Lesson 1

Thousands, hundreds, tens

and units
1. Write these numbers as words.
a 2479 ___________________________________________________________________
b 4311 ___________________________________________________________________
c 1562 ___________________________________________________________________
2. Which is more?
a 1765 or 1675? _______

b 2871 or 2178? _______

c 3217 or 3271? _______

d 8305 or 8035? _______

e 6147 or 6417? _______

f 9227 or 9272? _______

Lesson 2

Addition
1. Work out the answers.
a

147
+

35

228
+ 133

236
+

28

167
+ 233

329
+

52

314
+ 167

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Lesson 3

Subtraction
1. Complete these number sentences.
a

72
56

18

83
27

44

95
39

Lesson 4

3 and 4 times tables

1. Answer these questions.
a What are four fours? ________
b Multiply seven by three. ________
c What is 5 multiplied by 3? ________
d What are two fours? ________
2. Complete these number sentences.
a 3 x 4 = ______

b 6 x 4 = ______

c 9 x 3 = ______

d 6 x 3 = ______

e 8 x 4 = ______

f 5 x 4 = ______

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Lesson 5

Division facts
1. Fill in the gaps.
a 24 6 = 4

24 = 6 x _____

b 12 4 = 3

12 = 4 x _____

c 35 5 = 7

35 = _____ x _____

d 40 10 = 4

_____ = _____ x _____

2. Write the answers as quickly as possible.

a Divide 15 by 3. _____

b How many sixes in 30? _____

c Share 27 equally between 3. _____

d Divide 18 by 2. _____

Lesson 6

Multiplying and dividing by 10

1. Multiply these numbers by 10.
a 34 x 10 = __________

b 87 x 10 = __________

c 12 x 10 = __________

d 165 x 10 = __________

e 224 x 10 = __________

f 211 x 10 = __________

g 2125 x 10 = __________ h 1834 x 10 = __________ i 3913 x 10 = __________

1. Divide these numbers by 10.
a 20 10 = __________

b 90 10 = __________

c 10 10 = __________

d 160 10 = __________

e 280 10 = __________

f 210 10 = __________

g 350 10 = __________

h 730 10 = __________

i 590 10 = __________

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Lesson 7

Fractions
1
1. Circle the fractions that are smaller than 2 .
2
4

4
10

1
3

6
8

2
3

1
4

6
10

2. Finish these number sentences.

2
a 4 + 4 =1

3
b 10 + 10 = 1

3
c5 +5 =1

Lesson 8

Money
1. Work out the answers.
a

3.24

+1.37

4.72
+2.19

25p

67p

1.14

p
e

54p
+38p
p

2.57

5.46
2.29

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Lesson 9

Time analogue and digital

1. Write the digital times shown on these analogue clocks.
a

Lesson 10

Co-ordinates
1. Place an X on the grid for each of the co-ordinates.
a (3, 2)

b (4, 1)

c (1, 5)

d (2, 2)

e (5, 4)

f (4, 3)

g (3, 0)

5
4
3
2
1
0
0

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Lesson 11

Greater than, less than

1. Put these numbers in order, smallest first.
a 4132
__________
b 7685
__________
c 2463
__________

4213

2413

1342

3241

__________

__________

__________

__________

6875

7856

8657

5687

__________

__________

__________

__________

4326

6432

3642

2364

__________

__________

__________

__________

Lesson 12

Negative numbers
1. Estimate what number is marked with an arrow on these number lines.
-10

10

Estimation _______
-10

10

Estimation _______
-10

10

Estimation _______

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Lesson 13

Number sequences
1. Fill in the missing numbers.
a

84

79

34

37

43

33

29

21

74

64

59

54

52

17

39

55

13

35

58

64

-3

67

-11

Lesson 14

Multiplication 1
1. Multiply these numbers.
a

1 7
x

2 1
x

1 4
x

2 6
x

1 2
x

2 8
x

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Lesson 15

Division
1. Work out the answers to these questions.

a 2 8 4

b 5 6 5

c 4 5 2

d 6 8 4

e 3 8 1

f 4 7 6

g 3

h 6 9 6

i 5 9 0

7 2

Lesson 16

6 times table
1. Write the answers.
a What is 3 times 6? ________
b Multiply five by six. ________
c What are nine sixes? ________
d Find the answer to 6 sixes. ________
e What is two times six? ________
f Multiply 6 by 8. ________
g Times six by five. ________
h What are four sixes? ________

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Lesson 17

Polygons
1. Draw an irregular polygon with
a 5 sides

b 7 sides

c 8 sides

Lesson 18

Perimeter
1. Find the perimeter of a
a 6 cm x 6 cm square. ________

b 6 cm x 8 cm rectangle. ________

c 9 cm x 5 cm rectangle. ________

d 7 cm x 7 cm square. ________

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Lesson 19

Bar charts
1. Answer these questions about the holiday bar chart on page 41.
a How many children stayed in England? ________
b Where did 15 more children go to on holiday than Spain? ________
c How many children went to France, Italy or Spain? ________
d How many fewer children went to America than England? ________
e To which country did twice as many children go as went to Italy? ________
f How many children holidayed in England or France? ________
g How many more children stayed in England than went to France? ________

Lesson 20

Rounding numbers
1. Complete the following sentences.
a 563 rounded to the nearest ten is ________ .
b 563 rounded to the nearest hundred is ________ .
c 247 rounded to the nearest ten is ________ .
d 247 rounded to the nearest hundred is ________ .
e 784 rounded to the nearest ten is ________ .
f 784 rounded to the nearest hundred is ________ .
g 155 rounded to the nearest ten is ________ .
h 155 rounded to the nearest hundred is ________ .

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Lesson 21

Multiplication 2
1. What is double
a 47? ________

b 33? ________

c 29? ________

d 350? ________

e 440? ________

f 230? ________

g 180? ________

h 360? ________

i 490? ________

2. Solve this problem.

Mrs Ellis bought 4 books of stamps.
There were 12 stamps in each book.
How many stamps did she buy altogether? ________
Lesson 22

7 times table
1. Write the answers.
a What is 5 times 7? ________
b Multiply four by seven. ________
c What are seven sevens? ________
d Find the answer to 6 sevens. ________
e What is nine times seven? ________
f Multiply 7 by 8. ________
g Times seven by three. ________
h What are two sevens? ________

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Lesson 23

Decimals
1. Finish these number lines.
a

1.3 1.4

1.6 1.7

4.9

5.2

2.6 2.7

2.0 2.1

5.4 5.5 5.6

2.9 3.0

2.4 2.5

5.9

3.3

3.5 3.6

2.7

6.1 6.2 6.3

3.8 3.9

Lesson 24

Estimation
1. Draw an arrow where you estimate the number will be on the number line.
0

100

100

250

250

a 60
b 85
c 100
d 200

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Lesson 25

Solving problems
1. Find the two numbers that have...
a a product of 30 and a sum of 11. _____ _____
b a product of 25 and a sum of 10. _____ _____
c a product of 18 and a sum of 9. _____ _____
d a product of 42 and a sum of 13. _____ _____
e a product of 36 and a sum of 13. _____ _____
f a product of 16 and a sum of 10. _____ _____
g a product of 16 and a sum of 8. _____ _____

Lesson 26

Line symmetry
1. Finish these shapes using the lines of symmetry.
a

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Lesson 27

Area
1. Draw shapes with the following areas.
a 9cm2

b 15cm2

Lesson 28

Length, mass, capacity

1. a Write 3000 m in kilometres. _______________________
b Write 400 cm in metres. _______________________
c Write 4 l in millilitres. _______________________
d Write 2.5 kg in grams. _______________________
e Write 20 cm in millimetres. _______________________
f Write 5000 ml in litres. _______________________
g Write 2000 g in kilograms. _______________________
h Write 30 mm in centimetres. _______________________

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Bond No Nonsense Maths 8-9 Years Answers

Lesson 1
1. a two thousand, four hundred and seventy-nine
b four thousand, three hundred and eleven
c one thousand, five hundred and sixty-two
2. a 1765
b 2871
c 3271
d 8305
e 6417
f 9272
Lesson 2
1. a 182
e 400
Lesson 3
1. a 16
Lesson 4
1. a 16
2. a 12
e 32

b 264
f 481

d 361

5
4
3
2
1
0

b 26
b 21
b 24
f 20

Lesson 5
1. a 4
b3
d 40, 10, 4
2. a 5
b5
Lesson 6
1. a 340
e 2240
i 39130
2. a 2
e 28
i 59

c 381

Lesson 10
1.

b 870
f 2110
b9
f 21

c 56
c 15
c 27

d 56
d8
d 18

c 120
g 21250
c1
g 35

d9
d 1650
h 18340
d 16
h 73

Lesson 7
4 1 1
1. 10 3 4
2. a 2

b7

c2

Lesson 8
1. a 4.61
e 92p

b 42p
f 3.17

c 1.43

Lesson 9
1. a 5:05

b 10:40

c 12:15

Lesson 13
1. a 84 79

b -3

c -9

74 69 64 59 54 49 44 39 35 34

34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67

33 29 25 21 17 13

Lesson 14
1. a 68
e 130
Lesson 15
1. a 42
e 27
i 18

d 6.91

Lesson 11
1. a 1342, 2413, 3241, 4132, 4213
b 5687, 6875, 7685, 7856, 8657
c 2364, 2463, 3642, 4326, 6432
Lesson 12
1. a 5

c 5, 7
c9

Lesson 16
1. a 18
e 12

-3

-7 -11

b 84
f 168

c 84

d 63

b 13
f 19

c 13
g 24

d 14
h 16

b 30
f 48

c 54
g 30

d 36
h 24

Lesson 17
1. Answers will vary but shapes should have sides of
different lengths.

Lesson 18
1. a 24 cm

b 28 cm

c 28 cm

d 28 cm

Lesson 19
1. a 25
e Spain

b England
f 40

c 30
g 10

d 20

Lesson 20
1. a 560
e 780

b 600
f 800

c 250
g 160

d 200
h 200

b 66
f 460

c 58
g 360

d 700
h 720

b 28
f 56

c 49
g 21

d 42
h 14

Lesson 21
1. a 94
e 880
i 980
2. 48
Lesson 22
1. a 35
e 63

Lesson 23
1. a 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6
b 5.0, 5.1, 5.3, 5.7, 5.8, 6.0
c 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7
Lesson 24
1. a
b
c
d

100

100

250

250

Lesson 25
1. a 5, 6
e 4, 9
Lesson 26
1. a

b 5, 5
f 2, 8

c 3, 6
g 4, 4

d 6, 7

Lesson 27
1. Answers will vary.
a shape should be made up of 9 squares
b shape should be made up of 15 squares

Lesson 28
1. a 3 km
b4m
d 2500 g e 200 mm
g 2 kg
h 3 cm

c 4000 ml
f5l