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Check
your skills - set A
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Question 1:
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A company made a profit of £57,544,595. What was their profit to the nearest £1,000?
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Content:
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Graphic:
Newspaper with headline:
B-Tex
Ltd make record profit of £57,544,595
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Answer:
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C.
£57,545,000
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Question 2:
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Batteries cost £1,256 per thousand,
which works out at £1.256 per item. What is the price per item rounded to
the nearest whole pence?
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Content:
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Graphic:
Photo of a battery with the following under it:-
£1,256
÷ 1,000 = £1.256 per item
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Answer:
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C.
£1.26
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Question 3:
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This mobile phone weighs
56.48 grams. What is the weight rounded to the nearest
ten grams?
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Content:
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Graphic: Photo
of a mobile phone with the following text written across it:
Weight
56.48g
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Answer:
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60 or 60.0 or 60.00
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Question 4:
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If a component has to be
machined to a length of 200mm ± 5mm, it can measure anything between 195mm and 205mm. Is this statement true or false?
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Content:
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Graphic:
Photo of a small mobile phone component of some
description being measured using a pair of callipers.
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Answer:
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True
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Check
your skills - set B
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Question 1:
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A company recorded a profit
of £68,785,495. What is their profit to
the nearest £1,000?
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Content:
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Graphic:
Newspaper with headline:–
B-TEX
Ltd record profit of £68,785,495
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Answer:
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B. £68,785,000
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Question 2:
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Printed circuit boards cost
£1,979 per thousand, which works out at £1.979 per item. What is the
price per item rounded to the nearest whole pence?
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Content:
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Graphic:
1 photo of a printed circuit board with the
following underneath:-
£1.979
per item
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Answer:
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C. £1.98
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Question 3:
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This mobile phone weighs
72.58 grams. What is the weight rounded to the nearest
ten grams?
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Content:
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Graphic: Photo
of a mobile phone – different from the first one - with the weight written
across it as shown below:-
Weight
72.58g
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Answer:
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70 or 70.0 or 70.00
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Question 4:
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If a component has to be
machined to a length of 250mm ± 5mm, it can measure anything between 205mm and 250mm.
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Content:
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Graphic: Photo
of a small mobile phone component of some description being measured
using a pair of callipers.
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Answer:
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False
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Learn
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Screen 5:
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Round the weekly
pay figure to the nearest pence, the nearest 10 pence and the nearest
pound.
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Content:
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Graphic: Text as shown – table has gap fills.
Annual salary: £13,894
Weekly pay: £13,894 ÷ 52 = £267.1923
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Answer:
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Nearest pence - 267.19,
Nearest ten pence – 267.20, Nearest pound – 267.00
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Screen 7:
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If the price of this car has been rounded to the
nearest thousand pounds what is the maximum
price that the car could have been before it was rounded.
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Content:
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Graphic: Photo of car with price tag of £12,000 on
it.
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Answer:
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C. £12,499
The decider in this case is a 4. Whenever the
decider is less than a 5, you should round down and replace the digits to
the right of the decider with zeros.
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