Mathematics and Shapes Worksheet

Which shape is not shown on the netball court?

• semicircle

• circle

• square

• rectangle

What fraction of the set of lights is off if two of the lights are off?

• 1/2

• 1/7

• 2/7

• 2/9

What number makes this number sentence correct? 1.6 × ? = 4.48

• 2.8

• 2.88

• 6.08

• 7.168

Only one of these shapes has two acute angles and two obtuse angles. Which shape is it?

• First shape (rectangle)

• Second shape (trapezium)

• Third shape (parallelogram)

• Fourth shape (irregular quadrilateral)

These pictures show the dials for four fuel tanks. Which dial shows that the tank is about 75% full?

• The dial with the needle three-quarters towards FULL

• The dial with the needle at EMPTY

• The dial with the needle at FULL

• The dial with the needle halfway between EMPTY and FULL

Jane cut a shape out of card and flipped it over. Which of these could the shape look like after Jane flipped it over?

• The shape that is a mirror image of the original

• The shape that is rotated 90 degrees

• The shape that is unchanged

• The shape that is upside down

For any prism, the surface area (S) is calculated by multiplying the perimeter of its base (p) by its height (h) and adding twice the area of the base (A). Which one of these formulas could be used for this calculation?

• S = 2phA

• S = ph + A

• S = ph + 2A

• S = 2ph + 2A

When Eli moved to Australia, the population was 22,112,277 people. How many people is that to the nearest million?

• 22,000,000

• 22,000,000

• 22,100,000

• 22,110,000

Jim builds 4 garden beds arranged in an L-shape. Jim and his garden beds are shown on the plan below. Which view of the beds would Jim see?

• First option (showing correct L-shape view)

• Second option

• Third option

• Fourth option

Miriam owns a restaurant. She sets up rows of tables and chairs as shown. Which of these rules can be used to work out how many chairs will be needed on any row of tables?

• number of tables × 4

• number of tables ÷ 2 – 2

• number of tables × 2 + 2

• number of tables × 2 – 2