Numeracy day Quiz Year 8

What is numeracy?

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

• Memorising methods or times tables

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

• Feeling able to apply for a new job, or training, that involves numbers or data.

Answer explanation

Numeracy means two things: having basic maths skills AND feeling confident in using them.

It is understanding how maths is used in the real world and being able to apply it to make the best possible decisions.

Write the number 1804 in words.

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Writing whole numbers as words

Each digit in a number has a place value. It shows the position of a digit in a number. The first few place values are shown in the table.

Numbers can be written as words using a place value table.

Putting a comma after every three digits from the right breaks the number up, making it easier to say or write.

Answer: One thousand, eight hundred and four.

Max pays for one tea, one coffee and one flapjack. He pays with a £10 note. How much change should he get?

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Adding and subtracting whole numbers

Numbers can be added together using the column method which involves writing one number underneath the other.

Adding and subtracting decimals works exactly the same way as adding and subtracting whole numbers or integers.

When adding and subtracting decimals it is important to keep the decimal points in line with each other.

Answer: 10 - (1.50+2.00+2.50)

10 - 5

£5

Draw a line parallel to the line AB.

Answer explanation

Parallel lines are lines which are always the same distance apart and never meet. Arrowheads show lines are parallel.

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Work out 12 squared.

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Give the name of this angle

Answer explanation

An acute angle is an angle less than 90°.

An obtuse angle is an angle between 90° and 180°.

A reflex angle is an angle between 180° and 360°.

Answer: Reflex angle

Write the coordinates of point A.

Answer explanation

Coordinates show a position of a point or points on a graph or grid. The point (0, 0) is called the origin. The point (2, 4) means the coordinates are two units to the right in the x-direction and four units up in the y-direction.

Answer: (0,2)

Shown is a net for a solid.

Write down the name of the solid.

Answer explanation

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

To draw a net of a cube or a cuboid, imagine the 3D shape is being unfolded. Each face is a rectangle or square.

Convert 2 kilometres into metres.

Answer explanation

Length, time and volume are all examples of quantities that can be measured.

Units of measurement let us describe and compare length, weight, area, volume, density and other values. Units can be imperial or metric and they can be converted using conversion factors.

Answer:2 x 1000 = 2000

2km = 2000m