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Question 72.

The table below shows the height, in metres, of the tides at Derby for five days in December 2016.

Low tides are printed in red and high tides are printed in blue.

derby-tides

What was the difference between the highest and the lowest tides on Saturday, 3^rd of December?

Explanation of answer:

Step 1: In the table look for the row Saturday 3^rd of December. Scan across and look for the red and blue digits. The tide height is under the coloured digits. The arrow pointing up is the high tide and the arrow pointing down is the low tide.

Step 2: To find the difference between the high and low tides we must find the largest high tide and smallest low tide. The largest high tide is 9.3 m and the smallest low tide is 0.5m.

Step 3: 9.3 m subtract 0.5 m is 8.8 m, the difference between the highest and lowest tide is 8.8 m

Step 4: The correct answer is – a) 8.8 m

a) 8.8 m Correct Answer

b) 7.3 m Refer to Explanation of Answer

c) 11.1 m Refer to Explanation of Answer

d) 9.8 m Refer to Explanation of Answer

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Question 34.

Steve had a shed that was becoming cluttered. He decided that he would hang some of his tools from a tool rack.

In one section of the rack he could only fit 5 tools.

Each tool needed a hook to hang on.

The first and last hooks had to be 4 centimetres from the edge of the rack, and

The distance between all 5 hooks had to be the same distance.

The tool rack was 58cm long.

How far apart was each hook from each other?

Explanation of answer

Step 1: Firstly the rack is 58 cm long. The first and last hooks must be 4 cms from the edge. This means that we can subtract the 4 cm from each end, 58 cm – 4 cm – 4 cm = 50 cm.

Step 2: With 50 cm remaining on the board, there needs to be 5 hooks with the same distance between each hook.

Step 3: We need to place the first and last hooks at the points 4cm from the end of the board. This leaves 3 hooks to fill into the remaining space of the board. To find out the distance between each hook we need to divide 50 cm by the 4 spaces between each hook.

Step 4: 50 divided by 4 = 12.5 cm. To get this answer we can divide 40 cm by 4 = 10 cm and then divide 10 cm by 4 = 2.5 cm. Add the 10 cm and 2.5 cm together = 12.5 cm. The distance between each hook is 12.5 cm.

Step 5: The correct answer is – c) 12.5 cm.

a) 7.5 cm Refer to Explanation of Answer

b) 10.5 cm Refer to Explanation of Answer

c) 12.5 cm Correct Answer

d) 15.0 cm Refer to Explanation of Answer

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Question 129.
Anna bought 11 packets of 6 bread rolls for \$3.20 each. She paid with a \$50 note.

How much change should she receive?

Explanation of answer:

Step 1: To find this answer we should multiply \$3.20 by 11. If we multiply \$3.20 by 10 and then add \$3.20 to the total we will get the same answer. 10 x \$3.20 = \$32.00 + \$3.20 = \$35.20.

Step 2: We now need to find the change from a \$50 note. \$50 – \$35.20 (\$50 – \$35 = \$15, and \$15.00 – \$0.20 = \$14.80) = \$14.80.

Step 3: Anna received \$14.80 change from the \$50 note.

Step 4: The correct answer is – b) $14.80

a) $13.40 Refer to Explanation of Answer

b) $14.80 Correct Answer

c) $15.20 Refer to Explanation of Answer

d) $16.30 Refer to Explanation of Answer

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Question 72.

The following question relates to the figure above taken from a weather website

Question. What do the abbreviations Min and Max refer to?

Hint

Hint: think about the abbreviations (i.e. the shortening of words) that may happen for the two terms underlined below

the lowest and highest temperature predictions this answer is correct because these are predictions of the extreme possibilities in temperature for the day

the temperature predictions from two different websites this answer is incorrect because these numbers do not come from different sources

the daytime temperature and the night-time temperature this answer is incorrect because these numbers do not necessarily indicate daytime or night-time temperatures

a guess that the temperature will be between these two numbers this answer is incorrect because the temperature changes over the course of a day and these numbers indicate the extreme predictions

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Question 98.

The following question relates to the online article above.

Question. What is implied in the article about the failure of this car in the United States?

Hint

Hint: Find the sentence that refers to the United States and read it through to find the sentence that best explains the “failure” of this car

it is not stylish enough for Americans this answer is incorrect because there is no evidence in the article to support it

its engine is too under-powered this answer is correct because the article states that “their under-powered engines may not be the right fit for the United States”

America only supports gasoline cars this answer is incorrect because there is no evidence in the article to support it

American roads are larger so they don’t need small cars this answer is incorrect because there is no evidence in the article to support it

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Question 104.

The above image is taken from an online article written by Ashitha Nagesh.

Question. Who is the target audience for this article?

Hint

Hint: Think through who the story is targeting and what impact this image would have.

parents who live downstairs and don’t keep an eye on their children upstairs this answer is incorrect because stairs have no impact on either the tragedy or the reason for reading the article

parents who are concerned with their teenagers leaving their phone charges on all the time this answer is correct because much of the article includes the mother’s voice and parents are more likely to read the news

people who love iPhones this answer is incorrect because the focus of the article is on how phone chargers in general can cause fires,not on how specific phone chargers can cause fires

people interested in fires this answer is incorrect because while this group may find the article interesting, they are not the target audience of the article because their behaviour is not being challenged

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