Mental Arithmetic 3

Answers

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SECTION 1 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Th H T U Write in words the 1 Which of these numbers will not

number shown divide into 36 without a remainder?
on the abacus.
1 2 4 6 8 9 8
two thousand and fifty-four

2 Find the value of the missing number.

2 (3 × 9) + 6 = 33 24 + 28 = + 12 40

3 5+ = 13 8 3 How many greater is 4 × 7

than 4 + 7? 17
4 9cm 4mm = mm 94mm
4 11
12
1 This clock is
5 237p = £ £2.37
10 2 14min slow.
Write the
6 80 × 10 = 800 9 3
correct time
8 4 using a.m.
7 (18 ÷ 3) – (16 ÷ 4) = 2 7
6
5
or p.m. 9:07 p.m.
3 2 5 evening
8 7 + 7 = 7

5 By how much is the value of fifteen

9 28p + 80p = £ £1.08
2ps less than the value of nine 5ps? 15p
10 £6 = 50ps 12 50ps
6 If 100g of flour costs 30p,
11 1h 50min = min 110min how much will 350g cost? £1.05

12 300 – 175 = 125 7 (54 ÷ 9) + (3 × 12) = 42

8 Arrange these digits to make the

B Answer largest possible number.

1 Add four hundred to one thousand 0 7 9 1 9710

and ten. Answer in digits. 1410
9 Find the length in centimetres
2 Increase 29 by 33. 62 of the marked length. 3cm
12cm
3 Find the change from 50p after
spending 28p. 22p
4cm

4 Multiply £0.40 by 8. £3.20

7cm

5 Write 87 to the nearest 10. 90 ?cm

6 Divide 200 by 10. 20 4cm

7 Write as £s the sum of 26p, 28p 1

10 If 2 kg costs 86p, how much
and 50p. £1.04 will 34 kg cost? £1.29

8 27p = 5ps plus six 2ps 3 5ps

11 Signs on a motorway are 100m apart.
15 Find in kilometres the distance
9 How many tenths in 1 12 ? 10
between 11 of the signs. 1km
10 Subtract 36p from £1. 64p
12 Name the two rectangles, each of
11 How many 2ps have the same
which has three quarters shaded. X Y
value as four 10ps? 20 2ps

12 Find the cost of one if 10 cost £1. 10p W X Y Z

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer

1 Th H T U Write in words the 1 Take two thousand and

number shown twenty from 2222. 202
on the abacus.
four thousand six hundred and two 2 What number other than
1, 3 and 27 will divide into 27
without leaving a remainder? 9
2 180 + 30 = 210
3 Which of the triangles is a
3 600 ÷ 10 = 60 right-angled triangle and has
two equal sides? W
4 98mm = cm mm 9cm 8mm W X Y Z

5 (8 × 12) + 7 = 103

6 204cm = m cm 2m 4cm

7 240 – 70 = 170
4 One-quarter of a class of 32 children
8 Write 37 using Roman numerals. XXXVII have black hair. How many children
1 1 do not have black hair? 24
9 5 of 25 + 7 of 7 = 6

10 22 + 8 + 34 = 64 5 Which three coins are given in change

from £2 after spending £1.35? 50p 10p 5p
11 75min = h min 1h 15min
6 Write the total mass of the four tins
12 £1.00 – p = 53p 47p in kilograms and grams. 1kg 450g

B Answer 1
300g 2 kg 400g 250g
1 Write in digits three thousand one
hundred and fourteen. 3114

2 By how many grams is 820g less 7 Find the difference between the
than 1kg? 180g two largest fractions in this set.
3 6 13 4 7
3 Divide 1m by 5. Answer in { 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 } 10

centimetres. 20cm
8 Find the difference between (7 × 10)
4 Find the change from a 50p after and (7 × 100). 630
spending 16p. 34p
9 Mia bought a box containing 500
5 Find the cost of one if 10 cost £2. 20p straws. How many weeks will they
40 last if she uses 20 straws each week? 25
6 How many eighths in 5 whole ones? 8

10 Write the sum of £0.36, £1.24

7 84p = 7 10ps + 2ps 7 2ps
and £1.40. £3.00
8 Find the sum of £0.24 and £0.69. £0.93
11 How many children altogether in
9 What must be added to 75p to the four classes? 100
make £1.50? 75p
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
10 How many minutes from 7:47 a.m. 25 26 25 24
to 8:15 a.m.? 28min
1
11 One costs £0.49. Find the cost 12 If baby food is sold at £2 per 2 kg,
of three. £1.47 how many grams can be bought for
a £1 a 250g
12 Find the difference between
7 × 9 and 9 × 6. 9 b 50p? b 125g

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SECTION 1 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 910 + 90 = 1000 1 Write this date in digits only.

The twenty-first day of August
2 18p + 7p = 20p + p 5p two thousand and seventeen. 21/08/2017

3 15 × 10 = 150 2 How many

Y Z more grams
7 5 2 must be
4 9 – 9 = 9 1 12 kg 800g
placed in
bag Z to
5 (10 × 0) + (4 × 8) = 32
match the
weight of
6 43 + 47 = 90 bag Y? 700g

7 400 – 120 = 280 3 (4 × 0) + (1 × 9) + (10 × 1) = 19

8 1kg – 250g = g 750g 4 Which two of these fractions

are equivalent?
9 £3 = 5ps 60 5ps 3 4 3 3 3 6 3 6
5 5 7 4 12 10 5 10

10 1h 45min = min 105min 5 One 20p and a 5p were given as

change from £2. How much had
11 £2.67 = 10ps + 7p 26 10ps been spent? £1.75
1 1
12 ( 6 of 42) + ( 5 of 30) = 13 6 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷
in place of and .
9 4 = 25 5 – ÷
B Answer
7 How much greater is the distance
1 Find the total of 29 and 81. 110 round the rectangle than the
distance round the square? 4mm
2 What is the change from a 50p
10mm

after spending 19p and 18p? 13p

3 Decrease 20cm by 20mm. 18cm 20mm

14mm
4 Multiply 6 by 12 and add 8. 80
8 If 1kg of fudge costs £1, find the
5 Write 124mm to the nearest cost of
centimetre. 12cm a 100g a 10p

6 What sum of money is six times b 300g. b 30p

greater than £0.19? £1.14
9 Add three-quarters of 24 to
one-seventh of 56. 26
7 Write 40 using Roman numerals. XL

1 10 Samina was born in January but

8 2 kg
of spaghetti costs £1.50. Hassan was born 5 months earlier.
What is the cost of 100g? 30p In what month was Hassan born? August

9 How many 5ps are equal to £2.75? 55 5ps 11 Five biscuits of equal value cost 40p.
What do three of the biscuits cost? 24p
10 How many times greater is £4.20
than 42p? 10 12 Tom and Sophie travel from home
to school and back once a day.
11 How many days altogether in the How many kilometres more does
6th and 7th months of the year? 61 days Sophie travel in 5 days than Tom? 2km
School
12 How much change from four 20ps 400m 600m
after buying eight buttons at
9p each? 8p Tom Sophie

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer

1 485 = tens + 5 units 48 T 1 Write the time 12 hours after 8 p.m.

Use a.m. or p.m. 8 a.m.
2 2 12 kg = g 2500g 2 Write nine-tenths as a decimal. 0.9

3 2000 + 900 + 70 + 6 = 2976 3

4 25cm = mm 250mm W X Y Z
a Which of the shapes has two
5 9000 ÷ 10 = 900 pairs of parallel lines, four sides
of equal length and four
6 £1.00 – 82p = p 18p right angles? a z
b Name this shape. b square
7 37 ÷ 4 = r 9r 1 4 Find the change from £3 after
spending £1.38 and £0.22. £1.40
8 p – 8p = 5p 13p
5 If six lemons cost 90p what is the
cost of
9 3103 + 97 = 3200
a one lemon a 15p
10 Write 44 using Roman numerals. XLIV b four lemons? b 60p
3
6 By how many is 4 of 20 greater
11 1l – 350ml = ml 650ml than 35 of 20? 3

12 (9 × 9) + 8 = 89 7 Write the total

capacity of the
three bottles
570 570 570
ml ml ml in litres and
B Answer
millilitres. 1l 710ml
1
1 3of a number is 8.
What is the number? 24 8 In a drama club of 14 boys and
16 girls, three children were absent.
2 Subtract £1.27 from £2. 73p What fraction of the children were
1
a absent a 10
9
3 Multiply £2.08 by 6. £12.48 b present? b 10

4 Add 6 to the product of 7 and 7. 55 9 Favourite drink How many

20 more
children
5 Find the remainder when 71 is 15
chose milk
divided by 8. 7 than
10
lemonade
6 28p plus 46p plus p = £1 26p 5 as their
0
favourite
7 Add the odd numbers between drink? 10
te r

lk

ce
ad
mi

ju i
wa

24 and 28. 52
on
l em

8 Increase 12 12 cm by 25mm. 15cm 10 How many packets of popcorn each

having a mass of 250g can be made
9 How many metres in 25cm × 8? 2m from a 4 12 kg pack? 18
11 The distance round a triangle having
10 Eight pens cost 64p. What did equal sides is 18cm. Write the length
one cost? 8p of each side in millimetres. 60mm
12 A packet of mints has a mass of 188g.
11 How many years from 1875 to 1985? 110
Write the mass of 10 packets

12 If one sticker costs £0.05, find the

a to the nearest 100g a 1900g
cost of 100. £5.00 b to the nearest kilogram. b 2kg

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SECTION 1 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 43 ÷ 6 = r 7r 1 1 Find the cost of 112 kg of tomatoes

at 28p per kg. 42p
2 500 = tens 50 T
2 Olivia exchanged
1 10 11 three 10ps
3 + = 12 these coins
12 12 fourteen 5ps
for 20ps.
eight 2ps
4 186cm = m cm 1m 86cm How many did
four 1ps
she get? 6 20ps
5 2200 + 800 = 3000
3 Which fraction in the set is not
6 167mm = cm mm 16cm 7mm equivalent to the others?
4 12 6 8 2 12
{ 6, 15 , 9 , 12 , 3 } 15
7 11:16 a.m. to noon = min 44min

8 210 × 10 = 2100 4 How many months in a year

have 31 days? 7
9 15 – 6 = +3 6
5 Connor travelled 400km in 3 days.
10 77p + 25p = £ £1.02 On the first day he travelled 130km
and on the second day 228km.
How far did he travel
11 (5 × 9) + 16 = 61
on the third day? 42km
12 (72 ÷ 9) + (0 ÷ 3) = 8
6 What fraction
of the circle is
5
B Answer a shaded a 8
3
b unshaded? b 8
1 Find the sum of £1.80 and £0.18. £1.98

2 Subtract 40mm from 15cm. 11cm 7 Ribbon costs 12p per 12 m.

Find the cost of 125cm. 30p
3 Write in digits, three thousand
and fifty-nine. 3059
8 By how much is 25p divided by
5 less than 25p multiplied by 8? £1.95
4 Write in digits the time that is
4 14 hours after midday.
Use a.m. or p.m. 4:15 p.m. 9 Ryan saved 55p each week for
8 weeks. How much short
of £5 did he save? £0.60
5 Multiply 9 by 90. 810

6 Add £0.19 to £2.36. £2.55 10 Georgia had 45p left after spending
£1.08 and losing £0.27.
How much had she at first? £1.80
7 Find the difference between £5
and £3.44. £1.56
11 The children were placed in two
8 Write in digits the number that is mixed-year groups of equal numbers.
half of nine thousand. 4500 How many children were there in
each class? 31
3
9 Find in centimetres, 10 of half a metre. 15cm Silverside School

10 What is the product of 5 and 75? 375 Number Year 5 – 33

of children Year 6 – 29
11 What must be added to 13p and
16p to equal 40p? 11p
12 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷
in place of and .
12 Find the cost of one scarf if
10 cost £25. £2.50 9 5 6=8 + –

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer

1 8000 + + 40 + 8 = 8548 500 1 From five thousand subtract

nine hundred. Write the answer
2 5 weeks = days 35 days in digits. 4100

3 420 ÷ 10 = 42 2 Divide the sum of 4p, 6p, 8p

and 10p into four equal amounts.
How much is each amount? 7p
4 £1.00 – 28p = p 72p

3 What number must be subtracted

5 1030 + 70 = 1100
from 58 to leave 29? 29

6 1l – 450ml = ml 550ml
4 How much
will 36
7 58 ÷ 8 = r 7r 2 cards
cost? £1
8 6+ =9+4 7

9 63cm + 38cm = m cm 1m 1cm 5 18 + 9 – = 10. Find the value of

13 1
the missing number. 17
5 8
10 12 + 12 = 12 or 1 12
6 Find the change from £1 after
1 1
11 ( 6 of 54) + ( 3 of 12) = 13 buying six bananas at 14p each. 16p

12 (4 × 5) + (4 + 5) = 29 7 How much greater is £0.72 ÷ 8

than 42p ÷ 6? 2p

B Answer 8 Find the total cost of six tins of

tomatoes and three tins of tuna. £5.10
1 Find the difference in centimetres
between 5m and 465cm. 35cm
9 TOMATOES
TOMATOES
2 How many thirds in 3 whole ones? 3 20p
20p

3 Divide £4.20 by 7. 60p TUNA

TUNA 450g
450g
£1.30
£1.30
480g
480g

4 Subtract 60cm from 1 12 m. 90cm

9 What is the mass in kilograms and
grams of
5 Write in digits the time that
is 2 34 hours after 11 a.m. a the six tins of tomatoes a 2kg 700g
Use a.m. or p.m. 1:45 p.m.
b the three tins of tuna? b 1kg 440g

6 Find the sum of £0.48 and £1.54. £2.02

10
X Y
7 Write 59 using Roman numerals. LIX Z

8 18p + 18p + 18p + 18p = 72p Which of the triangles is

a a right-angled triangle a Z
9 How many 50ps would be exchanged
for £9.50? 19 50ps b an acute-angled triangle b Y
c an obtuse-angled triangle? c X
10 Find the cost of 10 if one costs 25p. £2.50
1 7
11 Take 4 of 100 from 10 of 100. 45
11 Multiply $1.99 by 3. $5.97
12 How many minutes longer is it
12 How many flowers each costing 4p from 9:10 a.m. to noon than
can be bought for £2? 50 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.? 20min

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SECTION 1 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer
13 6 7
1 10 – 10 = 10 1 Ahmed has £1.56 and Katie has £1.44.
If they share their money equally,
2 £1.50 + 65p = £ £2.15 how much does each have? £1.50

3 1l 600ml = ml 1600ml 2 Write the next two numbers in

the sequence.
4 2000 + + 6 = 2036 30 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, , –1 –2

5 38 ÷ 9 = r 4r 2 3 Find the cost of 500g if

200g cost 40p. £1.00
6 From noon to 4:15 p.m. = h min 4h 15min
4 How many times larger than 25 is
7 70 × 100 = 7000
a two hundred and fifty a 10
8 (9 × 7) + (8 × 5) = 103 b two thousand five hundred? b 100

9 4046 + 54 = 4100
5 A concert started at 7:15 p.m.
The programme lasted for 1 12 hours.
10 17 – 8 – 4 = 5 There was also a 10 minute interval.
At what time did the concert end? 8:55 p.m.
11 25 2ps = 10ps 5 10ps
6 Write 4m 45cm as
12 (49 ÷ 7) + (36 ÷ 6) = 13
a centimetres a 445cm

B Answer b millimetres. b 4450mm

1 Find the product of 6 and 14. 84 7 Find the change from £2 after buying
3 14 kg of cheese at 40p per kilogram. 70p
2 How much greater is
£5 than £3.31? £1.69 8 Five less than three thousand one
hundred. Write the answer in digits. 3095
3 Find the total of the odd numbers
between 6 and 12. 27
9 How many greater is the sum of the
odd numbers in the box than the sum
4 How many fifths are equal to 4 of the even numbers?
eight-tenths? 5
30 35 39 42 2
5 Multiply 12p by 7. 84p

1 10 Freya has 80p pocket money.

6 Subtract 200g from 4 kg. 50g
She saves 15 and spends the remainder.
How much does she
7 Four pencils cost 60p. Find the cost
of one pencil. 15p a save a 16p
b spend? b 64p
8 Find the difference in length between
1 12 m and 135cm. 15cm
11 Nine trays, each containing six cakes,
9 Write 96mm to the were bought for a party. If nine
nearest centimetre. 10cm cakes were left over, how many
had been eaten? 45
10 How many times smaller is 80
than 8000? 100

11 100 cost £4.00.

What is the cost of one? 4p

12 Write as £s the value of 12 Write all the numbers between 40

thirty-nine 5ps. £1.95 and 60 which are multiples of 7. 42, 49, 56

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer

1 2×2×2= 8 1 What must be added to 25cm and

39cm to make 1m? 36cm
2 p + £1.28 = £1.50 22p
2 What is the number nearest
to 60 that will divide by 9
3 290 + 120 = 410
without a remainder? 63
4 2 14 m = cm 225cm 3 3 The three marked
2 points are three
5 51 ÷ 4 = r 12 r 3 vertices of a
1
square. Write the
6 10p + 10p + 5p – 14p = 11p 0 coordinates of
1 2 3 4
the fourth vertex
7 110mm = cm 11cm of the square.
( , ) ( 0, 1)
13 8 5
8 9 – 9 = 9
4 Continue the sequence:
7, 5, 3, 1, , –1 –3
9 2 34 kg = g 2750g
5 Four sweets cost 9p. Find the
10 (7 × 6) + (8 × 0) = 42 cost of 20 sweets. 45p

11 48 hours = days 2 days 6 The distance

round the
1 1 rectangle
12 ( 9 of 27) – ( 8 of 8) = 2
is 20cm. If the
length is 6cm,
6cm what is
B Answer
the width? 4cm
1 Write 84 using Roman numerals. LXXXIV 7 Find the value of the missing number.
13 + 19 = + 25 7
2 Write 4750g to the nearest kilogram. 5kg
8 12 This clock is 12
11 1
3 Find the product of 8 and 65. 520 minutes fast.
10 2
What is the
9 3 correct time?
4 How many teabags costing 6p each
8 4 Use a.m. or p.m. 6:53 a.m.
can be bought for £3.00? 50
7 5
6
5 How many months in five years? 60 morning

6 What must be added to £2.52 9 Eva’s uncle is 34 years and 5 months

to make £5? £2.48 old. Eva’s aunt is 33 years and 8
months old. How many months older
7 A 64cm strip is cut into eight equal is her uncle than her aunt? 9mth
pieces. Write the length in millimetres 10 What fraction of 1kg is each bar
of one piece. 80mm of soap? 1
A 5 kg
8 Multiply 16 by 7. 112 A B C 1
B 10 kg
1
9 Decrease 5 14 m by 50cm. C 20 kg
3
Answer in metres. 44 m
11 Write these decimals in
10 If one yoghurt costs 9p, find ascending order.
the cost of 100. £9.00
3.6 3.1 2.8 0.9
11 Find the difference between 0.9 2.8 3.1 3.6
(136 + 66) and (10 × 20). 2
12 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷
in place of and .
12 How many 2ps have the same value
as twenty 5ps? 50 2ps (5 5) 5 = 20 × –

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SECTION 1 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 £2.40 + 70p = £ £3.10 1 Subtract (50p × 10) from (5p × 100). 0p

2 1 34 m = cm 175cm 2 By how many millimetres

is the line AB longer
3 6p × 12 = £ £0.72 than the line CD? 10mm

1 10 20 30 40 50 60
mm
4 17mm + 18mm = cm 3 2 cm
A B
5 (6 × 8) – (4 × 7) = 20 C D

6 £3.00 – £2.18 = p 82p 3 Rhys has 29 merit points and

James has twice as many.
How many have they altogether? 87
7 59 ÷ 6 = r 9r 5

17 8 9 4 How many glasses, each holding

8 10 – 10 = 10
300ml, can be filled from a
1 jug holding 112 l? 5
9 4500m = km 4 2 km

6 3 5 What is the
10 8 = quarters 4
distance in
centimetres
11 24 months = years 2yr all round
this regular
12 11:25 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. = min 50min hexagon? 36cm
6cm

3
B Answer 6 How many greater is 4 of 12
than 23 of 12? 1
1 Subtract 8 from 103. 95
7 Put these decimals in ascending order.
2 Write the name of the coin
that has the same value as £0.10. 10p 0.53 5.01 1.35 3.51 1.51

0.53 1.35 1.51 3.51 5.01

3 Find six-tenths of 80cm. 48cm
8 The diagram shows how three
4 By how many centimetres is friends shared £5. How much
2m greater than the sum of did each child have? Hassan £1.50
80cm and 90cm? 30cm
Sienna £2.50
Hassan Sienna Abi
5 Add twenty-five to Abi £1.00
one thousand and eighty. 1105
9 Which three coins are given in change
6 Find the cost of one toothbrush from £1 after spending 83p? 10p 5p 2p
if 10 cost £5.40. 54p
4 10 If 27 January is a Wednesday, what
7 How many sixths in 23 ? 6
date is the following Wednesday? 3 February

8 How many millilitres must be added

11 The scale shows the mass of a
to 270ml to make 12 l? 230ml
bag of sugar. How much will it
1 cost if the price is 30p for 100g? £1.35
9 Find the total of 4 34 m and 2 12 m. 74 m
0 30 0 4 0 0
10 0 20 50 0
0
10 Write 5300g to the nearest kilogram. 5kg
grams
11 Divide the sum of 19 and 16 by 5. 7
12 By how many is 15 times 100
12 Write 63 using Roman numerals. LXIII less than 3 times 1000? 1500

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer

1 £1.00 – 14p = p 86p 1 From the sum of 24 and 29 take 13. 40

2 15mm × 10 = cm 15cm
2 Arrange the digits 4, 0, 2, 5 to make
the largest possible even number. 5420
3 £1.50 + £2.60 = £4.10

4 5450m = km m 5km 450m 3 The distance round a square is 72cm.

What is the length of one side? 18cm
5 27p × 4 = £ £1.08
4 Write the next two numbers
1
6 5 of £3.00 = p 60p in this sequence.
6, 4, 2, 0, , –2 –4
7 Write 8 hundredths as a decimal. 0.08
5 How far is it from C to B? 240m
8 5 days = hours 120h
920m
A B
9 (56 ÷ 7) – (9 ÷ 9) = 7 680m C

1
10 2l – 389ml = ml 111ml
6 Write the
total
11 1m = mm 1000mm number
of degrees
12 (9 × 6) + (10 × 5) = 104 of the four
angles in a
rectangle. 360°
B Answer

1 Increase 57 by 35. 92 7 What is the smallest number

into which both 4 and 6
2 Half of a sum of money is 49p. will divide exactly? 12
What is the whole amount? 98p
8 A school was opened in 1958.
3 How many 10cm lengths How many years will the school
are there in 5m? 50 have been open by the year 2020? 62

4 Multiply the sum of 5 and 4 by 8. 72

9 If 1l of milk costs 70p,
3 find the cost of
5 How many pence in 8 of 40p? 15p
a 100ml a 7p
6 7× = 98 b 400ml. b 28p
Find the missing number. 14
10 Kiera had these
7 Write the time 12 h before 12:05 a.m. nine 2ps
coins. How much
Use a.m. or p.m. 11:35 p.m. three 5ps
more is needed
seven 10ps
to make her
8 420 minus 80 equals 300 plus 40 money up
to £1.20? 17p
9 What is the cost of eight oranges
if one orange costs £0.19? £1.52
11 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷
in place of and .
10 Find the difference between 5
1 6 (12 3) 6 = 10 ÷ +
8 and 8. 8

11 How much short of 3m is 265cm? 35cm 12 Which two coins are given
in change from £2 after
12 Write 81 using Roman numerals. LXXXI spending 83p and 66p? 50p 1p

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SECTION 1 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 1m 50cm ÷ 10 = cm 15cm 1 In a library there are 138 fiction books

and 144 non-fiction books. How
1
2 2 kg + 375g = g 875g many books are there altogether? 282
2 What fraction of 1 hour is
3 7300 ÷ 100 = 73 1
a 20 minutes a 3h
7 6 13 5 2
4 8 + 8 = 8 or 1 8 b 40 minutes? b 3h

5 £3.00 – £1.13 = £1.87 3 8kg 500g is divided into 10 equal

quantities. What does one of the
6 450km – 360km = 90km quantities weigh? 850g
4 How
7 £2.47 + £1.63 = £4.10 much
will 20
8 1 12 m = mm 1500mm cans
4 cans for 90p cost? £4.50
9 (7 × 8) – (5 × 6) = 26
5 Write these fractions in
10 25mm × 8 = cm 20cm descending order.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 6 10 12 3 3 6 8 10 12
11 10:24 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
= h min 1h 46min
6 By how many metres is the sum of
1 1 870m and 650m more than 1 12 km? 20m
12 ( 7 of 42) – ( 9 of 18) = 4
7 Which number when multiplied by
itself equals 64? 8
B Answer
8 Write the length of a line 100 times
1 Write seven-tenths as a decimal. 0.7 longer than the line YZ
a in centimetres a 650cm
2 Write the next two numbers in 1
b in metres. b 62 m
this sequence.
36, 48, 60, 72, , 84 96 mm
10 20 30 40 50 60 70

3 Find the total of £2.36 and £0.99. £3.35 Y Z

9
4 10 of a sum of money is £45.
9 Lucy has three times as much as Jakob
Find the whole amount. £50
who has 45p. How much have they
altogether? £1.80
5 Write 96 using Roman numerals. XCVI
10 m This is a
How many grams are there in 1
100g 40 60
6 10 kg? m plan of a
playground.
7 What is the difference
378
30

between 42 and 420?

m

70m
8 Six packets of crisps cost £2.16. How many times must George run
What is the cost of one? 36p round it in order to run 1km? 5
1 1
9 Write 250mm in metres. 4m 11 If 2 kg
of salt costs 40p,
find the cost of
10 Add 2 times 9 to 5 times 9. 63 a 100g a 8p
11 If five crackers cost 30p, b 600g. b 48p
what will 15 cost? 90p 12 Put these decimals in
descending order.
xy
12 In the number 9440 how many 6.9 6.3 13.1 1.9 3.7
times greater is the 4 marked
x than the 4 marked y? 10 13.1 6.9 6.3 3.7 1.9

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer

1 5505 – 500 = 5005 1 Divide the sum of 7, 11, 6 and 4 by 7. 4

2 100 × 21 = 2100 2 How many 30cm lengths can

be cut from a 3m length? 10
3 14cm + 15cm + 16cm = 45cm
3 Find the cost of 2l 250ml of
4 3×3×3= 27 shampoo if 1l costs £2. £4.50

4 What must be added to 7 + 9

5 28p + 25p + 45p = £ £0.98
to equal 7 × 9? 47
6 £10.46 = 10ps + 6p 104 10ps
5 300 keyrings cost £18.
3
Find the cost of
7 10 of 1km = m 300m
a 100 a £6
8 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. = h 10h b 10. b 60p

9 1 12 kg – 600g = g 900g 6 Find the length, in millimetres,

of the length marked ‘?’. 30mm
10 (5 × 7) + (10 × 8) = 115
5cm
3
11 4l – 200ml = ml 550ml 8cm

?
12 (36 ÷ 9) + (100 ÷ 10) = 14
5cm

B Answer 7 Dan goes to bed at 7:45 p.m. and

gets up at 7:45 a.m. How many
1 Find the sum of 73 and 48. 121 hours is he in bed? 12h

8 William bought the chess set at a

2 Write 1560mm as metres
quarter less than the advertised price.
and millimetres. 1m 560mm
How much did he pay? £2.70
3 Find half of the sum of 12p and 18p. 15p
Chess set £3.60
4 What is the product of 4, 5 and 6? 120

5 How many eighths are there 56

in 7 whole ones? 8 9
150cm
The diagram
shows two
Fatima
6 Find the cost of 24 eggs at 6p each. £1.44 children’s
140cm heights.
7 What is the remainder when How much
61 is divided by 9? 7 130cm taller is Fatima
Amy
than Amy
8 How many years are there 120cm a in centimetres a 17cm
from 1984 to the year 2020? 36 b in millimetres? b 170mm

9 What number is 101 less than 1000? 899 10 How many 200ml cups can be
filled from a bottle holding 4l? 20
10 100 chocolates cost £10.00.
Find the cost of one. 10p 11 Write 94 using Roman numerals. XCIV

11 Add the numbers between 12 There are 2055 people in a village.

20 and 35 that can be divided Write the number of people
exactly by 8. 56 a to the nearest 10 a 2060
1
12 Find the cost of 3 2 m of ribbon at
b to the nearest 100 b 2100
16p per metre. 56p c to the nearest 1000. c 2000

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PROGRESS TEST 1 Schofield & Sims

Write the numbers 1 to 20 down the side of a piece of paper.

Write alongside these numbers the answers only to the following questions.
Work as quickly as you can. Time allowed – 10 minutes.

1 170 + 280 = 450

2 ( 15 of 45) – ( 17 of 63) 0

3 (8 × 8) + (6 × 6) = 100

4 (450 ÷ 10) – (3500 ÷ 100) = 10

5 Write in digits nine thousand and sixteen. 9016

6 Write 99 using Roman numerals. XCIX

7 Add the numbers between 40 and 50 that can be divided by 7 without a remainder. 91

8 Which of the fractions has the same value as a half?

3 2 5 3 5 25 5
4 5 6 8 10 100 10

9 How much more than 112 kg is the total mass of the three boxes? 100g

650g 1 700g
4 kg

10 Which three coins are given in change from £2 after spending 60p and 78p? 50p, 10p, 2p

11 Find the cost of one pencil if 10 pencils cost £1.10. 11p

12 How many minutes are there from 11:17 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.? 58min

13 N A boy stands facing west and turns left through three right angles.
In which direction is he then facing? north

1
14 Find the cost of 300ml if 2l costs 35p. 21p

15 Put these decimals in ascending order.

0.58 3.11 0.85 4.01 3.09 0.58, 0.85, 3.09, 3.11, 4.01

16 The diagram represents the 64 cars

red blue other colours which passed a school in one hour.
How many of the cars were blue? 24
9
17 What fraction in its simplest form is 900g of 1kg? 10

18 Write to the nearest £ the sum of £3.80 and £2.69. £6

19 Find the cost of 100 apples if one apple costs 8p. £8.00

20 Write as £s the total of the

contents of the packets. £21.00
a a
fifty fifty
hundred hundred
1ps 5ps 10ps 20ps

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers PROGRESS TEST 1 | Results Chart
You will work through Progress Test 1 at four different times – once at the end of Section 1, then again after you have
completed each of Section 2 Test 4, Test 8 and Test 11.
When you first complete the test:
a colour the first column to show the number of answers correct out of 20
b enter the date.
Each time you take the test, enter the result and the date in the marked columns.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13
number of answers correct

12

11

10

0
date

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SECTION 2 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 7 + 33 + 9 = 49 1 Write as a decimal fraction

a the shaded part a 0.4
2 814 ÷ 2 = 407
b the unshaded part. b 0.6
3 (19 + 5) – (7 + 8) = 9

4 1 14 m = mm 1250mm
2 12 Write the time
11 1
5 1 minute = seconds 60s 10 2
shown in words.
Use morning,
9 3
6 9+9+9+9= 36 afternoon or
4
8 4 evening.
2 7 5
7 5 = tenths 10 6 minutes to
p.m. in the
8 34p × 6 = £ £2.04
10 minutes to 4 in the afternoon
9 From 10:14 a.m. to noon 3 How many 600ml bottles can be
= h min 1h 46min filled from 6l? 10
10 Round 3.7 to the nearest 4 Zach had £1. He spent 28p on
whole number. 4 crisps and 42p on bus fares.
How much had he left? 30p
11 11 × 12 = 132
5 The perimeter of
12 61 ÷ 8 = r 7r 5 this square is 60mm.
Find the length
of one side. 15mm
B Answer
6 Preet has 28p and his sister has
1 Write in digits nine thousand four times as much. How much
seven hundred and nine. 9709 have they altogether? £1.40
2 There is 69p change from £2. 7 Tom exchanged these coins for 50ps.
How much has been spent? £1.31 How many 50ps did he get? 2 50ps

3 Write 1700g to the nearest kilogram. 2kg

one two eight ten
4 Divide £2.94 by 6. 49p 20p 10ps 5ps 2ps
5 Take 6 plus 5 from the total of
8 and 17. 14 8 The first day of Josh’s holiday
was 29 June and the last day was
6 How many seconds in 2 August. For how many days
1 was he on holiday? 35
a 2 min a 30s
9 The diagram shows how the children
b 1 14 min? b 75s
shared £4.20. How much did each
7 Find the sum of the odd numbers receive? Daisy £1.40
between 56 and 60. 116 Daisy Shahid Sam Shahid £2.10
1 1 1
8 Add LXI and XXXIV and 3 2 6 Sam £0.70
write your answer using
10 The sum of three numbers is 94.
Roman numerals. XCV
Two of the numbers are 36 and 35.
9 Find the cost of 2 12 kg of peppers What is the third number? 23
at 28p per kg. 70p 11 How many weeks will it take
Chen to save £5.00 if he
10 What must be added to 5 plus
saves 25p each week? 20
80 to equal 5 multiplied by 80? 315
12 Which two of these numbers can
11 If 2l of milk cost 48p, be divided by both 4 and 9 without
1
find the cost of 4 l. 6p a remainder?
1 36 54 64 72
12 Find 6 of 84. 14 36 72

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer

1 25 + 5 + 16 + 4 = 50 1 Continue the sequence.

16, 12, 8, 4, 0, , –4 –8
2 2009 – 10 = 1999

3 85p × 4 = £ £3.40 2 Write, in 24-hour clock format, the

correct time for each digital clock if
4 900ml + 870ml = l ml 1l 770ml
a clock X is 18min fast a 09:57
18
5 3 = whole ones 6 b clock Y is 25min slow. b 00:15
6 30 – (7 × 4) = 2
10 15 23 50
7 2670m + m = 3km 330m X Y

8 £2.58 ÷ 3 = p 86p
3 Find the cost of 6 12 m
9 (15 – 6) + (33 – 4) = 38 of ribbon at 18p per metre. £1.17

10 Round 4.9 to the nearest

whole number. 5 4 A tub of playdough has a mass of
450g. Find to the nearest kg,
11 Find the mass of six tubs. 3kg
1
a 8 of 72 a 9
7 5 Which line is parallel to the line AB? GH
b 8 of 72. b 63
B
12 11 × 11 = 121 C D
A F
H
E G
B Answer

1 Write as a decimal fraction 6 Jessica bought the following:

a 3
a 0.3 cupcake 45p, milkshake 65p.
10
5
How much change did
b 10 . b 0.5 she get from £2? 90p
2 How many hours and
minutes in 95min? 1h 35min 7 w x Which of the angles
w, x, y, z are
3 Which three coins together
a obtuse a w, y
equal 57p? 50p 5p 2p z y
b acute? b x, z
4 Subtract 50 from 8000. 7950
1 1
5 Write 435cm to the nearest 2 m. 42 m 8 What must be added to one-sixth
of 48 to equal 17 of 63? 1
6 If 10 stickers cost 32p,
what will be the cost of 40 stickers? £1.28
9 Find the difference between
7 What is the total of seven, (8 + 8 + 8 + 8) and 8 times 6. 16
twenty-nine and fourteen? 50
10 What is a half-share of the sum
8 1kg costs £1.28. of six 5ps and eight 2ps? 23p
What is the cost of 250g? 32p

9 Add XXVII and XL and write 11 How much is

Doughnuts
your answer using Roman numerals. LXVII saved per
21p each
doughnut by
10 How many grams must be Six doughnuts buying six
added to 970g to make 1 12 kg? 530g for £1.14 doughnuts? 2p
11 Multiply the sum of 16 and 9 by 8. 200
12 50 napkins are used on each of
12 Subtract 8 from the product of 5 days in a week. How many
9 and 7. 55 weeks will 2000 napkins last? 8

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SECTION 2 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 T U tenths Write the number 1 Write the length of the line YZ

shown on the
a in centimetres and millimetres a 5cm 7mm
abacus as
a decimal. 32.5 b in centimetres. b 5.7cm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
cm
2 (5 × 6) + 4 = 34
Y Z
3 80 tenths = units 8
2 4 2 Find the difference between
4 = sixths 6 1 3
38p
4 of £0.76 and 4 of £0.76.
3

5 46 + 64 = 110
3 How many days altogether in April,
6 125 × 4 = 500 May and June? 91
3
7 4 min = s 45s 4 How much will
SALE
be paid for a
8 (9 + 9) – (4 + 8) = 6
All games reduced game that cost
9 (96 ÷ 12) + (0 ÷ 8) = 8 by 15p per £1 £3 before
the sale? £2.55
10 £8.54 ÷ 7 = £1.22
5 What number when multiplied by
11 1 12 km – 560m = m 940m itself gives the number 22 more
12 £5.00 – £ = £3.46 £1.54 than 99? 11

6 Which two of the fractions when

B Answer added together equal one whole one?
3 1 1 5 4 1 4
4 3 5 8 6 3 6
1 Write as a decimal fraction
of a centimetre
7 The perimeter of a square is 10cm.
a 5mm a 0.5cm Find the length of one side
b 8mm. b 0.8cm
a in centimetres and millimetres a 2cm 5mm
2 How many hours and minutes
b in centimetres. b 2.5cm
from noon to quarter to four in
the afternoon? 3h 45min 8 A builder ordered 130kg of cement
3 Write 6m 875mm to the instead of 13kg. By how many
nearest metre. 7m kilograms was the order too much? 117kg

4 Find the cost of 4 14 kg at 16p 9 Write in digits the times shown on a 11:23 a.m.
per kilogram. 68p the clocks. Use a.m. or p.m.
b 8:52 p.m.
5 Multiply 6 by 6 and divide a b
12 12
11 1 11 1
the answer by 9. 4
10 2 10 2
3
6 4 of a sum of money is 21p. 9 3 9 3
Find the sum of money. 28p
8 4 8 4
7 Find the total of (16 + 9) and (5 × 5). 50 7
6
5 7
6
5

8 Find one half of four thousand five morning evening

hundred. Write the answer in digits. 2250
10 28 children were on a bouncy castle.
9 Subtract the sum of 23p
There were four more girls than boys.
and 28p from £1. 49p
How many boys were there on
10 Add the even numbers the bouncy castle? 12
between 35 and 39. 74
11 Scissors cost 44p each and rulers
11 How many 5ps are equal half as much. Find the total cost
in value to £7? 140 of 6 pairs of scissors and six rulers. £3.96
12 Make each of the following
12 For their birthday, twins Emily and
10 times smaller.
Eloise were given four 50ps, six 20ps
a 8 a 0.8 and two 5ps, which they shared
b 131 b 13.1 equally. How much did each have? £1.65

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer

1 7.6cm + 4mm = cm 8cm 1 Find the whole amount

1 of money when
2 Write as a decimal 100 + 10 + 1 + 10 111.1 2
a 3 is 30p a 45p
3 50p – p = 27p 23p 5
b 8 is 40p. b 64p
4 (17 – 8) + (11 – 7) = 13
2 3 The three marked
1
5 10 of 1l = ml 100ml 2 points are three
vertices of a
6 10 000 + 900 + 8 = 10 908 1
square. Write the
15
7 3 34 = quarters 4 0 coordinates of the
1 2 3 4
fourth vertex of
8 (8 × 3) – (0 × 5) = 24 the square.
9 17p × 7 = £ £1.19 ( , ) ( 1, 2)

10 Find 3 Continue this sequence

a 1
of £45 a £9 32, 24, 16, 8, 0, , –8 –16
5
3
b 5 of £45. b £27 4 It takes Alicia 75 minutes to get to
school. At what time must she leave
11 44 ÷ 9 = r 4r 8
home to arrive at school at 8:30 a.m.? 7:15 a.m.
12 Round 32.4 to the nearest
5 In which of these letters are
whole number. 32
there two pairs of parallel lines?

B Answer F M N W X Z W

1 Write as a decimal 6 a How many 500ml water bottles

a 36 tenths a 3.6 can be filled from 5l? a 10

b 104 tenths. b 10.4 b How many 50ml bottles can

be filled from 5l? b 100
2 By how many is 44 greater than 19? 25
7 When a number is divided by 8
3 What fraction of 1km is the answer is 6 remainder 6.
1
a 100m a 10 km What is the number? 54
7
b 700m? b 10 km 8 Find the missing numbers in
4 Find the cost of 20 balloons this sequence.
if five cost 77p. £3.08 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, , 1.0 0.8

5 From half past eight to twenty to 9 Name

ten in the morning = h min. 1h 10min a the acute-angled triangle a Z
6 From the product of 12 and 9 b the right-angled triangle b X
subtract 13. 95
c the obtuse-angled triangle. c Y
7 Find five-sixths of £54. £45
Y
8 How many millilitres must be added X Z
to 4 14 l to make 5l? 750ml
9 Make each of the following 10 Joe had £1.80 and Leah had half
10 times larger. as much as Joe. How much had
a 0.7 a 7 they altogether? £2.70
b 2.3 b 23 11 Find the cost of 90g of salt
10 Multiply 61p by 9. £5.49 at 40p for 20g. £1.80

11 What number is the Roman 12 What is the value of

numeral L? 50 a the largest of these amounts a €10
12 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷ b the smallest of these amounts? b €8
in place of and . 2 3 5
14 7 = 35 5 – ÷ 3 of €12 4 of €12 6 of €12

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SECTION 2 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 2.9 = tenths 29 tenths 1 Find the

0 difference
2 49 + 63 = 112 y
kg in grams
3 1 between the
3 6090 ÷ 3 = 2030 masses shown
1 X
x 2 by pointers
4 2 = 16 . Find x. 8 x and y. 800g

5 (8 × 5) + (3 × 7) = 61 2 A thermometer shows –3°C.

The temperature then falls
6 10m – 5.5m = m 4.5m 2 degrees lower. What is the
temperature now? –5°C
7 84 – 57 = 27
3 A B Name two lines
8 3 34 km + 300m = km m 4km 50m
in the rhombus
which are
9 From 10:20 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
perpendicular
= h min 2h 5min D C to each other. AC BD
10 Round 109.7 to the nearest
whole number. 110 4 After using shampoo from a bottle
holding 3l 300ml only 2 34 l remained.
11 (30 ÷ 5) + (18 ÷ 6) = 9 How many ml had been used? 550ml

12 10 flowers cost £1.50. 5 Find the total cost of four magazines

Find the cost of one flower. 15p at £2.25 each and three newspapers
at £1.50 each. £13.50

B Answer 6 Find the change

£ from £200 after
1 Write 9km 700m to the 70.00 paying these
nearest kilometre. 10km 25.00 amounts. £87
18.00
2 By how many centimetres is
2.4cm less than 6cm? 3.6cm
1 7 Find the total length of the two lines
3 What fraction of 42 is 7? 6
in millimetres. 122mm
4 What must be added to £3.66 5.5cm
to make £4.50? 84p 6.7cm

5 By how many is 25 minus

6 less than 25 plus 6? 12
8 Rosa arrived home at 9:50 p.m. after
xy travelling for 2 14 hours. At what time
6 37.7 did she start her journey? 7:35 p.m.
How many times greater is
9 10 boxes of cereal have a mass of 3kg.
the 7 marked x than the 7 marked y? 10
Find the mass in grams of one box. 300g
7 Increase £2.46 by £1.26. £3.72
10 The bus fare to the swimming pool
8 Find the cost of 20cm of rope at is £1.80 and children travel for
£2.00 per metre. 40p half price. Find the total bus fare
for two adults and two children. £5.40
1 3
9 Subtract 2 of £24 from 4 of £28. £9
11 A square has a perimeter of
10 What number is four less than zero? –4 1m 60cm. Find the length of
one side in centimetres. 40cm
11 Which three coins are given in
change from £3 after 12 Lucille spent two-thirds of her savings
spending £2.84? 10p 5p 1p when she bought a phone for £50.
8 80 How much had she saved
12 Change 10 to hundredths. 100 before the purchase? £75

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer

1 19.4cm = mm 194mm 1 Favourite colour How many

10 more
2 (18 + 7) – (6 + 6) = 13 children
5
chose green
3 (4 × 1000) + (8 × 100) + (9 × 1) = 4809 0 than blue as
their favourite

e
re d

w
b lu

ee

ll o
4 £4.00 – £3.24 = p 76p

gr
colour? 5

ye
5 Write 4l 500ml to the nearest l. 5l 2 y × 10 = 320. What is the value of y? 32

6 £1.32 ÷ 6 = p 22p 3 Harry’s brother gave him 28p to

4
make his money up to £3.15.
7 Write 5 as a decimal. 0.8 How much had Harry at first? £2.87
1 a b 4 6
8 3 = 12 = 18 a 12 b 18 4 Write 1
as a decimal fraction. 0.5
2
1
9 120g + g= 2 kg 380g 5 1m of carpet costs £3.20.
Find the cost of 114 m. £4.00
10 9.3cm + 6.8cm = 16.1cm
6 A 2p coin is 1.8mm thick.
11 28 + 25 + = 74 21 Find the height in millimetres
of a pile of
12 Five paper bags cost £1.10.
One bag costs p. 22p a ten 2ps a 18mm
b one hundred 2ps. b 180mm
B Answer
7 Which of these numbers can
1 Multiply 4.3 by 10. 43 be divided by 2, 3 and 5
without a remainder?
2 18cm divided by 10 = cm 1.8cm 15 18 20 24 30 30
3 Write the following times in the
24-hour clock format. 8 Megan received three 10ps,
a 5p and a 2p in change from £1.
a 8:00 a.m. a 08:00 How much had she spent? 63p
b 8:00 p.m. b 20:00 9 The line AB is drawn to scale and
represents a distance of 2.5m.
4 10 + 2999 = 3009
What length is represented by 1cm? 0.5m
5 From £4 take the total of cm
£1.40 and £1.65. 95p
A B
6 Three batteries cost £2.25.
Find the cost of one battery. 75p 10 Find the difference between
4 5
5 of £30 and 6 of £30. £1
7 How many 50cm lengths
can be cut from 18m? 36 11 The mass of three
0 parcels is shown
8 What is the cost of 3kg 100g kg on the dial. If
3 1
if 1kg costs £1? £3.10 they are of equal
2 mass, write the
9 What is the difference in ml mass in grams
between 2l 700ml and 2580ml? 120ml of one parcel. 900g
9
10 10 of a sum of money is £2.70.
Find the sum of money. £3.00 12 A school trip can be paid for in a
single payment of £27 or by 20
11 What number is represented by XLIV? 44 weekly payments of £1.50. By how
much is the total of the weekly
12 Share £6 equally among eight children. payments greater than the amount
How much does each child receive? 75p of the single payment? £3.00

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SECTION 2 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 T U t h Write as a decimal 1 Write as a decimal

the number shown fraction the part of
on the abacus. 12.31 the whole square
which is
a shaded a 0.21
b unshaded. b 0.79
2 50 – (6 × 7) = 8
2 How much less than £6 is the sum
3 (19 + 8) – (6 + 7) = 14 of £1.85 and £3.45? 70p
4 £1.09 + 68p = £ £1.77 3 If 4 12 m of string is divided into
3 25cm lengths, how many lengths
5 Find of 28kg. 21kg
4 will there be? 18
6 One envelope costs 19p.
4 How many hundredths are
Five envelopes cost p. 95p
equal in value to
7 Round 0.4 to the a 0.4 a 40 hundredths
nearest whole number. 0 b 0.9? b 90 hundredths
8 1 14 kg – 700g = g 550g 5 A motor cyclist drove 84km in the
morning and 143km in the afternoon.
9 £1.49 + £1.49 + £1.49 = £4.47 How much further did they travel to
10 68 ÷ 7 = r 9r 5 drive 250km? 23km
6 Clock A shows the time that Jake left
11 0.6 + 1.8 + 0.5 = 2.9
home and clock B shows the time
12 0.1m = cm 10cm he returned. How many hours and
minutes was he away? 5h 5min
B Answer a 12 b 12
11 1 11 1
6 8 10 2 10 2
1 Write 10 + 100 as a decimal fraction. 0.68
9 3 9 3
2 Multiply 6 by 47. 282
8 4 8 4
3 How many centimetres 7 5 7 5
6 6
are there in 1.8m? 180cm a.m. p.m.
4 Change these clock times from the 7 How many parcels each with a
24-hour format to the 12-hour format. mass of 100g will together have
Use a.m. or p.m. a mass of 3 12 kg? 35
a 06:00 a 6:00 a.m. 3
8 By how many twelfths is 4 1
b 19:00 b 7:00 p.m. greater than 23 ? 12
1 1
5 Write 6kg 650g to the nearest 2 kg. 6 2 kg 9 Find the change from a £10
6 Subtract 0.03 from a whole one. Write note after buying six scarves
the answer as a decimal fraction. 0.97 costing £1.25 each. £2.50
4
7 By how many millimetres is 10.0cm 10 Yasmin’s sister pays of the cost 5
greater than 7.9cm? 21mm of a bicycle. Yasmin pays the Yasmin £14
remainder. The cost of the bicycle
8 Find the cost of 12 sweets is £70. How much does each pay? Sister £56
if two sweets cost 5p. 30p
11 200g of pasta costs 80p.
9 Find the difference between 30 Find the cost of 112 kg. £6.00
multiplied by 10 and 30 divided by 10. 297
12 3 The three marked
10 By how many grams is 5 times points are three
2
250g less than 2kg? 750g vertices of a
1
x y square. Write the
11 340.4 How many times larger is the 0 coordinates of
1 2 3 4
4 marked x than the 4 marked y? 100 the fourth vertex
7 1 of the square.
12 How much greater is 8 than 34 ? 8 ( , ) ( 3, 0)

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer

1 10.0 + 0.2 + 0.05 = 10.25 1 What decimal fraction of £1 is

a 10p a £0.1
2 £1.60 ÷ 4 = £0.40
b 1p? b £0.01
3 0.47 = hundredths 47 hundredths
2 Which of these dotted lines is not a
4 (0 × 9) + 8 = 8 line of reflective symmetry? C
A B C
5 (42 – 5) + (21 – 4) = 54
6 250 + 350 + 400 = 1000
7 Round 5.5 to the nearest 3 Max bought a toy car for £1.50 and
whole number. 6 a book for £1.99. How much change
2 did he receive from a £5 note? £1.51
8 Find 3 of 27. 18
4 140 a Find in
9 2 14 min = s 135s 0 m m
metres the
10
10 £6.09 + = £8.00 £1.91 perimeter
of the field. a 500m
11 (81 ÷ 9) – (24 ÷ 3) = 1 11 m b How many
0m 150
12 10 000 – 100 = 9900 times round
the field
is equal
B Answer to 3km? b 6

1 Write the total of 20, 3

and 9
as 5 The train was due to depart at
10 100
a decimal. 20.39 3:45 p.m. It didn’t leave until 16:20.
How long was it delayed? 35min
2 Write these times using the
6 The dial shows the
24-hour format. 0 mass of a parcel in
a 3:57 a.m. a 03:57 kilograms and
kg
b 2:20 p.m. b 14:20 3 1 grams. How many
grams less than
3 Write as a decimal the number that 3 12 kg is the mass
2
is 100 times smaller than 6. 0.06 of the parcel? 800g
4 Multiply the sum of 7 and 5 by 10. 120 7 After spending one-quarter of
5 From £2 take the total of 58p, his money, Thomas had 54p left.
42p and 36p. 64p How much had he at first? 72p

6 Decrease 10cm by 28mm. 8 Find the total cost of two packets

Give the answer in centimetres. 7.2cm of popcorn costing 35p each and
six lollies costing 10p each. £1.30
1
7 Write 3l 800ml to the nearest 2 l. 4l
9 There are 163 boys at a sports day
8 How many centimetres in and there are 37 more girls than boys.
a 3.6m a 360cm How many children altogether? 363
b 2.25m? b 225cm 10 Put a decimal point in each of the
1 numbers so that the value of the
9 Find the cost of 750ml if 2l 8 is 8 units.
costs £0.74. £1.11
a 4386 a 438.6
10 Divide the product of 14 and 9 by 6. 21 b 2891 b 28.91
11 Arrange these digits to make the 11 Katie has 17p and Emma has 25p.
largest possible odd number. How much must Emma give
4 0 9 1 Katie so that they each
9401 have the same amount? 4p
12 How many hundredths are there in 12
3
of a class of 24 children
8
50
a 1
a 100 do not own a pet.
2
1 25 a What fraction of the class
b b 100 5
4
75
own a pet? a 8
3
c 4? c 100 b How many children own a pet? b 15

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SECTION 2 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Write as a decimal fraction 1 What decimal fraction of £1 is

a 17 hundredths a 0.17 a 2p a £0.02
b 6 hundredths. b 0.06
b 20p b £0.2
2 (58 + 5) – (4 + 9) = 50 c 50p? c £0.5
3 1 34 min = s 105s
2 Chloe is 1.35m tall and Joseph is
4 80 + 6 + 8000 + = 8286 200 8cm smaller. What is Joseph’s height
5 7r 4 in centimetres? 127cm
7 5 3
6 0.4 × 100 = 40 3 How many glasses each holding 14 l can
9 be filled from a jug holding 6 12 l? 26
7 Find 10 of 80. 72
4 3 A square has
8 3050g = kg g 3kg 50g
2 vertices at (4, 1),
9 £1.00 – twenty-eight 2ps = p 44p (2, 1), (2, 3) and
1
10 12 × 12 = 144 (x, y). What are
0 the values of
1 2 3 4
11 (7 × 6) + (6 × 3) = 60 x and y? ( 4, 3)
12 28p × 7 = £ £1.96 5 How many centimetres less
than 34 m is 0.62m? 13cm
B Answer
6 A supermarket sold one hundred
1 pastries at 12p each and twenty at
1 Write 4l 150ml to the nearest 2 l. 4l
9p each. What was the total value
2 The product of two numbers is 72. of the pastries? £13.80
One of the numbers is 6.
What is the other number? 12 7 Louise uses 50g of cocoa each day.
How many days will it take her
3 Increase 23 by 18 and
to use 34 kg? 15
multiply the answer by 10. 410
4 Find the difference between 8 How many grams heavier is box
14 plus 9 and 14 minus 9. 18 Y than box X? 650g

5 How much less than £1 is the sum X Y

of 18p and 39p? 43p 2kg 150g 2.8kg
6 Divide the total of 19 and 17 by 4. 9
7 Write as a decimal fraction of a metre 9 Date of birth By how many
a 20cm a 0.2m months is
Sanjay 28/02/09
b 35cm. b 0.35m Ben 30/09/07 a Ben older
8 Add the largest of these decimals Leo 30/08/08 than Leo? a 11mth
to the smallest. b Sanjay younger than Leo? b 6mth
1.20 0.12 1.02 0.21 1.32 10 Multiplying the Roman numeral V by X
9 Write as a decimal the number which gives which Roman numeral answer? L
is 10 times smaller than 8.8. 0.88
11 Akta’s T-shirt cost £12.70 and
10 Write each of these fractions as Frankie’s cost £11.85. Find
an equivalent one with the
a the difference in price a 85p
denominator 4.
3
9
a 12 a 4 b the total cost of the T-shirts. b £24.55
6 3
b 8 b 4
12 1cm on a plan represents 1m.
1 What does 1mm on the
11 Find the cost of 3 4 kg if 1kg costs 16p. 52p
plan represent
12 Write as decimals the next two
numbers in this sequence. a in centimetres a 10cm
1000, 100, 10, 1, , 0.1 0.01 b in millimetres? b 100mm

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer

1 500g × 10 = kg 5kg 1 Find the total of 3.8m and 0.5m

2 (36 – 7) – (32 – 8) = 5 a in centimetres a 430cm
3 1000p = £ £10 b in millimetres. b 4300mm
4 £ + 62p = £3.00 £2.38
2 Favourite sport How many
6 votes are
5 Find the missing 6 r 2
shown on this
number. 9 56 4
bar chart
6 Write 243 hundredths as a decimal. 2.43 2 altogether? 14
7 (10 × 5) – (4 × 7) = 22 0

ni s

a ll

ng
1
8 10 of 1min = s 6s

nc

tb

mi
te n

da

im
fo
5
9 8 of 64km = 40km

sw
10 10 hairbands cost 19p.
3 Navi saved 50p each week for a
100 hairbands cost £ £1.90
whole year. How much did she
11 Round 17.6 to the nearest save altogether? £26
whole number. 18
4 Subtract XIV from C and give the
12 9989 + 12 = 10 001
answer using Roman numerals. LXXXVI

B Answer 5 Which of these decimals is equal to

55
1 Continue this sequence, a 100 a 0.55
2
counting back in threes. b 100? b 0.02
10, 7, 4, 1, , –2 –5
5.5 0.2 0.55 0.02
2 Make each of these numbers
10 times smaller. 6 Name the three coins given in change
a 29 a 2.9 from £4 after spending £3.77. 20p 2p 1p
b 1.7 b 0.17
3 Write quarter to five in the 7 What remains from a 10m length
afternoon in the 24-hour format. 16:45 of fabric after using 3.3m and 2.8m? 3.9m

4 How much more than 50p is the 8 Each side of this

sum of 8p, 18p and 28p? 4p shape is 0.7cm
5 Subtract 9 from the total of 53 and 47. 91 long. Find the
3 perimeter of the
6 of a number is 9.
8 shape in centimetres. 7cm
What is the number? 24
7 Write the missing numbers. 9 After spending 49p and losing £1.36
a 25
= 1
b 15
= a 4 b 3 Maisy has 15p left. How much
100 20 4
had she at first? £2.00
8 What is the change from £5 after
spending £1.36 and £2.40? £1.24 10 12 What time will
11 1
be shown on
9 If 10 markers cost £5.20, 10 2
the clock after
what will be the cost of 9 3 47min?
a one a 52p 8 4 Use a.m.
b seven? b £3.64
7
6
5 or p.m. 12:22 p.m.

10 What decimal is the arrow morning

pointing to? 0.6
1
11 Find the difference between 10
1
of 7000 and 100 of 7000. 630
0 1

1 12 A school trip will cost Ryan £10.80.

11 1l costs 60p. Find the cost of 5 4 l. £3.15 He has made eight weekly payments
12 If fudge costs 80p for 50g, of £1.20. How much has he yet
3
what is the cost of 4 kg? £12.00 to pay? £1.20

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SECTION 2 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 £2.26 + £1.87 = £4.13 1 Which two clocks show times

that are ten minutes apart? C D
2 5.4m = m + 140cm 4m
a 11
12
1 b d 11
12
1
3 (35 ÷ 7) × (30 ÷ 6) = 25 10 2 10 2
1
13 55
4 3l 300ml – 2l = l ml 2l 800ml 9 3 9 3

5 135min = h min 2h 15min 8 4 c 8 4

7 5 7 5
6 6
6 45p + 29p + p = £1 26p 13 05
morning afternoon
7 (8 + 56) – (15 + 9) = 40
2 How many 2ps have the same value as
8 0.75m × 100 = 75m a twelve 5ps a 30 2ps
9 (40 ÷ 8) × 7 = 35 b three 50ps? b 75 2ps
3 Write all the numbers between 48
10 2kg 750g + 900g = kg g 3kg 650g
and 68 which can be divided by
1
11 a 4 km = m a 250m 7 without a remainder. 49, 56, 63
3
b 4 km = m b 750m 4 10 packets of rice have a mass of
5 1 12 kg. Find the mass in grams of
12 Find 6 of 30l. 25l
a one packet a 150g
b five packets. b 750g
B Answer
5 Which of these dotted lines is not a
line of reflective symmetry? C
1 Find the product of 7 and 18. 126
A B C
2 Find the number which is
100 times smaller than
a 240 a 2.4
b 37. b 0.37 6 Kathryn’s sister gave her £1.45 to
add to her savings and her father
3 Write as centimetres
gave her £2.70. She then had £5.
a 3.25m a 325cm How much had she at first? 85p
b 4.06m. b 406cm 7 Scooters Scooters are reduced
How many grams more than 1
£18 by 10p per £1 off the
4 2 kg
is the sum of 280g and 270g? 50g original price. What is
the new price? £16.20
5 What must be added to
8 There are 186 pages in a book. Liam
39 to make 57? 18
read 64 pages and then 56 pages.
6 Decrease 43 by 16 and multiply How many more pages has he to read? 66
the answer by 10. 270 9 Multiply the largest of these numbers
7 From the sum of £1.17 and by the smallest.
£1.33 subtract 60p. £1.90 10.0 1.04 1.96 1.11 0.99 9.9
8 Find the remainder when 3
10 In a school bus of 32 children of
113 is divided by 6. 5 1
8
them are 10 years old, are 9 and 2
9 Write as a decimal fraction the rest are 8 years old.
of a kilogram a What fraction of the 1
a 500g a 0.5kg children are 8? a 8
b How many children are 8? b 4
b 100g. b 0.1kg
11 A website had 70 visitors each
10 One pencil costs 9p.
hour for 12 hours. How many
Find the cost of 200 pencils. £18.00
visitors in total? 840
11 What is the perimeter of a rectangle 12 3kg of glitter cost £18.00.
7m long and 6 12 m wide? 27m Find the cost of
12 How many newspapers each costing a 500g a £3
40p can be bought for £8.00? 20 b 750g. b £4.50

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer

1 290cm = m 2.9m 1 How many small

squares are there
2 (82 – 4) + (18 – 9) = 87 7
in 10 of this
3 (17 × 3) + 6 = 57 diagram? 70
28
4 4 = whole ones 7
2 Which of these numbers will divide
5 One balloon costs £0.07. by 2, 5 and 10 without a remainder?
100 balloons cost £ £7.00
765 884 670 670
6 346 + 78 = 424
7
1
of 9km = m 900m 3 By putting in a decimal point make
10
a the 5 in 2056 equal to five-tenths a 20.56
8 5 £ 1 0.1 0 £2.02
b the 7 in 1870 equal to
9 £2.00 – twenty-five 5ps = 75p seven-hundredths. b 1.870

10 9 × 12 = 108 4 A 1p coin has a mass of 3.56g.

Find the mass of
11 Write £8.84
a 100 coins a 356g
a to the nearest 10p a £8.80 b 50 coins. b 178g
b to the nearest £. b £9.00 5
5
of a sum of money is £1.10.
8
12 £10.00 ÷ 8 = £1.25 What is the whole amount? £1.76
6 How many glasses each holding
150ml can be filled from a
B Answer
bottle holding 1 12 l? 10
1 Write as litres and millilitres. 7 500m This is a map of
400
a park. What is
a 3457ml a 3l 457ml
the perimeter
m

b 4070ml b 4l 70ml of the park in

800

kilometres? 2.4km
2 Find the difference between
m

(15 + 15 + 15) and (4 × 15). 15 0m

70
3 52 plus 70 minus 32. 90
8 Which two of these amounts when
4 Divide the total of 29 and 27 by 8. 7 added together equal £7?
5 Subtract 6 times 14p from £1. 16p £3.73 £3.54 £3.37 £3.36 £3.63
6 How much greater is 7 multiplied £3.37 £3.63
by 9 than 7 plus 9? 47
9 Sophia and Olivia shared 60p so
7 Find in centimetres the perimeter that Olivia had 10p more than Sophia.
of a triangle having equal sides each How much did Sophia have? 25p
measuring 48mm. 14.4cm
10 Write as a decimal
8 How many hours and minutes from fraction the part of
11:40 to 18:10? 6h 30min the circle which is
9 Write as a decimal fraction. a shaded a 0.6
1 b unshaded. b 0.4
a 4 a 0.25
b 3
b 0.75 11 The length of a washing line
4
is 1.75m. Write the length of
10 Which of these decimals a line 4 times as long. 7m
is the largest?
12 How much is saved when
0.3 0.15 0.09 1.1 0.99 1.1 buying 10 large tins rather
than 20 small tins? 30p
11 If 10 cost £2.70, what is the cost
of one? 27p Pet food
1 large tins (340g) 67p each
12 Find the cost of 300g if 2 kg
costs 30p. 18p small tins (170g) 10 for £3.50

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PROGRESS TEST 2 Schofield & Sims

Write the numbers 1 to 20 down the side of a piece of paper.

Write alongside these numbers the answers only to the following questions.
Work as quickly as you can. Time allowed – 10 minutes.

1 Write the sum of £0.44, £0.56 and £1.55 to the nearest 10p. £2.60

2 3 A square has vertices at

2
(3, 0), (3, 3), (0, 0) and (x, y)
What are the values of
1 x and y? (0, 3)
0
1 2 3 4

3 Round 29.5 to the nearest whole number. 30

4 Add LIX to XLI and write the answer using Roman numerals. C

5 Make 306 one hundred times smaller. 3.06

8 19
6 Write as a decimal the total of 20, 10 and 100 . 20.99
2 3
7 Subtract 9 of 27 from 5 of 45. 21

8 A 12 B 12 Clock A is 10 minutes fast.

11 1 11 1
10 2 10 2 How many minutes slow is clock B? 20min
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 5 7 5
6 6

3
9 By how many metres is 648m less than 4 km? 102m

10 Write the decimal fraction which is half way between 0.4 and 0.38. 0.39

11 This reading is taken from a dial in a car. 8999.4

It shows the number of kilometres travelled. What will be the reading after travelling a further 700m? 9000.1km

12 If one poster costs £0.44 what will be the cost of 100? £44.00
3
13 Find the cost of 4 4 kg at 40p per kilogram. £1.90
1 2 1
14 By how many sixths is 2 less than 3? 6

15 Which three coins were given in change from £3 after spending £1.28 and £1.56? 10p, 5p, 1p
1
16 3 2 l + 900ml + 600ml = l 5l

17 Which of these 24-hour clock

06 14 07 20 16 40 18 35 19 22 times is nearest to twenty to
V W X Y Z seven in the evening? Y
1
18 How many grams more than 2 kg is the sum of 334g and 286g? 120g

19 50cm of tape cost 28p. Find the cost of 1.25m. 70p

6cm
20 Find in centimetres the perimeter of
the shaded shape. 24cm

6cm

2cm

2cm

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers PROGRESS TEST 2 | Results Chart
You will work through Progress Test 2 at four different times – once at the end of Section 2, then again after you have
completed each of Section 3 Test 4, Test 8 and Test 12.
When you first complete the test:
a colour the first column to show the number of answers correct out of 20
b enter the date.
Each time you take the test, enter the result and the date in the marked columns.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13
number of answers correct

12

11

10

0
date

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SECTION 3 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 Th H T U How many less than 1 How much change from £1.00

six thousand is the after buying eight labels at 9p each? 28p
number shown
on the abacus? 90 2 A Angle ABC is a
right angle. How many
y degrees are there in
46°
B C the angle marked y? 44°
2 4km 720m = m 4720m

3 35p × 10 = £ £3.50 3 Tom had 40 merit points. Over the

year he lost 16 but earned 24. How
1
4 2l – 340ml = ml 160ml many merit points had he then? 48
5 50p + 50p + 50p + 35p = £ £1.85 4 What fraction of this strip is
5
6 23 + 9 + 18 = 50 a shaded a 7
2
7 2h 25min = min 145min b unshaded? b 7

8 £5.70 = 10ps 57 10ps

9 1 12 kg – g = 650g 850g 5 Write these times in digits

3 3 2 using a.m. or p.m.
10 4 + 4 + 4 = 2
a 2 14 hours after 10:00 a.m. a 12:15 p.m.
11 32.4cm = mm 324mm
b 7 hours after 7:00 p.m. b 2:00 a.m.
3
12 4 of 8l = 6l
6 Find, to the nearest kilometre,
the total distance from Bant to Crock. 39km
B Answer m 19.9
18.7k km
Bistow
1 Write in digits four thousand
Bant Crock
two hundred and four. 4204

2 Subtract £0.49 from £1.00. 51p 7 Grace saved £1.25 each week
for eight weeks. How much did
3 Add 6, 8 and 10 and she save? £10.00
divide the answer by 3. 8
8 How many grams less than 4kg
4 What is the cost of eight is the total mass of 10 parcels each
marshmallows at two for 17p? 68p having a mass of 345g? 550g
5 50cm is cut off a 3.5m roll of 9 Find the
Gift tags
wrapping paper. How many total cost of
metres are left? 3m large small
six large gift
6p 4p tags and six
6 Divide £1.28 by 8. 16p each each small gift tags. 60p
7 Change to 24-hour clock times.
10 Write the answer to 217 – 184
a 11:55 a.m. a 11:55 using Roman numerals. XXXIII
b 1:40 p.m. b 13:40 11 By counting the squares find
1 1 which of the shapes has
8 Subtract 3 of 30p from 2 of 30p. 5p
a the largest area a Z
9 How many millilitres in 0.5l? 500ml
b the smallest area. b Y
10 Which of these numbers can be
divided by 2, 3, 6 and 9 without Z
X Y
a remainder?
12 24 33 18 18

11 What number is seven less than zero? –7 v w

12 How many times larger
8080
12 Find the difference between is the 8 marked v than
0.3 and 0.03. 0.27 the 8 marked w? 100

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer

1 8 + 7000 + = 7808 800 1 Find the change from £5

after spending £1.33 and £2.57. £1.10
2 £6.00 – £1.95 = £ £4.05
2 The temperature dropped from
3 46 × 6 = 276 0°C by five degrees and then
rose two degrees. What is the
4 7 7 4 9 107 temperature now? –3°C

5 85p + p = £1.15 30p 3 Add the masses and divide by 3. 11kg

6 5kg 60g = g 5060g

7 7cm – 1.5cm = mm 55mm 14kg 10kg 9kg

8 £9.00 ÷ 100 = p 9p
4 Grapes cost £3.60 per kilogram.
9 2.75m = m cm 2m 75cm What is the cost of 2kg 500g? £9.00

10
4
of 35kg = 28kg 5 By counting the small squares
5
find the two shapes which are equal
11 200min = h min 3h 20min in area. Name the two shapes.
1
12 4 kg + 130g + g = 12 kg 120g rectangle
triangle
B Answer 6 Isaac had 150 stickers. He put
15 stickers on each of eight
1 Divide the sum of 53 and 65 by 2. 59 pages in his album. How many
stickers had he left? 30
2 The change from £2.00 was 43p.
How much had been spent? £1.57 7 XII This clock is
XI I
X II
15 minutes fast.
3 Find the product of 8 and 8. 64 Write the correct
IX III
time in digits
4 10 paintbrushes cost £1.20. VIII IV using a.m. or p.m. 9:53 a.m.
Find the cost of one paintbrush. 12p VII V
VI
5 Write the next two numbers morning
of this sequence.
8 A pack of four pairs of socks
0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, , 1.0 1.2 can be bought for £5.12.
Find the cost of one pair. £1.28
6 From 360° subtract the sum
of two right angles. 180° 9 At a football match there were
12 498 spectators. Write the
7 How many kilometres and metres number of spectators
are equal to 1560m? 1km 560m
a to the nearest ten a 12 500
8 Write 9 38 to the nearest
whole number. 9 b to the nearest hundred. b 12 500
10 4 A square has
9 Write these times using the 12-hour
3 vertices at
clock format. Use a.m. or p.m.
(3, 0), (4, 2), (2, 3)
2
a 15:45 a 3:45 p.m. and (x, y). What
b 00:15 b 12:15 a.m.
1 are the values
0 of x and y? ( 1, 1)
1 2 3 4
10 How many whole ones
are equal to 36 quarters? 9 11 Share 80p between Amy and Amy 50p
Katy so that Amy has 20p
11 How many tens have the more than Katy. Katy 30p
same value as 5010? 501
12 There were 2.5l of milk for four
12 The sum of two numbers is 17. children. 100ml were spilt and
The difference between them is 1. the remainder was divided equally.
What are the two numbers? 8 9 What was one share? 600ml

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SECTION 3 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 9999 + 9 = 10 008 1 Th H T U How many must be

added to the number
2 25 + 26 = 11 + 40 shown on the
abacus to make
3 368cm = m 3.68m four thousand? 450

4 £1.17 × 7 = £8.19 2 Each square

represents one square
5 p × 10 = £1.40 14p centimetre. Count
4 1 3 8 the squares to find
6 + + = 8 or 1
8 8 8 the area of the
shaded shape. 19cm2
7 6 £ 4.0 2 £0.67
3 Write the answer to 174 – 95
8 5.7l = ml 5700ml using Roman numerals. LXXIX
4 Holly wrote an answer of £0.60
9 4 weeks = days 28
instead of £0.06. By how many
pence was her answer wrong? 54p
10 3.21 × 100 = 321
5 6cm Find the
11 × 7 = 37 – 9 4 perimeter of
3cm
the rectangle
12 1.7cm + 4.5cm = mm 62mm in millimetres. 180mm
6 In a school dining room there were
B Answer 25 tables each with six places.
11 of the places were not used.
1 £1.84 × 10. How many stayed for lunch? 139
Write the answer to the nearest £. £18 7 The diagram shows
the time that
2 Take two hundred from 22 222. 22 022 home
Charlotte spends at
home and at school.
3 Write 600m as a decimal fraction school
What fraction of her
of 1km. 0.6km time does she spend
7
a at home a 12
4 How many times larger is £2.50 5
than 25p? 10 b at school? b 12

8 A charity collected thirty 20ps and

5 Divide 912 by 4. 228 twice as many 10ps. How much did
they collect altogether? £12
6 Write as a decimal fraction the
9 Write the mass
difference between 0.1 and a half. 0.4 0
shown by the pointer
kg a in kilograms
7 How many days altogether 3 1
in April and May? 61 and grams a 2kg 800g
2 b in kilograms
8 Write the next two numbers as a decimal. b 2.8kg
in this sequence.
10 57 children attend swimming lessons.
8.0, 8.5, 9.0, 9.5, , 10.0 10.5 There is a small class of nine children
and two classes of equal numbers.
9 By how many centimetres is How many children are there in each
1 1
10 m longer than 100 m? 9cm of the larger classes? 24

10 200ml cost 15p. Find the cost of 1l. 75p 11 How many millilitres more does
a bottle containing 2.5l hold than
11 Find the difference in grams between the total contents of two bottles
1.7kg and 2.5kg. 800g each holding 850ml? 800ml
12 How much is saved on each sweet
12 Write the missing signs +, –, × or ÷ by buying 10 at a time?
in place of and .
6 3=9 9 × + Sweets 12p each or 10 for £1.10 1p

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer

1 270ml + 300ml = 570ml 1 After losing 25 hairbands, Lucy had

nine blue and eight red ones left.
2 10 000 – 100 = 9900 How many had she at first? 42
3 4.93m = cm 493cm 2
5
of this rectangle is shaded.
9 4
4
7
of £1 = p 70p What fraction is unshaded? 9
10

5 3.93 + 0.07 = 4
606 3 To pay for two drinks costing 75p
6 6.06 = 100 100
and 85p, Max used two £1 coins
7 0.7kg + 0.4kg = kg g 1kg 100g and a 10p. What coin did he
19 receive in change? 50p
8 2 = 9 12 2
4 The ruler is marked in millimetres. Y 5.6cm
9 42 = 4 × 4 = 16 Write, in centimetres, the length of
Z 4.8cm
each line Y and Z.
10 £1.30 ÷ = 10p 13
10 20 30 40 50 60
mm
11 From 11:25 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
= min 80min Y
Z
12 1kg 700g × 5 = kg 8.5kg
5 Javed had £4.00 spending money.
He spent 80p each day. For how
B Answer many days did his money last? 5

1 Write as a decimal. 6 How many grams

0
1 must be added
a 3 10 a 3.1
kg to the scales
8 3 1
b 4 10 b 4.8 to make 4kg? 700g
2 How many 5ps must be added 2
to five 50ps to make £2.80? 6 5ps
3 Write 268mm to the
nearest centimetre. 27cm 7 Jamie’s holiday is from 18 January
until 13 February inclusive of both
4 Which two of these fractions dates. How many days is that? 27
are of equal value?
2 1 4 4 3 8 Find the total
2 4
3 4 8 6 4 3 6 number of
dots and
5 1 14 l of a 2l bottle of lemonade was divide by 4. 5
spilt. How many millilitres were left? 750ml
6 Add LIX and XXXIV and write the
answer using Roman numerals. XCIII 9 The temperature rises by eight
7 How many years from 2005 degrees from –6°C.
to the year 2020? 15 What is the new temperature? 2°C

8 Rian has completed 4.4km of 10 Each square

a 5km journey. How many represents 1 square
metres has she still to travel? 600m centimetre. Count
the squares to find
9 Multiply 1.8 by 5. 9 the area of the
shaded shape. 18cm2
10 How many times shorter
is 15cm than 1.5m? 10 11 How much change from £5 after
11 Two eggs cost 15p. Find the cost buying eight chocolate bars
of half a dozen. 45p at 55p each? 60p

12 A square has sides each 9cm long. 12 How far is it round a rectangular
What is the area of the square? playground which is 75m long
Give the unit of measurement. 81cm 2 and 60m wide? 270m

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SECTION 3 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 2.9 = tenths 29 tenths 1 T U t What decimal fraction

must be added to the
2 £4.07 = p 407p number shown on the
abacus to equal 50? 0.5
3 3h 50min = min 230min

4 24p × 5 = £ £1.20 2 What fraction of 28kg is

1
5 7× = 43 – 8 5 a 7kg a 4
1
b 4kg? b 7
6 76p + five 5ps = £ £1.01
3 18/06/13 By how many months
7 (1000 × 10) + (100 × 5) + (10 × 7) = 10 570 is 18 February 2014
later than the
8 5.08m = cm 508cm given date? 8mth
1 3
9 Find 2 of 3 12 . 14 4 Write a quarter of a metre

10 0.6kg – g = 340g 260g a in centimetres a 25cm

3
b as a decimal fraction of a metre. b 0.25m
11 3 4 l = l ml 3l 750ml
5 X Line X is 0.9cm long. Write,
12 11p × 100 = £ £11.00 in mm, the length of a line
that is twice as long. 18mm
B Answer 6 Which of these fractions is
5 5 5 5 5
1 Find the missing number 6 7 8 9 10
in this sequence. 5
a the largest a 6
1, 10, 100, , 10 000 1000 5
b the smallest? b 10
2 Find the product of 10 and 45. 450
7 The temperature rises by 7 degrees
3 How many times greater from –9°C. What is the
than 0.1 is 10? 100 new temperature? –2°C

4 What distance in kilometres and 8 The perimeter of

metres is twice as long as 4.8km? 9km 600m this regular hexagon
is 7.2cm. Find the
5 Divide 52p exactly by 4. 13p length of one side
a in centimetres a 1.2cm
6 Find the difference in pence between
15 10ps and 40 5ps. 50p b in millimetres. b 12mm

7 A taxi fare for a journey of 7km 9 Find the value in pence of x and y. x 27p y 45p
cost 91p. How much was the
charge per kilometre? 13p Price mass 100g 150g 200g 250g 300g
1
chart cost 18p x 36p y 54p
8 Write to the nearest 2 kg.
1
a 1kg 620g a 1 2 kg
1
10 4 A square has
b 2kg 390g b 2 2 kg vertices at
3
(0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 2)
9 Find the area of a rectangle 2 and (x, y). What
7cm long and 3cm wide. are the values
1
Give the unit of measurement. 21cm2 of x and y? ( 1, 1)
0
1 1 2 3 4
10 By how many pence is 5 of £3
1
greater than 6 of £3? 10p 11 Add XVIII and XLII and write the
answer using Roman numerals. LX
11 58cm divided by 10 = mm 58mm
12 Alex takes four 5ml spoonfuls
12 Write as a decimal fraction of a of medicine each day. For how
1
kilogram the sum of 4 kg and 450g. 0.7kg many days will 0.2l last? 10 days

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer

1 + 6 + 9000 + 400 = 9456 50 1 How much change from a 50p after

80
buying four badges at 9p each? 14p
4
2 5 = hundredths 100
2 Write as a decimal fraction the
9 99
3 £4.05 – 50p = £ £3.55 difference between 10 and 100 . 0.09

4 24 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 24 = 168 3 How many millilitres remain from 2l of

water after filling the three bottles? 50ml
5 1l 600ml ÷ 8 = ml 200ml

6 £3.60 ÷ 10 = p 36p

7 9.6cm – 15mm = mm 81mm

650 650 650
ml ml ml
8 £3.10 = three 50ps + 20ps 8 20ps

9 32 = 3 × 3 = 9

10 8km – 1700m = km 6.3km 4 15 November was on a Wednesday.

On which day of the week was
3 29 November? Wednesday
11 4 kg – 260g = g 490g
5 5 Each square
12 7 of £63 = £45
represents
one square
B Answer centimetre.

1 How many times greater is £8 a Count the squares to find the

than 8p? 100 area of the rectangle. a 24cm2
2 Put these decimals in ascending order. b Find its perimeter in centimetres. b 20cm

0.67 7.06 7.60 6.07 6.70 6 Write the number nearest to

99 that can be divided exactly by 8. 96
0.67 6.07 6.70 7.06 7.60
7 Cereal bars are 63p for a packet
3 Reduce 125 by 99. 26 of six. Find the cost of two bars. 21p

4 How many hundreds are there 8 These children

Gabriela 9
in 10 000? 100 scored a total
Emily 7
of 32 marks.
5 Multiply 55p by 10. £5.50 Sam
What was
Jessica 6 Sam’s score? 10
6 How many hours in 3 days? 72
9 The length of Harry’s pace is 50cm.
7 Write in £s the total of seven How many paces does he take
5ps, four 10ps and nine 2ps. £0.93 when walking 1km? 2000
8 500g cost 28p. Find the cost of 112 kg. 84p 10 Write the name of a triangle
with all equal sides. equilateral
9 Multiply 9.5cm by 100.
Write the answer in metres. 9.5m 11 Which two of the boxes together
7 have a mass of 1.5kg? W Z
10 Write the sum of 4 10 and
9
3 10 as a decimal. 8.6
3
11 of a number is 9. 850g 650g
4 0.8kg 0.9kg
What is the number? 12
W X Y Z
12 A 4m length of material is cut into
1 9 r 5
five equal pieces. Find the length
in centimetres of one piece. 80cm 12 Find the value of x. 6 x 119

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SECTION 3 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 1.6 = a tenths a 16 tenths 1 Write the part of

the square which
b hundredths b 160 hundredths
is shaded
11 5
2 16 + =1 16 a as a decimal
fraction a 0.25
3 23 + 25 = ×6 8 b as a fraction
in its lowest
4 0.78m = cm 78cm 1
terms. b 4
5 57 ÷ 3 = 19 2 Which number other than 1 will divide
6 £1.00 – (23p + 38p) = p 39p exactly into each of these numbers?

7 (6 × 6) – (3 × 9) = 9 28 42 35 14 7
8 £3.50 × 8 = £ £28.00 3 Find the
measurement
90°
9 5.6cm – 38mm = mm 18mm 50° Y in degrees of the
angle marked Y. 40°
10 52 = 5 × 5 = 25
4 A litre of juice has a mass of 1kg.
11 10 ice lollies cost £2.50.
Find the mass in grams of
One will cost p. 25p
a 0.5l a 500g
12 1kg 600g + 3kg 800g = kg 5.4kg b 14 l. b 250g
5 What is the area of a corridor 2 12 m
B Answer wide and 20m long? Give the unit
of measurement. 50m2
1 Write 864cm to the nearest metre. 9m 6 Which bus
Timetable
2 Increase £4.55 by 90p. £5.45 X, Y or Z
leave arrive a arrives at
Borden Notley
3 Write, in centimetres, the value Notley at
that is half of X 17:30 18:03 7:03 p.m. a Y
a 68mm a 3.4cm Y 18:30 19:03 b leaves
Borden
b 3.6cm. b 1.8cm Z 19:30 20:03
at 7:30 p.m.? b Z
4 Write each fraction as an equivalent 7 25cm of ribbon cost 14p.
one with the denominator 4. Find the cost per metre. 56p
15 12 3 3
a 20 b 16 a 4 b 4 8 Alfie bought four yoghurts each
costing 18p. Name the three coins
5 Write as a decimal the total of 3 tens,
he gave in exact payment. 50p 20p 2p
7 tenths and 8 hundredths. 30.78
9 How many 250ml bottles can be
6 Find the missing numbers filled from 2 12 l of milk? 10
in this sequence.
90, 81, , , 54, 45 72 63 10 The chart shows the number of
minutes Toby took to walk to school
54
7 6 = 36 ÷ y. each day. Find the total number of
Find the value of y. 4 minutes and divide it by the number
of days. 8min
8 Find the difference between
£0.50 and one-quarter of £1. 25p Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 7 11 10 6 6
9 What fraction of 10 is 1 14 ? 8

10 Divide £8.40 by 10 and add 16p 11 What number is 5 less than 2? –3

to the answer. £1.00
12 The diagram shows the lengths of the
11 3.6kg × 6. Write the answer to roads from Luca’s to Hassan’s house.
the nearest kilogram. 22kg Find the total distance in
a kilometres a 5.7km
12 Find one-quarter of 10m
b metres. b 5700m
a in metres a 2.5m
1.6km 2.6km
b in centimetres. b 250cm Luca 1.5km Hassan

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer

1 39 + 67 = 106 1 How many grams less than 5kg is the

total of 2.7kg and 1.5kg? 800g
2 0.1 + 10 + 0.06 = 10.16

3 2h – 28min = min 92min 2 What 24-hour time is 15 minutes

after 12:55? 13:10
4 500 – (40 × 9) = 140
3 How many 7p sweets
5 9cm ÷ 10 = mm 9mm can be bought for £2.10? 30
6 62 = 6 × 6 = 36
4 A The perimeter of this triangle
7 (9 × 6) + (3 × 8) = 78 is 75mm. Find the length
of the side AB. 34mm

17m
8 ml × 10 = 4l 400ml

m
B
9 1.4kg – 850g = g 550g C 24mm

10 £1 – (8p × 6) = p 52p 5 Which three coins are given in change

7 from £5 after spending £4.76? 20p 2p 2p
11 8 of £56 = £49

12 6m ÷ 4 = cm 150cm 6 Write the amount

of liquid in this jug as

one litre
B Answer a a decimal
fraction of 1l a 0.7l
1 Write to the nearest whole number. b a fraction of 1l in 7
a 8.5 a 9 its lowest terms b 10 l
5
b 11 12 b 11
7 The cost of 2 12 kg of rice is £5.50.
2 Write 39p as a decimal fraction of £1. £0.39 Find the cost of 500g. £1.10

3 How many times can 0.2 be 8 1 5 4 Find the

taken from 1? 5 – missing number. 87

4 How many days in 6 7

a a year a 365
9 Find the difference between CI and
b a leap year? b 366 XLVIII and write the answer using
Roman numerals. LIII
5 What sum of money is
equal to five times 88p? £4.40 10 Name this triangle by
6 Which of these fractions is equal to 34 ? a its angles a acute
16 15 16 12
20 20 24 18
15
60° 60° b its sides. b equilateral
20

7 Find the difference in grams

11 The readings show
between 12 kg and 0.3kg. 200g 9996.8
the number of
8 Multiply 8.33m by 100. 833m 10 000.0 kilometres travelled
by a car before and
9 By how many centimetres is after a journey. Find in kilometres
2.46m greater than 1.95m? 51cm the length of the journey. 3.2km

10 Add 8, 13, 10 and 9 and divide by 4. 10 12 The chart shows the length
and breadth of four rectangles.
11 By how many is the sum of 15 and 10
Which two of the rectangles
less than the product of 15 and 10? 125 have the same area? X Z
12 Rearrange these digits to make the W X Y Z
largest possible even number.
length 7cm 4cm 5cm 8cm
1 1
4 0 8 7 8740 breadth 1 2 cm 3cm 2cm 1 2 cm

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SECTION 3 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1
1
2m = a cm a 50cm 1 £1 between
Find the difference in grams £1 £1
the largest and the smallest
b mm b 500mm
of these masses.
£1 10p 10p 10p 2p 2p 2p
2 21 thirds = whole ones 7 1
300g 0.4kg 2 kg 1.1kg
5p 5p 5p £1 £1800g
£1
3 50p – p = 21p 29p
10p 2p
2 1p£1of1p
Find the total value £1 1p
these 20p
coins. 20p
£2.0520p
4 £8 ÷ 10 = p 80p 10p10p10p 2p 2p 2p
5p
5 Find 0.1 of 10cm. 1p1cm 20p 10p 10p 50p
2p 50p
2p 50p 5p 5p 5p
6 408 ÷ =6 68 1p 1p 1p 20p20p
5p 5p
50p
7 – 99.25 = 0.75 100 3 20p is20p
1p 1p This clock 7
minutes slow. 50p50p50p
8 7 = 2
49
How
50p many
50p
9 (8p × 8) + (4p × 9) = £1.00 minutes is it
from the correct
10 £0.78 + £0.46 = £1.24 time to midnight? 31min
11 2.7km – 1900m = m 800m evening

12 0.4m – 0.04m = cm 36cm 4 Which of the

X Y lines are
perpendicular
B Answer K L M N to the line XY? K, M

1 How many pence have the same 5 5m of carpet costs £3.00.

value as Find the cost of
a £0.1 a 10p a 1m a 60p
b £0.9? b 90p b 20cm. b 12p
1
2 Find in millilitres 2 of 15l. 7500ml 6 Through how many right angles
does the hour hand of a
3 Two angles together make a clock turn in 24 hours? 8
right angle. One angle is 55°.
How large is the other angle? 35° 7 Each square represents
1 square centimetre.
4 Divide the sum of the digits from
a Count the squares to find
1 to 6 inclusive by 3. 7
the area of the rectangle. a 12cm2
5 Write the time 35 minutes before b Find its perimeter in centimetres. b 16cm
18:10 using the 24-hour clock format. 17:35
5 8 What number is 9 less than 4? –5
6 Subtract 1 38 from 6. 48
9 A 20m piece of wood is cut into
7 Find the difference in grams between 100 equal pieces. Find the length
1 3
2 kg and 10 kg. 200g in centimetres of one piece. 20cm
8 How many balloons costing 6p each 10 In a sale, shoes were reduced by
can be bought for 84p? 14 12p per £1. How much was paid
1 for the shoes, which cost £10
9 4l costs 8p. Find the cost of 2 12 l. 80p
before the sale? £8.80
10 Change each of these fractions
11 In a library there were 158 non-fiction
to hundredths.
5
books and 132 fiction books.
1
a 20 a 100 How many short of 350 books
7 35 was the total? 60
b 20 b 100
12 Write the letter of the shape that is
11 Write the missing numbers
in this sequence. a a rhombus a X
2, 4, 8, , , 64 16 32 b a parallelogram. b Z
5
12 6 of a sum of money is £35.
W X Y Z
Find the whole amount. £42

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer

1 £15.00 ÷ 100 = p 15p 1 How many 75ml bottles can be

filled from 7 12 l? 100
2 1.8kg – 900g = g 900g 2 Find the length of a line 10 times the
length of the line ST
3 47 × 7 = 329
a in centimetres a 55cm
4 8 =
2
64 b in metres. b 0.55m
55mm
3
5 10 of 1 hour = min 18min S T

3 Write the next fraction in this sequence.

6 180ml × 100 = l 18l 1 1 3 1 5
8, 4, 8, 2, 8
1
7 6:30 p.m. to midnight = h 52 h 4 March
Use this
Mon 7 14 21 28 part of a
8 Five 5ps + 10ps = £3.65 34 10ps Tues 1 8 15 22 29 calendar
to find
9 0.35 × 6 = 2.10 a the date of the 3rd Monday
in March a 21st
10 0.3 + 0.07 + 3.5 = 3.87
b the day of the week upon
which 1 April falls. b Friday
11 3.05m – 0.5m = cm 255cm
5 Biscuits cost 9p for two.
12 £4 – p = £3.11 89p Find the cost of 18. 81p
6 Name this triangle
25° a by its angles a obtuse
B Answer
140° b by its
1 Complete this sequence. sides. b scalene
950, 975, , , 1050 1000 1025
7 Find the perimeter of a rectangle
6m long and 3 12 m wide. 19m
2 Multiply 2.5 by 6. 15.0
8 The mass of box Y is half the mass
3 How many times can 121
be of box X. Find in kilograms and grams
taken from a whole one? 12 the total mass of the two boxes. 1kg 950g

4 Multiply XII by VIII and give the

answer using Roman numerals. XCVI X Y
1kg 300g
1
5 How many centimetres in 10
of 6.2m? 62cm 9 Chloe and Jack shared £5 so that
Jack had 50p less than Chloe.
6 Divide 2 by 5. Write the answer How much did Jack have? £2.25
as a decimal fraction. 0.4
10 The line MN is drawn to a scale of
1cm to 1m. Write in metres and
7 Find the total distance in kilometres centimetres the length represented
of 350m, 900m and 34 km. 2km by the line MN. 4m 30cm
1 cm 1 2 3 4 5
8 What fraction of £3 is 30p? 10

M N
9 Reduce £6 by £1.73. £4.27
11 Of the money Hanna receives each
10 Find the cost of 2l, if 200ml cost 8p. 80p week she spends 35 and saves the
remainder, which is 20p. How much
11 Write the fraction that lies midway money altogether does she receive
between 38 and 5
8 in its 1 each week? 50p
lowest terms. 2
12 A pack of 20 pins costs 40p.
Find the cost of
12 The temperature dropped from
4°C to –6°C. By how many degrees a one pin a 2p
did it fall? 10°C b 10 packs of pins. b £4.00

41
SECTION 3 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims

A Answer C Answer

1 9000 + + 7 + 70 = 9777 700 1 Add 8.3 to 5.19 and write the answer
to the nearest whole number. 13
2 3.01 × 100 = 301
2 Bottle X holds twice
3 4.05 ÷ 9 = 0.45 as much as bottle Y.
Write the amount
4 (7 × 7) = 100 – 51 bottle X holds in
litres and millilitres. 3l 400ml
5 (0.1 of £1) + (0.01 of £1) = p 11p
1.7l
6 92 = 81
1 X Y
7 1 13 + 5
6 = 26
3 Which two of these fractions
8 36p + 45p + 19p = £ £1.00 when added together equal
7 a a whole one a 0.25 0.75
9 8 of 72 = 63
b one-tenth? b 0.01 0.09
10 1.1km – 640m = m 460m
0.49 0.01 0.25 0.09 0.75
11 50min + 28min + min = 2h 42min
4 Find the difference between
12 £19 ÷ 5 = £3.80 a half of 18 and one-sixth of 30. 4
5 100 bags of popcorn each having
B Answer a mass of 55g are packed in a box.
The box has a mass of 500g.
1 Subtract 0.01 from 0.1. 0.09 Find the total mass of the full box. 6kg

2 How many thousands equal 6 What temperature is 12 degrees

fifty hundreds? 5 thousands colder than 5°C? –7°C

3 Find how many 7 The mass of a bag

0 of potatoes is
a centimetres a 70cm shown on the dial.
kg
b millimetres there are in 0.7m. b 700mm 3 1 Find their cost
at 30p per
1
4 2 kg costs 20p. Find the cost of 2 kilogram. £1.05
a 100g a 4p
8 Will scored 51 goals across three
b 800g. b 32p
football matches. He scored 19 and
5 By how much is 99p less than 16 goals in his first two matches.
twenty-four 5ps? 21p How many goals did he score
in his third match? 16
6 Multiply £5.09 by 7 and write the
answer to the nearest £. £36.00 9 A taxi driver
Monday 150km
travelled
Tuesday 150km
7 Write as a decimal fraction. these
Wednesday 100km
1 distances
a 5 a 0.2 Thursday 100km
in five days.
1 Friday 100km
b 50 b 0.02
What was the total distance travelled? 600km
8 Find the difference between
(4.0 + 6.0) and (0.4 + 0.6). 9 10 4 A square has
3 vertices at
9 Change 1050p to £s. £10.50 (3, 0), (4, 3), (1, 4)
2
10 Add 62 and 42. 52 and (x, y). What
1 are the values
11 Name of x and y? ( 0, 1)
0
1 2 3 4
a the sixth month a June
b the ninth month of the year. b September 11 Find the total number of days in the
last six months of the year. 184
12 How many pence are twenty-four 28 36
12 = Find the value of x. 9
2ps more than nine 5ps? 3p 7 x

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer

1 £1.45 + 86p = £ £2.31 1 How many cereal packets,

7 5 each containing 250g, can be
2 8 + = 1 12 8 made from 10kg of cereal? 40
3 40.5 ÷ 10 = 4.05 x y
2 34.94 Find the difference between
4 £ 1.9 3 Find the the 4 marked x and the 4 marked y. 3.96
value of x. £3.86
2 £ x 3 Each square
5 cm × 10 = 1.40m 14cm represents
1 square
6 £3 – £ = £0.72 £2.28 centimetre.

7 117min = h min 1h 57min a Find the area of the

rectangle in cm2. a 21cm2
8 0.4kg – g = 130g 270g b Find its perimeter in centimetres. b 20cm
9 45 ÷ 9 = 40 ÷ 8 4 How many ice creams, each costing
60p, can be bought for £4.80? 8
10 350ml × 8 = l 2.8l
5 Find the total value of the coins. £3.70
11 999 × 3 = 2997

12 15km – 10.5km = m 4500m

B Answer 6 Which shape is

a a rhombus a C
1 Write as a decimal: 403 hundredths. 4.03
1
b a kite b D
2 What fraction of 1 hour is 12 minutes? 5 c a trapezium? c A
3 How many 20ps are equal
A B C D
in value to £0.8? 4

4 Find the difference between 7 A car is 3350mm in length and a

( 47 + 37 ) and 7. 6 minibus is 3.5m long. By how many
millimetres is the minibus longer
5 Divide the sum of £3.50 than the car? 150mm
and 75p by 5. 85p
8 The total length of the sides of
6 Write 10l 250ml to an isosceles triangle is 840mm.
The shortest side measures 240mm.
a the nearest litre a 10l
1 Find the length of each of the
1
b the nearest 2 litre. b 10 2 l other two sides. 300mm
7 Write each of these as an equivalent 9 Ellie counts back seven from zero,
fraction with the denominator 5. then counts on four and then back six.
15 3 What number does she end up on? –9
a 25 a 5
60 3 10 60p is made up of an equal number
b 100 b 5
of 5ps and 10ps. How many 5ps
8 What must be added to three are there? 4 5ps
10ps and six 5ps to make 90p? 30p 11 The widest point across a 10p coin
measures 24.5mm. 10 coins are
9 Subtract the shortest measurement
placed side by side in a straight line.
from the longest.
Find the length of the line
1
0.24m 4m 1.0m 120cm in centimetres. 24.5cm
96cm
12 12 Write the time
10 What number is the 11 1
that is 4 12 hours
Roman numeral C? 100 10 2
after the time
9 3 on the clock,
11 Eight cricket bats each measure 65cm.
8 4 using the
Find their total length in metres. 5.2m 7 5
6 24-hour
12 600ml cost 42p. Find the cost of 1l. 70p morning
format. 14:07

43
CHECK-UP TEST | Number Schofield & Sims

A Write in digits.
nine hundred and sixty 960 four thousand and six 4006 one point one nine 1.19
four hundred and eight 408 ten point one 10.1 twenty point zero two 20.02
eight thousand and seventy 8070 three point zero five 3.05

B 3000 + 500 + + 9 = 3569 60 7.0 + 0.5 + 0.01 = 7.51

6000 + + 80 + 1 = 6881 800 10.0 + 0.4 = 10.4
3 + 40 + 9000 = 9043 6.0 + 0.02 = 6.02
(1000 × 4) + (100 × 9) + (10 × 3) = 4930 20.0 + 0.08 = 20.08

C 456 = tens + 6 units 45 tens Write as a decimal.

9
903 = tens + 3 units 90 tens one-tenth 0.1 10 0.9
18
1875 = tens + 5 units 187 tens one-hundredth 0.01 100 0.18
95
5102 = hundreds + 2 units 51 hundreds 101 tenths 10.1 100 0.95
20
9040 = hundreds + 4 tens 90 hundreds 105 hundredths 1.05 100 0.2

D Write the value of the digit underlined.

1 8
467 60 3751 700 32.14 10 865.8 10
5 6
8479 8000 2008 8 10.95 100 40.06 100
5 2
32.5 2 160.2 60 0.56 10 20.02 100

E How many times smaller is

5 than 50 10 96 than 960 10 0.6 than 6.0 10 0.3 than 30 100
7 than 700 100 23 than 2300 100 0.1 than 10.0 100 0.07 than 0.7 10
270 than 2700 10 54 than 5400 100 0.08 than 8.0 100 0.25 than 25? 100

F How many times larger is

390 than 39 10 400 than 40 10 8.0 than 0.8 10 50 than 0.5 100
4500 than 45 100 9000 than 90 100 16.0 than 1.6 10 0.4 than 0.04 10
3100 than 31 100 6140 than 614 10 9.0 than 0.09 100 17 than 0.17? 100

G 7+8= 15 17 + 7 = 24 11 – 6 = 5 26 – 9 = 17
6+5= 11 8 + 25 = 33 13 – 8 = 5 22 – 6 = 16
9+9= 18 59 + 6 = 65 15 – 9 = 6 43 – 5 = 38
4+7= 11 5 + 76 = 81 11 – 8 = 3 61 – 4 = 57
8+3= 11 46 + 8 = 54 14 – 7 = 7 85 – 7 = 78
9+7= 16 7 + 89 = 96 12 – 3 = 9 93 – 9 = 84
7+5= 12 38 + 7 = 45 17 – 8 = 9 32 – 8 = 24
5+9= 14 4 + 59 = 63 14 – 9 = 5 54 – 6 = 48
4+8= 12 69 + 5 = 74 12 – 7 = 5 72 – 5 = 67
9+4= 13 8 + 34 = 42 14 – 8 = 6 41 – 3 = 38
8+9= 17 77 + 6 = 83 13 – 6 = 7 82 – 9 = 73
6+6= 12 9 + 68 = 77 11 – 7 = 4 95 – 6 = 89
3+8= 11 43 + 9 = 52 13 – 4 = 9 67 – 9 = 58
8+6= 14 6 + 87 = 93 16 – 7 = 9 56 – 8 = 48

H Find the value of each missing number.

–9=3 12 14 – =5 9 + 7 = 13 6 8+ = 14 6
8+ = 15 7 –5=8 13 12 – =4 8 –7=9 16
–7=4 11 9+ = 15 6 9+ = 18 9 + 9 = 17 8
+ 2 = 11 9 –8=8 16 –5=7 12

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers CHECK-UP TEST | Number
A 7×7= 49 (6 × 9) + 8 = 62 36 ÷ 9 = 4 30 ÷ 8 = 3r 6
8×6= 48 (4 × 8) + 7 = 39 49 ÷ 7 = 7 16 ÷ 9 = 1r 7
3×7= 21 (5 × 7) + 6 = 41 30 ÷ 5 = 6 20 ÷ 3 = 6r 2
5×9= 45 (6 × 3) + 2 = 20 72 ÷ 8 = 9 54 ÷ 8 = 6r 6
7×8= 56 (1 × 9) + 5 = 14 24 ÷ 6 = 4 80 ÷ 9 = 8r 8
6×6= 36 (2 × 7) + 6 = 20 0 ÷4= 0 63 ÷ 8 = 7r 7
4×5= 20 (3 × 9) + 6 = 33 27 ÷ 9 = 3 20 ÷ 7 = 2r 6
9×2= 18 (7 × 7) + 4 = 53 42 ÷ 6 = 7 53 ÷ 9 = 5r 8
0×3= 0 (5 × 6) + 3 = 33 64 ÷ 8 = 8 21 ÷ 8 = 2r 5
9×9= 81 (6 × 8) + 5 = 53 40 ÷ 5 = 8 3÷5= 0r 3
8×5= 40 (0 × 5) + 3 = 3 18 ÷ 9 = 2 40 ÷ 7 = 5r 5
6×7= 42 (8 × 8) + 7 = 71 56 ÷ 7 = 8 19 ÷ 5 = 3r 4
3×8= 24 (4 × 9) + 5 = 41 28 ÷ 4 = 7 69 ÷ 9 = 7r 6
9×4= 36 (8 × 7) + 4 = 60 32 ÷ 8 = 4 48 ÷ 7 = 6r 6
4×6= 24 (9 × 6) + 5 = 59 81 ÷ 9 = 9 16 ÷ 6 = 2r 4
7×9= 63 (2 × 8) + 6 = 22 36 ÷ 6 = 6 45 ÷ 8 = 5r 5
4×3= 12 (4 × 7) + 4 = 32 35 ÷ 5 = 7 57 ÷ 6 = 9r 3
9×8= 72 (8 × 9) + 8 = 80 54 ÷ 9 = 6 31 ÷ 8 = 3r 7
7×4= 28 (7 × 6) + 4 = 46 48 ÷ 6 = 8 61 ÷ 7 = 8r 5
3×5= 15 (3 × 6) + 4 = 22 63 ÷ 7 = 9 62 ÷ 9 = 6r 8

B Find the value of each missing number.

5× = 40 8 9× = 63 7 × 4 = 32 8 16 ÷ =4 4
÷6=5 30 ÷8=9 72 21 ÷ =3 7 × 8 = 64 8
× 7 = 42 6 5× = 45 9 36 ÷ =9 4 ÷4=7 28
27 ÷ =9 3 ÷9=9 81 4× = 24 6

1 1 3 2
C 2 of 18 9 4 of 28 7 4 of 20 15 5 of 45 18
1 1 5 4
3 of 21 7 5 of 40 8 6 of 54 45 7 of 35 20
1 1 7 7
6 of 36 6 8 of 32 4 8 of 48 42 9 of 63 49
1 1 3 9
9 of 45 5 10 of 100 10 10 of 70 21 10 of 80 72

D Find the whole number when

1 1 5 4
3 is 8 24 5 is 6 30 6 is 30 36 5 is 16 20
1 1 7 2
6 is 7 42 8 is 9 72 8 is 21 24 7 is 12 42
1 1 4 7
9 is 4 36 10 is 12 120 9 is 36 81 10 is 49. 70

E 11 × 10 = 110 130 ÷ 10 = 13 1.3 × 10 = 13 4.0 ÷ 10 = 0.4

100 × 10 = 1000 800 ÷ 10 = 80 0.96 × 10 = 9.6 66.0 ÷ 10 = 6.6
145 × 10 = 1450 4620 ÷ 10 = 462 0.02 × 10 = 0.2 0.3 ÷ 10 = 0.03
15 × 100 = 1500 1900 ÷ 100 = 19 10.8 × 100 = 1080 7.0 ÷ 100 = 0.07
120 × 100 = 12 000 6500 ÷ 100 = 65 0.05 × 100 = 5 19.0 ÷ 100 = 0.19
104 × 100 = 10 400 10 000 ÷ 100 = 100 1.13 × 100 = 113 403.0 ÷ 100 = 4.03

F Find the missing numerator or denominator.

2 4 3 9 1 20 1 10 50 1
5 = 10 4 = 12 5 = 100 10 = 100 100 = 2

2 8 5 10 3 60 3 30 75 3
3 = 12 6 = 12 5 = 100 10 = 100 100 = 4

5 10 7 35 1 4 7 70 20 1
8 = 16 20 = 100 25 = 100 10 = 100 100 = 5

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CHECK-UP TEST | Measurement Schofield & Sims

A Write in each box the 32p 20p, 10p, 2p 54p 50p, 2p, 2p 65p 50p, 10p, 5p
coins which make up
the given amount. 80p 50p, 20p, 10p 67p 50p, 10p, 5p, 2p 18p 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p
Use the least possible
number of coins. 26p 20p, 5p, 1p 71p 50p, 20p, 1p 59p 50p, 5p, 2p, 2p

B Find the change from each amount.

Amount Spent Change Amount Spent Change Amount Spent Change

50p 24p 26p 90p 81p 9p £3 £2.13 £0.87
50p 35p 15p 60p 52p 8p £4 £1.25 £2.75
50p 12p 38p 30p 23p 7p £4 £2.48 £1.52
50p 37p 13p 45p 41p 4p £5 £3.09 £1.91
50p 28p 22p £1 24p 76p £5 £2.46 £2.54
50p 19p 31p £1 37p 63p £5 £1.67 £3.33
50p 23p 27p £2 £1.69 31p £5 £2.11 £2.89
50p 16p 34p £2 £1.06 94p £5 £0.88 £4.12

C 10 5ps = 25 2ps £7.50 = 15 50ps £2.55 = 12 20ps, 3 5ps

6 5ps = 15 2ps £10.00 = 20 50ps £1.72 = 8 20ps, 6 2ps
14 5ps = 7 10ps £3.80 = 19 20ps £2.78 = 13 20ps, 9 2ps
100 5ps = 50 10ps £10.00 = 50 20ps £4.30 = 38 10ps, 1 50p
12 5ps = 3 20ps £5.00 = 50 10ps £3.80 = 7 50ps, 3 10ps
50 10ps = 25 20ps £7.50 = 75 10ps £4.25 = 8 50ps, 5 5ps
45 10ps = 9 50ps £5.00 = 100 5ps £2.90 = 5 50ps, 4 10ps
65 10ps = 13 50ps £2.20 = 44 5ps £1.64 = 3 50ps, 7 2ps

D 24p + 36p + 50p = £1.10 £1.35 – 60p = £0.75 £2.24 + £3.09 = £5.33
39p + 41p + 22p = £1.02 £2.70 – 85p = £1.85 £4.75 – £2.80 = £1.95
25p + 75p + 9p = £1.09 £4.60 – 99p = £3.61 £1.62 + £1.38 = £3.00
63p + 28p + 12p = £1.03 £2.29 – £0.74 = £1.55 £1.50 – £0.77 = £0.73
82p + 63p + 15p = £1.60 £3.20 – £2.93 = £0.27 £3.87 + £0.45 = £4.32

E Find the cost of

5kg at 25p per kg £1.25 1 12 l at 28p per l £0.42 5m at £1.18 per m £5.90
3 12 kg at 30p per kg £1.05 3l at 55p per l £1.65 75cm at £1 per m £0.75
4 12 kg at 20p per 1
2 kg £1.80 2 12 l at 22p per l £0.55 4 12 m at 50p per m £2.25
2kg at 50p per 200g £5.00 1
2 l at 60p per 100ml £3.00 1 14 m at 20p per 1
2m £0.50
6 12 kg at 60p per kg £3.90 750ml at 26p per 12 l £0.39 2m at 30p per 20cm. £3.00

F Write the times shown on these clocks a using the 12-hour clock format, using a.m. or p.m.
b using the 24-hour clock format.

11
12
1 a 7:37 a.m. 11
12
1 a 1:24 p.m. XI XII I a 12:45 a.m. a 10:19 p.m.
10 2 10 2 X II
b 07:37 b 13:24 b 00:45 b 22:19
9 3 9 3 IX III
8 4 8 4 VIII IV
7 5 7 5 VII V
6 6 VI
morning afternoon morning evening

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Mental Arithmetic 3 Answers CHECK-UP TEST | Measurement and geometry
1
A 1cm = 10mm 0.01m = 1cm 0.25m = 250mm 4m = 25cm
1
0.1cm = 1mm 0.25m = 25cm 0.75m = 750mm 2m = 50cm
3
1m = 100cm 0.75m = 75cm 1km = 1000m 4m = 75cm
1
0.1m = 10cm 1m = 1000mm 0.5km = 500m 2m = 500mm
3
0.8m = 80cm 0.5m = 500mm 0.75km = 750m 4m = 750mm

B 184mm = 18cm 4mm 390mm = 39cm 3258m = 3km 258m

307mm = 30cm 7mm 412mm = 41.2cm 5106m = 5km 106m
465cm = 4m 65cm 800cm = 8m 8200m = 8.2km
1000cm = 10m 0cm 330cm = 3.3m 6500m = 6.5km
340cm = 3m 40cm 785cm = 7.85m 7750m = 7.75km

1
C 3000g = 3kg 5000ml = 5l 2 kg = 500g
1
5280g = 5kg 280g 2884ml = 2l 884ml 4 kg = 250g
3
8090g = 8kg 90g 6160ml = 6l 160ml 4 kg = 750g
1
4400g = 4.4kg 7300ml = 7.3l 2 l= 500ml
3
7250g = 7.25kg 900ml = 0.9l 4 l= 750ml

1 1
D 240g + 260g = 2 kg 2l + 92ml = 592ml 820g – 0.7kg = 120g
1 1
370g + 130g = 2 kg 2l + 134ml = 634ml 925ml – 0.8l = 125ml
1 1
406g + 94g = 2 kg 2l + 327ml = 827ml 0.6kg + 60g = 660g
1 1
215g + 35g = 4 kg 4l + 60ml = 310ml 0.25l + 120ml = 370ml
1 1
198g + 52g = 4 kg 4l + 175ml = 425ml 0.75kg + 240g = 990g

E Work across the page. Write to the

nearest whole
number 19 34 20 10 13 10 14.4 14 11.5 12
nearest hundred 308 300 953 1000 1326 1300 2950 3000
nearest £1 £17.09 £17 £4.83 £5 £32.50 £33 £129.28 £129

nearest cm 7cm 2mm 7cm 109mm 11cm 39.6cm 40cm

nearest m 8m 51cm 9m 730cm 7m 15.3m 15m
nearest km 12 14 km 12km 18km 900m 19km 78.5km 79km
nearest kg 4kg 300g 4kg 9kg 550g 10kg 99.25kg 99kg
1 1 1
nearest 2 kg 6kg 200g 6kg 12kg 380g 12 2 kg 5kg 600g 5 2 kg
nearest l 5l 400ml 5l 9l 600ml 10l 3.7l 4l

F Write the letter of the shape that is

a right-angled triangle E a rhombus G an obtuse-angled triangle B
a rectangle D a parallelogram A an isosceles triangle. F

A C D F G
B E

G Each square represents 1cm2. Write the area and perimeter of each rectangle. Give the units.

18cm2 18cm 8cm2 12cm 16cm2 16cm 24cm2 22cm

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