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1. All of the pupils in a class cut out paper shapes. The teacher picked one out and said, "This shape is a triangle." Which of these statements MUST be correct?
The shape has three sides.
The shape has a right angle.
The shape has equal sides.
The shape has equal angles
2. Jo's recipe says to bake a cake for 25-28 minutes. About how long is this?
A quarter of an hour
Half an hour
An hour
An hour and a half
3. The distance from one town to another is 180 km. If Betty has to drive the distance in 3 hours, what must her average speed be in kilometers per hour?
180 x 3
180 + 3
180 ÷ 3
180 - 3
4. Which of these means 7/10?
70
7
0.7
0.07
5. Janis, Maija, and their mother were eating a cake. Janis ate 1/2 of the cake. Maija ate 1/4 of the cake. Their mother ate 1/4 of the cake. How much cake is left?
3/4
1/2
1/4
none
6. 24/(6/2) =
8
6
3
2
7. Which of these is the largest number?
2735
2537
2573
2753
8. 0.4 is the same as
four
four tenths
four hundredths
one-fourth
9. Which number sentence is true?
968 < 698
968 < 689
968 > 689
968 = 689
10. It takes Chris 4 minutes to wash a window. He wants to know how many minutes it will take him to wash 8 windows at this rate. He should…
multiply 4 x 8
divide 8 by 4
subtract 4 from 8
add 8 and 4

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