Mental Arithmetic 4

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 SECTION 1 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Th H T U Write in words the 1 In a box were 48 cards. How many

number shown on cards were there in seven boxes? 336
the abacus.
x y
six thousand and thirteen 2 In the number 7479 how many
times is the 7 marked x greater
than the 7 marked y? 100
2 17 + 8 + 16 = 41
3 The temperature was 4°C and
3 9653 – 601= 9052 dropped by 7°C. How many
degrees warmer than –5 is the
4 (8 × 7) + 5 = 61 new temperature? 2°C
5 (56 – 8) ÷ 8 = 6 4 The rectangular card is cut into
6
7
of 100g = 70g two equal parts along a diagonal.
10
Find the area of each part. 16cm2
7 134 h = min 105min
8 £1.45 = 5ps 29 5ps

4cm
9 4km 350m = m 4350m
10 850g + g = 112 kg 650g
8cm
11 £7.09 = p 709p
5 What are the next two numbers
12 10ps + six 2ps = £1.82 17 10ps in this sequence?
1
10 , 1, 10, , 100 1000
B Answer 6 Find the difference in cost between
12 items at 3p each and 12 items
1 Write in digits the number at 5p each. 24p
twelve thousand and eight. 12 008
7 A bus leaves its station at 8:40 a.m.
2 How many groups of 9 are there and arrives at its destination at noon.
in 6 sixes? 4 How long does the journey take? 3h 20min
3 What is the difference in pence
8 By how much
between £ 15 and £ 14 ? 5p Price of fabric
is fabric B
A £3.96 per metre more expensive
4 How many tens are equal to 1070? 107
B £4.18 per metre per metre
5 Find the total of 53p and £1.37. £1.90 than fabric A? 22p
1
6 By how many grams is 2 kg heavier 9 The mass of cereal in a box is 425g.
than 280g? 220g Find in kilograms and grams the
7 Find the cost of nine hairbands mass of the cereal in 10 boxes. 4kg 250g
at 13p each. £1.17 10 The minute hand of a clock turns
8 How many millimetres are there from pointing to the number 2 to
in 10.7cm? 107mm the number 8. Through how many
degrees has it turned? 180°
9 How much change from 50p after
spending 17p and 16p? 17p 11 A cheesecake is cut into 12 equal
pieces. What fraction of the 7
10 Change to 24-hour clock times. cheesecake is seven pieces? 12

a 9:35 a.m. a 09:35

12 The diagram shows
b 8:50 p.m. b 20:50 how Isla used her
spent
11 Find the smallest number which saved prize money.
will divide by both 6 and 8 without a What fraction 3
a remainder. 24 did she spend? a 8

12 What sum of money when multiplied b The prize was £40. How much
by 7 equals £1.12? 16p did she save? b £25

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer

1 TTH Th H T U Write in words the 1 A cricketer scored 12 runs short of a

number shown on century. How many runs did he score? 88
the abacus.
ten thousand six hundred 2 37 × 9 = 333

and four Write the value of 37 × 90. 3330

2 27 + 6 = 20 + 13 3 The price of fish is £6.40 per kg.

What is the cost of 1kg 500g? £9.60
3 78 × 6 = 468
4 872 ÷ 8 = 109 4 How£1many 10cm strips can be cut £1
from a length of 5m 60cm? 56
5 £1.68 – 96p = p 72p
3
6 27 quarters = 64 10p
5 2p
There are 20l in the petrol 10p
tank of 2p
1 a car. If it is 13 full, how many more
7 4 of $4.32 = $1.08
litres
5pwill it hold? 5p 40l
8 2080m = km m 2km 80m £1
9 4kg 700g = g 4700g 1p6 Find the total20p 1p coins.£1£1
£1
value of these £1.6120p

10 £10 – £0.82 = £9.18

£1
£1 £1
10p 2p
50p 10p 10p 10p£1 50p £1
11 12 462 – 2300 = 10 162 2p 2p2p
12 XII The time on the 5p 10p 10p 10p2p 2p 2p
XI I
clock is 7min slow. 5p 5p5p
X II
Write the correct 1p 20p 10p
5p 5p1p1p 10p
5p 20p 2p20p 2p
IX III time using a.m. 1p 20p
VIII IV or p.m. 5:46 p.m. 1p 1p 1p 20p 5p 20p 20p5p
VII VI V 50p7 A school holiday started on 26 March
50p
1p50p 1p
and ended on 9 April. How many
50p 20p 20p
afternoon
50p 50p 50p
days’ holiday were there? 15
B Answer
8
50p 50p
A plane is flying due east. It turns
1 Find the missing number. clockwise through half a right angle.
Through how many degrees does
5000 + + 7 = 5087 80
it turn? 45°
2 Write the number 145 using
Roman numerals. CXLV 9 The diagram shows how three
3 Share £1.56 equally among six children shared a prize of £40.
people. How much each? 26p How much did each child receive?

4 Write 3.45m as centimetres. 345cm

Josh

Sophie Sunil
5 Which of these numbers divide
by 8 without a remainder?
Josh £5
12, 28, 32, 44, 56, 68 32, 56
1 Sophie £15
6 Find the value of a 5 of £35 a £7
b 4
of £35. b £28 Sunil £20
5

7 Write 3596 to the nearest 1000. 4000 10 A train leaves at 17:50 and arrives
at midnight. How long does the
8 How many grams in 2 14 kg? 2250g
journey take in hours and minutes? 6h 10min
9 Find the change from £1 after
spending 19p and 17p. 64p 11 The price of butter increased from
£1.29 to £1.34 per 500g. How much
10 What is the mean average of
6cm, 9cm, 7cm and 10cm? 8cm extra is paid for 6kg? 60p

11 Change to 12-hour clock times. 12 Find

a 09:05 a 9:05 a.m. a the perimeter a 36cm
b 16:48 b 4:48 p.m.
b the area of
12 10 crayons cost £1.30. Find the this square. b 81cm2
cost of one crayon. 13p 9cm

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 SECTION 1 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 T U t Write in words as a 1 What fraction of the 1

decimal the number square is shaded? 2
shown on the abacus. thirty point six

2 300 + 70 + 9 tenths. 2 Noah has 40p and Ryan has 25

Write the answer as a decimal. 370.9 of this amount. How much have
they altogether? 56p
3 13 624 + 5040 = 18 664
4 Round 12 467 to the nearest 10. 12 470 3 On a coordinate grid point A is
at (3, 4). It is then moved two
5 £8.70 = 10ps 87 10ps
squares to the right. What are
6 20.4cm = mm 204mm its new coordinates? (5 , 4)
7 36.9 × 10 = 369
4 Find in millimetres the difference
8 59 ÷ 10 = 5.9 between the longest and shortest
9 10.7 = tenths 107 tenths of these lines. 37mm

10 200g + g = 0.5kg 300g 8.6cm

11 2.3l = ml 2300ml 4.9cm

12 7, 4, 1, –2, , –5 –8
6.8cm

B Answer
5 Lily bought a book for £1.75 and
1 What decimal fraction gave seven 5ps and the rest in 10ps.
of the circle is How many 10ps did she give? 14 10ps
a shaded a 0.6
6 By how many grams is a mass of
b unshaded? b 0.4
1.4kg heavier than a mass of 850g? 550g
2 Write as a decimal, forty and 7 What is the date a week later than
nine tenths. 40.9 Christmas Day (25 December)? 1 January
3 1
3 Of these fractions 10 , 0.5, 4, 0.2
8 Of these angles which two when
which is
added together make two right angles?
a the largest a 0.5
83° 124° 35° 107° 56° 124° 56°
b the smallest? b 0.2
4 Find the mean average of 6, 8 and 10. 8 9 Material for a dress costs £5.50
per metre. Find the cost of
5 Write 300 using Roman numerals. CCC
a 10cm a 55p
6 Find the cost of 100g rice at 95p
per 12 kg. 19p b 70cm. b £3.85
7 What length is 6 times longer
10 Two cans each hold 750ml. By how
than 4.5cm? 27cm
many millilitres is their total volume
8 How many months in the year less than 1.8l? 300ml
have 31 days? 7
11 A shopkeeper bought six pens for 95p.
9 Share £2.00 exactly among eight
He sold them to make a profit of 25p.
children. How much each? 25p
For how much did he sell each pen? 20p
10 Write each of these quantities to
the nearest whole unit. 12 The width of
a 59.8km a 60km play area
the play area
is half the
b 40.3l b 40l length. Find
11 What number is 8 less than zero? –8 8m
a its perimeter a 24m
12 How many hours and minutes
from 08:50 to 11:00? 2h 10min b its area. b 32m2

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer

1 T U t h Write in words as a 1 Write as a

decimal the number decimal fraction
shown on the abacus. the part of the
fourteen point one seven square which is
a shaded a 0.65
3
2 8.03 = 8 + 3 100 b unshaded. b 0.35

3 2.26 + 1.04 = 3.3

4 £3.04 = p 304p 2 Badges cost 6p each. How many
can be bought for £1.56? 26
5 248cm = m 2.48m
6 Write 1
as a decimal. 0.25 3 A teaspoon holds 5ml. How many
4
spoonfuls in 14 l? 50
7 69 468 – 3400 = 66 068
8 5.07 × 100 = 507 4 Find the missing number in
this division.
9 Find in grams
1 7 r7
a 0.1 of 1kg a 100g
9 160
b 0.7 of 1kg. b 700g
1
10 Write as a decimal 503 hundredths. 5.03 5 Mince costs €1.80 per 2 kg.
Find the cost of mince
11 Round 346 295 to the nearest 1000. 346 000 weighing 600g. €2.16
12 0.92 + =1 0.08
6 A triangle has two equal sides each
measuring 36cm. Its perimeter is 1m.
B Answer Find the length of the third side. 28cm
7 4
1 Write as a decimal, 30 + 10 + 100. 30.74 7 There were 6845 people at
2 What is the value in pence of the a concert. Write this number
digit underlined? a to the nearest 100 a 6800
a £100.40 a 40p
b to the nearest 10. b 6850
b £15.06 b 6p
3 Write in metres and centimetres 8 There are two 2 place decimal
109.46m. 109m 46cm numbers which are greater
than 3.97 but less than 4.00.
4 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷ What are the numbers? 3.98 3.99
in place of and .
9 6=3 5 + × 9 Fatima collected 150 pennies for the
school fund. Olivia collected 3 times
5 Write as a decimal 15 tenths
as many. How many £1 coins did
7 hundredths. 1.57
they receive in exchange? 6
6 Decrease 0.5l by 150ml. 350ml
10 Jamie’s stride measures 40cm.
7 How many hours and minutes
from 2:25 p.m. to 4:05 p.m.? 1h 40min How many strides will he take
in walking 10m? 25
8 Write the missing numbers.
8 2 11 A rectangular path measures
a 12 = 3 a 3
7
9m long and 50cm wide.
21
b 24 = 8 b 8 Find its area in m2. 4.5m2
9 Divide £15 by 6 exactly. £2.50 12 cm
10 Find the area of a rectangle
A B
measuring 8.5cm by 6cm. 51cm2
11 Divide 75kg by 100. Give the The line AB is drawn to a scale
answer in grams. 750g 1cm to 20cm. Find the length the
line represents
12 Which of these fractions are of
equal value? a in centimetres a 160cm
3 7 3
4 0.6 0.75 10 4, 0.75 b in millimetres. b 1600mm

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 SECTION 1 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer
3 7
1 Write as a decimal 10 + 10 + 100 10.37 1 One thousand and six people each
bought five tickets. How many tickets
2 (8 × 9) + (0 × 7) = 72
was that altogether? 5030
3 10.05m = cm 1005cm
2 How much change from three 20ps
4 250g + g = 600g 350g after paying for six eggs at £1.08
5 0.5l = 330ml + ml 170ml per dozen? 6p
3
6 8 of £40 = £15 3 mm cm
7 296 483 – 20 210 = 276 273
A B
8 £2.08 – 70p = £ £1.38 C D
3
9 Write 5 as a decimal fraction. 0.6 Write the length of each line in
centimetres.
10 3h 40min = min 220min
AB 4.7cm
11 40.08 × 100 = 4008
CD 6.2cm
12 £8.32 ÷ 4 = £2.08
4 Find the mean average mass of
B Answer 14kg, 10kg and 9kg. 11kg

1 5 Dasal spent 14 of his money

on sweets and 38 on bus fares.
Write as a decimal fraction the 3
What fraction of his money is left? 8
part of the strip which is
a shaded a 0.3 6 How many degrees
b unshaded. b 0.7 are there in each
of the equal angles
2 What number is 7 more than 6 × 8? 55 at the centre of
3 a Name the eleventh month of the circle? 60°
the year. a November
b How many days are there in 7 How many
that month? b 30 1 grams less
2 kg 100g 50g than 1kg
4 Find the cost of 100g at £1.40 is the total
per kilogram. 14p mass? 350g
5 Find the difference between the
largest and smallest of these fractions. 8 Tom’s date of birth is 7 March 1995.
3 1 4 7 5 1 Daniel was born exactly 4 years later.
10 , 2 , 5 , 10 10 or 2
Write Daniel’s date of birth in digits. 7.3.1999
6 Write 19l 720ml to the nearest litre. 20l
9 The approximate distance between
7 Which number is 5 less than –2? –7 two villages is given as 11km.
8 Find the area in m2 of a floor The actual distance is 10.7km.
measuring 8m by 3m 50cm. 28m2 Find the difference in metres. 300m
9 Complete this number sequence. 10 Which two of these fractions are
0.3, 3, 30, , 300 3000 equivalent to 34 ?
6 9 4 15 9 15
10 Divide 30.4cm into 8 equal parts. 10 , 12 , 5 , 20 12 20
Find the length of each part. 3.8cm
11 Emily and Katie have 60p between
11 How many 20ps must be added them. Emily has 8p more than Katie.
to three 10ps to equal £2.10? 9 20ps How much has each?
12
C a Emily a 34p
B D
A b Katie b 26p
Of these triangles which is
12 Find the missing
a isosceles a B b area 3000m2
measurement
b equilateral? b C 100m marked b. 30m

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer

1 45p + 35p + £1.20 = £ £2.00 1 Find the total of 34 kg, 400g and 200g.
Write the answer in kilograms
2 63 ÷ 8 = 7r 7
and grams. 1kg 350g
3 Write as a decimal 708 hundredths. 7.08
2 What is the value of the digit
1
4 2 kg – g = 125g 375g underlined in each of these numbers?
5 £1.05 × 6 = £6.30 a 6037 a 30
6 0.8 + =1 0.2 b 49.08 b 8 hundredths
7 How many minutes from 9:27 a.m. 3 Find the
to 11:15 a.m.? 108min mean average
number of
8 ml + 4050ml = 5l 950ml dots in
9 60.4 ÷ 10 = 6.04 a row. 5
3 60
10 5 = 100 100

11 0.5 of $17.20 = $8.60 4 Samina bought eight sweets at

4p each. How much change had
12 ∠A+∠B+∠C= ° 180° she from 50p? 18p
A
5 How many
C B degrees are
A there in
45° 20°
B Answer the angle
marked A? 115°
1 Write the part 6 The population of a town is 18 968.
which is shaded Write the number
a as a simple 3
fraction a 5
a to the nearest 1000 a 19 000
b as a decimal b to the nearest 100. b 19 000
fraction. b 0.6
7 Find the smallest number which
2 From 9 times 7 take 5. 58 can be added to 40 to make a
number which is exactly divisible by 7. 2
3 Write the 24-hour clock time for
12min before midnight. 23:48 8 Five balloons cost 45p. Find the cost
4 Find the cost of 20cm at 75p of three balloons. 27p
per metre. 15p 9 Six children each had an equal share
Write 9kg 870g to the nearest 1
10kg of a sum of money. They each
5 2 kg.
received 18p and there was 2p
6 Find the difference between left over. Find the sum of money. £1.10
3.8l and 6l. 2.2l
1 10 Two angles of a triangle each
7 What length in centimetre is 5 of 3m? 60cm measure 45°. Find the size in
7
8 Find the total of 2 14 , 3 58 and 5. 10 8 degrees of the third angle. 90°
9 How many 2ps are worth £2.48? 124 2ps 11 What liquid measure is equal to
0.1 of 20l? 2l
10 A square has sides measuring 10cm.
12 8.5cm
Find a its perimeter a 40cm C
b its area. b 100cm2
A
B
7.3cm

11 Complete the number sequence.

4.6cm

0.01, 0.1, 1, , 10 100

12 Which of
A B C these 15cm
triangles is
a a right-angled triangle a B Find the length of
b an acute-angled triangle b C a the side AB a 6.5cm
c an obtuse-angled triangle? c A b the side BC. b 2.7cm

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 SECTION 1 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer
5
£1 £1
7
1 12 + =1 12 1 Write in digits the number which
5 is 70 less than ten thousand. 9930
2 Write as a decimal 15 + 100 15.05 10p10p 2p 2p£1 £1
3 20.4 = tenths 204 tenths 2 Count the value of these coins
£1in£1
the given order5p
and5p
find the
4 (8 × 8) + 6 = 70 10p10p 2p 2p£1
1p £1
1p£1
total amount. 20p20p £1.72
5 2km + 1
2 km + 1
4 km = m 2750m 10p
10p 5p 5p2p 2p
6 Find the missing number. 10p10p 50p50p
2p 2p1p 5p5p 10p
1p 20p20p 2p
3000 + 100 + + 6 = 3196 90
5p 5p 1p1p 20p
20p5p
7 £2.00 – 46p = £ £1.54 50p50p
3 1p 1p 20p
All 20p
the 1p
angles at the 20p
8 700g + g = 1.5kg 800g 50p
centre of the50p
circle
20
How many thirds in 6 23 ? are equal. How many
9 3
50p50pdegrees are there in 50p
10 11
12
1 The time on the the marked angle? 45°
10 2 clock is 13min fast.
Write the correct 4 1l of water has a mass of 1kg.
9 3
time using a.m. Find in grams the mass of water
8 4 or p.m. 6:54 p.m.
7 5 in a bottle which holds 14 l. 250g
6
evening 5 Give the size in
11 27p × 4 = £1.08 B degrees of

12 0.7l – ml = 610ml 90ml a angle A a 45°

A b angle B. b 90°
B Answer

1 52 = 5 × 5 = 25. 6 In a test, James scored 70 out of 100.

Find the value of a 6 2
a 36 What fraction (with the denominator 7
10) of the total did he score? 10
b 10 . 2
b 100
2 Add 8 hundredths to 3.04. 3.12 7 Chloe has £1.50 and Anna has 35 of
this amount. How much have they
3 What is the difference between
altogether? £2.40
90p and £3.25? £2.35
4 How many hours and minutes are 8 How many days are there from
there in 105 min? 1h 45min 28 June to 9 July? Do not count
5 Find the cost of seven lemons the first day. 11
at 18p each. £1.26
9 Find the mean average of
6 Fill in the missing numbers. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. 7
8 2 2
a 20 = a 5

25 1 1 10 The driveway is 3 times as

b 100 = b 4
long as it is wide.
7 How many grams must be added
driveway

Find a its length a 60m

to 2300g to make 2 12 kg? 200g
b its perimeter. b 160m
8 Write 600 using Roman numerals. DC
9 How many degrees
A 15°
are there in the 20m
45°
angle marked A? 120°
10 By how many millimetres is 8.3cm 11 By how many m2 is the area of the
longer than 56mm? 27mm driveway more than 1000m2? 200m2
11 Divide £3.68 into 8 equal parts. What
12 Leo doubles his savings every week
is the value in pence of each part? 46p
for 4 weeks. In the first week he
12 (8 × 6) = (3 × 6) + (x × 6) saved 20p. How much did he save
Find the number x stands for. 5 in the fourth week? £1.60

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer

1 6.07 = hundredths 607 hundredths 1 By how many is 102 greater than 92? 19

2 Write as a 24-hour clock time 2 How many

16 minutes after midnight. 00:16
a tenths are equal to 50.6 a 506 tenths
3 9
3 Write as a decimal 200 + + 200.39
10 100 b hundredths are equal to 40.75? b 4075 hundredths
4 485 472 + 10 303 = 495 775
3 x The four 50°
5 Find the value of x if 54 ÷ 9 = 30 ÷ x 5 angles of any
quadrilateral
6 £1.00 – (four 10ps + nine 5ps) = p 15p 50° x together
equal 360°.
7 40° + 65° + ° = 180° 75°
Find in degrees the size of the angles
8 1000
= 125 marked x. 130°
8

9 £4.86 = 10ps + 6p 48 10ps 4 Seven nails have a mass of 50g.

How many nails have a mass of 12 kg? 70
10 ml × 10 = 2l 200ml

11 £2.34 ÷ 6 = p 39p 5 XII Through how

XI I
X II many degrees
12 425g + 70g + 87g = kg 0.582kg does the hour
IX III
hand of a clock
VIII IV turn from noon
B Answer VII VI V to 4:00 p.m.? 120°
1 Add 5 to 72. 54
6 Write these numbers so that the
2 Change these times to 12-hour clock value of the digit 7 in each number
times using a.m. or p.m. is 7 hundredths.
a 07:05 a 7:05 a.m. a 1607 a 16.07
b 23:20 b 11:20 p.m. b 97 b 0.97

3 Decrease £1.34 by 40p. 94p 7 A right-angled triangle

contains an angle
4 Write to the nearest whole number. of 55°. Find the size
7
a 9 10 a 10 of the third angle. 35°
55°
b 20 25 b 20

5 By how many metres is 1850m 8 When a barrel is 15 full it holds 16l.

less than 3km? 1150m How many litres will it hold
when 12 full? 40l
6 Find the total of fifteen 20ps
and twelve 10ps. £4.20 9 Find to the nearest kilometre
the distance by road from Batey
7 What is the difference in millilitres to Skipley. 20km
between 34 l and 580ml? 170ml
m
6. 8 k
2.7k

8 How many grams are equal to 0.3kg? 300g

10km
m

Skipley
9 How many degrees Batey
are there in each
of the equal angles
at the centre of 10 A game which costs £17.50 is paid
the circle? 45° for at the rate of 50p per week.
How many payments are made? 35
1
10 2 kgcosts £1.60. Find the cost
11 A bus runs at 20min intervals. If the
of 100g. 32p
first bus leaves at 07:30, find the
11 Find the area of a square with starting time of the third bus. 08:10
sides of 40cm. 1600cm2
12 What is the cost of 1kg 200g at
12 612 ÷ y = 6. Find y. 102 35p per kilogram? 42p

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 SECTION 1 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 375 375 + 420 001 = 795 376 1 Arrange the digits 3, 8, 0, 5 to make

2 200 – 97 = 103 a the largest possible number a 8530

3 b the smallest possible number. b 0358

3 10 of 50p = 15p
2 This shape has
9
4 Write as a decimal 70 + 6 + 100 76.09 A eight equal sides.

5 2km 350m = m 2350m a Name the shape. a octagon

b How many degrees
6 £1.71 ÷ 9 = p 19p
are there in ∠ A? b 45°
7 1.5kg – 650g = g 850g 3 Share £4.76 equally among seven
children. Find how much each has.
8 Write 750 using Roman numerals. DCCL
Write the answer
9 1150ml + ml = 2l 850ml a in pence a 68p

10 215min = h min 3h 35min b in £s. b £0.68

4 A teaspoon holds 5ml. What decimal
11 £3.05 = 10ps + one 5p 30 10ps
fraction of a litre is contained in
12 4.5kg × 100 = 450kg 100 spoonfuls? 0.5l
5 Find in grams. a 0.1 kg a 100g
B Answer b 0.4 kg b 400g
c 0.8 kg c 800g
1 What is the value of the
missing number? 6 The perimeter of the
6 3 rectangle is 96cm.
Thirty point three six = 30 + + 100 10
The width is 15cm.
2 Write to the nearest metre 19.54m. 20m Find its length. 33cm

3 Find the change from £5.00 after 7 What is the largest of these
spending 89p. £4.11 decimal numbers?
1.1, 0.98, 1.12, 1.06 1.12
4 What number is 5 more than –4? 1
8 The thickness of 100 sheets of card
5 Change 8:35 p.m. to 24-hour is 14.5cm. Find the thickness in
clock time. 20:35 millimetres of

6 An isosceles triangle has two angles a 10 sheets a 14.5mm

of 70°. What is the size of the b one sheet. b 1.45mm
third angle? 40°
9 These angles are equal.
7 Find in millimetres the length of a
a How many right
line that is half of 7.6cm. 38mm
angles are equal
8 Increase €1.20 by a quarter of €1.20. €1.50 to the sum of
the five angles? a 4
9 B Name the pair of b How many degrees are there in
A parallel lines in each of the five angles? b 72°
this shape. AB and CD
C
10 Tissues are sold at five for 35p.
D
What is paid for 30 tissues? £2.10
10 How many times can 250ml be 11 Alfie spent
3
of his money on sweets
5
taken from 2 12 l? 10 and 103
on ice cream. What fraction 1
of his money had he left? 10
11 Find the cost of 1kg 100g of oranges
1
at 50p per 2 kg. £1.10 12 The mean
Marek 10 years
average age
12 Which of these decimal fractions Harry 9 years
of the children
is equal to 34 ? Evie years
is 9 years.
Becky 10 years
0.34, 0.43, 0.75, 0.63 0.75 How old is Evie? 7yr

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer

1 Write as a decimal 1 What is the greatest possible

remainder when a whole number
a 407 tenths a 40.7
is divided by 9? 8
b 209 hundredths. b 2.09
2 How many pieces of ribbon each
2 How many days in 1 year? 365
4.5cm long can be cut from a
3 42 + 32 – 22 = 21 length of 4 12 m? 100

4 50p + two 20ps = 5ps 18 5ps 3 A bag of rice having a mass of

200g costs 40p. Find the price
5 0.55 + =1 0.45
per kilogram. £2.00
9
6 10 of 1kg = g 900g
4 What is the 12-hour clock time
7 63 ÷ 7 = 54 ÷ 6 which is 114 h earlier than 13:05?
2 5 9 Use a.m. or p.m. 11:50 a.m.
8 5 + 10 = 10

9 0.48m ÷ 8 = cm 6cm 5 Eggs are packed in boxes in layers

of 20. If there are four layers in
10 £2.30 – 95p = £ £1.35 each box and five boxes, find the
total number of eggs. 400
11 87 × 6 = 522

12 Write as a decimal, 6 £ What is the missing

9 + 3 tenths + 17 hundredths. 9.47 8.6 0 sum of money? £5.50
.
+ 2.9 0
B Answer
1 7.0 0
1 Write the value of the digit underlined.
a 36.09 a 9 hundredths 7 How many
y
degrees are
b 180.6 b 80 there in
the angle
2 By how many grams is 1.3kg heavier 150° marked y? 60°
than 700g? 600g

3 Find the cost of eight tomatoes at 70° 80°

19p each. £1.52

4 By what length is 0.5m less

than 10.05m? 9.55m 8 15 × 36 = 540. By how many is
16 × 36 more than 540? 36
5 Write the 24-hour clock time which
is 17min later than 13:55. 14:12 7
9 A 2l can is 10 full. How many more
millilitres are required to fill it? 600ml
6 How many 12p eggs can be bought
for £1.80? 15
10 A map is drawn to a scale 1cm to
7 Which two of these fractions when 10km. Find the actual distance
added together make a whole one? represented by 54mm. 54km
5 2 1 6 1 2 6
8 , 5 , 4 , 10 , 8 5 10
11 How many right angles are
8 Find the average of 1.6l, 0.8l, 1.2l. 1.2l equal to the sum of the three
angles in a triangle? 2
9 Write 284 using Roman numerals. CCLXXXIV
12 How many tiles each 10cm square are
10 Find in centimetres the length of a
needed to cover the area shown? 24
line that is twice 85mm. 17cm

11 Round 295 373 to the nearest 1000. 295 000

30cm

12 Find the perimeter of a rectangle

12.5cm long and 3.5cm wide. 32cm 80cm

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 SECTION 1 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 (7 × 8) + 5 = 61 1 Write the next two odd numbers

in this sequence.
2 2.86 = tenths + 6 hundredths 28 tenths
80
995, 997, 999, , 1001 1003
4
3 5 = 100 100
2 Pasta costs 25p for 100g. Find the
4 £2.04 × 8 = £16.32 cost of a bag of pasta containing
5 How many minutes from 11:40 a.m. 1kg 300g. £3.25
to 1:10 p.m.? 90min 3 Write each of these fractions with
6 105 570 – 100 510 = 5060 a denominator of 100.
9 90
7 4kg 50g = g 4050g a 10 a 100
7 70
b b
8 70p × 2 12 = £1.75 10 100
26
13
c 50 c 100
9 504mm = cm 50.4cm
10 ∠A+∠B+ 4 The rainfall for three months of a
B
A ∠C+∠D= ° 360° year was 37mm, 43mm, 40mm.
C
Find the average monthly rainfall. 40mm
D
5 Find a the area of the rectangle a 20cm2
11 0.3l = ml 300ml
b the perimeter of
12 £9.00 ÷ 100 = p 9p the rectangle. b 24cm
Write the unit of measurement in each case.
B Answer
2cm

1 Take 0 times 9 from the product

of 8 and 6. 48 10cm

2 Five parcels of different sizes have

6 The temperature was 4°C and it fell by
a total mass of 800g. Find their
9°C. What is the temperature now? –5°C
average mass. 160g
3 Decrease 72p by 18 . 63p 7 In this right-angled
A
triangle what is the
4 In a leap year February has 29 days. 140° size in degrees of ∠ A? 50°
How many days in a leap year? 366
8 Find the mean average of
5 Write 9l 700ml to the nearest 1 these numbers.
half-litre. 92 l
7 13 6 9 5 8
6 How much change from a £5 note
after first spending £3 and then 56p? £1.44 9 Jack needs £3.20 to buy a book.
Which of these fractions equal 2 He has saved three 50ps, four 20ps
7 3?
8 10
and one 10p. How much more
4 8 16 10
9 , 12 , 20 , 15 12 15 must he save? 80p
8 What number when multiplied by 10 A train journey from London to Leeds
3 gives 207 for the answer? 69 takes 2h 35min. At what time do
9 Find the cost of 2m 20cm at these trains arrive at Leeds if they
25p per metre. 55p leave London at
a 11:25 a 14:00
10 Write 493 using Roman numerals. CDXCIII
b 18:45? b 21:20
11 17 × 7 = 119. Write the answer
to 0.17 × 7. 1.19 11 1 litre of water has a mass of 1kg.
Find the mass of a bottle containing
12 Which of these lines are
1.5l of water if the bottle has a
perpendicular to the line XY? b, e
mass of 150g. 1kg 650g
a b c d e
12 On a coordinate grid, point A is at (5, 2).
X Y It is then moved three squares up.
What are its coordinates now? (5 , 5)

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer

1 300 + 15 + 5000 = 5315 1 Approximate

2 forty-five 5ps = £ £2.25 a 9.82 to the nearest whole one a 10

27 b £10.48 to the nearest £1 b £10
3 100 of 1m = cm 27cm
c 3.25kg to the nearest kilogram. c 3kg
4 0.45 + =1 0.55
2 The kilometre reading on a car
5 The ninth month of the year is . September is 9946.2. What distance has the
car to travel for it to read ten
6 709 × 8 = 5672 thousand kilometres? 53.8km
7 3.7 = hundredths 370 hundredths 3 Which two shapes are reflections
of each other along the dotted line? H E
8 17p + 15p + 20p = £ £0.52
10
9 140g + g = 0.2kg 60g
9
B
10 £23.00 ÷ 5 = £4.60 8
C
1 7
11 0.7l – 2l = ml 200ml A D
6
3 2 7
12 10 + 5 = 10 5
4
H E
B Answer 3
G F
2
1 What number is 32 greater than 290? 322
1
2 Write as a decimal 5 tens plus
–1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
18 tenths. 51.8 –1

3 How many 5ps must be taken from

three 50ps to leave £1.15? 7 5ps 4 10 yoghurts cost £2.40. Find the
61
cost of three. 72p
4 How many eighths are there in 7 58 ? 8
5 Josh was born on 30/06/03.
5 29 June is on a Friday. On which Write his age in years and months
day is 4 July? Wednesday on 1 September 2015. 12yr 2mth

6 Share 75p equally among eight 6 Find the sum of the numbers
children. Find between 60 and 80 which are
divisible by 9. 135
a how much they each receive a 9p
7 Write the number 900 using
b how much is left over. b 3p
Roman numerals. CM
7 What mass in kilograms is double 8 1000 teabags have a mass of 4.2kg.
3kg 750g? 7.5kg Find the mass in grams of
8 Which of these numbers will divide a 100 teabags a 420g
exactly by both 6 and 9 without
b one teabag. b 4.2g
a remainder?
24 36 48 63 9 A shopkeeper bought six balls for
36 £1.32 and sold them to make a total
profit of 48p. For how much did
9 Find the area of a rectangular
he sell each ball? 30p
playground 30m long and 18m wide. 540m2
10 A car uses 7l of petrol to travel
10 Find the cost of 400g at 25p
100km. How many litres are required
per kilogram. 10p
for 1600km? 112l
3 1 3 1
11 From 1 8 subtract ( 2 + 4 ). 8
11 Three lines measure 0.04m, 47mm,
12 How many 3.8cm. Find the difference between
65° degrees in the longest and shortest lines. 9mm

B a ∠A a 75° 12 Find the mean average of these prices.

A 40°
b ∠ B? b 140° 26p 10p 25p 32p 17p 22p

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 PROGRESS TEST 1 Schofield & Sims

Write the numbers 1 to 20 down the side of a piece of paper.

Write alongside these numbers the answers only to the following questions.
Work as quickly as you can. Time allowed – 10 minutes.

1 Write in digits to the nearest hundred

six thousand four hundred and fifty. 6500

2 Find the missing number of 5ps.

£1.65 = two 50ps, two 20ps, 5ps
£1 5 5ps

3 Round 463 596 to the nearest 10. 463 600

10p £1 2p £1 £1 £1
4 Write as a decimal the sum of 3 hundreds and 109 hundredths. 301.09

5
£1£1 5p
How many hours and minutes from 11:52 a.m. to 2:27 p.m.? 2h 35min
£1 10p 2p 10p 10p 10p
2p 2p 2p
6
£1 1p 20p
By counting in the given order find the total value of the coins. 95p
10p 10p 2p 2p 5p 5p 5p 5p
10p 10p 5p 5p 2p 2p 1p 50p 20p 1p 1p 20p 20p 20p
1p
1p 1p5p 5p20p 20p
7 Write the number 731 using Roman numerals. 50p 50p 50p 50pDCCXXXI
1p 1p 20p 20p
8
50p 50p
On a coordinate grid, point A is at (5, 4). It is then moved four squares to the left.
What are its coordinates now? (1, 4)

9
3
4 money 50p
of a sum of50p is 54p. Find the whole amount. 72p

10 26 × 8 = 208. Write the answer to 26 × 80. 2080

11 Find the mean average of these prices.

31p 50p 40p 44p 30p 39p

12 Take 650ml from 5l and give the answer to the nearest 0.5l. 4.5l

13 A regular hexagon has sides each measuring 58mm. Find its perimeter in centimetres. 34.8cm

14 200g of mushrooms cost 48p. Find the price of the mushrooms per half-kilogram. £1.20

15 How many less than 870 000 is the answer to 859 985 + 10 014? 1

16 A rectangular garden plot measures 12.8m long and 8m wide. Find its area in m2. 102.4m2

17 A
17° Find the size of angle A. 115°

48°

18 The mass of a 10p coin is 6.5g. Find the mass in kilograms of the coins in a £10 bag of 10ps. 0.65kg

1
19 What is the 12-hour clock time which is 2 4 h earlier than 14:25? Use a.m. or p.m. 12:10 p.m.

20 0.97 + =1 0.03

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers PROGRESS TEST 1 | Results Chart
You will work through Progress Test 1 at four different times – once at the end of Section 1, then again after you have
completed each of Section 2 Test 4, Test 8 and Test 11.
When you first complete the test:
a colour the first column to show the number of answers correct out of 20
b enter the date.
Each time you take the test, enter the result and the date in the marked columns.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13
number of answers correct

12

11

10

0
date

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 SECTION 2 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Write in digits thirty thousand 1 How many packets each containing

and fifteen. 30 015 100 cards can be made from
thirteen thousand cards? 130
2 2006 – 600 = 1406

3 three 10ps and six 5ps = 2ps 30 2ps 2 Find the change from £1 after paying
for three oranges at 29p each. 13p
4 10.04 = hundredths 1004 hundredths
1
5 56 × 20 = 1120 3 7 of the mass of a container is 600g.
Find its total mass in kilograms. 4.2kg
6 36cm = m 0.36m

7 0.850kg = g 850g 4 A ABC is an

72°
isosceles triangle.
8 0.05 + 0.04 = 0.09 Find the size in
degrees of the
9 0.5 × 3 = 1.5 C B
a angle at B a 54°
10 29 + 13 = 7 × 6
b angle at C. b 54°
11 £0.95 = three 20ps + 5ps 7 5ps

12
9
of £3.00 = p 27p 5 Three bottles contain 1.3l, 0.9l and
100
0.5l. Find in millilitres the mean
average of these quantities. 900ml
B Answer
6 A bus journey takes 47min. If a bus
1 Write 639 using Roman numerals. DCXXXIX leaves at 09:50, at what time does
it arrive? 10:37
2 What fraction of
the square is
5 7 garden Find the width
a shaded a 8
3
area 480m2 of the garden. 12m
b unshaded? b 8
40m
3 Find the total of 79p, 41p and 85p. £2.05
8 The population of a town is
4 Write as 24-hour clock times. 59 609. Write this number to
the nearest 1000. 60 000
a 5 minutes to 9 in the morning a 08:55
b 10 minutes past 10 in the evening b 22:10 9 The bus fare for a child is half that
5 By how many metres is 2km less of an adult. Find the total fares for
than 2.35km? 350m two adults and four children if a
full fare is 54p. £2.16
6 Round 10.47 to the nearest
whole number. 10 10 On a map each 1mm represents
7 What is the cost of 2m 10cm at 50m in real life. What length does
40p per metre? 84p a line measuring 8mm on the
map represent? 400m
8 By how many kilograms is 1 12 kg
greater than 350g? 1.15kg 11 What number is 17 less than 7? –10
9 Find the total cost of 100 balloons
at 7p each. £7.00 12 Which shape has the greater
perimeter and by how many
10 What is the value in millilitres of
centimetres? square by 2cm
the digit underlined in 7.360l? 60ml

11 By how much is the total of seven

6cm

10ps and three 5ps less than £1? 15p rectangle

square
12 Write in digits to the nearest 100
twenty thousand nine hundred 9cm
and six. 20 900 8cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer

1 U t h th Write in words as a 1 Divide 1655 by 100 and write the

decimal the number answer to the nearest whole number. 17
shown on the abacus.
2 Simplifying your
three point zero one five answer, write
what fraction
of the dots is
2 100 × = 10 000 100 1
a white a 3
3 2.8km – 300m = km 2.5km 2
b purple. b 3
4 74p × 8 = £ £5.92
3 Plums are priced at three for 35p.
5 0.2 × 6 = 1.2 How many can be bought for £2.10? 18

6 0.065l = ml 65ml 4 The mass of a box of books is 3.5kg.

1 The mass of the box is 600g. Find
7 6 of £4.80 = p 80p the mass of the books in kilograms. 2.9kg
8 47 + 53 + 4000 = 4100
5 Sasmita lives 20.3km from her place
9 0.75min = s 45s of work. How many kilometres does
she travel in a five-day week if she
10 42 – 15 = ×3 9 makes a return journey each day? 203km
11 3kg + 90g = kg 3.09kg 6 Omar’s date of birth is 30.08.94.
12 0.4 + 0.7 = 1.1 What will be his age in years on
1 September 2020? 26yr

7 5 On a coordinate
B Answer A
4 grid point A
1 Increase 240 by 1
of 60. 260 is at (3,4)
3 3
but it is then
2 13 out of 25 = out of 100 52 2 moved two
squares to
3 Find the change from £3.00 after 1
the right and
spending £2.19. 81p
1 2 3 4 5
one square
4 From twelve thousand take nine down.
hundred and forty. 11 060 What are its new coordinates? (5 , 3)
5 6 times 85cm = m 5.1m 8 How many days would a 200ml bottle
6 What fraction of the of milk last if two kittens were fed
rectangle is 5ml each four times a day? 5
5
a shaded a 12 9 15 × 17 = 255. Write the answers to
7
b unshaded? b 12 a 150 × 170 a 25 500

7 How many millimetres are there b 1.5 × 17. b 25.5

in 3.07m? 3070mm
10 Find the cost at £5.70 per metre of
8 How many times is 250g contained a 10cm a 57p
in 5 12 kg? 22
70
b 30cm. b £1.71
9 Reduce 100 to a fraction in its 7
lowest terms. 10 11 A road on a map measured 4.5cm
which represented a distance of 45km.
10 What is the cost of 100g at
1 What distance does 1mm on the
85p per 2 kg? 17p map represent? 1km
11 A square has sides 30cm long. Find
12
125° A
a Name the
m

a its perimeter a 120cm shape. a parallelogram

9c

125°
b its area. b 900cm2 b Find its
16cm
perimeter. b 50cm
12 Share $100 equally among eight
people. How much each? $12.50 c Find ∠ A. c 55°

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 SECTION 2 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 2083 – 80 = 2003 1 Increase forty thousand by six hundred

7 5 and three. Write the answer in digits. 40 603
2 6+ 10 + 1000 = 6.705
3 2050mm = m 2.05m 2 Multiply the product of 8 and 7
by 101. 5656
4 3h – 25min = min 155min
5 six 2ps + five 5ps + three 10ps = 67p 3 How many less than 578 335 is
the number
6 78.5 ÷ 100 = 0.785
4 80 a 8334 a 570 001
7 5 = 100 100
b 70 305? b 508 030
8 0.5l – 345ml = ml 155ml
9 27 + 18 = ×5 9 4 Find the total of 285 056 and 13 501. 298 557
10 1.8kg ÷ 3 = g 600g 5 A box contains 10 bottles of shampoo
2 each having a mass of 223g. Find the
11 3 of £3.60 = £2.40
total mass to the nearest 12 kg allowing 1
12 ∠A= ° 30° 230g for the box. 2.5kg or 2 2 kg

A 6 By how many hundredths is 0.82

more than 45 ? 2 hundredths

7 250g The prices of two

100g
different packets
B Answer 62p 25p
of jelly are given.
How much is saved by buying the
1 Write as a decimal the total of
larger packets when purchasing
eleven plus twenty-six thousandths. 11.026
500g of jelly? 1p
2 Find a number which when multiplied
by itself gives as the answer 8 Round each of these numbers to
a 64 a 8 the nearest whole number.
b 49. b 7 a 5.5 a 6
3 What is left after taking 17p from b 199.71 b 200
four 20ps? 63p c 9.49 c 9
4 Write the decimal fraction which
3
is equal to 20 . 0.15 9 Which two of these fractions are
each equal to 56 ?
5 How many minutes from 10:55 a.m.
15 16 10 20 15 20
to 12:30 p.m.? 95min 18 20 15 24 18 24
6 By how many metres is 1.4km longer
than 1250m? 150m 10 Port SE is halfway
N x between
7 Find the difference between the
S and E.
largest and smallest of these decimals.
3.4 3.401 3.41 0.01 A ship sails east from port and then
turns SE. Find the angle marked x. 135°
8 What is left over when 68p is
divided by 7? 5p
11 A rectangle measures 8cm by 6cm.
9 Multiply 4.05kg by 100. 405kg What is the length of the sides of a
10 Find the mean of these lengths. square which has the same perimeter? 7cm

5.4cm 4.6cm 3.5cm 4.5cm

14cm
12 Find these
measurements
11 What number is represented by
8cm

of the shaded
CM in Roman numerals?
triangle.
Write your answer in digits. 900
a the base a 14cm
12 How many times is 260.6 greater
than 2.606? 100 b the height b 8cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer
1
1 4 of ten thousand = 2500 1 Find the number which is equal to
(9 × 102) + 6. 906
2 6×0×9×3= 0
3 0.9 + 0.1 = 1 2 How many 4p sweets can be bought
4 0.7 × 2 = 1.4 for £6.00? 150

5 1632 ÷ 4 = 408
3 Find in metres the length of ribbon
6 £5.00 – eight 5ps = £ £4.60 required to make 200 pieces each
35 7 8.3cm long. 16.6m
7 100 = 20 20

8 400g + g = 0.75kg 350g 4 How much greater than 582 482 is

9 2h 25min + 50min = 3h 15min the number 884 492? 302 010

10 3.5km – 2900m = m 600m

5 Midday temperatures on three
11 Write 1005 using Roman numerals. MV consecutive days are 17°C, 15°C and
19°C. Find the mean temperature. 17°C
12 Angle x = ° 82°
82°
y Angle y = ° 98° 6 1l of water has a mass of 1kg.
x
Find the volume in litres of the
water in a bottle if the water has
a mass of 780g. 0.78l
B Answer
7 An article priced at £4.20 was sold
1 Find the product of 0.4 and 9. 3.6 in a sale at a reduction of 13 .
Find the sale price. £2.80
2 What is the answer in grams when
24.5kg is divided by 100? 245g
8 On the chart each smiley face
3 From 50 take 0.01. 49.99 represents 50 pupils at a local school.
4 After Christmas Day, how many days How many pupils attend the school? 850
are there before New Year’s Day? 6
5 Find the total of six 20ps and
seven 10ps. £1.90
9 William found the mass of 10
6 Write 0.05 as a fraction with 1 shuttlecocks to be 95g. Find the mass
the numerator 1. 20
in kilograms of 100 shuttlecocks. 0.95kg
7 Which of these numbers will divide
into 81 without a remainder? A
10 ABC is an
2 3 5 6 9 60° equilateral
3 9
triangle. Find
1
8 Find the cost of 3.5l at 26p per 2 l. £1.82
a its perimeter
C B
9 Which of these decimal fractions 86mm in centimetres a 25.8cm
is equal to 34 ?
b the size of the angles at B and C. b 60°
0.7 0.65 0.75 0.75
10 The length of a line is 15.6cm. 11 Yasmin went shopping with a £5
Find half its length in millimetres. 78mm note in her purse. She had left
two 50ps, one 10p and six 2ps.
11 5.4 ÷ 6 = 0.9. Write the answer to How much had she spent? £3.78
a 0.54 ÷ 6 a 0.09
b 0.054 ÷ 6. b 0.009 12 Find the area of
a the rectangle a 108cm2
9cm

12 Two angles in a triangle added

together make 124°. Find the b each of the
third angle. 56° triangles. b 54cm2
12cm

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 SECTION 2 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer
1
1 20 000 = 20 × 10 × 100 1 How many bottles each holding 4l
can be filled from 7 12 l? 30
2 0.817 = 8 tenths + thousandths 17 thousandths
2 A packet of 100 sheets of paper costs
3 57 × 70 = 3990
£2.30. Find the cost of 150 sheets. £3.45
4 0.3 × 6 = 1.8
3 Take the least of these decimal
5 24 – (18 × 0) = 24 fractions from the greatest.
6 £20.36 = 10ps + 6p 203 10ps 0.84 0.9 0.865 0.897 0.06
4 1 3
7 5 – 2 = 10
4 Lauren swims 15 lengths of the
8 65ml × 100 = l 6.5l pool which is 20m long. How many
metres short of 12 km does she swim? 200m
9 2.6cm + 3.9cm = mm 65mm
5 The large cube is
10 £ × 9 = £40.50 £4.50 made from a number
11 1.5kg – 280g = g 1220g of centimetre cubes.
a How many
12 0.9 + 0.9 = 1.8
centimetre
cubes are there? a 64
B Answer b 43 = b 64

1 Write as a decimal 1035 thousandths. 1.035 6 Ryan saved 60p which was 56 of
his pocket money. How much was
2 Approximate 59.7p to the all his pocket money? 72p
nearest 1p. 60p
90 7 2.8kg of coffee was put into
9
3 a 10 = 100 a 100 10 packets of equal mass.
b Write the fraction as a decimal. b 0.9 How many grams of coffee
were there in each packet? 280g
4 Which two of these angles when
added together make two right angles? 8 Find the size in degrees of ∠A 145°
67° 103° 87° 113° 145° ∠B 35°
67° 113° B C
A ∠ C. 35°
5 How many times 0.48
is 480? 1000 9 The total cost of two full-price tickets
6 Find in millimetres the value of and one half-price ticket was £55.
the digit underlined. Find the cost of

7.075m 5mm a one full-price ticket a £22

b one half-price ticket. b £11
7 9 out of 25 = out of 100 36
8 How much change out of a £5 note 10 What is the area in m2 of a
after spending £1.46? £3.54 rectangular path which is 29m 1
long and 50cm wide? 14 2 m2
1
9 2 kgof tomatoes costs 80p.
Find the cost of 100g. 16p 11 Emma ran 9.875km in an afternoon.
1 3 Round this distance to the nearest
10 What fraction of 4l is 150ml? 5
a kilometre a 10km
11 Which of these fractions is between
b tenth of a kilometre. b 9.9km
one-half and one-quarter in size?
3 2 7 3
5 3 10 8
3 12 Find a the perimeter of the shape a 34cm
8
b its area. b 44cm2
12 Find the area of
7.4cm

a the rectangle a 74cm2 2cm

5cm

b the shaded 8cm

triangle. b 37cm 2
10cm 12cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer

1 1200 ÷ 30 = 40 1 By how many is 82 greater than 33? 37

2 7p + 5p + 8p + 25p = 45p 2 Approximate 25 928
3 (7 × 9) – (8 + 5) = 50 a to the nearest 1000 a 26 000

6 24 b to the nearest 100. b 25 900

4 25 = 100 100
3 Find the date which is nine days
5 900g + 500g = kg 1.4kg after 26 September. 5 October
9 8
6 4.908 = 4 + 10 + 1000 1000 4 Round 3.52 to the nearest
whole number. 4
7 £0.86 – 19p = p 67p
5 What is the difference in millilitres
8 2km – 540m = m 1460m
between the largest and smallest
9 0.09 + 0.06 = 0.15 of these quantities?
1 3
10 250ml × 6 = l 1.5l 2l 450ml 5l 620ml 170ml
11 2m 80cm ÷ 4 = cm 70cm 6 A ABC is a
y right-angled
12 180° – (63° + 57°) = 60°
triangle. Find
in degrees
34° x
B Answer C B
a the angle marked x a 146°
1 Write as a decimal the total of 200,
7
6, 10 9
and 1000 . 206.709 b the angle marked y. b 56°

2 From the product of 7 and 9 take 7 A length of plastic strip 54cm long
their sum. 47 is cut into two pieces so that one
is five times as long as the other.
3 Write as a fraction and simplify What is the length of each piece? 45cm 9cm
3
a 9 out of 30 a 10 8 George spent €80 which was 2
5
3
b 24 out of 40. b 5 of his savings. How much in
savings did he have to begin with? €200
4 How many days altogether are there
in the months of April and May? 61 9 On a coordinate grid point A is at
(2, 0) but it is then moved three
5 Find in grams the value of the squares to the right and one square
digits underlined. up. What are its new coordinates? (5 , 1)
4.075kg 75g
10 A 5p coin has a mass of 3.25g.
6 What must be added to 9.45 Find in grams the mass of forty 5ps. 130g
to make 10? 0.55
11 A circular tin has a diameter of 6.4cm.
7 Change to decimal fractions. What is a the length and b the width
a 51.2cm
27 of the smallest rectangular tray which
a 50 a 0.54 would contain a single row of 8 tins? b 6.4cm
9
b 20 b 0.45
12 Hannah stopped for coffee at a café.
8 ∠A=∠B a How far from home was the café? a 4km
A Find the size of
130° B each angle. 25° b At what time did she stop
for coffee? b 10:00
9 Divide £2.75 by 10 and write the Hannah’s journey
answer to the nearest penny. 28p 20
Distance from home

10 Find the cost of 1.2m of tape at 15

40p per metre. 48p
in km

10
11 Take 6 thousandths from 0.897. 0.891
5
12 Find in centimetres the perimeter
of an equilateral triangle, the sides 0
09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00
of which measure 27mm. 8.1cm Time

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 SECTION 2 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Write in digits the number forty 1 Write each of these fractions with a
thousand six hundred and five. 40 605 denominator of 100.
3 30
2 (55 – 8) – (7 × 0) = 47 a 10 a 100
40
3 12 weeks = days 84 days b 2
b 100
5
3
4 10 of 112 l = ml 450ml c 1
c
4
100
25
5 Write as a decimal fraction.
59 2 A school was built in 1902. For how
a 100 a 0.59 many years will it have been in use
7
b 100 b 0.07 by the year 2020? 118yr
6 0.21 – 0.15 = 0.06
3 What decimal fraction is equal to
7 5.405m = mm 5405mm
a 57% a 0.57
8 four 20ps + nine 2ps = £ £0.98
45
b 8%? b 0.08
9 a 0.45 = 100 a 100
2 4 How many packets each containing
b 0.08 = 25 b 25 365g can be made from 36 12 kg? 100
10 208g + 1.5kg = kg 1.708kg
5 Write the next two decimal numbers
11 p × 6 = £4.56 76p in this sequence.
755
12 7 = r 107 r 6 1.75, 2.0, 2.25, , 2.5 2.75

6 Prices in a shop were increased by 13 .

B Answer Find the new price of articles which cost
1 a What decimal fraction a 48p a 64p
of the 100 small b 84p. b £1.12
squares is shaded? a 0.73
b Write this decimal fraction as a 7 From a watering can holding 10l of
73
simple fraction. b 100 water, 2.75l are poured on the plants.
Find in litres and millilitres the
2 47 out of 100 = 47 per cent (%).
quantity which remains. 7l 250ml
Write as a %
a 79 out of 100 a 79% 8 The sides of the cube
b 4 out of 100. b 4% each measure 5cm.
Find the area of
3 By how much is £15 more than
fifteen 50ps? £7.50 a one face a 25cm2
4 Find in millilitres the value b all the faces. b 150cm2
of the digits underlined. 8.305l 305ml
9 The mean of eight numbers is 12.
5 Which year is MMXI? 2011 Find the sum of the eight numbers. 96
6 How many days are there between
28 November and 7 December? 8 10 10 tennis balls cost $8.40.
Find the cost of three tennis balls. $2.52
7 89% of a sum of money is spent.
What percentage is left? 11% 11 30l of orange squash is made
Find the cost of 600g at 50p per 1
60p by mixing 1 part concentrate with
8 2 kg.
4 parts water. Find the volume of
9 The temperature fell 7°C from 4°C.
What is the new temperature? –3°C a concentrate a 6l

10 Approximate b water. b 24l

a 10 046 to the nearest 100 a 10 000 12 The path
b 3kg 370g to the nearest 0.5kg. b 3.5kg round the
lawn is
12m

11 Find the change from a £10 note lawn

1m wide.
after spending £7.62. £2.38
Find the
12 The area of a rectangle is 47.5cm2. area of
Its width is 5cm. Find its length. 9.5cm 15m the lawn. 130m2

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer

1 50 000 = 500 × 100 1 Write these decimal fractions

as percentages.
2 (27 ÷ 3) = ( ÷ 7) 63
1 a 0.3 a 30%
3 a 2 = out of 100 a 50
1 b 0.07 b 7%
2 = % 50%
1 c 0.84 c 84%
b 4 = out of 100 b 25
1
= % 25% 2 Leah had in her purse three 50ps,
4
8 4 two 20ps and two 5ps. She spent
4 112 – 7
10 = 10 or 5 £1.17. How much had she left? 83p
5 5 12 min = s 330s
3 Write the product of 0.007 and 4. 0.028
6 0.7 × 5 = 3.5
4 What is the value of 1% of
7 £0.19 × 6 = £1.14
85 a £1 a 1p
17
8 20 = 100 = % 100 = 85%
b 1kg? b 10g
9 4.385 – 4.325 = 0.06
2 5 The diagram represents a length
10 3 of 75p = 50p of 72m. Find the length represented
11 850g × 4 = kg 3.4kg by the shaded part. 27m
12 £4.20 = six 50ps + 20ps 6 20ps

6 Shahid spends 38% of his pocket

B Answer
money on bus fares and 24% on
books. What percentage of his
1 Which of these numbers are
money remains? 38%
multiples of 8?
36 48 60 72 7 1p has a mass of 3.56g. Find the
48 72
mass in kilograms of £10 of 1p coins. 3.56kg
63
2 Write as a percentage. a a 63%
100 8 Find the size
b 0.07 b 7% 70° in degrees of
∠x, ∠y, ∠z.
3 Write four hundred and two thousand,
x z
one hundred and seven in digits. 402 107 ∠x 110°
y ∠y 70°
4 Find the cost of 750g at 48p
per kilogram. 36p ∠z 110°
5 What must be added to £4.74
9 20 bags of flour were bought for
to make £6.00? £1.26
£10.80 and sold at 60p per bag. Find
6 Write in 24-hour clock time a quarter the profit after selling all the bags. £1.20
of an hour earlier than 23:10. 22:55
10 Round each of these numbers to
7 Find the area of the nearest whole number.
6cm

the right-angled 7
triangle. 31.5cm2 a 9 12 a 10
10.5cm b 100.06 b 100
8 In a class 36% of the children were c 4.815 c 5
boys. What percentage were girls? 64%
11 Tom received 2p each time Megan
9 360° – (80° + 75° + 120°) = ° 85° received 3p. How much did they
10 Find to the nearest penny
1
of 95p. 12p each receive from a total of £2.00?
8

11 Find the mean of these volumes. Tom 80p

650ml 800ml 350ml Megan £1.20

600ml
12 How many tiles each 20cm square
12 What is the perimeter
are needed to cover this surface? 125
in centimetres of
hexagon a regular hexagon
1m

each side of which

measures 58mm? 34.8cm 5m

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 SECTION 2 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Write in digits 1 18% of the people at a cinema were

one hundred and four thousand. 104 000 men, 39% were women and the
rest were children. What percentage
2 £1.11 + 8p + 9p + 24p = £1.52
were children? 43%
3 0.35 = thousandths 350 thousandths
2 Katie went on holiday on 29 July
4 2.8l – 630ml = ml 2l 170ml and returned on 7 August. For how
5 350g × 5 = kg 1.75kg many days was she on holiday? 10
57
6 100 of £500 = £285 3 Josh saved 14 of his pocket money
7 7m 28cm ÷ 8 = cm 91cm and spent 12 of the remainder. 3
What fraction did he spend? 8
8 297 + 103 = 40 × 10
3 2 3 4 The population of a small town was
9 1 – ( 10 + 5) = 10
ten thousand. 50% of the people
10 8 × 7 = × 0.1 560 were under the age of 25.
£14.42 How many was that? 5000
11 7 = £2.06
12 a
1
= 0.25 = % a 25% 5 What is the length
4
in centimetres
b 3
= 0.75 = % b 75% mm
4 54 of the longest
straight line that
B Answer can be drawn
inside this circle? 10.8cm
3
1 Write as decimal fractions. a 20 a 0.15
8 6 50% of a sum of money was £7.00.
b 25 b 0.32
Find the whole sum of money. £14
2 What is the difference in grams
between 134 kg and 950g? 800g 7 How many packets each containing
3 What length when divided by 6 0.2kg can be made from 35kg? 175
is equal to 2m 50cm? 15m
8 A milkshake contains 7 parts of milk
4 The three angles of a triangle each
and 1 part of syrup. How many
measure 60°. Describe the triangle
according to millilitres of each are required to
make 2l? 1750ml 250ml
a its angles a acute-angled
b its sides. b equilateral 9 Kai’s walking pace measures 60cm.
5 Find the value of How many metres has he walked
after taking 50 paces? 30m
a 50% of 650 a 325
b 25% of £0.72. b 18p 10 The mass of 120kg of dry sand
6 How many times is 200ml contained is increased when wet by 10%.
in 2.8l? 14 Find its mass when wet. 132kg
7 Approximate to the nearest centimetre.
11 A scooter costing £25 is reduced
a 20.3cm a 20cm by 1
20 . Find
b 79mm b 8cm
a the price reduction a £1.25
8 Write 2017 using Roman numerals. MMXVII
b the new price. b £23.75
9 Find the length in metres which is equal
to the digits underlined. 6.535km 35m 12 Find the area of
1
10 At 75p per 2 kg find the cost of a the front a 72cm2
a 100g a 15p
b the end b 31.5cm2
b 300g. b 45p
c the bottom of the box. c 112cm2
11 Find in centimetres the perimeter
of a rectangle which is 65mm long
4.5cm

and 30mm wide. 19cm

end front
12 a 0.1 = % a 10%
b 0.4 = % b 40% 7cm 16cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer

1 6009 + = 8000 1991 1 Find the profit on a scarf which was

bought for £8.35 and sold for £10. £1.65
2 £3.75 + £3.75 + £3.75 + £3.75 = £15.00
7
2 Two angles of a triangle each
3 20 of £2.00 = p 70p measure 78°.
50
4 16 23 = 3 3 a Name the triangle. a isosceles
5 19min + h min = 3h 2h 41min b Find the third angle. b 24°
11 44 3 The line has been drawn to a scale
6 25 = 100 = % 100 = 44%
1mm to 10m. What distance in
7 £2.00 – (78p + 30p ) = p 92p metres does it represent? 780m
3 7.8cm
8 10 of 1m 80cm = cm 54cm
9 0.05 × 8 = 0.4 4 40% of a sum of money is £36. Find
2kg 400g a 10% of the sum of money a £9
10 5 = g 480g
b the whole sum of money. b £90
11 a 0.7 = % a 70%
5 a Name the regular
b 0.9 = % b 90%
shape drawn in
12 0.09 × 12 = 1.08 the circle. a pentagon
b What is the size of
B Answer the angle shaded
at the centre? b 72°
1 Write as a fraction, 6 A bus runs every 35min starting at
in its lowest terms, 07:40. At what time does the third
and then as a bus leave? 08:50
percentage, the
7 How many chocolates at three for
part of the square
20p can be bought for £3.80? 57
which is
1 8 Write the coordinates of the point
a shaded a 5 20%
4 (2, 5) when it is reflected in
b unshaded. b 5 80% the line x = 4. (6 , 5)
2 How many right angles are there 10
in 270°? 3
9
3 By what length is 50.4km longer 8
than 47 12 km? 2.9km 7
4 Increase £3.70 by 10%. £4.07 6

5 How many millilitres must be added 5

to 3050ml to make 3 14 l? 200ml 4
1 3
6 of a sum of money is 79p.
4
What is 50% of the money? £1.58 2
1
7 Round 3.595 to the nearest tenth. 3.6
8 Write as a fraction and simplify. –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 –1
a 20% a 5
1 9 Which year is represented in
b 2% b 50 Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV? 1984
1
9 Approximate to the nearest 2 kg.
10 0.5kg of mushrooms cost £1.20.
1 What is the cost of a 100g a £0.24
a 7.65kg a 7 2 kg
b 0.9kg? b £2.16
b 3850g b 4kg
11 This shape is built from centimetre
10 Find the product of 0.2 and 0.3. 0.06 cubes. Find its dimensions.
11 a Write 20% as a decimal fraction. a 0.2 a length a 9cm
b What is 20% of one thousand? b 200 b width b 4cm
12 Use the formula A = lb to find the
c height c 3cm
area of a rectangle when l = 16.5 cm 12 How many centimetre cubes are
and b = 9 cm. 148.5cm2 used to build the block? 108

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 SECTION 2 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 103 = 10 × 10 × 10 = 1000 1 Find the numbers between 30 and 50

which have both 4 and 6 as factors. 36 48
2 1100 – 280 = 820
2 The mean amount saved by seven
3 490g = kg 0.49kg children was 83p. How much was
4 0.14 – 0.07 = 0.07 saved altogether? £5.81

5 a 9
= % a 9% 3 How much further from home was
100
Hannah at 12:00 than at 11:00? 6km
b 0.36 = % b 36%
Hannah’s journey
7
6 3 34 – 2 78 = 8 20

Distance from home

7 9m ÷ 30 = cm 30cm 15

in km
8 £0.08 × 7 = £ £0.56 10
3
9 60% = 5 5 5

10 175 seconds = min s 2min 55s 0

09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00
11 0.073 = thousandths 73 thousandths Time

12 75% of 1.2kg = g 900g 4 The distance between two towns

is 580km. If a map is drawn to a scale
of 1cm to 100km what length in
B Answer millimetres represents this distance? 58mm

1 Find the total in litres of 700ml, 5 Write as a fraction in its lowest terms.
1
300ml and 450ml. 1.45l a 100g of 400g a 4
1 1
2 How much greater than 2 is b 9km of 45km b 5
1
a 0.64 a 0.14 c 500ml of 112 l c 3

b 0.502? b 0.002 6 What is the temperature for 7°C

3 below zero? –7°C
3 What is the time 4h later than 23:20? 00:05
Find the cost of 50g at £1.40 per 1
14p 7 Write the year 2014 using
4 2 kg.
Roman numerals. MMXIV
5 Round 0.249 to the nearest tenth. 0.2
8 Find the missing divisor in this example.
6 Write each of the following as
9 r6
a an improper fraction and
b a mixed number. 8 7 9
67 7
67 tenths a 10 b 6 10 9 A bag contained an equal number
23 5
23 sixths a 6 b 36 of 10ps and 5ps to a total value of
3
£4.50. How many coins were there
7 Find the difference between 4 of £1 of each kind? 30
and 0.8 of £1. 5p
10 By putting in a decimal point make
8 How many grams are there in the 7 in each number have the value
1
8 of 1kg? 125g of 7 thousandths.
9 Write each of these percentages as a 2070 a 0.207
a a decimal and b a simplified fraction.
4 b 67 b 0.067
80% a 0.8 b 5
3 11 Find the smallest amount of pence
30% a 0.3 b 10 that can be added to £2.55 to make
10 What is the value of x when 39 less it divisible exactly by 7. 4p
than x is 76? 115 12 A carpet 6.5m by
11 What percentage of £1.00 is 4m is fitted onto
carpet a floor to leave
a 54p a 54% a border of
b 6p? b 6% 50cm wide.
12 Find in m2 the area of a rectangle Find a the length a 7.5m
16.8m long and 50cm wide. 8.4m2 b the breadth of the room. b 5m

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer

1 70 000 = 10 × 100 × 70 1 What number when divided by

6 equals the product of 5 and 9? 270
2 4.505 = thousandths 4505 thousandths
2 How many hours and min are there
3 3m 40cm + 1.8m = m cm 5m 20cm from 09:40 to 13:25? 3h 45min
4 40 × 2 34 = 110 3 Of these quadrilaterals which has
5 4.7kg + 2.4kg = g 7100g a four equal sides a rhombus
1 5 b only one pair of parallel sides? b trapezium
6 20 = 100 = % 100 = 5%

7 20 000 + 800 + 6 = 20 806 rectangle rhombus parallelogram trapezium

8 0.09 × 6 = 0.54 4 20% of 700 children have school

lunches. How many
9 £70 ÷ 20 = £3.50
a have school lunches a 140
10 40% of 900 = 360
b bring a packed lunch from home? b 560
11 350ml × 8 = l 2.8l 5 How many sectors
12 100% of £3.86 = £3.86 120° of the given size
can be cut from
the circle? 3
B Answer

1 By how many is 30 090 less than 6 Seven packets of equal mass together
forty thousand? 9910 have a mass of 4.55kg. Find in
grams the mass of each packet. 650g
2 Find the mean of these amounts. 35p
7 Which of these numbers are
47p, 62p, 13p and 18p
multiples of both 6 and 8?
3 What fraction of one hour is 16 24 30 36 42 48 64
1 24 48
a 12min a 5
5 8 One part of weed killer is mixed with
b 50min? b 6 5 parts of water. How many millilitres
of each are required to make 3l of
4 Find 5% of £4.00. 20p
weed killer? 500ml 2500ml
5 N How many degrees are 9 Charlie buys a bicycle for £80 and
there turning clockwise pays for it in weekly instalments
W E
a from SE to W a 135° of 10%.
S b from N to SW? b 225° a For how many weeks does he pay? a 10

6 Find the difference between the b How much is the weekly payment? b £8
largest and smallest of these numbers. 10 Put these decimals in ascending order.
2.202 2.02 2.22 0.2 0.75 0.7 0.57 0.8 0.5

7 What is the cost of 800ml at 0.5 0.57 0.7 0.75 0.8

90p per litre? 72p
11 A car travels 10km on 1l of petrol.
8 By how many twelfths is 1
less How much petrol does the car use
4 1
than 13 ? 12 if it travels on average 450km daily
for six days? 270l
9 What percentage is
12 a How many
a 20 of 200 a 10% cm cubes
b 250g of 1kg? b 25% fit exactly
into the
10 Find the value of x when
x
= 3. 15 7cm 15cm bottom of
5
£7.87 the box? a 105
11 Find to the nearest pence 8 98p
b If the box is 3cm high, how many
12 What year is represented by MCMXLV? 1945 cm cubes are needed to fill it? b 315

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 PROGRESS TEST 2 Schofield & Sims

Write the numbers 1 to 20 down the side of a piece of paper.

Write alongside these numbers the answers only to the following questions.
Work as quickly as you can. Time allowed – 10 minutes.

1 Write in words the number which is equal to 103. one thousand

2 Aaliyah has saved £2, five 20ps, seven 10ps, six 5ps and eight 2ps.
By how much is the total less than £10? £5.84

3 385 373 + 10 505 = 395 878

7
4 8 of a sum of money is 63p. Find the amount of all of the money. 72p

5
holiday
25% The diagram shows how Lucy spends her lottery winnings.
savings What percentage of the money is put into savings? 45%
charity
30%

6 59 × 37 = 2183. Write the answer to 0.59 × 37. 21.83

7 What number is 10 more than –4? 6

8 90% of 580 pupils went on a school trip. How many children remained at school? 58

9 Find to the nearest kilometre the

9.6km 3.5km
Ling distance from Troup to Ling. 24km
10.4km
Troup

1
10 The width of a rectangular path is 2 m. Its area is 27.5m2. Find its length. 55m

11 Find the mass in kilograms and grams of 20% of 18kg. 3kg 600g
1
12 How much less than 2 is 0.494? 0.006

13 115°
In this parallelogram find in degrees the angle marked y. 65°
y 115°

14 Prices at a sale were reduced by 5%. How much is paid for a notebook priced at €1.80? €1.71

15 The total of 7 numbers is 1428. What is the mean average of the numbers? 204

16 Find to the nearest penny the cost of 1.5m of ribbon at £1.05 per metre. £1.58

17

How many centimetre cubes are needed to fill the box? 180
4cm

5cm
9 cm

18 How many times greater than 0.03 is 30? 1000

19 How many 6cm square tiles are required to cover a rectangular surface measuring
54cm long and 48cm wide? 72

20 Write the year 1956 using Roman numerals. MCMLVI

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers PROGRESS TEST 2 | Results Chart
You will work through Progress Test 2 at four different times – once at the end of Section 2, then again after you have
completed each of Section 3 Test 4, Test 8 and Test 12.
When you first complete the test:
a colour the first column to show the number of answers correct out of 20
b enter the date.
Each time you take the test, enter the result and the date in the marked columns.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13
number of answers correct

12

11

10

0
date

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 SECTION 3 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Write in digits, two hundred and 1 How many hundredths must be

six thousand and forty. 206 040 added to 3.81 to make a total of 4? 19 hundredths
2 4.008 = thousandths 4008 thousandths 2 A bottle holds 250ml of juice. How
3 39 × 200 = 7800 many bottles can be filled from 10l? 40

4 seventeen 20ps and six 10ps = £ £4.00 3 Of the people attending a

tennis match 57% were men,
5 0.1 – 0.05 = 0.05 29% were women and the
6 7.045 km = km m 7km 45m remainder were children.
What percentage were children? 14%
7 10% of 3kg = g 300g
2
4 A car travelled 300km at a speed
8 5 of £1.40 = p 56p of 60km per hour (km/h). How long
9 450ml × 8 = l 3.6l did the journey take? 5h
21
7 21
10 a 12 = a 36 5 By how many pennies are seven 10ps
9
greater than the total of eight 5ps
27
b 30 = 10 b 10 and nine 2ps? 12p
3
11 4h – 18min = min 27min 6 What fraction of
1
12
£8.96
= £1.28 4
the circle is
7
7
a unshaded a 12
1
3 5
B Answer b shaded? b 12

1 Find the total of 17p, 34p and 29p. 7 A metal strip is 20cm long. How
Write the answer as £s. £0.80 many such strips can be cut from
2 What fraction in its simplest form two lengths each 5m 60cm long? 56
3
is 150ml to 1l? 20
8 A bus arrived at the station at 18:23
3 Approximate to the nearest but it was 35mins late due to heavy
whole number. traffic. Find the scheduled arrival time. 17:48
a 9 23 a 10
9 The price for 12 kg of carrots in four
b 24.06 b 24 consecutive weeks was 36p, 32p, 28p,
24p. Find the mean price per 12 kg. 30p
4 Find the cost of 5.2m at 40p
per metre. £2.08 10 The average length of three pieces
5 By how many is 99 060 less than of wood is 13cm. Two of the pieces
one hundred thousand? 940 measure 12cm and 18cm. What is
the length of the third piece? 9cm
6 Write the 24-hour clock time which
is 16min later than 23:45. 00:01 11 A map is drawn to a scale of 1cm
3 to 1m. Express this scale
7 How many times is 4 contained in 4 12 ? 6
1
a as a fraction a 100
8 What percentage is
a 3p of £1.00 a 3% b as a ratio. b 1:100

b 35cm of 1m? b 35% 12 Find in cm2 the area of

9 Find the difference between a the front a 105cm2
0.85l and 900ml. 50ml
b the bottom of the box. b 157.5cm2
10 What mass in kilograms is
7 times 350g? 2.45kg
top
11 Find the perimeter of a rectangle
6cm

which measures 8.4cm by 5.9cm. 28.6cm

end front
12 x × 9 = 7m 200mm. Find the length
in millimetres which is equal to x. 800mm 9cm 17.5cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer

1 Write in words the number 410 006. 1 Joe cycled 30km each day for a
fortnight. How many kilometres
four hundred and ten thousand and six
did he cycle altogether? 420km
2 375m = km 0.375km
2 Rose paid 46p with a £1 coin and
3 0.009 + 0.45 = 0.459 received three coins as change.
Name the three coins. 50p 2p 2p
4 85ml × 100 = l 8.5l
3 The circumference (the distance
5 a 7% of £1.00 = p a 7p around the edge) of a wheel is 1m.
b 7% of £6.00 = p b 42p How many times does the wheel
turn in going 0.75km? 750
5
6 8 of 72p = 45p
y x
7 0.875kg = g 875g 4 In the number 28.038 how many
times is the 8 marked x smaller
8 108min = h min 1h 48min
than the 8 marked y? 1000
9 634 ÷ 1000 = 0.634
5 3m of cable cost £3.60.
10 $0.08 × 30 = $2.40 Find the cost of 15m. £18.00

11 0.2 – 0.17 = 0.03 6 On a coordinate grid point A is

1 at (5, 2) but it is then moved
12 25% of 150 = 37.5 or 37 2 two squares to the left and
one square down. What are
its new coordinates? (3 , 1)
B Answer
7 A parcel has a mass of 1.8kg.
1 Write as a decimal the total of 10, Find the mass in grams of a parcel
3 17
10 and 1000 . 10.317 which is two-thirds of this mass. 1200g
2 Find the product of 7, 9 and 5. 315 8 16.1.13 The dates of birth of
three children are given.
3 What is the cost of 750g at 48p 18.4.13
per 12 kg? 72p 17.7.12
2
4 By how many sixths is greater
3 1 a By how many months is the oldest
than 12 ? 6
child older than the youngest? a 9mth
5 The strip is divided into three parts. b In which year will the youngest
What percentage of the whole A 30%
child be 35 years old? b 2048
is each part?
B 50%
9 2.25l of milk are poured in equal
A B C
C 20% amounts into five glasses. How many
millilitres are there in each glass? 450ml
6 Write in grams the value of the
7 in 6.875kg. 70g 10 A line about which a shape balances
is called an axis of symmetry. Which
7 Find the number of days, not counting of these shapes A, B, C or D has
the first, from 21 June to 7 July. 16 days one axis of symmetry? A
8 Decrease £3.50 by 20% £2.80
9 Add together the largest and A B C D
smallest of these numbers.
2.01 2.11 2.001 2.101 4.111 11 Rory received a gift of a £10 note.
He spent £3. What % did he keep? 70%
10 By how many hundredths is 9.07
less than 10? 93 hundredths 12 8cm Find the
area of
11 Write a £10.62 to the nearest £ a £11 the shape
1
10cm

1
b 3l 330ml to the nearest 2 l. b 32 l in cm2. 122cm2
6cm

12 Find in cm2 the area of a rectangle

15cm long by 50mm wide. 75cm2 15cm

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 SECTION 3 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 50 × 10 × 1000 = 500 000 1 Faye wrote the total of £2.50, £3.50

and £2.75 as £9.25. By how much
2 1.2km – 900m = m 300m was her total wrong? 50p
3 48p × 7 = £ £3.36
2 Complete the set of square numbers
4 29 + 25 = 6 × 9 between 10 and 101 by finding
5 x and y.
5 5 – 3 38 = 18
S = {16, 25, 36, x, 64, y, 100} x 49
6 75% of €10 = €7.50
y 81
7 3kg ÷ 8 = g 375g
3 1l of water has a mass of 1kg.
8 a 0.45 = % a 45%
Find the mass of 850ml of water. 850g
11
b 50 = % b 22%
4 A plan is drawn to a scale of 1mm
9 400ml + 250ml + 500ml = l 1.15l to 50m. What length in metres
10 0.84 = thousandths 840 thousandths does a line measuring 5cm on the
plan represent? 2500m
11 eight 5ps + 2ps = 60p 10 2ps
5 Write the part which is shaded
12 70° + 38° + ° = 180° 72° 13
a as a fraction a 20

B Answer b as a fraction
with the
1 Write in words the number denominator 65
1 000 000. one million 100 b 100

2 How much change from £4.00 after c as a decimal c 0.65

spending £3.26? 74p d as a percentage. d 65%
3 What percentage of 2kg is 500g? 25%
6 Chloe gave a 50p and a 20p to
4 Find the cost of 1m 30cm at pay for an item which cost 57p.
80p per metre. £1.04 How much change did she receive? 13p
5 What is the difference in millimetres
7 A rectangle measures 10cm by 6cm.
between 3.9cm and 4.6cm? 7mm
Find the length of another rectangle
6 Divide the sum of 38 and 27 by 5. 13 of the same area if its width is 4cm. 15cm
7 A Find the reflex 8 18 × 56 = 1008. How many more
angle at O. 236° than 1008 is 18 × 59? 54
124°
O 9 The circumference of
B
the wheel is 248cm.
Find the distance
8 What is the time in hours and minutes travelled in metres in
from 10:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.? 1h 50min making 100 turns. 248m

9 How many times is 300ml contained 10 The mass of a parcel is 10kg. 5% of its
in 1.8l? 6 mass is for packing. Find in kilograms
and grams the mass of the contents. 9kg 500g
10 The total mass of five parcels is
2kg 400g. Find the average mass
11 10 muffins cost £6.28. Find to the
of the parcels. 480g
nearest penny the cost of one muffin. 63p
11 What fraction in its simplest form
is equal to 12 Find the size in
3 65° degrees of
a 15% a 20
∠x, ∠y, ∠z.
1
b 4%? b 25 x z
∠x 115°
12 Find the answer to CMX – LIV y
∠y 65°
and write the answer using
Roman numerals. DCCCLVI ∠z 115°

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer

1 2.5m + 43cm = cm 293cm 1 The heights of three children are

140cm, 160cm and 135cm.
2 £0.96 = eight 2ps + 20ps 4 20ps Find the average height in metres
3 Write in digits 1
million. 500 000 and centimetres. 1m 45cm
2
4
4 5 = % 80% 2 A car travels 170km on 20l of petrol.
5 1 1 How many kilometres per litre? 8.5km
5 8 + 2 +2= 38
3 A letter was posted in Australia on
6 1.35l = ml 1350ml
24 October and delivered in Britain
7 150 ÷ 8 = r 18 r 6 on 4 November. For how many days
was it in the post? Include the day
8 4.38 × 6 = 26.28 of posting. 12 days
9 £1.94 – 86p = £ £1.08 4 Three sweets cost 27p. Find the
10 5% of 300g = 15g cost of seven sweets. 63p
9
11 10 of £4.00 = £3.60 5 Write each of these numbers so
that the value of the digit 6 is
12 1.05km + m = 2km 950m 6 hundredths.
a 306 a 3.06
B Answer
b 463 b 0.463
1 Write as a decimal, fourteen units c 2586 c 25.86
plus seventeen thousandths. 14.017
6 ABCD is a parallelogram and ∠ ABC
2 How many pennies remain when is 55°. What is the size of
£1.11 is divided by 9? 3p
A B ∠ ADC 55°
3 Find the product of 0.05 and 8. 0.4 55°
∠ DAB 125°
4 What fraction in its simplest form is ∠ BCD? 125°
2 D C
a 40min of 1 hour a 3
3 7 A rectangular field 150m wide required
1
b 300ml of 2 l? b 5 800m of fencing to enclose it.
How long is the field? 250m
5 a Write the date which is 7 months
later than 1 September 14. a 1 April 15 8 A 5p coin weighs 3.25g. By how
b How many days are there in many grams is the mass of a £5 bag
that month? b 30 of 5ps greater than 14 kg? 75g

6 Find the cost of 1kg 200g at 50p 9 Find a the 10%

SALE
per 12 kg. £1.20 Camera
reduction a £8.70

7 a 20% of £4.50 a 90p Was £87 b the new

Now 10% Off price. b £78.30
b 60% of £4.50 b £2.70
10 A rectangular piece of paper with
8 How many times greater than
length 21cm and width 30cm is folded
3.04 is 3040? 1000
diagonally in half and cut. What is
9 A car travels at 54km per hour. the area of each triangle produced? 315cm2
How far does it travel in 30min? 27km
11 On a map the distance between two
10 Which of these angles are reflex angles? towns is 60mm. If the map was drawn
to the scale 1cm to 5km, find the
105° 70° 190° 175° 210° 190° 210° actual distance between the towns. 30km
11 Approximate 12 a How many
a 5050 to the nearest 100 a 5100 cm cubes
3cm

are needed
b 29 632 to the nearest 1000. b 30 000 8cm to fill the
12 The area of a rectangle is 60m2. 10cm box? a 240
Its length is 8m. Find the width b If the box were 4cm high, find its
of the rectangle. 7.5m volume in cm3. b 320cm3

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 SECTION 3 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 100 – 28 = 9 × 8 1 Find the difference between the sum

1 of 6 and 7 and the product of 6 and 7. 29
2 250 000 = million 4 million

3 18p + 19p + 23p = £ £0.60 2 Which of these fractions are

equivalent to 30%?
4 1.2m – 75cm = cm 45cm 3 3 20 3
5 0.03 10 50 0.3 10 0.3
5 450g × 6 = kg 2.7kg
6 a 10% of 840 = a 84 3 Caitlin has 25p and Billy has 41p.
How much must Billy give to Caitlin
b 30% of 840 = b 252 so that they have equal amounts? 8p
7 £3.70 ÷ 8 = pr p 46p r 2p 4 A jug when 34 full holds 720ml. How
8 3min 50s = s 230s many millilitres does it hold when it is
1 1
9 1– 3
– 1
= 8
a 8 full a 120ml
4 8
3
b full? b 360ml
10 3.0 × 0.8 = 2.4 8

11 3.050l + ml = 4l 950ml 5 A train journey takes 1h 38min.

If the train departs at 11:30 at what
12 a 0.55 = % a 55% time does it arrive? 13:08
1
b 25 = % b 4%
6 Oliver faces SW. In which direction
is he facing if he turns
B Answer
a 90° clockwise a NW
1 Which of these numbers are b 45° anticlockwise? b S
factors of 54?
7 a Find the area
4 5 6 7 8 9 6 9 of one face. a 64cm2
8cm

2 How many 5ps are there in £3.65? 73 5ps b Find the area
of all the faces
3 What is the average of of the cube. b 384cm2
8cm
200ml, 250ml, 150ml and 120ml? 180ml 8cm
8 A customer paid 84p for 300g of
4 Write each of these scores as
grapes. Find the price for 12 kg. £1.40
a percentage.
a 5 out of 25 a 20% 9 Which of the following numbers
do not change in value if the zeros
b 16 out of 50 b 32% are omitted?
5 How many metres are there 0.158 0350 0.590 1.506
in 1.65km? 1650m 0.158 0.590

6 Increase £50 by 25%. £62.50 10 The perimeter of a rectangle is 54cm.

Its length is 18cm. Find
7 How many hours and minutes from
10:40 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.? 2h 10min a its width a 9cm

8
7
of 5m = 350cm. Find 3
of 5m. 150cm b its area. b 162cm2
10 10

9 How many hundredths are there in 11 Find the smallest number which
three point zero four? 304 hundredths must be added to 403 to make it
1 exactly divisible by 8. 5
10 200g cost 38p. Find the cost of 2 kg. 95p
12 What is the distance in cm from
11 635 ÷ 7. Write the answer to the
Y to Z? 12cm
nearest whole number. 91
12 In this right-
20

A
m

angled triangle,
m

20

20mm
m

what is the
150° size in degrees
of the angle
Y Z
marked A? 60° cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer
8 3
1 Write as a decimal 10 + 100 + 1000 . 10.083 1 The approximate population of a city
is forty thousand more than 12 million.
2 3.125l = ml 3125ml What is the approximate population? 540 000
3
3 10 of £1.80 = p 54p 2 Jessica collected 50p in her money box.
She has seventeen 1ps, nine 2ps and
4 10% of twenty thousand = 2000 some 5ps. How many 5ps has she? 3 5ps
5 38mm + 26mm + 40mm = cm 10.4cm 3 480 men, women and children went
to a concert. From the diagram
6 102 – 43 = 36 find how many
7 0.02 × 5 = 0.1 a men a 240

c h il
d re
1
8 2 kg = 135g + g 365g women
b women b 180

n
3 2
5min c children c 60
9 4h – 3h = min men
were at the
10 47p × 8 = £ £3.76
concert.
11 0.25 + = 0.365 0.115 4 The perimeter of a regular octagon
is 21.6cm. Find in millimetres
12 $35 ÷ 4 = $8.75
a the length of one side a 27mm
b the length of a side of a regular
B Answer hexagon of the same perimeter. b 36mm
5 The price of a ticket was increased
1 How many hundreds are there in from 50p to 60p. What is the increase
thirty thousand seven hundred? 307 1
a as a fraction in its simplest form a 5

2 100 pencils cost £5.92. b as a percentage of the

Find the cost of 25 pencils. £1.48 original price? b 20%
6 How many packets each containing
3 By how many degrees does the
300g can be made from 2.5kg?
temperature rise from –10°C to 4°C? 14°C
How many grams are left? 8r 100g
4 Which of these numbers are 7 Write using Roman numerals,
multiples of both 6 and 8? the answer to LXIV × IX. DLXXVI
16 24 36 54 72 24 72 8 A room is 1 14
times as long as it
1 is wide. If the width is 6m find the
5 Find the mean of 2 14 , 134 and 3 12 . 22 area of the room. 45m2
6 By how many grams is 750g less 9 In the triangle
than 1kg 150g? 400g A ABC find
110°
∠ ABC 55°
7 Write 35 eighths as
35 125° ∠ BAC 70°
a an improper fraction a 8 C B ∠ ACB. 55°
3
b a mixed number. b 48
10 Lemonade is made from 3 parts
8 20% of a sum of money is 49p. water and 2 parts lemon juice.
Find 100% of the money. £2.45 a What percentage of the
mixture is water? a 60%
9 How many days are there in the
b Find the volume of lemon juice
seventh month of the year? 31
required to make 2l of lemonade. b 800ml
10 Write as a fraction in its simplest form. 11 What is the total
Science Museum
3
a 15 out of 40 a 8
ADMISSION admission price
£3.40 for two adults
7
b 28 out of 32 b 8 half-price entry
and two children? £10.20
for children
1
11 Approximate 17.85l to the nearest 2 l. 18l
12 The lawn measures
12 Find in degrees. 12m by 7m. The path
12m
7m

y around it is 1.5m
120° lawn
∠x 130°
70° 50° x wide. Find the area
∠y 120° of the whole garden. 150m2

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 SECTION 3 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer
1
1 Write in digits 10 of 1 million. 100 000 1 Write in words the number which
is equal to
2 85g × 100 = kg 8.5kg
(3 × 103) + (6 × 102). three thousand six hundred
3 1.06 – 0.79 = 0.27
2 There are 60 cards in a packet.
4 480mm = m 0.48m There are 12 packets and 17 cards
5 left over. How many cards are
5 6 of 30p = 25p there altogether? 737
6 905 ÷ 100 = 9.05 3 A bill for £4.23 is paid with a £5 note.
7 a 1% of £3.00 = p a 3p Name the four coins given as change.

b 9% of £3.00 = p b 27p 50p 20p 5p 2p

4 A ABC is an
8 £0.04 × 50 = £2.00
isosceles triangle.
3
9 4h + 35min = h min 1h 20min
49° Find the angle at B 49°
C B
10 2.65l = ml 2650ml and the angle at A. 82°
11 19p + 7p + 5p + 8p = £ £0.39 5 How many years apart are these two
12
3
×8= 6 years written in Roman numerals?
4
MCMXLV MCMXXXIX
Give your answer in digits. 6
B Answer
6 A plank of wood 7.5m long is cut
1 Write as a decimal the sum of into two parts so that one part is
9 tenths and 37 thousandths. 0.937 four times as long as the other.
Find the length of each part. 6m 1.5m
2 Find the two missing numbers
in this sequence. 7 Train times Which train,
70, 7, , 0.07, 0.7 0.007 A or B, is the
Depart Arrive quicker and
3 What is the average of 15cm, A 10:45 12:35 by how many
1
19cm B 16:18 18:00
4 m and 17cm? minutes? B by 8min
4 Increase £7.50 by 10%. £8.25 8 The total mass of 12 parcels of equal
mass is 5.4kg. Find the mass of
5 By how many twelfths is 156 less 5
than 2 14 ? 12 a four parcels in kilograms and grams a 1kg 800g
b one parcel in grams. b 450g
6 Write in 24-hour clock times.
9 The rectangle X has two axes of
a 18min before noon a 11:42
symmetry. How many axes of
1
b 2h after 7:57 p.m. b 20:27 symmetry has
7 Find the difference between a rhombus Y a 2
1 1
5 of 25 and 3 of 45. 10 b the equilateral triangle Z? b 3
X
8 5% of a sum of money is £0.40.
Find the whole amount. £8.00 Y
Z
9 Approximate
a 10.25l to the nearest litre a 10l 10 The circumference of a wheel is 45cm.
How many times will it turn in
b £439.87 to the nearest £. b £440 going 450m? 1000
10 Find in millimetres the length of a 11 By how much is it cheaper to pay
line 15mm shorter than AB. 156mm for a coat priced at £25 with a
17.1cm discount of 10%, than with a
A B discount of 8p per £1? 50p
11 What is the cost of 800g at 12 The radius of this
90p per kilogram? 72p circle is 0.9 cm.
Y
Find the length of
12 The area of a rectangle is 66 12 cm2.
X the line XY in mm. 18mm
The width of the rectangle is 7cm. 1
Find its length. 9 2 cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer

1 Write in digits 1.1 million. 1 100 000 1 There were 3500 spectators at a
football match. 30% were women.
2 £0.81 = two 20ps + three 10ps + p 11p How many women were there? 1050
3 8.07 × 6 = 48.42
2 A bottle holds 300ml. Find in litres
4 1.8km + 450m = km m 2km 250m the contents of 12 bottles. 3.6l
5 50% of 1.9kg = g 950g 3 In the diagram there are 100 small
squares. Find as a fraction in its
6 275 ÷ 7 = r 39 r 2
simplest form the part which is
1
7 103 – 102 = 900 a patterned a 4
3 3
8 a 5 = % a 60% b unshaded b 5
3
9 c shaded. c
b 10 = % b 90% 20

9 £10 – (2 × 46p) = £ £9.08

3 2 7 2
10 110 + 3 + 10 = 23
11 1.5l – ml = 600ml 900ml 4 3.75 × 8 = 30. Write the answers to
12 £0.17 × 8 = £1.36 a 375 × 8 a 3000
b 3.75 × 80. b 300
B Answer
5 A holiday started on 25 August and
ended on 7 September. For how many
1 Find in degrees the reflex angle to
days did the holiday last? 14
a 85° a 275°
b 148°. b 212° 6 What fraction in its simplest form
is equivalent to
2 How many 50g cans have a total 3
mass of 2kg? 40 a 0.6 a 5
4
b 0.16? b 25
3 Decrease £3.50 by 4%. £3.36
4 Approximate 7 The mean mass of three parcels is 6kg.
Two of the parcels have a mass of
a 9l 870ml to the nearest litre a 10l 4.6kg and 6kg. Find the mass of the
1
b 3.56kg to the nearest 12 kg. b 3 2 kg third parcel. 7.4kg
5 What was the date 6 months 8 A sheet of
8cm

before 1 March 2000? 1 September 1999 plywood 26cm

6 Divide nine hundred and seventy-two 26cm by 8cm is cut into
by nine. 108 strips 2cm wide.
Find the total length of the strips. 104cm
7 a 5% of £6.00 = p a 30p
b 15% of £6.00 = p b 90p 9 1ml or 1cm3 of water has a mass of 1g.
Find the mass of water in kilograms
8 How long would it take to travel
a in a can which holds 1 34 l a 1.75kg
56km at a speed of 7km per hour? 8h
b in a tank the volume of which
9 Find the cost of 1.75l at 60p per litre. £1.05 is 6400cm3. b 6.4kg
10 Divide a length of 48cm into two 10 Seven buns cost £2.47. Find to the
pieces so that one is twice as long nearest penny the cost of one. 35p
as the other. 32cm 16cm
11 The circumference of the wheel is 1.5m.
11 What fraction in its lowest terms is
3 How many metres will
a £27 of £36 a 4
the wheel travel in
1
b £2.50 of £20? b 8
a 10 turns a 15m
12 Find the area of b 100 turns? b 150m
the smallest square
1
3.5cm into which the 12 The price of 2 kgof potatoes was
circle can be fitted. 49cm2 increased from 30p to 36p. Find the
increase as a fraction in its simplest 1
form of the original price. 5

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 SECTION 3 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer
305
1 5.305 = 5 + 1000 1000 1 By how many thousandths
is 1.057 less than 2? 943 thousandths
2 10% of sixteen thousand = 1600
3 4.375kg = g 4375g 2 O By how many
A
130° degrees is the
4 £2 – (27p + 65p) = £ £1.08
reflex angle at
5 2l 450ml – 0.5l = ml 1950ml B O greater than
the obtuse
6 0.4 + = 0.476 0.076 angle at O? 100°
7 £1.76 × 5 = £8.80
3 Ellie spends 12 of her money on bus
8 0.75km = m + 325m 425m 5
1307
fares and 12 on sweets. What fraction 1
x
9 100 = 13.07 Find x. 100 of her money is left? 12

10 38min + 2h + 47min = h min 3h 25min

4 A cyclist travelled at 24 km/h for
11 a 10% of £20.40 = a £2.04 1
4 hour. How far did she travel? 6km
b 2 12 % of £20.40 = b £0.51
1 5
5kg
Read as accurately as
12 6 of 45cm = mm 75mm possible the mass
shown by the pointer.
B Answer Write the answer
in grams. 5650g
1 Which of these numbers are factors of 75? 6kg

5 6 3 7 9 3 5
2 Find the mean of 3, 1.4, 2 and 2.6. 2.25 6 The population of Town A is a quarter
7 of a million. The population of Town B
47
3 Write a 8 as a mixed number a 58 is fifty thousand less than Town A.
35
b 5 56 as an improper fraction. b 6
What is the population of Town B? 200 000

4 What is the cost of 400g at £1.50

7 How much change is there out of
per 12 kg? £1.20
£15 after spending £9.50 and £3.20? £2.30
5 By how many is 450 × 1000 less
than 12 million? 50 000 8 Write these decimals in
6 By how many degrees does the ascending order.
temperature fall from 8°C to –5°C? 13°C 5.03 0.35 0.5 3.05 3.5
7 25% of Max’s money is £35.
Find the whole amount. £140 0.35 0.5 3.05 3.5 5.03

8 Approximate to the nearest

9 A bus runs at intervals of 25 min.
whole number.
What are the times of the next
a 79.63 a 80 two buses after 08:15? 08:40 09:05
b 12.475 b 12
9 By how many millimetres is 95.4cm 10 By how much
Buy today for £60
less than 1m? 46mm is it cheaper
or pay 10% weekly
to pay today? £12
10 Find the least number of pennies for 12 weeks
which must be added to 92p to make
the amount exactly divisible by 6. 4
11 A rectangular path is 9m long and
11 What percentage of 2l is 80cm wide. Find its area in m2. 7.2m2
a 400ml a 20%
b 100ml? b 5% 12 Ravi is given £85 as birthday gifts.
He spends 30% and saves
12 Find the
the remainder.
volume of
5cm

the box a What percentage does he save? a 70%

in cm3. 240cm3
8cm b How much money does he spend? b £25.50
6 cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer

1 Write in digits six hundred and two 1 How many envelopes costing 3p
thousand five hundred and eight. 602 508 each can be bought for £2.40? 80
2 £0.27 × 40 = £10.80 2 ABCD is a parallelogram. Find in degrees
A B
3
2
of 960 = 640 a ∠ BAD a 140°
3

4 a 1% of £17 = p a 17p b ∠ ABC. b 40°

140°
D C
b 7% of £17 = £ b £1.19
3 Share £5 between Henry and Amy
5 10.06 = thousandths 10 060 thousandths so that Henry has 6p each time Amy
6 £2.30 = three 50ps + two 20ps has 4p. How much does each have?
+ 10ps 4 10ps Henry £3
Amy £2
7 3 34 ×4= 15
4 A man walked steadily at 4km/h from
8 180° – (72° + 36°) = 72° 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. How far did
9 300g + 450g + 350g = kg 1.1kg he walk? 14km

10 2h 15min – 50min = h min 1h 25min 5 From the largest of these decimal

fractions take the smallest.
11 27cm × 7 = m cm 1m 89cm
0.33 0.3 0.03 0.333 0.303
£16.56
12 8 = £2.07
6 1cm3 or 1ml of water has a mass of 1g.
A jar holds 3 12 l of water. Find
B Answer
a the volume of water in cm3 a 3500cm3
1 By how many is 0.3 million less b the mass of the water in kg. b 3.5kg
than 12 million? 200 000
7 How much is saved by buying 15kg
2 What length in metres is 6 times at 16p per kilogram, instead of the
7m 30cm? 43.8m same mass at 9p per 12 kg? 30p
3 How many times is 2 12 contained 8 Date of birth Find the
in 50? 20 age on 1
Riaz 1.3.96 September
4 Find the total of 17p, 53p, 24p and 7p.
Sophie 1.10.94 2010 in years
Write the answer in £s. £1.01
and months of
5 Write the 24-hour clock time which a Riaz a 14yr 6mth
is 7h before 4:35 a.m. 21:35
b Sophie. b 15yr 11mth
6 What fraction in its simplest form 9 The area of a hall is 60m2.
is equal to Its length is 8m. Find
2
a 8% a 25 a its width a 7.5m
7
b 35%? b 20 b its perimeter. b 31m

7 By what quantity is 920ml less 10 a What fraction

than 1.2l? 280ml of the
circumference
8 Increase £30.50 by 10%. £33.55 120° of the circle
A B 1
9 If the distance from A to D is 14km, is the arc AB? a 3

find the distance from B to C. 7.05km b If the circumference measures

A B C D 188.4cm, find in millimetres the
4.7km 2.25km
length of the arc. b 628mm
1
11 Cheese costs £2.60 per 2 kg.
Find
10 Find the cost of 0.3m at £4.80
per metre. £1.44 the mass in kilograms and grams
of cheese which costs £7.80. 1kg 500g
11 The perimeter of a rectangle is 65cm.
12 Box A measures 8cm long, 9cm wide,
Its length is 24cm. Find its width. 8.5cm
4cm high. Box B measures 10cm long,
12 10 doughnuts cost £2.09. Find the 5 12 cm wide, 6cm high. Find the
cost of one to the nearest penny. 21p difference in their volumes. 42cm3

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 SECTION 3 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = 100 000 1 Which numbers below 50 have

2 67p × 6 = £ £4.02 both 2 and 7 as factors? 14 28 42

3 (49 + 8) = 100 – 43 2 What is the date of the third

Wednesday in July if 1 July is
4 90% of £300 = £270 a Sunday? 18 July
5 5l ÷ 8 = ml 625ml 3 The monthly
7 June July Aug Sept
3 rainfall is
6 10 – 7 10 = 2 10
40mm 23mm 42mm 35mm
given in
7 0.246 = 2 tenths + thousandths 46 thousandths
millimetres. Find the mean rainfall for
3
8 a 25 = % a 12% all four months. 35mm
b 0.07 = % b 7% 4 60kg of mortar is mixed from 4 parts
9 1.25kg – 600g = g 650g of sand and 1 part of cement.
Find the mass used of a sand a 48kg
10 nine 5ps + three 2ps + three 20ps
=£ £1.11 b cement. b 12kg

11
3
of 3.6cm = mm 27mm 5 Write this number in words.
4
(7 × 103) + (1 × 102) + (9 × 10)
12 2h 49min + 53min = h min 3h 42min
seven thousand one hundred and ninety

B Answer 6 How many degrees are there in a

turn from W to SE
1 By how many is 90 200 less than a clockwise a 225°
one hundred thousand? 9800
b anticlockwise. b 135°
2 Find the total number of days in
February, March and April in 7 The diameter of
a leap year. 90 days A B circle A is 9.4cm.
A The diameter of
3 How many circle B is 5.8cm.
72°
degrees in
B
the reflex How far apart are the two centre
O
angle AOB? 288° points in millimetres? 76mm
8 a Find the area of a square with
4 Find the cost of 90cm of cloth 5cm sides. a 25cm2
at £3.70 per metre. £3.33
b How many times greater is the
5 How many times is 400g contained area of a square with sides
in 2.4kg? 6 double that length? b 4
6 Of these numbers which is
9 How much money
the smallest? Stickers
is saved by buying
7p each
1.11 1.01 1.111 1.1 1.01 24 stickers in groups
or 6 for 40p
of six? 8p
7 What is the difference in millilitres
between 2.8l and 3.7l? 900ml 10 AB and CD are
A 135° B
8 Write as a fraction in its lowest terms. x parallel lines. Find
1
a £4.50 of £18 a 4 C D a angle x a 135°
1 y
b 5min of 1h b 12 b angle y. b 45°
9 A strip of plastic 4m 200mm long is 11 Grace won a prize of £800 which
cut into seven equal pieces. Find in she deposited in a bank at an interest
millimetres the length of each piece. 600mm rate of 5%. How much interest did
10 Approximate she receive at the end of 1 year? £40
a £29.50 to the nearest £ a £30 12 a How many cm
b 99
2 p to the nearest 1p. b 50p cubes can be
11 9 3 p Find the sum of money fitted into the
which was divided by 5. £4.65 bottom of
5 £x 6cm
10cm the box? a 60
12 The diameters of two circles are 9.4cm
and 15.8cm. What is the radius of b If the volume of the box is
each circle in millimetres? 47mm 79mm 240cm3, find its height. b 4cm

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer

1 55 + 17 = ×9 8 1 Find the missing numbers in

this sequence.
2 £0.95 = 50p + 20p + 5ps 5 5ps
0.125, 0.25, 0.375, , 0.5 0.625
3 2.3m – 90cm = cm 140cm
2 What number when added to
4 1 000 000 = thousands 1000 Th 48 three times gives a total of 120? 24
= hundreds 10 000 H 3 A fruit cake has a mass of 1.5kg.
5 380g × 9 = kg 3.42kg If 40% of the mass is fruit, find the
mass of the fruit in grams. 600g
6 7 × y = 7532. Find y. 1076
4 A line 8cm long is drawn to the scale
7 a 10% of £27 = £ a £2.70 1mm to 0.1m. What length does the
b 1% of £27 = p b 27p line represent? 8m
5
8
1
+ 3
+ 3
= 18 5 Which of these fractions is less than 14 ?
2 8 4
1 3 2 1 3 1
9 2.05l + ml = 2 12 l 450ml 3 10 5 6 8 6

10 360° – (75° + 80° + 130°) = 75° 6 A snow removal vehicle spreads

11
5
of £90 = £75 grit at the rate of 125g per 1m2.
6
How many kilograms are required
12 4.07 × 8 = 32.56 to grit a path 50m2? 6.25kg
1
7 How far will a cyclist travel in hour 4 1
B Answer if he cycles at 18 kilometres per hour? 42 km

8 The length of a rectangle is three

1 Which of the numbers are multiples
times its width. If the perimeter is
of 4, 6 and 9?
192cm find
24 36 54 60 72 36 72 a the length a 72cm
2 How many kilometres are there in b the width of the rectangle. b 24cm
seventeen hundred metres? 1.7km
9 O is the centre
3 Decrease €44 by 10%. €39.60
of the circle
4 How many hours and minutes O the radius of
from 09:48 to 11:19? 1h 31min which is 7.4cm.
5 What fraction in its simplified form is 60°
Find
a the patterned A B a the angle at the
2
part a 3 centre AOB a 60°
b the shaded 1
b the length of the straight line AB. b 7.4cm
part b 4
10 Of 150 children in a school 60 can
c the unshaded 1 swim one width of the pool and
part? c 12
45 can swim one length of the pool.
6 Find the cost of 2.25l at 28p per litre. 63p What percentage of the children
can swim
7 How many biscuits each costing 7p
are bought for £2.73? 39 a the width a 40%
8 Write each score as a percentage. b the length? b 30%
a 18 out of 20 a 90% 11 Seven children shared a money prize
b 35 out of 35 b 100% equally. Each child received £42
and there was £6 left. Find the
9 Five oranges cost 80p. What fraction 3 total value of the prize. £300
of 80p will three oranges cost? 5

10 By how many is 300 050 greater 12 The drawing

than 1
million? 50 050 shows a
4
5cm

1 block of
11 Find 5 of £1.68 to the nearest penny. 34p gold.
12 Find in cm3 the volume of a box 6cm Find its
10cm
15cm by 10cm by 7cm. 1050cm 3
volume. 300cm3

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 CHECK-UP TEST | Number Schofield & Sims

A 5+ 6= 11 10 × 10 = 100 (6 × 6) + 5 = 41 27 × 8 = 216
8+ 8= 16 4 × 7= 28 (9 × 1) + 7 = 16 49 × 6 = 294
0+ 7= 7 9 × 3= 27 (5 × 8) + 4 = 44 107 × 7 = 749
7+ 8= 15 8 × 6= 48 (8 × 0) + 6 = 6 93 × 10 = 930
4+ 7= 11 1 × 8= 8 (10 × 5) + 8 = 58 180 × 10 = 1800
18 + 9 = 27 5 × 9= 45 (8 × 8) + 6 = 70 95 × 20 = 1900
15 + 8 = 23 7 × 7= 49 (3 × 3) + 2 = 11 86 × 40 = 3440
3 + 29 = 32 0 × 0= 0 (9 × 8) + 7 = 79 100 × 80 = 8000
7 + 36 = 43 4 × 8= 32 (4 × 9) + 5 = 41 98 × 100 = 9800
14 + 19 = 33 9 × 7= 63 (7 × 6) + 3 = 45 204 × 100 = 20 400

12 – 5= 7 24 ÷ 3= 8 29 ÷ 3 = 9r 2 102 ÷ 3 = 34
9– 0= 9 40 ÷ 8= 5 67 ÷ 8 = 8r 3 336 ÷ 4 = 84
11 – 3= 8 0÷ 6= 0 21 ÷ 4 = 5r 1 648 ÷ 6 = 108
14 – 5= 9 54 ÷ 9= 6 6÷ 7 = 0r 6 590 ÷ 10 = 59
15 – 9= 6 7÷ 7= 1 39 ÷ 5 = 7r 4 800 ÷ 10 = 80
24 – 6= 18 42 ÷ 7= 6 70 ÷ 9 = 7r 7 540 ÷ 20 = 27
26 – 9= 17 81 ÷ 9= 9 51 ÷ 6 = 8r 3 420 ÷ 60 = 7
32 – 8= 24 36 ÷ 4= 9 13 ÷ 7 = 1r 6 1050 ÷ 50 = 21
58 – 9= 49 63 ÷ 9= 7 52 ÷ 5 = 10 r 2 4000 ÷ 100 = 40
47 – 20 = 27 56 ÷ 8= 7 4÷ 9 = 0r 4 2900 ÷ 100 = 29

B Write these numbers. C Write as decimals. How many tenths equal

Fifty thousand and seven 50 007 47 tenths 4.7 6.8 68
Sixty-two thousand four hundred 201 tenths 20.1 14.9 149
and two 62 402 4 hundredths 0.04 30.4? 304
One hundred and forty thousand 309 hundredths 3.09
and eleven 140 011 How many
580 hundredths 5.8 hundredths equal
Two hundred and six thousand and nine 206 009
603 thousandths 0.603 0.93 93
30 000 + 400 + 6 = 30 406
75 thousandths 0.075 7.05 705
100 000 + 7000 + 50 + 8 = 107 058
3009 thousandths 3.009 3.2? 320
(4 × 1000) + (6 × 100) + (3 × 10) + 8 = 4638 3 8
9 + 10 + 100 = 9.38 How many
(9 × 1000) + (7 × 10) + 5 = 9075 7 2
10 + 100 + 1000 = 10.072 thousandths equal
(3 × 1000) + (4 × 10) = 3040
5 tenths + 0.003 3
1 million 1 000 000 2 hundredths = 0.52 0.078 78
1 12 million 1 500 000 17 hundredths and 1.52 1520
1
4 million 250 000 6 thousandths = 0.176 2.8 2800
2.7 million 2 700 000 4.09? 4090

D 5.03 + 0.7 = 5.73 6.45 × 10 = 64.5 79 ÷ 10 = 7.9 E Find the value of x.

2.5 + 1.54 = 4.04 0.873 × 10 = 8.73 40.2 ÷ 10 = 4.02 x + 7 = 24 17
0.06 + 1.04 = 1.1 2.03 × 100 = 203 34 ÷ 100 = 0.34 5 + x = 32 27
3.7 + 0.35 = 4.05 0.092 × 100 = 9.2 10.7 ÷ 100 = 0.107 x + 1.5 = 5 3.5
0.28 + 1.625 = 1.905 1.64 × 1000 = 1640 608 ÷ 1000 = 0.608 31 – x = 16 15
0.053 × 1000 = 53 1035 ÷ 1000 = 1.035 x – 6.3 = 10 16.3
2 – 1.4 = 0.6 1.8 × 5 = 9 5.6 ÷ 8 = 0.7 10 × x = 25 2.5
1.4 – 0.9 = 0.5 4 × 1.63 = 6.52 10.25 ÷ 5 = 2.05 x × 4 = 18 4.5
x
10 – 8.75 = 1.25 0.09 × 8 = 0.72 0.636 ÷ 6 = 0.106 7= 5 35
x
4.8 – 3.76 = 1.04 7 × 2.08 = 14.56 4.77 ÷ 9 = 0.53 10 = 0.6 6
0.7 – 0.58 = 0.12 1.063 × 6 = 6.378 8.032 ÷ 8 = 1.004 9+x=7×7 40

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers CHECK-UP TEST | Number
A Fill in the missing numerator or denominator.
3 12 2 8 7 21 5 15 4 40 3 30
4
= 16 3
= 12 8
= 24 6
= 18 5
= 50 10
= 100

Write each fraction in its simplest form.

9 3 12 2 20 4 24 4 70 7 45 9
12 = 4 18 = 3 25 = 5 30 = 5 100 = 10 100 = 20

Change each improper fraction to a mixed number.

19 3 31 1 43 3 29 5 77 7 40 1
4 = 44 5 = 65 8 = 58 6 = 46 10 = 7 10 3 = 133
Change each mixed number to an improper fraction.
31 26 29 97 39 65
7 34 = 4 8 23 = 3 5 45 = 5
7
9 10 = 10 4 78 = 8 10 56 = 6

B Write as a fraction in its simplest form. C Find Find the whole when
2 3 1
50 of 75 3 5 of 70 42 6 is 35 210
3 5 3
30p of £1.00 10 8 of 64 40 4 is 27p 36p
1 7 4
25cm of 1m 4 10 of £1.20 84p 5 is 36cm 45cm
2 5 7
12kg of 30kg 5 6 of 42l 35l 10 is £1.40 £2.00
7 4 2
70 of 100 10 7 of 350g 200g 3 is 800g 1200g
4 13 5
800g of 1kg 5 100 of £1.00 13p 9 is 5000 9000
1 2 3
400ml of 2l 5 3 of 1200 800 8 is 24l 64l
9 35 9
45 of 100 20 100 of 1kg. 350g 20 is £1.80 £4.00

D Write as percentages.
a 33 out of 100 33% b 87 out of 100 87% c 9 out of 100 9% d 45 out of 100 45%
a 0.65 65% b 0.38 38% c 0.75 75% d 0.3 30%
29 56 1 13
a 100 29% b 100 56% c 100 1% d 100 13%

Change each fraction first to hundredths, then write it as a percentage.

19 38 3 12 13 65
a 50
= 100
= 38% b 25
= 100
= 12% c 20
= 100
= 65%

3 75 4 80 7 70
a 4
= 100
= 75% b 5
= 100
= 80% c 10
= 100
= 70%

Fill the blank spaces in each of the columns. The first is done for you.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
Fraction in its 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 1 3 7 9 1 1
simplest form 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 100

Decimal fraction 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.05 0.01
Percentage 50% 25% 75% 20% 40% 60% 80% 10% 30% 70% 90% 5% 1%

E Find the value of Find the value of F Find as a percentage

25% of 120 30 50% of 14p 7p 6 of 24 25%
1
50% of 35 172 20% of £6.50 £1.30 7 12 of 15 50%
75% of 400 300 100% of 93p 93p 40p of 50p 80%
10% of 1000 100 10% of 2.5kg 250g 93p of 93p 100%
1
30% of 90 27 5% of 4l 200ml 200g of 2 kg 40%
70% of 200 140 30% of 2m 60cm 700ml of 1l 70%
90% of 160 144 1% of £1.00 1p 25p of £2.50 10%
20% of 95p 19p 7% of £1.00 7p £1.50 of £2.00 75%
40% of £20 £8.00 3% of £3.00 9p 7p of £1.00 7%
60% of £15. £9.00 12% of £9.00. £1.08 30cm of 1.5m. 20%

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 CHECK-UP TEST | Measurement Schofield & Sims

A 70p = £0.70 B 9p + 3p + 17p = 29p C Find the cost of

2p = £0.02 15p + 8p + 6p = 29p 10 at 15p each £1.50
£0.63 = 63p 14p + 7p + 12p = 33p 100 at 3p each £3.00
£0.19 = 19p 5p + 11p + 15p + 4p = 35p 9 at 13p each £1.17
£0.04 = 4p 6p + 19p + 21p + 18p = 64p 8 at 27p each £2.16
£1.37 = 13 10ps 7p 37p + 85p = £1.22 5 at 45p each £2.25
£3.09 = 15 20ps 9p £1.03 + 49p = £1.52 19 at 4p each 76p
£10.80 = 108 10ps 0p £2.57 + £0.60 = £3.17 27 at 7p each. £1.89
seven 10ps + six 2ps = 82p 43p – 19p = 24p Find the cost of 1 when
three 50ps + nine 10ps = £2.40 95p – 18p = 77p 10 cost £2.70 27p
three 10ps + five 5ps + 9p = 64p £1.10 – 84p = 26p 100 cost £15 15p
£0.85 = five 10ps + 5ps = 7 5ps £1.70 – 93p = 77p 6 cost 84p 14p
£1.20 = twelve 5ps + 20ps = 3 20ps £2.30 – £0.80 = £1.50 4 cost £0.72 18p
£2.30 = three 50ps + 20ps = 4 20ps £2.06 – £1.40 = 66p 7 cost £2.24 32p
9 cost £3.06. 34p

D Find the change from E Make up the given amounts using the least number
20p after spending a 3p 17p b 8p 12p of coins. The first one is done for you.

20p after spending a 12p 8p b 14p 6p Amount 50p 20p 10p 5p 2p 1p

23p 1 1 1
50p after spending a 37p 13p b 19p 31p
c 26p 24p d 5p 45p 39p 1 1 1 2
67p 1 1 1 1
£1 after spending a 81p 19p b 66p 34p
c 45p 55p d 7p 93p 78p 1 1 1 1 1
86p 1 1 1 1 1
£5 after spending a 73p £4.27 b £4.09 91p
94p 1 2 2
c £2.54 £2.46 d £1.98 £3.02

F 84cm = 0.84m G 20.4cm = 204mm H Find the cost of

309cm = 3.09m 1.5m = 1500mm 500g at 76p per kg 38p
1075mm = 1.075m 2.65m = 2650mm 100g at 50p per kg 5p
2305mm = 2.305m 0.85m = 85cm 250g at 36p per kg 9p
750mm = 0.75m 8.37km = 8370m 200g at £1.20 per kg 24p
100m = 0.1km 0.6km = 600m 1.5kg at 64p per kg 96p
925m = 0.925km 10.075km = 10 075m 100g at 45p per 12 kg 9p
1605m = 1.605km 1.325kg = 1325g 300g at £1.10 per 12 kg 66p
860g = 0.860kg 0.05kg = 50g 25cm at 92p per m 23p
1400g = 1.4kg 3.72kg = 3720g 10cm at £3.50 per m 35p
700ml = 0.7l 1.3l = 1300ml 60cm at £2.20 per m £1.32
3310ml = 3.31l 4.25l = 4250ml 1.3l at 60p per l 78p
800ml at 50p per l 40p

I How many J Change to 24-hour clock times. K Find the period of time between
min in 34 h 45min 7:35 a.m. 07:35 8:35 a.m. and 10:16 a.m. 1h 41min
min in 1 14 h 75min 12:05 p.m. 12:05 5:25 a.m. and noon 6h 35min
seconds in 5min 300s 3:27 p.m. 15:27 4:30 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. 2h 50min
weeks in 1 year 52wk 10:55 p.m. 22:55 11:35 and 14:15 2h 40min
days in 1 year 365d Change to 12-hour clock times. 03:40 and 06:10. 2h 30min
days in April 30d Use a.m. or p.m. How many days inclusive
days in July 31d 09:20 9:20 a.m. from 28 Jan to 9 Feb 13 d
days in October? 31d 14:56 2:56 p.m. from 17 May to 5 June 20 d
00:35 12:35 a.m. from 26 Nov to 3 Jan? 39 d
21:16 9:16 p.m.

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 Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers CHECK-UP TEST | Measurement and geometry
A Approximate to the nearest B Approximate to the nearest
whole number 49.55 50 metre 8m 59cm 9m
whole number 20 25 20 metre 19m 700mm 20m
hundred 6057 6100 kilogram 16kg 50g 16kg
hundred 19 503 19 500 kilogram 7.55kg 8kg
1
thousand 59 770 60 000 2 kg 9kg 800g 10kg
1
thousand 109 495 109 000 2 kg 6.55kg 6.5kg
£1.00 £27.50 £28 litre 39.87l 40l
1 1 £3.35
Find to the nearest penny. a 10 of 97p 10p b 3 of £2.50 83p c 4 84p

C How many degrees in each of the angles x and y? D Find the missing angle in each of the triangles. Then
name each triangle according to
a the angles b the sides.
43° x
135°
77° y Angles in a Name of b Name of
x y
x triangle triangle (angles) triangle (sides)
32° 58° 90° right-angled scalene
angle x 283° angle x 135° angle x 137° 46° 52° 82° acute-angled scalene
angle y 45° angle y 43° 60° 60° 60° acute-angled equilateral
17° 125° 38° obtuse-angled scalene
57° 57° 66° acute-angled isosceles

E 85° x 55° 90°

x

75° 68° 120° x 90° 130° x

Find the angle x in a the rhombus 60° b the trapezium 125°

c the parallelogram 50° d the irregular quadrilateral 132°

F Give the unit of measurement in the answer for Write the missing measurement in each of the rectangles.
each example.
Area 50m2 121.5cm2 25cm2 16m2
perimeter of square 36cm Length 5m 13.5cm 10cm 32m
9cm

area of square 81cm2

Breadth 10m 9cm 2.5cm 50cm

perimeter of rectangle 20.6cm

2m

Write the missing measurement in each of the triangles.

8.3m area of rectangle 16.6cm2
Base 16cm 45m 10cm 12cm
Height 8cm 12m 18cm 7cm
10cm

area of triangle 64cm2

Area 64cm2 270m2 90cm2 42cm2
12.8cm
Write the missing radius or diameter.
Radius 15.3cm 18mm 4.9cm 27.6cm
5c
m diameter of circle 10cm
Diameter 30.6cm 36mm 9.8cm 55.2cm

How many cm cubes Find the volume of each of these boxes.

length 13cm, breadth 8cm, height 2cm 208cm3
4cm

a fit into the bottom

of the box a 45 length 7cm, breadth 4cm, height 2.5cm 70cm3
5cm
9 cm b fill the box? b 180 cube of 6cm side 216cm3

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