Writing (Stimuli 12 – Athletes paid too much – Per #10)

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Present an argument agreeing or disagreeing with the statement “athletes are paid too much.”

You have 60 minutes to complete this task and 600 words maximum. You should plan your writing before starting and organise your ideas.
You could write a letter, an essay, a speech or a few structured paragraphs explaining your thoughts.
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- The structure and organisation of your points and the evidence or examples you will use to support them
- The words and language you will choose to use for effect and ensure your spelling, punctuation and grammar are clear and effective
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Question 111.

A car was originally priced at $20,000. Its price was reduced by $2,000. There is now a further 5% off the reduced price.

How much will the car cost now?

a) $18,150

b) $17,800

c) $17,100

d) $16,750

None

Question 246.

Carrie was buying food for her daughter’s birthday party. She noticed that chocolate bars and boxes were on sale.

A bar of chocolate was \$3 and a box of chocolates was \$5. She bought the same number of bars as boxes.

If she paid with a \$50 note and got \$2 in change, how many bars and boxes did she buy altogether?

a) 6

b) 8

c) 9

d) 4

None

Question 226.

A father and his young son were watching a West Coast Eagles and Fremantle derby at Optus Stadium.

The son asked his father what the green and red zones on the screen meant.

The father explained that the green zone represented a goal worth 6 points and the red zone represented a behind worth 1 point.

At the end of the game the winning team kick 9 goals and 8 behinds.

How many points did the winning team kick, as their final score?

a) 80

b) 62

c) 55

d) 48

None

Question 235.

A company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) uses Australia Post to send documents about their Annual General Meetings or share purchase plans to their investors.

The cost of sending these documents will depend on their size and weight. Larger, heavier documents will cost more than smaller, lighter documents as seen in the table below.

This year the company posted 120 Share Purchase Plan documents and 150 Annual General Meeting documents.

Which expression shows the company’s total postage cost?

a) (125 x 2.20) + (250 x 3.30)

b) (120 + 150) x (2.20 + 3.30)

c) (120 x 3.30) + (150 x 2.20)

d) (120 x 2.20) + (150 x 3.30)

None

Question 194.

Kayden owns a two-bedroom townhouse which has the following plan.

The unit has exterior and interior doors.

Excluding the garage door and cupboard doors, what is the total number of doors in Kayden’s plan?

a) 10

b) 9

c) 8

d) 7

None

Question 60.

Luke was checking how much space he had on his computer before he tried to install a computer game on his hard drive.

This is what he found:

Movies: 325 GB

Apps: 90 GB

Audio: 75 GB

Photo’s: 10 GB

Free space ?? GB

The size of Luke’s hard drive is 1 TB (terabyte).

TB and GB

As a percentage, how much free space was available on Luke’s hard drive?

a) 40%

b) 45%

c) 50%

d) 55%

None

Question 233.

Once every 6 months Bruce donates plasma to the Australian Red Cross

In the last 4 years he has donated 300 millilitres of plasma per visit.

How many litres has Bruce donated over those 4 years?

a) 1.2 L

b) 1.8 L

c) 2.4 L

d) 3.2 L

None

Question 238.

Western Australia is the largest iron ore supplier in the world, producing 39% of the global iron ore supply in 2018.

An increased demand for iron ore across the world is projected to continue throughout this century.

Table sourced from the WA government department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

In the above table we can see iron ore demand from Asian countries. Approximately how many Megatonnes did China demand in 2011?

a) 1200 Mt

b) 1050 Mt

c) 1000 Mt

d) 900 Mt

None

Question 122.

Harry was going to a National Basketball League game. He had to travel on the train to and from the game plus purchase tickets for the game. The game tickets cost \$64. The return train ride cost \$15.

How much did his trip out to watch the game cost him?

a) $83

b) $79

c) $75

d) $68

None

Question 63.

After visiting the emus, I walk to the rhinoceros enclosure. In what direction did I walk?

perth-zoo-3

a) SE

b) S

c) E

d) SW

None

Question 242.

The Emu Downs Wind Farm is a 79.2 MW wind farm, approximately 200 kilometres North of Perth, near Cervantes. The wind farm provides electricity to the Kwinana Desalination Plant to produce drinking water for Perth.

If 1 Megawatt (MW) = 1000 kilowatts (kW) and 1 kilowatt (kW) = 1000 watts (W) how many kilowatts are produced by the Emu Downs wind farm?

a) 79,200,000 kW

b) 7,920,000 kW

c) 792,000 kW

d) 79,200 kW

None

Question 2.

The table below shows the attendance for the Perth Wildcats at Perth Arena from 2013 to 2016.

Wildcats table

The West Australian Newspaper reported the attendance rounded to the nearest thousand.

In 2015, what attendance did the West Australian Newspaper report?

a) 161 000

b) 154 000

c) 150 000

d) 155 000

None

Question 160.

Jack bought a new iPhone. It has a 128 gigabyte (GB) hard drive.

He notices that 5% of the storage space is already used for the iPhone operating system.

How much space is left on his new iPhone?

a) 98.9 GB

b) 105.6 GB

c) 114.2 GB

d) 121.6 GB

None

Question 14.

Steve catches public transport to travel between work and home.

He catches a bus and tram in both directions.

One way tickets cost \$4 for the bus and \$6 for the tram.

Select the expression that shows Steve’s daily travel cost in dollars.

tram

a) 4 + 6 x 2

b) 4 x 2 + 6 x 2

c) (4 + 6)²

d) 2 x (4 + 6) x 2

None

Question 272.

Rae's car consumes approximately 8 litres of petrol for every 100 kilometres driven.

Last week, Rae travelled 175 kilometres.

How many litres of petrol did her car use during that time?

a) 10 Litres

b) 12 Litres

c) 14 Litres

d) 16 Litres

None

Question 5.

Brendan bought perfume and chocolates for his sister’s birthday.

The perfume cost \$47 and the chocolate \$16.

How much in total did Brendan spend?

chocolate perfume

a) $58

b) $61

c) $63

d) $67

None

Question 65.

The birthdates of four friends are below:

Who is the youngest?

a) Peter

b) Bruce

c) Phillip

d) John

None

Question 59.

Max grew pumpkins in his backyard vegetable patch.

When picking his pumpkins he noticed one was much heavier than the others.

When he weighed the pumpkin it weighed 5.35 kilograms. The average of all the other pumpkins was 2.5 kilograms.

How much heavier was the heavy pumpkin than the other pumpkins?

butternut-pumpkin

a) 2.85 kg

b) 3.05 kg

c) 3.15 kg

d) 3.45 kg

None

Question 275.

The graph below shows the recommended hours of sleep for children.

For example, a 3-year-old child should get from 10 to 13 hours of sleep.

Chloe is 5 years old, and Liam is 13.

Each of the children usually sleeps 9 hours per night.

Select the correct statements.

a) Chloe is getting too much sleep.

b) Chloe is getting too little sleep.

c) Liam is getting too much sleep.

d) Liam is getting the recommended amount of sleep.

None

Question 198.

Meadow’s family owns a pet pig. When they bought the pig, it weighed 30.3 kg. They weighed the pig two weeks later. It weighed 31.2 kg

How many grams did the pig gain over the two weeks?

Question 96.

How many kilowatt hours has this household used?

power-meter

a) 21,825 kWh

b) 20,715 kWh

c) 21,724 kWh

d) 20,814 kWh

None

Question 143.

A swimmer is training for an international event. The swimmer swims 3.4 kilometres 3 times a week and also swims on the weekend.

The total distance for the week is 21 kilometres.

What is the distance swum on the weekend?

a) 5.6 km

b) 7.3 km

c) 9.2 km

d) 10.8 km

None

Question 64. uber-main-2016

The Mandurah region has 32 registered Uber cars and drivers.

Of the 32 cars, ½ are Holdens, ¼ are Fords and the rest are Toyotas.

How many cars are Toyotas?

a) 6

b) 8

c) 12

d) 16

None

Question 199.

Peter owns a self-storage facility in an industrial area. He is creating new units that have floor dimensions of 3 m by 3 m. The total floor space available for storage units is 540 m²

What is the largest number of units he can create?

a) 60

b) 54

c) 36

d) 27

None

Question 201.

Jensen is installing laminate flooring in his dining room.

He needs to purchase an extra 10% of the flooring to allow for wastage when it is being installed.

His dining room area is 16 m². What is the total amount of flooring Jensen needs to order?

a) 1.6 m²

b) 14.4 m²

c) 17.6 m²

d) 20.8 m²

None

Question 78.

The graph below compares the times of trains that run to Fremantle Station and their arrival schedule.

train-arrival-times

What percentage of the trains were early?

a) About 50%

b) Between 25% and 33%

c) Between 10% and 25%

d) Less than 10%

None

Question 170.

Bruce had his backyard fence fall down during a storm. Temporary fencing is required while he organises to get a replacement fence. He needs 10 fencing panels to cover the fallen fence.

The length of each fence panel is 2400 millimetres. There is a 5 centimetre gap between each of the panels when joined together.

What will be the total length of the fencing once it has been assembled?

a) 244.5 metres

b) 240.4 metres

c) 24.45 metres

d) 24.04 metres

None

Question 19.

An electrician screws in a light bulb into a light fitting.

To secure the bulb, the electrician turned through 2 ¹⁄₂ revolutions.

Through how many degrees did he turn the bulb?

a) 900 degrees

b) 720 degrees

c) 540 degrees

d) 360 degrees

None

Question 129. bread-dinner-roll-multigrain-6-pack

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

How much change should she receive?

a) $13.40

b) $14.80

c) $15.20

d) $16.30

None

Question 109. holiday-rental

Joseph is looking for a holiday home to rent for 7 nights. He finds one that:

Charges $150 per night

Has a cleaning fee of $120

Wifi for $8 per night

A repayable bond of $300 if there is no damage to the home.

What is the total cost of his holiday rental if there is no damage to the home?

a) $1,182

b) $1,226

c) $1,410

d) $1,526

None

Question 189.

Carlos went to watch a Queen tribute band at the Sydney Opera House.

The performance was an afternoon session and started at 3.02pm

The watch face below shows the time the performance finished.

How long did the concert go for?

a) 90 minutes

b) 110 minutes

c) 140 minutes

d) 170 minutes

None

Question 57.

A building and construction company is building a new stadium. They have estimated their costs to be:

Materials $550,000,000

Labour $360,000,000

Planning fees $80,000,000

What is the estimated total cost, to the nearest $100,000,000?

stadium

a) $990,000,000

b) $1,000,000,000

c) $1,010,000,000

d) $1,100,000,000

None

Question 112. bar-fridge-1

A bar fridge has a width of 500 mm and a depth of 500 mm.

If the height is 70 cms, what is the volume of the fridge?

a) 196,000 cm³

b) 187,000 cm³

c) 182,000 cm³

d) 175,000 cm³

None

Question 32.

Jack made a sand pit for his children. The dimensions of the sand pit are as shown in the image below.
sandbox

To fill ²⁄₃ of the sand pit, how many cubic metres (m³) does Jack need to order?

a) 10 m³

b) 17 m³

c) 20 m³

d) 24 m³

None

Question 130. playhouse

John was building a play house for his children. He measured the top section for some beams that he needed for the roof. As he was building one of the other sections he realised that the original measurement for the roof was incorrect. He needed an additional 15% of wood for the beam.

The original measurement for the beam was 1,800 mm. What does the new length of the beam need to be?

a) 2,050 mm

b) 2,070 mm

c) 2,095 mm

d) 2,115 mm

None

Question 217.

After painting the outside of his house Fletcher decides to paint the inside of his house.

The paint he is looking at comes in 4 litre tins. 1 litre of paint covers approximately 10 m².

The wall area of the house is 420 m², but Fletcher only needs to paint 310 m².

How many tins of paint should Fletcher buy?

a) 9

b) 8

c) 7

d) 6

None

Question 46.

At the bottom of a DVD cover this information is shown:

The run time for the movie is approximately 172 minutes.

The length of the movie is closest to:

Select the statement that is true.

a) 2 hours

b) 2.5 hours

c) 3 hours

d) 3.5 hours

None

Question 7.

The length of a piece of timber is 2.4 metres.

Jordan cuts it to a length of 2,150 millimetres.

What length did Jordan remove?

timber

a) 20.3 mm

b) 242.65 mm

c) 250 mm

d) 300 mm

None

Question 179.

The middle triangle that is formed in this roof truss is an isosceles triangle.

What is the size of the angle labelled x?

a) 23°

b) 36°

c) 42°

d) 48°

None

Question 157.

Lucas was making a picnic table for his outdoor alfresco area. He was fastening the last nuts and bolts into the table. When fastening one nut, he turned his wrench through 7 half revolutions to tighten the nut.

How man degrees did Lucas turn the wrench through?

a) 900 degrees

b) 1,080 degrees

c) 1,260 degrees

d) 1,440 degrees

None

Question 6.

Rowan used this map of Perth City when he visited Perth from Melbourne.

perth city map

Rowan’s hotel was listed as number 18 on the map.

Which one of these attractions was closest to Rowan’s hotel?

a) Western Australian Museum

b) Perth Mint

c) His Majesty’s Theatre

d) Art Gallery of Western Australia

None

Question 288.

A bank offers a simple interest rate of 1.5% per year on a term deposit.

If you deposit \$8,000 into that term deposit for 2 years, how much total interest will you earn?

a) $240

b) $280

c) $310

d) $340

None

Question 137. hpvc

Chris was laying reticulation pipe to water his garden. The length of each pipe was 2,400 mm. He had to buy 12 pipes for his system. What was the total length of all the pipes he had to buy in metres?

a) 26.4 m

b) 28.8 m

c) 30.2 m

d) 31.6 m

None

Question 147.

The internal playing surface of a 7 foot English pool table is 180 cm by 90 cm. When adding on the cushion and frame the pool table is larger in size.

If the cushion and frame are an extra 13 cm on each side of the table, what is the total length and width of the pool table in metres?

a) 1.67 m by 0.77 m

b) 1.93 m by 1.03 m

c) 2.06 m by 1.16 m

d) 2.10 m by 1.20 m

None

Question 33.

Joseph needs to buy ice-cream for a children’s party.

He can make 12 ice-creams from 2 litres.

He needs to make 60 ice-creams for the party.

How many litres does he need to buy?

ice cream tub