Maths Initial Assessment


Welcome to the Maths Initial Assessment.
The assessment should take up to 20 minutes to complete.
 
 

1. Please enter your first name below: *

 

2. Please enter your surname below: *

 

3. What organisation do you work for?
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4. Which programme are you applying to? *

 

5.
Simplify the ratio 75:210 to its simplest form.

 

6.
A cardboard box has a length of 231mm.

1 inch = 25.4mm.

Find the length of the cardboard box in inches. All answers are given to 1 decimal place.

 

7.
Two variables x and y are directly proportional if they can be represented as an equation in the form y = kx, where the value k is fixed.
Which of the following equations represents a directly proportional relationship?

 

8.
A water tank has a volume of 8 cubic metres.
It needs to be filled up from scratch with jugs of 0.9 cubic metres.
How many jugs are needed to fill the tank completely?

 

9.
A group of people are asked how many hours of television they watch each day to the nearest hour. Here are the results:

3  1  2  0  0  1  0  3  2  4

Which of the following is true about this data set?

 

10.
The table below shows the number of visitors to a coffee shop one morning, and the length of time that each visitor stays.




What is the modal class interval?
 

 

11.
The volume of a pyramid is given by the formula below:

If a pyramid has a length and width of 5cm and a height of 6cm, what is its volume in cubic centimetres?

 

12.
The following graph shows average daily ice cream sales for a shop over a five month period:
 

What kind of correlation does this graph show?

 

13.
A two-way table is produced to show student sporting preferences at a sixth form.
 

What is the percentage of total students who are in year 12 and prefer football? The answers are rounded to the nearest whole number.

 

14.
Which of the following answers does not display a list of equivalent values?

 

15.
Karen is sharing out her team bonus of £1600.

Her leading team member is due to receive three eighths of the bonus.

How much does this team member receive?

 

16.
In the following diagram, what are the coordinates of point A?

 

17.
What are the coordinates of point B?