PREP 5 high level math review

Peter has a stamp collection. He collected 360 stamps on his tour around the world and 3 times fewer when he arrived home in Trinidad. What is 

a)  The total number of stamps Peter collected in all.

b) What is the fraction and percentage collected in Africa
c) What is the fraction and percentage collected in Trinidad

• a) 960 stamps

  b) 1/4 and 25%

  c) 3/4 and 75%

• a) 480 stamps

  b) 3/4 and 75%

  c) 1/4 and 25%

• a) 1020 stamps

  b) 3/8 and 37.5%

  c) 5/8 and 62.5%

Alvin has a marble collection. He collected 150 marbles during games last month and three times fewer in games this week. What percentage of his total marbles did he collect this week?

• 25%

• 75%

• 20%

One row of 12 basketballers were lined up, spaced evenly on the basketball court before the games began for a photo shoot. One basketball was evenly placed between all the basketballers. What is the distance between the first basketballer and the last basketballer if they were lined up 2.5m apart?

• 2550cm or 27.5m

• 3300cm or 33m

• 2750cm or 27.5m

• 3000cm or 30m

Share $1000 between Marva, Neela and Ophelia so that Marva gets $200 more than Neela who gets $100 more than Ophelia. Calculate how much money each person received.

a) Marva:_________________

b) Neela:__________________

c)Ophelia:__________________

• a)M- 500

  b)N- 300

  c)O- 200

• a)M- 200

  b)N- 300

  c) O- 500

• a) M- 600

  b) N- 100

  c)O- 400

• a) M-700

  b) N- 200

  c)O- 100

A bakery orders 8 dozen plums to bake plum pies. 25% of the plums were found to be rotten and had to be thrown away. The bakery used one-third of the remainder that week. How many plums did the baker remain with?

• 50 plums

• 60 plums

• 48 plums

• 24 plums

A chef orders 6 dozen tomatoes to make meals based on the menu of his restaurant . 33 1/3 % of the tomato were found to be rotten and had to be thrown away. The chef used 1/4 of the remainder that week. How many tomatoes did the chef

a) used:___________________

b) remain with:______________

• a) 24 tomatoes

  b) 12 tomatoes

• a) 12 tomatoes

  b) 36 tomatoes

• a) 48 tomatoes

  b) 12 tomatoes

Simon had $3600. He spent 1/3 of his money on rent and 1/4 of the remainder on groceries and saved the rest. How much money did Simon save?

• $1850

• $2400

• $1800

• $1200

The average length of 6 lengths of wood is 30m. If the average length of 3 lengths is 22 m. What is the average length of the other 3 pieces of wood?

• 30m

• 35m

• 38m

• 42m

Keron is tiling a section of his 14m by 8 m yard to create a patio area. She uses tiles each measuring 70 cm by 40 cm. If each tile costs $10.50, and Maria paid $1500 for the labour, what is the total cost of the project?

• $3500

• $4100

• $5900

• $5700