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Dare to Compare

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1. 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

2. Luis had two apples and he cut each apple into fifths. How many pieces of apple did he have?
2/5
2
5
10

3. For every soft drink bottle that Fred collected, Maria collected 3. Fred collected a total of 9 soft drink bottles. How many did Maria collect?
3
12
13
27

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4. The graph shows the heights of four girls. The names are missing from the graph. Debbie is the tallest. Amy is the shortest. Dawn is taller than Sarah. How tall is Sarah?
75 cm
100 cm
125 cm
150 cm

5. 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

6. John wanted to use his calculator to add 1463 and 319. He entered 1263 + 319 by mistake. What could he do to correct his mistake?
Add 200.
Add 2.
Subtract 2.
Subtract 200.

7. 25 x 18 is more than 24 x 18. How much more?
1
18
24
25

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8. Part of the figure is shaded. What fraction of the figure is shaded?
5/4
4/5
6/9
5/9

9. When Tracy left for school, the temperature was minus 3 degrees. At recess, the temperature was 5 degrees. How many degrees did the temperature rise?
2 degrees
3 degrees
5 degrees
8 degrees

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10. Which number represents the shaded part of the figure?
2.8
0.5
0.2
0.02