) 1/6 = 2/12

(a) 2/4 = 4/8 = 5/10 (k) 12 (e) ¾ = 6/8 = 9/12
(b) 2/8 Challenge: 60/10 = 6 (l) 48 (f) 2/3 = 4/6 = 8/12
(c) 6/8 (g) 5/6 = 10/12
(d) 8/8 4. (h) 2/2 = 3/3 = 4/4 = 6/6 = 8/8 =
PAGE 53
(e) 1/1 = 2/2 = 4/4 = 8/8 = 10/10 (a) (i) 2/6 or 1/3 12
/12
2. (ii) 4/6 or 2/3
(a) 1/3 (b) (i) 3/6 or ½ 3.
7.
(b) 2/3 (ii) 3/6 or ½ (a) 1/12 1/6 ¼ 1/3
(a) 1/10, 1/8, ¼, ½
(c) 1/3 (c) (i) 2/6 or 1/3 (b) ½ 7/12 2/3 ¾
(b) 2/10, ½, 5/8, ¾
(d) 2/3 (ii) 4/6 or 2/3
(c) ¾, 7/8, 9/10, 2/2 (c) 5/12 2/3 ¾ 5/6
(d) (i) 3/6 or ½
(d) 3/10, 3/8, ½, ¾ (d) ¾ 5/6 11/12 3/3
(ii) 3/6 or ½
3.
(a) 3 4.
PAGE 52 PAGE 55
(b) 6 (a) 3
1. 2.
(c) 6 (b) 15
(a) 9 (a) 3/9 = 1/3
(d) 12 (c) 21
(b) 12 (b) 1/9 < 1/3
(e) 8 (d) 27
(c) 20 (c) 6/9 = 2/3
(f) 16 (e) 33
(d) 30 (d) 8/9 > 2/3
(g) 9 (f) 5
(h) 18 (e) 9/9 = 3/3 (g) 4
2.
(h) 6
(a) 7 3.
4. 10 (i) 35
(b) 6 (a) 3
5. 12 (j) 42
(c) 9 (b) 15
(k) 28
(d) 7 (c) 21
Challenge: 18 (l) 40
(e) 10 (d) 24
(f) 16 (e) 27
PAGE 54 PAGE 57
(f) 7
3. 2. 1.
(g) 28
(a) (i) 9 (a) 3 (a) 1/5 = 2/10
(h) 14
(ii) 9 (b) 2/5 = 4/10
(b) 6 (i) 49
(b) (i) 8 (c) 3/5 = 6/10
(ii) 8 (c) 12 (j) 56
(d) 15 (d) 4/5 = 8/10
(c) (i) 5 (k) 10
(e) 18 (e) 5/5 = 10/10
(ii) 5 (l) 42
(f) 5 (f) 5/10 = ½
(d) (i) 8
(ii) 8 (g) 10 4.
2.
(e) (i) 15 (h) 15 (a) 1/9 of 72 = 8 or 72/9 =8
(ii) 15 (a) ½ 3/5 7/10
(i) 20 (b) 1/9 of 81 = 9 or 81/9 = 9
(f) (i) 9 (b) 3/10 2/5 ½
(j) 25 (c) 1/9 of 99 = 11 or 99/9 = 11
(ii) 9 (c) ½ 7/10 4/5
(k) 16 (d) 1/9 of 90 = 10 or 90/9 = 10
(d) 1/5 9/10 2/2
4. (l) 30
5.
(a) (i) 2/4 3. 2/10, 3/10, 4/10 (2/5), 5/10, 6/10
3. (a) 6
(ii) ½ (3/5), 7/10, 8/10 (4/5), 9/10, 10/10
(a) 4 (b) 48
(b) (i) 6/8
(ii) 3/4 (b) 20 4.
Challenge: (a) 72
(c) (i) 7/10 (c) 8 (a) 3/5 = 12 counters
(b) 32
(d) (i) 5/10 (d) 24
1
/5 = 4 counters
(ii) ½
5
/5 = 20 counters
(e) 40
PAGE 56 (b) /8 = 20 squares
5
(f) 9 1
/8 = 4 squares
5. 2.
(g) 27 8
/8 = 32 squares
(a) 32/4 = 8 (a) ½ = 2/4 = 3/6 = 4/8 = 6/12
(h) 45 (c) /9 = 20 dots
4
(b) 32/8 = 4 (b) ¼ = 2/8 = 3/12
(i) 10 1
/9 = 5 dots
(c) 1/3 = 2/6 = 4/12 9
/9 = 45 dots

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(d) 7/10 = 42 dots PAGE 59 (f) 3 9/100 Challenge: (a) e

1
/10 = 6 dots 1. (g) 5 8/100 (b) e
10
/10 = 60 dots (c) 100
(a) 1·1 (h) 7 2/100
(b) 1·4
5.
(c) 1·5 PAGE 63
(a) 32 PAGE 61
(d) 1·2 (No answers needed)
(b) €54 1.
(e) 4·1
(c) 80 (a) 1 + 2/10 = 1·2
(d) 60 (b) 1 + 8/10 = 1·8 PAGE 64
3.
(c) 2 + 3/10 = 2·3 1. 3019
(a) 0·2
PAGE 58 (d) 3 + 5/10 = 3·5 2. 1/4
(b) 0·7
1. (e) 4 + 6/10 = 4·6 3. 1/12
(c) 1·6
(a) 6 (f) 6 + 8/10 = 6·8 4. =
(d) 2·8
(b) 3 5. False
(c) 4 2. 6. 16
4.
(d) 3 (a) 1/10 + 4/100 = 0·14 7. 70
(a) 1 4/10
(e) 5 (b) 1/10 + 6/100 = 0·16 8. Colour 5 blocks
(b) 1 7/10
(f) 3 (c) 1/10 + 5/100 = 0·15 9. 60
(c) 1 1/10
(g) 6 (d) 1/10 + 7/100 = 0·17 10. Colour 7 segments
(d) 1 8/10
(h) 2 (e) 1/10 + 9/100 = 0·19 11. 35
(e) 2 2/10
(i) 5 (f) 1/10 + 3/100 = 0·13 12. 6/8
(f) 4 6/10
(j) 10 13. 2/3
(g) 7 3/10
(k) 9 3. 14. 20
(h) 8 5/10
(l) 6 (a) 2/10 + 4/100 = 0·24 15. 35
(b) 2/10 + 8/100 = 0·28 16. €36
5.
2. (c) 3/10 + 8/100 = 0·38 17. €20
(a) 0·2, 0·4, 0·7
(a) 12 (d) 1 + 3/10 + 7/100 = 1·37 18. 9/10
(b) 0·1, 0·5, 0·8
(b) 18 (e) 1+ 4/10 + 2/100 = 1·42 19. (1·03)
(c) 3/10, 1·3, 3·3
(c) 24 (f) 2 + 3/10 + 9/100 = 2·39 20. (2·47)
(d) 0·2, 0·4, 6/10
(d) 27 (g) 2 + 6/10 + 4/100 = 2·64
(h) 3 + 7/10 + 5/100 = 3·75
3. PAGE 65
PAGE 60 (i) 3 + 7/10 + 9/100 = 3·79
(a) 15 1.
2. 0·07 7/100 = 0·07 (j) 4 + 9/10 + 8/100 = 4·98
(b) 15 (a) True
3. 0·06 6/100 = 0·06
(c) 9 (b) True
4. 1·04 1 4/100 = 1·04
(d) 21 PAGE 62 (c) false
5. 1·08 1 8/100 = 1·08
(e) 10 1. (d) True
(f) 20 (a) 1 3/10 7
/100 (e) False
6. 1 · 3 7
(g) 6 (f) True
(a) 0·02 (b) 2 1/10 5
/100
(h) 18 (g) True
(b) 0·06 2 · 1 5
(h) True
(c) 0·09 (c) 3 3/10 3
/100
4. (i) False
(d) 1·03 3 · 3 3
(a) 18 (d) 2 1/10 2
/100
(e) 2·04
(b) 24 2 · 1 2 2.
(f) 4·07
(c) 27 (e) 0 5/10 8
/100 (a) False
(g) 6·08
(d) 20 0 · 5 8 (b) True
(h) 9·05
(f) 3 4/10 0
/100 (c) True
5. 3 · 4 0 (d) False
(a) 18 7. (g) 3 0/10 9
/100 (e) False
(b) 6 (a) 1/100 3 · 0 9
(f) True
(b) 3/100 (h) 2 4/10 6
/100
(g) True
(c) 7/100 2 · 4 6
6. 21 (h) True
(d) 1 4/100
Challenge: €5 (e) 2 6/100

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3. 3. 3. (g) €3·35
(a) Yes (a) Hexagon (a) €3 (h) €2·30
(b) Yes (b) 6 (b) €3 (i) €4·50
(c) Equilateral (c) €4 (j) €3·65
Challenge: No (d) €6
4. 27 (e) €9 3.
PAGE 66 (f) €9 (a) €0·52
1. (b) €1·73
PAGE 68
(a) 5 4. (c) €3·37
1.
(b) 5 (a) €2·80 + €2·20 (d) €2·66
(a) False €3·65 + €1·35
(c) Obtuse (e) €0·82
(b) True €1·64 + €3·36
(d) 0 (f) €1·58
(c) True €3·73 + €1·27
€2·58 + €2·42
(d) False 4.
2.
(e) True (a) €1·35
(a) 8 (b) €4·13 + 87c
€3·78 + 122c (b) €3·30
(b) 8
3. €2·82 + €2·18 (c) €2·52
(c) Obtuse €3·34 + 166c
(a) Square (d) €4·71
(d) 4 €1·37 + 363c
(b) Oval (e) €2·66
(c) Rectangle (c) 356c + €1·44 (f) €3·62
3.
(d) Pentagon €1·84 + 316c
(a) Octagon €2·14 + 286c
(e) Rectangle Challenge: (a) €4·60
(b) Octagon 228c + 272c (b) €3·35
(f) Circle
(c) Pentagon €3·86 + €1·14 (c) €5·85
(d) Hexagon (d) €2·64
4. 5. (e) €7·65
(e) Hexagon
Path Shape Does it Tessellate? (a) yo-yo
(f) Triangle
(a) Green Parallelogram Yes (b) spinning top PAGE 72
(g) Pentagon
(b) Blue Semi-circle No (c) rubik’s cube 1. 9c, €0·19, €0·23, €0·50,
(h) Hexagon
(c) Orange Pentagon Yes (d) whistle & tennis ball 98c, €1·00, €1·01, 110c
(i) Octagon
(d) Yellow Rhombus Yes (e) pencil
(j) Triangle
(e) Pink Hexagon No 2.
(f) tennis ball
(a) €1, 50c, 20c, 20c, 10c
PAGE 67 (b) 20c, 10c, 5c, 5c, 5c,
PAGE 69 PAGE 71
1. (c) 50c, 10c, 10c, 10c, 10c
(No answers needed) 1.
4cm 4cm (d) 10c, 5c, 2c, 2c, 2c,
(a) (i) 220c
(e) €1, 50c, 2c, 2c, 2c,
(ii) €2·20
4cm PAGE 70 (f) €2, €1, 10c, 5c, 5c,
(b) (i) 64c
1. (ii) €0·64 (g) 20c, 20c, 20c, 5c, 5c,
4cm 4cm (a) €0·29 (c) (i) 135c (h) €1, €1, 1c, 1c, 1c
(b) 107c (ii) €1·35
(d) (i) 305c 3.
(c) €1·80
3cm (ii) €3·05 (a) €1·00
(d) 90c
(e) (i) 120c (b) €0·99
(e) €0·08 (ii) €1·20
2cm 6cm (c) €0·90
(f) 9c (f) (i) 131c (d) (60c + 70c)
(ii) €1·31
5cm (e) €5·05
2.
2. (f) 602c
(a) €3·58
2. (b) 630c (a) €7·15
4.
(a) Equilateral (c) €7·04 (b) €6·45
(a) €1·40
(b) Scalene (d) 880c (c) €4·35
(b) €3·50
(c) Isosceles (e) €9·78 (d) €5·55
(c) €2·50
(d) 3 (f) 900c (e) €0·15
(d) €2·10
(e) Scalene (f) €1·40

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(e) €3·00 PAGE 75 (g) (1 x 8) x 9 (e) 35

(f) Mary 1. 8x9 x 25
= 72 175
(a) (2 x 3) x 4
+700
5. 6x4
875
(a) €5·50 = 24 (h) (7 x 0) x 8
0x8
(b) €7·97
(b) (3 x 4) x 2 =0 2.
(c) €6·10
12 x 2 (a) 54
(d) €3·28 = 24 x 19
(i) (9 x 2) x 4
(e) €9·99 18 x 4 486
(f) €5·99 (c) (4 x 3) x 2 = 72 + 540
12 x 2 1026
= 24
Challenge: €8·95 4.
(b) 62
(a) 170
(d) (3 x 2) x 4 x 16
PAGE 73 6x4 (b) 380 372
1. = 24 (c) 560 + 620
(d) 630 992
(a) €6·32
2. (e) 850
(b) €7·25
(a) (3 x 5) x 7 (f) 900 (c) 38
(c) €77·06 15 x 7 x 18
(d) €38·64 = 105 304
5. + 380
2. (b) (5 x 7) x 3 (a) 21 x 3 x 10 684
(a) €6·59 35 x 3 63 x 10
= 105 = 630
(b) €37·09 (d) 72
(c) €48·99 x 19
(c) (7 x 3) x 5 (b) 33 x 3 x 10 648
(d) €54·89 21 x 5 + 720
99 x 10
= 105 = 990 1368
3.
(a) €2·75 (d) (5 x 3) x 7 (e) 37
(c) 47 x 2 x 10
(b) €4·72 15 x 7 94 x 10 x 26
(c) €12·39 = 105 = 940 222
(d) €24·69 + 740
3. 962
(a) (2 x 4) x 5 PAGE 76
4.
8x5 1. (f) 17
(a) €7·89 = 40 (a) 43 x 36
(b) €6·45 102
x 18
(c) €64·43 (b) (3 x 4) x 5 344 + 510
(d) €86·15 12 x 5 + 430 612
(e) €91·42 = 60 774
(f) €83·37 3. 32
(c) (5 x 6) x 7 (b) 65 x 16
30 x 7 x 15 192
PAGE 74 = 210 325 + 320
1. €9·56 +650 512
2. €19·47 (d) (2 x 6) x 4 975
12 x 4
3. €61·48 4. 23
= 48
4. €77·88 (c) 54 x 39
x 18 207
5. €67·58 (e) (3 x 5) x 7 432 + 690
6. €62·68 15 x 7 +540 897
= 105 972
7. €48·98
8. €3·66 5. 48
(f) (4 x 5) x 6
9. €6·25 (d) 28 x 19
20 x 6
x 27 432
10. €62·68 = 120
196 + 480
+ 560 912
Challenge: €53·10 756

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6. 34 (c) 27 3. 4214 (c) (50 ÷ 5) + (40 ÷ 5)

x 24 (d) 32 4. 884 10 + 8
136 = 18
(e) 49 5. 2790
+ 680
816 6. 3024
(d) (60 ÷ 3) + (9 ÷ 3)
Level 2: 7. 611
20 + 3
(a) 3 x 8 = 8 x 3 = 23
PAGE 77
(b) 5 x 7 = 7 x 5 Challenge: 1728
1.
(c) 7 x 6 = 6 x 7 (e) (70 ÷ 7) + (28 ÷ 7)
(a) 53
(d) 8 x 9 = 9 x 8 10 + 4
x 29 PAGE 80 = 14
477 (a) (10 ÷ 2) + (6 ÷ 2)
+ 1060 Level 3: 5+3=8
1537 (a) 310 (f) (80 ÷ 8) + (32 ÷ 8)
(b) (30 ÷ 3) + (6 ÷ 3)
10 + 4
(b) 570 10 + 2 = 12
(b) 28 = 14
(c) 630 (c) (40 ÷ 4) + (8 ÷ 4)
x 37
(d) 780 10 + 2 = 12
196 4.
+ 840 (e) 800 (d) (50 ÷ 5) + (5 ÷ 5)
12 + 1 = 13 (a) 14 R2
1036 (f) 960
(e) (30 ÷ 3) + (15 ÷ 3) (b) 16 R2
(c) 72 10 + 5 =15 (c) 14 R3
Level 4:
x 45 (f) (40 ÷ 4) + (24 ÷ 4) (d) 12 R5
360 (a) 34 10 + 6 = 16 (e) 14 R4
+ 2880 (b) 60
(f) 17 R3
3240 (c) 78 Challenge: 14 (g) 12 R6
(d) 98
(d) 81 (h) 12 R2
x 57 (e) 96
PAGE 81 Challenge: 13 R3
567 (f) 99
+ 4050 1.
4617 (a) (60 ÷ 6) + (24 ÷ 6) PAGE 82
Level 5:
10 + 4
(a) 72 1.
(e) 49 = 14
(b) 148 (a) 15 R2
x 35
245 (c) 392 (b) 13 R3
(b) (60 ÷ 5) + (15 ÷ 5)
+ 1470 (d) 616 12 + 3 (c) 13 R2
1715 (e) 756 = 15 (d) 13 R2
(f) 576 (e) 11 R4
(f) 78 (c) (60 ÷ 4) + (16 ÷ 4) (f) 13 R5
x 39 15 + 4
702 Level 6:
= 19
+ 2340 (a) 720 2.
3042 (b) 2080 (a) 28 R2
2.
(c) 3750 (b) 14 R3
(a) (70 ÷ 7) + (21 ÷ 7)
(d) 6640 (c) 15 R2
Challenge 1: 59 10 + 3
(e) 6790 = 13 (d) 32 R1
x 46
354 (e) 15 R3
+2360 Level 7: (b) (80 ÷ 8) + (24 ÷ 8) (f) 16 R1
2714 10 + 3 (g) 40 R1
(a) 408
Challenge 2: 75 = 13 (h) 15 R4
(b) 1332
x 63 (i) 15 R5
225 (c) 3596
3. (j) 17 R2
+4500 (d) 4800
4725 (a) (40 ÷ 4) + (16 ÷ 4) (k) 11 R6
10 + 4
Level 8: 2688 (l) 15 R4
= 14
PAGE 78
Level 1: 3. 19 R2
PAGE 79 (b) (72 ÷ 6) + (6 ÷ 6)
(a) 42 12 + 1
1. 1566 = 13
(b) 40 Challenge: 63 R2
2. 558

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PAGE 83: PAGE 86 2. 2.

13 carrot sticks R3 (a) (a) 7777·77 (a) 0·5
5 corn cobs R3 0·1 1
/10 A (b) 7777·77 (b) 0·09
14 potatoes cubes R1
3·9 3 /10 9
F (c) 7777·77 (c) 0·88
7 pineapple rings R1
12 Lettuce leaves R3 (d) 7777·77 (d) 0·41
5·5 5 /10 5
H
(e) 7777·77 (e) 1
2·4 2 /10 4
E
1. 16 (f) 7777·77 (f) 0·6
7·7 7 /10 7
I
2. 14 (g) 7777·77 (g) 0·43
3. 17 (h) 7777·77 (h) 8·5
1·7 1 7/10 D (i) 7777·77
Challenge: 11 8·3 8 /10 3
J 3.
0·5 5
/10 B 3. (a) 0·7
1·0 10
/ 10 C (a) 345·4, 414·74, 4410·44 (b) 0·03
PAGE 84 (b) 36·9, 333·59, 0·38
4·2 4 2/10 G (c) 0·50
1. Rhombus (c) 829·16, 1625·6, 361·66 (d) 0·05
2. Hexagon (d) 626·65, 4628·56, 56·68
(b) (e) 0·33
3. Seventy (e) 5225·58, 3255·55, 85·65
0·01 1
/100 K (f) 0·6000
4. 3·79 (f) 8240·28, 86·35, 383·26
0·5 5
/10 Q (g) 32·3
5. 7·23 (g) 4·42, 122·32, 2425·62 (h) 1·1
6. €2·45 0·1 1
/10 M
7. €15·75 0·99 99
/100 T
PAGE 88
8. Parallelogram 0·39 39
/100 P PAGE 90
1.
9. Octagon 1.
(a) 0·3
10. Horizontal 0·31 31
/100 O (a) 40·1m, 40·01m, 39·9m,
(b) 0·7 39·09m, 38·99m
11. false 0·84 84
/100 S (c) 0·5 (b) 50·04m, 52·3m, 52·5m,
12. 9 R4
0·05 5
/100 L (d) 0·43 58·38m, 58·43m
13. (30 ÷ 3) + (18 ÷ 3) = 16
0·64 64
/100 R (e) 0·58
14. (70 ÷ 7) + (21 ÷ 7) = 13
0·17 17
/100 N (f) 0·08 4. 0·7, 0·8, 0·9, 1·0, 1·1, 1·2, 1·3,
15. (90 ÷ 9) + (36 ÷ 9) = 14 1·4, 1·5, 1·6, 1·7, 1·8
16. Pentagon 2.
2.
17. 3/100 0·93, 0·94, 0·95, 0·96, 0·97,
(a) (i) B (a) 600
0·98, 0·99, 1·0, 1·1, 1·2, 1·3
18. 840 (ii) C (b) 0·08
19. €9·50 (b) (i) D (c) 0·07 7·86, 7·85, 7·84, 7·83, 7·82,
20. 7·07 (ii) C (d) 0·300 7·81, 7·80, 7·79, 7·78, 7·77,
(c) (i) A 7·76
(e) 26·0
(ii) C
PAGE 85 (f) 1048
(d) (i) D Challenge: (a) 4809
1. (g) 0·2
(ii) C 98·40
(a) 3 + 4/10 + 6/100 (h) 0·4 (b) 86·21
(b) 8 + 1/10 + 9/100 Challenge: (a) x 1st space (i) 8000 (c) 9·53
y 3rd space (j) 6 (d) 75·42
(c) 6 + 6/10 + 6/100 (e) 9864·32
(b) x 1st space (k) 5
(d) 0 + 0/10 + 9/100 y 3rd space
(e) 0 + 4/10 + 7/100 (l) 8/10
(f) 3 + 4/10 + 0/100 (m) 35·00 PAGE 93
PAGE 87 (n) 12 3/100 1.
(g) 5 + 0/10 + 2/100
1. (o) 7·5 (a) (i) 20 to 6
(a) 1/10 (p) 2/100 (ii) 5:40
3.
(b) 90
(a) 1/10 = 0·1 (b) (i) 10 to 6
(c) 40
(b) 15/100 = 0·15 PAGE 89 (ii) 5:50
(d) 6/10
(c) 24/100 = 0·24 1.
(e) 0/100 (c) (i) 5 past 6
(d) 38/100 = 0·38 (a) (i) 0·62, 0·9, 0·58, 0·07
(f) 10 (ii) 0·07, 0·58, 0·62, 0·9 (ii) 6:05
(e) 13/100 = 0·13
(g) 9/100 (b) (i) 0·47, 0·58, 0·25, 0·67
(h) 3000 (ii) 0·27, 0·47, 0·58, 0·67

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2. (iv) 9 minutes past 8 or No 2 (i) 11:55 2.

(a) (i) 25 to 12 8:09 (ii) 5 to 12 (a) True
(ii) 11:35 (v) 29 minutes past 8 or No 3 (i) 12:07 (b) False
8:29 (ii) 7 past 12
(b) (i) 20 to 8 (c) True
(ii) 7:40 No 4 (i) 12:19
(d) False
(c) (i) quarter to 11 3. 60 minutes (ii) 19 past 12
(i) 18 minutes to 5 or 4:42 No 5 (i) 12:31 (e) True
(ii) 10:45
(ii) 24 minutes to 5 or 4:36 (ii) 29 to 1 (f) True
(d) (i) 5 past 1
(iii) 26 minutes past 4 or
(ii) 1:05 No 6 (i) 12:43
4:26
(ii) 17 to 1
(iv) 9 minutes to 5 or 4:51 PAGE 99
3. (v) 1 minute to 5 or 4:59 (a) Cube
5. 8:45
(a) (i) quarter past 8 (b) Square pyramid
9:53
(ii) 8:15 4. 10:08 (c) Triangular prism
(b) (i) 2 o clock (a) (i) 27 minutes past 11 11:06 (d) Pentagonal pyramid
(ii) 2:00 (ii) 11:27
(e) Triangular pyramid
(c) (i) 10 to 7 (b) (i) 29 minutes to 2 Challenge: Ann by 6 minutes
(ii) 6:50 (ii) 1:31
(d) (i) 20 to 12 (c) (i) 11 minutes past 8 PAGE 100
(ii) 11:40 PAGE 96
(ii) 8:11 1. 30
(d) (i) 13 minutes to 12 Faces Edges Vertices 2. 3005
4. (ii) 11:47 A 6 12 8 3. 6·97
(i) ¼ past 7
B 6 12 8 4. 8·09
(ii) 7:15 5.
(i) 5 to 3 C 3 2 0 5. €25·50
(a) (i) 11:13
(ii) 2:55 (ii) 11:41 D 1 0 0 6. 8:27
(i) 20 past 12 (b) (i) 1:17 E 2 1 1 7. 10:02
(ii) 12:20 (ii) 1:45 8. €18
F 5 8 5
(i) 1 o clock (c) (i) 7:57 9. 32
(ii) 1:00 (ii) 8:25 G 5 9 6
10. Square
(i) 10 past 4 (d) (i) 11:33 11. 5:57
(ii) 4:10 (ii) 12:01 PAGE 97 12. 6:45
1. 13. 6900
5.
PAGE 95 A B C D 14. 77 minutes
(i) 20 to 1
(ii) 12:40 1. 15. 60
Faces 4 5 6 7
(i) 10 to 6 (i) 5 to 6 16. 7/100
(ii) 5:55 Edges 6 8 10 12
(ii) 5:50 17. 14·2
(i) ¼ past 6 Vertices 4 5 6 7 18. 5
(i) 7 o clock
(ii) 7:00 (ii) 6:15 19. Cylinder
(i) ¼ past 10 (i) 28 minutes past 6 2. 20. €12·20
(ii) 10:15 (ii) 6:28 (a) Square
(i) 5 past 12 (i) 3 minutes to 7 (b) Pentagonal
(ii) 12:05 (ii) 6:57 PAGE101
(c) Hexagonal
(i) 3 minutes past 7 1.
(ii) 7:03 (d) Triangular
(a) 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8
PAGE 94
3.
1
/4 1
/4 1
/4 1/4
1. 2. 8:08
(a) Triangular Pyramid
1
/2 1
/2
(i) 15 minutes 8:42
(ii) 3 minutes 9:15 (b) Hexagonal Pyramid
(iii) 3 minutes 11:11 (b) 2/4, 4/8
11:52 (c) (i) 4/8
12:18 PAGE 98
2. 30 (ii) 6/8
1. (iii) 4/4 or 2/2
(i) 24 minutes past 8 or
8:24 3. LORCAN (a) 5 faces
(ii) 20 minutes past 8 or (b) 9 edges 2.
8:20 4. (c) 6 vertices (b) (i) 1/5 = 2/10
(iii) 17 minutes past 8 or (d) Flat (ii) 2/5 = 4/10
No 1 (i) 11:43
8:17 (iii) 5/10 = 1/2
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(iv) 6/10 = 3/5 2. (d) 12 (c) soup

(v) 8/10 = 4/5 (a) 2/6 or 1/3 (e) 15 €1·75
(vi) 10/10 = 5/5 or 1/1 (d) corn on cob
(b) 4/12 or 1/3 (f) 25
€0·57
(c) 2/10 or 1/5 (g) 15
3. (e) Salad
(d) 3/12 or ¼ (h) 16
(b) (i) 2/12 = 1/6 €1·52
(ii) 3/12 = 1/4 (f) still water
3. 5. 3/10
(iii) 4/12 = 1/3 or 2/6 €1·15
(iv) 1/2= 2/4 or 3/6 (a) 1/12 6. 5
(g) chilli chicken
(v) 2/3 = 4/6 or 8/12 (b) 9/18 or ½ 7. 32
(vi) 3/6 = 1/2 8. (i) ½
(vii) 10/12 = 5/6 (c) 5/50 or 1/10 3.
(ii) 1/3
(viii) 6/6 = 12/12 (d) 3/18 or 1/6 (a) 46c
(iii) 1/6
(e) 8/24 or 1/3 (b) €1·93
4. (f) 5/50 or 1/10 Challenge: €10 (c) 64c
(a) 5/10 = 6/12 (d) 37c
(b) 2/3 > ½ 4. 1/10 (e) €1·28
PAGE 105
(c) 6/8 = 9/12 5. 1/9
1.
(d) ¾ < 7/8 6. 1/5 Challenge: (a) €1·24
(a) €7·11
(e) 2/3 = 8/12 7. 1/6 (b) €3·72
(b) €14·72
(f) 9/12 = ¾
(c) €14·80
Challenge: (i) ½ (ii) 1/3 (iii) 1/6
(d) €32·13 PAGE 107
5. Madge 1.
(e) €34·65
6. Laura PAGE 104 (a) €18·25
7. apple 1. (b) €20·25
2.
8. 5/8 (a) ½, 2/2(1), 3/2(1 ½), (c) €59·10
(a) €44·58
4
/2(2), 5/2(2 ½), 6/2(3), (d) €33·60
(b) €41·04
Challenge: 5/12
7
/2(3 ½), 8/2(4)
(c) €76·80 (e) €38·10
(d) €61·25
(b) ¼, 2/4(1/2), ¾, 4/4(1),
PAGE102 (e) €75·60 2.
5
/4(1¼), 6/4(1½),
1. 7
/4(1¾), 8/4(2), (f) 66·87 (a) €68·95
(a) 2/4 or ½
9
/4(2¼) (g) €70·00 (b) €47·25
(b) 4/8 or 2/4 or 1/2 (h) €57·60 (c) €50·40
(c) ½ (c) 1/10, 2/10 (1/5),
3
/10, 4/10 (2/5), 3.
(d) ¼ 3. €34·20
5
/10 (1/2), 6/10 (3/5),
(e) ½ 4. €61·44 (a) €32·40
7
/10, 8/10 (4/5),
(f) ¼ 9
/10, 10/10 (1), 11/10 5. €60·55 (b) €17·60
6. €74·61
2. 2. 4. €6·40
(a) 2/8 or 1/4 (a) 20 Challenge: €3·50
(b) ¼ (b) 24 Challenge: (a) €10·55
(b) €1·35
(c) 4/16 or ¼ (c) 27
PAGE 106
(d) 6/24 or ¼
1.
(e) ¼ 3. PAGE 108
(a) €2·25
(a) ½ 1. €2·92
(b) €2·33
Challenge: 20/80 or 2/8 or ¼ (b) 1/3 2. €3·84
(c) €1·46
(c) ¼ 3. €5·75
(d) €1·22
(d) 1/6 4. €5·82
PAGE 103 (e) €1·39
(e) 1/8 5. €3·54
1.
6. (i) (a) €2·38
(a) 2/16 or 1/8 2.
4. (b) €2·56
(b) 5/40 or 1/8 (a) sticky ribs (c) €1·87
(a) 12
(c) 10/80 or 1/8 €2·49 (d) €1·49
(b) 16 (b) chilli chicken
(d) 6/48 or 1/8
(c) 9 €3·17

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6. (ii) (a) €7·62 (b) € 8·59 Challenge: (i) 250cm (e) 1m 48cm
(b) €7·44 €15·85 (ii) 2m 50cm (f) 4m 80cm
(c) €8·13 + €3·85
(d) €8·51 €28·29
PAGE 112 3.
1. (a) 3·62m + 1·52m = 5·14m
7. (c) € 8·70
(a) 20cm = 2/10m = 0·2m (b) 2·84m + 2·41m = 5·25m
(a) €5·31 €12·69
+ € 6·95 (b) 80cm = 8/10m = 0·8m (c) 3·16m + 4·86m = 8·02m
(b) €4·17
€28·34 (d) 4·26m + 2·9m = 7·16m
(c) €11·70 (c) 70cm = 7/10m = 0·7m
(d) 90cm = 9/10m = 0·9m (e) 5·3m + 1·81m = 7·11m
(d) €7·47 2. €52·20
(e) 23cm = 23/100m = 0·23m (f) 3·99m + 1·01m = 5·00m
(e) €2·76 3. €62·55
(f) 46cm = 46/100m = 0·46m (g) 5·62m + 2·25m = 7·87m
4. €68·72
(g) 78cm = 78/100m = 0·78m (h) 3·07m + 1·39m = 4·46m
8. 5. €23·05
(h) 8cm = 8/100m = 0·08m (i) 2·75m + 4·9m = 7·65m
(i) €10·44 6 €95·04
(ii) €2·39
7. €11·46 (i) 13cm = 13/100m = 0·13m
(j) 30cm = 3/10m = 0·3m 4.
8. Football
Challenge: (a) €2·76 (k) 100cm = 10/10m = 1·0m (a) 7·85m – 3·26m = 4·59m
9. €2·69
(b) €2·07 (l) 9cm = 9/100m = 0·09m (b) 5·32m – 1·51m= 3·81m
10. €2·46
(c) 6·19m – 4·3m = 1·89m
2. (d) 8·50m – 3·22m = 5·28m
PAGE 109 Challenge: Skateboard
(a) 136cm = 1m 36cm = (e) 6·15m – 3·47m = 2·68m
1. (i) €10·00
(ii) €9·30 1 36/100m = 1·36m (f) 9·03m – 5·11m = 3·92m
PAGE 111 (b) 182cm = 1m 82cm = (g) 5·03m – 1·52m = 3·51m
2. (i) €14·00
(ii) €3·48 1. 1 82/100m = 1·82m (h) 6·75m – 2·86m = 3·89m
3.(i) €2·50 (a) 9cm (c) 117cm = 1m 17cm = (i) 3·07m – 2·70m = 0·37m
(ii) €2·38 (b) 7cm 1 17/100m = 1·17m
4. (i) €3·00 (c) 11cm (d) 190cm = 1m 90cm =
5.
(ii) €2·70 1 9/10m = 1·9m
(d) 2cm m cm
5. (i) €3·00 (e) 106cm = 1m 6cm =
(e) 5cm 3 62
(ii) €2·88 1 6/100m = 1·06m
(f) 3cm – 1 68
6. (f) 254cm = 2m 54cm = 1 94
(g) D 2 54/100m = 2·54m
Price Less Sale Price (h) C (g) 250cm = 2m 50cm =
6.
(a) €7·25 €1·45 €5·80 (i) 8cm 2 5/10m = 2·5m
m cm
(b) €9·65 €1·93 €7·72 (j) A (h) 320cm = 3m 20cm =
2 63
2 2/10m = 3·2m
(c) €8·90 €1·78 €7·12 (k) 37cm +1 50
(l) 27cm (i) 300cm = 3m 00cm = 4 13
(d) €6·35 €1·27 €5·08 3m = 3·0m
(e) €9·95 €1·99 €7·96 2. (j) 475cm = 4m 75cm =
4 75/100m = 4·75m PAGE 114
(a) 100cm
7. (i) Evan 1.
(b) 50cm
(ii) €7·64 (a) 144cm ➞ 1·44m
(c) 25cm PAGE 113
(b) 125cm ➞ 1·25m
(d) 75cm 1.
8. €17·32 (c) 224cm ➞ 2·24m
(e) 10cm (a) 6m 20cm
(d) 138cm ➞ 1·38m
(f) 10cm (b) 7m 14cm
Challenge: (a) €68·55 (e) 208cm ➞ 2·08m
(b) €11·45 (g) 70cm (c) 6m 19cm
(f) 234cm ➞ 2·34m
(h) 90cm (d) 6m 48cm
(i) 30cm (e) 8m 03cm
PAGE 110 2.
(j) 50cm (f) 8m 50cm
1. (a) 2·31m
(k) 100cm
(a) €12·69 (b) 2·16m
(l) 20cm 2.
€ 3·85 (c) 5·04m
+ €15·85 (m) 200cm (a) 2m 89cm
(d) 1·24m
€32·39 (n) 350cm (b) 3m 72cm
(e) 128m
(o) 270cm (c) 0m 39cm
(f) 105m
(p) 460cm (d) 2m 92cm

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(g) 846m 3. PAGE 118 3.

(h) 322m (a) 3·9 1. (a) 2·08
(i) 4·5m (b) 8·8 (a) 0·3 (b) 2·09
(j) 4·5m (c) 10·1 (b) 0·5 (c) 1·07
(k) 91cm (d) 6·1 (c) 0·4 (d) 1·08
(l) 56cm (e) 7·2 (d) 0·8 (e) 1·09
(f) 7·5 (e) 0·9 (f) 0·71
3. (f) 0·8 4.
(a) 13cm PAGE 116 (g) 0·6 (a) 3·2
(b) 26cm 1. (b) 3·1
2.
(c) 16cm (a) 6·26 (c) 9·1
(a) 12·3
(d) 14m (b) 38·79 (d) 31·2
(b) 13·05
(e) 18m (c) 17·83 (e) 3·12
(c) 32·20
(f) 48m (f) 3·09
(d) 7·8
2.
(e) 64·8
4. (a) 10·97 5.
(f) 8·11
(a) 43cm (b) 34·87 (a) 4 ) 5·00
(g) 41·85 1·25
(b) 23cm (c) 9·99
(h) 4·2
(c) 14cm (d) 79·97
(d) 29cm (b) 5 ) 28·0
3.
3. 5·6
(e) 21cm (a) 10·4
(f) 17cm (a) 13·09
(b) 18·9
(b) 45·62 (c) 2 ) 37·0
(g) 12cm (c) 32·4 18·5
(h) 16cm (c) 74·48
(d) 53·5
(i) 19cm (d) 47·97
(e) 36·9 (d) 6 ) 45·0
(j) 14cm (f) 135·0 7·5
4. Estimate: €23
(k) 11cm (g) 205·6
Cost: €22·90
(l) 9cm (e) 6 ) 69·0
4. 11·5
Challenge: 37·2km
5. 14cm (a) 2·10
6. 558m (b) 6·03 6. €1·15
PAGE 117 (c) 12·36
1. (d) 12·84
Challenge: 6·88m Challenge: 15·3m
(a) 3·7 (e) 30·45
(b) 7·11 (f) 45·36
PAGE 115 (c) 4·15 PAGE 120
(g) 75·87
(a) 0·7 or 7/10 (d) 21·96 1.
(b) 0·8 or 8/10 11·8, 9·61, 29·2, 40·50, 29·16
PAGE 119
(c) 0·6 or 6/10 2. (a) R, I, G, H, T
1.
(a) 4·26
(a) 2·2
1. (b) 2·37 2.
(b) 3·4
0·1 ➞ 0·9 (c) 2·62 15·8, 20·98, 51·10, 20·98, 11·80
0·5 ➞ 0·5 (c) 3·3
(d) 4·55 (b) N, E, V, E, R
0·2 ➞ 0·8 (d) 2·1
0·6 ➞ 0·4 (e) 2·2
3. 3.
0·7 ➞ 0·3
(a) 3·14 (f) 1·2
40·5, 1·9, 10·11, 20·98
(b) 4·62 (c) H, O, M, E
2. 2.
(c) 11·96
(a) 1·1 (a) 8·4
(d) 21·86 4.
(b) 1·5 (b) 4·3
(c) 1·1 (c) 5·2 39·2, 1·90, 11·8, 10·11
4. 9·16m
(d) 1·1 (d) 6·1 (d) W, O, R, M
(e) 1·0 Challenge: 141cm (e) 6·1
(f) 1·7 (f) 8·1

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5. PAGE 123 (d) 20 – 9 = 11 (j) 6120, 6020, 5920, 5820,

39·2, 1·9, 11·80, 2·9, 10·7 1. 30 – 9 = 21 5720
40 – 9 = 31 Rule: Take away 100
(e) W, O, R, D, S 4 x 9 = 36 ➞ 3 + 6 = 9
50 – 9 = 41
5 x 9 = 45 ➞ 4 + 5 = 9
60 – 9 = 51
6 x 9 = 54 ➞ 5 + 4 = 9
6. 70 – 9 = 61 PAGE 125
7 x 9 = 63 ➞ 6 + 3 = 9
(f) 20·98 E 80 – 9 = 71 1 1hr 15mins
8 x 9 = 72 ➞ 7 + 2 = 9
15·80 N 90 – 9 = 81
9 x 9 = 81 ➞ 8 + 1 = 9
2·90 D Rule: subtract 9
10 x 9 = 90 ➞ 9 + 0 = 9 2.
(a) 1hr 20mins
7. 2. PAGE 124 (b) 1hr 35mins
(g) 1·90 O (a) 21, 32, 43, 54, 65, 76, 87, 1. (c) 1hr 40mins
15·80 N 98 (a) 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, (d) 1hr 29mins
20·98 E
(b) 31, 42, 53, 44, 35, 46, 57, 32, 36, 40
48, 39 (b) 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72,
(a) RIGHT (c) 61, 62, 72, 73, 64, 65, 75, 81, 90, 99, 108 3.
(b) NEVER 76, 67, 68, 78 (c) 980, 880, 780, 680, 580, (a) 90 minutes
(c) HOME 480, 380, 280, 180, 80 (b) 85 minutes
(d) WORM 3. (d) 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, (c) 77 minutes
(e) WORDS (a) even 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, (d) 103 minutes
550, 575
(f) END (b) even
(e) 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1250, 4.
(g) ONE (c) odd
1500, 1750, 2000, 2250,
(d) even 2500, 2750 (a) 105 minutes
(e) odd (f) 975, 1000, 1025, 1050, (b) 150 minutes
PAGE 121
(f) odd 1075, 1100, 1125, 1150, (c) 72 minutes
1. 38·80 1175, 1200
(g) even
2. 7/12 (g) 1400, 1450, 1500, 550,
(h) even 5.
3. 14 1600, 1650, 1700, 1750,
(i) odd 1800, 1850, 1900 1. 1:35
4. 150cm
(j) even 2. 1:43
5. Shape 1
6. 4/6 2. 3. 1:50
4. (a) 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28
7. 70cm 4. 2:25
(a) 9 + 6 = 15
8. 78 mins 19 + 6 = 25 5. 2:41
9. 36·09 (b) 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49
29 + 6 = 35 Rule: Add 7 6. 1hr 6 minutes
10. 39 + 6 = 45
(a) 5 49 + 6 = 55
59 + 6 = 65 (c) 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81 6. 4:15
(b) 8 69 + 6 = 75 Rule: Add 9
(c) 5 79 + 6 = 85 7. 79 minutes
(d) 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54,
11. 32·87 Rule: Add 6 Challenge: (i) 3hrs 6mins
(b) 4 + 8 = 12
12. 4 14 + 8 = 22 (ii) 186 minutes
24 + 8 = 32 (e) 64, 56, 48, 40, 32, 24
13. (70 ÷ 7) + (28 ÷7) Rule: subtract 8
10 + 4 = 14 34 + 8 = 42
44 + 8 = 52 PAGE 126
14. 0 54 + 8 = 62 (f) 156, 135, 114, 93, 72, 51 1.
15. 9 R8 64 + 8 = 72 Rule: subtract 21 (a) hrs mins
16. 30 74 + 8 = 82 3 53
17. 8000 Rule: Add 8 (g) 450, 430, 410, 390, 370
18. 25 mins Rule: subtract 20 (b) hrs mins
19. 162 minutes (c) 27 – 3 = 24 5 52
37 – 3 = 34 (h) 950, 1000, 1050, 1100,
20. 3/8 47 – 3 = 44 1150, 1200 (c) hrs mins
57 – 3 = 54 Rule: Add 50 3 50
67 – 3 = 64
PAGE 122 77 – 3 = 74 (i) 4000, 4250, 4500, 4750, (d) hrs mins
(No answers needed) 87 – 3 = 84 5000
97 – 3 = 94 4 56
Rule: Add 250
Rule: subtract 3

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2. PAGE 127 9. 29 minutes PAGE 132

(a) hrs mins 1. 10. Space School 1. 5 out of 6
3 84 11. 8:10
(a) hrs mins 2. 1 out of 6
4 24 12. 54 minutes
2 48 3. 1 out of 4
4. 3 out of 4
(b) hrs mins (b) hrs mins B 1. 57 minutes
5 93 2. 1hr 42mins 5. 3 out of 6 (1 out of 2)
2 45
6 33 3. 1hr 40mins 6. 2 out of 6 (1 out of 3)
4. 1hr 15mins 7. 0 out of 6
(c) hrs mins
(c) hrs mins 5. 2hrs 51mins
1 55 8. 2 out of 8 (1 out of 4)
5 107 6. 3hrs 14mins
6 47 7. 14 minutes
(d) hrs mins 8. Portlaoise to
1 48 Limerick Junction PAGE 133
(d) hrs mins 1.
9. 2hrs 17mins
5 86
2. 10. 1hr 32mins (a) 50m
6 26
11. (a) 1hr 49mins (b) 15/100km
(a) hrs mins
(b) car by 10 mins
3. 3 47 (c) 0·35km
(a) hrs mins (d) 450m
(b) hrs mins Challenge: 6hrs 28mins
5 28 (e) 56/100km
1 39
(f) 770m
(b) hrs mins PAGE 129 (g) 77/100km
6 27 (c) hrs mins
3 53 1. possible (h) 0·77km
2. impossible (i) 930m
(c) hrs mins
8 33 (d) hrs mins 3. certain (j) 0·97km
1 39 4. possible
(d) hrs mins 5. certain 2.
8 17 3. 6. possible (a) 1000m
(a) hrs mins 7. likely (b) 500m
4. 2 54
8. impossible (c) 250m
(a) hrs mins 9. definite (d) 100m
7 30 (b) hrs mins
3 49 10. never (e) 300m
(b) hrs mins (f) 700m
7 15 (c) hrs mins (g) 10m
2 41 PAGE 130
1. certain (h) 170m
(c) hrs mins (i) 230m
9 10 (d) hrs mins 2. possible
5 49 3. impossible (j) 100m
4. possible (k) 200m
(d) hrs mins
9 50 (e) hrs mins (l) 700m
3 55 (m) 10m
Challenge: impossible
5. (n) 190m
4. 1hr 52 mins (o) 630m
(a) hrs mins
6 03 PAGE 131 (p) 800m
Challenge: (a) 2hrs 27mins 1. possible (unlikely) (q) 990m
(b) hrs mins (b) 4hrs 54mins 2. always (r) 770m
8 25 3. never
PAGE 128 4. possible (likely) 3.
(c) hrs mins 5. possible (likely)
6 17 A 1. 9 minutes (a) 300m – 3/10km – 0·3km
2. 25 minutes 6. never (b) 600m – 6/10km – 0·6km
(d) hrs mins 3. 1hr 27mins 7. possible (c) 90m – 9/100km – 0·09km
7 27 4. 1hr 45mins 8. possible (unlikely)
5. 18 minutes (d) 60m – 6/100km – 0·06km
6. 46 minutes 9. never (e) 830m – 83/100km – 0·83km
(e) hrs mins 7. 57 minutes 10. always (f) 750m – 3/4km – 0·75km
8 53 8. 47 minutes

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PAGE 134 7. (d) 3cm 15. 197 minutes

1. (a) 12·21km 16. 36cm
5cm 4cm
(a) 1000m (b) 23·16km 17. 48cm
(b) 2000m (c) 1·29km 18. 43·52
(c) 500m (d) 3·84km 2cm 19. 320
(d) 250m (e) 48·56km 1cm 20. 40
Perimeter = 15cm
(e) 750m (f) 10·2km
(f) 100m (g) 11·9km
3. PAGE 139
(g) 300m (h) 1·69km
(a) 460m 1.
(h) 10m (i) 2·07km
(b) 348m (a) 154
(i) 270m (j) 1·11km 154
(c) 112m
+154
(d) 174m 154 x 3 = 462
2.
PAGE 135 (e) 3·22km
(a) 1100m = 1km100m =
1. a = 2·32km
1 1/10km = 1·1km (b) 236
b= 3·28km
(b) 1400m = 1km400m= 236
c = 2·07km PAGE 137
1 4/10km = 1·4km 236
d = 1·98km 1. + 236
(c) 1800m = 1km800m = e = 2·14km
(a) 12cm 236 x 4 = 944
1 8/10km = 1·8km f = 1·6km
(b) 14cm
(d) 1430m = 1km430m =
1 43/100km = 1·43km (c) 14cm (c) 163
2. 5km 350m
(d) 18cm 163
(e) 1280m = 1km280m = 3. 5km 600m 163
1 28/100km = 1·28km
4. 4km 50m + 163
(f) 2250m = 2km250m = 3. 272cm 163 x 4 = 652
5. 6km 400m
2 1/4km = 2·25km 4. 46cm
6. 1km 160m
(g) 2060m = 2km60m =
7. 1km 440m (d) 361
2 6/100km = 2·06km
5. 361
(h) 1040m = 1km40m = 361
(a) 18cm
1 4/100km = 1·04km Challenge: 4km 100m 361
(b) 32cm
+ 361
(c) 12cm 361 x 5 = 1805
3.
PAGE 136 (d) 4cm
(a) 8·03km
1. (e) 6cm (e) 447
(b) 4·02km
(a) 10cm (f) 56cm 447
(c) 6·54km + 447
(b) 9cm
(d) 5·72km 447 x 3 = 1341
(c) 16·5cm Challenge: (i) 1405m
(ii) 1·405km or (f) 538
4. 1km 405m 538
2. 538
(a) 2·26km
(a) 2cm + 538
(b) 2·33km 538 x 4 = 2152
PAGE 138
(c) 0·91km 5cm 4cm
1. 2·9km
(d) 5·88km 2.
2cm 2. 1070m
Perimeter = 13cm 3. 750m 167
5. 167
4. 150 minutes 167
(a) 12·72km (b) 2cm
5. 9 + 167
(b) 20·84km
2cm 2cm 6. 7/100 167 x 4 = 668
(c) 14·80km
7. 90c
(d) 16·47km
2cm 2cm 8. 8c 3.
Perimeter = 10cm 186
9. 29·77
6. 186
(c) 10. 4
(a) 1·47km 5cm 186
11. €3·75 +186
(b) 1·38km
1·5cm 12. 49 186 x 4 = 744
(c) 1·64km
13. €3·30
(d) 1·24km 5cm
Perimeter = 11·5cm 14. 5/6

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4. (b) th h t u 6. 2848 2.
278 2 3 1 7. 1152 (a) 134
278 x 4 3
8. 1824 (b) 156
278 6 9 3
+9 2 4 0 9. 9342km (c) 139
278
+ 278 9 9 3 3 10. 9911 (d) 148
278 x 5 = 1390 (e) 258
(c) th h t u Challenge: 3645
5. 1 8 6 3.
454g x 3 7
(a) 198
454g 1 3 0 2 PAGE144
454g +5 5 8 0 (b) 144
1.
454g 6 8 8 2 (c) 113
(a) 241
+ 454g (d) 128
454g x 5 = 2270g (b) 134
2. (e) 108
(c) 322
(a) 9855
(d) 423
PAGE 140 (b) 6723 4. 57
(e) 223
1. (c) 7957 5. 42
(f) 314
h t u 28 (d) 9614
(g) 184
3 4 7 160 (e) 9867 Challenge: 132 seconds or
X 4 +1200 (h) 434
2 mins 12 secs
13 8 8 1388 (i) 352
3. 6080
4. 7943 PAGE 146
2. 2.
5. 9632km 1.
h t u 6 (a) 304
6. 9555 (a) 134 R2
5 3 1 180 (b) 121
X 6 +3000 (c) 114 (b) 155 R2
31 8 6 3186 (c) 139 R1
PAGE 142 (d) 115
1. (e) 112 (d) 173 R1
3.
(a) 117 100 (f) 127
(a) 747 x 53 x 50 2.
(g) 114
(b) 1280 6201 5000 (a) 148 R4
(h) 112
(c) 3858 (b) 196 R1
(i) 124
(d) 2570 (b) 286 300 (c) 122 R5
x 32 x 30 (j) 109
(e) 3420 (d) 137 R5
9152 9000 (k) 104
4. (l) 109
(c) 173 200 3.
(a) 1408
x 43 x 40 3. 22 litres (a) 279 R2
(b) 3073
7439 8000 4. 107km (b) 136 R3
(c) 3528
(c) 121 R1
(d) 6714
2. €9776 Challenge: 110 (d) 46 R5
(e) 3155
3. €9039 (e) 106 R6
4. €8976 (f) 131 R4
5 2520 PAGE 145
5. €8100 (g) 82 R6
6. 1256 1.
6. €9177 (h) 94 R1
7. 1370 (a) 145
Challenge: (a) €3066 (b) 133
Challenge: 2568m 4. 166 metres
(b) €1368 (c) 178 2 metres
(d) 164
PAGE 141 (e) 149 Challenge: (a) 179
PAGE 143
1. (f) 158 (b) 0
1. 620
(a) th h t u (g) 122
1 6 4 2. 1232
(h) 123
x 2 7 3. 1482
1 1 4 8 (i) 122
4. 1465
+3 2 8 0
4 4 2 8 5. 1674

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PAGE 147 (a) 5 x 11 = 55 PAGE 150 PAGE 151

1. (b) 11 x 5 = 55 1. 1. + €2865
(a) 4 x 7 = 28 ÷ 7 = 4 (c) 55 ÷ 11 = 5 (a) 15 2. – €7223
11 x 7 = 77 ÷ 7 = 4 (d) 55 ÷ 5 = 11 (b) 28 3. + €430
6 x 7 = 42 ÷ 7 = 6
(c) 15 4. ÷ 18
8 x 7 = 56 ÷ 7 = 8
(a) 6 x 7 = 42 (d) 19 5. x 448
5 x 7 = 35 ÷ 7 = 5
(b) 7 x 6 = 42 (e) 13 6. x 666
(c) 42 ÷ 7 = 6 (f) 34 R1 7. – 2716
(b) 2 x 9 = 18 ÷ 9 = 2
9 x 9 = 81 ÷ 9 = 9 (d) 42 ÷ 6 = 7 (g) 7 R5 8. – 1656m
7 x 9 = 63 ÷ 9 = 7 (h) 20 R3 9. ÷ 49
3 x 9 = 27 ÷ 9 = 3 (a) 7 x 9 = 63
(i) 17 R4 10. x 675
5 x 9= 45 ÷ 9 = 5 (b) 9 x 7 = 63
(j) 25 R1 11. x 972
(c) 63 ÷ 9 = 7
(c) 3 x 8 = 24 ÷ 8 = 3 (d) 63 ÷ 7 = 9
7 x 8 = 56 ÷ 8 = 7 2. Challenge: (i) 31
9 x 8 = 72 ÷ 8 = 9 (a) (ii) 6
(a) 8 x 9 = 72
8 x 8 = 64 ÷ 8 = 8
6 x 8 = 48 ÷ 8 = 6 (b) 9 x 8 = 72 x 3 6 10 12 15
(c) 72 ÷ 9 = 8 3 9 18 30 36 45 PAGE 152
2. (d) 72 ÷ 8 = 9 1. 7
8 24 48 80 96 120
(a) 5 x 12 = 60 so, 2. 3
10 30 60 100 120 150
60 ÷ 12 = 5 3. 13 0 3. 6
60 ÷ 5 = 12 4. 540 grammes 14 42 84 140 168 210
4. 480
17 51 102 170 204 255 5. 8 R4
(b) 8 x 9 = 72 so, Challenge: 40 6. certain
72 ÷ 9 = 8 and (b)
72 ÷ 8 = 9 7. 1 in 6
PAGE 149 ÷ 3 6 9 8. €356
(c) 6 x 7 = 42 so, 1. 90 30 15 10 9. 30 R3
42 ÷ 7 = 6 (a) 171 10. 2/12
42 ÷ 6 = 7 270 90 45 80
(b) 368 11. €17·25
126 42 21 14
(c) 228 12. Pam
(d) 12 x 8 = 96 so, 288 96 48 32
96 ÷ 12 = 8 (d) 158 13. 3/100
324 108 54 36 14. 4
96 ÷ 8 = 12 (e) 180
(f) 240 15. €32
(e) 7 x 8 = 56 so (c) 16. 2hrs 20mins
(g) 189
56 ÷ 7 = 8 17. 3900
(h) 602 ÷ 5 10
56 ÷ 8 = 7
(i) 395 50 10 5 18. 3
3. 608 (j) 336 150 30 15 19. 36cm
4. 24 (k) 188 20. 94 R1
300 60 30
5. €531 (l) 603
430 86 43
650 130 65 PAGE 153
Challenge: 6 2.
1.
(a) 5
3. (a) (i) livestock scales
(b) 4 (ii) digital scales
PAGE 148 (a) 8
(c) 4 (b) 69kg
1. (b) €9·50
(d) 7 (c) 92g
(a) 56, 8, 72, 24, 3, 36, 9, 63 (c) €26
(e) 3 (d) 357kg
(b) 81, 9, 45, 15, 90, 9, 72, 8 (d) 174
(f) 4 (e) €11·70
(e) Louise: €13·50
2. Liam: €15·50 (f) €24
3. 4 days
(a) 4 x 9 = 36 12kg unused (f) €39·50 (g) 10
(b) 9 x 4 = 36
(c) 36 ÷ 9 = 4 4. 324 Challenge: (i) 8100 2 No answers
(d) 36 ÷ 4 = 9
Challenge: 432km

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PAGE 154 2. 250g 0kg 250g 5.

1. (a) 1700g
1
/4kg 0·25kg (a) 11·68kg
(a) 1000g (b) 1450g 4080g 4kg 80g (b) 14·55kg
(b) 250g (c) 1050g 4 8/100kg 4·08kg (c) 49·21kg
(c) 500g (d) 2400g 3800g 3kg 800g (d) 11·84kg
(d) 750g (e) 2500g 3 8/10kg 3·8kg
(e) 100g (f) 3990g 6.
(f) 300g (g) 4070g 3. (a) 2·12kg
(g) 700g (h) 5870g (a) 2430g (b) 1·34kg
(h) 800g (i) 2210g (b) 9060g (c) 1·08kg
(i) 200g (j) 3750g (c) 3200g (d) 2·31kg
(j) 400g (k) 4280g (d) 6990g
(k) 600g (e) 5600g Challenge: (a) 22·84kg
(l) 1000g 3. (f) 380g (b) 22·68kg
(c) 35·5kg
(m) 100g (a) 1kg 500g (g) 8240g
(d) 1·23kg
(n) 500g (b) 1kg 900g (h) 20g (e) 23·49kg
(o) 800g (c) 1kg 950g (f) 1·89kg
(p) 900g (d) 2kg 200g 4. (g) 1·49kg
(h) 62·8kg
(q) 3000g (e) 2kg 30g (a) 70g 7/100kg 0·07kg
(r) 3500g (f) 2kg 960g (b) 500g 1/2kg 0·5kg
(s) 4100g (g) 3kg 80g (c) 600g 6/10kg 0·6kg PAGE 158
(t) 2200g (h) 3kg 650g (d) 210g 21/100kg 0·21kg 1.
(i) 3kg 500g (e) 1350g 1 35/100kg 1·35kg (a) 1·87kg
2. (j) 3kg 750g (f) 120g 12/100kg 0·12kg (b) 0·12kg
(a) 400g (k) 3kg 990g (g) 750g 3/4kg 0·75kg (c) 1·12kg
(b) 500g (h) 50g 5/100kg 0·05kg (d) 0·04kg
(c) 350g (e) 0·8kg
PAGE 156
(d) 50g (f) 0·02kg
1. PAGE 157
(e) 250g (g) 0·08kg
(a) 1000g 1.
(f) 200g (h) 0·06kg
(b) 500g (a) 1470g 1·47kg
(i) 0·33kg
(c) 250g (b) 1140g 1·14kg
(j) 1·35kg
PAGE 155 (d) 750g (c) 1450g 1·45kg
(k) 0·75kg
1. (e) 100g (d) 1160g 1·16kg
(l) 0·21kg
(a) 20g 2/100kg 0·02kg (f) 200g
(b) 90g 9/100kg 0·09kg (g) 10g 2.
2. 750g
(c) 100g 1/10kg 0·1kg (h) 230g (a) 6·92kg
3. i. 1880g
(d) 160g 16/100kg 0·16kg (i) 100g (b) 6·44kg ii. 1·88kg
(e) 350g 35/100kg 0·35kg (j) 10g (c) 8·04kg
(f) 800g 8/10kg (4/5kg) (d) 7·79kg 4. corn
0·8kg 2.
5. 450g
(g) 750g 75/100kg (3/4kg) 1200g 1kg 200g 3.
0·75kg 6. 150g
1 2/10kg 1·2kg (a) 4·63kg
(h) 440g 44/100kg 0·44kg 7. 1050g
2310g 2kg 310g (b) 2·87kg 8. 360g
(i) 500g 1/2kg 0·5kg 2 31/100kg 2·31kg (c) 4·38kg 9. i. 24g
(j) 700g 7/10kg 0·7kg
2700g 2kg 700g (d) 2·67kg ii. 12g
(k) 930g 93/100kg 0·93kg 2 7/10kg 2·7kg iii. 270g
(l) 240g 24/100kg 0·24kg iv. 8g
3210g 3kg 210g 4.
(m) 250g 1/4kg 0·25kg 3 21/100kg 3·21kg (a) 2450g 2·45kg
(n) 30g 3/100kg 0·03kg Challenge: 6·75kg
3560g 3kg 560g (b) 2820g 2·82kg
3 56/100kg 3·56kg (c) 3720g 3·72kg
4500g 4kg 500g (d) 2070g 2·07kg
4 1/2kg 4·5kg

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PAGE 159 (h) 200ml 3. (h) 300ml = 3/10l = 0·3l

2. (i) 600ml (a) 1l 900ml (i) 350ml = 35/100l = 0·35l
(a) 6cm2 (j) 1000ml (b) 1l 810ml
(b) 20cm2 (k) 100ml (c) 2l 360ml Challenge: 2250ml or 2·25l
(c) 21cm2 (l) 900ml (d) 2l 40ml
(d) 12cm2 (m) 500ml (e) 3l 700ml
PAGE 166
(e) 45cm2 (n) 700ml (f) 4l 520ml
1.
(o) 250ml (g) 5l 160ml
(a) 1210ml 1·21l
3. 24cm2 (p) 750ml (h) 5l 80ml
(b) 1210ml 1·21l
(i) 1·3l
(c) 1550ml 1·55l
3. (j) 6·25l
PAGE 160 (d) 1310ml 1·31l
(a) 800ml (k) 3·04l
1. Mobile phone = 91cm2
Highlighter = 32cm2 (b) 250ml
2.
Notepad = 15cm2 (c) 900ml
(a) 5·23l
Stamp = 6cm2 (d) 100ml PAGE 165
Plasters = 48cm2 (b) 8·83l
(e) 650ml 1.
Gift card = 63cm2 (c) 8·90l
(a) 100ml
(d) 5·18l
4. (b) 900ml
2. i. Stamp
(a) 200ml (c) 10ml
ii. Notepad 3.
iii. Highlighter (b) 750ml (d) 70ml
(a) 3·56l
iv. Plasters (c) 100ml (e) 230ml
v. Gift card (b) 4·28l
(d) 900ml (f) 200ml
vi. Mobile phone (c) 1·55l
(e) 350ml (g) 250ml
(d) 2·48l
(h) 300ml
PAGE 161 (i) 30ml
4.
Shape (a) = 18cm2 PAGE 164
(a) 2080ml 2·08l
Shape (b) = 16cm2 1. 2.
(b) 1620ml 1·62l
Shape (c) = 14cm2 (a) 10ml = 1/100l = 0·01l (a) 1100ml = 1l 100ml =
1 1/10l = 1·1l (c) 3150ml 3·15l
Shape (d) = 24cm2 (b) 60ml = 6/100l = 0·06l
(b) 1700ml = 1l 700ml = (d) 1040ml 1·04l
Shape (e) = 46cm2 (c) 180ml = 18/100l = 0·18l
Shape (f) = 17cm2 1 7/10l = 1·7l
(d) 300ml = 3/10l = 0·3l
(c) 1450ml = 1l 450ml = 5.
(e) 420ml = 42/100l = 0·42l
1 45/100l = 1·45l (a) 31·28l
(f) 500ml = 1/2l = 0·5l
(d) 1070ml = 1l 70ml = (b) 26·12l
PAGE 162 (g) 590ml = 59/100l = 0·59l 1 7/100l = 1·07l
1. Classroom floor m2 (c) 18·76l
(h) 760ml = 76/100l = 0·76l (e) 2360ml = 2l 360ml =
School corridor m2 (d) 18·64l
Cover of this book cm2 (i) 850ml = 85/100l = 0·85l 2 36/100l = 2·36l
Front Page of (j) 930ml = 93/100 = 0·93l (f) 3040ml = 3l 40ml =
3 4/100l = 3·04l 6.
newspaper cm2 (k) 1000ml = 1l = 1·0l
Penalty area of (g) 3500ml = 3l 500ml = (a) 1·28l
soccer pitch m2 3 1/2l = 3·5l (b) 2·09l
2.
(h) 4065ml = 4l 65ml = (c) 1·28l
(a) 1300ml 4 65/1000l = 4·065l
Challenge: 150m2 (d) 2·87l
(b) 1650ml
(i) 5040ml = 5l 40ml =
(c) 1470ml 5 4/100l = 5·04l
Challenge: (a) 17·49l
(d) 1060ml
PAGE 163 (b) 22·65l
(e) 2700ml 3. (c) 1·26l
2.
(f) 2490ml (a) 720ml = 72/100l = 0·72l (d) 0·66l
(a) 1000ml
(g) 3180ml (e) 31·78l
(b) 500ml (b) 1060ml = 16/100l = 1·06l
(f) 0·89l
(h) 4030ml (c) 750ml = 3/4l = 0·75l
(c) 250ml
(i) 3760ml (d) 30ml = 3/100l = 0·03l
(d) 750ml
(j) 4250ml (e) 3050ml = 35/100l = 3·05l
(e) 100ml
(k) 3400ml (f) 800ml = 4/5l = 0·8l
(f) 300ml
(g) 600ml (g) 1600ml = 13/5l = 1·6l

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PAGE 167 (g) < 4. 5. €87

1. 770ml or 0·77l (h) ÷ – (a) 416 6. €13·75
2. 1·58l (i) − + (b) 786 7. (117 ÷ 9) x 7 + 117 = 208
3. 0·64l (c) 924
4. (d) 685 8.
4. (a) < (e) 660 (a) (25 + 8) – 12 = 21
(a) 2·31l (b) > (f) 877 (b) (84 – 19) + 7 = 72
(b) €6·30 (c) < (c) (7 x 9) + 13 = 76
(c) €1·85 (d) > (d) (54 ÷ 6) + 4 = 13
PAGE 170
(d) 0·04l (e) < (e) (8 x 9) – 5 = 67
1.
(f) = (f) (54 ÷ 7) = 7 R5
5. D=5
A=6 (g) (67 + 5) ÷ 9 = 8
(a) 16·45l
5. K = 11 (h) (13 – 5) x 9 = 72
(b) €31·15 C=3
(a) 700g (i) (6 x 8) + 7 = 55
R=7
(b) 47cm
6. i. 470ml O=8
ii. 0·47l (c) 250ml B=1 Challenge: €49·77
(d) 23 minutes E=2
7. 0·21l (e) 35 minutes
PAGE 172
(f) €6·25 CO D E B R E A K E R
1. €152
Challenge: (a) 480ml (g) 750m 3 8 5 2 1 7 2 6 11 2 7
(b) 55c or €0·55 2. €20
(h) 350ml
3. €27·60
(i) 650g 2.
4. €13·50
(a) (6 x 4) – 5 = 19
PAGE 168 5. pyramid
(b) (38 – 6) ÷ 4 = 8
1. PAGE 169 6. 1248
(c) (80 ÷ 4) x 3 = 60
(i) (a) 8 1. 7. 8421
(d) 12 + (12 x 2) = 36
(b) 9 (a) 6 – 2 = 4 8. 7173
(c) 32 (e) (9 x 8) + 7 = 79
(b) 11 – 3 = 8 9. 21 minutes
(c) 4 + 6 = 10 10. 1/4
(ii) (a) 1 3.
(b) 1 (d) 8 + 5 + 20 = 33 11. Dublin
(a) 3 + 2 = 5 and 3 – 2 = 1
(c) 23 (e) 24 ÷ 8 = 3 so ▲ = 3 and ■ = 2 12. Vertical
(f) €20 – €13·65 = €6·35 13. 4
(iii) (a) 6 (b) 2 x 5 = 10 and 5 – 2 = 3
(b) 6 so ● = 2 and ■ = 5
(c) 7 2.
PAGE 173
(a) 4
(c) 6 – 2 = 4 and 6 + 2 = 8 14. 320cm
(iv) (a) 9 (b) 9 so ■ = 6 and ● = 2 15. 150cm
(b) 4 R2 (c) 16
(c) 7 16. 14
(d) 2 (d) 4 + 4 = 8 and 12 ÷ 4 = 3 17. definitely
(e) 17 so ▲ = 4 and ■ = 12
2. 18. 2515cm
(f) 7
9 + 21 ➞ = 30 19. 84 minutes
(g) 4 PAGE 171
7 x ➞ 5 = 35 20. 456cm
5 + 5 ➞ + 5 = 15 (h) 9 1. 28 – (7+9) = 12 21. 214
35 ÷ ➞ 7 = 5 (i) 10 2. (60 – 6) ÷ 9 = 6 22. 120 mins = 2hrs 0mins
30 ÷ ➞ 5 = 6
3. (9 x 5) + (7 x 3) = 66 23. 90 minutes
30 − ➞ 5 = 25 3.
24 pentagon
(a) 200 4.
3. 25. yes
(b) 235 (a) 644
(a) > (c) 276 (b) 469
(b) > (d) 418 (c) 173 PAGE 174
(c) + (e) 473 (d) 872 1. €4·20
(d) x x (f) 321 (e) 956 2. €4·50
(e) x –
3. 3957
(f) + x

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4. €3·60 8. 36cm2
5. 45 9. 1/12
6. Kitchen or Digital scales 10. €879
7. 100g 11. €64
8. 1400ml 12. 6000
9. 72 13. 2hrs 37mins
10. 340 14. 6
11. 35/100 or 7/20 15. 42cm
12. 36cm 16. 3/8
13. 7cm 17. 160 minutes
14. 9 small squares 18. €9·50
15. 3:32 19. €12
16. 750ml 20. €5
17. 3760m
18. 4830ml
19. 9/12
20 1hr 47mins

PAGE 175
1. 8764
2. 2359
3. 5386
4. 7000
5. 12
6. €2·80
7. 99
8. 9 R5
9. ✓
10. 36
11. 48
12. 14

13. i. 68/10
ii. 618/100
iii. 6·08

14. 8
15. €14·05
16. 490
17. 14
18. 7:25
19. 790
20.

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1. 4
2. 40 minutes
3. x
4. 56
5. 800m
6. 325g
7. 550ml

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