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Year 6

Mathematics
Paper 2: reasoning and problem solving

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Published Spring 2016

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 Instructions

You may not use a calculator to answer any questions in this test.

Questions and answers

You have 35 minutes to complete this test.
Follow the instructions for each question.
Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you need to do working out, you can use the space around the question.
Some questions have a method box like this:

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For these questions you may get a mark for showing your method.
If you cannot do one of the questions, go on to the next one.
You can come back to it later, if you have time.
If you finish before the end, go back and check your work.

Marks
The number under each line at the side of the page tells you the
maximum number of marks for each question.

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1 Hazel makes a number on a place value grid.

Hundreds Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths

100 10 1 1 0.1 0.01

100
10 0.01
100 1 1 0.1
100 0.01
10
1

Hazel adds two more hundredths counters to the grid.

What number does she have now?

1 mark

What is Hazel’s number rounded to the nearest whole number?

1 mark

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2 Put a tick (3) if the statement is correct.

0.37 × 1000 = 370

0.37 × 10 = 0.370
0.37 ÷ 10 = 00.37
0.37 ÷ 100 = 0.0037
1 mark

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3 Here are the prices of some items.

CD DVD BOOK
£3.55 £12.00 £3.50

How much do six CDs cost?

1 mark

The shop is having a 25% off sale.

How much does one DVD cost now?

1 mark

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4 Fill in the missing digits.

3 5
× 7

2 9 2
3 5 6 0
2
2 marks

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5 Three children are running a 5 kilometre race for charity.
Harry has run 3.77km
Sam has run 3,792m
3
Geeta has run 3 km
4
Who has run the furthest?

1 mark

How far have they run altogether?

1 mark

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 6 Here are the start and end times of a TV programme.

Start End

12
11 1

10 2

9 3

8 4
7 5
6

How long is the TV programme?

Give your answer in minutes.

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minutes

1 mark

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1 mile = 1.6km
Use this fact to complete the statements.

miles = 4.8km

10 miles = km

miles = 400m
2 marks

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8 Label the parts of the circle.

1 mark

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 9 Two rectangles each have the same area.

2.4cm Rectangle A
Rectangle B

5cm 6cm

(not to scale)

Which shape has got the largest perimeter?

Explain your answer.

3 marks

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10 Here is a parallelogram.

3cm 4cm

5cm

Calculate the area of the parallelogram.

cm2
1 mark

11 Fill in the missing number.

1
20% of = of 680
10

1 mark

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12 One book is 6cm wide, 15cm long and 0.5cm thick.
Eight identical books are placed on top of each other.

15cm
0.5cm

6cm

What volume is taken up by the books?

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method

cm3

2 marks

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13 Here are the ingredients needed to make 12 cookies.

Ingredients
Sugar...........180g
Butter...........225g
Eggs...................2
Flour............ 0.3kg

How much more flour than sugar is used?

1 mark

How much butter is needed for 48 cookies?

g
1 mark

Mary uses the recipe to make a different amount of cookies.

Mary uses 3 eggs.

How many cookies does she make?

1 mark

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14 Fill in the missing numbers.

3 7 12 18 25

0.5 1.3 1.7

2 marks

15
a + b = 14
a and b are whole numbers.

a is a one digit number.

b is a two digit number.

Find four different possibilities for a and b.

a b

1 mark

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16 Petra has some sweets.
Abdul has 3 more sweets than Petra.
Sean has 1 more sweet than Abdul.
They have 25 sweets altogether.

Petra Abdul Sean

How many sweets do they have each?

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Petra: sweets

Abdul: sweets

Sean: sweets

2 marks

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17 Five numbers have a mean of 12
Here are four of the numbers.

13 12 9 16

What is the fifth number?

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2 marks

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