Travel Resource Workbook The Travel Resource Workbook consists of: 3 Practice Worksheets that can be used or adapted to the requirements of individuals and groups. Each consists of 10 multiple choice questions with a completed example. s to practice tests. Numeracy Level 1 Practice Paper of 20 questions relating to the above practice sheets. 20 minutes to complete. s to practice paper. Quiz of 10 local public transport related questions. s to quiz questions. Personal budget planner hard copy and an Excel spreadsheet example with suggested basic Excel inputs. Travel Information Centres (addresses and opening hours). 24 Hour Clock system and use within Public Transport Timetables. Two practice worksheets that can be used or adapted to the requirements of individuals and groups. Each consists of 4 multiple choice questions with a completed example. s to practice tests. Network West Midlands train map. Two practice worksheets to identify the related zones and the cost to travel between stations across the zones. Each consists of 5 questions with a completed example. s to practice tests.
Practice Test 1 This is a multiple-choice exercise, the aim of which is for you to practice your basic numeracy skills. A calculator can be used. Example: How much would it cost to buy daily tickets costing 4.60 for the bus and at 6.20 for the bus and metro? A. 10.00 B. 10.40 C. 10.60 D. 11.80 E. 10.80 E Q1 If I spend 4.60 on an adult bus ticket and 3.10 on a child ticket, how much have I spent in total? A. 6.30 B. 7.70 C. 6.45 D. 7.35 E. 6.35 Q2 How much would I save if I bought a weekly bus pass at 16.50 compared to 5 daily tickets of 4.20 each? A. 3.60 B. 5.45 C. 4.50 D. 0.00 E. 4.75 Q3 If I spend 1.10 on a bus ticket and 5.35 on a train ticket, how much have I spent in total? A. 6.30 B. 5.45 C. 6.45 D. 7.35 E 6.35 Q4 If I go shopping and spend 3.90 on a bus ticket, 2.40 on a coffee and 29.99 on shopping, how much have I spent altogether? A. 33.30 B. 36.00 C. 29.99 D. 36.29 E. 26.29 Q5 A train ticket costs 5.50, a bus ticket costs 3.50 and a taxi fare is 12.00. What is the average price of these three fares? A. 7.00 B 6.50 C. 17.50 D. 15.50 E. 7.50
Q6 A bus has 72 people onboard, if a ticket costs 3.50 each how much have they spent in total? A. 152 B. 225 C. 252 D. 215 E. 205 Q7 I left my home at 09.30 and return at 15.15. How many hours have I been out of my house? A. 8½ hours B. 5¾ hours C. 7¾ hours D. 6¼ hours E. 9 hours Q8 A ticket used to cost 3.00. Now it costs 4.00. By what percentage has the cost gone up? A. 33% B. 25% C. 40% D. 66% E. 15% Q9 A new employee receives 180 in 20 notes, 20 in 10 notes and 15 in 5 notes. How much have they received altogether? A. 200 B. 215 C. 225 D. 205 E. 235 Q10 It costs 7.50 in bus fares, 16.75 in cinema tickets and 14.75 for pizzas. How much does it cost to have a night out in total? A. 39.00 B. 39.50 C. 31.55 D. 24.25 E. 38.00
Practice Test 2 This is a multiple-choice exercise, the aim of which is for you to practice your basic numeracy skills. A calculator can be used. Example: If my bus journey takes 25 minutes and my train journey takes 45 minutes, how long is my journey in total? A. 70 mins B. 1 1/2 hrs C. 3/4 hr D. 80 mins E. 65 mins Q1 A If I start work at 7:30 am and leave to go home at 2:15 pm, how long have I been at work? A. 6 hrs 15 mins B. 6¾ hrs C. 5hrs 15 mins D. 4 hrs 45 mins E. 7 hrs Q2 I left my home at 09:30 and return at 15:15. How many hours have I been out of my house? A. 8.5 B. 5¾ C. 7¾ D. 6¾ E. 9 Q3 If I work 36 hours 30 minutes each week Monday to Friday and earn 7.20 an hour how much do I earn a week? A. 255.60 B. 259.20 C. 270.00 D. 252.80 E. 262.80 Q4 If I work 36 hours 30 minutes each week Monday to Friday and have 30 minutes dinner each day on top. How long do I stay at work each day? Q5 A. 7 hrs 30 mins B. 7 hrs 40 mins D. 7 hrs 48 mins E. 7 hrs 58 mins C. 7 hrs 50 mins The journey to work from home takes 30 minutes each way. If I am at work for 8 hours and arrive home at 6:30pm, what time did I leave home? A. 9:00am B. 8:30am C. 8:00am D. 9:30am E. 9:00pm
Q6 I work 8 hours a day Monday to Friday and 4.5 hours over time on Saturday. How many hours have I worked all together? A. 40 B. 47 C. 44.5 D. 49 E. 29 Q7 Over the last four weeks I worked 36 hours, 36.5 hours, 38 hrs 15 minutes and 43 hours. How long have I worked all together? A. 143¾ hrs B. 152.5 hrs C. 153¾ hrs D. 133 hrs E. 150 hrs Q8 A person spends 70% of his wages on bills. If he earns 270.00 how much have they left over? A. 81.00 B. 77 C. 61.00 D. 87.00 E. 216 Q9 If I work 12 hours a day then what percentage of the day do I work? A. 35% B. 40% C 33% D. 50% E. 45% Q10 If I travel by car for 5 hours for a 300 mile journey, what is my average speed per hour? A. 60 B. 50 C. 55 D. 70 E. 65
Practice Test 3 This is a multiple-choice exercise, the aim of which is for you to practice your basic numeracy skills. A calculator can be used. Example: My bus to work leaves at 6:30am and I arrive back at home at 1530 hrs. How long have I been away from home? A. 8hrs B. 9¾ hrs C. 8 hrs 30 mins D. 9 hrs E. 9 hrs 15 mins D Q1 A train leaves London Euston at 12:49 and arrives at Birmingham New Street at 15:01. How long was the journey? A. 2 hrs 1 min B. 3 hrs 12 mins C. 2 hrs 19 mins D. 2 hrs 12 mins E. 2 hrs 18 mins Q2 I left my home at 09:30am and returned at 15:15. How many hours had I been out of my house? A. 8 hours B. 5¾ hours C. 7¾ hours D. 6¾ hours E. 9 hours Q3 The average weekly wage is 300 per week, I earn 75% of this. How much do I earn? A. 215 B. 185 C. 245 D. 225 E. 275 Q4 In my son s school there are 420 children, last week 5% were absent. How many children went to school? A. 365 B. 385 C. 389 D. 386 E. 399 Q5 I have been offered the follwing two jobs. Job 1: 32 hours at 6.50. Job 2: 37 hours at 6.00. How much more is the take home pay for Job 2 compared to Job 1. A. 10.50 B. 14 C. 12 D. 15 E. 16
Q6 A train station car park can hold 360 cars. If it is three quarters full, how many cars are parked there? A. 180 B.270 C. 190 D. 330 E. 90 Q7 If a retail assistant earns 280 a week, how much will they earn in 26 weeks? A. 5,600 B. 6,600 C. 7,280 D. 7,000 E. 7,560 Q8 If my last bus home from work is 17:00 hrs and it takes me 10 minutes to walk to the stop and I want to be at the stop 5 minutes early, what time do I have to leave work? A. 16:55 B. 16:15 C. 16:35 D. 16:45 E. 16:50 Q9 A weekly bus ticket costs 18.40 and a four weekly bus ticket is 63.50, how much do I save by having a four weekly ticket? A. 9.30 B. 9.70 C. 10.00 D. 10.10 E. 10.20 Q10 A garage charged 35 per hour to service a car, 80 for the parts plus 20% VAT and it took two hours for the job. How much was the total cost? A. 180 B. 150 C. 160 D. 170 E. 140
Practice Test 1 s Q1: B Q6: C Q2: C Q7: B Q3: C Q8: A Q4: D Q9: B Q5: A Q10: A Q4: D Q9: D Q5: D Q10: A Q4: E Q9: D Q5: B Q10: A Practice Test 2 s Q1: B Q6: C Q2: B Q7: C Q3: E Q8: A Practice Test 3 s Q1: D Q6: B Q2: B Q7: C Q3: D Q8: D
Adult Numeracy Level 1 Practice Paper Name:. Date:. Instructions: Enter your name and date above Read each question carefully each question in the relevant answer box Hand the Practice Paper to your tutor at the end A calculator can be used There are 20 questions. You have 20 minutes to complete the Practice Paper. Try to answer all the questions. Total Correct:
Q1 A salary slip shows a weekly pay of 258.97. What is the amount to the nearest 5? A. 260 B. 259 C. 300 D. 255 Q2 A person calculated that for every pound they earned, 10% of the money was spent on travelling to work. What fraction of the money earned is this? A. 1/5 B. 1/4 C. 1/10 D. 1/20 Q3 An employer has 300 employees 30% of them arrive at work by car, 10% walk and the rest use the bus. How many people use the bus? A. 150 B. 175 C. 190 D. 180 Q4 A pair of shoes costs 60. They have been reduced by 15% in a sale. How much will you pay for the shoes? A. 50 B. 55 C. 48 D. 51 Q5 A customer bought 7 one-day bus tickets at 3.60 each. How was the total cost calculated? A. 7x 3.60 B. 7+ 3.60 C. 7 3.60 D. 7 / 3.60
Q6 A person takes out a loan for 24 months at 36.50 per month. What is the total amount repaid? A. 730 B. 876 C. 867 D. 721 Q7 Five people went for a night out spending 20.00 on bus fares, 28.50 for takeaways and 45 on drinks. They decided to share the cost equally. What did it cost each of them? A. 18.70 B. 37.40 C. 9.35 D. 28.70 Q8 An employee uses their car for business travel at 0.49 per mile. How much can they claim for a total journey of 513 miles? A. 245 B. 251.37 C. 256.27 D. 202.37 Q9 I have a job interview at 11:45, it takes 35 minutes by bus and 10 minutes walking to get there. I want to arrive 10 minutes early. What time do I need to leave for the interview? A. 10:45am B. 10:50am C. 11:10am D. 11:00am Q10 I leave home with 55.00, I buy a bus ticket at 4.20 and lunch at 11.99. I also return a book for a 9.99 refund. How much do I have left on my return home? A. 28.82 B. 53 C. 48.99 D. 48.80
Q11 A family is going on holiday to Spain, they have 750 to exchange into euros. The exchange rate is 1.50 euros to the pound, how many euros will they have? A. 1000 B. 1200 C. 1125 D. 500 Q12 After a holiday in Spain a family brings back 250 euros. The exchange rate is 1.40 pounds to the euro, how much will they receive back in pounds? A. 178.57 B. 350 C. 375 D. 187.57 Q13 An employee uses their car to travel to work using 25 litres of petrol costing 27.50 per week. If he/she car shares with three other drivers each having the same weekly petrol costs, how much does he/she save every 4 weeks? A. 27.50 B. 55.00 C. 110.00 D. 82.50 Q14 A child season ticket costs 94.00 a term, how much does it cost to buy the 3 term tickets needed to travel to school? A. 292 B. 188 C. 282 D. 272 Q15 An adult has an nnetwork ticket costing 105 a month and wants to add travel to Redditch railway station at 47.20 a month, what is the total cost per month? A. 147.20 B. 152.00 C. 157.20 D. 152.20
Bus Timetable 82 Solihull - Coventry Solihull Rail Station 0715 0810 0915 1415 1515 1550 Solihull Town Centre 0718 0813 0918 1418 1518 1553 Catherine-de-Barnes 0725 0820 0925 1425 1525 1600 Hampton-in-Arden 0730 0825 0930 1430 1530 1605 Meriden 0735 0830 0935 1435 1535 1610 Millisons Wood 0738 0833 0938 1438 1538 1613 Allesley 0745 0840 0945 1445 1545 1620 Hollyhead Road 0752 0847 0952 1452 1552 1627 Pool Meadow Coventry 0803 0903 1003 1505 1603 1638 Q16 What is the longest journey time in the morning from Solihull Station to Pool Meadow Coventry? Q17 What is the latest time I can leave Meriden in the morning to Hollyhead Road? Q18 I have an interview in Coventry at 10:00am, what is the latest bus I can use from Solihull Town Centre to arrive early? Q19 What is the time difference in hours between the last bus in the morning and the first bus in the afternoon from Solihull Railway Station? Q20 What is the time difference in hours and minutes between the first bus in the morning from Solihull Railway Station and the last bus in the afternoon arriving at Pool Meadow Coventry?
Practice Paper s Q1: A Q2: C Q3: D Q4: D Q5: A Q6: B Q7: A Q8: B Q9: B Q10: D Q11: C Q12: A Q13: D Q14: C Q15: D Q16: 53 mins Q17: 0935 Q18: 0813 Q19: 5 hrs Q20: 9 hrs 23 mins
Local Public Transport Quiz Questions
Q1 There are three railway stations in Birmingham City Centre, two are New St and Snowhill. What is the third one called? Q2 The numbers 11A and 11C buses travel around the outer circle route. What are the A and C short for? Q3 The highest football stadium above sea level in England has the number 74 & 75 buses running next to it? What is the nickname of the football club playing at the stadium? Q4 You are travelling by train from Wolverhampton station travelling east. What is the name of the last station within the network West Midlands travel area? Q5 There are two travel information shops in Birmingham city Centre. One is on Corporation street and the Other is at New Street Station. Which one is the Network West Midlands Information Centre?
Q6 Which major town in the West Midlands does not have a train station close to it? Q7 Which city centre would I be travelling too if I was going shopping in the Mander Centre? Q8 This is a travel and pop music question and not an easy one. The Birmingham pop group, The Twang released an album in 2001 named after a well known area along the Metro tram route. What is the album called? Q9 In this year the last tram ran in Birmingham. Britain had its big freeze. Violent storms caused chaos along the east coast. Fog brought transport chaos. Production started on the Austin-Healey motor car. What year is it? An extra point if you also know what major American celebration day it fell on. Q10 The number 11 bus is known as Birmingham s Outer Circle route and the number 8 is Birmingham s Inner Circle route. One is 27 miles long and the other is 30 miles. Which one is the longest?
Local Public Transport Quiz s Q1: Moor Street Q2: A = Anticlockwise C = Clockwise Q3: Baggies Q4: Coventry Station Q5: New Street Station Q6: Dudley Q7: Wolverhampton Q8: Jewellery Quarter Q9: 1953 July 4th Q10: Number 8 Inner Circle
Personal Budget manual complete
Personal Budget Excel formatted
Income: enter weekly or monthly Weekly Monthly Wages / salary Wages / salary partner Benefits Money from other sources Total Income Outgoings: enter (weekly or monthly) Weekly Monthly Mortgage / rent Second mortgage / secured loan Ground rent / service charges Buildings / contents insurance Council Tax Food / housekeeping Gas Electricity Water Life insurance Bus/ train fares Car tax Car insurance Car MOT Car service / repairs TV licence TV package - Sky etc Telephone Clothing Prescriptions / health costs Credit cards Loans Arrangements (financial) Hairdressers Pets Birthdays Christmas Holidays Social Total Outgoings Weekly Monthly Total Income Total Outgoings Total Income
Travel Information Centres
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) works in partnership with external organisations to provide travel information. Wolverhampton and New Street Travel Centres provide advice on journey planning and buying tickets. They stock printed maps and timetables. Travel operator information is available and is provided impartially without bias. You can get advice about Concessionary Travel Passes and apply for the Older Persons Pass using the check and send service. Location Address Open Hours Operator Tickets Journey Planning Check + Send Birmingham New Street Rail Station New Street, Birmingham B2 4ND Mon Sat 08:30-17:30 WMCA Birmingham Corporation Street 95 Corporation Street Birmingham, B2 4UG Mon Fri 09:00-17:30 Saturday 09:00-17:00 Sunday 11:00-16:00 National Express Coventry Bus Station Pool Meadow, Fairfax Street, Coventry, CV1 5AD Mon Fri 09:00-17:30 Saturday 09:00-17:00 National Express Dudley Bus Station Dudley Bus Station, Fisher Street, Dudley DY2 7AB Mon Fri 09:00-17:00 Saturday 09:00-16:00 National Express Wolverhampton Bus Station Wolverhampton Bus Station, Pipers Row Mon Sat 08:30-17:30 WMCA Mon Fri 08:30-17:30 Saturday 09:00-17:00 National Express St Michael s St, The Mon Fri Ringway 09:00-17:30 West Bromwich B90 7NN Saturday 09:00-17:00 National Express Walsall Bus Station St Pauls St, Walsall, WS1 1NR West Bromwich Bus Station
Understanding the 24 Hour Clock am The table below is showing the comparison between the 24 Hour Clock and am / pm and how time is shown in the West Midlands Area bus, train & Metro timetables. Please note: Bus, train & Metro timetables remove the (:) colon or replace it with (.) a full stop. 24 Hour Clock am / pm 00:00 12 Midnight 01:00 1:00 am 02:00 2:00 am 03:00 3:00 am 04:00 4:00 am 05:00 5:00 am 06:00 6:00 am 07:00 7:00 am 08:00 8:00 am 09:00 9:00 am 10:00 10:00 am Bus, train & Metro timetables 0000 00.00 0100 01.00 0200 02.00 0300 03.00 0400 04.00 0500 05.00 0600 06.00 0700 07.00 0800 08.00 0900 09.00 1000 10.00 11:00 11:00 am 1100 11.00 12:00 12 Noon 13:00 1:00 pm 14:00 2:00 pm 15:00 3:00 pm 16:00 4:00 pm 17:00 5:00 pm 18:00 6:00 pm 19:00 7:00 pm 20:00 8:00 pm 21:00 9:00 pm 22:00 10:00 pm 1200 12.00 1300 13.00 1400 14.00 1500 15.00 1600 16.00 1700 17.00 1800 18.00 1900 19.00 2000 20.00 2100 21.00 2200 22.00 23:00 11:00 pm 2300 23.00
24 Hour Clock Practice Test 1 This is a multiple-choice exercise, the aim of which is for you to practice your basic time skills. Example: What is 10:00 on the am / pm clock? A. 10:00 pm B. 22:00 pm C. 10:00 am D. 20:00 am C Q1 What is 06:30 on the am / pm clock? A. 06:30 pm B. 18:30 pm C. 6:30 am D. 8:30 am Q2 What is 1100 on the am / pm clock? A. 23:00 pm B. 23:00 am C. 11:00 pm D. 11:00 am Q3 What is 7:00 am on the 24 hour clock? A. 19:00 B. 17:00 C. 07:00 D. 23:00 Q4 What is 3:15 pm on the 24 hour clock? A. 15:15 B. 09:15 C. 13:15 D. 03:15 Q5 Write these 24 Hour Clock times in am / pm in, in the boxes below. a) 19:25 b) 09:23 c) 16:14 d) 15:20 e) 05:05 f) 11:11
Understanding Public Transport timetables The table on the next page is showing the West Midlands Area Metro timetable for Saturday s. Please note: Bus, train & Metro timetables remove the (:) colon from the 24 Hour Clock. To read a timetable look down the column with the destination names then read across for the departure times. This applies to all the timetables used within the West Midlands Travel Area.
24 Hour Clock Practice Test 2 This is a multiple-choice exercise, the aim of which is for you to practice your basic time skills. Example: The first Metro from Birmingham Grand Central is 0515, what time is this on the 24 Hour Clock? A. 7:15 pm B. 5:15 pm C. 5:15am D. 5:30 am C Q1 I leave Birmingham Bull Street at 1903. What is the am / pm time on arriving at Wolverhampton St Georges? A. 7:40 am B. 7:40 pm C. 1930 D. 1940 Q2 I have just missed the 0700 Metro from Birmingham Grand Central, what time is the next Metro from Birmingham Grand Central? A. 1900 B. 0702 C. 0708 D. 0715 Q3 I am catching the Metro from The Hawthorns at 0600. I want to be on the platform 10 minutes early, what time do I need to be there? A. 6:10am B. 5:50am C. 6:10pm D. 5:50pm Q4 The last Metro to leave Birmingham Snow Hill is 0050 it arrives at Wednesbury Parkway at 0112. How long will the journey take? A. 12 mins B. 10 mins C. 62 mins D. 22 mins
24 Hour Clock Practice Test 1 s Q1: C Q2: D Q3: C Q4: A Q5a 7:25 pm Q5b 9:23 am Q5c 4:14 pm Q5d 3:20 pm Q5e 5:05 am Q5f 11:11 am 24 Hour Clock Practice Test 2 s Q1: B Q2: C Q3: DB Q4: D
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Network West Midlands Train Map Test 1 The aim of this test is to understand and identify train stations with their relevant Zones and is based on the Network West Midlands Train Map using the RED train line running from Lichfield Trent Valley to Redditch Example: The main station along this line in Zone 1 is? Birmingham New Street Q1 Are the two ends of this line ( Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch ) within the Zone areas, yes or no? Q2 The last station in the Zones travelling towards Redditch is? Q3 I am travelling from Blake Street to Selly Oak, which Zones am I journeying between? Q4 I have a Zone 1 3 ticket, which are the furthest two stations I can travel between? Q5 Along this rail line which Zone has the least total number of stations within them?
The train network is shown as 5 Zones, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Each have different train stations within them and requiring different ticket types to travel between them as shown in the tables below. nnetwork 1 week ticket Zone 1 Zone 1-2 Zone 1-3 Zone 1-4 All Zones Zone 2-5 23.50 24.60 28.50 29.50 31 28.50 nnetwork 4 week ticket Zone 1 Zone 1-2 Zone 1-3 Zone 1-4 All Zones Zone 2-5 78 82.50 95 101 107 95
Network West Midlands Train Map Test 2 The aim of this test is to understand the different Zone ticketing costs. Example: What is the weekly cost of an All Zones nnetwork ticket? 31 Q1 What is the cost of a 4 week nnetwork Zone 2 5 ticket? Q2 A 1 week All Zones nnetwork ticket is 31 and a 4 week All Zones nnetwork ticket is 107. How much can I save over four weeks if I buy a 4 week ticket? Q3 I am travelling from Dudley Port to Birmingham International, what is the Zone type and cost of a 4 week nnetwork ticket. Q4 I have started a new job in Birmingham City Centre, what is the Zone type and cost of a 1 week nnetwork ticket to travel from my home in Stechford? Q5 I am travelling from Adderley Park to Coventry what is the Zone type and cost 1 week nnetwork ticket?
Network West Midlands Train Map Test 1 s Q1: No Q2: Longbridge Q3: Zone 2-5 Q4: Chester Road and Kings Norton Q5: Zone 5 Network West Midlands Train Map Test 2 s Q1: 95 Q2: 17 = (107 (4 x 31)) Q3: All zones 107 Q4: Zone 1 3 and 28.50 Q5: Zone 2 5 and 28.50