Maths Reasoning

YEAR 6

Scaled Score TEST C

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1 Find the value of ‘a’ in the equations below.

a 14 - 8 = a a=

b 8 x a = 48 a=

c a ÷ 5 = 10 a=
2 marks

2 Bartek travelled
100 miles by bicycle.

Approximately,
how many kilometres
A mile is
approximately
was this? 1.6km!

Use this box for your working out.

kilometres

2 marks

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 3 Fill in the boxes to add or subtract the fractions below.

1 1
a + = + =
5 5 10 10 10

1 1
b 5 4
+ 3 8
= 5 16
+ 3 16
=
16
2 marks

4 Look at this problem.

Rhianna bought a helmet for £16.75 and a skateboard for £32.95.

How much change would she have from £70?

Solve this problem, using the box below to show your working out.

Use this box for your working out.

£
2 marks

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 5 Round the following numbers to the nearest 1,000,000.

a 7,821,136

b 56,059,986
2 marks

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6 Shade some of shape B below to show the answer to 3 ÷ 3.

A B

÷3 =

2 marks

7 Convert between these standard units of mass and capacity.

a 7 kg = c 6.963 l =
g ml

b 4000 g = d 2946 ml = l
kg
2 marks

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 8 Draw the diameter on one of the circles below and the radius on
the other. Label the diameter and radius.

2 marks

9 Round the following numbers to the nearest 1000.

a 2124

b 7899

2 marks

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 Conversion graph: kilometres - miles
50

40

30

miles
20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
kilometres

Use the graph to answer questions 10 , 111 and 12 .

10 Use the conversion graph above to convert the following distances

from miles to kilometres, or kilometres to miles.

a 10 miles = km

b 26 kilometres = miles 2 marks

11 Laura went for a run. She ran for 7 miles,

then stopped for a drink. When she had finished
her drink, she ran for another 7 miles. How many
km
2 marks
kilometres did she run for, altogether?

12 A road sign in Greece said ‘Athens 80 km’.

How many miles was it to Athens? miles
2 marks

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13 Use a written method of division to solve the following. Show any
remainder as a decimal.

a 86.1 ÷ 7 = b 744.96 ÷ 6 =

Set out your calculations in this box.

2 marks

14 Tick the box below which contains the larger number.

Tick ( )
100.001 or 99.9999

?
Explain how you can tell
which is the larger number.

2 marks

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15 32 children share 40 small pizzas at the Year 6 Leavers’ party.

Sami works out everybody’s share, using formal, written long division.

Which would be the best way to show the remainder so that all the
pizzas can be shared?

Tick ( ) one box.

round the remainder as a whole number

up or down remainder

as a decimal as a fraction

Explain your choice in the box below.

2 marks

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16 Use the formal written method of long multiplication to solve
the following.

a 746 x 15 = b 2967 x 43 =

Set out your calculations in this box.

2 marks

17 Look at the shape below.

A 14cm B

drawing 14cm
is not
to scale

D C

Complete the formula below by adding a fraction.

The area of triangle ACD = 14 x 14 x cm2

2 marks

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18 All 617 pupils from Alder Vale High School needed a new calculator
for their maths lessons. Calculators come in boxes of 60.

Mrs Moneypenny, the School Business Manager, estimated that 617

divided by 60 was approximately 10, so she ordered 10 boxes of
calculators.

Was this a good idea?

Tick ( ) Yes or No

Use the box below to explain your answer.

2 marks

19 Put a circle around 3 of the values below that are equivalent.

2 3
40% 0.005
5 4
1
70% 0.4
6
2 marks

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20 Caz wanted to write down the number, ‘four hundred and eight
thousand, three hundred and eighty seven’.

He wrote down this number:

480,387

Explain his mistake in the box below.

2 marks

21 Look at the sequence below.

8, 14, 20, 26, 32,

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Kieran says the formula for the sequence is (n x 6) + 2

(n = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th number etc)

Use the formula to find the 10th number in the sequence.

( x 6) + 2 =
2 marks

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22 Look at the equation below. Find 3 different pairs of values
for ‘a’ and ‘b’.

a x b = 12

a b
x

a b
x

a b
x
2 marks

23 Points A, B, C are 3 corners of a parallelogram.

A
1

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

-1

C B
-2

-3

What are the co-ordinates

of the 4th corner (D)? ( , )
2 marks

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24 One side of a square is 6 cm. Use your ruler and set square
(or protractor) to draw the square in the space below. Label the
length of each side.

2 marks

25 A box of small wooden cubes has 10 layers of cubes. Each layer is 32

cubes long and 26 cubes wide.

How many wooden cubes are there in the box altogether?

Use this box for your working out.

wooden cubes
2 marks

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