Time, Currency & ConversionsCambridge IGCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
Cambridge IGCSE Maths
Time, Currency & Conversions
Total 26 marks
Name
Class
Date
- 1A flight departs London at 14:45 (24-hour clock) and takes 6 hours 30 minutes to reach Dubai, which is 4 hours ahead of London time.(a)Find the London time of arrival.[1 mark]
- A20:15
- B22:15
- C21:45
- D21:15
(b)Find the local Dubai time of arrival.[1 mark]- A00:15
- B01:15
- C02:15
- D23:15
(c)Convert the London departure time, 14:45, to 12-hour clock format.[1 mark]- A2:45 am
- B4:45 pm
- C2:45 pm
- D14:45 am
Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2A tourist converts 500 British pounds (GBP) to US dollars (USD) at a rate of 1 GBP = 1.28 USD, then spends 340 USD.(a)Find the total amount of US dollars the tourist receives.[2 marks](b)Find the USD remaining after spending, then convert this back to GBP at the same rate, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3A water tank has a capacity of 2.5 m. A cylinder-shaped bottle holds 750 ml of water. The tank is initially 40% full.(a)Convert the tank's capacity to litres, then find how many of the 750 ml bottles would be needed to fill the tank completely (round up to the next whole bottle).[3 marks](b)The tank is initially 40% full. Find the volume of water, in litres, needed to fill it completely.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A construction company measures a rectangular plot of land with length 250 m and width 180 m. Workers are paid 18 dollars per hour and work from 07:30 to 16:15 each day, with a 45-minute unpaid lunch break.(a)Find the area of the plot in m, then convert this to hectares (1 hectare = 10000 m).[4 marks](b)Find the number of paid hours a worker works in one day, giving your answer in hours and minutes.[4 marks](c)Find a worker's total pay for a 5-day working week at this daily rate, then find the minimum number of full weeks needed to earn enough to buy equipment costing 4000 dollars.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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