Harder Numeracy Questions

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Algernon thinks of a number and doubles it. He then adds 9. The answer comes to 17. What was the number that Algernon first thought of?
1. 4
2. 13
3. 8
4. 8 1/2
What is 50 x 300?
1. 15 000
2. 1 500
3. 150 000
4. 250
What is the difference between 5000 and 47 ?
1. 4 953
2. 5 047
3. 235 000
4. One is a number in the thousands, the other is only in the tens
How many kilograms are there in 7 000 grammes?
1. 7 Kg
2. 0.007 Kg
3. 0.7 Kg
4. 70 Kg
Evadne thinks of a number and multiplies it by three. Then she subtracts four. The answer comes to 11. What was the number that Evadne thought of?
1. 5
2. 2 1/3
3. 15
4. 3 2/3
What is 14 + 2067 + 934 ?
1. 3015
2. 3005
3. 2905
4. 2015
Subtract twelve thousand and forty seven from ninety two thousand, six hundred and fifteen
1. 80 568
2. 80 558
3. 80 658
4. 90 568
Find how many times 45 fits inside 360
1. 8
2. 4
3. 16 200
4. 315
Find the remainder when you divide 12 096 by 17
1. 9
2. 7
3. 8
4. No remainder
2042 x 15 =
1. 30 630
2. 12 252
3. 30 360
4. 12 522
What is 500 less 407
1. 93
2. 97
3. 107
4. 103
What is the largest number you can make from the digits 0, 2, 7, 3, 9, 5 ?
1. 975 320
2. 023 579
3. 26
4. 97 532
What is forty two million, six hundred and nine thousand, four hundred and sixteen written as figures...
1. 42 609 416
2. 4 269 416
3. 42 000 000 then 609 thousands, and then 416
4. 4 260 940 016
Find the product of 15, 25 and 10.
1. 3750
2. 50
3. 10
4. 5
Find the sum of 25, 35 and 20
1. 80
2. 5
3. 17 500
4. 10
A dress costs £14.99. You buy 7 of them. How much is the total?
1. £104.93
2. £104.97
3. £105.07
4. £105.03
Frank has a box of field dressings that has twelve packets of 24 dressings each. He is using four dressings a day. How many days supply does he have?
1. 72
2. 288
3. 6
4. 144
What is 16 400 less 14 923 ?
1. 1 477
2. 1 577
3. 1 486
4. 1 747
How many centimetres in three and a half metres?
1. 350
2. 3 500
3. 0.035
4. 35
12 really good tomatoes cost £1.80. What will 7 of the same kind of tomatoes cost?
1. £1.05
2. 15p
3. 95p
4. 105

Harder Numeracy Questions

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