1) A speed limit sign has the number 30. What do the digits in the number mean? a) thirty tens b) three tens and ten units c) three tens and zero units d) zero tens and three units 2) A road sign tells you that you have twelve miles to travel. What number is on the sign? a) 21 b) 12 c) 102 d) 120 3) You are going on holiday by plane. The flight luggage limit is 23kg. What does the number mean? a) 2 tens add 3 tens b) 3 tens and 2 units c) 2 units add 3 units d) 2 tens and 3 units 4) A train journey takes 35 minutes. What does the number mean? a) three tens and five units b) five tens and three units c) three units add five units d) thirty five tens 5) You change the heating control to 23°C. What does the number mean? a) twenty three tens b) three tens and two units c) two tens and three units d) two units add three units 6) The price of a theatre ticket is £10. If the 0 was taken off the figure, what would the price be? a) 10 pence b) £1 c) £9 d) £100 7) The speed limit signs on the road into town change from 40 to 30 and then 20. With each sign, the number gets smaller by... a) 1 ten b) zero tens c) 1 unit d) zero units 8) There are four buses at the station. Their numbers are 4, 10, 14, 24. Which number has one ten and zero units? a) 24 b) 14 c) 10 d) 4 9) The cost of a car service is eight tens and seven units. What is the cost? a) £78 b) £87 c) £150 d) £15 10) A restaurant meal costs £60. How many £10 notes will pay the bill? a) 6 b) 7 c) 16 d) 61 11) You send a letter to 15 Wood Lane. The house number has... a) fifteen tens b) one ten and five units c) five tens and one unit d) one hundred and five tens 12) There are nineteen guests at your party. Another 2 arrive. How many guests are there now? a) 17 b) 21 c) 39 d) 111 13) You have many songs on your MP3 player. The number of songs is made up of four tens and seven units. What number is this? a) 74 b) 47 c) 11 d) 3 14) The first lottery numbers drawn are 12, 18, 29, 36. Which has more than two tens and less than four tens? a) 12 b) 18 c) 29 d) 36 15) You buy 24 cakes for a party. 24 is the same as ... a) 4 tens add 2 units b) 2 tens and 4 units c) 2 units add 4 units d) 14 tens and 14 units 16) You buy food in the shop for £4 and give the shopkeeper a £20 note. You get a £10 note in change and some coins. How much change in coins should you have? a) £2 b) £4 c) £6 d) £8 17) You have £20 cash and get two £10 notes from the cash machine. How much do you now have? a) £21 b) £30 c) £22 d) £40 18) There are 9 people in a queue for cinema tickets. 2 more arrive. What is the total number of people in tens and units? a) zero tens and seven units b) zero tens and ten units c) one ten and two units d) one ten and one unit

ESOL E2 Numeracy Place Value Quiz

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