Entry Level 2: Measures, Shape & Data
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Entry Level 2: Measures, Shape & Data: example questions & answers
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A shopper buys a pen for 45p and a rubber for 30p. How much do the two items cost altogether?
- A85p
- B75p✓
- C65p
- D105p
Answer: 45p add 30p equals 75p altogether. 65p and 85p come from adding the pence incorrectly, and 105p comes from misplacing a digit.
A café sells 3 sandwiches at £4 each. How much do all 3 sandwiches cost?
- A£160
- B£12✓
- C£9
- D£7
Answer: 3 sandwiches at £4 each cost £12 altogether, using the 4 times table. £7 and £9 do not match 3 multiplied by 4, and £160 comes from misplacing a zero.
A customer pays with a £1 coin for an item costing 65p. How much change should they get back?
- A25p
- B165p
- C45p
- D35p✓
Answer: £1 is the same as 100p, and 100p minus 65p leaves 35p change. 45p and 25p do not match 100p minus 65p, and 165p comes from misplacing a digit.
A form asks for a date of birth written in the UK day/month/year format. Which of these is written correctly?
- A03/005/1990
- B05/03/1990✓
- C005/03/1990
- D05/003/1990
Answer: UK dates are written with the day first, then the month, then the year, as in 05/03/1990. The other options add an extra digit to one part of the date, which is not how UK dates are written.
A leisure centre opens at 6pm. What is this time using the 24-hour clock?
- A20:00
- B16:00
- C18:00✓
- D06:00
Answer: 6pm is 12 hours later than 6am, so on the 24-hour clock it is written 18:00. The other times do not match 6pm.
An analogue clock shows quarter past 3. Which digital time matches this?
- A3:45
- B2:45
- C3:30
- D3:15✓
Answer: Quarter past 3 means 15 minutes after 3 o'clock, written 3:15. The other times show quarter to, half past or a different hour.
Which metric unit would best measure the length of a classroom?
- Ametres✓
- Bkilograms
- Clitres
- Dmillimetres
Answer: Metres are a sensible unit for measuring the length of a room, which is a few metres across. Millimetres are far too small, and kilograms and litres measure weight and capacity, not length.
Which metric unit would best measure the weight of a bag of potatoes?
- Amillilitres
- Bcentimetres
- Ckilograms✓
- Dgrams
Answer: Kilograms suit the weight of a bag of potatoes, which is too heavy to measure sensibly in grams. Millilitres measure capacity and centimetres measure length, not weight.
Which metric unit would best measure the amount of milk in a carton?
- Amillimetres
- Bgrams
- Cmillilitres✓
- Dmetres
Answer: Millilitres measure capacity, which suits the small amount of milk in a carton. Millimetres and metres measure length, and grams measure weight, not capacity.
A weather chart shows the temperature is 4 degrees warmer than 15°C. What is the new temperature?
- A11°C
- B9°C
- C21°C
- D19°C✓
Answer: 15°C plus 4 degrees equals 19°C. The other temperatures come from adding or subtracting the numbers incorrectly.
A set of kitchen scales has marks every 100g. The pointer sits exactly on the third mark after 0. What does the pointer show?
- A3000g
- B200g
- C300g✓
- D400g
Answer: Each mark represents 100g, so the third mark after 0 shows 300g. 200g and 400g come from miscounting the marks, and 3000g comes from misplacing a zero.
Which shape has exactly six straight sides?
- Acuboid
- Bpentagon
- Chexagon✓
- Dcylinder
Answer: A hexagon is a flat shape with exactly six straight sides. A pentagon has five sides, and a cylinder and cuboid are 3-D shapes, not flat shapes with sides.
Which shape has exactly five straight sides?
- Ahexagon
- Bpentagon✓
- Cpyramid
- Dquadrilateral
Answer: A pentagon is a flat shape with exactly five straight sides. A hexagon has six sides, a quadrilateral has only four sides, and a pyramid is a 3-D shape, not a flat shape with sides.
Which 3-D shape has two flat circular faces and one curved face?
- Acylinder✓
- Bsphere
- Ccuboid
- Dpyramid
Answer: A cylinder has two flat circular faces joined by one curved face, like a tin can. A cuboid and pyramid are made only of flat faces, and a sphere is entirely curved.
Which 3-D shape has six flat rectangular faces and eight corners, like a shoebox?
- Acuboid✓
- Bsphere
- Cpyramid
- Dcylinder
Answer: A cuboid has six flat rectangular faces meeting at eight corners, matching the shape of a shoebox. A cylinder and sphere both have curved surfaces, and a pyramid has triangular faces meeting at a point.
A charity sorts donated coats into a box only if they are both clean and a child's size. Which coat belongs in the box?
- AA clean coat in an adult's size
- BA clean coat in a child's size✓
- CA dirty coat in an adult's size
- DA dirty coat in a child's size
Answer: The box is only for coats that are both clean and a child's size, so a clean, child-size coat is the only one that meets both criteria at once. The other coats each fail one of the two conditions.
A recipe says to place the bowl between the plates and the jug on the table. Which word describes the bowl's position relative to the two items?
- Abetween✓
- Boutside
- Cforwards
- Dbelow
Answer: Between describes something positioned in the middle of two other things, like the bowl and the plates and jug. Outside, below and forwards describe different positions.
A bar chart shows sandwiches sold on 4 days: Monday 20, Tuesday 35, Wednesday 15, Thursday 25. Which day had the highest bar?
- ATuesday✓
- BThursday
- CMonday
- DWednesday
Answer: Tuesday's bar reaches 35 sandwiches, which is higher than any other day shown. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday all sold fewer sandwiches than Tuesday.