KS2 Practice Paper 1 Do not use a calculator

1. This chart shows the number of packets of different flavours of crisps sold by a shop.

M Tu W Th F
Ready Salted 3 1 2 4 0
Salt'N Vinegar 4 2 5 3 1
Cheese'N Onion 5 1 3 1 4
Roast Beef 3 2 6 4 1
Prawn 1 1 2 4 4

(a) How many packets of crisps were sold on Wednesday?

(b) Each packet of Ready Salted crisps costs 15p. How much was spent on
Ready Salted crisps in the whole week?
(c) This is a graph of one flavour of crisps. Which flavour is it?

4
3
2
1
0
M Tu W Th F

2.
(a) Jim has £2. After buying one item from those shown he has £1.20 left. What did Jim buy?

80p 75p

Chocolate bar
2 for 60p

50p

(b) Jane has two 50p coins and three 20p coins. She buys a packet of Zubes and a yoghurt.
How much money does she have left?
3. Numbers are missing on four of these calculator buttons.
Copy the diagram and write in numbers to make the answer 28.

2 8 + – = 2 8

4. A painter uses special waterproof paint for fishing rods.

The cost for painting different length of rods is shown in the table.

Length Price for 1 rod

0m up to 1m 85p
1
1m up to 12 m £1.20
1
12 m up to 2m £1.55
1
2m up to 22 m £2.20
1
22m up to 4m £3.25

(a) What is the cost of painting one 75 cm rod?

(b) Find the total cost of painting 10 of the 3 m rods.

5.

(a) Points A, D and E are the three corners of a square.

Write down the co-ordinates of the other corner.

(b) Points A, B and C are the three corners of a square.

Write down the co-ordinates of the other corner.

7
D
6

4
C
3

2
B
1
A E

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
6. Write the following with the correct signs inside the circles.

(a) 4 x 3 x 2 1 = 25

(b) 5 x 2 x 4 3 = 37

(c) 6 + 5 4 1=8

7. Estimate the area of each shape. Give your answers as a number of squares.

A B C

8.
(a) Here is a number pattern in which the rule is ‘3 less than’.
Find the missing number.

13 10 7 4 1

(b) In this number pattern, the rule is ‘multiply by 2’.

Find the missing number.

6 12 24 48

9. Draw the shape on squared paper.

Draw the new position after it is turned clockwise through one right angle
around the point A.

A
10. Work out the missing digits in each division.

2 2 9
(a) 4 7 2 (b) 3 7

11. Here is a 5 x 6 grid made of centimetre squares. Some of the grid has been shaded.

(a) What area has not been shaded?

(b) How many squares are there in 20% of the whole grid?
(c) Copy the diagram and shade in 10% of the squares so that your final diagram
has reflective symmetry.

12.
(a) 308 children visit Eurodisney. They go in groups of 13. One group has less than 13.
Every group of children has one adult with them. How many adults are there?

(b) Work out the total cost of buying every child a drink at 35p each.

13. Here are two spinners.

Gill's Spinner Nick's Spinner
2 2 3
1 3 1 4

6 4 8 5
5 7 6

Say whether the following statements are true or false. Explain why.

(a) Gill is more likely to spin a 4 than Nick.

(b) Gill and Nick are equally likely to spin an even number.

(c) If Nick spins his spinner eight times, he is bound to get at least one 8.
14. Here are some number cards.

2 9
3 4 7
1
(a) Use two cards to make a fraction which is equal to .
2

(b) Use three of the cards to make the smallest possible fraction.

15. Reena buys 8 jars of honey. Each jar costs £1.15.

She works out that it will cost her £42.

(a) Without working out the exact answer, explain why you know she must
be wrong.
(b) Work out the correct answer.

16. There were 10 children on a coach journey. The mean age of the children was
11 and the range of their ages was 4.
Write each statement below and then write next to it whether it is True, Possible or False.

(a) The youngest child was 9 years old.

(b) Every child was 11 years old.

(c) All the children were at least 10 years old.

17. The map has a scale of 1 cm to 8 km.

Alton

Tendon

Danbridge

(a) The road from Tendon to Alton, measured on the map, is 4.3 cm long.
What is the length of the road in kilometres?

(b) The road from Danbridge to Alton is 24 km long.

How long is the road on the map in cm?
KS2 Practice Paper 2 You may use a calculator

1. Here are three number cards.

1 6 7

One number that can be made with the three cards is 617.
(a) Use the three cards to make a number which is more than 617.
(b) Use the three cards to make a number which is less than 617.
(c) Use the three cards to make an even number.

2. This is a number triangle. The numbers along each edge add up to 9.

Copy and complete the triangle.

The six numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

1
3. A line starts at A and goes along the dotted lines to B. B
It divides the area of the square into two halves.

(a) Draw the rectangle shown and draw a line from

C to D which divides the area into two halves. D

C
(b) Draw the rectangle again.
Draw a new line from C to D which divides the area into two parts so that one part has twice
the area of the other part.

4. Here is a row of numbers.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

(a) Find two numbers next to each other which add up to 29.

(b) Find three numbers next to each other which add up to 36.

5. Copy the following and find the missing number.

(a) ÷ 3 = 50 (c) ÷ 5 = 21

(b) × 6 = 84 (d) × 9 = 180

6. An ice cream and a can of drink together costs 85p.
Two ice creams and a can of drink together costs £1.40.

(a) How much does one ice cream cost?

(b) How much would you pay for three ice creams and two cans of drink?

7. In a survey the children at a school were asked to state their favourite sport
in the Olympics.

Swimming
Basketball

Tennis

Gymnastics
Athletics

(a) Estimate what fraction of the children chose gymnastics.

(b) There are 120 children in the school. Estimate the number of children who chose athletics.

(c) 15% of the children chose swimming. How many children was that?

8. Write each of the following in the units shown, using decimals when needed.

(a) 2 m 35 cm = m (d) 3•3 kg = g

(b) 350 g = kg (e) 44 cm = m

(c) 0•62 m = cm (f) 27 mm = cm
9. Here are three patterns.

A B C

(a) Copy the table and then write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in the spaces to describe each pattern.
A B C
Reflective symmetry Yes
Rotational symmetry

(b) Draw the two patterns below and shade one more square in each so that the
final patterns have reflective symmetry.

10. The rule for the number sequences below is ‘double and add 1’.
Write down each sequence and fill in the missing numbers.
(a) 1 3 7 15

(b) 9 19 39

(c) 11

11. Philip has 10 stick insects. These are their lengths in cm.

7•1 6•8 8•5 9•8 4•4

6•5 8•1 5•2 6•6 8•0

What is the mean (average) length of his stick insects?

12. On squared paper, draw a four-sided shape which has one pair of parallel sides.

13. ABCD is a rectangle.

A M B
(a) Write down the co-ordinates of A. (5,4)
N
(b) M is mid-way between A and B.
What are the co-ordinates of M? D C
(1,2) (5,2)
(c) N is in the middle of the rectangle.
What are the co-ordinates of N?

14. The base of a milk carton is a square 8 cm by 8 cm.

The cartons are put on a tray which measures 40 cm by 64 cm.
Work out the largest number of cartons which can go on one tray.

40 cm 8

8 8
64 cm

15. Steve spins the spinners shown.

1 1
Draw the missing lines to show how likely these things are. 6 4 6 4
3 2
5 3 2
5
A. The two spinners show 3. certain

B. The two numbers are different. likely

C. The two numbers add up to 15. possible

D. The two numbers add up to an odd number. unlikely

impossible
16. This diagram shows the temperature and rainfall readings in one week.
The rainfall is shown as the bar chart.
The temperature is shown as the line graph.

10 20
9 18

Temperature in ºC
8 16
Rainfall in mm

7 14
6 12
5 10

4 8

3
6
2 4
1 2

M Tu W Th F Sat Sun

(a) Use both graphs to describe the weather on Monday.

(b) On which day was the weather cold and wet?

(c) Compare the weather on Thursday and Saturday.

17. Draw, as accurately as you can, the triangle shown.

Measure the length marked L.

L
5 cm

65º
7 cm

18. A recipe uses 3 eggs and 2 apples for every cake.

A chef has an order for several cakes.
He uses 24 eggs. How many apples does he use?


19. Draw the last shape and fill in the missing numbers to continue the patterns.

2 3 4
1 6 3 2 9 4 3 12 5

Here is a shape using letters.

b

a N c
The rule is
‘To find N you add up a, b and c’.
Write the rule without using words.
KS2 Practice Paper 3 You may use a calculator
1. Find the number I am thinking of in each part:

(a) If I take away 13 from it, I get 44.

(b) If I double it, I get 350.

(c) If I divide it by 10, I get 3.2.

2.
(a) Work out the area of the flag shown.

45 cm


110 cm

(b) 40% of the flag is stripes. What area of the flag is stripes?

3. Here are four number cards.

9 1 5 2

Use all four cards for the following:

(a) An add.
The answer must be less than 100.
+

(b) A take away.

The answer must be less than 20.
–
4. Mr and Mrs Baker and their three children are going to a football match.
Work out the cheapest cost for all the tickets.

£25.00 Row A

Adults £21.50 Row B

£17.00 Row C

£15.00 Row B
Children
£9.00 Row C

5. Karen measures four things with a tape measure.

Her front door 190 cm

Her pet cat 40 cm

Her brother 125 cm

Her bed 214 cm

Draw a line like the one below and put a cross for each of the things she measured.

0 1m 2m 3m

6. On squared paper, draw these shapes:

(a) a quadrilateral with just one right angle

(b) an isosceles triangle

(c) a quadrilateral with no right angles and no parallel sides.

7. Copy the shape on squared paper and then draw the reflection of the shape in the mirror line
(shown by the broken line).

8. A hot air balloon will only rise from the ground if the total weight of the people
is less than 170 kilograms.

(a) Work out if the balloon can take both Steve and Nick. Show your working.

Name John Steve Anna Sue Nick Christine

Weight in kg 81.5 75.4 59.8 61.4 93.4 53.4

(b) Could the balloon take Anna, Sue and Christine?

9. Copy each line and write +, –, × or ÷ in the circle to make the calculation correct.

(a) 12 × 5 3 = 180

(b) 8 4 + 5 = 37

(c) 84 7–5=7

10. Lucy puts 4 pegs in a board.

She turns the board clockwise through one right angle.

Draw a picture to show how the board looks now.

11. Here are scales for changing
4
A kilograms and pounds
B litres and gallons
15
In this question, give your answer 3 3
to the nearest whole number. 6

(a) About how many kilograms are 5 10

there in 6 pounds? 2 2
4
(b) About how many litres are there 3
in 3.3 gallons?
5
1 2 1
(c) About how many pounds are there
in 1.4 kilograms? 1
kg pounds litres gallons

12. Do NOT use a calculator for this question.

The tables in a school dining room are arranged so that 14 children sit together in one group.
How many groups are there if 322 children are in the room?

A B C
13. Sumita has three different spinners.
3 8 6
6 5 3 7 3 2
She spins each spinner 100 times.
2 1 1 4 6 6
4 5 4

(a) Draw a number line and draw arrows labelled A, B and C to show your estimate of how
many times each spinner will land on a six.

0 25 50 75 100

(b) Explain how you worked out your estimate for spinner C.
14. Five friends had a swimming race.
Their times are shown.
Name Time

Greg 12.94 sec

(a) Who came first?
Ian 9.18 sec

(b) Who came last? Maya 9.81 sec

Ray 11.22 sec

Rick 10.55 sec

(c) Whose time is nearest to 10 seconds?

15. Write down each calculation and fill in the missing numbers.

(a) 6 × 8 =608

(b) 8 × 7 =5 1

(c) 7 × 9 =6 7

16. This is a number ring.

Start with any number.
Multiply the units digit by 4 and then add the tens digit.

e.g. 15 5×4+1 33
The rule is then repeated on 21 and so on. 18 15

24 21

06
Use the same rule to complete this number ring.
29

17 38

17. The graph shows the flights of objects A and B.
2000

height above ground (metres)

A

1000
B

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
time (minutes)
(a) Estimate the time at which they are at the same height.

(b) One of the objects is an aircraft and the other is a rocket.

Which graph do your think represents the flight of the aircraft? Give reasons for your answer.

18. Here is a number puzzle

Find two numbers which
add up to 9 and which
First guess: 5 + 4 = 9
make 17 when multiplied
5 × 4 = 20 too big
together.
Second guess: 6.5 + 2.5 = 9
(use a calculator) 6.5 × 2.5 = 16.25 too small

Make two more guesses so that you get as close to 17 as you can.

19. Susie makes a pattern of rectangles from sticks.

Shape Number 1 2 3
Number of Sticks 6 10 14

Susie’s rule is ‘The number of sticks is four times the shape number and then add 2’.

(a) Work out the number of sticks in shape number 8.

(b) One of the shapes needs 50 sticks. What is its shape number?

(c) Write a formula, without words, to work out the number of sticks for any shape number.
Use S for the number of sticks and N for the shape number.

Write ‘S =
 KS2 Practice Paper 1 Answers
1. (a) 18 (b) £1.50 (c) Prawn 2. (a) Coke (b) 35p 3. same number (28)

4. (a) 85p (b) £32.50 5. (a) (9,7) (b) (4,3) 6. (a) + (b) - (c) -, +

7. About (a) 6 (b) 6 (c) 11 8. (a) -2 (b) 3

1 8 2 2 9
10. (a) (b) 11. (a) 25 𝑐𝑚2 b) 6 (c) shade 3 squares
4) 7 2 8 3)8 7
12. (a) 24 (b) £107.80 13. (a) True (b) True (c) False
2 2
14. (a) (b) 15. (a) £1.15 is about £1 so 8 × £1 is only £8. (b) £9.20
4 97

16. (a) Possible (b) False (c) Possible 17. (a) 34·4 km (b) 3 cm

KS2 Practice Paper 2 Answers

1. (a) 761 or 716 or 671 (b) 167 or 176 (c) 716 or 176

2. From top (clockwise) 2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6.

4. (a) 14, 15 (b) 11, 12, 13 5. (a) 150 (b) 14 (c) 105 (d) 20
1 3 2
6. (a) 55p (b) £2.25 7. (a) About 3 or 8
or 5
(b) About 30 (c) 18

8. (a) 2·35 m (b) 0·35 kg (c) 62 cm (d) 3300 g (e) 0·44 m (f) 2·7 cm

9. (a) A B C
Reflective symmetry Yes No No
Rotational symmetry Yes No Yes

10. (a) 31 (b) 4 (c) 5, 11, 23, 47 11. 7·1 cm

13. (a) (1, 4) (b) (3, 4) (c) (3, 3) 14. 40 (i.e. 5 rows of 8)

15. A unlikely, B likely, D possible

16. (a) hot, dry (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday: cold, dry; Saturday: warm, dry

17. 6·5 cm → 6·8 cm 18. 16

19. 5 N=a+b+c
4 15 6
 KS2 Practice Paper 3 Answers
1. (a) 57 (b) 175 (c) 32 2. (a) 4950 cm² (b) 1980 cm²

4. £61 5.
pet brother bed
cat front
7. door

8. (a) Yes (b) No 9. (a) x (b) x (c) ÷

10. 11. (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 3 12. 23

13. (a) A, about 16; B, 0; C, 50 14. (a) Ian (b) Greg (c) Maya

15. (a) 76 (b) 83 x 7 = 581 (c) 73 x 9 = 657 16. 35 → 23 → 14

17. (a) About 4 minutes after take-off.

(b) B is aircraft as it flies at a constant height for a period. Accept any well-reasoned answer for A.

18. For example 6 x 3 = 18, 6·1 x 2·9 = 17·69 etc. 19. (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) s = 4N + 2