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Name:
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TOPIC TEST

Measurement

Time allowed: 45 minutes C 1.88 D 2.08

Part A: 20 multiple-choice questions (40
marks) 5 The width of a book is 18.3 cm, to the
Part B: 9 free-response questions (50 nearest 0.1 cm. Between what values
marks) does the true measurement lie?
A 18.29 cm and 18.31 cm
Part A B 18.25 cm and 18.35 cm
C 18.2 cm and 18.4 cm
20 multiple-choice questions
2 marks each: 40 marks D 18.3 cm and 18.4 cm
Circle the correct answer.

6 What is the absolute error for a

1 How many 210 g packs of cheese have measurement of 400 g (to the nearest
a total weight of 3.36 kg? 10 g)?
A 15 B 16 A 1g B 10 g
C 14 D 160 C 100 g D 5g

2 Lachlan ran the following distances over 7 What is 406.675 rounded to two
five days: 1320 m, 3785 m, 3100 m, significant figures?
965 m and 2855 m. If he had planned to
run a total of 13 km, how many metres A 407 B 410
short of his goal was he? C 400 D 406.68
A 925 B 875
C 825 D 975 8 The number of significant figures in
2.0056 is

3 A 4 m piece of timber is cut into 28 cm A 5 B 3

lengths. How many millimetres remain C 4 D 1
after the last cut?
A 80 B 8
9 The average distance between Earth
C 24 D 240 and Mars is 225 million kilometres.
Write 225 million in scientific notation.

4 Twenty-four 330 mL bottles of water are A 2.25 108 B 2.25 106

emptied into a 9 L bucket. How many C 2.25 107 D 225 108
more litres are needed to fill the
bucket?
A 1.8 B 1.08

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10 Write 0.004 835 in scientific notation
correct to three significant figures.
A 4.83 103
C 4.84 103
16 If every square metre of floor space
requires 100 W heater capacity, what
heater capacity is required to heat the
B 4.84 104
floor space shown below?
D 4.83 102

11 Write the simplified ratio comparing

0.25 kL to 1.8 L.
A 125:9 B 9:1250
C 1250:9 D 400:3 A 1600 W B 16 W
C 1380 W D 1800 W
12 The correct dosage of a medicine for
children is 70 mg daily for every
17 Convert a speed of 9.8 m/s to km/h.
kilogram of weight. Danielle weighs
32 kg. What is her daily dose of the A 352.8 km/h B 3.528 km/h
medicine, in grams?
C 0.3528 km/h D 35.28 km/h
A 2240 B 224
C 2.4 D 2.24 18 A tract of land has an area of 5.44 km2.
How many hectares is this?
13 How many square millimetres in A 54.4 B 544
57 cm2?
C 5.44 D 10.88
A 5700 B 570
C 5.7 D 0.57 19 The capacity of the cylinder is 11.02 L.
What is the area of the circular cross-
section?
14 Calculate the area of this shape.

A 19.07 cm2 B 7.77 cm2

C 20.14 cm2 D 13.07 cm2 A 290 cm2 B 2900 cm2
C 2.9 cm2 D 29 cm2
15 What is the volume of this rectangular
prism?
20 What is the perimeter of this shape?

A 29 cm3 B 720 cm3

C 72 cm3 D 730 cm3 A 61.9 mm B 41.1 mm
C 82.3 mm D 57.1 mm

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Part B
9 free-response questions 25 (10 marks)
50 marks a Sketch a field diagram for this
Show your working where appropriate. surveyors notebook entry.
Measurements are in metres.
21 (4 marks) Vints journey interstate took M
9.8 hours. 84
a If he left at 6.15 a.m. what time did P 70
25
he arrive at his destination?
R 32 12
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_____________________________________ 0
S
b If he drove at an average speed of
97 km/h over that time, what
distance did he travel?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

22 (4 marks) Troy, Kate and Angus shared

a prize of $5200 in the ratio 2 : 5 : 6.
How much more than Troy did Kate
receive?
________________________________________
________________________________________ b Find the area of the field diagram in
________________________________________ part a.
_____________________________________
23 (4 marks) Henrick scored 85 in his first _____________________________________
Chemistry test. In the second test, his _____________________________________
mark dropped by 20%. In the third test
c Calculate the length of MQ in the
he improved on his last result by 30%.
field diagram in part a, correct to
a What did Henrick score in his third one decimal place.
test? _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________
b What was the overall percentage 26 (4 marks) There are a total of 54 board
change? members in a large company. The ratio
_____________________________________ of women to men is 2 : 7. If another 16
women are elected to the board, what is
the new ratio of women to men?
24 (4 marks) If the geological plates under
________________________________________
a continent are moving north at a rate
of 7 cm per year, how many years ________________________________________
would it take the plates to move a ________________________________________
distance of 3460 km? Give your answer
in scientific notation correct to one
decimal place.
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27 (6 marks) 29 (7 marks) It takes 25 seconds to fill a

15 L bucket of water.
a Calculate the area of ABCD.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
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b A parallelogram with base 42 cm has
the same area as the shape in part
a. Calculate the perpendicular height
of the parallelogram.
_____________________________________
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a What is the rate for filling the bucket,
in litres per hour?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
b The water is emptied into a
rectangular tub measuring 4 m by
3 m by 90 cm. What is the volume of
this tub?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
c How long will it take to fill the tub?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
This is the end of the test.
Use the rest of the page for extra
working space.

28 (7 marks) A box contains 40 chocolates,

all identical triangular prisms. This
diagram shows the size of one
chocolate.

a Calculate the volume of one

chocolate.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
b What is the total volume of chocolate
in the box?
_____________________________________
c If the total weight of the chocolate is
1.3 kg, calculate the density of the
chocolate in g/cm3, correct to two
decimal places.
_____________________________________
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Answers
Part A
1 B 2 D 3 A 4 B
5 B 6 D 7 B 8 A
9 A 10 C 11 C 12 D
13 A 14 D 15 C 16 A
17 D 18 B 19 A 20 D

Part B
21 a 4.03 p.m. b 950.6 km
22 $1200
23 a 88.4 b 4%
24 4.9 10 years 7

25 a

b 1714 m2 c 53.4 m
26 2 : 3
27 a 336 cm2 b 8 cm
28 a 3.6 cm 3
b 144 cm3 c 9.03
3
g/cm
29 a 2160 L/h b 10.8 m3 c 5h

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