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Farmer Jones is spraying his crops with a pesticide. If 10 ml of pesticide is required for each square meter, how many liters of pesticide will be required to spray 1,000 m2? |
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100 L |
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1 L |
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10 L |
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1,000 L |
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2.
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The height of the Towers building is three times taller than the Spire building. If the Spire building is 18 m high, how high is the Towers building? |
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6 m |
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54 m |
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36 m |
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27 m |
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3.
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At the end of a rugby match, 125 people left the grounds every 3 minutes. If there were 2,500 spectators at the match, how long did it take for the grounds to empty? |
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60 min |
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30 min |
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120 min |
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20 min |
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4.
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The temperature of a substance in a chemistry experiment is -6°C. If the temperature is increasing at the rate of 2°C per minute, what will the temperature of the substance be in 8 minutes? |
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16°C |
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22°C |
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-4°C |
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10°C |
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5.
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It takes 4 men 128 hours to complete a certain engineering maintenance job. How long will it take 16 men to complete the same job if they work at the same speed? |
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64 hr |
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16 hr |
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32 hr |
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8 hr |
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6.
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If a wheel rotates (turns) at a speed of 6,000 revolutions (complete turns) in 5 minutes, how many revolutions does it make in 1 minute? |
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3,000 |
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12,000 |
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30,000 |
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1,200 |
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7.
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Small toy cars are packed in toy boxes whose volume is 120 cm3. There are 6,000 toy boxes. If the toy boxes are to be packed into larger packing boxes, each of whose volume is 1,200 cm3, how many packing boxes will be required to pack all the toy boxes? |
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60 |
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600 |
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120 |
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60,000 |
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8.
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If you lose a half of an eighth of all your money, what fraction of your money have you lost? |
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1⁄4 |
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1⁄16 |
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1⁄8 |
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3⁄4 |
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9.
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The temperature changed from -8°C to 3°C and then to -14°C over the last two day period. How many degrees below 3°C was the final temperature? |
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-14°C |
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14°C |
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-17°C |
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17°C |
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10.
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Mike lives five times further way from London than Tom. If Mike lives 75 miles away from London, how far away does Tom live? |
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375 miles |
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37.5 miles |
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15 miles |
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13 miles |
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1.
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Farmer Jones is spraying his crops with a pesticide. If 10 ml of pesticide is required for each square meter, how many liters of pesticide will be required to spray 1,000 m2? |
|
[ ] |
100 L |
[ ] |
1 L |
[x] |
10 L |
[ ] |
1,000 L |
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|
2.
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The height of the Towers building is three times taller than the Spire building. If the Spire building is 18 m high, how high is the Towers building? |
|
[ ] |
6 m |
[x] |
54 m |
[ ] |
36 m |
[ ] |
27 m |
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3.
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At the end of a rugby match, 125 people left the grounds every 3 minutes. If there were 2,500 spectators at the match, how long did it take for the grounds to empty? |
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[x] |
60 min |
[ ] |
30 min |
[ ] |
120 min |
[ ] |
20 min |
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4.
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The temperature of a substance in a chemistry experiment is -6°C. If the temperature is increasing at the rate of 2°C per minute, what will the temperature of the substance be in 8 minutes? |
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[ ] |
16°C |
[ ] |
22°C |
[ ] |
-4°C |
[x] |
10°C |
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5.
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It takes 4 men 128 hours to complete a certain engineering maintenance job. How long will it take 16 men to complete the same job if they work at the same speed? |
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[ ] |
64 hr |
[ ] |
16 hr |
[x] |
32 hr |
[ ] |
8 hr |
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6.
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If a wheel rotates (turns) at a speed of 6,000 revolutions (complete turns) in 5 minutes, how many revolutions does it make in 1 minute? |
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[ ] |
3,000 |
[ ] |
12,000 |
[ ] |
30,000 |
[x] |
1,200 |
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7.
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Small toy cars are packed in toy boxes whose volume is 120 cm3. There are 6,000 toy boxes. If the toy boxes are to be packed into larger packing boxes, each of whose volume is 1,200 cm3, how many packing boxes will be required to pack all the toy boxes? |
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[ ] |
60 |
[x] |
600 |
[ ] |
120 |
[ ] |
60,000 |
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8.
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If you lose a half of an eighth of all your money, what fraction of your money have you lost? |
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1⁄4 |
[x] |
1⁄16 |
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1⁄8 |
[ ] |
3⁄4 |
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9.
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The temperature changed from -8°C to 3°C and then to -14°C over the last two day period. How many degrees below 3°C was the final temperature? |
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-14°C |
[ ] |
14°C |
[ ] |
-17°C |
[x] |
17°C |
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10.
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Mike lives five times further way from London than Tom. If Mike lives 75 miles away from London, how far away does Tom live? |
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[ ] |
375 miles |
[ ] |
37.5 miles |
[x] |
15 miles |
[ ] |
13 miles |
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