Level A
1. In the number 5.06 what does the digit 6 mean?
A) Six tenths
B) Six hundredths
C) Six units
D) Six tens
2. In the number 92.35 what does the digit 3 mean?
A) Three hundredths
B) Three tenths
C) Three units
D) Three tens
3. How would you write the number 72.63 in words?
A) Seventy two point six three
B) Seventy two and sixty three
C) Seven thousand, two hundred and sixty three
D) Seven and two and point and six and three
4. How would you write the number 23.09 in words?
A) Twenty three point nine
B) Twenty three point zero nine
C) Twenty three point ninety
D) Two, three, zero and nine
5. Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
A) 6.20
B) 6.2
C) 6.2000
D) 6.02
6. Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
A) 5.4000
B) 5.04
C) 5.4
D) 5.400
7. Which row in this place value table shows the number 12.6?
A) Row A
B) Row B
C) Row C
D) Row D
8. You enter the following problem into a calculator:
22 ÷ 7
The calculator displays the number 3.1428571
You only need to write down the first two digits after the decimal point. What should you write down?
A) 0.14
B) 3.1
C) 3.14
D) 3.1428571
9. You need to enter the number five point zero six into a calculator. What should the display show?
A) 5.6
B) 5.06
C) 50.6
D) 506
10. Which of these statements about the decimal 0.5 is true?
A) 0.5 = ½
B) 0.5 = fifty
C) 0.5 = five
D) 0.5 = fifteen
Level B
1. What does the digit 5 mean in £32.59?
A) Five pounds
B) Five pence
C) Fifty pence
D) Fifty pounds
2. How much money is this?
A) £3.05
B) £3.50
C) £350
D) £3.05p
3. Which of these is another way of writing 87 pence?
A) 0.87p
B) £0.87
C) £8.70
D) 8.7p
4. How many pence in £1.20?
A) Twelve pence
B) Twenty pence
C) One hundred pence
D) One hundred and twenty pence
5. How would you write £12.92 in words?
A) Twelve point nine two pounds
B) One thousand, two hundred and ninety two pence
C) Ten and two pounds and ninety and two pence
D) Twelve pounds, ninety two pence
6. The shopkeeper tells you your bill comes to “forty pounds and eight pence”. How would you write this amount in numbers?
A) £4.80
B) £40.08
C) £14.08
D) £4.08
7. How many pence is £3.04?
A) Three point four pence
B) Four pence
C) Thirty four pence
D) Three hundred and four pence
8. Which of the following is not true?
A) £0.86 = 86p
B) £1.60 = 160p
C) £2.07 = 27p
D) £9.20 = 920p
9. How much money is this?
A) £12.23
B) £120.23
C) £102.203
D) £102.23
10. You’ve been using the calculator to work out: £1.05 + £23.45 The display shows the amount 24.5. What is the correct way of writing this amount of money?
A) £24.5
B) £24.50p
C) 24.5p
D) £24.50
Level C
1. A table has a width of 1.5 m. What does 1.5 m mean?
A) 1 metre and 50 centimetres
B) 1 metre and 5 centimetres
C) 1.5 centimetres
D) 1 + 5 metres
2. Sam is five years old. He is 1 m 20 cm tall. How would you write this as a decimal?
A) 120 m
B) 1.2 m
C) 100 20 m
D) 12.0 m
3. You are buying a shirt for your friend and measure their neck size for the collar. The tape measure shows 40 cm but you have to place an order in metres. What is the correct measurement?
A) 0.04 m
B) 0.4 m
C) 4.0 m
D) 40 m
4. You want to buy a new bathroom cabinet. You measure your bathroom wall and decide you can buy one up to 70 cm in width. Which bathroom cabinet should you buy?
A) Cabinet A: width of 1 m
B) Cabinet B: width of 0.95 m
C) Cabinet C: width of 0.75 m
D) Cabinet D: width of 0.7 m
5. A postal tube is 0.79 m long. How many centimetres is this?
A) 0.79 cm
B) 7.9 cm
C) 7 cm
D) 79 cm
6. You are buying a new blind for a window. The window measures 2 m and 4 cm in width. How would you write this in metres?
A) 2.4 m
B) 2.04 m
C) 240 m
D) 204 m
7. Next, you measure the height of the window. It is 1 metre and 42 centimetres high. How would you write this in metres?
A) 1.42 m
B) 142 m
C) 14.2 m
D) 42 m
8. You need to buy a freezer, but only have a small kitchen. Your local shop sells a ‘compact freezer’ which is only 0.54 m wide. How wide is this in centimetres?
A) 5 cm
B) 5.4 cm
C) 54 cm
D) 540 cm
9. You’ve measured the space you have for your freezer and it is 60 cm wide. Which freezer would not fit in your kitchen?
A) Freezer A width: 0.5 m
B) Freezer B width: 0.54 m
C) Freezer C width: 0.59 m
D) Freezer D width: 0.63 m
10. You’re making some curtains for your house and need to buy some material. You’ve worked out that you need the following length of material for each room: 1.25 m, 2.6 m, 1.35 m.
You add these amounts up using a calculator and it shows 5.2. What is this amount in metres and centimetres?
A) 5 m 2 cm
B) 7 m
C) 52 cm
D) 5 m 20 cm
Answers
Level A
1. In the number 5.06 what does the digit 6 mean?
The correct answer is: B. Six hundredths
Look at the number in a place value table. The digit 6 is in the hundredths column. In the number 5.06 the digit 6 means six hundredths.
2. In the number 92.35 what does the digit 3 mean?
The correct answer is: B. Three tenths
Look at the number in the place value table. The digit 3 is in the tenths column. In the number 92.35 the digit 3 means three tenths.
3. How would you write the number 72.63 in words?
The correct answer is: A. Seventy two point six three
When reading decimals out loud you have to read the numbers after the decimal point one at a time. The number 72.63 said out loud is seventy two point six three.
4. How would you write the number 23.09 in words?
The correct answer is B. Twenty three point zero nine
When writing decimals you have to write the digits after the decimal one at a time. You must also read the zero as it is a place holder. The number 23.09 written in words is twenty three point zero nine.
5. Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
The correct answer is: D. 6.02
This decimal has a different value to the other numbers. When you have zeros at the end of a number they don't change the value. This means that:
6.2 = 6.20 = 6.2000
The number 6.02 is the odd one out.
6. Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
The correct answer is: B. 5.04
This decimal has a different value to the other numbers. When you have zeros at the end of a number they don't change the value. This means that:
5.4 = 5.400 = 5.4000
The number 5.04 is the odd one out.
7. Which row in this place value table shows the number 12.6?
The correct answer is: C. Row C
You read the place value table correctly. Row C shows the number 12.6
8. You enter the following problem into a calculator:
22 ÷ 7
The calculator displays the number 3.1428571
You only need to write down the first two digits after the decimal point. What should you write down?
The correct answer is: C. 3.14
Sometimes when you are using a calculator it will display a number with lots of digits after the decimal point. Here, you only need to look at the whole number 3 and the first two digits after the decimal point. These are 1 and 4. The number you should write down is 3.14
9. You need to enter the number five point zero six into a calculator. What should the display show?
The correct answer is: B. 5.06
The number five point zero six on the calculator would be 5.06
10. Which of these statements about the decimal 0.5 is true?
The correct answer is: A. 0.5 = ½
Good work, it was a hard question. O.5 is half of a whole (or 1). The decimal 0.5 is the same as a half:
Level B
1. What does the digit 5 mean in £32.59?
The correct answer is: C. Fifty pence
In the amount £32.59 the digit 5 means fifty pence.
2. How much money is this?
The correct answer is: A. £3.05
The 3 pounds goes before the decimal point and the 5 pence is the second digit after the decimal point.
The amount of money is £3.05
3. Which of these is another way of writing 87 pence?
The correct answer is: A. 0.87p
Another way of writing 87 pence is £0.87
4. How many pence in £1.20?
The correct answer is: D. One hundred and twenty pence
There are one hundred pence in one pound:
£1 = 100 pence
To work out the amount of pence in £1.20:
£1 = 100 pence
£0.20 = 20 pence
100 + 20 = 120
There are 120 pence in £1.20
5. How would you write £12.92 in words?
The correct answer is: D. Twelve pounds, ninety two pence
You would write £12.92 as twelve pounds, ninety two pence.
6. The shopkeeper tells you your bill comes to “forty pounds and eight pence”. How would you write this amount in numbers?
The correct answer is: B. £40.08
Forty pounds and eight pence written in numbers is £40.08
7. How many pence is £3.04?
The correct answer is: D. Three hundred and four pence
There are one hundred pence in one pound:
£1 = 100 pence
To work out the amount of pence in £3.04:
£3 = 300 pence
£0.04 = 4 pence
300 + 4 = 304
There are 304 pence in £3.04
8. Which of the following is not true?
The correct answer is: C. £2.07 = 27p
£2.07 = 27p is wrong. It should read:
£2.07 = 207p
OR
£0.27 = 27p
9. How much money is this?
The correct answer is: A. £12.23
You have the following amount of money in the picture:
£10 note = £10
£1 x 2 = £2
20 pence x 1 = £0.20
1 pence x 3 = £0.03
The picture shows £12.23 in money.
10. You’ve been using the calculator to work out: £1.05 + £23.45
The display shows the amount 24.5.
What is the correct way of writing this amount of money?
The correct answer is: D. £24.50
When you write money you must show two digits after the decimal point. If the display shows 24.5 you must write £24.50
Level C
1. A table has a width of 1.5 m. What does 1.5 m mean?
The correct answer is: A. 1 metre and 50 centimetres
Remember that:
1 m = 100 cm
0.5 m is the same as half a metre, or 50 centimetres.
The table is 1 metre and 50 centimetres wide.
2. Sam is five years old. He is 1 m 20 cm tall. How would you write this as a decimal?
The correct answer is: B. 1.2 m
Remember:
1 m = 100 cm
1 m 20 cm can be either written as:
1.2 m or 120 cm
Sam is 1.2 m tall.
3. You are buying a shirt for your friend and measure their neck size for the collar. The tape measure shows 40 cm but you have to place an order in metres.
What is the correct measurement?
The correct answer is: B. 0.4 m
You will order your friend the correct size shirt. Remember:
1 m = 100 cm
40 cm can be either written as:
40 cm or 0.4 m
You should place an order for a shirt of collar size 0.4 m.
4. You want to buy a new bathroom cabinet.
You measure your bathroom wall and decide you can buy one up to 70 cm in width. Which bathroom cabinet should you buy?
The correct answer is: D. Cabinet D: width of 0.7 m
Remember:
1 m = 100 cm
Cabinet D would fit on your wall as it is 0.7 m or 70 cm wide.
5. A postal tube is 0.79 m long. How many centimetres is this?
The correct answer is: D. 79cm
You remembered that:
1 m = 100 cm
A postal tube 0.79 m in length is 79 cm long.
6. You are buying a new blind for a window.