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11 Write the numbers as digits in the place-value table.

111
a) How many circles are in the diagram?

H T U
a)
b) What is the total amount? 10 1 1 b)
10
10 1 1 1
100 10 c)
100 10 1 1 1
d)
c) Nine hundred and thirty seven
e)
d) 3 × 100 + 1 × 10 + 9 × 1
e) 6 hundreds + 8 tens + 3 units

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2
22 Write these numbers as digits and list them in increasing order.
one thousand four hundred and eighteen, six hundred and five, ninety eight,
five hundred and sixty, seven hundred and seventy seven

...............................................................

33
3
33 Write these numbers in the correct sets.
{ 6, 10, 54, 109, 468, 893, 1000, 1302, 1517, 1999 }
a) b)
ers
mb

ts
ber

ts
igi
igi
nu
um

4-d
4-d
en
dn
Ev

t
No
Od

c) d)
t1

Gr n 10 ater
igi
it 1

00
00 n
tha t gre
ed

10 er tha
dig
s th

No
no

eat
Ha

s
Ha

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4
44 Study the numbers. Are the statements true or false? Write T or F in each box.

a) There is at least one number which is odd. 0 6 23 72

b) All the numbers are even. 475 802
1240 1499
c) None of the numbers is more than 1500.
d) There are no whole tens. e) Not every number is odd.

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11 Fill in the missing numbers, then list them in decreasing order.

111
8 × 100 + 5 × 10 = 3 × 100 + 7 × 1 =
8 × 100 + 5 × 1 = 3 × 100 + 7 × 10 =

1 × 1000 + 6 × 10 = 1 × 1000 + 8 × 100 =

1 × 1000 + 6 × 1 = 1 × 100 + 8 × 10 =

................................................................

22
Fill in the missing numbers, then list them in increasing order.
2
22

600 + 30 = 1000 + 500 + 4 =

300 + 60 = 1000 + 40 + 5 =

600 + 3 = 1000 + 900 + 1 =

300 + 6 = 1000 + 90 + 1 =

................................................................

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3
33 Write the whole numbers up to 1000 which have the sum of their digits as 3.

................................................................

44
4
44 Write the Roman numerals as Arabic numbers.

a) CV = b) CXXXIX =

c) CXLVIII = d) DCLX =

e) CMIX = f) MCMXCVIII =

55
5
55 Write the numbers which have:
a) an even digit as their hundreds digit and 500 as their nearest ten.
...........................................................
b) an odd digit as their hundreds digit and 500 as their nearest ten.
...........................................................
c) the smallest even digit as their tens digit and 1010 as their nearest ten.
...........................................................
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11 The rule for the next term in the sequence is: 3 times the previous term plus 2.
111
a) Write the first six terms of the sequence if the first term is 2.
............................................................
b) Write the first six terms of the sequence if the first term is 3.
............................................................

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2
22 Complete the tables.

a) Next 10 Rounded to
b) Next 100 Rounded to
Number Number
smaller greater nearest 10 smaller greater nearest 100
3 3
27 27
86 86
105 105
341 341
450 450
500 500
996 996

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33 Mark the numbers with a dot and a letter on a suitable number line.
a = 205 b = 640 c = 432 d = 278 e = 486 f = 1005
g = 490 h = 250 i = 1075 j = 500 k = 1200 l = 455

200 300

400 450

600 1000

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4
44 Write the numbers
The number is even odd
in the set diagram.
5, 100, 909, divisible
0, 217, 1000, by 5

13, 352, 1215,

60, 834, 1605, not divisible
by 5
78, 900, 1780

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11 Continue the pattern. Colour the correct part of the circles in the flow chart.
111

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Start
Input Divide it Is there a NO
ordinal number by 3 remainder?

YES Is the YES

remainder 1?

NO

End

22
Continue the sequence using Roman numerals.
2
22
a) XLVII, LXVII, LXXXVII, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) CMI, DCCCI, DCCI, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33
3
33 Round the numbers.
Number
Rounded to the nearest:
Complete the table.
ten hundred thousand
4
36
50
95
172
600
999
1050
1846

44
4
44 Write the meaning of each set label. Write another 3 numbers in each set.

A B A:
420 368 6 78 1098 B:
C
716
C:
235 851 999 3 57 1003
D
D:

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111 Write these numbers in words.
a) 3210 ...................................................
b) 7004 ...................................................
c) 2300 ...................................................
d) 995 ...................................................
e) 1068 ...................................................

22
2
22 How many 3-digit numbers can you make from these digits? 5 6 1
a) Complete the tree diagrams.

b) List the numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

............................................................
............................................................

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3
33 Join up the equal values.

2 Th + 5H MML
250 2100 – 50
2050
CCL 2H + 5U
1000 ÷ 4
2000 + 50 2 Th + 5T
2000 + 500 MMD 200 + 5

44
4
44 Continue the sequence.
a) 990, 885, 780, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) MMDXV, MMCCLX, MMV, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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11 Write your estimation in detail. Calculate the exact sum.

111
a) 263 + 526
E: C:

b) 354 + 419
E: C:

c) 475 + 53 + 419
E: C:

22
2
22 How much money do we have left? Estimate, calculate and check the result.

We had: 100 100 100 20 1 1 1 We bought:

100 100 100 20 1 1

E: £232

C: Check:

33
3
33 What is the difference between 743 and 558? Estimate, calculate and check the
result.
E:

C: Check:

44
4
44 Fill in the missing numbers and write above the and arrows what
they mean if means + 180 and means – 75 .

4 6 5

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11 Practise addition. Estimate the sum first.

111
a) 263 + 526 b) 493 + 174 c) 278 + 426
E: E: E:

22
2
22 Practise subtraction. Estimate the difference first. Check your result in two ways.
Check: Check:
a) 978 – 426
E: C:

Check: Check:
b) 803 – 576
E: C:

33 Complete the additions and subtractions.

3
33

a) 6 3 8 b) c) 9 1 5 d)
+ + 2 5 7 – – 4 8 7
1 0 7 4 6 0 5 1 7 3 6 5 3

44
I thought of a number, then added 900.
4
44
The result was a number less than 1000.

Write ✔ if you think the statement is true and ✗ if you think it is false.

a) The number I first thought of must be less than 100.

b) The number I first thought of must be less than 99.

c) The number I first thought of could be equal to 99.

d) The number I first thought of cannot be more than 99.

e) The number I first thought of could be equal to 10.

f) The number I first thought of cannot be 100.

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11 The sum of any two adjacent numbers is the number directly above them.
111 Fill in the missing numbers.

a) 1000 b) 2000
385
325 200 400
90 200 800

22
2
22 Fill in the missing numbers.
a) 30 + 120 + 120 = b) 260 – 120 + 50 =
+ + + + – + + –
200 + 150 – 130 = 110 + 150 – 100 =
+ – – – + – – +
110 + 30 + 110 = 30 + 230 – 40 =
= = = = = = = =
– + = – + =

33
3
33 Do the additions and subtractions. Look for connections between them.

a) 25 + 40 = 725 + 40 = 725 + 140 =

b) 58 – 40 = 658 – 40 = 658 – 240 =

c) 60 + 17 = 60 + 317 = 460 + 317 =

d) 93 – 63 = 393 – 63 = 393 – 363 =

44
4
44 Underline the important data. Write a plan, estimate, calculate and check your
result. Write the answer in a sentence. Do the work in your exercise book.
a) There were 348 boys and 316 girls at a summer camp. How many children
were at the camp altogether?
b) 417 children were taking part in a concert. If 188 of them were girls, how
many boys were there?
c) In an obstacle race, the number of girls taking part was 43 less than the
number of boys. If 227 boys took part, how many girls were in the race?
d) 234 girls took part in a treasure hunt. Eve came second. The number of
girls taking part was 109 less than the number of boys.
How many boys took part? How many children took part altogether?
e) One morning, there were 664 children on the beach. 385 of them went
home for lunch. How many children remained on the beach?
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11 Complete the table using the rule given.

111
a 648 563 437 343 847 358 1345
b 342 204 548 285 51 814
a+b 919 1629 1548

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2
22 Complete the table using the rule given.

x 674 452 548 343 847 919 1629

y 261 309 437 285 51 734
x–y 358 284 814

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3
33 Draw arrows pointing towards the multiples.

40 30 120 70

60 150 80 140

44
4
44 Underline the data. Write a plan, estimate, calculate and check your result.
Write the answer in a sentence. Do the work in your exercise book.
a) Ann has £716 and Barry has £285 less. How much money does Barry
have? How much money do Ann and Barry have altogether?
b) Ann has £716 and Sarah has £285 more. How much does Sarah have?
How much do Ann and Sarah have altogether?
c) Ann has £716, which is £285 less than Tom has. How much does Tom
have? How much do Ann and Tom have altogether?
d) Ann has £716, which is £285 more than Suzy has. How much does Suzy
have? How much do Ann and Suzy have altogether?
e) Ted has £761 and Sam has £285. How much money should Ted give to
Sam so that they both have the same amount?

55
5
55 Fill in the missing digits.

a) 4 3 b) 5 c) 9 3 d) 0
+ 6 9 + 8 7 – 5 6 – 5 4
7 5 1 0 2 3 1 2 2 7 3

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11 Practise addition and subtraction.

111
a) 653 + 25 = b) 200 – 25 = c) 109 + 9 =
394 + 37 = 645 – 40 = 376 + 33 =
116 + 93 = 749 – 550 = 900 – 542 =
725 + 108 = 853 – 54 = 2000 + 11 =
1010 + 29 = 210 – 82 = 1550 – 440 =

22
2
22 Fill in the missing numbers and signs.

a) b)
+ 50 – 40
645 704 866 519
+9 –7

33
3
33 Practise multiplication.
a) 40 × 3 = b) 70 × 7 = c) 20 × 8 =
2 × 70 = 3 × 90 = 400 × 0 =
61 × 8 = 26 × 4 = 30 × 10 =
25 × 6 = 91 × 9 = 100 × 10 =
17 × 4 = 85 × 5 = 110 × 11 =

44
4
44 Complete the table. Write the rule in different ways.

a 840 360 690 1224 816 1535

b 20 10 12 7 25
c 42 23 107 816 307 0

a = b = c =

55
5
55 David had a large box of sweets. He gave 15 sweets to each of his 6 friends and
had 25 sweets left. How many sweets were in the box before David opened it?

sweets

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11 Calculate the products. Look for relationships.

111
a) 4×5 = 40 × 5 = 4 × 50 = 4 × 500 = 40 × 50 =

b) 3×6 = 30 × 6 = 3 × 60 = 3 × 600 = 30 × 60 =

c) 4×4 = 40 × 4 = 4 × 40 = 4 × 400 = 40 × 40 =

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2
22 Calculate the quotients. Look for relationships.
a) 12 ÷ 4 = 120 ÷ 40 = b) 20 ÷ 5 = 200 ÷ 5 =

120 ÷ 4 = 1200 ÷ 40 = 200 ÷ 5 = 2000 ÷ 50 =

1200 ÷ 4 = 1200 ÷ 400 = 2000 ÷ 5 = 2000 ÷ 500 =

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3
33 Calculate the products. Look for relationships.

a) 3 × 100 = b) 100 × 7 = c) 200 × 4 =

3 × 40 = 30 × 7 = 80 × 4 =
3 × 140 = 130 × 7 = 280 × 4 =

d) 3 × 12 = e) 6 × 13 = f) 7 × 14 =
3 × 120 = 6 × 130 = 7 × 140 =
30 × 12 = 60 × 13 = 70 × 14 =

44
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44 Underline the data. Write a plan. Estimate, calculate and check the result in your
exercise book. Write the answer as a sentence.
a) A box of apples weighs about 28 kg. How much do 30 boxes of apples weigh?
Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b) How much is the cost of 8 kg of pears if 1 kg costs £1.90?

Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

55
5
55 Write a plan for each question.
a) 6 children collected 120 kg of chestnuts. They share them
equally. How many kg of chestnuts does each child get? ..............
b) At the market, they are packing fruit into boxes, 30 kg per box.
They have 900 kg of fruit. How many boxes will they need? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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11 Fill in the numbers

111 × 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
which are missing from
0 0 0 0 0 0
the multiplication table.
1 0 2 8 9
2 2 4 10 14 16
3 6 18 21
4 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40
5 10 20 25
6 6 12 18 24 30 42 54
7 14 21 42
8 8 16 40 56 80
9 0 9 18 72
10 0 20 50 70 90

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2
22 Do the calculations in the correct order.

a) 60 + 20 × 2 = b) 15 + 30 ÷ 3 =
(60 + 20) × 2 = (15 + 30) ÷ 3 =
60 × 2 + 20 = 15 ÷ 3 + 30 =
60 × 2 + 20 × 2 = 15 ÷ 3 + 30 ÷ 3 =

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3
33 Complete the tables. Write the rules in different ways.

a) a 4 150 632 111 354 635 246

b 354 500 982 954 1054 712
a = b =
b) x 20 15 200 111 180 99 120
y 140 105 1400 350 1050 700
x = y =
c) u 888 346 1 551 500 273 1001
v 112 654 999 419 32 660
u = v =
d) m 2 40 10 200 8 25 800
n 400 20 80 1 160 16
m = n =
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11 Do the calculations in the correct order.

111
a) 2 × 400 – 258 = b) 3 × 140 – 130 =

c) 7 × 80 + 258 = d) 220 + 4 × 90 =

e) 912 – 5 × 50 = f) 595 – 6 × 70 =

22
2
22 Do the calculations in the correct order.

a) 640 ÷ 8 + 379 = b) 580 + 420 ÷ 6 =

c) 910 – 480 ÷ 8 = d) (1052 – 492) ÷ 7 =

e) 810 ÷ 9 – 34 = f) 1200 ÷ (9 – 5) =

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3
33 Underline the data. Make a plan. Estimate, calculate and write the answer.
a) George has 324 stamps and Rita has 3 times as many as George.
How many stamps does Rita have?

b) Helen has 324 postcards, which is 3 times as many as Mary has.

How many postcards does Mary have?

c) Steve has 324 marbles, which is a quarter of the number of marbles that
Jack has. How many marbles does Jack have?

d) Johnny has 324 football cards and Mike has 1 quarter of that number.
How many football cards does Mike have?
How many football cards do the two boys have altogether?

e) Charlie has £324. How many matchbox cars can he buy with this money
if each car costs £9? How much money would he have left?

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1 Estimate the product first, then do the multiplication.

11
a) E: E: E: E:

7 3 × 6 1 4 6 × 3 2 4 6 × 3 3 4 6 × 3

b) E: E: E: E:

4 7 × 8 1 4 7 × 3 1 4 7 × 6 2 4 7 × 3

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2
22 Estimate the quotient first, then do the division. Check with multiplication.
a) E: b) E: c) E:
H T U H T U H T U

4 8 4 8 5 6 7 0 8 9 7 6

Check: Check: Check:

H T U H T U H T U
× 4 × 5 × 8

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3
33 Underline the data. Make a plan. Estimate, calculate and write the answer.
a) Lisa had collected 516 shells. She gave 1 quarter of the shells to Alice and
1 third of them to Julie. How many shells did Lisa have left?

b) Darren bought 5 pairs of sports socks for £7.75. Jamie bought 6 pairs of
the same kind of socks. How much did Jamie pay?

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11 Write the whole numbers up to 1000 which have 4 as the sum of their digits.
111
................................................................
................................................................

22
2
22 Study the numbers. Are the statements true or false? Write T or F in each box.

a) All the even numbers are multiples of 4. 4 100 27 76

b) All the odd numbers are divisible by 9. 243 114
45 135
c) There are no whole tens.
d) All the odd numbers divisible by 5 have 5 as the units digit.

33
3
33 Write these numbers in the correct set.

The number is even odd

0, 9, 103,
99, 6, 49, divisible
by 9
160, 669, 60,
20, 207, 900,
not divisible
63, 2007, 450 by 9

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4
44 Fill in the missing digits.

a) 6 7 b) 9 c) 9 8 d) 5
+ 3 2 + 7 2 – 4 3 – 3 3
6 1 1 0 7 5 5 2 4 8 8

55
5
55 Join up the equal values.

21
45 + 75 × 3 1715 770 ÷ 7 × 5
2
Half of 2430 180 (1324 – 423) × 2
270
1645 + 560 ÷ 8 100 (328 – 139) ÷ 9
0
15
12
108

324 ÷ 3 + 892 1Th + 8T + 2U

550

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11 Calculate the quotient and the remainder. Check with multiplication.

111
a) H T U b) H T U c) H T U

6 6 4 7 7 8 7 2 4 9 4 9

Check: Check: Check:

H T U H T U H T U
× 6 × 7 × 4

+ + +

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2
22 Is 642 divisible by these numbers? Do the calculations, then write YES or NO.
a) 3 . . . . . . b) 4 . . . . . . c) 6 . . . . . . d) 9 . . . . . .

33
3
33 Do the calculations in your exercise book. Write the answers in the boxes.
a) Which number is three times as much as 264?
b) Three times a number is 264. What is the number?
c) Which number is 1 third of 426?
d) One third of a number is 426. What is the number?

44
4
44 Write 2-digit numbers which have a remainder of 6 after dividing by 7.

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11 The area of a rectangle is 360 unit squares. How long is the other side if one side is:
111
a) 5 units b) 12 units c) 8 units?
.............. .............. ..............

Calculate the perimeter of each rectangle.

a) P = ........................................................
b) P = ........................................................
c) P = ........................................................

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2
22 Practise division.

a) b) c) d)
7 8 1 3 4 6 7 2 6 6 9 5 3 3 9 5

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3
33 Practise division.
a) b) c) d)
8 6 5 7 9 7 5 2 5 3 5 6 3 2 7 9

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4
44 Do the calculations and write the answers in your exercise book.
a) A floor tile is 205 mm wide. How wide is the utility room if 9 tiles laid end
to end are needed for each row?
b) 4 sacks of wheat weigh 304 kg alogether. How much wheat, on average, is
in each sack?
c) Study the diagram. Make up a question about it.

1 min 7 min.
? 420 m
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11 Which numbers can be written instead of the letters?

1
11
157 × 3 + a = 196 + 285 a =

b + 136 × 2 = 640 ÷ 8 + 292 b =

376 + 287 ≤ c – 126 ≤ 134 × 5 c:

364 ÷ 7 + 100 < 160 – d < 55 × 3 – 8 d:

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2
22 One quarter of a path has already been paved. How much has been done if the
whole path is 792 m long?
792 metres Calculation: Check:
64444744448
1
424 3
x metres

Plan:

Estimation:

Answer:

33
Pete can cycle 4 m in one second. How long will it take Pete to cycle:
3
33
a) 760 m b) 380 m c) 1520 m?

..................... .................... ...................

44
4
44 Fill in the missing numbers and signs.

a) 708 ÷2 ÷3

b) 698 = × 5 +

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11 Write the numbers from 200 to 220 in the correct column in the table.
111 Draw dots on the graph to show the remainders.
Remainder
Remainder after dividing by 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
4
3
2
1
0
200 205 210 215 220
Numbers 200 to 220

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2
22 Helen had 952 stamps. She gave 278 stamps to Sam.
a) How many stamps did Helen have left? Complete the calculation.

– 200 + 100
9 5 2
– – 2 7 8 –

b) How many stamps would she have left if she had at first
i) 200 stamps less ii) 100 stamps more? Fill in the numbers.

33
3
33 Fill in the missing numbers.
a) 4 9 6 8 3 4
+ + 3 8 1 – – 8 4 1
7 7 7 4 1 5 3 2 9 1 0 3

b) 2 3 3 × × 4 1400 = 233 × +
1 3 9 8 5 0 8 511 = × 4 +

44
4
44 3 pupils can do 108 multiplications in 3 hours. If all the pupils calculate at the
same speed, how many calculations can be done by:
a) 6 pupils in 3 hours b) 3 pupils in 6 hours
c) 6 pupils in 6 hours d) 6 pupils in 9 hours
e) 9 pupils in 9 hours f) 3 pupils in 90 minutes
g) 6 pupils in 90 minutes h) 9 pupils in 90 minutes
i) 1 pupil in 3 hours j) 1 pupil in 1 hour?

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11 Do the calculations in your exercise book. Write the answers in the boxes.
111
a) Which number is four times as much as 164?
b) Four times a number is 164. What is the number?
c) Which number is 1 quarter of 456?
d) One quarter of a number is 456. What is the number?

22
2
22 Complete the tables. Write the rules in different ways.

a) a 5 120 78 25 12 45 182
b 235 120 162 100 0 41

a = b =
b) x 7 2 100 5 20 0 9
y 49 14 700 28 35 490
x = y =
c) u 5 20 50 10 25 200 40 1
v 40 10 4 2 50
u = v =
d) m 725 40 1205 75 600 999 1 1850
n 1275 1960 795 1000 99
m = n =

33
3
33 List the positive whole numbers which make the inequalities true.

a) 10 × 100 < < 201 × 5 : .............................

12345
12345
12345 1234
1234
b) 125 ÷ 5 ≤ 12345
12345 < 210 ÷ 7 1234
1234
1234 : .............................

c) 4 × 60 – 4 × 58 > : ............................

d) 30 × 10 < ≤ 912 ÷ 3 : .............................

44
4
44 A baker needs 7 eggs to make a cake. He has 150 eggs.
How many cakes can he bake and how many eggs will be left over?

Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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11 Fill in the missing numbers and units.

111
a) 3 m 35 cm = cm b) 5 m 70 cm = 570

c) 198 cm = m cm d) 609 cm = 6 cm

e) 8 cm 4 mm = mm f) 1 m 32 cm 5 mm = 1325

g) 1273 mm = m cm mm

h) 1905 mm = m cm mm

22
2
22 Fill in the missing numbers and units.

a) 3 litres 42 cl = cl b) 6 litres 58 cl = 658

c) 824 cl = litres cl d) 703 cl = 7 cl

e) 1 litre 63 cl 5 ml = ml f) 1 litre 4 cl 8 ml = 1048

g) 1546 ml = litre cl ml

h) 1038 ml = litre cl ml

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3
33 Fill in the missing numbers and units.

a) 1 kg 806 g = g b) 1 kg 257 g = 1257

c) 1300 g = kg g d) 1604 g = 1 g

e) 1320 g = 1 320 f) 1001 g = kg 1

g) 1624 g = kg g h) 1479 g = 1 g

44
4
44 Write plans and do the calculations in your exercise book. Fill in the answers.
a) Freddy Frog jumped 120 cm 5 mm, then another
1 m 14 cm 3 mm. How far did he jump altogether?

b) Peter Pelican drank 1 litre 143 ml of water and his son

drank 210 ml less. How much water did his son drink?

c) If one egg weighs 60 g, what is the weight of 31 eggs?

d) Sammy Snail takes 5 minutes to move 1950 mm.

How far can he move in 1 minute?
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11 Join up the quantities to the tools you would use to measure them.
111
3 kg 480 g 5 hours 15 minutes 1 m 52 cm 34 cl

1 litre

22
2
22 Join up the measures to the matching units.

metre capacity centilitre

kilogram time minute
litre length gram
centimetre mass day

33
3
33 Fill in the missing numbers and units.

a) 439 cm = m cm 12 m 6 cm = cm

b) 1831 mm = 1 cm 1 1 m 67 mm = mm

c) 1210 g = kg g 1 kg 340 g = 1340

d) 1942 ml = litre ml 1 litre 86 ml = 1086

e) 11 minutes = seconds 4 hrs 27 min = min

f) 372 seconds = min sec 10 min 40 sec = 640

g) January = weeks days June = 4 2

44
4
44 Write in the missing numbers. (They need only be approximate.)

Today's date: . . . . . (day) / . . . . . (month) / . . . . . . . . . . (year)

My height: . . . . . . . . . . cm = . . . . . m . . . . . cm
My weight: ..................... Length of my step: . . . . . . . . . . . .
My age: . . . . . years . . . . . months Length of my span: . . . . . . . . . . . .
I go to bed at: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Length of my foot: . . . . . . . . . . . .
I get up at: ......... .......... .. I sleep for: . . . . . . . . . . . . per day
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11 Fill in the missing numbers.

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a) 1500 m = km m 1 km 480 m = m

b) 1300 g = kg g 1 kg 290 g = g

c) 1640 mm = m mm 1 m 517 mm = mm

d) 1240 ml = litres ml 1 litre 804 ml = ml

e) 640 minutes = hrs min 10 hrs 56 min = min

f) 90 days = weeks days 50 weeks 6 days = days

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22 a) 340 m + 460 m = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
950 m + 320 m = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 km 50 m + 406 m = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 km 240 m – 1040 m = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b) 810 ml + 190 ml = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
450 ml + 870 ml = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 litre 310 ml + 440 ml = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 litre 50 ml – 200 ml = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c) 157 g + 243 g = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
630 g + 510 g = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 kg 40 g + 350 g = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 kg 210 g – 430 g = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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33 Fill in the missing numbers to show how much time has passed.

a) 7 hours 45 min to 12 hours 15 min : hours min

b) 15 hours 30 min to 17 hours 50 min : hours min

c) 6.30 am to 2.40 pm : hours min

d) 08 : 40 : 00 to 15 : 10 : 00 : hours min

e) 10 : 25 : 00 to : 4 hours 15 minutes

f) to 3 : 20 : 00 : 1 hour 10 minutes
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11 Write a plan. Do the calculation in your exercise book. Write the answer.
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a) A ball bearing weighs 30 g. What is the weight of 451 ball bearings?
Plan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b) A snail moves at a speed of 6 cm per minute. How far will it have gone
after 3 hours 7 minutes?
Plan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c) Grandma made 17 litres of tomato sauce and poured it into 70 cl bottles.

How many bottles did she fill?
Plan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d) Mum bought 14 m 36 cm of material and made 4 tablecloths, all the

same size. How much material did she use for each tablecloth?
Plan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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22 Write a plan. Do the calculations in your exercise book. Write the answer.
Mary had a length of ribbon which measured 9 m 24 cm.
She cut 4 pieces from it, each 124 cm long.
What length of ribbon was left? 14243
?
Plan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Answer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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33 A train travels at a speed of 20 m per second on average. Complete the tables.

a) b)
Journey time Distance Distance Journey time
30 seconds 120 metres
1 minute 200 metres
1 and a half minutes 600 metres
50 seconds 1200 metres
45 seconds 2000 metres

44 One litre of oil has mass 900 g. Complete the table.

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44

Capacity 10 cl 30 cl 1150 cl 200 ml 1000 ml

Mass 1800 g 9 kg

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11 The sum of any two adjacent numbers is the number directly above them.
111 Fill in the missing numbers.

a) b) CCCL
XC
L LXXV C
XL XX L

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22 Fill in the missing quantities.

a) 275 m + 420 m = m
821 cm + 275 cm = m cm
1 km 75 m – 620 m = m
427 m + 720 m = km m
72 mm + 99 mm = cm mm

b) 27 cl + 1260 cl = litres cl
1 litre 27 cl – 47 cl = cl
1 litre 226 ml + 874 ml = litres cl
1257 ml + 874 ml = litres ml

c) 281 g + 322 g = g
470 g + 833 g = kg g
1 kg 57 g + 233 g = kg g
1 kg 242 g – 1051 g = g

33
3
33 The Statue of Liberty in New York is 93 metres high. The Eiffel Tower in Paris
is 207 m higher. How tall is the Eiffel Tower?

44
4
44 In a school hall, there are 332 chairs stacked against the wall. They have to be
arranged in 8 rows, with the same number of chairs in each row.
If 12 chairs are broken, how many chairs will be in each row?

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11 Complete the table. Follow the example.

111
Number 1978 1083 1803
Digit value 1
Place value 1 Th
Real value 1000

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22 a) Join up the numbers to their approximate position on the number line.

400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100

423 507 685 751 892 977 1089

b) Write the next smaller and greater whole tens and hundreds in the boxes.

< < 423 < <

= < 507 < <
< < 685 < <
< < 751 < <
< < 892 < =
< < 977 < <
< < 1089 < <

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33 Continue the sequence.
a) 1024, 512, 256, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) 10, 5, 20, 10, 40, 20, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c) 520, 640, 760, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
d) 900, 789, 678 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e) 1, 4, 16, 64, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44
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44 Compare the quantities. Write in the missing signs.
a) 18 m 32 cm 19 m b) 1 litre 320 ml 1720 ml
c) 4 kg 460 g 894 g d) 1 m 8 cm 1 mm 176 cm
e) 48 days 5 weeks 3 days f) 420 minutes 7 hrs 31 min
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11 Practise addition.
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a) 56 + 18 = 556 + 18 = 556 + 418 =

b) 43 + 29 = 243 + 29 = 243 + 929 =

c) 37 + 48 = 937 + 48 = 937 + 548 =

22
2
22 Practise subtraction.

a) 92 – 16 = 392 – 16 = 492 – 216 =

b) 63 – 27 = 863 – 27 = 863 – 127 =

c) 56 – 49 = 556 – 49 = 556 – 449 =

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33 In each sequence the difference between any term and the next term is the same.
Write the missing terms.
a) , , , 820, 760, 700, , , ,
b) , , , 700, 900, 1100, , , ,
c) , , , 560, 730, 900, , , ,
d) , , , 332, 318, 304, , , ,
e) , , 287, , 311, , , , ,

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44 Solve the problems in your exercise book.
a) 60 swallows are resting on the wire between two telegraph poles.
What weight is on the wire if each swallow weighs about 30 grams?
b) Every time we breathe in, we take about half a litre of air into our lungs.
We take a breath about 20 times every minute.
How much air do we breathe in during 30 minutes?
c) A hare weighs about 8 kg and a brown bear can weigh 40 times as much.
What could be the weight of a brown bear?

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55 Work out a rule and complete the table. Rule: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a 1 80 15 100 32 140 90 28
b 4 2 20 0 4 580 200 200
c 7 242 65 300 500 404 70

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11 Solve the problems in your exercise book.

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a) An athlete won a high jump competition with a jump of 236 cm.
A dolphin can leap out of the water and into the air to a height which is
374 cm above that reached by the high jumper.
How high can this dolphin jump?
b) A milk churn contained 7 litres 5 cl of milk. The farmer's wife used
2 litres 18 cl of the milk to feed some newborn lambs.
How much milk was left in the churn?

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2
22 Look at how the factors and products change. Fill in the missing numbers and
signs.
a) b)
132 ×2 132 216 54
× 3 × 6 ×4 ×4

33
3
33 Look at how the dividends, divisors and quotients change. Fill in the missing
numbers and signs.

a) b)

4 432 4 864 6 912 2 912

×2 ÷3

44
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44 Solve the problems in your exercise book.
Flora has collected 1200 1p coins and she wants to put them in two piggy banks.
How many coins should she put in each piggy bank so that there is:
a) twice as much money in one piggy bank as in the other?
b) half as much money in one piggy bank as in the other?
c) three times as much money in one piggy bank as in the other?
d) 1 third as much money in one piggy bank as in the other?
e) five times as much money in one piggy as in the other?
f) 1 fifth as much money in one piggy bank as in the other?
g) 1 seventh as much money in one piggy bank as in the other?

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11
Are the statements true or false? Write T for true and F for false in each box.
111
a) Every number which is a whole hundred is divisible by 2.

b) There is an even number which has 5 as its units digit.

c) Every number which is divisible by 5 is a whole ten.

d) 217 is divisible by neither 5 nor 2.

e) Every number which is a whole ten is divisible by 2 and by 5.

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22 Write the answers in the number puzzle.

Horizontal clues
a Sum of 642 and 579 n 513 divided by 3
e Quotient of 642 divided by 6 o 375 divided by 5
f Difference between 642 and 579 p Difference between 796 and 453
g Sum of 423 and 217 q Sum of 796 and 453
i Product of 168 and 8 s Difference between 217 and 125
l Product of 125 and 5 u Sum of 402 and 325
m 125 divided by 5 w Product of 375 and 5

a b c d i j k

e l

f m

g h

n r

o s t

p u v

q w

Vertical clues
b Quotient of 168 divided by 8 n Dividend if divisor is 3, quotient is 513
c Difference between 423 and 217 o Sum of 388 and 356
d This number has factors 217 and 8 p 356 plus this number equals 388
h Sum of 371 and 46 r This number has factors 219 and 9
i Dividend if divisor is 6, quotient is 270 t This number minus 219 equals 9
j Difference between 371 and 46 v Subtrahend if difference is 325
k 270 divided by 6 and reductant is 402.

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1 Continue the sequences.

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a) 800, 400, 200, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) 410, 520, 630, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c) 1, 4, 9, 16, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
d) 800, 698, 596, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e) 5, 15, 10, 25, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 Which is more and by how much? Fill in the missing signs and quantities.
222

a) 1 m 6 cm 182 cm b) 345 minutes 5 hours 40 minutes

c) 59 days 8 weeks 3 days d) 182 mm 1 m 57 mm

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33 Work out the rule and complete the table. Rule: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a 1 80 25 21 12 9 31
b 5 5 20 6 48 12
c 10 405 145 52 64 170 100

44
4
44 Write the whole numbers from 30 ≤ number ≤ 50
30 to 50 in the correct set.
Multiple of 5

Multiple of 6

55
5
55 a) An express train can travel 250 km every hour. How far can it travel in
i) 4 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii) 2 and a half hours? . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) An athlete can run 100 m in 12 seconds. How far can the athlete run in
i) 6 seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii) 1 minute? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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