Numeracy day Quiz

What is numeracy?

• The ability to understand and use maths in daily life, at home, work or school.

• Being confident with time, for instance when planning journeys.

• Memorising methods or times tables.

• Using a calculator to work something out.

Answer explanation

There is no universally agreed definition, but at National Numeracy we define numeracy as: 

Numeracy is having the confidence to use basic maths at work and in everyday life.

So, numeracy means two things: having basic maths skills AND feeling confident in using them.

Find the cost of three cartons of milk.

Answer explanation

57p=0.57

3 lots of milk

3 x 0.57 = 1.71

Find y.

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Angles around a point add up to 360⁰.

In geometry, a right angle is shown by a small square.

A right angle equal to 90⁰.

This fact can be used to calculate unknown angles.

360 - (120+90) = y

360 - 210 = y

150 = y

Draw pattern 4

Answer explanation

Number sequences are sets of numbers that follow a pattern or a rule.

If the rule is to add or subtract a number each time, it is called an arithmetic sequence.

If the rule is to multiply or divide by a number each time, it is called a geometric sequence.

Each number in a sequence is called a term.

A sequence which increases or decreases by the same amount each time is called a linear sequence.

Harry earns £9 per hour and works 7 hours.

Carly earns £11 per hour and works 6 hours.

Who earns more money and by how much?

Answer explanation

Harry : 9 x 7 = £63

Carly : 11 x 6 = £66

Carly earns £3 more.

What is the name of the line that goes from the centre to the circumference of a circle?

Answer explanation

The diameter of a circle is the distance from one side of a circle to the other through the centre.

The radius is the distance from the edge of the circle to the centre.

The diameter is twice as long as the radius.

Raya buys a portion of chips.

She pays with 5p pieces.

How many does she need?

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If 60 people were surveyed, how many said ‘No?’

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Name the 3D shape.

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3-dimensional (3D) shapes are solid shapes. They have 3 dimensions - length, width and height.

Some 3D shapes have faces, edges and vertices.

Some 3D solids, such as the cone and the cylinder, have faces and curved surfaces.

Some 3D solids, like the sphere, just have a curved surface.

There are 30 chcolates in a box.

10 are white chocolates.

What fraction are not white chocolates?

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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