Numeracy Foundation November 2021 Unit 2 Q1

(a) The total distance of the 2018 Tour de France was approximately 3 351 000 m.
Write down, in words, the number 3 351 000. [1]

(b) The Tour de France that Geraint Thomas won took place in July 2018.
He was born on 25 May 1986.
How old was Geraint when he won the Tour de France? [1]

…………………… years old

(c) Geraint Thomas completed the race in 83 hours 17 minutes and 13 seconds.
Tom Dumoulin took 1 minute and 51 seconds longer than Geraint Thomas to complete the race.

How long did Tom Dumoulin take to complete the race? [2]

…………………… hours …………………… minutes …………………… seconds

(d) The cards below show information about ten Tour de France races.
Each card shows the year of the race and the name and country of the winning cyclist.

2011 Cadel Evans Australia	2012 Bradley Wiggins Great Britain	2013 Chris Froome Great Britain	2014 Vincenzo Nibali Italy	2015 Chris Froome Great Britain
2016 Chris Froome Great Britain	2017 Chris Froome Great Britain	2018 Geraint Thomas Great Britain	2019 Egan Bernal Colombia	2020 Tadej Pogačar Slovenia

One card is chosen at random.
Which of the words below best describes the chance that a cyclist from Great Britain will be chosen?
Circle your answer. [1]

certain    likely    an even chance    unlikely    impossible

(e) For some of the faster parts of the race, cyclists can use wheels with three straight spokes.
This is shown on the sketch below.
The straight spokes are equally spaced around the wheel.

Diagram not drawn to scale

Complete the scale diagram of the wheel below.
One of the three straight spokes has been drawn for you. [2]