Unit 2 revision - Essential maths

Sam works as a real estate agent. He earns a commission of 2.25% on the amount of sales he makes in a month. If Sam sells properties worth $650,000 in a particular month, how much will be his commission?

Velma works as a sales agent. She gets 3.5% commission on top of a fixed $4324 per month salary. If she sells $16340 worth of goods in a particualr month, how much will she earn for that month?

• 4985.90

• 4895.90

• 4985.80

• 4589.90

Peter earns $28.70 per hour. If he works 9.5 hours on a certain day, how much will he have earned?

TRUE or FALSE?

A commission is when a set amount of money is paid per week, fortnight or month, regardless of the sales made or the hours worked.

   

• TRUE

• FALSE

Below are Janet's expenses. How much does she pay in total per month?

Rent = $1560 per month

Food = $180 per week

Electricity = $560 per quarter

Car insurance = $1000 per year

Clothes = $100 per month

Entertainment = $2500 per year

Water = $480 per quarter

TRUE or FALSE?

11:57 am to 12:01 pm = 11h 44min

• TRUE

• FALSE

Ricky and Cathy decided to play cricket one afternoon. Ricky asked Cathy to come at a quarter to five. At what time should Cathy come to play?

• 4.45 pm

• 5.00 pm

• 5.15 pm

• 3.15 pm

Calculate the length of time (write hours:minutes:seconds) between 11:35:12 am and 4:45:30 pm.

If the distance between two towns is 22 cm on a map, and the map has a scale of 2:100,000. What is the distance, in km between the two towns?

• 1000

• 10

• 11

• 0.1

TRUE or FALSE?

If town A is north-west of town B, then town B is south-west of town A.

• TRUE

• FALSE