Irish Blarney Practice Questions
Introduction
These practice questions are made up of two parts.
Part 1: Practice questions that give immediate feedback on your answers.
Part 2: A quiz that will record marks in your mark book.
Part 1: Taxi!
Phoebe works for a taxi service. Her job is quite varied but one of the things she has to do every day is to work out the cost of fares. The company charges 80p per mile plus a fixed charge of £3.00 so the formula she uses is c = f + (yz).
The units of c and f are £, the units of y is miles and the unit of z is pence.
Before
Phoebe can calculate anything, she needs to work out what each part of the
formula equals. Can you help? Select the option you think is correct.
c=
Correct - Well done! Cost = f + (yz)
Incorrect - Cost = f + (yz)
Incorrect - Cost = f + (yz)
Incorrect - Cost = f + (yz)
f=
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (yz)
Correct - Well done! Cost = Fixed charge + (yz)
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (yz)
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (yz)
y=
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x z)
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x z)
Correct - Well done! Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x z)
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x z)
z=
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x Cost per mile)
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x Cost per mile)
Incorrect - Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x Cost per mile)
Correct - Well done! Cost = Fixed charge + (Miles x Cost per mile)
Phoebe’s
first fare is for Mr and Mrs Laycock. They are going to visit their daughter
who lives 23 miles from their home. They want to know how much this will cost. What
would the calculation be? Type your answer in to the blank box
Read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words.
At the end of the day, Phoebe gets a phone call from her boss. He is
looking through yesterday's sales figures and wants her to check the
mileage of one of the entries. If the total fare cost £7 what formula
should Phoebe use to calculate the mileage and what would the mileage
be?
Consider the equation above and how you may be able to re-work it to give the mileage.
Incorrect
- You first must place 'Mileage' (Y) as the 'subject' (answer) this
will make it easy to work out the correct way in order to set the correct
formula: y = (£7 – £3) ÷ 80p
Incorrect
- You first must place 'Mileage' (Y) as the 'subject' (answer) this
will make it easy to work out the correct way in order to set the correct
formula: y = (£7 – £3) ÷ 80p
Incorrect
- You first must place 'Mileage' (Y) as the 'subject' (answer) this
will make it easy to work out the correct way in order to set the correct
formula: y = (£7 – £3) ÷ 80p
Mileage:
Use the formula from the previous question to find the miles taken.
Incorrect - 5 = (£7 – £3) ÷ 80p
Incorrect - 5 = (£7 – £3) ÷ 80p
Incorrect - 5 = (£7 – £3) ÷ 80p
