The following questions are
taken from past SATS papers.
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1. |
Rob holds up a number card. He
says, "If I multiply the number on this card by 5, the answer
is 35.' What is the number on the card? |
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5. |
A cuboid is made from centimetre
cubes. It has a volume of 30 cubic centimetres. What could the
length, height and width be? |
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6. |
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, __ , __
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7. |
A bag has 3 white balls and one
black ball in it. A ball is taken from the bag without looking.
What is the probability that it is a black ball? |
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8 |
Circle two numbers which
add up to 1.
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9. |
In a class of 32,  are girls. How many boys are in the class? |
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10. |
What is the missing
number?
2, 5, 9, 14, __
How did you work it out? Write
your answer here using maths language. |
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11. |
What do you think the missing
numbers are?
_ 5 4 + _ 6 2 = 3 1
6
2 7 1 + 3 8 _ = 6 _ 8
6 8 _
- 4 _ 5 = 2 8 3
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12 . |
If you looked in the mirror,
what would this shape look like? Draw the reflection of this
shape on the right hand side of the grid. |
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13. |
This is a plan of Mr Smith's
garden. He wants to build a fence around the perimeter. How many
metres of fencing does he need?
What is the area of his garden
in square metres ?
You can show your working out. |
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14. |
The reading at A is 200g.
What are the readings at B,
C and D? |
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15. |
150 + ___ = 500
172 - ____ = 60 |
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17. |
A shop sells batteries:
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A pack of 4 batteries cost £1.48 |
A pack of 2 batteries cost 85p |
Sopie and James want
to batteries each. They buy a pack of four
and share the cost equally. How much does each pay? |
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18. |
Mary buys 2 packs of two batteries.
Craig buys 1
pack of four.
How much more does Mary have to pay than Craig? |
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19. |
Circle two numbers
which add to make 0.12
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0.1 |
0.5 |
0.05 |
0.7 |
0.07 |
0.2 |
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The following
questions are taken from the paper which allows calculators.
This is because the questions
involve the use of larger numbers and include several steps in
the process of finding solutions. We would recommend you check
your answers mentally though.
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1. |
Millie and Ryan play a number
game 'What's my number?'
Is it under 20? No
Is it under 25? Yes
Is it odd? Yes
Is it a prime number? Yes
What is the number?
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2. |
The height of a model car is
2.8 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. |
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3. |
Write the number that is nearest
to 5000 which uses all the
digits 4, 5, 6 and 7. |
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4. |
A shop sells sheets of sticky
labels. On each sheet there are 36 rows and 18 columns of labels.
How many labels are there altogether on 45 sheets? |
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5. |
Harry has six tins of soup.
The labels have fallen off. Here are the labels:
pea soup tomato soup chicken
soup
pea soup tomato soup mushroom soup
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6. |
What is the probability
that the tin soup he chooses is NOT a tin of tomato soup. Give
your answer as a fraction. |
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8. |
If 126 x 25 = 3150
explain how you can work out
127 x 25
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9. |
What could the missing
numbers be?
_ _ x 4 = 8_
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10. |
What could the missing
numbers be?
__ + __ + __ = 85
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11. |
Tim buys a 19p postcard. He pays
exactly 19p with five coins.
What could the five coins be? |
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13. |
Write in the missing number.
_ , 13 , 25 , 49 |
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14. |
Complete this three digit
number so that it is a multiple of 9.
2 _ _ |
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15. |
Simon draws a quadrilateral.
It has these properties:
- it has 2 long sides the same
length;
- it has 2 short sides the
same length;
- it does NOT have any right
angles;
- it does NOT have reflective
symmetry.
Write the mathematical name
for Sarah's quadrilateral. |
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16. |
In a country dance there are
3 boys and 2 girls in every line.
42 boys take part in the dance.
How many girls take part? |
The next few questions are taken from the mental maths test.
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1. |
Add three point five to four
point eight. |
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2. |
Put a ring around the expression
on the answer sheet which gives the answer nearest to 100:
50 x 19 49 x 20 1.9 x 50 4.9
x 1.9 5.9 x 20
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3. |
How many millilitres are
there in two and half litres? |
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4. |
What is twice five hundred
and forty? |
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5. |
When rolling a fair dice numbered
one to six, what is the probability of getting an odd number? |
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6. |
What number is half-way
between twenty-four and forty? |
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7. |
Is one third of 93 smaller
or greater than three-quarters of 40? |
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8. |
Mary buys a bottle of coke
for 72p
She pays with a 5 pound note. How much change does she get? |
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