11 + Entrance Examination  
Sample Paper 1  
Mathematics  
Total Marks: 96  
Time allowed:1 hour  
 

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This sample paper has been created for children who are embarking on the 11+ exam.
The questions within the paper follow Level 4-5 of the National Curriculum and cover the
majority of the KS2 curriculum.  
 
There is a big variation in the level of difficulty amongst different schools’ 11+ papers and
this paper is designed to reflect the standard level of entry at 11+.  
 
 

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 1. Answer the questions below. You can show your working on the space provided.  
       
a.   14 + 34= ____  

       

b.   ___+ 25 = 78      

       

c.   23 x 3 =___      

       

d.   34 + ____ = 12 + 45     4 marks  

       
2. Complete the number sequences.  
 

a. 8, 12, 16, 20,_____  

 

b. 9, 12, _____, 18, 21  

 

c. 12, 18 ,_____,30, 36, _____ 4 marks  

 

3a. Write down the number which is 20 more than 291 1 mark  
 

b. Write down the number which is 10 less than 1105 1 mark  

 

 
 
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4. Work out the following:  
 
a. ____ x 54 = 540  
 

b. 5400 ÷______ = 54  
 

c. 5400 ÷ ____ = 540  

 

d. 5.4 x _____ = 540 4 marks  

 

5. The temperature in Bob’s house is 4 degrees. As the weather turns cold, this
drops by 10 degrees. What is the temperature in Bob’s house now?  

2 marks  
6. Write the correct number to match the description. Each number can only be used
once.      

  1, 7, 13, 16, 25
prime number  
 
square number  
 
cube number  
 
multiple of 8  
 
the median of all 5 numbers 5 marks  
 
 
7. Order these numbers from smallest to biggest
0.1 0.01 1.1 1.01 1.11 2 marks
 

 
 
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 8a   Sandy has 20 sweets. She gives 1/5 of    
them to her friend Alex.      
How many does Alex get?      
 
2 marks  
 
 
 

b.   With her remaining sweets, Sandy gives    

25% to her brother. How many does her    
 
brother get?   2 marks  
c.   Sandy has now given away some of her    
sweets to Alex and her brother. She    
rearranges her remaining sweets into    
bags. Each bag can take 5 sweets, how  
 
many bags will Sandy need to store all her 2 marks  
 
sweets?  
 

 
9. Complete this table so that the value in each row is equal.
 
 

  fraction   decimal   percentage      

 
1          
2    
 
  0.75        
 
    30%      
 
 
6 marks  
  0.04    

1    
5      
 

 
 
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 10   Here are the ingredients needed to make a cake for 5 people.  
 
200g butter  
400g flour  
350g sugar  
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract  
 
 

a.   How much flour would you would need to    

make a cake for 10 people?      
____________   2 marks  
 
 

b.   How much of each ingredient would you    

need to make a cake for 1 person?      
     
_____g butter _____g flour    
 
_____g sugar _____ tsp vanilla extract    
 
  4 marks  
 
 
 

c   How much butter would you need to make    

a cake for 2?   ____________   2 marks  
 
 
 
 

d.   James wants to make a cake but only has    

160g of butter. How many people will his    
cake feed?   ____________   2 marks  
 
 
 

e.   Mrs. White wants to make a cake for 3,    

she only has 80g of flour. How much more    
flour does she need to be able to make ____________   2 marks  
her cake?  
 

 
 
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11. Sam buys  
1 comic book costing £1.15  
1 pencil case costing 81p
2 water bottles
 
Sam pays with a £5 and gets £1.78 change.  
 
What is the cost of one water bottle? Show your workings here:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3 marks  
12. Work out the area and perimeter of this shape.  
(Not drawn to scale)  
 
 
10cm 8cm  
 
  5cm  
 
9cm  
Area _______________________ Perimeter ________________________
4 marks  

 
 
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 13. Class 6J conducts a survey on how children in the class come to school and
present their results using a Venn diagram  
 

 
 
a   How many girls travel by bus to school?   _______________  

b   How many children come to school by _______________  

bus?  
     
c.   How many students are in Class 6J? _______________
   
     
d   How many boys are there in Class 6J? _______________
   

e   Two new students join the class. Dave  

travels to school by car and Alice walks to
school. Correct the numbers in the Venn
diagram to reflect these new results.  
    6 marks  
 

 
 
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 14. Year 6 decide to collect data about how children in the year group travel to
school. Their results are shown below:

16  

14  

12  

10  
6M  
8  
6C  

6   6J  

4  

2  

0  
car   walk   bus  
 
a   How many more children in 6M walk than 6C?  
 
 
b   How many children in Year 6 come to school by
car?  
 
c   What is the most common method of travel in
class 6M?  
 
d   What is the common method of travel in Year 6?  
 
 
e How many children are in Year 6?
5 marks
 

 
 
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 15. May has 5 coins in her bag. She has one 50p coin, two 20p coins, one 10p coins
and a 5p coin.  
 
a) What is the total value of all the coins in her bag?
 
1 mark  
b) What percentage of the coins are 20p coins?
 
 
1 mark
 
One coin is picked at random. As a fraction, write the probability that the coin May
picks will be:  
 
i) a 10p coin ________________
 
ii) is not a 20p coin ________________
 
iii) a coin worth less than £1 _________________
3 marks
 
16.   Gemma thinks of a number. She adds 3 to  
her number, and then multiplies the result by  

5. The answer is 30. What is Gemma’s _____________________  

number?   2 marks  
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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17. This is the start of a pattern:

Circle the picture which would be the 10th shape in the pattern

Circle the picture which would be the 15th shape in the pattern

Circle the picture which would be the 27th shape in the pattern.

Circle the picture which would be the 42nd shape in the pattern.

12 marks

 
 
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18. This is a right angled triangle. Using 4 of these triangles, Sanjit creates this
shape below. What is its perimeter and area?

         
 
 
 

   
 
 
Perimeter _____________________________________ 4 marks

Area _________________________________________ 4 marks

 

 
 
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19. A group of children decide to play a board game but only two boys and two girls
can play at the same time.

Alfred will only play with Heather.

Heather won’t play if Ben is playing.
Ben won’t play if John or Clara plays
John will only play if Zara plays
Zara doesn’t mind who she plays with.

Which 2 boys and which 2 girls play the board game?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                    4  marks    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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 11 + Entrance Examination  
Sample Paper 1  
Mathematics Marking Scheme  
 
Total Marks: 100  
 
 

1a.   48  

b.   53  

c.   69  

d.   23  

2a.   24  

b.   15  

c.   24, 42  

3a.   311  

b.   1095  

4a.   10  

b.   100  

c.   10  

d.   100  

5.   - 6 degrees  

6. prime number 7, square number 25, cube number 1,

multiple of 8 =16, median of all 5 numbers 13

7. 0.01 0.1 1.01 1.1 1.11

8a. 4

b. 4

c. 3

 
 
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9.

10a. 800g

b. 40g butter, 80g flour, 70g sugar, ⅕ tsp vanilla extract

c. 80g

d. 4

e. 160g
 
11. £63p.  
3 marks for the correct answer and showing workings.  
2 marks for correct answer but not shown workings  
1 marks for the correct calculations but incorrect method (Eg. found the
cost of 2 water bottles but forgot to divide this by 2).  

12. Area = 50cm2

Perimeter = 38cm

 
 
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13a. 4
b. 10
c. 22
d. 8
e. 10 in the right section now becomes 11.
2 in the area outside the Venn diagram becomes a 3.

14a. 2
b. 22
c. car
d. car
e. 62
15a. £1.05 or 105p  
b. 40%  
i. 1/5  
ii. 6/10
iii. 1
16. 3
17. 8
18.a.  

 
 
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19. Perimeter = 80cm
Area+= 168 cm2
 

21.    Boys  are:  Alfred  and  John        

Girls  are:  Zara  and  Heather.    

   

   

   

   

   
 

 
 
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