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11 Experiment 1
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a) Toss two equal coins 20 times and note the outcomes in this table.

Outcome Tally of 20 throws Pupil Totals

H H
H and T
T T

b) Collect the data for Outcome Class Totals Relative frequency

the whole class and
H H
fill in the table.

H and T

c) What do you notice T T

about the results?
Write a sentence about it. n =

22
2
22 Experiment 2
a) Toss three equal coins 40 times and note the outcomes in this table.

Outcome Tally of 40 throws Pupil Totals

H H H
1 H and 2 T
2 H and 1 T
T T T

Outcome Class Totals Relative frequency

b) Collect the data for
the whole class and H H H
fill in the table.
1 H and 2 T

c) What do you notice 2 H and 1 T

about the results?
Write a sentence T T T
about it.
n =

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11 Throw two equal dice 72 times and write the data in the table.
111
Pupil Relative Class Relative
Outcome Tally of 72 throws Total frequency Total frequency
1 and 1
1 and 2
1 and 3
1 and 4
1 and 5
1 and 6
2 and 2
2 and 3
2 and 4
2 and 5
2 and 6
3 and 3
3 and 4
3 and 5
3 and 6
4 and 4
4 and 5
4 and 6
5 and 5
5 and 6
6 and 6
n = 72 n =

22
2
22 Using the class data in Question 1, fill in this table where we deal with the sum of the
two numbers thrown.

Sum 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Frequency

Relative
frequency

Probability

Calculations:

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11 Using the class data in Question 1 on page 114, fill in this table where we deal with the
111 product of the numbers thrown. Calculate in your exercise book.

Product 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 36
Frequency

Relative
frequency

Probability

22
What is the probability of these events happening?
2
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a) i) Red wins. ii) Red or green wins.

red white
iii) Green does not win.
green green

white red iv) Neither green nor red wins.

b) i) Red wins. ii) Red or green wins.

red red

green
iii) Green does not win.
white

white white
iv) Neither green nor red wins.

33 A cuboid which measured 1.5 cm by 2 cm by 2.5 cm was used as a dice. The cuboid
3
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was thrown 1000 times and the frequency of each outcome was noted in the table.
a) Calculate the relative frequency
Outcome Frequency Relative
frequency for each outcome and complete
the table.
1 145
b) If the sum of the numbers on any
2 168
two opposite faces is 7, which
3 189 numbers are written on the two:
4 186
i) largest faces and
5 162
6 150 ii) smallest faces? and

c) What is the relative frequency of each largest middle-sized smallest

of the 3 sizes of face?

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11 If the wheel is spun, what is the probability of these outcomes? Complete the table.
111
6 1 Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6 At least 5 At most 5
5 2
Probability
4 3

22 A marble is dropped into this maze and has an equal chance of falling to the left or to
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the right.
↓ a) In how many ways can the marble come out at:

A B C
D E F?

b) How many routes are there altogether?

c) What is the probability of each outcome?

Outcome A B C D E F
Probability
A B C D E F

33
3
33 Sue used this hexagon-based pyramid as a dice. It has 7 written on its hexagon base and
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 written on its triangular faces.

Top view Side view Bottom view

4 3
6 7
2
5

1
6 1

Sue threw the dice 100 times and noted the numbers it landed on. She wrote how many
times (frequency) the dice landed on each number (outcome) in this table.

Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 11 12 13 10 12 14 28
Relative
frequency

a) Fill in the bottom row of the table to show the ratio of the number of times a
number was landed on to the total number of throws (relative frequency).

b) How many times did Sue throw: i) at least a 4

ii) at most a 4?

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11 Three equal coins are tossed. Probability

111 1
Draw a graph to show the
probability of each outcome. 7
8
6
8
5
8
4
8
3
8
2
8
1
8
0
3H 2H + 1T 1H + 2T 3T
Outcome

22
2
22 Two equal dice are thrown. Probability
Draw a graph to show the
probability of each possible 6
36
sum of the two numbers 5
thrown. 36
5
(Use the probability data 36
from Question 2, page 114) 4
36
3
36
2
36
1
36
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Sum of 2 numbers

33
3
33 Paul is walking from A to B and Mike from B to A. The graph shows their positions
during that time. Paul Mike
Position (m) A B
a) Who started first? . . . . . . . . . 1000
B
900 M ul
ike Pa
b) Who arrived first? . . . . . . . . 800
700
c) How long did:
600
i) Paul take ......... 500
400
ii) Mike take? . . . . . . . .
300

d) What happened during the 200 ul M

Pa ike
7th and 8th minutes? 100
A
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
............................ Time (min)

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11 Write in the table how many pupils in your class have birthdays in each month.
111
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

b) Show the data in a graph. Number of birthdays

y
c) Write the data in increasing order. 12
............................ 10
............................ 8
............................ 6
d) What are these values? 4
i) Mode:
2
ii) Median:
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
iii) Mean: Months

22
2
22 Show in a graph the probability of each possible product when 2 dice are thrown.
Probability (Use the probability data from Question 1, page 115.)
y
6
36
5
36
4
36
3
36
2
36
1
36

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 x
Product

33
3
33 Henry cannot make up
his mind which cinema,
Distance (m) The graph shows what Henry did.
C
B or C, to go to from his 400
house at A.
a) Which cinema did 200

Henry go to?
A0
b) When did he change
–200
his mind?
–400
c) When did he start
B x
to run? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Time (min.)
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11 Two groups of pupils are in a competition to see which of them does better in a maths
111 test out of 8 marks.
Both groups contain 8 pupils but their marks are similar. They need one overall mark
for each group to make the comparison easier and decide to use the mean value.
Calculate the mean mark for each group and compare them. Fill in the missing sign.
Group A: 8, 8, 7, 5, 6, 8, 6, 7 (marks) Group B: 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 8, 8
Mean: Mean:

22
Solve the problem in your exercise book and write the answer here.
2
22
Two groups of children collected blackberries. There were 6 children in Group A and
8 children in Group B.
The members of Group A collected these amounts of blackberries:
1.2 kg, 0.8 kg, 1.6 kg, 2.4 kg, 0.6 kg, 0.9 kg
The members of Group B collected these amounts of blackberries:
0.9 kg, 1.4 kg, 1.2 kg, 0.6 kg, 2 kg, 1 kg, 0.45 kg, 0.7 kg
Which group worked harder?

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

33
3
33 Draw graphs to show the data from Question 2.
Draw a red horizontal line at each mean. 2
Amount
Group A collected
Mean: (kg)
1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Children in Group A

2
Amount
collected Group B
(kg)
1 Mean:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Children in Group B

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11 The ages of the members of the Cabbage family are:

111
1 year, 3 years, 33 years, 34 years and 65 years
The ages of the members of the Parsnip family are:
10 years, 12 years, 19 years, 21 years, 42 years and 43 years.

a) Calculate the mean age of each family.

Cabbage family:

Parsnip family:

b) Both families are working in their gardens. Which family do you think should
be able to do more work? Give a reason for your answer.
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22 One summer's day in Budapest, the temperature was noted every two hours and
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recorded in this table.

Time (hours) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

Temperature 10.6 10.0 9.5 11.1 15.2 20.9 25.0 28.3 29.0 26.1 21.0 17.4 13.0
( °C)
a) Calculate the mean of the temperatures on that day Mean:
from the given data.
b) Write the data in increasing order then find the mode and median.
................................................................
................................................................

Mode: Median:

33
3
33 One winter's day in Budapest, the temperature was noted every two hours and
recorded in this table.
Time (hours) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

Temperature – 10 –11 – 11 – 10 –8 –3 1 4 5 2 0 –4 –8
( °C)
a) Calculate the mean of the temperatures on that day
Mean:
from the given data.
b) Write the data in increasing order then find the mode and median.
................................................................
................................................................

Mode: Median:

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111 Calculator not allowed

Write in the missing numbers.

a) (4 × 3) + = 17

b) (5 × 5) − = 22

22
2
22 Calculator not allowed

Calculate 459 × 6

33
3
33 Calculator allowed

Write the number that is the nearest to 5000 which uses all the digits 4, 5, 6 and 8.

44
4
44 Practise calculation.
a) 2 0 8 1 7 b) 2 2 0 8 1 7 c) 8 3 6 0 5
4 0 5 3 – 6 7 0 9 2 × 1 4
1 0 4 1 0 4
+ 5 0 5 0 5 +

55
5
55 We have 80 books altogether. They are arranged on 3 shelves.
If we moved 7 books from the top shelf to the middle shelf and took 8 books away
from the bottom shelf, there would be an equal number of books on each shelf.
How many books are on each shelf?

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111 Calculator allowed
63 64 65 66 67
Circle two numbers which add up to 160. 73 74 75 76 77
83 84 85 86 87
93 94 95 96 97

22 Daisies Roses
Calculator not allowed
2
22

A shop sells these flowers.

99 p a bunch 50 p each

a) John buys 4 bunches of daisies. How much does he pay altogether?

b) Karpal has £5.00 to spend on roses. How many roses can she buy for £5.00?

33 3 2 1 4 1
3
33 a) + +
4 4 4
= b) 2
5
−1 =
5
2 1 7 1
c) 3 + = d) – =
3 6 8 5
2 8
e) ×3 = f) ÷4 =
7 9

44
4
44 Calculator not allowed

Circle the two numbers which add up to 1.

0.11 0.85 0.9 0.25 0.15

55 a) b) c) d)
5
55 1 0 2 3 6 8 2 4 3
1 0 3 4 5 – 1 4 5 9 × 7 4 6 8
+ 6 2 9 7

66 In this addition, different letters stand for different digits and the
6
66
66
A B
+ B C same letters stand for the same digits. A is not less than 3.
D A a) Which digit could each letter stand for? Find different solutions
in your exercise book.

b) What is: i) the smallest ii) the greatest possible sum?

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11 Practise addition.
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a) i) 3+2 = ii) 3+0 = iii) 3 + ( − 2) =

iv) 3 + ( − 4) = v) 3 + ( − 6) =

b) i) − 3 + ( − 2) = ii) −3 + 0 = iii) −3 + 2 =

iv) −3 + 4 = v) −3 + 6 =

c) i) 25 + ( − 41) + 12 + ( − 10) =
ii) − 100 + ( − 30) + 78 + ( − 48) =
iii) 5000 + ( − 2000) + ( − 3000) =
iv) − 85000 + ( − 15000) + ( − 20 000) =
v) − 236 700 + 0 =

22
2
22 Write an operation and calculate the answer.
a) Ian had £1500 in cash and was £400 in debt, then £300 of his debt was cancelled.
What is his balance now?
Balance: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) Lucy had £1500 in cash and was £400 in debt. She went on holiday and spent
£1200. What is her balance now?
Balance: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33
3
33 Practise calculation.
a) i) 20 − ( + 14) = b) i) 20 + ( − 14) =
ii) 20 − ( + 36) = ii) 20 + ( − 36) =
iii) 40 − ( + 40) = iii) 40 + ( − 40) =

iv) 35 − ( − 20) = iv) 35 + ( + 20) =

v) − 30 − ( − 10) = v) − 30 + ( + 10) =
vi) − 30 − ( − 30) = vi) − 30 + ( + 30) =
vii) − 20 − ( − 50) = vii) − 20 + ( + 50) =
viii) − 20 − ( + 30) = viii) – 20 + ( − 30) =

44 What is the smallest possible, 3-digit, positive integer which fulfils these conditions?
4
44
• If it is multiplied by 3, the result is also a 3-digit number.
• If it is multiplied by 4, the result is a 4-digit number.

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11 Practise rounding:
111
a) to the nearest 10 b) to the nearest 100 c) to the nearest tenth
6208 ≈ 6208 ≈ 62.08 ≈
14 035 ≈ 14 035 ≈ 140.35 ≈
90 455 ≈ 90 455 ≈ 904.55 ≈
383 ≈ 383 ≈ 3.83 ≈
9999 ≈ 9999 ≈ 99.99 ≈

22 Calculate 538 – 396

2
22

33
3
33

Write in the four missing digits.

Put one digit in each box. + = 198

44
4
44

Here is a graph. a) The points A, B and C are equally spaced.

y What are the coordinates of the point B?
( , )
C (10, 7)
B
b) Point D is directly below point C.
A What are the coordinates of the point D?
(0, 3)

0 D x ( , )

55
In a race, the runners are started 1 minute after each other. The first runner covers
5
55
174 m each minute and the second runner covers 182 m each minute.
What distance will be between the two runners:
a) 10 minutes after the first runner started

b) 30 minutes after the first runner started?

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11 Practise calculation.
111
a) 37 − 80 + 43 + 64 − 44 =

b) 3.7 − 8 + 4.3 + 6.4 − 4.4 =

c) 5 × 31 × 25 × 20 × 4 =

d) 2 × 50 ÷ 4 × 27 =

22
2
22 Practise calculation.

a) 30 − 16 ÷ 4 + 9 × 5 + 15 =

b) 72 ÷ 8 − 20 × 6 ÷ 5 + 300 ÷ 100 =

c) 20 ÷ 8 × 6 + 3 × 12 ÷ 9 + 15 ÷ 5 – 5 =

3 Do each calculation in two different ways.

a) 650 − ( 450 + 120) =
or:

b) 650 − ( 450 − 120) =

or:

c) 50 × (12 + 38) =
or:

d) (200 − 180) × 7 =
or:

e) (90 + 72) ÷ 18 =
or:

f) 600 ÷ (25 × 6) =
or:

4 Which positive, whole numbers make all three inequalities true at the same time?

3 × (5 + ) < 35

8+ > 11

20 − 3 × ≤ 9

: ...........................
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11
111
Megan makes a sequence of numbers starting with 100.
She subtracts 45 each time. Write the next two numbers in the sequence.

100, 55, 10, , ,

22
2
22

Eggs are put in trays of 12. The trays are packed in boxes.
Each box contains 180 eggs. How many trays are in each box?
Show your working.

33
3
33
Calculate
7
of 7000.
8

44
4
44

Mr. Jones has two sizes of square paving stones.

He uses them to make a path. large small

1.55 m

3.72 m
The path measures 1.55 metres by 3.72 metres.
Calculate the width of a small paving stone.
Show your method.

55
5
55 Solve the problem in your exercise book.
Some children and their Dads went on a journey by train. There were 10 Dads with
1 child each, 10 Dads with 2 children each and 10 Dads with 3 children each.
The group took up the 3 coaches at the front of the train and each child was in the same
coach as his or her father.
How could they sit so that the number of Dads and the number of children were the
same in each of the 3 coaches?

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11 Fill in the missing numbers and signs. 843 + 157 = 1000

111
a) 843 + (157 + 36) = 1000 + b) 843 + (157 + k) = 1000 k

c) (843 + 41) + 157 = 1000 41 d) (843 + n) + 157 = 1000 +

e) 843 + (157 − 69) = 1000 69 f) 843 + (157 − t ) = 1000 –

g) (843 – 55) + 157 = 1000 − h) (843 − u) + 157 = 1000 u

i) (843 + 16) + (157 + 16) = 1000

j) (843 + x) + (157 + x) = 1000

k) (843 + 72) + (157 – 72) = l) (843 + y) + (157 – y) =

22
2
22 Fill in the missing numbers and signs. 685 – 185 = 500

a) (685 + 15) − 185 = 500 + b) (685 + a) − 185 = 500 a

c) 685 – (185 + 23) = 500 23 d) 685 − (185 + b) = 500 –

e) (685 − 45) − 185 = 500 45 f) (685 − c) − 185 = 500 c

g) 685 − (185 − 30) = 500 30 h) 685 − (185 − d ) = 500 +

i) (685 + 51) – (185 + 51) = j) (685 + e) – (185 + e) =

k) (685 + 4) – (185 – 4) = 500 l) (685 + f) – (185 – f) = 500

m) (685 − 10) − (185 + 10) = 500

n) (685 − g) − (185 + g) = 500

33
3
33
Rakes Spades Flowerpots
£7.70 each £9.55 each £11.75 each
a)
Nicola has £50. She buys 3 flowerpots and a spade.
How much money does she have left?
£

b) Seeds are £1.49 for a packet. Stephen has £10 to spend on seeds.
What is the greatest number of packets he can buy?

44
How many positive 3-digit numbers less than 500 are there in which
4
44
the middle digit is half of the sum of the two outside digits?

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11 Fill in the missing numbers and signs. 60 × 20 = 1200

111
a) (60 × 3) × 20 = 1200 3 b) (60 × n) × 20 = 1200 ×

c) 60 × (20 × 4) = 1200 4 d) 60 × (20 × m) = 1200 ×

e) (60 ÷ 3) × 20 = 1200 ÷ f) (60 ÷ s) × 20 = 1200 s

g) 60 × (20 ÷ 4) = 1200 4 h) 60 × (20 ÷ t) = 1200 ÷

i) (60 × 2) × (20 × 2) = 1200 × j) (60 × u) × (20 × u) = 1200 ×

k) (60 ÷ 4) × (20 ÷ 4) = 1200 ÷ l) (60 ÷ v) × (20 ÷ v) = 1200 ÷

m) (60 × 5) × (20 ÷ 5) = n) (60 × a) × (20 ÷ a) =

22
Fill in the missing numbers and signs. 1500 ÷ 30 = 50
2
22
a) (1500 × 2) ÷ 30 = 50 × b) (1500 × a) ÷ 30 = 50 a

c) 1500 ÷ (30 × 2) = 50 2 d) 1500 ÷ (30 × a) = 50 ÷

e) (1500 ÷ 2) ÷ 30 = 50 ÷ f) (1500 ÷ a) ÷ 30 = 50 a

g) 1500 ÷ (30 ÷ 2) = 50 2 h) 1500 ÷ (30 ÷ a) = 50 ×

i) (1500 × 2) ÷ (30 ÷ 2) = 50

j) (1500 × a) ÷ (30 ÷ a) = 50

k) (1500 ÷ 2) ÷ (30 × 2) = 50

l) (1500 ÷ a) ÷ (30 × a) = 50

m) (1500 × 2) ÷ (30 × 2) = 50

n) (1500 × a) ÷ (30 × a) = 50

o) (1500 ÷ 2) ÷ (30 ÷ 2) = 50

p) (1500 ÷ a) ÷ (30 ÷ a) = 50

33
3
33
Calculate 286 × 53
Show your working.

44
4
44 What is the greatest 3-digit natural number in which the product
of its digits is 108?

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111 These are the times when letters are collected from a post box.

Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday

9 am
2 pm 11.30 am No
collection
6.30 pm

What is the latest time that letters are collected on Wednesdays?

Carla posts a letter at 10 a.m. on Monday.

How long will it be before it is collected? hours

Gareth posts a letter on Saturday at 4 p.m.

When will it be collected from the post box? day . . . . . . . . . . . time . . . . . . . . . .

22
This diagram shows the distances of different
2
22
Rhyl towns from Birmingham.
Mansfield
Stoke
Derby Write the name of a town which is between
30 and 50 miles from Birmingham.
Birmingham
...........................
Coventry

30 miles Use the diagram to estimate the distance in

Hereford

Swansea 50 miles Oxford miles from Birmingham to Mansfield.

Newport 70 miles
miles

33
3
33 Car Park Charges
Emma parks her car at 9.30 am. Time Charge
She collects the car at 1.20 pm. Up to 1 hour 20 p
How much does she pay? 1 to 2 hours 50 p
2 to 3 hours £1.00
3 to 4 hours £1.70
Over 4 hours £5.00
Dan and Mark both use the car park.
Dan says, 'I paid exactly twice as much as Mark but I only stayed 10 minutes longer.'
In your exercise book, explain how Dan could be correct.

44
4
44 Here is a sketch of a triangle. It is not drawn to scale.
7 cm
Draw the full size triangle accurately.
48
Use an angle measurer (protractor) and a ruler. 10 cm

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111 The line on the grid is one side of a square.
On the grid, draw the other three sides of the square.
Use a ruler.

22
2
22 Group these plane shapes by listing their numbers.

1 2 3 5 7
4 6

8 9 11 13
10 12 14

Triangles Quadrilaterals Has at least 1 right angle

33
3
33 Decide whether the statements are true or false, then list their letters below.
a) All rectangles are quadrilaterals. b) All quadrilaterals are rectangles.
c) Every quadrilateral is a rectangle but d) The diagonals of a rectangle
not every rectangle is a quadrilateral. are equal in length.
e) The adjacent sides of any rectangle f) The opposite sides of any rectangle
are equal to each other. are equal and parallel to each other.
g) Every trapezium has only 1 pair of h) Every quadrilateral which has
parallel sides. parallel sides is a trapezium.
i) All quadrilaterals with equal angles j) There is a trapezium with equal
are rectangles. sides which is not a rhombus.

True: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . False: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44
4
44 Here are five shapes on a square grid.
Write in the missing letters.

A Shape has 2 pairs of parallel sides.

B

C D Shape is a pentagon.

Shape has reflective symmetry.

E

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11 Use a ruler to draw the reflection of this shape in the

111 mirror line.
You may use a mirror or tracing paper.

mirror line

22
2
22 Draw mirror lines on the diagrams which have reflective symmetry.

33
3
33 Draw the reflection of each shape in its mirror line.

44
4
44 Follow the instructions.
y z
a) Reflect shape 1 in the x axis.
C
Label it 2 . Label the verices A', etc.
Write the coordinates of shapes D
1 and 2 in your exercise book. 1

b) Reflect shape 2 in the y axis. A B

Label it 3 . Label the vertices A'', etc. O x
Write its coordinates.
c) Reflect shape 2 in line z.
Label it 4 . Label the vertices A''', etc.
Write its coordinates.

d) Rotate shape 1 by 90° around point O.

Label it 5 . Label the vertices A*, etc.
Write its coordinates.

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11 Fill in the missing coordinates. y

111 8
A ( 1,1) A' ( 2 , ) D' C'
6
B ( 5, ) B' (10 , )
C ( ,3) C' ( , 6) 4
D C
D ( , ) D' ( , )
2
A' B'
A B
x
–12 –10 –8 –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
B'' A'' –2
A'' ( – 2 , – 2)
–4 B'' ( , – 2)
C'' ( – 6, )
–6
C'' D'' D'' ( , )
–8

22
2
22
Here is a drawing of a model car.

cm
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

What is the length of the model? Give your answer in centimetres, correct to one
decimal place.
cm

The height of the model is 2.9 centimetres. The height of the real car is 50 times the
height of the model. What is the height of the real car? Give your answer in metres.
Show your method.

33
3
33 Solve the problem in your exercise book.
The lengths of the sides of a rectangle are whole centimetres. The perimeter of the
rectangle is 20 cm.
a) How many different such rectangles are possible? Give the length of their sides.
b) Which of them has the smallest and greatest areas and what are these areas?

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11 Draw one line from each shape to the rectangle which has the same area.
111

22
2
22 On the grid, draw a triangle which has the same area as the shaded rectangle.

33 Lindy has 4 triangles, all the same size.

3
33
She uses them to make a star. 13 cm 12 cm

Not to scale 5 cm

Calculate the perimeter of the star.

Show your method.

cm

44
The numbers represented by the square must be even and greater than 6.
4
44
List all the numbers which make the inequality true.

24 < ( ÷ 2 − 3) × 2 < 50

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11
111
This cuboid is made from centimetre cubes.
It is 4 cm by 3 cm by 2 centimetres.
3 cm
What is the volume of the cuboid?

cm3 2 cm
4 cm
Another cuboid is made from centimetre cubes.
It has a volume of 30 cubic centimetres.
What could the length, height and width be?

length: cm height: cm width: cm

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2
22 a) Draw the net of a cuboid with sides 4 cm, 3 cm, and 2 cm.

b) Calculate its surface area.

33
3
33 Use each of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 only once to make five whole
numbers, so that one number is twice, another number is three times, another number
is four times and the last number is five times the smallest number.

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This table shows the cost of sending a letter
111 in 2021.
Paul is sending a letter.
It costs £1.99 second class.
How much would it cost him to send it first
class?

Jenny has a letter with a mass of 550 g.

What does it cost to send it first class?

22
2
22

Louise Five children collect money to plant trees.

Hassan Here is a bar chart of the amounts they have
raised so far.
David
Their target is £40 altogether.
Sarah
How much more money do they need
Donna to reach the target?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Show your working in your exercise book.
Amount in pounds (£)
£

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Tom, Amy and Helen want to go on a boat trip. There are three boats.

Lark Heron Kestrel How much does it cost altogether

50 minute trip 70 minute trip 90 minute trip for three people to go on the Lark?
Tickets Tickets Tickets
£2.75 £3.50 £4.20 £
each each each

Tom and Amy go on the Heron. They leave at 2.15 pm.

At what time do they return? pm

Helen goes on the Kestrel and gets back at 4.15 pm.

At what time did the boat leave? pm

44
4
44 The inner ring on this spinner is divided into 12 equal sections. 3
1
a) On which number is the pointer most likely to stop? 2
Explain your answer in your exercise book. 4 2
5
b) What is the probability of getting an even number? 4 3

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Rob has some number cards. He holds up a card. He says,
'If I multiply the number on this card by 5, the answer is 35.'
What is the number on the card?
He holds up a different card. He says,
'If I divide the number on this card by 6, the answer is 4.'
What is the number on the card?

22
2
22 August 2020 Here is the calendar for August 2020.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Simon's birthday is on August 20th.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 In 2020 he had a party on the Sunday after
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 his birthday.
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 What was the date of his party?
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31

Tina's birthday is on September 9th.

On what day of the week was her birthday in 2020? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3
33
The same number is missing from each box. Write the missing numbers in the boxes.
× × = 1331

44
4
44 Parveen buys 3 small bags of peanuts. She gives the shopkeeper £2 and gets 80 p
change. What is the cost in pence of one bag of peanuts?
Show your working in your exercise book.
p

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5
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Kalid makes a sequence of numbers. The first number is 2. The last number is 18.
His rule is to add the same amount each time. Write in the missing numbers.

2 , , , , 18
6
6 In the year 2002, a man's age in years was equal to the sum of the
digits of the year in which he was born. How old was he in 2002?

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Milly and Ryan play a number game: What's my number?
Milly Ryan
Is it under 20? Yes
Is it a multiple of 3? Yes
Is it a multiple of 5? Yes What is the number?

Milly and Ryan play the game again.

Ryan Milly
Is it under 20? No
Is it under 25? Yes
Is it odd? Yes
Is it a prime number? Yes What is the number?

22
2
22 Here are two bags.

Each bag has 3 white balls and one black ball in it.
A ball is taken from one of the bags without looking.
What is the probability that it is a black ball?
Give your answer as a fraction.

All the balls from both bags are now mixed together in a new bag.
Put a cross (x) on this line to show the probability of taking
a black ball from the new bag.
0 1

33
3
33 Write the positive whole numbers which
Base set
are not greater than 20 in the Venn
diagram. Divisible by 5

Divisible by 3

44
List the whole numbers greater than 500 and less than 900 in which the digits are
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increasing. Try it out in your exercise book first.
.....................................................................

55
5
55 When we add two numbers from four natural numbers,
the sums are: 3, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6. What are the four numbers?

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Factorise 172 and list its positive factors.
111

22
2
22 The digits of a 4-digit number greater than 5000 follow each other in increasing order.
Another 4-digit number has those digits too, but in decreasing order.
A third 4-digit number has those digits too.
What are the three numbers if we know that their sum is 26352?

33
3
33 We want to place 12 spotlights in the ceiling so that they are in 6 straight lines and
there are 4 spotlights in each line. Draw different arrangements

44
4
44 The edges of a cube are to be coloured either red or blue so that each face has at least
one red edge. What is the least number of edges which should be coloured red?
Draw a diagram to show your answer.

55 Each diagram is the map of a field in which there are 4 wells. Show how the field
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could be divided into 4 congruent parts so that each part has exactly one well.

a) b)

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111 number directly above them.

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10
2 3

22
2
22 Sannir spins a fair coin and records the results.
In the first four spins, 'heads' comes up each time.
Sannir says, 'A head is more likely than a tail.'
Is he correct? Circle Yes or No. YES / NO
Give a reason for your answer.
.....................................................................
.....................................................................

33
3
33 18 labels
A shop sells sheets of sticky labels.
On each sheet there are 36 rows and
36 labels
18 columns of labels.
How many labels are there altogether
in 45 sheets?
Show your method.

44
4
44 Harry has six tins of soup.
Pea Soup Tomato Soup Chicken Soup
The labels have fallen off.
Here are the labels and tins. Pea Soup Tomato Soup Mushroom Soup

Harry chooses a tin.

What is the probability that it is a tin of Pea Soup?
Give your answer as a fraction.
What is the probability that the tin he chooses is not a tin
of Tomato Soup? Give your answer as a fraction.

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111

22 Freddy Fox decided that from that day forward he would always tell the
2
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truth on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays but he would always tell
lies on the other days of the week
One day he said, 'Tomorrow I will tell the truth.'
On which day of the week do you think he said this? .... ..................

33
3
33 Two barrels of equal size contain oil. One of the barrels is full and the other is half full.
Their masses are 86 kg and 53 kg.
What is the mass of an empty barrel?

44
Andy, Betty, Cindy and Danny are walking down a mountain and need to go through a
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narrow, dark tunnel but have to overcome these difficulties.
• They have a torch which has only 12 minutes of power left.
• Andy is able to walk through the tunnel in 1 minute, Betty in 2 minutes, Cindy
in 4 minutes and Doris in 5 minutes.
• They are all scared of the dark, so each of them will need the torch.
• The tunnel is so narrow that only 2 of them can walk through it at the same time.
Is it possible for them all to get through the tunnel? If so, how could they do it?
If not, why not?

55
5
55 Write the natural numbers from 1 to 9 into a 3 by 3 grid so that:
• the sum of the 3-digit numbers formed in the top and middle rows is equal to the
3-digit number in the bottom row;
• the sum of the 3-digit numbers formed in the left and middle columns is equal to
the 3-digit number formed in the right column.

Trials:

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