Are You Smarter Than Year 7 and 9? (Di Malaysia, Year 9 ialah 14 tahun iaitu Form 2)

Students in Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 in Australia sat for the National Assessment Program few weeks ago. This national assessment meant to test their comprehension on several basic subjects like numeracy, spelling, grammar and punctuation. These sample numeracy questions were published on Sunday Mail Adelaide (17th May 2009). Feel free to outdo yourself with these questions and see your ‘smartness’ level.

To be honest, I was struggling to answer one or two numeracy questions of Year 9. Oh my.. *tepuk dahi sendiri*… Mungkin sebab dah terlalu lama meninggalkan dunia hisab (alasan). I bet engineers would solve this with one eye closed, while eating peanuts. (Kan Nadiya kan? =p).

NUMERACY
Year 7:
1. In a box of 15 cups, 20% are cracked. How many cups are cracked?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 10
D. 15

2. Water flows from a tap at a constant rate of 0.25 litres per second. How many seconds does it take to fill an eight litre bucket?
A. 2
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32

3. Someone starts with a number. She multiplies it by 6, and then divides it by 8. The answer is 9. What number did she start with?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 12


Year 9:
1. What does 4³ - 3² equal.
A. 3
B. 6
C. 55
D. 58

2. An elephant weighs 5000kg. It eats 150kg of food each day. What percentage of its own weight does it eat each say?
A. 0.033
B. 3
C. 30
D. 33

3. Rose ran x laps of the school oval. Sue ran 8 more laps than Rose. Together they ran a total of 46 laps. Which equation represents this situation?
A. x + 8 = 46
B. x - 8 = 46
C. 2x + 8 = 46
D. 2x - 8 = 46