L1 Numeracy Workbook Answers - Skills Workshop, 2011 Page 19
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32L1 Numeracy work book
MSS1/L1.8 Work out the perimeter of simple shapes e.g. rectangle, equilateral triangle
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1) A patient has a ½ litre bottle of medicine. She has to take 25 ml of it 4 times a day.
How many days will the medicine last?
5 days
2) A mother buys half kg of fresh strawberries for her two grown up daughters.
How much will each daughter have in grams?
250 g
3) A woman wants to buy some very expensive lace to cover the top of a mantelpiece.
What sized piece of lace will be needed to cover the surface? Give dimensions in
mm.
1.5 m
25cm
1500 mm by 250 mm
4) 5m of cloth needs to be cut into 10 equally sized pieces. How long is each piece?
50 cm
5) Sally and John are selling their gold to raise a little bit of cash. Sally has a ring
weighing 1750 mg and a bracelet weighing 7 and a half grams. John has an ingot
gold ring weighing 3.25g. In the Merry Hill Centre they are paying £10.00 per gram
of gold. How much will they raise?
£125.00
October 2011. Answers kindly contributed by Kevin Melling and Judith White, Somerset Skills & Learning. Workbook written and contributed
by Simon Kelsey, Steps to Work. September 2011. Search for Simon, Kevin and Judith on
Adult Numeracy and Functional Maths. For related resources visit the download page for this resource at skillsworkshop
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