L2 Exam Style Questions

1. A coffee company has introduced new packaging for their product. A worker in a warehouse compares the weights of the two different types of packaging. Old packaging New packaging 00.974kg 01.102kg The worker rounds each weight to the nearest 10g. What is the difference in weight, to the nearest 10g?

• 100g
• 120g
• 128g
• 130g

2. A group of friends are cycling in Flintshire. One of the friends wants to visit a village that is 40 centimetres away on their map. The scale of the map is 1 : 50 000 How far away is the actual village?

• 2km
• 8km
• 12.5km
• 20km

3. The organiser of a charity ball draws a pie chart to show how the money is shared between the different charities. Which statement is correct?

• Oxfam received more than half of the money
• Water Aid received more than half of the money
• Water Aid received more of the money than Oxfam
• Oxfam received more of the money than Water Aid

4.

• 3㎡
• 3.5㎡
• 3.6㎡
• 4.2㎡

5. In 2002 the number of brochures sold to visitors at Warwick Castle was 9,480.For 2003 it is expected that sales of brochures will increase by 30%. The closest estimate to the likely number of brochures that will be sold in 2003 is?

• 2,840
• 6,640
• 12,320
• 16,120

6. A cyclist makes an energy drink from concentrate. The diagram shows the amount of concentrate he pours into his bottle. How much concentrate is in the bottle, to the nearest 50 millilitres?

• 200ml
• 250ml
• 450ml
• 500ml

7. A group of friends take five separate fights in balloons. They keep a record of the number of passengers of each of the flights (in the table below). The flight with the largest modal number of passengers is?

• Aziz
• John
• Kathy
• Paul

8. A research chemist carries out tests on the colour of paint from a colour mixing machine. For each test ten batches of paint mixes are made. The number of identical colour mixes are recorded from votes by an inspection panel of people. The chemist calculates the median number of accurate results for each batch of colour mix. What is the difference between the medians of Prussian Purple and Lightning Blue?

• 0.5
• 3
• 3.5
• 4

9.

• 6 cars
• 10 cars
• 12 cars
• 15 cars

10. The graph below shows the production figures over 10 days for two different soups. What is the greatest difference between the production figures for tomato soup and chicken soup for any single day?

• 90,000 cans
• 120,000 cans
• 220,000 cans
• 230,000 cans