Level 1 numeracy exam practice

• Mathematics
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

 Numeracy

Exam revision and practice questions 

Buying a puppy

Remember to

• Read through each task carefully

• Show your working out; you may get marks for it

• Write all your working out and answers in this booklet

• Check your calculations

• Remember to put units on your answers

Use your calculator 

Buying a puppy

Task 1 – Getting ready

Kate has been saving £27.50 per month to buy a puppy.

1a How much has Kate saved in a year?

WORKING OUT YOUR ANSWER

1. think how many months are in a year?
2. multiply £27.50 by the months in a year

Method

The puppy will cost £440.

1b How many more months must Kate save to have enough money to buy the puppy?

Use the answer to the previous question

£440 - £330 = £110  

Kate’s dad, Joe, makes a dog run in the garden.

A diagram of the dog run is shown below:

Joe fences the dog run, leaving a 1m gap for the gate.

Fencing panels are 1m wide.

 How many panels does Joe need to fence the perimeter of the dog run?

What is the perimeter Firstly look at the plan some of the measurements are missing fill in the missing measurements then add all the sides together

What is the perimeter of this shape

What is the perimeter of this shape

Perimeter +unit of
measurement