1、1、An ant covers a distance of 90 metres in 3 hours. The average speed of the ant in decimetres per minute is_. 2、The Ancient Romans used the following different numerals in their number system I=1 V=5 X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500 M=1000 etc they used these numerals to make up number as follows I=1 II=2 III
2、=3 IV=4 V=5 VI=6 VII=7 VIII=8 IX=9 X=10 etc SO, for example, XCIX=99 What is the value of XLVI? 3、In a certain town some people were affected by a fluepidemic. In the first month 20% of the population contracted the flu whilst 80% were healthy. In the following month 20% of the sick people recovered
3、 and 20% of the healthy people contracted the disease. What fraction of the population is healthy at the end of the second month? 4、Mpho, Barry, Sipho, Erica and Fatima are sitting on a park bench. Mpho is not sitting on the far right. Barry is not sitting on the far left. Sipho is not sitting at ei
4、ther end. Erica is sitting to the right of Barry, but not necessarily next to him. Fatima is not sitting next to Sipho. Sipho is not sitting next to Barry. Who is sitting at the far right? 5、Of the 28 Tshirts in a drawer, six are red, five are blue, and the rest are white. If Bob selects Tshirts at
5、random whilst packing for a holiday, what is the least number he must remove from the drawer to be sure that he has three Tshirts of the same colour? 6、In an alien language, jalez borg farn means “good maths skills”.Nurf klar borg means “maths in harmony” and darko klar farn means “good in gold”. Wh
6、at is “harmony gold” in this language? 7、Five children, Amelia, Bongani, Charles, Devine and Edwina, were in the classroom when one of them broke a window. The teacher asked each of them to make a statementabout the event, knowing that three of them always lie and two always tell the truth. Their st
7、atements were as follows: Amelia: “Charles did not break it, nor did Devine.” Bongani: “I didnt break it, nor did Devine.” Charles: “I didnt break it, but Edwina did.” Devine: “Amelia or Edwina broke it.” Edwina: “Charles broke it.” Who broke the window? 8、Did you know? A palindrome is a number whic
8、h reads the same forwards as backwards e.g. 35453. Next year 2002 is an example of a palindromic number. What is the difference between 2002 and the number of the previous palindromic year? 9、If a b = (3b) then the value of 2+(2a) (3 5) is_. 10、Two ants start at point A and walk at the same pace. On
9、e ant walks around a 3 cm by 3 cm square whilst the other walks around a 6 cm by 3 cm rectangle. What is the minimum distance, in centimetres, any one must cover before they meet again? +参考答案： 1、 单位换算，注意单词，9010 （360）5 2、 46 3、 0.68 4、 Erica 5、 抽屉原则 7 6、 注意一一对应，borg= maths, farn=good, jalez=skills. K
10、lar=in, Nurf=harmony, darko=gold.答案是 Nurf darko. 7、 Charles 8、 1001 9、 67 10、 108 1. Two numbers differ by 57. Their sum is 185. Find the numbers. Choices for the smaller number:54 64 74. 2.A bus went 318 km farther than a car. The car went one third as far as the bus. How far did each vehicle trave
11、l? Choices for the smaller number: 147 151 159 3.one number is four times another number. The larger number is also 87 more than the smaller number. Find the numbers. Choices for the smaller number: 29 30 33 4.A clown weights 60 lb more than a trapeze artist. The trapeze artist weighs two thids as m
12、uch as the clown. How much does each weigh? choices for the weight of the trapeze artist : 110 120 125 5. The U.S. Senate has 100 memebers, all Democrats or Republicans. Recently there were 12 more Democrats than Republicans. How many Senators from each political party were there at that time? Choic
13、es for the number of Republicans: 38 42 44 6.The ninth grade class has 17 more girls than boys. there are 431 students in all. how many boys are there? how many girls are there? Choices for the number of boys: 191 202 207 7. Elena has one and a half times as much money as Ramon.Together they have 225. how much money does each have? Choices for Ramoms amount;80 90 95 8. Western state college is 18 years older than southern state. western is also 2 and the half times as old as southern. how old is each? Choice for southern states age:12 14 18
