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SEAG transfer test practice paper 2

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SEAG-style transfer test, practice paper 2

56 questions · 56 marks · 60 minutes · no negative marking

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Punctuation

Questions 1 to 5, 1 mark each. Circle the letter of the best answer.

  1. 1.

    The childrens coats | were hanging neatly | on the pegs | by the door.

    Find the part with a punctuation mistake (including capital letters). If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AThe childrens coats
    2. Bwere hanging neatly
    3. Con the pegs
    4. Dby the door.
    5. ENo mistake
  2. 2.

    The children’s coats | were hanging neatly | on the pegs | by the door.

    Find the part with a punctuation mistake (including capital letters). If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AThe children’s coats
    2. Bwere hanging neatly
    3. Con the pegs
    4. Dby the door.
    5. ENo mistake
  3. 3.

    In July, our | class visited | the science museum | in London.

    Find the part with a punctuation mistake (including capital letters). If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AIn July, our
    2. Bclass visited
    3. Cthe science museum
    4. Din London.
    5. ENo mistake
  4. 4.

    In July, our | class visited | the Science Museum | in london.

    Find the part with a punctuation mistake (including capital letters). If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AIn July, our
    2. Bclass visited
    3. Cthe Science Museum
    4. Din london.
    5. ENo mistake
  5. 5.

    My aunt, who | lives in Cardiff | sent me a | postcard last week.

    Find the part with a punctuation mistake (including capital letters). If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AMy aunt, who
    2. Blives in Cardiff
    3. Csent me a
    4. Dpostcard last week.
    5. ENo mistake

Grammar

Questions 6 to 10, 1 mark each. Circle the letter of the best answer.

  1. 6.

    Some visitors whispered nervously inside the dark cave.

    Which word in this sentence is a determiner?

    1. Adark
    2. Binside
    3. Cvisitors
    4. Dwhispered
    5. ESome
  2. 7.

    My cousin painted a colourful mural in the hall.

    Which word in this sentence is a determiner?

    1. Apainted
    2. Bmural
    3. Cin
    4. Dcolourful
    5. EMy
  3. 8.

    Which sentence is written in the present perfect?

    1. AMy sister had baked some scones.
    2. BMy sister was baking some scones.
    3. CMy sister baked some scones.
    4. DMy sister is baking some scones.
    5. EMy sister has baked some scones.
  4. 9.

    Which sentence is written in the present perfect?

    1. AWe have visited the museum.
    2. BWe visited the museum.
    3. CWe were visiting the museum.
    4. DWe are visiting the museum.
    5. EWe had visited the museum.
  5. 10.

    Which sentence is written in the passive voice?

    1. AThe leaves were scattered by the wind.
    2. BThe goalkeeper saved the penalty.
    3. CThe storm damaged the roof.
    4. DOur class planted three trees.
    5. EMaya opened the parcel.

Spelling

Questions 11 to 15, 1 mark each. Circle the letter of the best answer.

  1. 11.

    My little brother | was siting on the | front steps waiting | for the bus.

    Find the part with a spelling mistake. If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AMy little brother
    2. Bwas siting on the
    3. Cfront steps waiting
    4. Dfor the bus.
    5. ENo mistake
  2. 12.

    The local goverment | announced funding for a | new skate park | beside the river.

    Find the part with a spelling mistake. If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AThe local goverment
    2. Bannounced funding for a
    3. Cnew skate park
    4. Dbeside the river.
    5. ENo mistake
  3. 13.

    The weather kept | getting colder | as the afternoon | went on.

    Find the part with a spelling mistake. If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AThe weather kept
    2. Bgetting colder
    3. Cas the afternoon
    4. Dwent on.
    5. ENo mistake
  4. 14.

    Please write | your adress | clearly on | the envelope.

    Find the part with a spelling mistake. If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. APlease write
    2. Byour adress
    3. Cclearly on
    4. Dthe envelope.
    5. ENo mistake
  5. 15.

    She recieved | a certificate for | finishing the | reading challenge.

    Find the part with a spelling mistake. If there is none, choose No mistake.

    1. AShe recieved
    2. Ba certificate for
    3. Cfinishing the
    4. Dreading challenge.
    5. ENo mistake

Comprehension

The Lampposts of Rosevale Street

The first one appeared on a Monday.

I noticed it on my way to school. The lamppost outside number 14 was wearing a scarf. Not a real scarf, exactly, but a long tube of knitting in stripes of orange, purple and lime green, wrapped snugly round the post from the pavement to just above my head. It even had a pom-pom on top.

"Somebody's lamppost was cold," said my wee brother Rory, and he patted it kindly as we passed.

By Wednesday, there were three. One had a line of yellow ducks marching round it. Another was covered in knitted flowers, each with a button in the middle. Rosevale Street is a long, narrow row of red-brick houses in east Belfast, and from the end of it you can see Samson and Goliath, the two great yellow cranes at the shipyard, standing over the rooftops. Nothing much ever happens on Rosevale Street. Now, suddenly, everybody was talking.

"It'll be teenagers," said Mr Kerr from number 9, frowning. "Making a mess of the place."

"It's art," said Mrs Okafor from number 22, who taught at the college. "Somebody is trying to make us smile."

I decided to find out who. My best friend Ruairi and I set up a detective headquarters in my bedroom, with a notebook and Dad's old binoculars. We made a list of suspects.

Suspect one: Mrs Okafor, because she loved art. But she worked late every day and was hardly ever at home.

Suspect two: the twins at number 30, because they were always up to something. But when we asked them, they did not even know how to start a row of knitting.

Suspect three: nobody. Because, as Ruairi pointed out, nobody on Rosevale Street had ever been seen knitting at all.

On Friday night, I kept watch from my window with a torch, a packet of biscuits and the binoculars. At ten o'clock, Mum told me to go to bed. At ten past ten, I crept back to the window anyway.

The street was empty and orange under the streetlights. Then, very slowly, the front door of number 17 opened.

Number 17 belonged to Mr Gallagher. He was very old and very quiet, and since his hip operation in the spring, he had hardly ever left the house. Now, with his walking stick hooked over one arm and a bundle of blue knitting under the other, he made his way to the lamppost outside his gate. He wrapped the knitting round it, took a needle and thread from his pocket and began to sew up the edges, his breath puffing white in the cold air.

On Saturday morning, Ruairi and I knocked on the door of number 17. I had my notebook ready, but I did not need it. Mr Gallagher took one look at us and chuckled.

"Found out, have I?" he said. "Come in, then. Mind the cat."

His living room was full of wool. There were baskets of it beside the fire and balls of it on every chair. He told us that his granny had taught him to knit when he was a boy, on long winter evenings, and that he had picked it up again after his operation, when he could not get out much.

"A man can only knit so many jumpers," he said. "And I thought the street looked a bit grey."

"Everybody's talking about it," said Ruairi.

Mr Gallagher's eyes twinkled. "I know. I've been listening at the window."

He said he did not mind people knowing, as long as he did not have to make a speech. So we put a note through every door instead. By the next Saturday, his living room was crowded. Mrs Okafor brought a lemon cake. The twins learned to knit their first row, and then their second. Even Mr Kerr turned up, muttering that somebody had better make sure it was done properly, and it turned out that he could knit faster than anyone.

By December, every lamppost on Rosevale Street was dressed in colour, from one end to the other. And on the post outside number 17, if you look very closely, there is a small knitted cat.

Questions 16 to 28, 1 mark each. Circle the letter of the best answer.

  1. 16.

    What colours were the stripes on the first knitted lamppost?

    1. AOrange, blue and lime green
    2. BBlue, yellow and orange
    3. CRed, orange and purple
    4. DYellow, purple and lime green
    5. EOrange, purple and lime green
  2. 17.

    The knitting was "wrapped snugly round the post". What does "snugly" mean here?

    1. Aloosely and untidily
    2. Bin a hurry
    3. Chigh up and out of reach
    4. Dclosely and tightly
    5. Equickly and roughly
  3. 18.

    Rory says the lamppost "was cold" and pats it kindly. What does this suggest about him?

    1. AHe is worried that the knitting will make a mess.
    2. BHe thinks the knitting has been put there by mistake.
    3. CHe pretends the lamppost needs keeping warm.
    4. DHe wants to find out who made the knitting.
    5. EHe is annoyed that the knitting is in his way.
  4. 19.

    Which sentence best sums up the first four paragraphs?

    1. AMr Gallagher teaches the whole street how to knit.
    2. BThe narrator spots Mr Gallagher from the window at night.
    3. CMr Kerr complains that teenagers are making a mess.
    4. DThe narrator and Ruairi set up a detective headquarters.
    5. EKnitted covers start to appear on the lampposts.
  5. 20.

    What can be seen from the end of Rosevale Street?

    1. AA row of white houses by the sea
    2. BTwo yellow cranes at the shipyard
    3. CThe college where Mrs Okafor taught
    4. DThe hospital where Mr Gallagher stayed
    5. ETwo red cranes beside a river
  6. 21.

    How do Mr Kerr and Mrs Okafor feel differently about the knitting?

    1. AMr Kerr wants to keep it, but Mrs Okafor wants it taken down.
    2. BBoth of them think that it was made by teenagers on the street.
    3. CBoth of them think that it was made by the twins at number 30.
    4. DMr Kerr thinks it is art, but Mrs Okafor thinks it is a mess.
    5. EMr Kerr sees a mess; Mrs Okafor sees art to cheer people up.
  7. 22.

    Why does the writer set out the suspects as a separate list, one at a time?

    1. ATo show the narrator ruling out each suspect in turn
    2. BTo tell the reader who made the knitting at the start
    3. CTo list the knitting that each suspect had made
    4. DTo describe the houses on Rosevale Street in order
    5. ETo show which suspects the narrator liked the most
  8. 23.

    "At ten past ten, I crept back to the window anyway." What does this show about the narrator?

    1. AShe wanted to finish her biscuits.
    2. BShe was determined to solve the mystery.
    3. CShe was frightened of the dark, empty street.
    4. DShe was waiting for Ruairi to arrive.
    5. EShe had forgotten what Mum had said.
  9. 24.

    What was Mr Gallagher carrying when he came out of number 17?

    1. AHis walking stick and a bundle of blue knitting
    2. BA basket of wool and a lemon cake
    3. CHis walking stick and a pair of binoculars
    4. DHis cat and a bundle of green knitting
    5. EA torch and a bundle of blue knitting
  10. 25.

    Who taught Mr Gallagher to knit?

    1. AMrs Okafor
    2. BA nurse
    3. CHis mother
    4. DHis granny
    5. EMr Kerr
  11. 26.

    "Mr Gallagher's eyes twinkled." What does "twinkled" suggest here?

    1. AHis eyes closed with tiredness.
    2. BHis eyes widened with fear.
    3. CHis eyes narrowed with anger.
    4. DHis eyes filled with tears.
    5. EHis eyes shone with amusement.
  12. 27.

    "I've been listening at the window." What does this suggest about Mr Gallagher?

    1. AHe was cross that people were talking about him.
    2. BHe wanted the neighbours to stop knitting at once.
    3. CHe had been trying to find out who the detectives were.
    4. DHe was hoping to learn how to knit from the others.
    5. EHe enjoyed hearing people talk about his knitting.
  13. 28.

    Mr Kerr turns up "muttering that somebody had better make sure it was done properly". What does this suggest?

    1. AHe wanted to join in but did not want to admit it.
    2. BHe did not know how to knit and wanted lessons.
    3. CHe was there only to eat some of the lemon cake.
    4. DHe had been asked by Mr Gallagher to judge the work.
    5. EHe had come to tell everyone to stop knitting.

Maths

Questions 29 to 50, 1 mark each. Circle the letter of the best answer.

  1. 29.

    Elena started with a box of cards. Elena handed out 40% to a friend and 30% to a cousin, each share worked out from the number Elena started with. 90 cards were left. How many cards were there at the start?

    1. A150
    2. B30
    3. C129
    4. D27
    5. E300
  2. 30.

    In the diagram below, what is the size of the angle marked x?

    1. A35°
    2. B115°
    3. C45°
    4. D65°
    5. E25°
  3. 31.

    The thermometer below shows the temperature of some water. What is the reading?

    1. A-30 °C
    2. B40 °C
    3. C30 °C
    4. D35 °C
    5. E25 °C
  4. 32.

    Find the missing number marked with the asterisk (*) in the magic square below. (Every row, column and diagonal adds to the same total.)

    1. A11
    2. B12
    3. C14
    4. D15
    5. E13
  5. 33.

    A box measures 7 cm long, 3 cm wide and 5 cm high. What is the total area of all six of its faces?

    1. A15 cm²
    2. B105 cm²
    3. C60 cm²
    4. D142 cm²
    5. E71 cm²
  6. 34.

    A swimming carnival starts at 10:12 am and finishes at 12:02 pm. How long does it last?

    1. A2 hours 50 minutes
    2. B1 hour 50 minutes
    3. C50 minutes
    4. D1 hour
    5. E1 hour 10 minutes
  7. 35.

    Two prices come to £30, and one is £10 more than the other. What is the dearer price?

    1. A£15
    2. B£20
    3. C£23
    4. D£10
    5. E£5
  8. 36.

    The dashed line is a mirror. The square marked P is reflected in the mirror. Which square does its reflection land in?

    1. AA3
    2. BE4
    3. CF4
    4. DD4
    5. EF3
  9. 37.

    At 6:00 pm two trams leave the terminus together. After that, the first leaves every 12 minutes and the second every 14 minutes. At what time will they next leave together?

    1. A7:25 pm
    2. B7:24 pm
    3. C6:26 pm
    4. D6:14 pm
    5. E6:02 pm
  10. 38.

    Which of these fractions is not equal to 2/9?

    1. A4/27
    2. B10/45
    3. C4/18
    4. D20/90
    5. E8/36
  11. 39.

    Each letter of the alphabet stands for a number: A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on to Z = 26. What is the value of B + G × J − D?

    1. A76
    2. B68
    3. C86
    4. D52
    5. E69
  12. 40.

    In the triangle below, what is the size of the angle marked x?

    1. A46°
    2. B67°
    3. C157°
    4. D134°
    5. E23°
  13. 41.

    For any two numbers, a ✦ b means (a + b) × a. What is 6 ✦ 8?

    1. A100
    2. B14
    3. C112
    4. D84
    5. E48
  14. 42.

    860 students at Kingsford Primary were asked how they get to school. The pie chart below shows their answers. How many of them get there by bus?

    1. A129
    2. B731
    3. C215
    4. D15
    5. E86
  15. 43.

    A rectangular tile has an area of 126 cm². One of its sides is 9 cm long. What is the distance all the way round it?

    1. A23 cm
    2. B44 cm
    3. C126 cm
    4. D46 cm
    5. E36 cm
  16. 44.

    Mia has £60.00. 8% of it is spent on a book. How much is spent on the book?

    1. A£0.48
    2. B£4.80
    3. C£750.00
    4. D£48.00
    5. E£55.20
  17. 45.

    For any two numbers, a ✦ b means (a × a) + b. What is 2 ✦ 4?

    1. A18
    2. B16
    3. C8
    4. D6
    5. E12
  18. 46.

    A bag holds 5 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. Two marbles are taken out one after the other, and the first is not put back. What is the chance that both are red?

    1. A1/2
    2. B5/18
    3. C25/81
    4. D19/18
    5. E5/9
  19. 47.

    When it is 12:00 pm in Mumbai, it is 5:00 pm in Singapore. When it is 12:00 pm in Mumbai, it is 7:00 am in Tokyo. What is the time in Tokyo when it is 10:00 am in Singapore?

    1. A12:00 am
    2. B8:00 pm
    3. C10:00 am
    4. D12:00 pm
    5. E5:00 am
  20. 48.

    How many tenths are there altogether in 34.6?

    1. A346
    2. B6
    3. C35
    4. D40
    5. E34
  21. 49.

    How many tenths are there altogether in 8.8?

    1. A16
    2. B880
    3. C8
    4. D9
    5. E88
  22. 50.

    Jonah spins the arrow on this spinner once. Which word best describes the chance that it lands on a part marked R?

    1. Acertain
    2. Ban even chance
    3. Cunlikely
    4. Dimpossible
    5. Elikely

Maths, written answers

Questions 51 to 56, 1 mark each. Write your answer on the line.

  1. 51.

    A sequence begins 11, 17, 23, 29, … and carries on in the same way. What is the 10th term?

    Answer: ______________

  2. 52.

    The same rule turns every number in the top row into the number directly below it. What number belongs in the cell marked with a question mark?

    Answer: ______________

  3. 53.

    This graph shows how far Hugo and Dev walk for a given number of paces. Hugo takes 300 paces to walk from school to the library. How many paces does Dev take to walk from school to the library?

    Answer: ______________

  4. 54.

    When a number is multiplied by 4, the answer is the same as multiplying that number by 2 and then adding 50. What is the number?

    Answer: ______________

  5. 55.

    This picture graph shows the books read. How many more books are there for Tuesday than for Wednesday?

    Answer: ______________

  6. 56.

    What number should replace the question mark?   (? + 4) × 19 = 247

    Answer: ______________

Answers and working

Punctuation

  1. 1.A (The childrens coats). It should read "children’s", not "childrens".
  2. 2.E (No mistake). The punctuation is all correct, so the answer is No mistake.
  3. 3.C (the science museum). It should read "Science Museum", not "science museum".
  4. 4.D (in london.). It should read "London.", not "london.".
  5. 5.B (lives in Cardiff). It should read "Cardiff,", not "Cardiff".

Grammar

  1. 6.E (Some). Some is a determiner here.
  2. 7.E (My). My is a determiner here.
  3. 8.E (My sister has baked some scones.). "My sister has baked some scones." is in the present perfect.
  4. 9.A (We have visited the museum.). "We have visited the museum." is in the present perfect.
  5. 10.A (The leaves were scattered by the wind.). In "The leaves were scattered by the wind.", the subject (The leaves) has the action done to it, so it is passive.

Spelling

  1. 11.B (was siting on the). "siting" should be spelled sitting.
  2. 12.A (The local goverment). "goverment" should be spelled government.
  3. 13.E (No mistake). Every word is spelled correctly, so the answer is No mistake.
  4. 14.B (your adress). "adress" should be spelled address.
  5. 15.A (She recieved). "recieved" should be spelled received.

Comprehension

  1. 16.E (Orange, purple and lime green). The narrator describes "stripes of orange, purple and lime green".
  2. 17.D (closely and tightly). The knitting covered the post "from the pavement to just above my head" like a scarf, fitting it closely and tightly.
  3. 18.C (He pretends the lamppost needs keeping warm.). Rory talks about the lamppost as if it could feel the cold and pats it kindly, as if the scarf were there to keep it warm.
  4. 19.E (Knitted covers start to appear on the lampposts.). The first four paragraphs describe the knitted lampposts appearing from Monday to Wednesday and the street starting to talk. The detective work and Mr Gallagher come later.
  5. 20.B (Two yellow cranes at the shipyard). The narrator says "you can see Samson and Goliath, the two great yellow cranes at the shipyard".
  6. 21.E (Mr Kerr sees a mess; Mrs Okafor sees art to cheer people up.). Mr Kerr, "frowning", says it is "Making a mess". Mrs Okafor says "It's art" and that somebody is "trying to make us smile".
  7. 22.A (To show the narrator ruling out each suspect in turn). Each suspect has a reason and then a "But" that rules them out, so the reader follows the narrator's detective work step by step.
  8. 23.B (She was determined to solve the mystery.). Mum had told her to go to bed, but she "crept back to the window anyway" to keep watch, which shows how much she wanted to find out who it was.
  9. 24.A (His walking stick and a bundle of blue knitting). He had "his walking stick hooked over one arm and a bundle of blue knitting under the other".
  10. 25.D (His granny). He told them that "his granny had taught him to knit when he was a boy".
  11. 26.E (His eyes shone with amusement.). He has just been told that everybody is talking, and he jokes that he has been listening. Eyes that twinkle are bright with fun.
  12. 27.E (He enjoyed hearing people talk about his knitting.). He wanted the street to look less "grey", and his twinkling eyes show he was pleased to hear everybody talking about it.
  13. 28.A (He wanted to join in but did not want to admit it.). Mr Kerr had complained about the knitting, but he came anyway and "could knit faster than anyone". Muttering an excuse hides that he wanted to be part of it.

Maths

  1. 29.E (300). The shares add to 70%, so the 90 left over are the other 30%. One per cent is 90 ÷ 30 = 3, so the whole is 300.
  2. 30.A (35°). OA and OD lie in a straight line, so the angles between them come to 180°. The ones printed on the diagram take up 115° + 30° = 145°, which leaves 180° − 145° = 35°, so x = 35°.
  3. 31.C (30 °C). The printed numbers are 20 apart with a small mark every 5 degrees. The liquid stands 2 marks below 40, so the reading is 30 °C.
  4. 32.E (13). The magic total is 3 × centre = 33. The diagonal through * gives 33 − 11 − 9 = 13.
  5. 33.D (142 cm²). The six faces come in three matching pairs: 7 × 3 = 21, 7 × 5 = 35 and 3 × 5 = 15. Those three come to 71, and doubling for the opposite faces gives 142 cm².
  6. 34.B (1 hour 50 minutes). Count on in two steps rather than subtracting the two times as though they were numbers. From 10:12 am to 11:12 am is 1 hour, and from there to 12:02 pm is another 50 minutes. Altogether that is 1 hour 50 minutes.
  7. 35.B (£20). Take the difference off the total first: £30 − £10 = £20. That is what TWO of the smaller one come to, so the smaller is £10 and the larger is £10 + £10 = £20.
  8. 36.C (F4). P is 3 squares from the mirror, so its reflection is the same distance on the other side. That is F4.
  9. 37.B (7:24 pm). The smallest number that both 12 and 14 divide into is 84. So they meet again 84 minutes after 6:00 pm, which is 7:24 pm.
  10. 38.A (4/27). Multiplying the top and the bottom by the same number leaves a fraction unchanged. In 4/27 the top has been multiplied by 2 but the bottom by 3, so it is not equal to 2/9.
  11. 39.B (68). The letters stand for B = 2, G = 7, J = 10 and D = 4. Do the multiplying first, then the adding and subtracting, and the answer is 68.
  12. 40.B (67°). The two ticked sides are the same length, so the two angles at the ends of the third side are equal. Between them they take up 180° − 46° = 134°, so x = 134° ÷ 2 = 67°.
  13. 41.D (84). Put 6 where a is and 8 where b is, keeping them in that order — this rule gives a different answer the other way round. That makes it (6 + 8) × 6, which comes to 84.
  14. 42.A (129). The printed shares add to 85 per cent, so the Bus slice is 100 − 85 = 15 per cent. And 15 per cent of 860 is 860 ÷ 100 × 15 = 129.
  15. 43.D (46 cm). The other side is 126 ÷ 9 = 14 cm. Round the edge is 9 + 14 + 9 + 14 = 46 cm.
  16. 44.B (£4.80). 8% means 8 out of every 100. So the amount is £60.00 × 8 ÷ 100 = £4.80.
  17. 45.C (8). Put 2 where a is and 4 where b is, keeping them in that order — this rule gives a different answer the other way round. That makes it (2 × 2) + 4, which comes to 8.
  18. 46.B (5/18). The first draw is 5 out of 9. One red is now gone, so the second is 4 out of 8. Both must happen, so multiply: 5/9 × 4/8 = 5/18.
  19. 47.A (12:00 am). Singapore is 5 hours ahead of Mumbai and Tokyo is 5 hours behind it, so Tokyo is 10 hours behind Singapore. That makes it 12:00 am.
  20. 48.A (346). Each whole one holds 10 tenths, so 34 wholes are 340 tenths. Add the 6 already there: 340 + 6 = 346.
  21. 49.E (88). Each whole one holds 10 tenths, so 8 wholes are 80 tenths. Add the 8 already there: 80 + 8 = 88.
  22. 50.C (unlikely). Two of the six equal parts are marked R, so landing on R is unlikely.

Maths, written answers

  1. 51.65. Each term is 6 more than the last, so the nth term is 11 + (n − 1) × 6. For n = 10: 11 + 9 × 6 = 65.
  2. 52.35. The rule is: multiply by 8, then add 3. It works on every column — 8 × 1 + 3 = 11 — so the missing number is 8 × 4 + 3 = 35.
  3. 53.400. 300 paces puts Hugo at 100 metres. Reading 100 metres back down Dev's line gives 400 paces.
  4. 54.25. Multiplying by 4 rather than by 2 adds 4 − 2 = 2 lots of the number. Those 2 lots come to 50, so the number is 50 ÷ 2 = 25.
  5. 55.2. One circle stands for 4 books. Tuesday has 6 circles, which is 24; Wednesday has 5.5 circles, which is 22. The difference is 2.
  6. 56.9. Undo the operations in reverse order: (▢ + 4) × 19 = 247 gives ▢ = 9.

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