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<strong>KEY</strong> <strong>STAGE</strong> 3: <strong>LEVEL</strong> 4 <strong>QUESTIONS</strong><br />

1) Some pupils are climbing up the ropes in the gym.<br />

These are their positions after climbing for a few seconds.<br />

Lena John Dylan Mindu Mary<br />

(a) Dylan is about 1 2<br />

of the way up the rope. Fill each gap with a<br />

fraction.<br />

Lena is about ………… of the way up the rope.<br />

John is about ………… of the way up the rope.<br />

(b)<br />

Dylan is about 50% of the way up the rope.<br />

Fill each gap with a percentage.<br />

Mindu is about …………% of the way up the rope.<br />

Mary is about …………% of the way up the rope.<br />

(c)<br />

Anna is climbing a longer rope.<br />

She has climbed 2 of the way up the rope.<br />

5<br />

Put a X on the rope to show Anna’s position.<br />

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2) (a) Lisa works in a shoe shop.<br />

She recorded the size of each pair of trainers that she sold during<br />

a week. This is what she wrote down.<br />

Monday<br />

Tuesday<br />

Wednesday<br />

Thursday<br />

Friday<br />

Saturday<br />

7<br />

6<br />

5<br />

7<br />

7<br />

6<br />

Sizes of trainers sold<br />

7 5 6<br />

4 4 8<br />

8 6 7 5<br />

4 5<br />

4 9 5 7 8<br />

5 7 6 9 4 7<br />

Use a tallying method to make a table showing how many pairs of<br />

trainers of each size were sold during the whole week.<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

Which size of trainer did Lisa sell the most of?<br />

Lisa said,<br />

How can you tell from your table that Lisa is wrong?<br />

Most of the trainers sold<br />

were bigger than size 6.<br />

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s<br />

s<br />

t<br />

t<br />

t<br />

The perimeter of this shape is 3t + 2s.<br />

Write an expression for the perimeters of each of these shapes.<br />

Write each expression in its simplest form.<br />

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a<br />

a<br />

c<br />

b<br />

c<br />

a<br />

b<br />

b<br />

5<br />

e<br />

3<br />

d<br />

7<br />

d<br />

e<br />

f<br />

f<br />

e<br />

f<br />

f<br />

e<br />

4) (a) At a sports center, people take part in one of five different sports.<br />

This table shows the percentage of people who played badminton,<br />

football and squash on Friday.<br />

Friday<br />

Badminton<br />

Football<br />

Squash<br />

Swimming<br />

Tennis<br />

10%<br />

40%<br />

5%<br />

?<br />

?<br />

badminton<br />

Label the correct two sections of the pie chart football and<br />

squash. Badminton has been labelled for you.<br />

(b)<br />

On Friday more people went swimming than played tennis.<br />

Use the chart to estimate the percentage of people who went<br />

swimming.<br />

Use the chart to estimate the percentage of people who played<br />

tennis.<br />

Make sure you have accounted for all the people.<br />

(c)<br />

Altogether 260 people played the different sports on Friday.<br />

Complete this table to show how many people played badminton,<br />

football and squash on Friday.<br />

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Friday<br />

Sport Percentage Number of people<br />

Badminton 10%<br />

26<br />

Football 40%<br />

Squash 5%<br />

(d)<br />

Altogether 260 people played the different sports on Friday and<br />

700 people played the different sports on Saturday.<br />

40% of the people played football on Friday, but only 20% of the<br />

people played football on Saturday.<br />

Mike said : “40% is more than 20%, so more people played<br />

football on Friday.”<br />

Explain why Mike is wrong.<br />

5) These patterns come from Egypt.<br />

The first pattern looks the same after part of a turn.<br />

It will look the same in 4 different positions.<br />

In how many positions will each of these patterns look the same?<br />

Write the number below each pattern.<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

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(c)<br />

(d)<br />

6) (a) Claire puts a 2 digit whole number into her calculator.<br />

She multiplies the number by 10.<br />

Fill in one other digit which you know must be on the calculator<br />

display.<br />

7<br />

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(b)<br />

Claire starts again with the same 2 digit whole number.<br />

This time she multiplies it by 100.<br />

Fill in all the digits that might be on the calculator display.<br />

4<br />

7) Cubes<br />

There are 30 cubes in a bag.<br />

Kim takes a cube without looking inside the bag.<br />

She writes down its colour and then puts the cube back in the bag.<br />

She does this 30 times.<br />

Kim records her results in a chart:<br />

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Red<br />

Black<br />

White<br />

Green<br />

Yellow<br />

7<br />

3<br />

11<br />

4<br />

5<br />

(a)<br />

Kim says:<br />

There must be 7 red cubes<br />

in the bag, because there are<br />

7 reds in my chart.<br />

Explain why Kim is wrong.<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

What is the smallest number of green cubes there could be in the<br />

bag?<br />

Kim says:<br />

There cannot be any blue cubes<br />

in the bag, because there are<br />

no blues in my chart.<br />

Explain why Kim is wrong.<br />

(d)<br />

Kim takes one more cube out of the bag.<br />

What colour is the cube most likely to be?<br />

Use the results in the chart to help you to decide.<br />

8) Vegetables<br />

Simon is growing vegetables in three vegetable patches.<br />

(a)<br />

About 50% of this vegetable patch is for carrots.<br />

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carrots<br />

cabbages<br />

lettuces<br />

Fill in each gap with a percentage.<br />

About ………… % of the patch is for cabbages.<br />

About ………… % of the patch is for lettuces.<br />

(b)<br />

About 1 8<br />

of this vegetable patch is for betroth.<br />

beetroot<br />

broad beans<br />

peas<br />

Fill in each gap with a fraction.<br />

About ………… of the patch is for broad beans.<br />

About ………… of the patch is for peas.<br />

(c)<br />

About 4 of this vegetable patch is for potatoes.<br />

5<br />

Draw a straight line to show how much of the patch is for<br />

potatoes. Shade in the area for potatoes.<br />

The rest of the patch is for turnips.<br />

About what fraction of the patch is for turnips?<br />

9) Tiles<br />

Alana has 3 tiles.<br />

Whole edges of tiles must meet, like this:<br />

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They cannot join like this:<br />

Alana joins her 3 tiles together to make a shape.<br />

She draws her shape on triangle dotty paper.<br />

(a)<br />

Draw one different shape made from Alana’s 3 tiles.<br />

(b)<br />

Draw another different shape made from Alana’s 3 tiles.<br />

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(c)<br />

The dots on the triangle dotty paper are 1cm apart.<br />

What is the perimeter of Alana’s shape?<br />

(d)<br />

Draw a shape made from Alana’s 3 tiles which has a smaller<br />

perimeter than Alana’s shape.<br />

10) Cards<br />

Here are some number cards:<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

Joan picked these three cards:<br />

4<br />

3<br />

She made the number 314 with her cards.<br />

1<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Make a smaller number with Joan’s three cards.<br />

Make the biggest number you can with Joan’s three cards.<br />

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(c)<br />

Joan made the number 314 with her three cards.<br />

Which extra card should she pick to make her number 10 times as<br />

big?<br />

What number is 10 times as big as 314?<br />

(d)<br />

Andy has these cards:<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

He made the number 42.5 with four of his cards.<br />

Use some of Andy’s cards to show the number 10 times as big as<br />

42.5<br />

Use some of Andy’s cards to show the number 100 times as big<br />

as 42.5<br />

11) Travel<br />

There are 24 pupils in Jim’s class.<br />

He did a survey of how the pupils in his class traveled to school.<br />

He started to draw a pie chart to show his results.<br />

(a)<br />

4 pupils traveled to school by train.<br />

Show this on Jim’s pie chart as accurately as you can.<br />

Label this part train.<br />

Label the remaining part car.<br />

Jim's class (24 pupils)<br />

bicycle<br />

bus<br />

walk<br />

(b)<br />

There are 36 pupils in Sara’s class.<br />

She did the same survey and drew a pie chart to show her results.<br />

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15 pupils traveled by bus and 6 pupils walked.<br />

On Sara’s pie chart write how many pupils traveled to school by<br />

train, car and bicycle.<br />

Sara’s class (36 pupils)<br />

bicycle ........<br />

walk 6<br />

train ........<br />

car ........<br />

bus 15<br />

(c)<br />

Jim says:<br />

15 pupils in Sara's class travelled by bus.<br />

Only 12 pupils in my class travelled by bus.<br />

Sara's pie chart shows fewer people<br />

travelling by bus than mine does.<br />

So Sara's chart must be wrong.<br />

12) Squares<br />

Explain why Jim is wrong.<br />

Kath puts 1 small square<br />

tile on a square dotty grid,<br />

like this:<br />

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Den makes a bigger square<br />

with 4 small square tiles,<br />

like this:<br />

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(a)<br />

Scott has 9 small square tiles.<br />

On the grid below, show how Scott can make a square in the<br />

same way with 9 small square tiles.<br />

(b) On the grid below, show how to make a square with more than 9<br />

of these small square tiles.<br />

How many tiles are there in your square?<br />

(c)<br />

Huw wants to make some more squares with the tiles.<br />

Write 3 other numbers of tiles that he can use to make squares.<br />

Huw can use:<br />

1 tile or 4 tiles or 9 tiles or ............ tiles or ........... tiles or ...........<br />

tiles<br />

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13) Snacks<br />

A machine in a youth club sells snacks.<br />

Crisps:<br />

20p<br />

Chocolate bars: 35p<br />

Drinks:<br />

40p<br />

Rolls:<br />

75p<br />

Sandwiches: £1.00<br />

Len writes down the amounts of money which different people spend<br />

one evening during each hour that the club is open:<br />

Amounts of money spent during each hour<br />

5 pm to 6 pm<br />

40p<br />

60p<br />

55p<br />

20p<br />

40p<br />

60p<br />

55p<br />

40p<br />

6 pm to 7 pm<br />

75p<br />

55p<br />

60p<br />

40p<br />

£1.15<br />

40p<br />

75p<br />

40p<br />

7 pm to 8 pm<br />

£1.75<br />

£1.40<br />

£1.60<br />

75p<br />

£1.40<br />

£1.10<br />

60p<br />

£1.50<br />

(a)<br />

Len says:<br />

40p is the mode of the<br />

amounts of money spent.<br />

Explain why Len is right.<br />

(b)<br />

Len groups the amounts and starts to make a tally chart.<br />

Fill in Len’s chart for 7 p.m. to 8 p.m..<br />

Then fill in the column for the total number of people who spent<br />

each amount.<br />

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Amount of<br />

money spent<br />

5pm<br />

to<br />

6pm<br />

Time<br />

6pm<br />

to<br />

7pm<br />

7pm<br />

to<br />

8pm<br />

Total number<br />

of people who<br />

spent each<br />

amount<br />

Under 50p<br />

I I I I<br />

I I I<br />

7<br />

50p to 99p<br />

I I I I<br />

I I I I<br />

£1.00 to £1.49<br />

I<br />

Over £1.49<br />

(c)<br />

Len says:<br />

Now 50p to 99p is the mode.<br />

Is Len right? Explain your answer.<br />

(d)<br />

Look at where the tally marks are on the chart.<br />

What do you notice about the amounts of money people spent at<br />

different times in the evening?<br />

Give a reason which could explain the difference you notice.<br />

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14) Lengths<br />

(a) This triangle is accurately drawn<br />

One side is 17.5cm long.<br />

17.5 cm<br />

Glyn says:<br />

The perimeter of the triangle<br />

is about 30cm.<br />

How can you tell that he is wrong without measuring the other two<br />

sides?<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

Measure each of the other two sides of the triangle.<br />

Write their lengths to the nearest 0.1 of a centimetre.<br />

Add up the lengths of the three sides of the triangle to find the<br />

perimeter of the triangle.<br />

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15) Symmetry<br />

Catrin shades in a shape made of five squares on a grid:<br />

She shades in 1 more square to make a shape which has the dashed<br />

line as a line of symmetry:<br />

(a)<br />

Shade in 1 more square to make a shape which has the dashed<br />

line as a line of symmetry.<br />

You may use a mirror or tracing paper to help you.<br />

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(b)<br />

Shade in 1 more square to make a shape which has the dashed<br />

line as a line of symmetry.<br />

You may use a mirror or tracing paper to help you.<br />

(c)<br />

Shade in 2 more squares to make a shape which has the dashed<br />

line as a line of symmetry.<br />

You may use a mirror or tracing paper to help you.<br />

(d)<br />

Shade in 2 more squares to make a shape which has the dashed<br />

line as a line of symmetry.<br />

You may use a mirror or tracing paper to help you.<br />

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16) Forty-five<br />

(a) Fill in the missing numbers so that the answer is always 45.<br />

The first one is done for you.<br />

40 + ...... 5<br />

142 – ..........<br />

50% of ..........<br />

=45<br />

450 ÷ ..........<br />

1<br />

4<br />

of ..........<br />

(b) Fill in the gaps below to make the answer 45.<br />

You may use any of these signs: + – × ÷<br />

28 ........ 2 ........ 31 = 45<br />

17) Symmetry<br />

Some board games have pegs in holes.<br />

(a) On each board below, shade 5 more pegs so that the dashed line<br />

is a line of symmetry.<br />

You may use a mirror or tracing paper to help.<br />

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(b)<br />

Shade 9 more pegs so that both dashed lines are lines of<br />

symmetry.<br />

18) Distances<br />

This table shows the distances between some towns.<br />

Distances in miles:<br />

Hull<br />

Exeter<br />

305<br />

Bangor<br />

199 289<br />

Dover<br />

261 248 331<br />

Hull Exeter Bangor Dover<br />

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(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Which two towns are the shortest distance from each other?<br />

Mrs. Davis drove from Bangor to Exeter.<br />

What is the distance between Bangor and Exeter?<br />

Then Mrs. Davis drove from Exeter to Dover.<br />

What is the distance between Exeter and Dover?<br />

How far did Mrs. Davis drive altogether?<br />

19) Packs<br />

(a) Carl is putting packs of biscuits into a box.<br />

He said to put in the bottom layer.<br />

The box holds 5 packs across and is 4 packs wide.<br />

How many packs will fit altogether on the bottom layer?<br />

The box holds 6 layers.<br />

How many packs will fit in the box when it is full?<br />

(b)<br />

Aziz is putting packs of tea into a box.<br />

The box holds 5 packs across and is 6 packs wide.<br />

The box holds 3 layers.<br />

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How many packs of tea will fit in the box when it is full?


(c)<br />

Fill in the gaps below to show one way of filling a different box<br />

with 24 packs in 2 layers.<br />

total: 24 packs<br />

2 layers<br />

.......................... packs across<br />

............................... pack wide<br />

20) Cards<br />

(a) Joe has these cards:<br />

8 3 9 4 5 2 7 9<br />

Sara takes a card without looking.<br />

Joe says:<br />

On Sara’s card,<br />

is more likely than<br />

Explain why Joe is wrong.<br />

Here are some words and phrases:<br />

impossible not likely certain likely<br />

Choose a word or a phrase to fill in the gaps below.<br />

It is ...................... that the number on Sara’s card will be smaller<br />

than 10.<br />

It is ...................... that the number on Sara’s card will be an odd<br />

number.<br />

(b)<br />

Joe still has these cards:<br />

8 3 9 4 5 2 7 9<br />

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Joe mixes them up and puts them face down on the table.<br />

Then he turns the first card over, like this:


5<br />

Joe is going to turn the next card over.<br />

Copy and complete this sentence:<br />

On the next card, ………… is less likely than …………<br />

The number on the next card could be higher than 5 or lower<br />

than 5.<br />

Which is more likely?<br />

Tick the correct box.<br />

higher than 5 lower than 5 cannot tell<br />

Explain your answer.<br />

21) Child<br />

(a) The scale shows how long Laura was when she was born.<br />

How long was Laura?<br />

(b)<br />

When Laura was one month old she was put on the scales.<br />

3 4<br />

kg<br />

What mass do the scales show?<br />

(c)<br />

Now Laura is older. She is 1.03m tall.<br />

Write Laura’s height in centimetres.<br />

22) Playgroup<br />

There are 50 children altogether in a playgroup.<br />

(a)<br />

How many of the children are girls?<br />

boys<br />

girls<br />

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What percentage of the children are girls?


(b)<br />

25 of the children are 4 years old.<br />

20 of the children are 3 years old.<br />

5 of the children are 2 years old.<br />

Show this information on the diagram<br />

below. Label each part clearly.<br />

23) Cuboids<br />

(a) These cuboids are made from small cubes.<br />

Write how many small cubes there are in each cuboid.<br />

The first is done for you.<br />

2<br />

2<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

Number of cubes: .......... 12<br />

5<br />

Number of cubes: ..........<br />

2<br />

4<br />

2<br />

2<br />

3<br />

5<br />

Number of cubes: ..........<br />

Number of cubes: ..........<br />

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(b)<br />

The following shape is made with two cuboids.<br />

Write how many small cubes there are in this shape.<br />

2<br />

2<br />

4<br />

4<br />

Number of cubes: ..........<br />

24) Calculations<br />

(a) Write what the missing numbers could be in the empty boxes.<br />

+ – = 10 24<br />

× × =<br />

3 30<br />

(b) Find the answer. 48 ÷ 4 =<br />

(c) Find the answers. 524 – 249 =<br />

46 × 8 =<br />

144 ÷ 9 =<br />

25) Cassettes<br />

(a) A shop sells video tapes for £2.50 each.<br />

What is the cost of 16 video tapes?<br />

(b)<br />

The shop sells audio cassettes.<br />

Each cassette costs £1.49<br />

What is the cost of 4 cassettes?<br />

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(c) How many cassettes can you buy with £12?<br />

(d)<br />

The shop also sells cassettes in packs of three.<br />

A pack costs £3.99<br />

How many packs can you buy with £12?<br />

(e) What is the greatest number of cassettes you can buy with £15?<br />

You can buy some packs and some single cassettes.<br />

26) Magic Squares<br />

In a magic square, each row, column and diagonal adds up to the<br />

same number.<br />

For example, each row, column and diagonal in this magic square adds<br />

up to 15<br />

15<br />

8 3 4 15 8 3 4 8 3 4<br />

1 5 9 15 1 5 9 1 5 9<br />

6 7 2 15 6 7 2 6 7 2<br />

15<br />

15<br />

15<br />

15<br />

Here is another magic square.<br />

Use the numbers in the first row of this magic square to work out what<br />

each row, column and diagonal must add up to.<br />

Then complete the magic square.<br />

24 34 5<br />

24 + 34 + 5 = ..........<br />

2 .......... ..........<br />

37 .......... 18<br />

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27) Cakes<br />

Here are the ingredients for 1 fruit cake:<br />

1 fruit cake<br />

200g self–raising flour<br />

100g caster sugar<br />

150g margarine<br />

125g mixed fruit<br />

3 eggs<br />

(a)<br />

Copy and complete the table to show how much of each<br />

ingredient you need to make 10 fruit cakes.<br />

Give your answers in grams and in kilograms.<br />

2000 2<br />

10 fruit cakes<br />

............ g = ............ kg self–raising flour<br />

............ g = ............ kg caster sugar<br />

............ g = ............ kg margarine<br />

............ g = ............ kg mixed fruit<br />

30<br />

eggs<br />

(b)<br />

6 eggs cost 70p<br />

How much will 30 eggs cost?<br />

28) Balancing<br />

2 boxes balance 1 can.<br />

2 cans balance 1 bottle.<br />

How many boxes make each of the following balance?<br />

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(a)<br />

?<br />

(b)<br />

?<br />

(c)<br />

?<br />

(d)<br />

Joe has these four things:<br />

He wants to put them on the scales to make them balance.<br />

Show where each thing must go on the scales.<br />

29) Patterns<br />

Owen has some tiles like these:<br />

He uses the tiles to make a series of patterns.<br />

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Pattern<br />

Number<br />

1<br />

Pattern<br />

Number<br />

2<br />

Pattern<br />

Number<br />

3<br />

Pattern<br />

Number<br />

4<br />

(a)<br />

Each new pattern has more tiles than the one before.<br />

The number of tiles goes up by the same amount each time.<br />

How many more tiles does Owen add each time he makes a<br />

new pattern?<br />

(b)<br />

How many tiles will Owen need altogether to make pattern<br />

number 6?<br />

(c)<br />

How many tiles will Owen need altogether to make pattern<br />

number 9?<br />

(d)<br />

Owen uses 40 tiles to make a pattern.<br />

What is the number of the pattern he makes?<br />

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30) Spinners<br />

Here are four spinners, labelled P, Q, R and S.<br />

P<br />

Q<br />

R<br />

S<br />

Key<br />

Plain<br />

Shaded<br />

Striped<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

Which spinner gives the greatest chance that the arrow will land<br />

on plain?<br />

Which spinner gives the smallest chance that the arrow will land<br />

on shaded?<br />

Shade this spinner so that it is certain that the arrow will land on<br />

shaded.<br />

(d)<br />

Shade this spinner so that there is a 50% chance that the arrow<br />

will land on shaded.<br />

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31) Games<br />

Jim, Bob, Liz and Meg had a games competition.<br />

They played two games, Draughts and Ludo.<br />

Each pupil played each of the others at the two different games.<br />

Meg recorded how many Jim recorded who won<br />

games each person won. each game.<br />

Jim<br />

/ / /<br />

Draughts<br />

Ludo<br />

Meg<br />

/ / /<br />

Jim<br />

Meg<br />

Liz<br />

/ / / /<br />

Liz<br />

Bob<br />

Bob<br />

/ /<br />

Bob<br />

Jim<br />

Meg<br />

Jim<br />

Liz<br />

Liz<br />

Meg<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

Jim forgot to put one of the names on his table.<br />

Use Meg's table to work out what the missing name is.<br />

Who won the most games of Draughts?<br />

Give one reason why Meg's table is a good way of recording the<br />

results.<br />

Give one reason why Jim's table is a good way of recording the<br />

results.<br />

32) Cuboids<br />

This cuboid is made from 12 small cubes.<br />

Number of cubes: .… 12 …..<br />

2<br />

2<br />

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(a)<br />

Write how many small cubes there are in this cuboid.<br />

3<br />

5<br />

2<br />

(b)<br />

This shape is made with two cuboids.<br />

Write how many small cubes there are in this shape.<br />

2<br />

2<br />

4<br />

4<br />

33) Calculations<br />

Find the answers. 524 – 249 =<br />

46 × 8 =<br />

144 ÷ 8 =<br />

34) Missing Numbers<br />

Write one number at the end of each equation to make it correct.<br />

Example 26 + 34 = 16 + .....44....<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

(e)<br />

(f)<br />

(g)<br />

(h)<br />

400 + 150 = 500 + …………..……….……..<br />

14 + 6 = 4 + …………..……….……..<br />

37 – 20 = 27 – …………..……….……..<br />

6 × 5 = 3 × …………..……….……..<br />

38 + 17 = 28 + …………..……….……..<br />

38 – 17 = 28 – …………..……….……..<br />

40 × 10 = 4 × …………..……….……..<br />

7000 ÷ 100 = 700 ÷ …………..……….……..<br />

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35) Triangles<br />

This is a right-angled<br />

triangular tile:<br />

You can fit 8 of the tiles into<br />

a 4cm by a 4cm square like this:<br />

2cm<br />

2cm<br />

4cm<br />

4cm<br />

Write how many of the tiles you can fit into each of these shapes.<br />

4cm<br />

6cm<br />

2cm<br />

4cm<br />

2cm<br />

6cm<br />

2cm<br />

2cm<br />

2cm<br />

4cm<br />

4cm<br />

2cm<br />

4cm<br />

2cm<br />

36) Tiles<br />

Daniel has some parallelogram tiles.<br />

He puts them on a grid, in a continuing pattern.<br />

He numbers each tile.<br />

The diagram shows part of the pattern of tiles on the grid.<br />

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y<br />

6<br />

3<br />

x<br />

4<br />

2<br />

x<br />

2<br />

1<br />

x<br />

0<br />

2 4 6 8<br />

Daniel marks the top right corner of each tile with a •<br />

The co-ordinates of the corner with a • on tile number 3 are (6, 6)<br />

(a) What are the co-ordinates of the corner with a • on tile number 4?<br />

x<br />

(b)<br />

What are the co-ordinates of the corner with a • on tile number<br />

20?<br />

Explain how you worked out your answer.<br />

(c)<br />

Daniel says:<br />

One tile in the pattern has a<br />

in the corner at ( 25 , 25)<br />

Explain why Daniel is wrong.<br />

(d)<br />

Daniel marks the bottom right corner of each tile with a X<br />

Fill in the table to show the co-ordinates of each corner with a X.<br />

tile number co-ordinates of the corner with a X<br />

1 (...2..., ...1...)<br />

2 (……, ……)<br />

3 (……, ……)<br />

4 (……, ……)<br />

Fill in the missing numbers below.<br />

(e)<br />

Tile number 7 has a X in the corner at (………… , …………)<br />

(f) Tile number ……………….. has a X in the corner at (20, 19)<br />

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37) Relations<br />

Look at these three signs:<br />

<<br />

is less than<br />

=<br />

is equal to<br />

><br />

is greater than<br />

Examples:<br />

5 < 6<br />

5 is less than 6<br />

4 – 3 = 2 – 1<br />

4 – 3 is equal to 2 – 1<br />

6 – 2 > 9 – 6<br />

6 – 2 is greater than 9 – 6<br />

Put the correct sign, < or = or >, into each number sentence.<br />

(a) 8 + 2 ........ 7 + 6<br />

(b) 6 – 3 ........ 1 + 2<br />

(c) 0 ........ –3<br />

(d) –7 ........ –2<br />

(e) 3 – 2 ........ –5<br />

(f) 5 – 5 ........ 4 – 6<br />

38) Beads<br />

Bryn has some bags with some black beads and some white beads.<br />

He is going to take a bead from each bag without looking.<br />

(a)<br />

Match the pictures to the statements. The first is done for you.<br />

It is impossible that Bryn will take a black bead from bag …D…<br />

It is unlikely that Bryn will take a black bead from bag .......………<br />

It is equally likely that Bryn will take a black bead or a white bead<br />

from bag .…….…...<br />

It is likely that Bryn will take a black bead from bag .......…….<br />

It is certain that Bryn will take a black bead from bag .......…….<br />

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(b)<br />

Bryn has 5 white beads in a bag.<br />

He wants to make it more likely that he will take a black bead<br />

than a white bead out of the bag.<br />

How many black beads should Bryn put into the bag?<br />

(c)<br />

There are 20 beads altogether in another bag.<br />

All the beads are either black or white.<br />

It is equally likely that Bryn will take a black bead or a white bead<br />

from the bag.<br />

How many black beads and how many white beads are there in<br />

the bag?<br />

39) Arrangements<br />

Here are some number cards:<br />

1 7 3 5<br />

You can use each card once to make the number 1735, like this:<br />

1 7 3 5<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

What is the biggest number you can make with the four cards?<br />

Explain why you cannot make an even number with the four<br />

cards.<br />

(c) 1 7 3 5<br />

Use some of the four number cards to make numbers that are as<br />

close as possible to the numbers written below.<br />

Examples<br />

80<br />

7<br />

5<br />

30<br />

3<br />

1<br />

You must not use the same card more than once in each answer.<br />

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50<br />

60<br />

4000<br />

1500<br />

1600<br />

40) Holiday<br />

The table shows the cost for an adult for one week in a Holiday Camp.<br />

It is for holidays between June and September in 1999.<br />

Holiday starting between<br />

June 5 – July 2<br />

July 3 – July 16<br />

July 17 – September 3<br />

September 4 – September 10<br />

September 11 – September 24<br />

Cost<br />

£85<br />

£105<br />

£130<br />

£90<br />

£75<br />

(a)<br />

All the holidays start on a Saturday.<br />

The graph shows the cost of the holidays starting on each<br />

Saturday. Copy and complete the graph for the last four weeks.<br />

Cost<br />

£160<br />

Cost of holidays<br />

£140<br />

£120<br />

£100<br />

£80<br />

£60<br />

£40<br />

£20<br />

£0<br />

5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18<br />

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June July August September<br />

Starting Date (Saturdays)


(b)<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

What is the cost for an adult for one week in the Holiday Camp,<br />

beginning on August 14?<br />

The holidays cost more at some times than at others.<br />

Give a reason which could explain this difference.<br />

The cost in June for an adult for one week in the Holiday Camp is<br />

£85. The cost for a child is 25% less.<br />

Child:<br />

25% off<br />

adult cost<br />

What is the cost in June for a child for one week in the Holiday<br />

Camp? Show your working.<br />

What is the total cost for an adult and a child for one week in the<br />

Holiday Camp in June?<br />

41) Clock<br />

(a) The time on this clock is 3 o'clock.<br />

11<br />

12<br />

1<br />

10<br />

2<br />

9<br />

3<br />

8<br />

7<br />

6<br />

5<br />

4<br />

What is the size of the angle between the hands?<br />

(b)<br />

Use a whole number to complete this sentence:<br />

At ..……………..... o'clock the size of the angle between the hands<br />

is 180°<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

What is the size of the angle between the hands at 1 o'clock?<br />

What is the size of the angle between the hands at 5 o'clock?<br />

(e) How long does it take for the minute hand to move 360°?<br />

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42) Missing Numbers<br />

Write one number at the end of each equation to make it correct.<br />

Example 26 + 34 = 16 + 44<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

38 + 17 = 28 + …………..……….……..<br />

38 – 17 = 28 – …………..……….……..<br />

40 × 10 = 4 × …………..……….……..<br />

7000 ÷ 100 = 700 ÷ …………..……….……..<br />

43) Sixty-fives<br />

Here is the 65 times table.<br />

1<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

65<br />

2<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

130<br />

3<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

195<br />

4<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

260<br />

5<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

325<br />

6<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

390<br />

7<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

455<br />

8<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

520<br />

9<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

585<br />

10<br />

×<br />

65<br />

=<br />

650<br />

(a)<br />

Use the 65 times table to help you fill in the missing numbers.<br />

65 x 5 = .....………<br />

390 ÷ 65 = .....………<br />

12 x 65 = .....………<br />

20 x 65 = .....………<br />

(b) Use the 65 times table to help you work out 16 × 65<br />

Show how you do it.<br />

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44) Spinners<br />

(a) The diagram shows spinner A and spinner B.<br />

A<br />

3<br />

2<br />

4<br />

1<br />

5<br />

B<br />

2<br />

3<br />

1<br />

4<br />

6<br />

5<br />

Which spinner gives you the best chance to get 1?<br />

Indicate one of the following answers.<br />

spinner A spinner B doesn’t matter<br />

Explain why you chose that answer.<br />

(b)<br />

Here are two different spinners.<br />

The spinners are the same shape but different sizes.<br />

C<br />

6<br />

5<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

D<br />

6<br />

5<br />

1<br />

4<br />

2<br />

3<br />

Which spinner gives you the best chance to get 3?<br />

Indicate one of the following answers.<br />

spinner C spinner D doesn’t matter<br />

Explain why you chose that answer<br />

(c)<br />

Each section of spinner E is the same size.<br />

Copy and fill in numbers on spinner E so that both of these<br />

statements are true.<br />

It is equally likely that you will spin 3 or 2<br />

It is more likely that you will spin 4 than 2<br />

1<br />

2<br />

E<br />

2<br />

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45) Shapes<br />

Look at the shaded shape.<br />

y<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

0<br />

2<br />

4<br />

6<br />

8<br />

10<br />

x<br />

(a)<br />

Two statements below are correct.<br />

Indicate which two you think are correct.<br />

The shape is a quadrilateral.<br />

The shape is a trapezium.<br />

The shape is a pentagon.<br />

The shape is a kite.<br />

The shape is a parallelogram.<br />

(b) What are the co-ordinates of point B?<br />

y<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

B<br />

4<br />

2<br />

A<br />

0<br />

0<br />

2<br />

4<br />

6<br />

8<br />

10<br />

x<br />

(c)<br />

The shape is reflected in a mirror line.<br />

Point A stays in the same place. Where is point B reflected to?<br />

Put a cross on the grid to show the correct place.<br />

y<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

B<br />

4<br />

2<br />

A<br />

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0<br />

0<br />

2<br />

4<br />

6<br />

8<br />

10<br />

x


(d)<br />

Now the shape is rotated.<br />

Point A stays in the same place. Where is point B rotated to?<br />

Put a cross on the grid to show the correct place.<br />

y<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

B<br />

4<br />

2<br />

A<br />

0<br />

0<br />

2<br />

4<br />

6<br />

8<br />

10<br />

x<br />

46) Birthdays<br />

Mark and James have the same birthday.<br />

They were born on 15th March in different years.<br />

(a) Mark will be 12 years old on 15th March, 2001<br />

How old will he be on 15th March, 2010?<br />

(b)<br />

In what year was Mark born?<br />

(c) James will be half of Mark’s age on 15th March, 2001<br />

In what year was James born?<br />

47) Rainfall<br />

A pupil recorded how much rain fell on 5 different days.<br />

Results:<br />

Amount in cm<br />

Monday 0.2<br />

Tuesday 0.8<br />

Wednesday 0.5<br />

Thursday 0.25<br />

Friday 0.05<br />

(a)<br />

Fill in the gaps with the correct day<br />

The most rain fell on ...................<br />

The least rain fell on ...................<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

How much more rain fell on Wednesday than on Thursday?<br />

How much rain fell altogether on Monday, Tuesday and<br />

Wednesday?<br />

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Now write your answer in millimetres.


48) Shapes<br />

The shaded rectangle has an area of 4 cm 2 and a perimeter of 10 cm.<br />

(a)<br />

Look at the cross-shape.<br />

Copy and complete the following statements.<br />

The cross-shape has<br />

an area of …………… cm 2 and a perimeter of ………… cm.<br />

(b) Draw a shape with an area of 6 cm 2<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

What is the perimeter of your shape?<br />

Look at the octagon below.<br />

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What is the area of the octagon?<br />

(e)<br />

Explain how you know that the perimeter of the octagon is more<br />

than 8cm.<br />

49) Tokens<br />

A class has some gold tokens and some silver tokens.<br />

The tokens are all the same size.<br />

(a)<br />

The teacher puts 4 gold tokens and 1 silver token in a bag.<br />

Leah is going to take one token out of the bag without looking.<br />

She says:<br />

There are two colours, so it is just as likely<br />

that I will get a gold token as a silver token.<br />

Explain why Leah is wrong.<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

How many more silver tokens should the teacher put in the bag to<br />

make it just as likely that Leah will get a gold token as a silver<br />

token?<br />

Jack has a different bag with 8 tokens in it.<br />

It is more likely that Jack will take a gold token than a silver token<br />

from his bag. How many gold tokens might there be in Jack’s bag?<br />

50) Temperatures<br />

A book shows two ways to change °C to °F<br />

exact rule<br />

multiply the °C temperature by 1.8<br />

then add 32<br />

approximate rule<br />

double the °C temperature<br />

then add 30<br />

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(a)<br />

Copy and complete the following statements.<br />

Using the exact rule, 25°C is …………… °F<br />

Using the approximate rule, 25°C is ……………°F<br />

(b)<br />

Copy and complete the following statements.<br />

Using the exact rule, 0°C is …………… °F<br />

Using the approximate rule, 0°C is …………… °F<br />

(c)<br />

Show that at 10°C, the exact rule and the approximate rule give<br />

the same answers.<br />

51) Coaches<br />

(a) A club wants to take 3000 people on a journey to London<br />

The club secretary says:<br />

We can go in coaches.<br />

Each coach can carry 52 people.<br />

How many coaches do they need for the journey?<br />

Show your working.<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

Each coach costs £420. What is the total cost of the coaches?<br />

How much is each person’s share of the cost?<br />

52) Temperature<br />

The arrow by this thermometer shows a temperature<br />

of 20°C<br />

ºC<br />

30<br />

(a) Draw an arrow by the thermometer to show 7°C<br />

Label your arrow 7°C<br />

20<br />

20ºC<br />

(b)<br />

Draw an arrow by the thermometer to show –5°C<br />

Label your arrow – 5°C<br />

10<br />

(c)<br />

In New York the temperature was –2°C<br />

In Atlanta the temperature was 7°C warmer.<br />

What was the temperature in Atlanta?<br />

0<br />

(d) In Amsterdam the temperature was 3°C<br />

In Helsinki the temperature was –8°C<br />

How many degrees warmer was it in<br />

Amsterdam than in Helsinki?<br />

–10<br />

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53) Twenty-seven<br />

(a) Fill in the missing numbers.<br />

25½ + ………………… = 27<br />

150 ………………… = 27<br />

50% of ………………… = 27<br />

a quarter of ………………… = 27<br />

(b)<br />

Copy and complete the following calculations.<br />

………………… × ………………… = 27<br />

………………… × ………………… = 27<br />

54) Clocks<br />

My clock shows:<br />

The hours and the minutes are both multiples of 3<br />

multiple of 3<br />

multiple of 3<br />

(a)<br />

Write a different time when the hours and the minutes are both<br />

multiples of 3.<br />

multiple of 3<br />

multiple of 3<br />

(b)<br />

Later, my clock shows:<br />

How many minutes will it be before the hours and the minutes are<br />

both multiples of 6?<br />

55) Folding and Cutting<br />

(a) I start with a rectangle of paper.<br />

I fold it in half, then I cut out three shapes.<br />

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Then I unfold my paper.<br />

Circle the diagram below that shows what my paper looks like now.<br />

(b)<br />

I start again with a different rectangle of paper.<br />

I fold it in half, then in half again, then I cut out two shapes.<br />

Then I unfold my paper.<br />

Circle the diagram below that shows what my paper looks like now.<br />

(c)<br />

I start with a square of paper.<br />

I fold it in half, then in half again, then I cut out one shape.<br />

Then I unfold my paper.<br />

Circle the diagram below that shows what my paper looks like now.<br />

1 mark<br />

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56) Motorway<br />

The diagram shows how many miles there are between junctions on a<br />

motorway.<br />

junction<br />

6<br />

junction<br />

junction<br />

4<br />

5<br />

3 miles<br />

22 miles<br />

junction<br />

3<br />

15 miles<br />

junction<br />

2<br />

7 miles<br />

junction<br />

1<br />

6 miles<br />

(a) How many miles is it from 2 to 4 ?<br />

(b) Which junction is 31 miles from 1 ?<br />

(c)<br />

Mr. Patel uses the motorway.<br />

He drives from 2 to 3 and back again from 3 to 2 .<br />

He does this every day for five days.<br />

How many miles does he drive on the motorway altogether?<br />

57) Using Brackets<br />

(a) Write the answers.<br />

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(4 + 2) × 3 = …………………………<br />

4 + (2 × 3) = …………………………<br />

(b) Work out the answer to (2 + 4) × (6 + 3 + 1)<br />

(c) Put brackets in the following calculation to make the answer 50<br />

4 + 5 + 1 × 5<br />

(d) Now put brackets in the calculation to make the answer 34<br />

4 + 5 + 1 × 5


58) Box<br />

The diagram shows a box.<br />

1.5 cm<br />

1 cm<br />

6 cm<br />

1.5 cm<br />

1 cm<br />

1 cm<br />

1 cm<br />

3 cm<br />

Using square paper, copy and complete the net for the box.<br />

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59) Fractions<br />

(a) Look at these fractions.<br />

1<br />

2<br />

1<br />

3<br />

5<br />

6<br />

Mark each fraction on the number line.<br />

The first one is done for you.<br />

0 1<br />

1<br />

2<br />

(b)<br />

Copy and complete the following equivalencies by filling in the<br />

missing numbers in the boxes.<br />

2<br />

=<br />

12 6<br />

1<br />

2<br />

=<br />

12<br />

1 6<br />

=<br />

24<br />

60) Sunshine<br />

The diagrams show the number of hours of sunshine in two different<br />

months.<br />

Number of hours<br />

of sunshine in month A<br />

20<br />

15<br />

Number<br />

of days<br />

10<br />

5<br />

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less than 4 4 to 8 more than 8<br />

Hours of sunshine


Number of hours<br />

of sunshine in month B<br />

Key:<br />

number of days with<br />

less than 4 hours<br />

number of days with<br />

4 to 8 hours<br />

number of days with<br />

more than 8 hours<br />

(a) How many days are there in month A?<br />

Indicate one of the following answers.<br />

28 29 30 31 not possible<br />

to tell<br />

(b) How many days are there in month B?<br />

Indicate one of the following answers.<br />

28 29 30 31 not possible<br />

to tell<br />

(c)<br />

Which month had more hours of sunshine?<br />

Indicate one of the following answers.<br />

month A<br />

month B<br />

Explain how you know.<br />

61) Map<br />

The map shows the positions of seven towns, numbered 1 to 7<br />

The dashed lines show the roads between the towns.<br />

1<br />

2 3 4<br />

North<br />

7<br />

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6<br />

5


(a) A girl cycled from town 1<br />

She went south to a town.<br />

Then she went east to a different town, where she stopped for a<br />

drink. In which town did she stop for a drink?<br />

(b)<br />

Copy and complete the missing directions in the boxes below.<br />

Start at town 5, go north to town 4,<br />

Thengo............totown 3<br />

Start at town 6, go north–west to town 7,<br />

Thengo............totown 1<br />

(c)<br />

Steve lives in one of these towns.<br />

Town 3 is west of where Steve lives.<br />

In which town does Steve live?<br />

62) Ruler<br />

(a) The diagram shows part of a ruler.<br />

A B C D<br />

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

cm<br />

Copy and complete these sentences.<br />

The distance between A and B is ……………………… cm.<br />

The distance between C and D is ……………………… cm.<br />

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(b)<br />

Look at the ruler below.<br />

E<br />

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

cm<br />

I want the distance between E and F to be 3½ cm.<br />

There are two places F could be.<br />

Show the two places by copying the ruler and drawing arrows.<br />

63) Getting There<br />

Look at this number chain.<br />

3 + 4 7 × 2<br />

14<br />

(a)<br />

Copy and fill in the missing numbers in the circles below.<br />

16 + 48 × 13.5<br />

÷ 13.5 50<br />

(b)<br />

Copy and fill in the missing numbers in the arrows below.<br />

+<br />

180 2700<br />

×<br />

180 2700<br />

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64) Squares<br />

Alika has a box of square tiles.<br />

The tiles are three different sizes.<br />

1 cm<br />

1 by 1 tile<br />

1 cm<br />

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2 cm<br />

3 cm<br />

3 cm<br />

2 by 2 tile<br />

3 by 3 tile<br />

She also has a mat that is 6cm by 6cm.<br />

36 of the 1 by 1 tiles will cover the mat.<br />

6 cm<br />

6 cm<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

How many of the 2 by 2 tiles will cover the mat?<br />

How many of the 3 by 3 tiles will cover the mat?<br />

Alika glues three tiles on her mat like this:<br />

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Copy and complete the following statements.<br />

She could cover the rest of the mat by using<br />

another two 3 by 3 tiles, and<br />

another . . . . . . . 1 by 1 tiles.<br />

She could cover the rest of the mat by using<br />

another two 2 by 2 tiles, and<br />

another . . . . . . . 1 by 1 tiles.<br />

65) Computation<br />

Work out<br />

238 + 1487 = ..........................<br />

723 154 = …………………<br />

66) Areas<br />

(a) What is the area of this rectangle?<br />

4 cm<br />

3 cm<br />

(b)<br />

I use the rectangle to make four triangles.<br />

Each triangle is the same size.<br />

What is the area of one of the triangles?<br />

4 cm<br />

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(c)<br />

I use the four triangles to make a trapezium.<br />

What is the area of the trapezium?<br />

67) Signs<br />

Use +, –, × or ÷ to make each calculation correct.<br />

Examples:<br />

2 .....+...... 4 = 7 .....–..... 1<br />

5 .....×..... 3 = 3 .....×..... 5<br />

5 ............. 2 = 10 .......... 3<br />

12 ........... 3 = 3 .......... 3<br />

2 ........... 1 = 9 .......... 3<br />

6 ........... 6 = 7 .......... 7<br />

68) Angles<br />

Two pupils drew angles on square grids.<br />

Angle A<br />

Angle B<br />

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(a) Which word below describes angle A?<br />

Indicate one of the following answers.<br />

acute<br />

obtuse<br />

right-angled<br />

reflex<br />

(b)<br />

Is angle A bigger than angle B? Yes or No?<br />

Explain your answer.<br />

69) Factors<br />

There are four different ways to put 6 pupils into equal size groups.<br />

1 group of 6<br />

6<br />

pupils<br />

2 groups of 3<br />

3 groups of 2<br />

6 groups of 1<br />

(a)<br />

Show the different ways to put 16 pupils into equal size groups.<br />

group of<br />

groups of<br />

16<br />

pupils<br />

groups of<br />

groups of<br />

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(b)<br />

Circle the numbers below that are factors of twelve.<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

70) Thinking of rules<br />

(a) I can think of three different rules to change 6 to 18<br />

6 18<br />

Complete these sentences to show what these rules could be.<br />

first rule<br />

second rule<br />

third rule<br />

add ……………………<br />

multiply by ……………………<br />

multiply by 2 then ……………………<br />

(b)<br />

Now I think of a new rule.<br />

The new rule changes 10 to 5 and it changes 8 to 4<br />

10 5 8 4<br />

Write what the new rule could be.<br />

71) Car parking<br />

P<br />

Car Park<br />

Car Park Charges<br />

15p for 8 minutes<br />

How much does it cost to park for 40 minutes?<br />

Show your working.<br />

72) Heights<br />

(a) Peter's height is 0.9m. Lucy is 0.3m taller than Peter.<br />

What is Lucy's height?<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

Lee's height is 1.45m. Misha is 0.3m shorter than Lee.<br />

What is Misha's height?<br />

Zita's height is 1.7m. What is Zita's height in centimetres?<br />

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73) Place names<br />

Some towns and villages have very long names.<br />

The table shows information about the ten longest place names in the<br />

UK.<br />

Number of letters<br />

67<br />

58<br />

27<br />

22<br />

21<br />

21<br />

19<br />

18<br />

18<br />

17<br />

Country<br />

Wales<br />

Wales<br />

England<br />

Wales<br />

Wales<br />

Wales<br />

England<br />

England<br />

Scotland<br />

Scotland<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

The longest place name in Wales has more letters than the<br />

longest place name in Scotland.<br />

How many more?<br />

50% of the ten longest place names are in Wales.<br />

What percentage of the ten longest place names are in England?<br />

74) Dinner time<br />

The diagram shows what pupils in years 7, 8 and 9 choose to do at<br />

dinner time.<br />

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Key<br />

Year 7<br />

Year 8<br />

Year 9<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

Number<br />

of<br />

pupils<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Eat a<br />

packed lunch<br />

Eat at<br />

home<br />

Eat a<br />

school dinner<br />

(a)<br />

A pupil from each year group is chosen at random.<br />

Are they most likely to eat a packed lunch, or eat at home, or eat<br />

a school dinner?<br />

For each pupil, indicate one of the following answers.<br />

Eat a<br />

packed<br />

lunch<br />

Eat<br />

at<br />

home<br />

Eat a<br />

school<br />

dinner<br />

Pupil from year 7<br />

Pupil from year 8<br />

Pupil from year 9<br />

(b) How many more pupils are there in year 8 than year 9?<br />

Show your working.<br />

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75) Which calculation?<br />

Here is some information about a school.<br />

There are 3 classes in year 8. Each class has 27 pupils.<br />

There are 4 classes in year 9. Each class has 25 pupils.<br />

(a)<br />

Use the information to match each question with the correct<br />

calculation. The first one is done for you.<br />

Question<br />

Calculation<br />

3+4<br />

Howmany classes are there<br />

altogether in<br />

years 8 and 9?<br />

3–4<br />

4–3<br />

There are more classes<br />

inyear9thaninyear8.<br />

Howmany more?<br />

(3×27)+(4×25)<br />

Howmany pupils are there<br />

altogether in<br />

years 8 and 9?<br />

(3+27)+(4+25)<br />

(3 × 27) – (4 × 25)<br />

There are more pupils<br />

in year 9 than in year 8.<br />

Howmany more?<br />

(4 + 25) – (3 + 27)<br />

(4 × 25) – (3 × 27)<br />

(b)<br />

Use the information about the school to write what the missing<br />

question could be in the following diagram.<br />

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Question<br />

Calculation<br />

4×25<br />

76) Throwing coins<br />

I throw a fair coin. For each statement below, write down whether it is<br />

True or False. Explain your answer.<br />

(a) On each throw, the probability of getting a head is<br />

2<br />

1<br />

(b)<br />

On four throws, it is certain that I will get two heads and two tails.<br />

77) Folding<br />

(a) I have a rectangle made out of paper.<br />

The rectangle measures 12cm by 8cm.<br />

8 cm<br />

12 cm<br />

I want to fold the rectangle in half to make a smaller rectangle.<br />

I can do this in two different ways.<br />

What size could the smaller rectangle be? Write both ways.<br />

(b)<br />

I have a square made out of paper. The square measures 20cm by<br />

20cm.<br />

I keep folding it in half until I have a rectangle that is 5cm by 10cm.<br />

20 cm<br />

10 cm<br />

5 cm<br />

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20 cm<br />

How many times did I fold it?


ANSWERS.<br />

1) (a) About '3 /4 ' .<br />

About '1 /3 ' .<br />

(b) About 25% for Mindu.<br />

About 40% for Mary.<br />

(c) Indicates a position between 3.8cm and 6.2cm inclusive up the<br />

rope.<br />

2) (a) Size Number Sold<br />

4 5<br />

5 6<br />

6 5<br />

7 8<br />

8 3<br />

9 2<br />

(b) 7.<br />

3) 3a. 3b + 2c. 2d + 7. 4e + 4f + 8.<br />

4) (a) Labels correct sections.<br />

squash<br />

football<br />

badminton<br />

(b) Estimates between 25% and 35% inclusive went swimming.<br />

Estimates between 10% and 20% inclusive played tennis.<br />

(c) Indicates 104 for football. Indicates 13 for squash.<br />

(d) 20% of 700 is more than 40% of 260 etc.<br />

5) (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 3.<br />

6) (a) 0. (b) 7400.<br />

7) (a) E.g. there could be just 1 red cube.<br />

(b) 1 cube.<br />

(c) Could have been unlucky enough not to pick a blue cube.<br />

(d) Indicates that white is the most probable.<br />

8) (a) About 30% for cabbages, 20% for lettuces.<br />

(b) For broad beans estimates a fraction close to 1 . 2<br />

For peas estimates a fraction close to 3 . 8<br />

(c) 'About 1 /5 turnips.'<br />

9) (c) 11.<br />

10) (a) 134 or 143.<br />

(b) 431.<br />

(c) Should pick 0. 3140.<br />

(d) 425. 4250.<br />

11) (b) Train = 3, car = 3, bicycle = 9.<br />

(c) The pie-charts show the proportion of those travelling by bus.<br />

12) (b) Can use 16 tiles.<br />

(c) 16, 25 or 36 tiles.<br />

13) (a) Since 40 p is the most frequent amount spent.<br />

(c) Yes since more people spent between 50p to 99p than any other<br />

amount.<br />

(d) Observes a difference in the amounts spent, e.g.: 'Spent more at<br />

night.'<br />

Makes a hypothesis which could explain the difference in the<br />

amounts stated, e.g.: 'People spend less in the morning when they<br />

just have tea. Then they have a snack for lunch but they have<br />

dinner in the evening and spend more.'<br />

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14) (a) The sum of the lengths of the other two sides must be greater than<br />

the length of the third side<br />

(b) Indicates a length in the range 14.2cm to 14.6cm inclusive.<br />

Indicates a length in the range 9.4cm to 9.8cm inclusive.<br />

(c) Add up the 3 lengths.<br />

15) (a) Indicates correct square, and no other square(s).<br />

(b)<br />

Indicates correct square, and no other square(s).<br />

(c)<br />

Indicates correct squares, and no other square(s).<br />

(d)<br />

Indicates correct squares, and no other square(s).<br />

16) (a) 40 + 5, 142 – 97, 50% of 90, 450 ÷ 10, ¼ of 180.<br />

(b) 28 ÷ 2 + 31.<br />

17) (a) Indicates the correct pegs, e.g.:<br />

(b)<br />

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18) (a) Bangor and Hull.<br />

(b) 289 miles. 248 miles. 537 miles in total.<br />

19) (a) 20 packs. 120 packs.<br />

(b) 90 packs.<br />

(c) Indicates any two positive integers which multiply together to make<br />

12.<br />

20) (a) The two symbols are equally likely. ‘Certain’. ‘Likely’.<br />

(b) ‘Triangle is less likely than a square’.<br />

Higher than 5.<br />

21) (a) 48 cm.<br />

(b) 3.8 kg.<br />

(c) 103 cm.<br />

22) (a) 30 girls. 60%.<br />

(b) 4 years old = 180 o .<br />

3 years old = 144 o .<br />

2 years old = 36 o .<br />

23) (a) 10, 16, 30.<br />

(b) 24.<br />

24) (a) Any 2 numbers adding up to 34.<br />

Any 2 numbers which multiply to give 10.<br />

(b) 12.<br />

(c) 275. 368. 16.<br />

25) (a) £40.<br />

(b) £5.96.<br />

(c) 8.<br />

(d) 3.<br />

(e) 3 packs of 3 + 2 singles cassettes = 11 cassettes in total.<br />

26) Adds up to 63.<br />

21 40<br />

8<br />

27) (a) '1 kg caster sugar<br />

1.5 kg margarine<br />

1¼ kg mixed fruit'<br />

(b) £3.50.<br />

28) (a) 4 boxes.<br />

(b) 5 boxes.<br />

(c) 6 boxes.<br />

(d)<br />

29) (a) 4.<br />

(b) 24.<br />

(c) 36.<br />

(d) 10.<br />

30) (a) S.<br />

(b) R.<br />

(c) Shade the entire spinner.<br />

(d) Shade half the spinner.<br />

31) (a) Liz.<br />

(b) Jim.<br />

(c) Meg’s table allows us to see how many games each person won.<br />

(d) Jim’s table gives more detailed information.<br />

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32) (a) 30 cubes.<br />

(b) 24 cubes.<br />

33) 275, 368 and 16.<br />

34) (a) 50.<br />

(b) 16.<br />

(c) 10.<br />

(d) 10.<br />

(e) 27.<br />

(f) 7.<br />

(g) 100.<br />

(h) 10.<br />

35) 4, 4, 7 and 9 respectively.<br />

36) (a) (8, 8).<br />

(b) (40, 40).<br />

(c) Because the co-ordinates of each ‘dot’ must be even.<br />

(d) Missing co-ordinates are: (4, 3), (6, 5) and (8, 7).<br />

(e) (14, 13).<br />

(f) Tile number 10.<br />

37) (a) < or less than.<br />

(b) = or equal to.<br />

(c) > or greater than.<br />

(d) < or less than.<br />

(e) > or greater than.<br />

(f) > or greater than.<br />

38) (a) unlikely, equally likely, likely, certain.<br />

(b) More than 5 !<br />

(c) 10 of each colour.<br />

39) (a) 7531.<br />

(b) An even number must end with an even digit and all the digits are<br />

odd.<br />

(c) 51<br />

57.<br />

3751.<br />

1537.<br />

1573.<br />

40) (a) Cost<br />

Cost of holidays<br />

£160<br />

£140<br />

£120<br />

£100<br />

£80<br />

£60<br />

£40<br />

£20<br />

£0<br />

5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18<br />

June July August September<br />

Starting Date (Saturdays)<br />

(b) £130.<br />

(c) E.g. 'More people want to go when the weather is best.'<br />

(d) Child = £63.75. Total = £148.75.<br />

41) (a) 90 o .<br />

(b) 6.<br />

(c) 30 o .<br />

(d) 150 o .<br />

(e) 1 hour.<br />

42) (a) 27.<br />

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(b) 7.<br />

(c) 100.<br />

(d) 10.<br />

43) (a) 325.<br />

6.<br />

780.<br />

1300.<br />

(b) E.g. 10 × 65 = 650, 6 × 65 = 390. Thus 16 × 65 = 650 + 390 =<br />

1040.<br />

44) (a) Spinner A since it has fewer numbers to choose from.<br />

(b)<br />

It does not matter since each spinner is split into 6 identical<br />

sectors.<br />

(c) Label two sectors 3 and three sectors 4.<br />

45) (a) The first and fourth statements are correct.<br />

(b) (5, 7).<br />

(c)<br />

x<br />

(d)<br />

x<br />

46) (a) 21.<br />

(b) 1989.<br />

(c) 1995.<br />

47) (a) Tuesday and Friday.<br />

(b) 0.25 cm.<br />

(c) 1.5 cm which equals 15 mm.<br />

48) (a) Area 5 cm 2 , perimeter 12 cm.<br />

(b) Any shape of area 6cm 2 .<br />

(d) 7 cm 2 .<br />

(e) Since the diagonals of each centimeter square are longer than 1<br />

cm.<br />

49) (a) There are more gold tokens than silver and so it is more likely that<br />

a gold token will be chosen.<br />

(b) 3.<br />

(c) 5 or 6 or 7 or 8.<br />

50) (a) 77 and 80 respectively.<br />

(b) 32 and 30 respectively.<br />

(c) Both rules give a value of 50.<br />

51) (a) 58.<br />

(b) 24360.<br />

(c) 8.12.<br />

52) (c) 5.<br />

(d) 11.<br />

53) (a) 1½.<br />

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123<br />

54<br />

108.<br />

(b) E.g. 3 × 9.<br />

2 × 13.5.<br />

54) (a) Any different time to 09:15 with both hours and minutes as<br />

multiples of 3; e.g. 09:18.<br />

(b) 2 or 81<br />

55) (a) Indicates the 4 th diagram.<br />

(b) Indicates the 5 th diagram.<br />

(c) Indicates the 5 th diagram.<br />

56) (a) 22.<br />

(b) 5.<br />

(c) 70.<br />

57) (a) 18 and 10 respectively.<br />

(b) 60.<br />

(c) (4 + 5 + 1) × 5.<br />

(d) 4 + (5 + 1) × 5.<br />

58)<br />

N<br />

6 × 1.5<br />

both 1 × 3 6 × 1<br />

both 1 × 3<br />

W<br />

E<br />

6 × 1<br />

6 × 1.5<br />

S<br />

59) (a)<br />

1<br />

5<br />

(b)<br />

3<br />

6<br />

1, 24, and 4.<br />

60) (a) Indicates the answer of 28.<br />

(b) Indicates ‘not possible to tell’.<br />

(c) Month B. B has a higher proportion of days with more than 8<br />

hours sunshine.<br />

61) (a) 5.<br />

(b) West.<br />

Northeast.<br />

(c) Town 4.<br />

62) (a) 1.5.<br />

5.<br />

(b) 4.5 and 11.5.<br />

63) (a) 64, 864 and 675.<br />

(b) 2520 and 15.<br />

64) (a) 9.<br />

(b) 4.<br />

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(c) 4.<br />

14.<br />

65) 1725.<br />

569.<br />

66) (a) 12 cm 2 .<br />

(b) 3 cm 2 .<br />

(c) 12 cm 2 .<br />

67) 5 + 2 = 10 – 3.<br />

12 – 3 = 3 × 3.<br />

2 + 1 = 9 ÷ 3.<br />

6 – 6 = 7 – 7 or 6 ÷ 6 = 7 ÷ 7.<br />

68) (a) Acute.<br />

(b) No. The two angles are the same size (45 o ).<br />

69) (a) 1, 16<br />

2, 8<br />

4, 4<br />

8, 2<br />

16, 1<br />

(b) Indicates 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.<br />

70) (a) Add 12.<br />

Multiply by 3.<br />

Multiply by 2 add 6.<br />

(b) Divide by 2.<br />

71) 75 pence.<br />

72) (a) 1.2 m.<br />

(b) 1.15 m.<br />

(c) 170 cm.<br />

73) (a) 49.<br />

(b) 30%.<br />

74) (a)<br />

(b) 12.<br />

75) (a) Joins the first to 4 – 3.<br />

Joins the second to (3 × 27) + (4 × 25).<br />

Joins the third to (4 × 25) – (3 × 27).<br />

(b) The question refers to the total number of pupils in year 9.<br />

76) (a) True. There are two equally likely outcomes.<br />

(b)<br />

(b)<br />

False.<br />

Indicates. The result of each throw is essentially random. For<br />

example we could end up with 4 heads.<br />

77) (a) 12 by 4 and 6 by 8.<br />

(b) 3 times.<br />

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