Numeracy Practice Tests

KEY STAGE
LEVEL
TEST
2
6
A
Numeracy Practice Tests
CALCULATOR NOT ALLOWED
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Ramya
Marc
Chelsea
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Last name________________________________________________________
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Test Instructions
You may not use a calculator to answer any questions in this test.
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Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
You have 30 minutes for this test.
If you cannot do one of the questions, go on to the next one.
You can come back to it later, if you have time.
If you finish before the end, go back and check your work.
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Follow the instructions for each question carefully.
This shows where you need to put the answer.
If you need to do working out, you can use any space on a page.
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Some questions have an answer box like this:
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your
working.
For these questions, you may get a mark for showing your working.
The following test has been designed by 3P Learning to prepare students for the SATS.
All questions in this test are replicated from SATS past papers. This test is to be used for revision purposes only.
3P Learning does not guarantee that the format of this test is the same as an actual test.
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Ramya makes a number sequence.
Her rule is to add the same amount each time.
Complete the missing numbers.
−1
2
19
1 mark
Here is a spinner with ten sides.
2 marks
Write a number in each segment of the shape so that it matches
all of these statements.

There is an even chance that the arrow will land on a 1.

It is equally likely that the arrow will land on a 2 or a 3.

It is less likely that you will land on 4 than 5.

It is impossible that the arrow will land on a 6.
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1
3
Use this information to complete the missing numbers in the table below:
Number who
Number who
are left handed are right handed
Total
Number of boys
Number of girls
2 marks
Total
4
100

The total number of pupils is 100.

25 of the pupils are left handed.

Two-fifths of the pupils who are left handed are girls.

There are the same number of boys as there are girls.
The shaded shape is a rectangle.
y
A
(17,8)
(8,4)
C
x
0
What are the coordinates of A and C?
A (____, ____)
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C (____, ____)
2
2 marks
5
There are 22 people in a queue for cinema tickets.
Chelsea is also in the queue.
Chelsea says, “There are twice as many people
behind me as there are in front of me.”
How many people are behind Chelsea?
Show
your
working.
2 marks
people
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Marc and Ramya each think of a different number.
Marc rounds his number to the nearest 10 and ends up with 100.
Ramya rounds her number to the nearest 100 and also ends up
with 100.
Explain how this could be.
2 marks
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Season Survey
200
Number of people surveyed
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Seasons
7
300 people took part in a survey about which season they prefer.
Complete the bar chart according to these clues:

180 people chose summer as their favourite season.

20 more people preferred spring to autumn.

40 fewer people chose winter than spring.
Show
your
working.
2 marks
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8
Here are three equations:
a + b + c = 38
a + b = 30
b + c = 24
What are the values of a, b and c?
a =
9
b =
c =
1 mark
This T-shape is made from
6 identical squares.
The area of the T-shape is 54 cm2.
Work out the value of x.
x
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your
working.
2 marks
x =
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5
10x + 5
10
When x is 0.1, the value of the expression above is a multiple of 3
because 10 × 0.1 + 5 = 6
Write a value for x so that
5 < 10x + 5 < 10
Now write a value for x so that
10x + 5 is an even number
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x =
1 mark
x =
1 mark
Write the missing numbers:
1 mark
50
12
= 0.2
= 0.1
1 mark
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Key:
12
Pets
Pupils with pets in 6H.
No pets
Key:
Cats as pets
Pupils with cats as pets in 6H.
Pets other than cats
Use the information in the two pie charts to complete the pie chart below:
Pupils with pets in 6H.
Key:
Pupils with cats as
pets in 6H
Pupils with pets
other than cats
in 6H
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1 mark
13
Read these statements about fractions:
Is
1
4
4 smaller than 12 ?
Yes / No
Show how you know in this space.
1 mark
Is
14
7
28 double 14 ?
Yes / No
Show how you know in this space.
1 mark
14
Marc has 48 centimetre cubes.
He makes a cuboid using all 48 cubes.
The cuboid has dimensions of 2 cm, 6 cm and 4 cm.
Write the dimensions of a different cuboid he can
make using all 48 cubes.
____________ cm, ____________ cm and ____________ cm
1 mark
Ramya has 55 centimetre cubes.
How many more cubes does she need to make
a cube with edges that are 4 cm long?
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