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2001 ('97) |
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y4
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y8
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| 1.How
many tiles will you need to make the pattern for …
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10 people? [year 8] |
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31(•)
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| 5 people? [year 4] |
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17
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| 2.
Which statement is true? |
A 442 > 436 |
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56
(41)
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70
(71)
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| B 352 > 759 | ||||||||||||||
| C 518 > 819 | ||||||||||||||
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D 883 < 794 |
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3.
What rule is used to get the numbers in Column B from the numbers in Column
A?
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A Divide the number in Column A by 4. |
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27
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61
(60)
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| B Multiply the number in Column A by 4. | ||||||||||||||
| C Subtract 9 from the number in Column A. | ||||||||||||||
| D Add 9 to the number in Column A. | ||||||||||||||
The number in this box should be |
A 2 | |||||||||||||
| B 5 |
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69
(74)
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| C 10 | ||||||||||||||
| D 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 5.
If 2/25 = n/500
, then n = |
A 20 | |||||||||||||
| B 30 | ||||||||||||||
| C 40 |
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34
(35)
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| D 50 | ||||||||||||||
| 6.
What is the least whole number
x for which 2x > 11? |
A 5 | |||||||||||||
| B 6 |
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30
(29)
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| C 22 | ||||||||||||||
| D 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 7.
x
< 6. x
is a whole number. Write down the solution set of this sentence. |
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3
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5
(5)
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| Commentary Only one trend item was available for year 4 students, with 15 percent more students succeeding in 2001 than in 1997. Very little change was evident overall on the six trend items for year 8 students. |
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