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 GRADE 1-3
Question Question Question
Topic QR Code Topic QR Code Topic QR Code
Number Number Number

Ordering Fractions
Collecting Like Terms 1,2 Rotations 31 and Decimals 56

SA Prisms and Primes, Squares

Coordinates and Lines 3 Cylinders and Cubes 57,58

Drawing Straight Line Surface Area of a 59,60,61

Graphs 4 Cuboid 32 Rounding
62,63

Function Machines 5 Translations 33 Standard Form 64

Solving Linear
Equations 6 Vector Notation 34 Systematic Listing 65

Volume of a
Substitution 7,8,9 Cuboid 35 Truncation

Volume of Prisms
3D Shapes 10,11,12 and Cylinders 35 Frequency Trees 66

Column Addition
Angle Rules 15 and Subtraction 36 Intro to Probability 67

Angles in Parallel Converting Metric Sample Space

Lines 16 Units 37,38,39 Diagrams 68

Angles in Triangles
and Quadrilaterals 13,14 Directed Numbers 40 Two Way Tables 69

Percentage
Area of a Triangle 18 Division 41 Change 72

Division - Percentage
Area of Quadrilaterals 17,18 Remainders 41 Increase Decrease 71

Equivalent
Fractions, Percentages -
Bearings 19 Decimals, 42,43,44 Original Value 73
Percentages

Estimation and Percentages of

Compound Units 20,21 Approximation 45 Amounts 70

Quantity as
Factors and Fraction/
Constructing Triangles 22 Multiples 46,47 Percentage of
Another

Interior Exterior Fractions - 4

Angles of Polygons 23,24 operations 48 Ratio - Introduction 74,75

Mixed Numbers
Line and Rotational
Symmetry 25,26 and Improper 49 Unitary Method 76
Fractions

Measure and Draw Multiplication Averages and

Angles 27 Methods 50 Spread 77

Multiply Divide by
Parts of a Circle 28 Powers of 10 51 Bar Charts 78

Multiplying
Perimeter 29 Decimals 52 Pictograms 79,80

Order of
Reflections 30 Operations 53,54,55 Pie Charts 80

Stem and Leaf

Diagrams 81

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Q1.

(a) Simplify d+d+d+d

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(1)
(b) Simplify 3f + 4 – 2f + 6

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(2)
(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q2.

(a) Simplify 5f − f + 2f

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(1)
(b) Simplify 2×m×n×8

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(1)
2 2
(c) Simplify t +t

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(1)
(Total for question is 3 marks)
Q3.

(a) Write down the coordinates of the point A.

(..................................... , .....................................)
(1)

(b) Write down the coordinates of the point B.

(..................................... , .....................................)
(1)

(c) On the grid, mark with a cross (×) the point (−3, −1).
Label this point C.
(1)
(d) On the grid, draw the line x = 3
(1)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q4.

(a) Complete the table of values for y = 2x + 3 for values of x from 0 to 5

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x + 3 for values of x from 0 to 5

(2)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q5.

Here is a number machine.

(a) Work out the output when the input is 4

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(1)

(b) Work out the input when the output is 11

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(2)

(c) Show that there is a value of the input for which the input and the output have the same value.

(2)
(Total for question = 5 marks)
Q6.

(a) Solve x+x+x=6

x = ...........................................................
(1)
(b) Solve t + 5 = 20

t = ...........................................................
(1)
(c) Solve 4y = 36

y = ...........................................................
(1)

(d) Solve f + 5 = 12

f = ...........................................................
(2)
(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q7.

Given x=4

Work out the value of 2x2 + 7

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(Total for Question is 2 marks)

Q8.

w = 4u + 3

Find the value of w when u = 8

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q9.

T = 3x + 4y

(a) Work out the value of T when x = 5 and y = –7

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(2)
(b) Work out the value of y when T = 38 and x = 6

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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q10.

(a) Write down the name of a quadrilateral that has 4 right angles.

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(1)
The diagram shows a solid shape.

(b) Write down the mathematical name of this shape.

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(1)
(c) In the space below, draw accurately a circle of radius 4 cm.
Use the cross ( ) as the centre of your circle.

(1)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q11.

Write down the mathematical name of each of these 3-D shapes.

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q12.

(a) Here is a quadrilateral.

Write down the mathematical name of this quadrilateral.

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(1)

(b) Write down the mathematical name for the straight line inside this circle.
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(1)
(c) Here is a solid prism.

(i) Write down the number of faces.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .faces

(ii) Write down the number of vertices.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vertices
(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)
Q13.

ABCD is a quadrilateral.

(a) (i) Work out the size of angle x.

........................................................... °
(1)
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
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(1)
The diagram below shows a triangle.

The diagram is wrong.

(b) Explain why.

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(1)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q14.

ABCD is a rectangle.
E is a point on DC.
Angle EBC = 25°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.

Give reasons for your answer.

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q15.

(i) Work out the size of angle x.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .°
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
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(Total for Question is 2 marks)
Q16.

ABC and EDC are straight lines.

AE and BD are parallel.
Angle ABD = 125°
Angle BCD = 30°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.

Give reasons for your answer.

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q17.

∗The diagram shows the plan of a small field.

Kevin is going to keep some pigs in the field.

Each pig needs an area of 36 square metres.

Work out the greatest number of pigs Kevin can keep in the field.

(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q18.

Here are a triangle and a rectangle.

The area of the rectangle is 6 times the area of the triangle.

Work out the width of the rectangle.

........................................................... cm

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q19.

The diagram shows part of a map.

(a) Find the bearing of the church from the tower.

.........................°
(1)
The scale of the map is 1 cm represents 2.5 km.

(b) Work out the real distance between the tower and the church.

.........................km
(2)
A school is 15 km due North of the church.

(c) On the diagram, mark with a cross (×) the position of the school. Label your cross S.
(2)
(Total for Question is 5 marks)

Q20.

Emily drives 186 miles in 3 hours.

(a) What is her average speed?

........................................................... mph
(2)
Sarah drives at an average speed of 58 mph for 4 hours.

(b) How many miles does Sarah drive?

........................................................... miles
(2)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q21.

Andy cycles a distance of 30 km at an average speed of 24 km/h.

He then runs a distance of 12 km at an average speed of 8 km/h.

Work out the total time Andy takes.

Give your answer in hours and minutes.

................ hours ................ minutes

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q22.

Here is a sketch of a triangle.

In the space below, make an accurate drawing of the triangle.

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q23.

Each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 15°

Work out the number of sides of the polygon.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q24.

ABCDE is a regular pentagon.

BCF and EDF are straight lines.

Work out the size of angle CFD.

You must show how you get your answer.

........................................................... °

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q25.

Here is a square.

(a) On the square, draw all the lines of symmetry.

(2)
Here is a rectangle.

(b) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of the rectangle.

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(1)
Here is a different rectangle.

(c) Work out the area of this rectangle.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm2
(2)
(Total for Question is 5 marks)

Q26.

Here is a symbol.

(a) Write down the number of lines of symmetry for this symbol.
..............................................................................................................................................
(1)
Here is a quadrilateral.

(b) (i) Write down the mathematical name for this quadrilateral.
..............................................................................................................................................
(ii) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of this quadrilateral.
..............................................................................................................................................
(2)
(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q27.

(a) Measure the length of the line AB.

Give your answer in centimetres.

........................................................... cm
(1)
An angle is marked in this diagram.

(b) Write down the special name for this type of angle.

...........................................................
(1)
(c) Measure the size of the angle.

........................................................... °
(1)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q28.

Here is a circle.

(a) Measure the diameter of the circle.

........................................................... cm
(1)
(b) In the circle below, draw a sector.
Shade your sector.

(1)
(c) Write down the mathematical name of the straight line shown in the diagram below.

...........................................................
(1)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q29.

Work out the perimeter of this shape.

........................................................... cm

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q30.

Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q31.

On the grid, rotate the triangle 90° clockwise about (0, 0).

(Total for question is 2 marks)

Q32. Here is a cube.

(a) How many vertices does a cube have?

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(1)
(b) On the grid, draw a net of a cube.

(2)
The diagram shows a cube of side 3 cm.

(c) Work out the total surface area of this cube.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm2
(2)
(Total for Question is 5 marks)

Q33.

Describe the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q34.

Work out a − 2b as a column vector.

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q35.

Here is a solid prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm3
(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q36.

Neil buys 30 pens, 30 pencils, 30 rulers and 30 pencil cases.

What is the total amount of money Neil spends?

£ ...........................................................

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q37.

Change 1756 grams to kilograms.

........................................................... kg

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q38.

Shaun is 1.88 m tall.

David is 6 cm taller than Shaun.

How tall is David?

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q39.

(a) Change 4560 g into kg.

........................................................... kg
(1)
(b) Change 7.3 m into mm.

........................................................... mm
(1)

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q40.

(a) Work out +8 − 6

.........................
(1)
(b) Work out −5 − 4

.........................
(1)
(c) Work out −12 ÷ +4

.........................
(1)

(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q41.

A machine fills bags with sweets.

There are 4275 sweets.

There are 28 sweets in each full bag.

The machine fills as many bags as possible.

How many sweets are left?

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q42.

Write 0.19 as a fraction.

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q43.

Write 0.8 as a percentage.

........................................................... %

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q44.

Write as a percentage.

........................................................... %

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q45.

Work out an estimate for

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q46.

Write down two factors of 12

.................... , ....................

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q47.

Write down the first even multiple of 7

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q48.

(a) Work out

...........................................................
(2)

(b) Work out

...........................................................
(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q49.

(a) Work out

...........................................................
(2)

(b) Work out

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

...........................................................
(2)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q50.
Work out 74 × 58

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q51.
Work out 31.7 × 100

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q52.

(a) Work out 3.67 × 4.2

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(3)
(b) Work out 59.84÷ 1.6

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(3)
(Total for question = 6 marks)
Q53.

Put a pair of brackets in each statement to make the statement true.

(i) 2 × 72 − 2 = 94
(1)
(ii) 16 ÷ 2 + 6 + 2 = 4
(1)

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q54.

Work out 10 × (3 + 5)

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q55.

Alec needs to work out the value of 2 + 3 × 4

He writes

2 + 3 = 5 and 5 × 4 = 20, so 2 + 3 × 4 = 20

Alec is wrong.
Explain why.

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q56.

(a) Write these numbers in order of size.

Start with the smallest number.

358 835 709 98 145

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(1)
(b) Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

4 –5 7 –1 –8
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(1)
(c) Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

¼ 0.2 40% ¾ 0.5

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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)
Q57.

Here is a list of eight numbers

4 5 25 29 30 33 39 40

From the list, write down

(i) a factor of 20
......................
(ii) a multiple of 10
......................
(iii) the prime number that is greater than 15
......................

(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q58.

Here is a list of numbers.

(a) From the numbers in the list, write down a square number.

...........................................................
(1)
(b) From the numbers in the list, write down a number that is a multiple of both 4 and 6

...........................................................
(1)
(c) Write down all the prime numbers in the list.

...........................................................
(1)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q59.

Write 478 to the nearest hundred.

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q60.

Write 1476 to the nearest 10

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q61.
Write 4.666 correct to the nearest whole number.

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q62.

Write 5.5454 correct to 2 decimal places.

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q63.

(a) Write 7300 correct to one significant figure.

...........................................................
(1)
(b) Write 5.69 correct to one significant figure.

...........................................................
(1)
(Total for question = 2 marks)
Q64.

(a) Write 0.00562 in standard form.

...........................................................
(1)
3
(b) Write 1.452 × 10 as an ordinary number.

...........................................................
(1)

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q65.

Mohsin, Yusuf and Luke are going to play a game.

At the end of the game, one of them will be in First place, one of them will be in Second place and one of
them will be in Third place.

Use the table below to list all the possible outcomes of the game.

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q66.

Each worker in a factory is either left-handed or right-handed.

22 of the 45 workers are male.

16 of the 34 right-handed workers are female.

Complete the frequency tree for this information.

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q67.
Here is a probability scale.
It shows the probability of each of the events A, B, C and D.

(a) Write down the letter of the event that is certain.

...........................................................
(1)
(b) Write down the letter of the event that is unlikely.

...........................................................
(1)
There are 12 counters in a bag.
3 of the counters are red.
1 of the counters is blue.
2 of the counters are yellow.
The rest of the counters are green.
Caitlin takes at random a counter from the bag.

(c) Show that the probability that this counter is yellow or green is .

(3)
(Total for question = 5 marks)
Q68.
Here are a 4–sided spinner and a 5–sided spinner.
The spinners are fair.

Jeff is going to spin each spinner once.

Each spinner will land on a number.
Jeff will get his score by adding these two numbers together.

(a) Complete the possibility space diagram for each possible score.

(1)
Jeff spins each spinner once.

(b) Find the probability that Jeff gets

(i) a score of 3

...........................................................
(ii) a score of 5 or more.

...........................................................
(2)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q69.

Complete the two-way table.

(Total for question is 3 marks)

Q70.

There are 210 counters in a bag.

30% of these counters are red.

Work out the number of red counters in the bag.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q71.

Azmol is paid £1500 per month.

He is going to get a 3% increase in the amount of money he is paid.

Work out how much money Azmol will be paid per month after the increase.

£ ...........................................................

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q72.
Irena sells ice creams.
One day she sells 80 ice creams.
The next day she sells 108 ice creams.
Work out the percentage increase in the number of ice creams she sells.

........................................................... %
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q73.

There are men and women at a meeting.

There are 28 women.

30% of the people at the meeting are men.

Work out the total number of people at the meeting.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q74.

Write down the ratio of 450 grams to 15 grams.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q75.

Write the ratio 4.5 : 2.25 in the form n : 1

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q76.

Here is a list of ingredients for making 10 scones.

Mia wants to make 25 scones.

Work out how much sugar she needs.

........................................................... g

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q77.

Here is the number of goals a hockey team scored in each of 10 matches.

Find

(i) the median

..............................................................................................................................................
(ii) the range
..............................................................................................................................................
(iii) the mean

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(Total for Question is 6 marks)
Q78.

The bar chart shows some information about the number of letters in each word in a paragraph.

(a) What is the modal number of letters in a word?

...........................................................
(1)
(b) Work out the range for the numbers of letters in a word.

...........................................................
(2)
(c) Work out the fraction of the words that have at least six letters.

...........................................................
(3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q79.

The incomplete pictogram shows information about the number of cycles sold in a shop on Tuesday, on
Wednesday and on Thursday.

A total of 20 cycles were sold on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

8 cycles were sold on Friday.

15 cycles were sold on Saturday.

Use this information to complete the pictogram.

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q80.

The table shows information about the numbers of fruit trees in an orchard.

(a) The pictogram shows this information.

Complete the key for the pictogram.

(1)
(b) There are 90 fruit trees in the orchard.

Draw an accurate pie chart for this information.

(3)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q81.

Jeremy catches 19 fish.

Here are the weights, in grams, of the fish.

Draw an ordered stem and leaf diagram for these weights.

(Total for question = 3 marks)