AQA GCSE Maths
Topic questions Number Standard units and compound measures
29 questions · 86 marks · about 1.5 hours
The table shows information about two workers on one day.
| Total working time (hours) | Working time spent online (minutes) | |
| Zeke | 8 | 200 |
| Margot | 4 | 110 |
Margot started work at 10:30 am What time did she finish?
Zeke says he spent more than one quarter of his total working time online.
Is he correct?
Tick a box.
Show working to support your answer.
Which metric unit would be most suitable for each measurement? Tick one box for each.
Here is a price list.
| Soap | £2.00 |
| Candle | £4.55 |
| Lip scrub | £1.75 |
| Body cream | £3.80 |
Work out the cost of three candles.
Sal has £7.50 He wants to buy one soap and one body cream.
Does he have enough money to also buy one lip scrub? Tick a box.
Show working to support your answer.
The time Shaz takes to run a race is 1 minute 28 seconds less than 2 hours.
Work out her time in hours, minutes and seconds.
Paul leaves home at 7.15 am He travels to work in 20 minutes.
Does Paul arrive at work by 7.30 am?
Give a reason for your answer.
A loaf of bread has 14 slices each 12 mm thick and 2 crusts each 15 mm thick.
Work out the total length of the loaf of bread. Give your answer in centimetres.
| Apples | 25p each |
| Oranges | 60p each |
Salma has £10 to buy apples and oranges. She buys 9 apples and as many oranges as possible.
How many oranges does she buy?
Use a ruler for this question. Here is an accurate drawing of an equilateral triangle.
By measuring, work out the perimeter of the triangle. State the units of your answer.
An electric car uses 1 unit of electricity to travel 3 miles. 1 unit of electricity costs 50 pence.
Work out the cost of electricity, in pounds, to travel 270 miles.
Leema buys 2 metres of linen at £8.50 per metre. She also buys 5 metres of cotton. The total cost is £38
What is the cost of one metre of cotton?
Buttons cost 65p each. The greatest number of buttons Leema can buy with £5 is 7 She says, “The greatest number of buttons I can buy with £10 is 14 because £10 is double £5”
Show working to support your answer.
Luca spends 71p He pays the exact amount with 4 coins.
List the coins he uses.
• A pack of pegs costs 40p
• A bar of soap costs £2.20
• A basket costs £7
Dan buys two packs of pegs, one bar of soap and one basket.
What fraction of the total cost is the cost of the basket?
Ollie and Rachel run a marathon race.
Ollie starts the race at 9.15 am He takes 3 
hours to finish the race.
At what time does he finish?
Rachel has a target time of 4 hours 10 minutes. She has been running for 186 minutes.
To meet her target, how many minutes does she have left to finish the race?
Also involves Personal finance
Complete the bank statement.
| Date | Description | Credit (£) | Debit (£) | Balance (£) |
| 01/11/2021 | Starting balance | 736.28 | ||
| 05/11/2021 | Rent | 450.00 | ||
| 14/11/2021 | Refund | 25.00 | ||
| 27/11/2021 | Wages | 1830.29 |
At a shop the normal price of one pen is 24p the normal price of one calculator is £7 The shop has these special offers.
Work out the total price of 5 pens and 1 calculator using the special offers.
Jess saves 2p, 5p and 10p coins. She has
• 45 10p coins
• 8 times as many 2p coins as 10p coins
• £17.70 in total.
Work out total value of 2p coins: total value of 5p coins Give your answer in its simplest form.
Jess saves 2p, 5p and 10p coins. She has
• 45 10p coins
• 8 times as many 2p coins as 10p coins
• £17.70 in total.
Work out total value of 2p coins: total value of 5p coins Give your answer in its simplest form.
A reel holds 9.5 metres of ribbon. 2 pieces of ribbon are cut from the reel. Each piece is 20 centimetres long. What length of ribbon is left on the reel? State the units of your answer.
Charlie is driving 293 miles home. He
• leaves at 9.00 am
• travels the first 176 miles at an average speed of 48 mph
• drives the rest of the way at an average speed of 65 mph
Will he be home by 2.30 pm? You must show your working.
Circle the length of time between 4.00 pm and 5.05 pm
55 min 65 min 105 min 125 min
Hamish has saved 295 coins. Each one is a 20p coin. He gives an equal number of 20p coins to each of his 8 grandchildren. He gives them as many coins as possible. How much, in £, does he have left?
The masses of some puppies were recorded. The smallest mass was 7 kilograms 200 grams. The range of the masses was 650 grams. What was the largest mass? Give your answer in kilograms and grams.
Write a suitable unit for measuring each amount. One has been done for you.
Times for the three parts of a journey are
• 20 minutes
• 40 minutes
• 1 hour 30 minutes.
Work out the total time for the journey. Give your answer in hours.
Also involves Converting between units
What is 680 millimetres in centimetres? Circle your answer.
0.68 cm 6.8 cm 68 cm 6800 cm
Samir and Dan run a race.
Dan finishes in 130 seconds. Complete the following sentence.
Alice does a sponsored walk. She starts from home on Monday at 8 am She arrives back home 55 hours later. Work out when she arrives back home.
Circle the length of time between 1.50 pm and 3.35 pm
1 h 45 min 2 h 15 min 2 h 25 min 3 h 5 min
Also involves Converting between units
Which is longer, 
of a day or 1000 minutes? You must show your working.
What is a litre a unit of? Circle your answer.
area density mass capacity
Which unit is most suitable for measuring the length of a tennis court? Circle your answer. kilometres metres centimetres millimetres
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