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
× 102 = ________________ b 3.25 × 104 = ________________

c
× 100 = ________________ d 6 × 10−1 = ________________

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

g
÷ 100 = ________________ h 0.45 ÷ 102 = ________________

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
÷ 10−4 A 60 000 B 6000 C 0.006 D 0.0006

3 Work these out.

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

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

0.03 × 0.2 = ________________ f 0.5 × 0.007 = ________________

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4 Work these out.

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

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

0.36 ÷ 0.09 = ________________ f 3.2 ÷ 0.002 = ________________

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

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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
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

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

1.05

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:

year

years

years

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

[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 list of the integer values that the number could be

[1]

the lower bound

the upper bound.

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
answer is 30 ______ ______

b
answer is 460. ______ ______

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
answer is 700 ______ ______

b
answer is 3500 ______ ______

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

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Write down

lower bound of the mean height

upper bound of the mean height.

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

[Total: 50 marks]

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Answers
1 a 1500

b 32 500

c 19

d 0.6

e 0.045

f 0.27

g 13

h 0.0045

2 a B 4.5
[1]

b C 8.5

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c A 60 000

3 a 2.4

b −4.5

c 0.32

d −4.8

e 0.006

f 0.0035

4 a 30

b −110

c 80

d −400

e 4

f 1600

5 200
[2]

6 a 211.2
[2]
b 27

7 a A 0.88

b C 1.05

8 a i 800 × 1.05 ii 800 × 1.052 iii 800 × 1.053

b The population of the village after 4 years.

c The population of the village after 10 years.

d 13 years

e 800 × 1.05n

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9 a 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

b 55

c 64

10 a

11 a

12 a i 177.5 cm ii 178.5 cm

CHAPTER 3 SUCCESSIVE CRITERIAS:

 I can multiply and divide numbers by 10 to the power of any positive or negative number.

 I can estimate, multiply and decimal by integers and decimals.

 I can use and understand compound percentages.

 I can work out upper and lower bounds.

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