Year 9 - Worksheet 16

1. If petrol costs $1.98 per litre, calculate the cost of 12 litres.

2. Gywneth fills up the petrol tank in her car at $1.98 per litre.
If is costs her $88.11, how many litres of petrol does she purchase?

3. Write down the next 3 prime numbers greater than 29.

4. Write the number 805 in words.

5. Write the number one hundred thousand and sixty three in figures.

6. Look at the numbers 6432, 3015, 566, 3107, 727.

Write the numbers in ascending order.

7. Write down the next four numbers in the sequence

1, 7, 13, 19, 25,

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8. Calculate the cost of 2 breakfasts, 1 with tea and 1 with coffee.

Tea $1.70
Coffee: $3.50
Breakfast: $18.95
Today’s Special: $15.99

9. How many combinations of tea and coffee can be purchased for $10?

10. Calculate the cost of “Today’s Special” if it has been reduced by 25%.

11. Write 25% as a fraction.

12. Paris puts $248 into a new Kiwi Saver Account.

At the end of each year the bank guarantees to add 4% interest.

However at the end of each year Paris pays tax of 18% on interest earned.

At the end of the first and second years, Paris’ parents add $500 to the
account.

Complete the table below to calculate how much Paris will have in the
account at the end of the 3 years.

Amount Interest Received Interest Taxed New Total

Year 1 $248 $248 × 0.04

= $9.92

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 13. The monthly payment for a medical insurance scheme for Casey is $21.60.
Because of a no claims bonus scheme, this is reduced to $18.36.
The calculation to find the percentage reduction has been started below.
Complete the calculation.
$21.60
- $18.36
Reduced amount $3.24
amount of profit / loss 100
Percentage reduction = ×
original amount 1
= × 100
1
= %

14. The table below shows monthly premiums for the Mahobe Insurance
Company. Monthly payments for life insurance depend on the age at which
the customer joins the scheme. There are two rates - Gold and Standard
Cover. The table below gives the monthly premiums for each policy.
Monthly Premium
Age Gold Cover Standard Cover
($) ($)
0 - 16 10.80 9.18
17 - 19 18.90 15.26
20 - 39 25.50 21.68
40 - 59 35.10 29.84
60 - 74 62.10 52.79
75 and over 127.20 108.12

Mac Saville is aged 20. He has a Gold Cover Life Insurance Policy.
a. Calculate the total amount Mac will pay in premiums each year.

Jennifer Saville has taken out a Standard Cover Life Insurance Policy in
which she will pay $21.68 per month. If Jennifer was 1 year older she
would have to pay $29.84 per month.
b. How old is Jennifer Saville?

Jake Saville is aged 76. He considers taking out a Gold Cover Policy.
Because the rest of the family have all taken out policies the insurance
agent gives Jake a discount. Instead of paying $127.20 the amount is
reduced to $114.48.
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c. Calculate the percentage reduction.

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15. The diagrams below show different function machines. Numbers are input
into the function machine and the output number is noted. Complete the
table for each machine.
INPUT INPUT

6 6

SUBTRACT 4 ADD 10
OUTPUT OUTPUT

2 16
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
-5 -5
10 9
12 15
27 33
-12 -12
18 8
39 27
n n

INPUT INPUT

6 6

MULTIPLY BY 2 DIVIDE BY 3
OUTPUT OUTPUT

12 2
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT

6 -12
9 9
12 18
23 48
2 -6
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15 9
18 22
n n
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