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Standard and compound units worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "standard and compound units" — DfE statement N13. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
Standard and compound units worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.Petrol costs £1.48 per litre. Sam buys 35 litres and pays with three £20 notes. Work out his change.
- 2.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.
- 3.A jar of jam costs £2.35. Tom buys 3 jars. He says the total cost is more than £7. Work out the exact total cost, and state whether Tom's claim is correct.
- 4.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.
- 5.A coach journey has a 55 minute first leg, a 20 minute break and a 40 minute second leg. The coach leaves at 13:25. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.
- 6.Josh buys 7 pencils at 85p each. He pays with a £10 note. Work out his change.
- 7.A plumber charges a call-out fee of £45 and then £28 for each hour she works. She is at a house from 09:15 until 12:45. Work out the total charge.
- 8.A metal cube has a mass of 540 g and a volume of 60 cm³. Work out its density in g/cm³.
- 9.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 10.A piece of ribbon is 2.4 metres long. Kim cuts 40 cm from it. Work out the length of ribbon left, in millimetres.
- 11.A tap fills a 20 litre bucket in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Work out the rate of flow, in litres per minute.
- 12.A train leaves Leeds at 14:35. The journey takes 1 hour 50 minutes. Work out the time the train arrives. Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
- 13.A car travels 180 km using 6 litres of fuel. Work out the car's fuel consumption in kilometres per litre, then work out how many kilometres it can travel on a full tank of 12 litres at this rate.
- 14.Work out the total cost of 3 pens at 45p each and one notebook at £2.35. Give your answer in pounds.
- 15.Bella's electricity supplier charges 28.5p per unit (kWh). Last month she used 340 units. Work out the total cost, giving your answer in pounds.
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