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Standard units of measure worksheet — GCSE Foundation

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Standard units of measure worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · G14 · Standard units of measure · 15 questions

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1.A trapezium-shaped garden bed has parallel sides of 2.5 m and 4.5 m, and a perpendicular width of 3 m. A gardener wants to know the area of the bed before ordering topsoil. Work out the area of the garden bed.
(a)3.5 m²
(b)10.5 m²
(c)6.75 m²
(d)21 m²
2.A market stall sells apples at £2.40 per kilogram. Which of these expressions gives the cost, in pounds, of buying m kilograms of apples?
(a)2.40m
(b)m/2.40
(c)m − 2.40
(d)2.40 + m
3.A parallelogram has a base of 9 cm and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out its area.
(a)72 cm²
(b)18 cm²
(c)36 cm²
(d)26 cm²
4.A water tank holds 2.5 m³. Work out this volume in cm³.
(a)2500 cm³
(b)2 500 000 cm³
(c)25 000 cm³
(d)250 cm³
5.A bus journey takes 2.5 hours. Work out how many minutes this is.
(a)170 minutes
(b)120 minutes
(c)150 minutes
(d)250 minutes
6.Loose sweets are sold at £1.20 per 100 g. Work out the cost of 350 g of sweets.
(a)£4.20
(b)£0.34
(c)£3.60
(d)£420.00
7.A shop sells rice in packs of 250 g. Aisha buys 4 packs. Work out the total mass of rice she buys, in kilograms.
(a)1000 kg
(b)0.254 kg
(c)0.0625 kg
(d)1 kg
8.A tank holds 3.2 m³ of water. Work out this volume in litres.
(a)320
(b)32000
(c)3200
(d)3.2
9.A train leaves Leeds at 08:47 and arrives in London at 11:05. Work out how long the journey takes.
(a)3 h 18 min
(b)2 h 42 min
(c)2 h 58 min
(d)2 h 18 min
10.A tap fills a tank at a rate of 18 litres per minute. The tank holds 0.45 m³. Work out how long the tap takes to fill the tank.
(a)8100 minutes
(b)25 minutes
(c)2.5 minutes
(d)25 000 minutes
11.A jug holds 750 ml of water. Work out what fraction of a litre this is.
(a)3/4
(b)1/4
(c)4/3
(d)3/10
12.A cake recipe takes 135 minutes from start to finish. Write this time as hours and minutes.
(a)1 hour 15 minutes
(b)1 hour 35 minutes
(c)2 hours 15 minutes
(d)2 hours 25 minutes
13.A triangular sail for a small boat has a base of 2.4 m and a height of 1.75 m. Sailcloth costs £12.50 per m². Work out the total cost of the sailcloth needed for the sail.
(a)£30.00
(b)£26.25
(c)£25.00
(d)£52.50
14.A recipe uses 1.25 kg of flour. Work out how many grams of flour this is.
(a)125 g
(b)1025 g
(c)1000 g
(d)1250 g
15.A plumber charges a £45 call-out fee, plus £28 for each hour worked. She works on a job for 3 hours 30 minutes, and her hours are billed by rounding up to the next whole hour. Work out the total amount she charges.
(a)£112
(b)£157
(c)£143
(d)£129

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