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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
A plumber charges £16 for each job that he attends, and then £9 per hour for every hour that he works. Choose the formula that could be used to calculate how much the plumber would charge for a job:
h stands for the number of hours worked
9h - 16
16h + 9
9h + 16
9 + 16 + h
Emi and Becky are sisters. This formula can be used to calculate Becky’s age, compared to Emi’s age:
e + 4 = b
e stands for Emi’s age.
b stands for Becky’s age.
When Emi is 11, how old will Becky be?
5 years old
15 years old
10 years old
20 years old
A gardener calculates the perimeter of a garden to work out how much fencing is needed. She uses this formula:
l + w + l + w
l stands for the length of the garden.
w stands for the width of the garden.
Simplify this formula:
2l + 2w
l + w
2l + w
2w + l
A builder needs to calculate the area of a bathroom floor, to work out how much it will cost to tile it. Tiles cost £5 per square metre, plus £10 for delivery. He uses this formula:
5a + 10
a stands for area of the floor (in square metres).
Calculate the cost of tiling a floor, where the area is 10 square metres:
£50
£60
£15
£10
A painter and decorator charges £8 for every hour that she works, and she is currently offering a discount of £5 on each job.
Write the formula she could use to calculate how much money to charge her customers. Use h to represent the number of hours.
h - 5
8 - 5h
8h + 5
8h - 5
The cost of hiring a motorboat is £80 plus £50 per hour.
Write a formula to show the total cost of hiring the motorboat.
T stands for the total cost.
h stands for the number of hours.
T = 80 - 50h
T = 80 + 50h
T = 50h - 80
T = 80h
A car salesperson earns £1500 a month basic pay plus an extra £500 for each car that he sells.
Write a formula for his monthly pay.
Use P for his monthly pay and n for the number of cars he sells.
P = 1500 - 500n
P = 1500 + 500n
P = 1500n + 500
P = 1500n - 500
Anna says, " If you add 5 to my number and divide by 2, it makes 7."
Which equation below is true?
(x + 5) ÷2 = 7
5x ÷2 = 7
(x + 5) = 7 ÷2
5÷2 = 7x
Ben says, "If you multiply my lucky number by 4 and take away 2, it makes 10."
Which equation below is true?
4 - 2x = 10
4x - 2 = 10
4 - 2 = 10x
4 - x - 2 = 10
Sajid says, "If you multiply my lucky number by 5 and then take away 13, you are left with 7.
What is Sajid's lucky number?
8
6
2
4
