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Standard units of measure worksheet — GCSE Higher

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Standard units of measure worksheet — GCSE Higher

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

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1.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
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 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
4.A rectangular notice board measures 150 cm by 80 cm. Work out its area in m².
(a)120 m²
(b)12 m²
(c)4.6 m²
(d)1.2 m²
5.A trapezium has parallel sides of length 6 cm and 10 cm, and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out its area.
(a)64 cm²
(b)32 cm²
(c)20 cm²
(d)8 cm²
6.A cheese counter sells cheddar at £8.40 per kilogram. Work out the cost of a 350 g piece of cheddar.
(a)£24.00
(b)£2.94
(c)£29.40
(d)£2940.00
7.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
8.A kitchen scale is marked in equal divisions of 20 g. The pointer rests three divisions past the 400 g mark. Work out the reading on the scale.
(a)60 g
(b)430 g
(c)460 g
(d)403 g
9.A footpath sign shows a distance of 0.45 km to the next village. Work out this distance in metres.
(a)45 m
(b)4500 m
(c)450 m
(d)0.45 m
10.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
11.Sam says: '3.2 litres is the same as 320 ml, because you multiply by 100.' Which statement about Sam's claim is correct?
(a)Wrong: 1 litre = 100 ml, so his number is off.
(b)Wrong: 1 litre = 1000 ml, so 3.2 l = 3200 ml.
(c)Wrong, but only because 3.2 should round to 3.
(d)Correct: ×100 converts litres to millilitres.
12.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
13.A footpath is 3750 m long. Work out this distance in kilometres.
(a)3.75 km
(b)0.375 km
(c)37.5 km
(d)375 km
14.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
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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