Time: 40 minutes. Calculators are not allowed. Show your working in Section C.
1. The number line shows 10 equal parts between 6 and 7. Which decimal does the arrow point to?1 mark
2. What is the value of the digit 6 in 12.964?1 mark
3. Which decimal is the same as 6 ones and 4 hundredths?1 mark
4. Which decimal is the same as 8 + 0.03 + 0.004?1 mark
5. Which of these is NOT equal to 2.5?1 mark
6. Which is the greatest?1 mark
7. Which list shows the decimals in order, from the smallest to the greatest?1 mark
8. What is the next number in the pattern? 7.45, 7.40, 7.35, 7.30, ____1 mark
9. Round 3.846 to 2 decimal places.1 mark
10. Express 0.45 as a fraction in its simplest form.1 mark
11. Round 4.396 to 1 decimal place.1 mark
12. Express 725 as a decimal.1 mark
13. Express 3.6 as a mixed number in its simplest form.1 mark
14. Find the missing number in the pattern. 1.20, 1.35, 1.50, ____, 1.801 mark
15. A string has 100 beads. 6 beads are red and 30 beads are blue.
(a) Express the fraction of red beads as a decimal.
(b) Express the fraction of blue beads as a decimal.2 marks
16. A decimal has 3 in the ones place, 0 in the tenths place, 8 in the hundredths place and 5 in the thousandths place.
(a) Write the decimal.
(b) What is the value of the digit 8?2 marks
17. Arrange these decimals in order, from the greatest to the smallest.
2.4, 2.04, 2.404, 2.442 marks
18. Look at the number pattern: 0.90, 1.15, 1.40, 1.65, ...
(a) What is the rule?
(b) What is the 6th number in the pattern?2 marks
19. A rope is 7.96 m long.
(a) Round its length to 1 decimal place.
(b) Round its length to the nearest whole number.2 marks
20. A pail holds 2.45 ℓ of water. Express this amount as a mixed number of litres in its simplest form.2 marks
21. A number with 2 decimal places is rounded to 1 decimal place and the answer is 5.3. What are the smallest and the greatest numbers it could be?2 marks
22. Mei has three ribbons. The red ribbon is 2.35 m long, the blue ribbon is 2 925 m long and the green ribbon is 2.4 m long. Arrange the ribbons in order, from the shortest to the longest.2 marks