Week 9 Foundation Math and Thinking Skills Test Copy

The formula of getting the perimeter of the square is P = 4(S). If the square has the following dimensions, calculate its perimeter.

A. 50 cm

B. 40 cm

C. 80 cm

D. 20 cm

There are 50 000 kinds of animals. Ten percent of this number live in freshwater. How many kinds of animals live in  freshwater?

A. 5, 000

B. 1, 000

C. 8, 000

D. 6, 000

Examine the table below.

It is Jerome’s 8th birthday today so he went to the carnival together with his mom and his best friend. How much does it cost for them to enter the carnival?

A. $10

B. $20

C. $15

D. $25

If Zola has the following dollar bills in her wallet, how much money does she have?

A. $17

B. $13

C. $10

D. $19

If Cedric has a 3×3 cube, what is the area of one face of the cube?
Assume that one small square has a side that measures 1 centimeters.

A. 9 square centimeters

B. 5 square centimeters

C. 6 square centimeters

D. 8 square centimeters

Tom has a rectangular block of wood. If the block of wood has a width of 7 centimeters, length of 8 centimeters, and a height of 19 centimeters, what is its volume?

A. 1,980  cubic centimeters

B. 1,064  cubic centimeters

C. 10,000 cubic centimeters

D. 1,970 cubic centimeters

Gab weighs 90 and ½  kilograms while his brother weighs 78 kilograms. Find the difference in weight.

A. 12 ½ kg

B. 4 ½ kg

C. 35 ½ kg

D. 34 kg

Thanos paid $18 for nine empty bottles. How much did each bottle cost?

A. $1

B. $3

C. $2

D. $4

 Find the sum of the perimeters of the shapes below.

A. 30 cm

B. 28 cm

C. 35 cm

D. 32 cm

Claire’s ruler is 10 centimetres long. Trichia’s ruler is 8 centimetres shorter than Claire. How long is Trichia’s ruler?

A. 2 cm

B. 3 cm

C. 4 cm

D. 5 cm

Under a moderate climate change scenario, half of the world’s best coffee-growing land might be lost. Coffee, cashews, and avocados are popular worldwide commodities grown mostly by small-scale farmers in the tropics. In several of the primary places where these crops are currently cultivated, a new study projects large losses in acreage suitable for growing them. This might have a global impact on both growers and consumers.

Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

A. Coffee is a very important beverage for people everyday.

B. The current study validates and expands on findings from a small number of previous coffee investigations.

C. In contrast, there has been less work done on tropical ecosystems, which make up around 40% of global land area and are home to ore than 3 billion people.

D. Half of the world’s greatest coffee-growing area might be lost, affecting both producers and consumers worldwide.

Three different shapes are shown below.

Which one of the following arrangements can be made by putting these three shapes together?

Three different shapes are given below:

Which of the following figures can be made by combining the three shapes above?

Seven Basketball players joined the slam dunk competition of the NBA All Star Weekend. There are four rounds where each round, a player should show a unique and explosive style of dunking. The highest score that is obtained for each round is 10. The scores of the first three rounds are displayed below.

If the leading scorer after 3 rounds only scored 3 points in the fourth round, what is the minimum score that the second highest scorer in the 4th round needs to be guaranteed the win?

A. 9

B. 10

C. 8

D. 7

Six cartooners(Arnold, Courtney, Hampton, Keith, Pittman, and Webster) had a bet to see who could create the most amount of characters in the least amount of time.

Courtney is in 1st place.
Pittman beat 4 people.
Webster came just before Keith.
Keith came just before Arnold.
No one came after Arnold.

Where did Hampton finish?

A. 2nd

B. 3rd

C. 4th

D. 5th

E. 6th

 During their English lesson, Harold, and Raze frequently pass coded notes to each other. In order to keep their messages a secret from others, they usually write their codes in reversed alphabet as shown below, they also change the positions of words in the sentence. Marcos is also familiar with this code.

For example, HAPPY DAY would be written as SZKKB WZB or WZB SZKKB.

After Raze read the code, he tore the paper and threw it in the trash. Marcos would like to know the message that Harold sent to Raze, so he retrieved the torn papers from the trash. He initially arranged the torn papers as follow and decoded the message.

OZGVI HVV BLF

Marcos noticed the sentence he formed was disarranged, so he rearranged the code.

What is the third word of the written message? 

A. Later

B. Hat

C. See

D. Man

Lucile wants to buy 3  rugs. There are 4 shops that sell the product he wants. The shops, the price of the rugs  and any special offers are shown in the following table:

Lucile wants to buy all his rugs  from the same shop and to spend as little as possible.

Which shop should Lucile buy all his rugs from?

A. Davies

B. Rain or Shine

C. Charlies

D. Rugzy

Plastics have been a serious problem in the city of Manila, where they clog canals and other water pathways, causing the city to flood during heavy rains. The main source of plastic waste are those plastics which are used to pack things bought from stores. Therefore, plastic bags  can be reduced if they are not allowed at the checkout counter in any store.

Which of the following statements, if true, best strengthens the above argument?

A. Plastic bags are lightweight, water-resistant, low-cost, and easy to transport.

B. As an initiative to reduce waste, stores have started using eco-bags to replace plastic bags.

C. Polyethylene is a polymer made up of long chains of ethylene monomers.

D. A paper bag uses around four times the energy as a plastic bag to produce.

Levi loves cleaning the house so much, he has an entire cabinet full of cleaning equipment. Levi’s sister, Hange, wanted to clean her room, so she took Levi’s cleaning equipment without permission. When Levi found out about it, he gave her two options: Hange returns his equipment or he will stop cleaning the house altogether. 

Which of the following best expresses the flaw of Levi’s argument above?

A. The cleaning equipment of Levi was a lot better than Hange’s.

B. Levi was selfish and wanted the cleaning equipment all to himself.

C. Levi has failed to consider other solutions to address his problem with the cleaning equipment

D. Hange did not reconsider the consequences of borrowing things without permission.

Mom: “If you miss the study group session, it means you’re probably goofing off.”

Which of the following sentences show the mistake the mother has made?

A. Irene’s mother is just looking out for her daughter’s welfare by reminding her of the importance of study group sessions.

B. Irene’s mother immediately draws a conclusion about what Irene is doing without enough evidence.

C. Instead of letting Irene rest, her mother asked her to go to the study group session.

D. There is no time to relax when exams are coming up.