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 CONTENTS
Grades
G to E ..................................... 3 to 20

D to C .................................... 21 to 58
 43 Essential Questions at E to G
(All Non-Calculator)

1T) a) Write the number five thousand seven hundred a) 5792

and ninety two in figures. b) seven thousand and forty
b) Write the number 7040 in words. c) six thousand
c) What is the value of the 6 in the number 16042?
Grades E to G Clip 1
1S) a) Write the number two thousand five hundred a) 2570
and seventy in figures. b) sixteen thousand three
b) Write the number 16309 in words. hundred and nine
c) What is the value of the 2 in the number 28473? c) twenty thousand

2T) The pictogram shows information about some fruit

that Sara buys.

Apples

Bananas

Oranges

Key: represents 8 fruit Grades E to G

Clip 42
a) How many apples does she buy? a) 16 apples
b) How many bananas does she buy? b) 26 bananas
c) Sara buys 12 oranges. Complete the pictogram. c) oranges

2S) The pictogram shows information about some fruit

that Jane buys.

Apples

Bananas

Oranges

Key: represents 12 fruit

a) How many apples does she buy? a) 30 apples

b) How many bananas does she buy? b) 15 bananas
c) Jane buys 21 oranges. Complete the pictogram. c) oranges

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 3T) Put these numbers in order of size starting
with the smallest.
a) 18 6 178 34 Grades E to G a) 6 18 34 178
Clip 2
b) 1.9 3.72 0.5 12.6 b) 0.5 1.9 3.72 12.6

c) 3.08 3.5 2.99 2.9009 c) 2.9009 2.99 3.08 3.5

3S) Put these numbers in order of size starting
with the smallest.
a) 12 134 96 18 a) 12 18 96 134

b) 1.65 1.099 3.205 2.006 b) 1.099 1.65 2.006 3.205

c) 4.999 5.001 3.862 3.799 c) 3.799 3.862 4.999 5.001

4T) a) Harry buys a newspaper for 70p and a magazine a) £1.31

for £2.99.
How much change does he get from a £5 note?
b) The total cost of two pens is 80p. b) £2.00
What is the cost in pounds of 5 of the pens?
Grades E to G Clip 11
4S) a) Fred buys a newspaper for 90p, a magazine a) £5.25
for £3.50 and a pencil for 35p.
How much change does he get from a £10 note?
b) The total cost of three pens is 96p. b) £1.28
What is the cost in pounds of 4 of the pens?

5T) Here is a list of numbers:

Grades E to G
2 4 5 6 7 8
From this list, write down
Clip 9
a) An odd number a) 5 or 7
b) A multiple of 3 b) 6
c) A square number c) 4
d) A factor of 10 d) 2 or 5
5S) Here is a list of numbers:
3 4 5 8 11 12
From this list, write down
a) A cube number a) 8
b) A multiple of 6 b) 12
c) Three prime numbers c) 3, 5, 11
d) A factor of 22 d) 11

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 6T) The numbers in this distance table are in km.
Hull
100 Leeds
162 73 Manchester
110 60 65 Sheffield
63 40 118 95 York
a) What is the distance between Leeds and York? a) 40km
b) Which city is nearest to Hull? Grades E to G b) York
c) Which city is 118km from York? c) Manchester
Clip 24
6S) The numbers in this distance table are in km.
Alim
127 Brow
138 65 Thrum
95 50 78 Gredge
103 32 125 85 Sork
a) What is the distance between Brow and Gredge? a) 50km
b) Which city is furthest from Sork? b) Thrum
c) Which city is 78km from Thrum? c) Gredge

7T) Some plants are measured as follows:

10cm 15cm 12cm 11cm 12cm
a) What is the mean height? a) 12cm
b) What is the median height? Grades E to G b) 12cm
c) What is the modal height? Clip 41 c) 12cm
d) What is the range of heights? d) 5cm

7S) Some plants are measured as follows: a) 8cm

8cm 6cm 8cm 17cm 5cm 4cm b) 7cm
a) What is the mean height? c) 8cm
b) What is the median height? d) 13cm
c) What is the modal height?
d) What is the range of heights?

8T) 3 8 13 18 23
a) Write down the next two terms of the sequence. a) 28 33
b) If the 30th term is 148, what is the 31st term? b) 153

8S) 7 10 13 16 19
a) Write down the next two terms of the sequence. a) 22 25
b) What is the 10th term? b) 34
c) If the 50th term is 154 what is the 49th term? c) 151
Grades E to G
Clip 29

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9T)
4
A
3

1
B
x a) (1, 3)
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
b) (-2, 0)
-1
c)
4
-2 3
P
2 ×
-3
1

-4 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
a) Write down the coordinates of point A. Grades E to G
-2
b) Write down the coordinates of point B. Clip 28 -3
c) On the grid, plot the point (3, 2) and label it P.
Q
d) On the grid, plot the point (-2, -4) and label it Q. × -4

y
9S) 4

2
A
1

x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 a) (-3, 1)
b) (3, -4)
-1
c)
4
-2 P× 3

2
-3
1
B
-4 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
a) Write down the coordinates of point A. Q
×
-2
b) Write down the coordinates of point B.
-3
c) On the grid, plot the point (-1, 3) and label it P.
-4
d) On the grid, plot the point (0, -2) and label it Q.

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 10T) Here is part of a railway timetable.
Bristol 07 00 07 30 08 00
Bath 07 15 07 45 08 15
Chippenham 07 30 08 00 08 30
Swindon 07 50 08 20 08 50
Didcot 08 15 08 45 09 15
Reading 08 35 09 05 09 35
London Euston 08 55 09 25 09 55

a) At what time does the 07 00 train from Bristol a) 0815

arrive at Didcot? b) 35 minutes
b) How long does the train which leaves Bath at c) 12 minutes
07 45 take to travel to Swindon?
d) 40 minutes
c) If Jane gets to the Bath station at 08 03, how long
will she have to wait for the next train to Reading?
d) What is the journey time from Didcot to London?
Grades E to G Clip 25
10S) Here is part of a railway timetable.

Bristol 09 00 09 30 10 00
Bath 09 18 09 48 10 18
Chippenham 09 30 10 00 10 30
Swindon 09 50 10 20 10 50
Didcot 10 18 10 48 11 18
Reading 10 38 11 08 11 38
London Euston 10 56 11 26 11 56

a) At what time does the 09 30 train from Bristol a) 1108

arrive at Reading? b) 38 minutes
b) How long does the train which leaves Didcot at c) 19 minutes
10 48 take to travel to London Euston?
d) 1 hr 38 minutes
c) If Jane gets to the Bath station at 09 29, how long
will she have to wait for the next train to Reading?
d) What is the journey time from Bath to London?

11T) a) Write the number 13896 to the nearest thousand. a) 14000

b) Write the number 12896 to the nearest hundred. b) 12900
c) Write the number 5497 to the nearest ten. c) 5500

11S) a) Write the number 9632 to the nearest ten. a) 9630

b) Write the number 754 to the nearest hundred. b) 800
c) Write the number 201678 to the nearest thousand. c) 202000

Grades E to G
Clip 3

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 12T) What are the names of these angles?

a) b) Grades E to G a) acute angle

b) right angle
Clip 31

12S) What are the names of these angles?

a) b) a) obtuse angle
b) reflex angle

13T) a) The temperature in the morning is -3°C. a) 9ºC

It rises by 12 degrees. What is the new temperature?
b) -12ºC
b) If a temperature of 7°C falls by 19 degrees, what is the
c) 10ºC
new temperature?
c) How much would a temperature of -6°C have to rise to
reach 4°C?
Grades E to G Clip 6
13S) a) The temperature in the morning is -2°C. a) 13ºC
It rises by 15 degrees. What is the new temperature? b) -8ºC
b) If a temperature of -2°C falls by 6 degrees, what is the
c) 21ºC
new temperature?
c) How much would a temperature of -8°C have to rise to
reach 13°C?

14T) a) Express 2 × 2 × 2 as a power of 2. a) 23

b) Express 42 × 43 as a power of 4. Grades E to G b) 45
c) Express 37 ÷ 32 as a power of 3. Clip 26 c) 35
14S) a) Express 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 as a power of 4. a) 45
b) Express 54 × 56 as a power of 5. b) 510
c) Express 25 ÷ 23 as a power of 2. c) 22

1
15T) What is the reciprocal of 7? Grades E to G 7
15S) What is the reciprocal of 5? Clip 22 1
5

16T) What number is in the middle of 3 and 15? Grades E to G 9

16S) What number is in the middle of 12 and 28? Clip 21 20

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 17T) Two of the shapes below are congruent.
Which ones?
B
A C A and C

Grades E to G
17S) Two of the shapes below are similar. Clip 32
Which ones?
B
A C A and B

18T) a) Round the number 13.682 to 1 decimal place. a) 13.7

b) Round the number 36499 to 1 significant figure. b) 40000
c) Round the number 0.004695 to 1 significant figure. c) 0.005

18S) a) Round the number 0.78632 to 2 decimal places. a) 0.79

b) Round the number 51398 to 2 significant figures. b) 51000
c) Round the number 0.04695 to 2 significant figures. c) 0.047
Grades E to G Clip 20
19T) a) What is 27 × 16? a) 432
b) What is 231 × 38? Grades E to G b) 8778
19S) a) What is 51 × 27?
Clip 17 a) 1377
b) What is 406 × 24? b) 9744

20T) a) What is 13 × 10? a) 130

b) What is 5.783 × 100? Grades E to G b) 578.3
c) What is 10 lots of £2.26? Clip 5 c) £22.60
d) What is 9654 ÷ 10? d) 965.4
e) If 100 pencils cost £23 find the cost of 1 pencil. e) £0.23
20S) a) What is 18 × 10? a) 180
b) What is 43.3 × 100? b) 4330
c) What is 10 lots of £13.78? c) £137.80
d) What is 5186 ÷ 100? d) 51.86
e) If 10 pencils cost £1.30 find the cost of 1 pencil. e) £0.13

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 21T) a) If 3 bananas cost £1.14, how much will a) £1.90
5 of them cost? b) £2.40
b) If 7 pencils cost £1.68, how much will 10 cost?

21S) a) If 6 bananas cost £2.46, how much will a) £3.28

8 of them cost? b) £3.40
b) If 9 pencils cost £3.06, how much will 10 cost?
Grades E to G Clip 23
22T) a) What are the names of shapes A and B? a) A cuboid B cylinder
b) How many vertices, edges and faces does b) 8 vertices
shape A have? B 12 edges
A 6 faces

Grades E to G Clip 37
22S) a) What are the names of shapes A and B? a) A triangular prism
b) How many vertices, edges and faces does B sphere
shape A have? B b) 6 vertices
A 9 edges
5 faces

23T) a) 0.7 × 0.1 a) 0.07

b) 7 × 0.2 Grades E to G b) 1.4
c) 0.4 × 0.5 c) 0.2
Clip 19
d) 0.6 ÷ 0.3 d) 2
e) 8 ÷ 0.2 e) 40

23S) a) 0.4 × 0.6 a) 0.24

b) 9 × 0.8 b) 7.2
c) 0.7 × 0.8 c) 0.56
d) 0.8 ÷ 0.02 d) 40
e) 12 ÷ 0.3 e) 40
24T) a) -6 × -2 a) 12
b) 4 × -7 Grades E to G b) -28
c) -12 ÷ 3 Clip 7 c) -4

24S) a) 7 × -4 a) -28
b) -10 × -8 b) 80
c) -15 ÷ -5 c) 3

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 25T) a) Shade in two thirds of shape A. a)
b) What fraction of shape B is shaded?
A B

7
b)
12

Grades E to G Clip 12
25S) a) Shade in three fifths of shape A. a)
b) What fraction of shape B is shaded?

A B

8
b)
15

26T) a) Find the area of these two shapes. a) A 28cm2 B 27cm2

A B
b) 22cm
4cm 6cm

7cm 9cm

b) Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

26S) a) Find the area of these two shapes. a) A 70cm2 B 16cm2

A B
b) 34cm
7cm 4cm

10cm 8cm

b) Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

Grades E to G Clip 33

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 27T) a) 278 + 65 a) 343
b) 34.6 + 28 b) 62.6
c) 12.34 + 9.712
Grades E to G c) 22.052
d) 348 – 109 Clip 16 d) 239
e) £12.45 – £3.63 e) £8.82

27S) a) 46 + 238 a) 284

b) 7.82 + 35 b) 42.82
c) 7.35 + 12.561 c) 19.911
d) 782 – 194 d) 588
e) £138.60 – £26.83 e) £111.77

28T) Tessellate this shape. Draw at least ten shapes.

Grades E to G
Clip 38

28S) Show how the shape below tessellates.

You need to draw at least six more shapes.

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29T) a) 2 of 24 a) 16
3
b) 28
b) 4 × 35 Grades E to G
5 Clip 8
29S) a) 3 of 21 a) 9
7
b) 30
b) 5 × 48
8

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 30T) a) Find the volume of this cuboid. a) 56cm3

Grades E to G 4cm b) 6cm

Clip 34 2cm
7cm

b) The volume of this cuboid is 180cm3

Work out its height.

x cm
3cm
10cm

30S) a) Find the volume of this cuboid. a) 90cm3

5cm b) 2cm

3cm
6cm

b) The volume of this cuboid is 48cm3

Work out its depth.

3 cm
x cm
8cm

31T) What number is the arrow pointing at?

92
60 80 100

Grades E to G
31S) What number is the arrow pointing at? Clip 4
335
300 350 400

32T) Place these numbers in order of size from low to high. 1 30% 2 0.45
4 5
0.45 2 30% 1 Grades E to G
5 4
Clip 13
32S) Place these numbers in order of size from low to high. 7 3 78% 0.79
10 4
78% 7 0.79 3
10 4

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 33T) Complete the table

×4 –3 ×4 –3
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
1 Grades E to G 1 1
2 Clip 30 2 5
3 3 9
10 10 37
57 15 57

33S) Complete the table

×3 +2 ×3 +2
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
1 1 5
2 2 8
3 3 11
10 10 32
41 13 41

34T) Complete the table

Fraction Decimal Percentage Fraction Decimal Percentage
3 3
4 4 0.75 75%

0.4 2 0.4 40%

5
60% 3 0.6 60%
5
90% 9 90%
10 0.9

34S) Complete the table

Grades E to G
Clip 10
Fraction Decimal Percentage Fraction Decimal Percentage
4 4
5 5 0.8 80%

0.25 1 0.25 25%

4
50% 1 0.5 50%
2
2 2 .
0.6
.
66.6%
3 3

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 28 × 63
35T) Estimate the answer to 90
17

103 × 48
35S) Estimate the answer to 1000
4.8

Grades E to G Clip 14

36T) a) Change 2.4m to cm. a) 240cm

b) Change 5km to m. b) 5000m
c) Change 3m2 to cm2 Grades E to G c) 30000cm2
36S) a) Change 345cm to m. Clip 35 a) 3.45m
b) Change 2986m to km. b) 2.986km
c) Change 8km2 to m2 c) 8000000m2

37T) On the number line, put arrows to indicate the

following probabilities: c b a

0 1 0 1

a) Getting a head if a coin is flipped.

b) Getting a 1 or 2 if a dice is rolled.
c) Snow falling in London in June.

37S) On the number line, put arrows to indicate the

following probabilities: b a c
0 1 0 1

a) Getting an even number if a dice is rolled.

b) Getting two heads if two coins are flipped.
c) Rain falling in London sometime in the year.

Grades E to G Clip 40
38T) Use the information that 223 × 34 = 7582 to work out
a) 22.3 × 3.4 a) 75.82
b) 2.23 × 340
Grades E to G
b) 758.2
c) 7582 ÷ 34 Clip 15 c) 223

38S) Use the information that 18 × 112 = 2016 to work out

a) 1.8 × 1.12 a) 2.016
b) 180 × 1120 b) 201600
c) 201.6 ÷ 18 c) 11.2

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 39T) Draw the following cuboid on the isometric grid.

4cm
Grades E to G
Clip 39
2cm
5cm

other diagrams are also correct

39S) Draw the following cuboid on the isometric grid.

5cm
2cm

3cm

other diagrams are also correct

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 40T) If 23 identical text books cost £56.35 how much £2.45
will one text book cost?

40S) If 31 identical text books cost £173.60 how much £5.60

will one text book cost?

Grades E to G Clip 18

41T) Name the following shapes: A Parallelogram

A B
B Hexagon

C Equilateral triangle

Grades E to G
Clip 36

41S) Name the following shapes: A Trapezium

A B
B Isosceles triangle

C Pentagon

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 42T) The graph shows the average temperature in a city for
a year.

30°

Temperature 20° × × ×
in °C
× × ×
10° × ×

×
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
a) Which month had the highest average a) July
temperature? b) 10ºC
b) How much warmer was it in June than February?
c) The average temperatures in October, November
and December were 10°C, 8°C and 3°C,
respectively.
Plot this information on the graph.
Grades E to G Clip 27
42S) The graph shows the average sales per month of a
particular type of computer in a shop.

300

Computers ×
200
sold × ×
× × ×
100 ×
×
×
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
a) What was the total number of sales in March, a) 475 computers
April and May? b) 75 more
b) How many more computers were sold in June
compared to March?
c) The average sales in October, November
and December were 250, 300 and 325.
Plot this information on the graph.

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 43T)
80

70

60

50

40

Litres
30

20

10

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Gallons

a) Fred buys 12 gallons of petrol. a) 55 litres

How many litres is this? b) approx. 15.3
b) How many gallons is 70 litres?
Grades E to G
Clip 43
43S)
70

60

50

40
Distance
in miles
30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Distance in kilometres

a) Change 60 miles to kilometres. a) 96km

b) How many miles is 90 km? b) 56 miles
c) How much more is 200 miles than 160 miles, in c) 64km
kilometres?

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 85 Essential Questions at C to D
(1 to 72 are non-calculator)

1T) a) 4t + 7t Grade C a) 11t

b) 4t × 7t b) 28t2
c) 6y + 2w – 5y Clip 102 c) y + 2w
d) 6y × 3t d) 18yt or 18ty
e) 4e2 × 3e3 e) 12e5
f) m7 ÷ m5 f) m2
y5 g) y3
g) y2 h) 3y3

6y 4
h) 2y

1S) a) 3t + 8t a) 11t
b) 2t × 9t b) 18t2
c) 12y + 3w – 5y c) 7y + 3w
d) 4y × 2t d) 8yt or 8ty
e) 3e5 × 2e7 e) 6e12
f) x4 ÷ x3 f) x
r7 g) r4
g) h) 3r2
r3
6r 5
h)
2r 3

2T) a) Expand 5(3y – 1) a) 15y – 5

b) Expand 3x(2x + 4) b) 6x2 + 12x
c) Expand and simplify 2(3x + 5) – 3(4x – 2) c) –6x + 16
d) Expand and simplify 5(2y – 3) + 2(y – 1) d) 12y – 17
e) (2x + 3)(x – 4) e) 2x2 – 5x – 12
Grade C
2S) a) Expand 3(2y – 4) Clip 103 a) 6y – 12
b) Expand 5x(3x + 2) b) 15x2 + 10x
c) Expand and simplify 5(2x + 1) – 2(3x – 4) c) 4x + 13
d) Expand and simplify 4(3y – 2) + 2(3y – 2) d) 18y – 12
e) (3x – 4)(2x – 1) e) 6x2 – 11x + 4

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 3T) Find the nth term of the following patterns
a) 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 . . . . . a) 2n + 1
Grade C
b) 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, . . . . . Clip 112 b) 5n + 3

c) 9, 6, 3, 0, –3, . . . . . c) –3n + 12

3S) Find the nth term of the following patterns

a) 2, 6, 10, 14, 18 . . . . . a) 4n – 2

b) 7, 16, 25, 34, 43, . . . . . b) 9n – 2

c) 5, 2, –1, –4, –7, . . . . . c) –3n + 8

4T)
Number of
Frequency
smarties

29 2
30 5
31 2
32 1

a) From the table above, find the mean number of a) 30.2

smarties in a tube.
b) 30
b) Find the median number of smarties in a tube.

Grade C Clip 133

4S)
Number of
Frequency
smarties

29 2
30 1
31 5
32 2

a) From the table above, find the mean number of a) 30.7

smarties in a tube. b) 31
b) Find the median number of smarties in a tube.
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 5T) Factorise the following:
a) 2x + 6 a) 2(x + 3)
b) 2x + 8 b) 2(x + 4)
c) 2x + 12
Grade C c) 2(x + 6)
d) 3x + 6 Clip 104 d) 3(x + 2)
e) x2 + x e) x(x + 1)
f) 2x2 – 6x
f) 2x(x – 3)
g) 3h(3h + 2)
g) 9h2 + 6h
h) 2x(4x – 5)
h) 8x2 – 10x

5S) Factorise the following:

a) 2t + 10 a) 2(t + 5)
b) 3m – 12 b) 3(m – 4)
c) 4y + 8 c) 4(y + 2)
d) 2x2 + 6 d) 2(x2 + 3)
e) t2 + t e) t(t + 1)
f) 5t2 + 10t
f) 5t(t + 2)
g) 7t2 – 14t
g) 7t(t – 2)
h) 9h2 – 30h
h) 3h(3h – 10)

6T) a) If a piece of wood is measured as 8cm to the a) Greatest is 8.5cm

nearest cm, what is the greatest possible Least is 7.5cm
length and the least possible length?

b) Greatest is 19.85cm
b) If a piece of wood is measured as 19.8cm to the
nearest tenth of a cm, what is the greatest possible Least is 19.75cm
length and the least possible length?

Grade C
Clip 125
6S) a) If a piece of wood is measured as 5cm to the a) Greatest is 5.5cm
nearest cm, what is the greatest possible
Least is 4.5cm
length and the least possible length?

b) If a piece of wood is measured as 6.7cm to the b) Greatest is 6.75cm

nearest tenth of a cm, what is the greatest possible Least is 6.65cm
length and the least possible length?

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 7T) a) If a = 3 and t = –2 find the value of
(i) 3a a) (i) 9
(ii) a2 Grade D (ii) 9
(iii) 5a2 (iii) 45
(iv) 4a – 2t Clip 66 (iv) 16
(v) 2(3a + t) (v) 14
(vi) 2
(vi) 4a − t
7
b) Colin said “when x = 3, then the value of 4x2 is 144” b) Sue because
4x2 is 4 × x2
Sue said “when x = 3, then the value of 4x2 is 36”
Who was right? Explain why.

7S) a) If a = 4 and t = –5 find the value of

a) (i) 12
(i) 3a
(ii) 16
(ii) a2
(iii) 80
(iii) 5a2
(iv) 26
(iv) 4a – 2t
(v) 14
(v) 2(3a + t)
(vi) 3
(vi) 4a − t
7
b) Colin said “when x = 5, then the value of 4x2 is 400” b) Sue because
Sue said “when x = 5, then the value of 4x2 is 100” 4x2 is 4 × x2
Who was right? Explain why

8T) Using the information that 726 × 34 = 24684

Write down the value of:
a) 7.26 × 3.4 = a) 24.684
b) 726 × 340 = b) 246840
c) 246.84 ÷ 7.26 = c) 34

Grade C Clip 97
8S) Using the information that 38 × 362 = 13756
Write down the value of:
a) 38 × 3.62 = a) 137.56
b) 0.38 × 3620 = b) 1375.6
c) 13.756 ÷ 3.8 = c) 3.62
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 9T) Write the following numbers as the product of their
prime factors
a) 48
Grade C a) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3
b) 60 Clips 95 & 96 b) 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
c) Find the Highest Common Factor of 48 and 60 c) 12
d) Find the Lowest Common Multiple of 48 and 60 d) 240
9S) Write the following numbers as the product of their
prime factors
a) 90 a) 2 × 3 × 3 × 5
b) 120 b) 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
c) Find the Highest Common Factor of 90 and 120 c) 30
d) Find the Lowest Common Multiple of 90 and 120 d) 360

10T) a) Draw an angle of 70 degrees and then use ruler Grade C Clip 127
and compasses to bisect it.
b) Draw a line of length 9cm and then bisect it Grade C Clip 129
using compasses.
c) Use compasses to draw a triangle ABC with AB Grade D Clip 80
equal to 9cm, AC 7cm and BC 4cm

10S) a) Draw an angle of 60 degrees and then use ruler

and compasses to bisect it.
b) Draw a line of length 11cm and then bisect it
using compasses.
c) Use compasses to draw an isosceles triangle with
the base equal to 8cm and the other two sides of
length 12cm

11T) What is 2 × 5 + 7 × 3? Grade D 31

Clip 59
11S) Work out the answer to 38 – 3 × 4 26

12T) What is 2.3 × 0.15? 0.345

Grade D
12S) What is 2.7 × 0.13? 0.351
Clip 60
13T) –3 < x < 4 Grade C Clip 108
x is an integer. Write down all the possible values. –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3
13S) –2 < x < 3
x is an integer. Write down all the possible values. –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3

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 14T) Here are the front elevation, side elevation and the
plan of a 3-D shape.
Draw a sketch of the 3-D shape. Grade D
Front elevation Side elevation
Clip 81

Plan

14S) Here are the front elevation, side elevation and the
plan of a 3-D shape.
Draw a sketch of the 3-D shape.

Front elevation Side elevation

Plan

3 of 600
15T) a) Work out
10 Grade D a) 180

b) Work out 5 of 800

8
Clip 55 b) 500

c) Work out 5 × 42
c) 30
7

15S) a) Work out 7 of 400

10 a) 280

b) Work out 2 of 900

9 b) 200

c) Work out 3 × 56
8 c) 21

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 16T) If you share out £240 between Alice and Bill in the £60
ratio 5 : 3, how much more does Alice get compared
with Bill?
Grade C Clip 94
16S) If you share out £60 between Alice and Bill in the £24 for Alice and
ratio 2 : 3, how much does each of them get? £36 for Bill

17T) Sara and Fred share tips from their job in the ratio £14
2 : 5. If Fred receives £35 how much does Sara get?

Grade C Clip 94
17S) Sara and Fred share tips from their job in the ratio £24
3 : 4. If Sara receives £18 how much does Fred get?

18T) Some plant heights are measured as shown in the

table, below.
Height in cm Frequency
0 < h < 20 4
20 < h < 40 3
40 < h < 60 2
60 < h < 80 1

a) Find an estimate for the mean height of a plant. a) 30

b) In which interval does the median height lie? b) 20 < h £ 40

18S) Some plant heights are measured as shown in the

table, below.
Height in cm Frequency
0 < h < 20 1
20 < h < 40 2
40 < h < 60 4
60 < h < 80 3

a) Find an estimate for the mean height of a plant. a) 48

b) In which interval does the median height lie? b) 40 < h £ 60

Grade C
Clip 133

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 19T) a) Reflect the shaded shape in the y axis and label it T
b) Rotate T 90º anticlockwise using (0, 0) as the
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centre of rotation and label the new shape U 123456789012
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c) Decribe fully the single transformation that will 123456789012
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move U back on to the shaded shape. 123456789012
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T
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U
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c) Reflection in y = –x

Grade D Clips 74, 75, 77

19S) a) Reflect the shaded shape in the x axis and label it T
b) Rotate T 90º clockwise using (0, 0) as the
centre of rotation and label the new shape U
c) Decribe fully the single transformation that will
move U back on to the shaded shape.

12345678901234567 123456789012
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12345678901234567 123456789012
U
12345678901234567
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c) Reflection in y = –x

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 20T) a) Enlarge triangle A scale factor 3 using (2, 4) as
centre of enlargement
b) Enlarge triangle A scale factor ½ using (4, 0) as
centre of enlargement

Grade D Clip 76
20S) a) Enlarge triangle A scale factor 2 using (4, 5) as
centre of enlargement
b) Enlarge triangle A scale factor ½ using (-2, 2) as
centre of enlargement

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 21T) Find the exterior angle of this regular octagon
45 degrees

Grade D
Clip 70

21S) Find the exterior angle of this regular hexagon

60 degrees

22T) a) In the triangle below, find an expression, in terms a) 4x + 8

of x, for the perimeter of the triangle.
Simplify your expression. b) x = 9 cm

b) If the perimeter of the triangle 2x 2x

is 44 cm, find the value of x.

Grade C 8

Clip 106
22S) a) In the rectangle below, find an expression, in terms a) 8x + 6
of x, for the perimeter of the rectangle.
Simplify your expression. b) x = 5 cm

3x + 5

x–2

b) If the perimeter of the rectangle

is 46 cm, find the value of x.

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 23T) Find the size of angle n, giving reasons
A
ABC = 60°(angles on st. line
= 180)
n = 78° (angles in add
B C Grade D up to 180)

Clips 68, 69
23S) Find the size of angles x and y, giving reasons
A
x = 56° (angles in =180,
base angles are equal)
ABC = 56°(base angles of
isos. are equal)
y = 124° (angles on st. line
= 180°)
B C

24T) Find the size of angle x, giving reasons

Grade D
°
Clip 67 BRS = 30°(angles on straight
line add up to 180°)
° x = 30° (alternate angles)

24S) Find the size of angles x and y, giving reasons

x = 86° (angles in
quadrilateral
add up to 360°)
y = 74° (alternate angles)

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 25T) Solve the following equations
a) 2x = 7 a) 3.5
b) x – 8 = 4
c) 2x + 3 = 11
Grade C b)
c)
12
4

d) x +5=7 Clip 105 d) 6

3 e) 3
e) 2(5x – 2) = 26 f) 5
2 x – 3 = –1 g) 3.5
f)
5
g) 3x + 4 = 5x – 3

25S) Solve the following equations

a) 3x = 12 a) 4
b) x – 9 = 3 b) 12
c) 3x + 2 = 14 c) 4
x +6=4 d) –6
d)
3 e) 7
e) 2(3x + 2) = 46 f) 7.5
2 x – 6 = –3 g) –3
f)
5
g) 4x + 3 = 2x – 3

26T) Draw a stem and leaf diagram to show the following 3 4 6

information. 4 1 7 7 9
The heights of 12 plants in cm are: 5 1 2 2 8
3.6, 5.2, 4.1, 3.4, 5.8, 6.2, 4.7, 5.2, 6 2 4
4.7, 6.4, 5.1, 4.9
Key 4 | 1 means 4.1
Grade D Clip 89
26S) Draw a stem and leaf diagram to show the following 5 0 2 9
information. 6 2 4 7 8
The weights of 10 people in kg are: 7 1 5
59, 52, 81, 67, 75, 62, 50, 64, 68, 71 8 1
Key 6 | 2 means 62

27T) a) Change 7 m2 to cm2 a) 70000 cm2

b) Change 3 cm2 to mm2 b) 300 mm2
c) Change 9 m3 to cm3 c) 9000000 cm3

Grade C Clip 124

27S) a) Change 4 cm2 to mm2 a) 400 mm2
b) Change 2 m2 to cm2 b) 20000 cm2
c) Change 3 cm3 to mm3 c) 3000 mm3

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 28T) a) Anne buys 46 litres of diesel at £1.32 per litre. a) £60.72
How much does she spend altogether on diesel?

b) James spends £65.72 on 53 litres of petrol. b) £1.24

How much was each litre of petrol?
Grade D Clip 60 & Grade C Clip 100
28S) a) Sara buys 34 litres of diesel at £1.43 per litre. a) £48.62
How much does she spend altogether on diesel?

b) Sid spends £57.12 on 42 litres of petrol. b) £1.36

How much was each litre of petrol?
2 3 1 1
29T) a) 3 + 8 a) 24

b)
3 1
5 – 4
Grade D b) 7
20

3 8
Clips 56 c) 2
c) × 3
4 9
and 57
d) 2 1 d) 4
3 ÷ 6

3 2 1 5
29S) a) 4 + 3 a) 12
5 2 11
b) 7 – 5 b) 35

c) 3 6 9
c)
10 × 8 40

d) 4 3 d) 22
5 ÷ 10 3
P
30T) Draw a pie chart to show the following information B C

Plain
Crisp flavour Frequency
Cheese Cheese 80°
8
Plain 19
Grade D Plain 190°
Beef Beef
Prawn
6
3
Clip 86 Prawn
60°
30°

30S) Draw a pie chart to show the following information B

P
C
Plain
Crisp flavour Frequency
Cheese 8 Cheese 160°
Plain 6 Plain 120°
Beef 1 Beef 20°
Prawn 3 Prawn 60°
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 31T) Find the areas of the following shapes

a) 7m b)
a) 21m2

3m 4cm b) 10cm2

c) 160cm2
5cm

c) 18cm

4cm
12cm

11cm

Grade D
Clip 73
31S) Find the areas of the following shapes

a) b) a) 54m2
9m

6m 7cm b) 42cm2

c) 222cm2
12cm

c) 24cm

4cm
13cm

14cm

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 32T) Find the surface area of this cuboid.
92cm2

Grade C
3cm
Clip 120
2cm
8cm

32S) Find the surface area of this cuboid. 190cm2

5cm

3cm
10cm

33T) Make the letter in the bracket the subject of the

formula.
v-u
a) v = u + at (a) Grade C a) a=
t
b) x – t = bc
a
(x) Clip 107 b) x = a(bc + t)
33S) Make the letter in the bracket the subject of the
formula.
v2 - u2
a) v2 = u2 + 2as (a) a) a=
2s

b) x +y=c (x)
a b) x = a(c – y)

34T) Find the following:

a) 10% of £700 a) £70
b) 15% of £80 Grade D b) £12
c) 35% of £600 c) £210
d) 17.5% of £48 Clip 52 d) £8.40

34S) Find the following:

a) 40% of £260 a) £104
b) 15% of £900 b) £135
c) 85% of £800 c) £680
d) 17.5% of £240 d) £42

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 35T) Sally’s mother lives 80km from Sally. This is the
journey to her mother’s house.
a) 100km/h
100 b) 30 mins
Distanc e in km from home
c) 30km/h
80

60

40

20

0800 0900 1000 1100 1200

Time

a) Sally has a rest at 8.30. What speed had she

been travelling at until 8.30?
b) How long did she rest for?
c) What speed did she travel at for the last part of
the journey to her mother’s house?
d) For the return journey, Sally travelled at 60km/h
without a break. Complete the travel graph to
show this.
Grade C Clip 117
35S) Sally’s mother lives 90km from Sally. This is the
journey to her mother’s house.
a) 120km/h
b) 30km/h
Distanc e in km from home

100

80

60

40

20

0800 0900 1000 1100 1200

Time

a) What speed did Sally travel at until her first

rest?
b) What speed did she travel at for the last part of
the journey to her mother’s house?
c) For the return journey, Sally travelled at 80km/h
without a break. Complete the travel graph to
show this.

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 36T) a) Complete the table for the equation
y = 2x2 – 3x

x –2 –1 0 1 2 3 Grade C –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y 14 Clip 116 14 5 0 –1 2 9

b) Draw the graph of y = 2x2 – 3x on the

axes at the bottom of the page
c) Use your graph to find the value of y c) 3.6
when x = 2.3
d) Use your graph to find the value of y d) 9
when x = –1.5
e) Use your graph to solve 2x2 – 3x = 5 e) x = –1 and x = 2.5
f) Use your graph to solve 2x2 – 3x = 8 f) x = –1.3 and x = 2.9

y
14

13

12

11

10

O
x
-2 -1 1 2 3

-1

-2

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 36S) a) Complete the table for the equation
y = 3x2 – x

x –2 –1 0 1 2 Grade C –2 –1 0 1 2
y 14 Clip 116 14 4 0 2 10

b) Draw the graph of y = 3x2 – x on the

axes at the bottom of the page
c) Use your graph to find the value of y c) 5.3
when x = 1.5
d) Use your graph to find the value of y d) 8.25
when x = –1.5
e) Use your graph to solve 3x2 – x = 10 e) x = –1.7 and x = 2

y
14

13

12

11

10

O
x
-2 -1 1 2 3

-1

-2

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 5

37T) Draw a set of axes going from –5 to +5 y = 3x +4 1

3
a) Draw the graph of y = 2x – 3
b) What is the gradient? Grade C b) 2
2

37S) Draw a set of axes going from –5 to +5 Clip 113 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O

-1
1 2 3 4 5

-2
a) Draw the graph of y = 3x + 1 y = 2x – 3
-3

b) What is the gradient? b) 3 -4

-5

38T) The table below shows the probability of an oddly

shaped 4-sided dice landing on 1, 2, 3, or 4.
a) Work out the value of x a) 0.24
b) If the dice is rolled 1000 times how many 2s b) 370
would you expect to get?
1 2 3 4
Grade C
0.15 0.37 0.24 x Clip 132
38S) The table below shows the probability of an oddly
shaped 4-sided dice landing on 1, 2, 3, or 4.
a) Work out the value of x a) 0.23
b) If the dice is rolled 1000 times how many 3s b) 140
would you expect to get?
1 2 3 4
0.29 0.34 0.14 x

other answers
39T) Draw a plane of symmetry on this shape
are possible

Grade D
Clip 83

39S) Draw a plane of symmetry on this shape other answers

are possible

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40T) Frequenc y Frequenc y
Height Frequency
0 to 10 1 7 7
10 to 20 4 6 6
20 to 30 3
5 5
30 to 40 2
4 4

a) On the first set of axes, 3 3

draw a frequency diagram
2 2
b) On the second set of axes,
draw a frequency polygon 1 1

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Grade D Height Height
Frequenc y Frequenc y

Clip 88 7 7

6 6

5 5

ANSWERS for 40T 4 4 ×

3 3 ×
2 2 ×
1 1 ×
0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Height Height

40S) Frequenc y Frequenc y

Height Frequency
0 to 10 3 7 7
10 to 20 7 6 6
20 to 30 2
5 5
30 to 40 1
4 4

a) On the first set of axes, 3 3

draw a frequency diagram
2 2
b) On the second set of axes,
draw a frequency polygon 1 1

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Height Height
Frequenc y Frequenc y

7 7 ×
6 6

5 5
ANSWERS for 40S 4 4

3 3 ×
2 2 ×
1 1 ×
0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Height Height

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 41T) a) In a room there are 7 boys and 3 girls. a) 70%
What percentage of the people are boys?

b) 35%
b) In a room there are 13 boys and 7 girls.
What percentage of the people are girls?

c) 60%
c) Sally scores 24 marks out of 40 in a Science test.
What was her percentage score?

Grade D Clip 54
41S) a) In a room there are 11 boys and 9 girls. a) 55%
What percentage of the people are boys?

b) In a room there are 13 boys and 12 girls. b) 48%

What percentage of the people are girls?

c) 90%
c) Emma scores 54 marks out of 60 in a Science test.
What was her percentage score?

42T) A point, P, moves so that the locus of P is always 2 cm

from the line AB.
Draw the locus of P.
Grade C Clip 130

42S) A point, P, moves so that the locus of P is always

equidistant from lines AB and AC.
Draw the locus of P.

C
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 43T) a) Sketch a scatter diagram with positive a)
correlation ×
×
×
× ×
× × ××
‘hair length’, ‘hair colour’, ‘intelligence,’ ×× ×
‘circumference of wrist’, ‘height’, ‘ice cream ××
sales’, ‘weight’, ‘outside temperature’
‘sale of extra-warm jackets’, ‘eye colour’
b) (i) height and weight
b) From the list above select two sets of data which
would have or Ice cream sales and
temp.
(i) a positive correlation
(ii) hair length and hair colour
(ii) no correlation or hair colour and intelligence
Grade D Clip 87 etc

43S) a) Sketch a scatter diagram with negative a)

××
correlation
×× ×
××
‘hair length’, ‘hair colour’, ‘intelligence,’ ×× ×
××
‘circumference of wrist’, ‘height’, ‘ice cream × ×
sales’, ‘weight’, ‘outside temperature’
‘sale of extra-warm jackets’, ‘eye colour’
b) From the list above select two sets of data which b) (i) temp. and sale of jackets
would have (ii) eye colour and intelligence
(i) a negative correlation or hair length and weight
(ii) no correlation etc

44T) a) What are the first four multiples of 7? a) 7 14 21 28

b) Write down all the factors of 30. b) 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 30
c) What are the first six prime numbers? c) 2 3 5 7 11 13

44S) a) What are the first four multiples of 5? a) 5 10 15 20

b) Write down all the factors of 40. b) 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40
c) Which two prime numbers come next, after 13? c) 17 19
Grade D Clip 44
45T) Solve the inequality 2x + 3 < 11 x<4
45S) Solve the inequality 5x – 7 > 43 x > 10

Grade C Clip 109

46T) Evaluate 53 125
Grade D Clip 45 16
46S) Evaluate 24

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 47T) Find the volume of this triangular prism.

Volume = 84cm3
6cm
7cm Grade C
4cm
Clip 122
47S) Find the volume of this triangular prism.

Volume = 160cm3
4cm
m
10c
8cm

48T) a) Write as a power of 7

73 × 75
Grade C a) 78

b) Write as a power of 2 Clip 111 b) 26

28 ÷ 22

48S) a) Write as a power of 5 a) 57

52 × 54 × 5
b) Write as a power of 3 b) 35
39 ÷ 34

49T) Complete the two-way table which shows the favourite

soup of 100 people.
Oxtail Tomato Chicken Total
Oxtail Tomato Chicken Total
Male 25 42 Male 25 12 5 42
Female 18 11 Female 29 18 11 58
Total 54 30 16 100
Total 16 100

Grade D Clip 85
49S) 110 students studied History and Geography as shown
in the two-way table.
History Geography Both Total
History Geography Both Total
Female Female 11 12 35 58
Male 8 Male 4 8 40 52
Total 15 20 110 Total 15 20 75 110

40 males studied both subjects.

52 of the students were male.
Complete the two-way table.

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 50T) Measure this angle.

48°

50S) Measure this angle.

Grade D
Clip 79
114°

51T) The price of a pair of shoes is £75. £82.50

How much are they after a price increase of 10%?

51S) A new car costs £8000. Grade C Clip 93

£6800
If the price is reduced by 15% what is the new price?

52T) 73.5 ÷ 0.21 350

Grade C Clip 100
52S) 18.02 ÷ 0.34 53

53T) What are the first 5 terms of the number sequence 5 8 11 14 17

with the nth term of 3n + 2?
Grade D Clip 65
53S) What are the first 5 terms of the number sequence 1 5 9 13 17
with the nth term of 4n – 3?

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 54T) Translate triangle A by vector -5
-3

12345678
12345678
12345678
12345678
12345678
12345678
12345678
12345678

Grade D Clip 77
54S) Describe fully the transformation which maps triangle
A onto triangle B.

Translation by vector -6
1

.. 3
55T) Change the recurring decimal 0.27 into a fraction in
its simplest form. 11
.. 7
55S) Change the recurring decimal 0.63 into a fraction in
its simplest form. 11

Grade C Clip 98

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 56T) What is the equation of the line? y = 2x + 1
y
5

x
-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3
-1

-2

-3
Grade C Clip 114
56S) What is the equation of the line? y = 3x – 2
y
5

-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3
-1

-2

-3
57T) List all of the outcomes if you roll a dice and 1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H
flip a coin. 1T 2T 3T 4T 5T 6T
57S) List all of the outcomes if you flip three coins. HHH HHT HTH THH
TTT TTH THT HTT
Grade D Clip 90
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 58T) Use a protractor to work out the bearing of A from B.
Bearing of A from B is 293°

Grade C Clip 131

B
B

58S) Use a protractor to work out the bearing of B from A.

Bearing of B from A is 046°
B
N B

A A

59T) In the list of fractions, below, which two are

equivalent to 4 ?
5
5 8 8 10 16 18 8 16
6 9 10 11 20 24 10 20
59S) In the list of fractions, below, which two are
equivalent to 2 ?
3
8 7 6 8 10 14 8 14
12 8 12 14 16 21 12 21
Grade D Clip 47
60T) A map has a scale of 1:100 000.
If town A is 5cm away from town B on the map, what is 5km
the actual distance between them in kilometres?
60S) A map has a scale of 1:500 000.
If town A is 3cm away from town B on the map, what is 15km
the actual distance between them in kilometres?
Grade D Clip 61

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 61T) a) -3 × -4 61S) a) 6 × -3 a) 12 a) -18
b) 7 × -5 b) -10 × -2 b) -35 b) 20
c) -12 ÷ 4 c) 15 ÷ -3 c) -3 c) -5
d) -8 – 6 d) 12 – 18 d) -14 d) -6
e) 9 – -5 e) 2 – -13 e) 14 e) 15
f) 10 + -6 f) 15 + -17 f) 4 f) -2
g) -4 + -5 g) -6 + -8 g) -9 g) -14
Grade C Clip 99
62T) Use the graph to solve the simultaneous equations
y = 7 – x and y = 2x – 2
y
8
y = 2x – 2 x = 3 and y = 4
y=7–x
7

0 x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Grade C Clip 115

62S) Use the graph to solve the simultaneous equations
y = 8 – 2x and y = ½x + 3
y
8
y = 8 – 2x x = 2 and y = 4
7 y = ½x + 3

0 x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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 40 400
37.9 × 417 37.9 × 417
63T) Estimate the answer to 1000 1.94 × 8.03
1.94 × 8.03 2 8

873 × 18 900 20
63S) Estimate the answer to 180
104 873 × 18
104
Grade C Clip 101 100

64T) A triangular prism has sides as shown.

Find the surface area of the prism.

12 cm 13 cm
270 cm2
7 cm
5 cm

Grade C
Clip 121
64S) A triangular prism has sides as shown.
Find the surface area of the prism.

8m 10 m
336 m2

12 m
6m

65T) If the probability of passing a driving test is 0.42 what is 0.58

the probability of failing the test?

Grade D Clip 91
65S) The probability of a school football team winning a 0.45
football match is 0.34 and the probability of
losing is 0.21.
What is the probability of the team drawing the match?

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 66T) Draw the net of this right-angled triangular prism.

5 squares
Grade D
4 squares Clip 82
s
square
3 squares 5

66S) Draw the net of this cuboid

3 squares
2 squares
5 squares

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 67T) Write the following fractions in their simplest forms.

a) 16 a) 4
20 5
9 Grade D 3
b) 15 b)
Clip 48 5
c) 24 c) 2
60 5
67S) Write the following fractions in their simplest forms.

a) 12 a) 2
30 5
b) 7 b) 1
21 3
c) 40 c) 5
64 8

68T) Here are the ingredients needed to make salmon

fishcakes for four people.
450g potatoes
900g of salmon
25g butter Grade D
15g dill Clip 62
50g flour
2 eggs
150g breadcrumbs
a) What weight of salmon would be needed to use a) 1350g
the recipe for six people?

b) For seven people, what weight of flour is needed? b) 87.5g

68S) Here are the ingredients needed to make shepherd's pie

for five people.
500g potatoes
50g of cheese
150g butter
1 onion
2 carrots
300ml stock
1kg of lamb
a) What weight of cheese would be needed to use a) 80g
the recipe for eight people?

b) For six people, how much stock is needed? b) 360ml

c) For nine people, what weight of lamb c) 1.8kg
should be used?

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 69T) Put these fractions in order of size, smallest to largest.
5 7 2 3 7 5 2 3
8 12 3 4 12 8 3 4

69S) Put these fractions in order of size, smallest to largest.

4 9 7 1 9 1 7 4
5 20 10 2 20 2 10 5

Grade D Clip 49

70T) a) What is the square of 6? a) 36

Grade D
b) Find the cube of 4. b) 64
c) What is the square root of 49?
Clip 46 c) 7
d) What is the cube root of 27? d) 3
e) Evaluate 144 e) 12

70S) a) What is the square of 8? a) 64

b) Find the cube of 2. b) 8
c) What is the square root of 100? c) 10
d) What is the cube root of 125? d) 5
e) Evaluate 169 e) 13

71T) Sara wishes to find out how much pocket money people How much pocket money do you
in her class received. receive each week?
Design a suitable question she could use Less than £2
on a questionnaire. Between £2.01 and £4
More than £4
You should include some tickboxes.

71S) Fred wants to know which sports are watched by pupils in Sport Tally Frequency
his class. Football
Design a suitable data collection sheet he can use Cricket
to find out. Tennis
Athletics
Grade D Clip 84
Rugby
Grade C Clip 134 Other

72T) Change the following fractions to decimals.

a) 4 b) 3 a) 0.8 b) 0.375
5 8

72S) Change the following fractions to decimals. a) 0.6 b) 0.625

a) 6 b) 5
10 8

Grade D Clip 58

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 Questions 73 to 85 are all calculator questions
73T) Find the length of sides A, B and C giving your answers to
one decimal place.
14cm
A 13.9cm

B 18.2cm
A B
12cm 23cm
C 5.6cm

7cm

Grade C
C 3.9cm
Clip 118

6.8cm

73S) Find the length of sides A, B and C giving your answers to

one decimal place.
A 14.4cm
58cm
B 111.9cm
17cm
A 126cm
C 12.7cm

9cm B

9.5cm

8.5cm

74T) The equation x3 + 2x = 20 has a solution between 2 and 3. x=2 23 + 2 × 2 = 12 Too low
x=3 33 + 2 × 3 = 33 Too big
Use a trial and improvement method to find this solution.
x = 2.4 2.43 + 2 × 2.4 = 18.624 Too low
Give your answer to 1 decimal place and show all workings. x = 2.5 2.53 + 2 × 2.5 = 20.625 Too big
x = 2.45 2.453 + 2 × 2.45 = 19.60612 Too low
x = 2.5 to 1 decimal place.
x=4 43 – 4 × 4 = 48 Too low
74S) The equation x3 – 4x = 88 has a solution between 4 and 5. x=5 53 – 4 × 5 = 105 Too big
Use a trial and improvement method to find this solution. x = 4.7 4.73 – 4 × 4.7 = 85.023 Too low
Give your answer to 1 decimal place and show all workings. x = 4.8 4.83 – 4 × 4.8 = 91.392 Too big
x = 4.75 4.753 – 4 × 4.75 = 88.17187 Too big
Grade C Clip 110 x = 4.7 to 1 decimal place.

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 75T) a) 34% of £28.76 = Grade D a) £9.78
b) 76% of 900 = b) 684
Clip 51
c) Reduce £45.50 by 12.5% c) £39.81
75S) a) 29% of £235.60 = a) £68.32
b) 43% of 2400 = b) 1032
c) Reduce £260 by 30% c) £182
76T) If £1 = 1.23 Euros, Grade D
a) Change £38 to Euros. Clip 64 a) 46.74 Euros
b) Change 650 Euros to pounds (£). b) £528.46
76S) If £1 = 1.27 Euros,
a) Change £2000 to Euros. a) 2540 Euros
b) Change 923 Euros to pounds (£). b) £726.77
77T) a) Find the area of the following circles.
Give both answers to 1 decimal place.
(i) (ii) a) (i) 153.9cm2
(ii) 452.4cm2
7cm
24cm

b) Find the area of this quarter circle. b) 78.5cm2

Grade D Clip 71
10cm
77S) a) Find the area of the following circles.
Give both answers to 1 decimal place.
(i) (ii) a) (i) 380.1cm2
(ii) 243.3cm2
11cm
17.6cm

b) Find the area of this semicircle. 19cm b) 141.8cm2

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 78T) Which is the best value for money 0.55p per gram
500g of sausages for £2.75 or 0.57p per gram
650g of the same type of sausages for £3.70? 500g for £2.75 best value
You must show all your working.
78S) Which is the best value for money 0.106p per ml
800ml of orange juice for £0.85 or Grade D 0.13p per ml
350ml of orange juice for £0.46? Clip 50 800ml for £0.85 best value
You must show all your working.

79T) a) Find the circumference of the following circles.

Give both answers to 1 decimal place.
(i) (ii) a) (i) 44.0cm
(ii) 75.4cm
7cm
24cm

b) Find the perimeter of this b) 35.7cm

quarter circle to 1 decimal place.
Grade D Clip 72
10cm
79S) a) Find the circumference of the following circles.
Give both answers to 1 decimal place.
(i) (ii) a) (i) 69.1cm
(ii) 55.3cm
11cm
17.6cm

b) 48.8cm
b) Find the perimeter of this semicircle 19cm
to 1 decimal place.

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 80T) a) Change the following to percentages.
Give your answers to 1 decimal place.
(i) 17 out of 67 a) (i) 25.4%
(ii) 134 out of 386 (ii) 34.7%
b) If Sue scores 82 marks out of a possible 120 marks, b) 68.3%
what was her score as a percentage?

80S) a) Change the following to percentages.

Give your answers to 1 decimal place.
(i) 44 out of 78 a) (i) 56.4%
(ii) 12.6 out of 59 (ii) 21.4%
b) If Sue scores 14 marks out of a possible 75 marks, b) 18.7%
what was her score as a percentage?
Grade D Clip 53
81T) Find the volume of this cylinder.
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
9cm
Volume = 6107.3cm3
Grade C
24cm
Clip 122

81S) Find the volume of this cylinder.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
20cm
Volume = 14765.5cm3

47cm

8.23 + 2.32 23.59360083

82T) Evaluate = 0.907097302
(12.4 – 7.3)2 Grade D 26.01

Clip 63
19.62 + 73 + 25 403.5249167
= 3.433767009
82S) Evaluate 117.5166852
3
5 – 56

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 83T) Find the length of the line.
y
6
5cm
Grade C
5 6
Clip 119
5
4
4
3
3

2 2

1 1

x O 1 2 3 4 5 6
O 1 2 3 4 5 6

83S) Find the length of the line to 1 decimal place.

y
6
5.4cm
5 6

4 5

4
3
3
2
2
1 1

x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 O 1 2 3 4 5 6

84T) a) A cyclist travels 12 miles in 2 hours. a) 6mph

What is the cyclist's speed in mph? Grade C
b) Sue walks for 45 minutes at 14mph. b) 10.5 miles
How far does she travel?
Clip 126
c) A piece of lead has a mass of 340g and a c) 11.3 g/cm3
volume of 30cm3.
Work out its density in g/cm3.
84S) a) A cyclist travels at 14.3mph for 4 hours. a) 57.2 miles
What distance does he cover?
b) Sue drives at an average speed of 57mph and covers b) 4 hours 30 minutes
a distance of 256.5 miles.
How long does the journey take in hours
and minutes?
c) A piece of lead has a density of 12g/cm3 and a c) 166.7cm3
mass of 2kg.
Work out its volume in cm3.

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 85T) The two triangles are similar.

37.8cm
x
y
5cm

8cm 43.2cm

a) Work out the size of x. a) x = 27cm

b) Work out the size of y. b) y = 7cm

85S) BE is parallel to CD
Find the length of BC. Grade C BC = 8cm
Clip 123
A

10cm

B E
12cm
x

C D
21.6cm

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 Index
Symbols E
3D shapes 10 edges 10
enlargements - positive scale factor 29
A equations 32
addition 12 equivalent fractions 47
alternate angles 31 estimate for the mean 27
angles - names of 8 estimation 15, 49
angles in triangle 31 evaluate with calculator 56
angles of polygons 30 Evaluating numers with indices - simple 42
area - finding 11 Expanding brackets 21
area of circle 54
F
area of compound shapes 34
area of rectangle 34 factorising - simple 23
area of triangle 34 factors 4
averages 5 factors, multiples and primes 42
foreign currency conversion 54
B forming equations 30
bearings - finding with protractor 47 forming expressions 30
best value for money 55 fraction of an amount 12, 26
bisect a line 25 fractions - changing to decimal 52
bisect an angle 25 fractions - four rules 33
BODMAS 25 fractions - putting in order 52
bounds at grade C level 23 fractions - shading 11
fractions - simplifying 51
C fractions to perc. and dec. 14
change the subject of a formula 35 frequency diagrams 40
circles - area 54 frequency polygons 40
circles - circumference 55 G
circumference of circle 55
compound measures 57 graphs - linear 39
compound shapes - area 34 graphs of quadratics 37, 38
congruency 9
H
conversion graphs 19
converting metric measures 15, 32 half-way values 8
coordinates 6 hard calculator question 56
cube numbers 4 highest common factor 25
cubes, squares and roots 52
cuboid - find volume 13 I
curvy graphs 37, 38 index notation - multiply and divide 43
cylinder - volume of 56 indices - simple 8
inequalities - integers 25
D
inequalities - solving 42
decimal places 9 isometric drawing 16
decimals - mult. and division 10
decimals to perc. and fractions 14 L
density, mass, volume 57 line graphs 18
dimensions 32 linear graphs 39
directed numbers - four rules 48 loci 41
directed numbers - mult. and div. 10 long division 17, 44
directed numbers in real life 8 long diviso 17
distance tables 5 long multiplication 9, 33
divide by powers of 10 9 lower bounds 23
division - long 17 lowest common multiple 25
division with decimals 10
M
mean average 5
mean from a table 22
measuring angles 44 real-life money questions 54
median average 5 recipes - ratio 51
median from a table 22 reciprocals 8
metric measures - converting 15, 32 rectangles - finding area and perimeter 11
modal average 5 recurring decimals - changing to fraction 45
money questions 4 reflections 28
multiples 4, 42 rotations 28
multiplication of decimals 25 rounding numbers 7
multiplication with decimals 10 rounding to decimal places 9
multiply by powers of 10 9 rounding to significant figures 9
N S
naming shapes 17 scales - reading 13
negative numbers - mult. and div. 10 scatter diagrams 42
negative numbers in real life 8 sequences 5
nets 50 shading fractions 11
nth term - finding from sequence 22 significant figures 9
nth term - generating a sequence from 44 similar shapes - simple 9
number machines 14 similar triangles 58
number sequences 5 simplification of algebraic terms 21
simultaneous equations - solving graphically 48
O solids - names of 10
ordering decimals 4 solving equations 32
ordering fractions, decimals and perc. 13 speed, distance, time 57
outcomes - listing 46 square and cube numbers 4
squares, cubes and roots 52
P standard form 24
percentages - change to % with calc. 56 stem and leaf diagrams 32
percentages - change to % without calc. 41 straight lines - finding equation of 46
percentages - find % with calc. 54 subject of a formula - simple 35
percentages - find % without calc. 35 substitution 24
percentages - increase and reduction 44 subtraction 12
percentages to frac. and dec. 14 surface area of cuboids 35
perimeter - finding 11 surface area of tirangular prisms 49
perimeter involving circles 55 symmetry - planes of 39
pictograms 3 T
pie charts 33
place value 3 tessellations 12
place value when multiplying 15, 24 timetables 7
planes of symmetry 39 transformations 28
plans and elevations 26 translations 45
powers - simple 8 travel graph 36
prime numbers 42 trial and improvement 53
probability - experimental 39 triangles - drawing with compasses 25
probability - mutually exclusive events 49 triangles - finding area and perimeter 11
probability scale 15 two-way tables 43
product of prime factors 25
U
proportion - simple 10
Pythagoras - in 2D 53 upper bounds 23
Pythagoras - line on graph 57
V
Q
value for money 55
questionnaires 52 vertices 10
volume of cuboid 13
R volume of cylinder 56
range 5 volume of prism 43
ratio - map scales 47
ratio - recipe questions 51
ratio - sharing 27
reading scales 13