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11 - Maths Questions - 100 Advanc - McDonald, Jack Alexander
11 - Maths Questions - 100 Advanc - McDonald, Jack Alexander
11 - Maths Questions - 100 Advanc - McDonald, Jack Alexander
This book is in a series of two books both consisting of one hundred 11 plus
maths questions. The first book The Foundation Questions has easier
questions and this the second book The Advanced Questions has the harder
questions. These questions have been handpicked to help pupils pass their
11 plus Maths. These questions have been shown to enable children to
succeed in passing the 11 plus maths exam. They have found them
invaluable and I hope you will to.
From the experience I’ve had, the key to passing this exam, is to Practice,
Practice and Practice!
Good Luck
Ques on 1
In this ques on, we define a new opera on in arithme c, using @@as a
symbol.
a @@b = ab + a - b
a. Calculate 5 @@2
b. Calculate 3 @@½
1² + 3 = 4
2² + 5 = 9
3² + 7 = 16
__ + __ = ___
__ + __ = ___
a. How many small cubes are used in making the bigger cube?
b. If the bigger cube is painted blue all over, how many small cubes
will have three blue faces?
c. If the bigger cube is painted blue all over, how many small cubes
will have at least one face painted?
Ques on 4
There are three islands close together near Brazil: Palm, Coral, and
Tropical. On the three islands live three types of snake: Pythons, Cobras
and Adders.
A shipwrecked woman lands on one of the islands. She sees a snake which
she thinks is an Adder
a. Which island does the woman think she is definitely not on?
Answer: ______
Later on she sees another snake. She is not sure what it is but it is certainly
different from the first kind of snake.
Answer: ______
A er looking closely she iden fies the second snake as being without
doubt a Python.
Answer: ______
Ques on 5
When Aunt Janet comes to visit, Mark always goes out to play. Last
Saturday, Aunt Janet came to visit. It was raining. The following sentences
are either TRUE, or FALSE, or NOT CERTAIN.
Ring the one you think applies to each sentence.
b. Aunt Janet and Mark both went out to play. (True / False / Not
certain)
536 x 8 = 4288
21440 + 4288 = 25728
Without doing any more calcula ons give the answers to:
a. 536 x 4 = ________
b. 536 x 40 = ________
c. 536 x 48 = ________
d. 25728 - 21440 = ________
Ques on 7
What number am I? I am between 20 and 50. If you divide me by 6, you get
a remainder of 3, whereas if you divide me by 8, you get a remainder of 7.
Answer: ___________
Ques on 8
When ling the square wall of my kitchen, I use red and blue square les
all of the same size. In the pa ern all the les are red apart from those on
the two diagonals which are blue. If I use 37 blue les, how many red les
are needed?
Answer: ___________
Ques on 9
Ian works near Oxford Street from Monday to Friday. He travels to work
and back by bus. He saves 45p by buying a return cket instead of two
single ckets. The cost of five return ckets is £2.40 more than the cost of
a weekly season cket. A weekly season cket costs £15.35
Answer: £ ___________
Ques on 10
Look at the following pa ern:
1 + 2 = 3 = 2× 2 −1
1 + 2 + 4 = 7 = 2× 4 −1
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 15 = 2×8 −1
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 31 = 2×16 −1
Answer: ______ p
Michelle, Ester and her friend Davina all get on the bus at E. Michelle buys
a cket from E to G and is charged 88p. Ester kindly buys a cket for both
herself and her friend. Ester is going all the way to G, whereas Davina is
going to F. Ester is charged £1.27.
Answer: ______ p
Ques on 12
I have a bag containing red, blue and white counters. A counter is chosen
at random from the bag. There are 9 white counters in the bag and the
probability of choosing a white counter is ¼. The bag contains 11 red
counters. How many blue counters are there in the bag?
Answer: ______
Ques on 13
Number A = 7 × Number B and Number B = 3 × Number C
Answer : ______
Answer : ______
Answer : ______
Ques on 14
If there are 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays and 5 Wednesdays in January, on what
day of the week will February 1st fall?
Answer: ______
Ques on 15
a. Find two numbers which when mul plied together make a
hundred. Neither of the two numbers must use any 0’s.
c. Find two numbers which when mul plied together make ten
thousand. Neither of the two numbers must use any 0’s.
Ques on 16
The number machine below changes numbers according to the rule
subtract 3 and then mul ply by 2.
input output
10 14
7 X
Y 34
Z 0
Some of this informa on has been put into the table below.
M F Total
Born in UK 21
Not Born in UK
Total 23 50
Answer: ______
Answer: ______
Ques on 20
In the country Opposite, there are two tribes, Truths and Fibbers. Truths
always tell the truth.
Fibbers always lie. The first 2 people you meet are called Michael and
Sarah. Michael says, “We are both Fibbers.”
a. Michael is a ____
b. Sarah is a ______
Ques on 21
I have a bag containing red, blue and white balls. A ball is chosen at
random from the bag. There are 45 white counters in the bag and the
probability of choosing a white counter is ¾. The bag contains 5 red balls.
How many blue ball are there in the bag?
Answer: ______
Ques on 22
In December 2013 Allison is two years older than Michelle who is three
mes Sarah’s age.
In December 2014 Sarah is one third of Allison’s age. Michelle is 14 years
older than Sarah.
? × ? × ? = 385
Answer: ______
Ques on 24
Answer the following ques ons.
Answer: ____________ cm
Ques on 26
Liam spent 46 pence on sweets which cost either 5 pence or 7 pence each.
How many sweets did he buy altogether?
Answer: ____________
Ques on 29
Find two whole numbers which add up to 43 and have a difference of 7.
Answer: ____________
Ques on 32
David’s mum has a quick way of working out 17.5% of £800. She works it
out as follows:
By using David’s mum’s method, or using any method of your own, work
out 17.5% of £1080.
Answer: £ ____________
Ques on 33
Mary, Susan and Karen share a bag of sweets. Mary gets 5 more sweets
than Susan and Karen gets twice as many sweets as Mary.
Karen gets 22 sweets. How many sweets are there in the bag?
7(z + 4) - 3(2z - 1)
Answer: ____________
Ques on 36
In this ques on, a = -4, b = 3 and c = 1
a. a³
b. 2ab
c. (3c - 2a)²
Ques on 37
In this ques on, take pi = 3.14
The school grounds man uses a roller to maintain a level playing field. The
roller has a cylinder of diameter 80cm. The grounds man pushes the roller
forward 125.6 m. Calculate how many turns the cylinder goes round.
b. Given that Mar n’s piece of cake weighed 75 grams, what was the
weight of the whole cake?
Answer: _________ g
Ques on 39
Three bus services stop at my bus stop. Service A departs every 3 minutes,
service B every 5 minutes and service C every 8 minutes. If all three
services leave my stop at 9.00 a.m., at what me will they next leave my
stop together? (Assume that all three services always run on me).
Answer: _________
Ques on 40
Two numbers are ‘mashed’ by mul plying them together and then wri ng
the answer backwards.
For example, 4 and 8 are ‘mashed’ to give 23 because 4 × 8 = 32 and 32
wri en backwards is 23.
c) Find two whole numbers greater than one which ‘mash’ to give 51.
Ques on 41
A rectangular wall has a door and window in it. The overall size of the wall
is 5m by 3m. The size of the window is 1.75 m by 1.5m and the size of the
door is 2m by 1m. Tiles measure 25 cm by 25 cm.
Answer: _____________ g
Answer: _______________ g
Ques on 50
Look at the following calcula ons:
376 x 4 = 1 A B 4
376 x 30 = 1 C D 8 0
1CD80 + 1AB4 = 1EFG4
What are the values of the le ers to make this mul plica on correct.
a. A=
b. B=
c. C=
d. D=
e. E=
f. F=
g. G=
Ques on 51
A cket at the cinema cost £8. I pay for my cket in 20p coins.
My friend only has 50p and 10p coins, but he realises that he can pay for
his £8 cket with exactly the same number of coins as I have just paid.
c. What number do you mul ply the area of the original by to get
the area of the enlargement?
Ques on 54
I roll a pair of dice and add the number of dots on the top two faces to find
the total score. Which of the scores 2, 4, 7, 11 and 12, am I most likely to
get?
Answer: ___________
Ques on 55
A tree, which is 300 cen metres tall, is planted on 1st January 2013.
During 2013 its height increases by 10%. The trees height increases by 20%
during 2014.
Answer: ___________ cm
Ques on 56
At 9.00 am, two cars are 140 miles apart on a motorway, and are moving
towards each other at a constant speed. At what me will they pass each
other if:
Answer: ___________
Ques on 58
There is a number, x. When I subtract 3 from x then mul ply the answer by
9, the overall result is the same as just mul plying x by 6. What is x?
Answer : ______
Ques on 59
If a fair die is rolled and a coin tossed, which of the following outcomes is
least likely? Select the le er.
Answer: ___________
Ques on 60
James counts down in 9’s star ng from 345 un l he passes zero. Which will
be the last posi ve number which he counts?
Answer: _________________
Ques on 61
Look at the following long mul plica on.
468
x 36
_____
2808
14040
_____
16848
_____
Without doing any more calcula ons give the answers to:
a. 468 x 6 =
b. 468 x 3 =
c. 16848 ÷ 468 =
d. 16848 - 14040 =
Ques on 62
When my age is divided by 2, 3, 4 or 6 there is always a remainder of 1. But
when divided by 7 there is no remainder.
How old am I?
Answer: ______
Ques on 63
In a fast food restaurant you can buy burgers and fries. Assume there are
no special offers
a. 1 por on of fries
Answer: £ ______
b. 1 burger
Answer: £ ______
Ques on 64
Steven has 70 iden cal cube bricks. He uses some of his bricks to make a
cuboid. Which has 3 width, has 4 length and is 2 layers thick
From his remaining bricks, he uses some to make the largest cube that he
can.
Answer: ______
Answer: ______
Answer: ______
Ques on 67
Joshua starts with 1000 and subtracts 11 each me. The first 4 numbers in
his sequence are:
Answer: _____
Ques on 68
In a triangle, two of the angles are equal and the third is twice as big as
each of the other two. What is the largest angle?
Answer: ____________
Ques on 69
The average temperature in Manchester last week over the five days from
Monday to Friday was 14 C. On Monday the temperature was 18C and on
Tuesday it was 16C. What was the average temperature on the other three
days?
Answer: ____________ C
Ques on 70
If 18th June is a Tuesday, what day is 18th July?
Answer: ____________
Ques on 71
The economy cycle of my dishwasher takes 148 minutes. If I set it off at a
quarter to eleven in the morning, at what me will it finish? Give your
answer using both the 12 hour clock (using am or pm) and the 24 hour
clock.
Answer: ____________ p
Ques on 73
Delicio chocolate biscuits are sold in four different sized boxes; small,
regular, large
and extra large.
Answer: ____________
Ques on 74
Robbers leave a bank at 3.00 am in their get-away car travelling at 90 miles
per hour. Ten minutes later the police leave the shop in hot pursuit,
travelling at 120 miles per hour.
a. How far have the robbers gone at the moment the police begin
their chase?
b. At what me will the robbers get caught?
Ques on 75
The cost in pounds, C, of going to the cinema can be worked out using the
formula
C =10A + 3K
In this formula A stands for the number of adults and K stands for the
number of children.
a. What is the cost if four adults and two children go to the cinema?
The total cost for the Smith family is £32. How many adults and how many
children are in the family?
b. ____________ adults
c. ____________ children
Ques on 76
Write 300 as a mul plica on of prime numbers.
Answer: ____________
Ques on 77
a. Express 6¼ as a top heavy frac on
Answer: __________________
Ques on 79
Day Minutes
Monday 15
Tuesday 25
Wednesday 10
Thursday 10
Friday 15
b. Work out for how many minutes Davina prac sed on Saturday.
Answer: ______
How many shirts does she hang on the washing line on Sunday?
Answer: ______
Ques on 82
In the calcula ons below, each le er represents a different number.
A+A=B
AxA=B
B+C=B
A+B=D
D/A=E
a. A =
b. B.. =
c. C..=
d. D..=
e. E..=
Ques on 83
Solve X
X / 3 + X = 28 − X
Answer: X = ____________
Ques on 84
The temperature at the foot of Mt. Everest on 1st March was 30C. As you
climb the mountain the temperature is reduced by 0.8 ºC for every 150m
of height you gain. To get to the top of Mt Everest you climb a total of
8850m. What was the temperature at the top of the mountain on that
day?
Answer: _____________ C
Ques on 85
The average of four numbers is 7. If three of the numbers are 5, 6 and 9,
what is the fourth number?
Answer: _____________
Ques on 86
Belinda and Brenda weigh a total of 160 kg. Belinda weighs 14 kg more
than Brenda.
a. Nina pulls one envelope from the lucky dip. What is the
probability that she has won a prize?
Answer: _____________
Ques on 89
Ma ’s pocket there are 8 watermelon jellybeans, 4 vanilla jellybeans and 4
strawberry, jellybeans. What is the smallest number of jellybeans that he
must take out of his pocket to be certain that he takes at least one of each
flavour?
Answer: ____________
Ques on 90
A large garden pond. It is 8 metres long and 7 metres wide with a 2 metre
border of grass all the way around it.
a. 6.3 × 89 =
b. 630 × 8900 =
c. 5607 ÷ 89 =
d. 56070 ÷ 0.63 =
Ques on 92
Jack, Harry and Charlo e are given a bag of sweets. Harry has first pick
and eats two-thirds of them. He hands the bag to Charlo e who eats
three-quarters of the remaining sweets. There are just 8 sweets le for
Jack. How many sweets did the bag contain to begin with?
Answer: ___________
Ques on 94
Sarah writes a list of all the whole numbers from 1 to 19 inclusive. She
realises that, since the numbers from 10 to 19 have 2 digits each, she has
wri en down 29 digits in total. Sarah con nues her list un l she has
wri en down all of the whole numbers from 1 to 99 inclusive.
Answer: ______
Answer: ______
c. If she adds up all of the digits which she has wri en down, what is
the total?
Answer: ______
Ques on 95
2 apples and 3 pears cost 64 pence. 3 apples and 4 pears cost 89
pence. What is the cost of an apple?
Answer: ____________ p
Ques on 96
Short crust pastry is made using flour and fat in the ra o 2:1. How many
grams of flour are needed to make 600 grams of short crust pastry?
7 × 9 − 56 ÷ (11− 3)
Answer: ______________
Ques on 99
If April 6th was a Thursday, on what day was March 18th?
Answer: ___________
Ques on 100
Ian and James’s ages add up to 10. In ten years me Ian will be one and a
half mes as old as James. How old is James now?
2a. 4² + 9 = 25
5² + 11 = 36
b. 12² + 25 = 169
3 a. 27
b. 8
c. 26
4 a. Palm Island
b. Tropical Island
c. Cobra
5 a. True
b. Not certain
c. False
6 a. 2144
b. 21440
c. 25728
d. 4288
7. 39
8. 324
9. £2.00
10a. 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 63 = 2 x 32 – 1
b. 2048 x 2 – 1 = 4095
11a. 54p
b. 49p
13a. 1/7
b. 21 mes
c. 1/3
14. Thursday
15 a. 25 and 4
b. 125 and 8
c. 625 and 16
16 a. 8
b. 20
c. 3
d. 6.
18 a. 7 males
b. 16 males
c. 6 females
19 a. 8.27 a.m.
b. 1.46 a.m.
20 a. Fibbers
b. Truths
21. 10
22 a. 24 years
b. 22 years
c. 8 years
23. 5, 7 and 11
24 a. 6
b. 50
25. 12 cm
26. 8 sweets
27. 66 cm²
28. 2899
29. 18 and 25
30. 40 sweets
31. 500
32. £189
33. 39 sweets
36 a. -64
b. -24
c. 121
37. 50
38 a. 1 / 15
b. 125 g
40 a. 36
b. 6
c. 3 and 5
43 a. 63 m²
b. £756
c. 191 m²
d. £143.25
44 a. 1 / 2 or 50%
b. 7 / 20 or 35%
45. 12 and 20
46 a. 3, 1.5
b. 47, 76
47 a. 23
b. 12
48 a. 280g
b. 70g
49. 0.45g
50 a. 5
b. 0
c. 1
d. 2
e. 2
f. 7
g. 8
51 a. 10
b. 30
52. 8 boys
53 a. 47.4 cm
b. 22.8 cm
c. 9
54. 7
55. 396 cm
56 a. 10.00 a.m.
b. 10.00 a.m.
c. 10.24 a.m.
57. 84 °
58. 9
59. A
60. 3
61 a. 2808
b. 1404
c. 36
d. 2808
62. 49
63 a. £0.50
b. £1.80
64. 27 cubes
65 a. Carol
b. Davina
c. Alison
d. Sharon
66 a. 1/9
b. 18
c. 1/2
67. -1
68. 90 °
69. 12 C
70. Thursday
71 a. 1.13 p.m.
b. 13.13
72. 29 p
74 a. 15 miles
b. 3.40 a.m.
75 a. £46
b. 2 adults
c. 4 children
76. 2x2x5x5x3
77 a. 25 / 4
b. 5/2
78. DAEBC
79 a. 8
b. 4
c. 136
d. 2
80 a. 15 minutes
b. 45 minutes
81 a. 3 jumpers
b. 13 shirts
82 a. 2
b. 4
c. 0
d. 6
e. 3
83. x = 12
84. -17.2 C
85. 8
86 a. 87 kg
b. 73 kg
87 a. 4 / 10 or 40 %
b. £4.50
88. 8 and 12
89. 9
90 a. 30 m
b. 56 m²
c. 76 m²
91 a. 560.7
b. 5,607,000
c. 63
d. 89,000
92. 96 sweets
94 a. 189
b. 20
c. 4,950
95. 11 p
96. 400g
97 a. True
b. Not Certain
c. False
98. 56
99. Saturday
100. 2 years