QTS Numeracy Skills 2

Question 1

A bar chart shows that 45 pupils chose football, 30 chose netball, 15 chose swimming, and 10 chose tennis as their favourite sport. What fraction chose netball?

Accepted Answer

3/10

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/5

Question 2

A teacher needs to cut ribbon into 0.35 metre lengths. How many complete lengths can be cut from a 5 metre roll?

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

13

Answer

15

Answer

12

Question 3

A school's attendance rate for the autumn term was 94.6%. If there were 12,000 possible attendance sessions, how many sessions were missed?

Accepted Answer

648

Answer

548

Answer

748

Answer

448

Question 4

A pie chart represents 360 pupils' subject preferences. The 'Science' sector has an angle of 72°. How many pupils chose Science?

Accepted Answer

72

Answer

62

Answer

82

Answer

52

Question 5

Pupil A scored 45 out of 60 on Test 1 and 56 out of 80 on Test 2. On which test did they perform better?

Accepted Answer

Test 1, with 75%

Answer

Test 2, with 70%

Answer

They performed equally

Answer

Cannot be determined

Question 6

A school budget of £450,000 allocates 2/5 to staffing and 1/4 to resources. How much remains for other costs?

Accepted Answer

£157,500

Answer

£127,500

Answer

£187,500

Answer

£137,500