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Grade 1 Foundation and Higher

Place Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ordering Integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Ordering Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reading Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Simple Mathematical Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interpreting Real-Life Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction to Algebraic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Simple Geometric Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Symmetries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tessellations and Congruent Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Names of Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Probability Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tally Charts and Bar Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Pictograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Adding Integers and Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Subtracting Integers and Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Multiplying Integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dividing Integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Inverse Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Money Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Negatives in Real Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Introduction to Fractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Equivalent Fractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Simplifying Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Half-Way Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Factors, Multiples and Primes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Introduction to Powers/Indices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Multiply and Divide by Powers of 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Rounding to the Nearest 10, 100 etc . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rounding to Decimal Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Simplifying - Addition and Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Simplifying - Multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Simplifying - Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 A/B
Function Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Generating a Sequence - Term to Term . . . . . . . . . . 37
Introduction to Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Ratio for Recipe Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Introduction to Percentages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Value for Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Introduction to Proportion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Properties of Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Angles on a Line and at a Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Measuring and Drawing Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Drawing a Triangle Using a Protractor . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Plans and Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51A/B/C/D
Perimeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Area of a Rectangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Area of a Triangle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Area of a Parallelogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Area of a Trapezium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Frequency Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Listing Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Calculating Probabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mutually Exclusive Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Two-Way Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Averages and the Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Data - Discrete and Continuous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Vertical Line Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Frequency Tables and Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Multiplying Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Dividing Decimals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Four Rules of Negatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Listing Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Comparing Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adding and Subtracting Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Finding a Fraction of an Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Multiplying Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Dividing Fractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
BODMAS/BIDMAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reciprocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Calculator Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Product of Primes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Highest Common Factor (HCF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 A/B
Squares, Cubes and Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Working with Indices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Standard Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Decimals and Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Fractions, Percentages, Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Percentage of an Amount (Calc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Percentage of an Amount (Non-Calc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Change to a Percentage (Calc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Change to a Percentage (Non-Calc).. . . . . . . . . . . . 89 A/B
Rounding to Significant Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Estimating Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using Place Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Expanding Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Simple Factorisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Straight Line Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 A/B/C
The Gradient of a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Drawing Quadratic Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 A/B/C/D/E
Sketching Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Solving Equations Using Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Subject of a Formula Using Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . 101
Generate a Sequence from the nth Term. . . . . . . . 102
Finding the nth Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 A/B/C
Special Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Exchanging Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sharing Using Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Ratios, Fractions and Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Increase/Decrease by a Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Percentage Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Reverse Percentage Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Simple Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Metric Conversions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Problems on Coordinate Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Surface Area of a Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 A/B
Volume of a Cuboid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Circle Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Area of a Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Circumference of a Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 A/B/C
Volume of a Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 A/B
Angles and Parallel Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 A/B/C
Angles in a Triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Properties of Special Triangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Angle Sum of Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 A/B
Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 A/B
Experimental Probabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Possibility Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Venn Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pie Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Scatter Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 A/B/C/D
Averages From a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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Index Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 A/B
Introduction to Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Midpoint of a Line on a Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Expanding and Simplifying Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . 134 A/B
Solving Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rearranging Simple Formulae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Forming Formulae and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 A/B/C
Inequalities on a Number Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Solving Linear Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 A/B
Simultaneous Equations Graphically . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fibonacci Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Compound Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 A/B
Distance-Time Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Similar Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 A/B/C
Bisecting an Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Constructing Perpendiculars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Drawing a Triangle Using Compasses . . . . . . . . . . 147
Enlargements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Tangents, Arcs, Sectors and Segments . . . . . . . . . 149
Pythagoras Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 A/B/C
Simple Tree Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 A/B/C
Sampling Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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Negative Indices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Error Intervals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Mathematical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Factorising and Solving Quadratics . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
The Difference of Two Squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Finding the Equation of a Straight Line . . . . . . . . . 159 A/B
Roots and Turning Points of Quadratics . . . . . . . . 160
Cubic and Reciprocal Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Simultaneous Equations Algebraically . . . . . . . . . . 162
Geometric Progressions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Compound Interest and Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . 164
Loci. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 A/B/C
Congruent Triangles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 A/B
Sectors of a Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Trigonometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 A/B/C/D/E
Spheres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Pyramids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 A/B/C
Frustums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exact Trigonometric Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Introduction to Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Harder Tree Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 A/B/C
Stratified Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 A/B
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Recurring Decimals to Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Product of Three Binomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Iteration - Trial and Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Iterative Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Enlargement - Negative Scale Factor. . . . . . . . . . . 181
Combinations of Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 A/B/C/D/E F/G/H/I/J
Circle Theorems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 A/B/C/D/E/F
Proof of Circle Theorems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Probability Using Venn Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cumulative Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 A/B/C/D/E/F
Boxplots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 A/B/C/D
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Grade 7 Higher
Fractional Indices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Recurring Decimals - Proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Rearranging Difficult Formulae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Solving Quadratics with the Formula . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Factorising Hard Quadratics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Algebraic Proof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Exponential Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Trigonometric Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 A/B
Transformation of Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 A/B/C/D/E
Equation of a Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Direct and Inverse Proportion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 A/B
Similarity - Area and Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
The Sine Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
The Cosine Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Area of a Triangle Using Sine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
And and Or Probability Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Histograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 A/B/C/D
E/F/G/H
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Upper and Lower Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 A/B/C
Surds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 A/B/C
Perpendicular Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Completing the Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Algebraic Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 A/B
Simultaneous Equations with a Quadratic . . . . . . . 211
Solving Quadratic Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Finding the nth Term of a Quadratic . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Inverse Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Composite Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Velocity-Time Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Pythagoras in 3D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Trigonometry in 3D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 A/B/C/D/E
MathsWatch Clip 1
Grade 1 questions Place Value
1) a) Write the number forty five thousand, two hundred and seventy three in figures.
b) Write the number five thousand, one hundred and three in figures.
c) Write the number three hundred thousand, seven hundred and ninety one in figures.
d) Write the number two and a half million in figures.
e) Write the number one and three quarter million in figures.
2) Write the following numbers in words
a) 1 250
b) 3 502
c) 72 067
d) 192 040
e) 30 000 000
3) a) Write down the value of the 7 in the number 3 752.
b) Write down the value of the 6 in the number 56 025.
c) Write down the value of the 2 in the number 99 723.
d) Write down the value of the 5 in the number 258 610.
e) Write down the value of the 2 in the number 1 253 549.
4) What is the value of the digit 7 in 38.1472?
Choose, and circle, the correct answer from the following:
7 7 7 7
10 100 1000 10000
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Grade 1 questions Ordering Integers
Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest:
1) 74, 57, 38, 8, 61
2) 39, 84, 11, 128, 24
3) 76, 102, 12, 140, 73
4) 3, 2, 7, 10, 1
5) 3, 11, 1, 5, 7
6) 4, 6, 0, 6, 1
7) 205, 2005, 105, 55, 5005
8) 83, 61, 42, 65, 14
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Grade 1 questions Ordering Decimals
1) Put these amounts of money in order, starting with the smallest:
a) 4.50, 3.82, 4.05, 3.99, 3.54
b) 1.25, 2.41, 1.24, 2.04, 1.99
c) 15.83, 24.18, 13.99, 46.01, 46.10
2) Circle the smallest number: 0.1, 0.09, 0.99, 0.15, 0.11
3) Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest:
2.01, 2.45, 2.14, 2.006, 2.405
0.76, 0.668, 0.608, 0.099, 0.909
5.004, 4.889, 4.099, 5.002, 4.095
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Grade 1 questions Reading Scales
1) Estimate the reading on each of these scales:

a) 2 b) 2 c) 2
1 3 1 3 1 3
0 4 0 4 0 4
kg kg kg
d) 20 e) 200 f) 40
10 30 100 300 20 60
0 40 0 400 0 80
kg kg kg
2) This scale shows degrees Centigrade.
C -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40
a) What temperature is the arrow pointing to?
b) Draw an arrow which points to -17C.
3) This is a diagram for converting between gallons and litres.
Gallons 1 2 3 4 5
Litres 10 20
Use the diagram to convert
a) 3 gallons to litres.
b) 4.5 gallons to litres.
c) 6 litres to gallons.
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Grade 1 questions Simple Mathematical Notation
1) For each mathematical sign, below, write a brief description of the sign.
The first one has already been done.
less than
a) < ___________________________
b) ___________________________
c) > ___________________________
d) ___________________________
e) = ___________________________
2) Insert one of the two symbols < or > to make the following statements true:
a) 8 .... 5
b) -4 .... -6
c) 2.08 .... 2.8
d) 8 + 3 .... 2 + 7
e) 2 ? 7 .... 5 ? 8
3) You must be at least 1.6 m tall to ride on a rollercoaster at Romy Park.

Circle the correct description of this out of the following:
Height < 1.6 m
Height < 1.6 m
Height = 1.6 m
Height > 1.6 m
Height > 1.6 m
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Grade 1 questions Interpreting Real-Life Tables
1) Calculate the difference in hours and minutes between 9.30 am and 2.45 pm.
2) Calculate the difference in hours and minutes between 11 35 and 13 25.
3) The table shows the distances in kilometres between some cities in the USA.
San Francisco
4827 New York
4990 2132 Miami
668 4541 4375 Los Angeles
3493 1352 2183 3366 Chicago
a) Write down the distance between San Francisco and Miami.
One of the cities in the table is 4541 km from Los Angeles.
b) Write down the name of this city.
c) Write down the name of the city which is furthest from Chicago.
4) Here is part of a train timetable
Manchester 05 15 06 06 06 45 07 05 07 15 07 46
Stockport 05 26 06 16 06 55 07 15 07 25 07 55
Macclesfield 05 39 06 29 07 08 07 38 08 08
Stoke 05 54 06 45 07 24 07 54 08 24
Stafford 06 12 07 41 08 11
Euston 08 09 08 26 09 06 09 11 09 50 10 08
a) Tim catches the 06 06 train from Manchester.
At what time should he expect to arrive at Euston?
b) Jenny arrives at the Stockport train station at 07 00
(i) How long should she expect to wait for a train to Stoke?
(ii) How long should her train journey take?
c) Sarah needs to travel to Euston from Macclesfield.
She has to arrive at Euston before 09 30.
What is the departure time of the latest train she can catch to get there on time?
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Grade 1 questions Introduction to Algebraic Conventions
1) Write the following in their simplest forms

using algebraic notation:
a) r 5
b) c 4
c) x + x + x + x
d) e 1
2) Write the following using algebraic notation:
a) I think of a number
and multiply it by 4.
b) I think of a number,
multiply it by 6
and then add 5.
c) I think of a number,
triple it
and then subtract 7.
a) I think of a number,
add 2
and then multiply the result by 3.
subtract 6
and then divide the result by 2.
a) I think of a number,
add 9,
multiply the result by 4
and then divide everything by 2.
take away 5,
divide the result by 3
and then multiply the result by 2.
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Grade 1 questions y
Coordinates
10
B
1) Write down the coordinates of the points A to H. 9
A
8
7
C
6
E
5
4
F
3
D H
2
1
G
O
x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
y
8
2) a) Write down the coordinates of: (i) A (ii) B
7
b) Write down the coordinates of the midpoint of the 6

line AB. B
5
3
A
2
O
x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3) Using the pair of axes,

a) Plot the points A(2, 0), B(4, 0), C(5, 2) and D(3, 2). y
5
b) Join the points in order, to form
a shape and name the shape. 4
M is the midpoint of the line segment AC. 3

c) Find the coordinates of M.
2
1
4) Using the same pair of axes,
x
a) Plot the points R(-1, -2), S(1, 1) -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
and T(-1, 2). -1
b) Join R to S and S to T. -2
RSTU is a kite. -3
c) Write the coordinates of point U.
-4
-5
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Grade 1 questions Simple Geometric Definitions
1) Write one or two short sentences which say what the special features
are of the triangles listed, below.
The first one has been done for you.
a) An equilateral triangle All the sides are the same length.

All three angles are 60
b) A right-angled triangle
c) A scalene triangle
d) An isosceles triangle
2) Next to each of the quadrilaterals, write down its special name.
a) b)
c) d)
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Grade 1 questions Polygons
1) Next to each of the shapes, write down its name.
a) b)
2) a) What is the name given to a 10-sided shape?
b) What is the name given to an 8-sided shape?
3) To be a regular polygon the shape must have equal _________ and equal _________.
Fill in the blanks.
4) What are the names of these regular polygons?
a) b)
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Grade 1 questions Symmetries
1) Draw all the lines of symmetry on the triangle and the rectangle.
2) What is the order of rotational symmetry of the two shapes below?
S
3) The diagram below, shows part of a shape.
The shape has rotational symmetry of order 4 about point P.

Complete the shape.
4) On each of the shapes below, draw one plane of symmetry.
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Grade 1 questions Tessellations and Congruent Shapes
1) Show how this shape will tessellate.

You must draw six more shapes.
2) Two of these shapes are congruent.

Which are they?
a) b)
c)
e)
d)
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Grade 1 questions Names of Angles
1) Write the name of each angle, below.
a)
b)
c)
d)
2) Draw a triangle which contains:
a) Three acute angles.
b) One obtuse angle and two acute angles.
c) A right angle.
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Grade 1 questions The Probability Scale
1) a) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability

that it will snow in Birmingham in July.
1
0 2 1
b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability

that it will rain in Wales next year.
1
0 2 1
c) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability

that you will get a tail when you flip a fair coin.
1
0 2 1
d) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability

that you will get a number bigger than 4 when you roll an ordinary dice.
1
0 2 1
2) 4 jelly babies are in a bag.

2 are red, 1 is green and 1 is black.
Without looking in the bag, a jelly baby is taken out.
a) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability
that the jelly baby taken from the bag is green.
1
0 2 1
b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability

that the jelly baby taken from the bag is green or black.
1
0 2 1
c) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability

that the jelly baby taken from the bag is red or black.
1
0 2 1
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Grade 1 questions Tally Charts and Bar Charts
1) Here is a list of coins in Yvonne's purse.

Coin Tally Frequency
5p 1 20p 1p 50p
10p 1 5p 50p 2p
5p 5p 1 1p 5p
1 2p 5p 5p 2p
Complete the table for this information.
2) Tim made a note of how many minutes he spent on the internet over the period of a week.
His results are as follows:
Monday 20 mins
Tuesday 30 mins
Wednesday 60 mins
Thursday 40 mins
Friday 20 mins
Saturday 50 mins
Sunday 40 mins
Draw a bar chart to show this information.
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Grade 1 questions Pictograms
1) The pictogram shows the number of watches sold by a shop in January,

February and March.
January
February Key represents 4 watches.
March
April
May
a) How many watches were sold in January?
b) How many more watches were sold in March than in February?
19 watches were sold in April.

14 watches were sold in May.
c) Use this information to complete the pictogram.
2) The pictogram shows the number of DVDs borrowed from a shop on Monday
and Tuesday.
Monday
Key represents 10 DVDs.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
a) How many DVDs were borrowed on

(i) Monday?
(ii) Tuesday?
On Wednesday, 50 DVDs were borrowed.

On Thursday, 15 DVDs were borrowed.
b) Show this information in the pictogram.
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Grade 2 questions Adding Integers and Decimals
1) a) 42 b) 57 c) 96
+2 6 +3 8 +7 5
2) a) 637 b) 983 c) 969

+961 +442 +758
3) a) 452 + 38 b) 147 + 763 c) 813 + 431 + 38
4) There were two exhibitions at the NEC one Sunday.

3816 people went to one of the exhibitions and 13427 people
went to the other exhibition.
How many people went to the NEC, in total, on the Sunday?
5) a) 2.6 + 1.2 b) 2.74 + 6.81 c) 45.36 + 6.81
6) a) 23 + 1.5 b) 13.6 + 38 c) 13.2 + 17.82
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Grade 2 questions Subtracting Integers and Decimals
1) a) 78 b) 74 c) 62
42 26 39
2) a) 485 b) 773 c) 100

291 486 34
3) a) 653 48 b) 362 183 c) 2000 461
4) There were two films showing at a cinema one Saturday.

One of the films was shown in a large room and the other was
in a smaller room.
The film in the larger room was watched by a total of 3562 people.
The film in the smaller room was watched by 1671 people.
How many more people saw the film in the larger room?
5) a) 782 + 426 278 b) 8162 + 1149 799
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Grade 2 questions Multiplying Integers
1) Work out
a) 13 18
b) 135 27
c) 116 41
d) 264 43
e) 326 24
f) 281 59
g) 286 48
h) 428 34
i) 461 45
2) MathsWatch Travel has 36 coaches.

Each of these coaches can carry 53 passengers.
How many passengers in total can all the coaches carry?
3) MathsWatch Tours has a plane that will carry 47 passengers.

To fly from Manchester to Lyon, each passenger pays 65
Work out the total amount that the passengers pay.
4) A Science textbook costs 13.

Mr Jones buys a class set of 34 books.
How much do they cost him?
5) A graphical calculator costs 18.

How much would 43 calculators cost?
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Grade 2 questions Dividing Integers
1) Work out
a) 325 5 d) 377 29 g) 75 4
b) 448 8 e) 27 6 h) 135 20
c) 221 13 f) 123 15 i) 381 12
2) A box can hold 19 books.

Work out how many boxes will be needed to hold 646 books.
3) The distance from Glasgow to Paris is 1290 km.

A flight from Glasgow to Paris lasts 3 hours.
Given that Distance
Average speed =
Time
Work out the average speed of the aeroplane in km/h.
4) Pencils cost 25p each.

Mr Smith spends 15 on pencils.
Work out the number of pencils he gets.
5) Yesterday, Gino was paid 19.61 for delivering pizzas.

He is paid 53p for each pizza he delivers.
Work out how many pizzas Gino delivered yesterday.
6) Emma sold 38 teddy bears for a total of 513

She sold each teddy bear for the same price.
Work out the price at which Emma sold each teddy bear.
7) Canal boat for hire

1855.00
for 14 days
Work out the cost per day of hiring the canal boat.
8) A teacher has 539 to spend on books.

Each book costs 26
How many books can the teacher buy?
9) John delivers large wooden crates with his van.

The weight of each crate is 68 kg.
The greatest weight the van can hold is 980 kg.
Work out the greatest number of crates that the van can hold.
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Grade 2 questions Inverse Operations
1) a) Which operation is the inverse of add?
b) Which operation is the inverse of divide?
2) Use inverse operations to complete the second equation each time.
a) 12 + 6 = 18 ? = 12
b) 28 ? 13 = 15 + = 28
a) 14 2 = 28 = 14
b) 60 12 = 5 = 60
a) 19 + 13 = 32 = 19
b) 46 ? 13 = 33 = 46
a) 28 7 = 4 = 28
b) 16 3 = 48 = 3
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Grade 2 questions Money Questions
1) Tony buys
4 kg of potatoes at 1.60 per kilogram
and
2 kg of onions at 1.80 per kilogram.
She pays with a 20 note.
How much change should she receive?
2)
Bags of sweets
1.50 per bag
Buy 3, get 1 free
How many bags of sweets can you buy for 9?
3)
Cinema Prices
Adult 2.99
Child 2.30
Family ticket
9.00
(2 adults and 2 children
a) 1 adult and 7 children went to the cinema.
How much did they pay altogether?
b) 2 adults and 2 children went to the cinema and bought a family ticket.
How much did they save altogether?
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Grade 2 questions Negatives in Real Life
1) At midnight, the temperature was -7C.
By 7am the next morning, the temperature had increased by 6C.
a) Work out the temperature at 7am the next morning.
At midday, the temperature was 3C.

b) Work out the difference between the temperature at midday and the temperature at midnight.
c) Work out the temperature which is halfway between -7C and 3C.
2) The table below gives the temperature recorded on 25th December in 7 cities across the world.
City Edinburgh London New York Moscow Paris Rome Cairo
Temperature -6 C 0 C -15 C -23 C 3 C 5 C 18 C
a) Which city recorded the lowest temperature?
b) What is the difference in temperature between New York and Paris?
c) What is the difference in temperature between Cairo and Edinburgh?
d) The temperature in Madrid was 9C lower than in Rome.

What was the temperature in Madrid?
e) The temperature in Mexico City was 6C higher than in New York.

What was the temperature in Mexico City?
3) The table shows the temperature on the surface of each of five planets.
Planet Temperature
Venus 210 C
Jupiter -150 C
Saturn -180 C
Neptune -210 C
Pluto -230 C
a) Work out the difference in temperature between Jupiter and Pluto.
b) Work out the difference in temperature between Venus and Saturn.
c) Which planet has a temperature 30C lower than Saturn?
The temperature on Mars is 90C higher than the temperature on Jupiter.

d) Work out the temperature on Mars.
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Grade 2 questions Introduction to Fractions
1) What fraction of each of the following shapes is shaded?

a) b)
c)
d) e) f)
2) Shade the given fraction in the following grids.
3 1 4
5 4 6
5 7
3) Which of these fractions is the smallest? or (use the grids to help)
6 9
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Grade 2 questions Equivalent Fractions
1) Each of the grids below has a fraction written at the side of it.
a) Shade the grids to show these fractions.
8 4 2
12 6 3
b) What do you notice about how many little squares are shaded in each grid?
2) Each of the grids below has a fraction written at the side of it.
a) Shade the grids to show these fractions.
2 4 8
5 10 20
b) What do you notice about how many little squares are shaded in each grid?
3) Find the missing values in these equivalent fractions.
1 2 3 4
= = =
2
4) Find the missing values in these equivalent fractions.
2 6 14
= = =
5 30
5) How do you know that 3 is not equivalent to 25 ?

7 56
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Grade 2 questions Simplification of Fractions
1) Write the following fractions in their simplest forms
a) 2
4
b) 5
10
c) 4
6
d) 6
9
e) 12
15
8
f)
12
15
g)
20
2) Write the following fractions in their simplest forms
a) 9
30
b) 14
18
c) 7
49
d) 48
72
e) 60
75
15
f)
27
72
g)
96
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Grade 2 questions Half-Way Values
1) Write down the number which is in the middle of:
a) 3 and 9
b) 12 and 28
c) 11 and 22
d) 17 and 32
e) 72 and 108
f) 1 and 100
g) 6 and 2
2) Write down the number which is in the middle of:
a) 2.4 and 6.8
b) 5.9 and 12.5
c) -5 and 7.8
3) a) 7 is in the middle of 3 and which other number?
b) 16 is in the middle of 9 and which other number?
c) 2.4 is in the middle of 1.1 and which other number?
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Grade 2 questions Factors, Multiples and Primes
1) Write the factors of

a) 6 b) 16 c) 18 d) 30
2) In a pupils book the factors of 12 are listed as

1 2 3 4 5 12
The above list contains a mistake.
Cross it out from the list and replace it with the correct number.
3) The factors of 30 and 40 are listed

30: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30
40: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40
Write the common factors of 30 and 40 (the numbers that are factors of 30 and 40).
4) Write the first four multiples of

a) 3 b) 5 c) 10 d) 15
5) In a pupils book the first 7 multiples of 8 are listed as

8 16 22 32 40 48 54
The above list contains 2 mistakes.
Cross them out and replace them with the correct numbers.
6) The first five multiples of 4 and 10 are listed

4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20
10: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
From the two lists above, write the common multiple of 4 and 10.
7) List the first five prime numbers
8) Using just this list of numbers:

11 18 1 4 21 24 9 3 12 2 19
find the following:
a) The prime numbers
b) The factors of 18
c) The multiples of 3
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Grade 2 questions Introduction to Powers/Indices
1) Write the following using indices:

eg. 3 3 3 3 = 34
a) 2 2 2 2 d) 12 12 12 12 12
b) 4 4 4 e) 3.6 3.6
c) 5 5 5 5 5 5 f) 5.2 5.2 5.2
2) Write each of the following as a single power:

eg. 52 54 =56
a) 62 63 d) 53 5
b) 74 72 e) 29 23
c) 93 96 f) 7.23 7.22

eg. 75 72 = 73
5 3
78
a) 9 9 d) 3
7
36
b) 69 65 e)
3
815
c) 117 112 f)
84

73 78 711
eg. = = 75
76 76
47 43 92 96
a) b)
46 94
5) Match together cards with the same answer
57 510 56 56 52 53 52
52 54
58 55 52 55 54
53
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Grade 2 questions Multiply and Divide by Powers of 10
1) Multiply the following numbers by 10, 100 and 1000:
10 100 1000
e.g. 21 210 2100 21000
9
63
845
3.65
0.4
1.324
2) Divide the following numbers by 10, 100 and 1000:
10 100 1000
e.g. 21 2.1 0.21 0.021
9
63
845
3.65
0.4
1.324
3) Work out the following:
3 100 =
65 10 =
17 10 =
359 10 =
0.5 100 =
2.3 1000 =
42 100 =
3582 100 =
0.9 10 =
3.645 100 =
88 1000 =
39.62 1000 =
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Grade 2 questions Rounding to the Nearest 10, 100, etc
1) Round these numbers to the nearest 10:

a) 26
b) 62
c) 75
d) 231
e) 797
f) 5 842
g) 9 875
h) 13 758

a) 78
b) 223
c) 549
d) 1 450
e) 1 382
f) 4 537
g) 9 193
h) 17 625

a) 850
b) 1 455
c) 3 230
d) 7 500
e) 8 455
f) 9 690
g) 12 390
h) 28 910
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Grade 2 questions Rounding to Decimal Places
1) Round the following numbers to 1 decimal place

a) 13.681 b) 344.7234 c) 0.76133
2) Round the following numbers to 2 decimal places

a) 58.8136 b) 14.22731 c) 203.86884
3) Round the following numbers to 1 decimal place

a) 48.9732 b) 163.9299 c) 19.952
4) Round the following numbers to 2 decimal places

a) 10.697 b) 8.993 c) 14.9964
5) Work out the answer to 2.6882 14.71728 and give your answer
correct to 2 decimal places.
6) Work out the answer to 64.2 5.7 and give your answer
correct to 1 decimal place.
7) Work out the answer to 4.742 giving your answer correct

to 2 decimal places.
8) Find the answer to 17.3 giving your answer correct

to 1 decimal place.
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Grade 2 questions Simplifying - Addition and Subtraction
1) Simplify the following

a) x+x
b) 2x + 3x
c) 5t 3t
d) 7y 6y
e) x + 2x + 3x
f) 3g g + 6g
g) 2x 7x + 8x
h) y 2y 3y + 6y

a) xy + 3xy
b) 5xy 2xy
c) 4x2y + x2y
d) 3xy2 2xy2
e) 2x2y3 + 4x2y3 3x2y3
f) 6a2bc4 + 5a2bc4 2a2bc4

a) x+y+x+y
b) 2x + 3y + x + 4y
c) 2a + 4b a + 2b
d) 3x + 4y x 2y
e) 6x 2y + 2x + 5y
f) 4x 3y 2x 5y
g) 3t + 4u + 2t 7u
h) 2xy + 3t xy 4t
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Grade 2 questions Simplifying - Multiplication

a) xx
b) xxxxx
c) yyy

a) x2 x4
b) x3 x5
c) y y3
d) x2 x x4
e) y 2 y 3 y4

a) 2x x
b) 4x 3x
c) 3t2 2t
d) 4y2 3y3
e) x 2x2 3x3

a) xy
b) 2x 3y
c) 5r 2s 3t
d) 6x 2y z

a) 3x y
b) 4x2y 2x
c) 3xy2 2xy3
d) 6xy x2y3 2y
e) 2x2y3 5x4y2
f) tu2 t2u 4tu
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Grade 2 questions Simplifying - Division

a) x5 x
b) y4 y 3
c) g8 g5
d) y4 y 2
e) x3 x 3

a) 6x4 x
b) 12y5 3y2
c) 10g7 2g5
a) x6
x2
9
b) x 4
x
8
c) 6x 6
2x
a) x6 x3
x4
x3 x4
b)
x2 x
(x + 5)5
c)
(x + 5)2
a) 20x6 5x2
14x7
b)
2x 2
8x 2x3
c)
4x 2
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Grade 2 questions Simplifying
1) a) Simplify 4p 6q 8) a) Simplify 3a + 5c a + 3c
b) Simplify d d d d b) Simplify x3 x4
c) Simplify t9 t4 c) Simplify 4x2y4 5xy2
9) Simplify 6x + 8y + 2x 10y
2) a) Simplify 4a + 3c 2a + c
b) Simplify 2x 6c x + 2c 10) a) Simplify x x x x
b) Simplify 2x 3y
3) a) Simplify 5xt + 2xt 4xt
b) Simplify 4x + 3y 2x + 4y 11) a) Simplify pq + 2pq
c) Simplify m m m b) Simplify 5x + 3y x 4y
d) Simplify 3n 2t
12) a) Simplify 6a + 5b 3b + a
b) Simplify x4 + x 4
2 5 4
4) Simplify 3x 4x y
13) a) Simplify x+y+x+y+x

5) Simplify 4x + 3y 2x + 6y
b) Simplify t2 + t2 + t2
6) a) Simplify t4 t5 14) a) Simplify a3 a3
b) Simplify a a a 3x2y 4xy3

b) Simplify
2xy2
7) a) Simplify x6 x2 15) a) Simplify 3d + e d + 4e
b) Simplify 10x2y4 2xy2 b) Simplify 3x2 x2
c) Simplify 5t + 8d 2t 3d
(3x + 1)3
d) Simplify
(3x + 1)
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MathsWatch Clip 36
Grade 2 questions Function Machines
1) Complete the table for the function machine.
5 +3
In Out
4
7
48
73
4 7
In Out
-2
1
17
x
+2 6
In Out
-3
0
66
x
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Grade 2 questions Generating a Sequence - Term to Term
1) Write the first 5 terms of each of these sequences.
a) Start at 2 and add 6.
b) Start at 14 and subtract 3.
c) Start at 4 and subtract 7.
d) Start at 2 and multiply by 3.
e) Start at 64 and divide by 2.
f) Start at 600 and divide by 10.
2) Find the term to term rule for each of these sequences.
a) 4, 7, 10, 13, 16
b) 15, 13, 11, 9, 7
c) 2, -3, -8, -13, -18
d) 7, 14, 28, 56, 112
e) 100, 10, 1, 0.1, 0.01
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Grade 2 questions Introduction to Ratio
1) Write the following ratios in their simplest form:
a) 6:9
b) 10 : 5
c) 7 : 21
d) 4 : 24
e) 12 : 40
f) 4:2:8
g) 18 : 63 : 9
2) Write the missing value in these equivalent ratios:
a) 3 : 5 = 12 :
b) 4:9 = : 27
c) : 7 = 16 : 14
3) The ratio of girls to boys in a class is 4 : 5.
What fraction of the class are girls?
4) A model of a plane is made using a scale of 1 : 5.
a) If the real length of the plane is 20 m, what is

the length of the model?
b) If the wings of the model are 1.2 m long, what is

the actual length of the wings on the plane?
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Grade 2 questions Using Ratio for Recipe Questions
1) Here are the ingredients needed to make 8 pancakes.

James makes 24 pancakes.
Pancakes
Ingredients to make 8 pancakes
250 ml milk
1 egg
140 g flour
5 g butter
a) Work out how much milk he needs.
Kate makes 12 pancakes.

b) Work out how much flour she needs.
2) Here are the ingredients for making fish pie for 6 people.
Fish pie for 6 people

180 g flour
240 g fish
80 g butter
4 eggs
180 ml milk
Jill makes a fish pie for 3 people.

a) Work out how much flour she needs.
Tim makes a fish pie for 15 people.

b) Work out how much milk he needs.
3) Here are the ingredients for making pineapple sorbet for 6 people.
Pineapple sorbet for 6 people
800 g of pineapple
4 egg whites
lemon
100 g caster sugar
Trevor makes pineapple sorbet for 18 people.

a) Work out how much caster sugar he uses.
Sid makes a pineapple sorbet.

He uses 2 lemons.
b) Work out how many people he makes pineapple sorbet for.
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Grade 2 questions Introduction to Percentages
1) What percentage of this grid is shaded?
3) a) What percentage of this grid is shaded?
b) How many more squares should be shaded to make 80% of the grid shaded?
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Grade 2 questions Value for Money
1) Which of the following offer better value for money?

Working must be shown
a) 200ml of toothpaste for 50p or 400ml of toothpaste for 90p
b) 600g of bananas for 70p or 200g of bananas for 22p
c) 2 litres of paint for 1.60 or 5 litres of paint for 3.50
d) 60 teabags for 1.62 or 40 teabags for 0.96
2) Which of these is the best buy?
20 exercise books 35 exercise books

for 4.00 for 7.80
3) Hamza needs to buy 2 litres of paint.

At the shop he gets two choices:
500ml for 2.55 or 1 litre for 4.79.
a) Work out which of these would be the best buy for Hamza.
b) How much does he save if he buys the best buy rather than the worst buy?
You must show all your working.
4) Honey pots are sold in two sizes.

A small pot costs 45p and weighs 450g.
A large pot costs 80p and weighs 850g.
Which pot of honey is better value for money?

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Grade 2 questions Introduction to Proportion
1) 8 bananas cost 4
Work out the cost of 5 bananas.
2) Emily bought 4 identical pairs of socks for 3.60

Work out the cost of 9 pairs of these socks.
3) The price of 36 chocolates is 7.20

Work out the cost of 8 chocolates.
4) Theresa bought 5 theatre tickets for 60

Work out the cost of 9 theatre tickets.
5) Jenny buys 4 folders.

The total cost of these 4 folders is 6.40
Work out the total cost of 7 of these folders.
6) The cost of 15 litres of petrol is 12

Work out the cost of 20 litres of petrol.
7) 3 maths books cost 7.47

Work out the cost of 5 of these.
8) 1 person can cut a large area of grass in 5 hours.

How long would it take 2 people to cut the grass?
9) 5 people take 12 hours to build a wall.

How long would it take 3 people to build the wall?
10) 9 people can paint a bridge in 5 hours.

How long would it take 2 people to paint the bridge?
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Grade 2 questions Properties of Solids
1) Draw a sketch of each of the following solids:

a) A cube.
b) A cylinder.
2) Write down the mathematical name of each of these 3-D shapes.

a) b) c)
3) Look at this solid.
a) What is its name?

b) How many vertices does it have?
c) How many edges are there?
d) How many faces does it have?
4) This is a picture of a pentagonal prism.

a) How many faces does it have?
b) How many edges does it have?
c) How many vertices does it have?
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Grade 2 questions Nets
1) Sketch nets of these solids.
a) b)
2) On squared paper draw accurate nets of these solids.
a) Cube b) Cuboid
5 cm
4 cm
4 cm
6 cm
4 cm
8 cm
c) Right-angled triangular prism d) Triangular prism
5 cm
5 cm
3 cm
7 cm
4 cm
8 cm
7 cm
3 cm
3) The two nets, below, are folded to make cubes.

Two other vertices will meet at the the dot, A. Mark them with As.
One other vertex will meet the dot B. Mark it with B.
a) A b)
B
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Grade 2 questions Angles on a Line and at a Point
1) Work out the values of the unknown angles.
b
62
115 a
80 c
45
d 35
60 35
2) Work out the values of the unknown angles.
110
125 x 50
y 105
105
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Grade 2 questions Measuring and Drawing Angles
1) Measure the following angles:
a b
f
e
2) Draw the following angles:
a) Angle ABC = 60 b) Angle PQR = 127 c) Angle XYZ = 275

X
B A
Y
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Grade 2 questions Drawing a Triangle Using a Protractor
1) The diagram shows a sketch of triangle ABC.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
7.4
cm
38
A C
8.5 cm
BC = 7.4 cm
AC = 8.5 cm
Angle C = 38
a) Make an accurate drawing of triangle ABC.

b) Measure the size of angle A on your diagram.
2) The diagram shows a sketch of triangle PQR.

Q
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
7.3 cm
71
P R
9 cm
Make an accurate drawing of triangle PQR.
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MathsWatch Clip 48
Grade 2 questions Reflections
y
y = -x
5
1) a) Reflect triangle T in the x axis. 4

Label your new triangle U.
3
T
2
b) Reflect triangle T in the line with
equation y = -x. 1
Label your new triangle V.
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
y
5
4
2) a) Describe fully the single
transformation which maps 3
triangle T to triangle U. T
2
1
b) Describe fully the single
transformation which maps x
triangle T to triangle V. -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
U
-3
V
-4
-5
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Grade 2 questions Rotations
y
5
1) a) Rotate triangle T 90
anti-clockwise about the
4
point (0, 0).
3
b) Rotate triangle T 180 T
about the point (2, 0). 2
Label your new triangle V.
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
y
5
2) Describe fully the single
transformation which maps
4
triangle T to triangle U.
3
T 2
1
U
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
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MathsWatch Clip 50
Grade 2 questions Translations
-4
1) a) Translate triangle T by vector and label it U.
2
3
b) Translate triangle T by vector and label it V.
-2
y
6
2
T
1
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
2) a) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle A to triangle B.
b) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle A to triangle C.

y
6
5
A
4
2
B
1
O
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
C
-3
-4
-5
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MathsWatch Clip 51
Grade 2 questions Plans and Elevations
1) The diagram shows a prism drawn on an isometric grid.
Front
a) On the grid below, draw the front elevation of the prism from
the direction marked by the arrow.
b) On the grid below draw a plan of the prism.
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1) Here is the plan and front elevation of a prism.

The front elevation shows the cross section of the prism.
Plan
Front
Elevation
On the grid below, draw the side elevation of the prism.
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1) The diagram shows a solid prism made from centimetre cubes.
a) On the centimetre square grid, draw the front elevation of the solid prism
from the direction shown by the arrow.
b) On the centimetre square grid below, draw the plan of the solid prism.
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1) The diagram shows a solid prism.
2 cm
1 cm
4 cm
3 cm
a) On the grid below, draw the front elevation of the prism from the direction of the arrow.
b) On the grid below, draw the plan of the prism.
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MathsWatch Clip 52
Grade 2 questions Perimeters
1) Find the perimeters of the following two shapes.
a) b)
9 cm 6 cm
5 cm
12 cm 13 cm
2) The length of a rectangle is 9 cm.

The total perimeter is 30 cm.
Calculate the length of the width of the rectangle.
3) Work out the perimeter of this L shape.
15 cm
19 cm
4) This shape is made by cutting out an equilateral triangle from a square. 8 cm
Two of these shapes are then put together to make

this shape.
Work out the perimeter of this new shape.
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MathsWatch Clip 53
Grade 2 questions Area of a Rectangle
1) Find the areas of these two rectangles.
a) b) 4.5 cm
9 cm
6 cm
8 cm
2) Find the size of the missing sides in these two rectangles.
a) b)
Area = 96 cm2 ?
Area = 52 cm2 ?
12 cm
6.5 cm
16 cm
3) Find the area of the shaded section.
3 cm
9 cm
7 cm
4) Find the area of the L shape.
9 cm
8 cm
3 cm
20 cm
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Grade 2 questions Area of a Triangle
1) Find the areas of the following two triangles.
a) b)
6 cm
5 cm
8 cm 9 cm
2) Find the missing lengths.
a) b)
12 cm
?
Area = 15 cm2 Area = 84 cm2
6 cm ?
3) ABCD is a square.
PQRS is a square.
Q
A B
C S D
1 cm 9 cm
Find the area of the shaded square, PQRS.
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Grade 2 questions Area of a Parallelogram
1) Find the area of each of these parallelograms.
a) b)
7 cm
12 cm
10 cm
6.5 cm
2) Find the missing lengths in these two parallelograms.
a) b)
? Area = 36 cm2
13 cm Area = 195 cm2
4 cm ?
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Grade 2 questions Area of a Trapezium
1) Find the area of this trapezium.
4 cm
6 cm
8 cm
2) The diagram shows a field.

270 m
86 m
188 m
Work out the area of the field.
3) In the trapezium, a = 6.6 cm, b = 8.4 cm and h = 3.6 cm.

a
b
Work out the area of the trapezium.
4) In the trapezium below, the area is 45 cm2.

a = 5 cm and b = 10 cm.
Calculate the height, h, of the trapezium.

a
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MathsWatch Clip 57
Grade 2 questions Frequency Trees
100 people underwent an operation at a hospital.
Before the operation, based on their medical notes, it was predicted whether each person
would make a full recovery or not.
It was predicted that 85 people would make a full recovery.
It was later found that 6 of the people expected to fully recover, didnt.
Altogether, 87 people made a full recovery.
Complete the frequency tree.
y
rec over
Full
Not
a ful
v ery l rec
over
reco y
F ull
100
No
ta
ful co very
l re
co Full re
ve
ry
Not
a ful
l rec
over
y
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Grade 2 questions Listing Outcomes
1) List all the outcomes if two coins are flipped.
2) a) How many possible outcomes are there if three coins are flipped?
b) List them all - the first one has been done for you: H H H
3) a) How many possible outcomes are there if two six-sided dice are rolled?
b) List them all.
4) a) How many possible outcomes are there if a coin is flipped and a dice is rolled?
b) List them all.
5) a) How many possible outcomes are there if two coins are flipped and a dice is rolled?
b) List them all.
6) How many possible outcomes are there if 6 coins are flipped?
7) If Carly has each fingernail painted at a salon and can choose between red, blue and green
for each nail, how many different combinations are there for her to choose from?
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Grade 2 questions Calculating Probabilities
1) A box contains 3 grey counters and 2 white counters.

A counter is taken from the box at random.
What is the probability of choosing a white counter?
2) There are 3 blue counters, 5 red counters and 7 green counters

in a bag.
A counter is taken from the bag at random.
a) What is the probability that a green counter will be chosen?
b) What is the probability that a blue or red counter will be chosen?
3) In a class there are 10 boys and 15 girls.

A teacher chooses a student at random from the class.
Eric says that the probability a boy will be chosen is 0.5 because a
student can be either a boy or a girl.
Jenny says that Eric is wrong.
Decide who is correct - Eric or Jenny - giving reasons for your answer.
4) Spinner A has numbers 1 to 4 on it.

Spinner B has numbers 1 to 3 on it.
Both spinners are spun and the numbers on each are
added together to give a score.
What is the probability that the score will be
a) 7?
b) 3 or 4?
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Grade 2 questions Mutually Exclusive Events
1) If the probability of passing a driving test is 0.54,

what is the probability of failing it?
2) 2.
The probability that a football team will win their next game is 11
3.
The probability they will lose is 11
What is the probability the game will be a draw?
3) On the school dinner menu there is only ever one of four options.
Some of the options are more likely to be on the menu than others.
The table shows the options available on any day, together with three of the probabilities.
Food Curry Sausages Fish Casserole
Probability 0.36 0.41 0.09
a) Work out the probability of the dinner option being Fish.

b) Which option is most likely?
c) Work out the probability that it is a Curry or Sausages on any particular day.
d) Work out the probability that it is not Casserole.
4) Julie buys a book every week.

Her favourite types are Novel, Drama, Biography and Romance.
The table shows the probability that Julie chooses a particular type of book.
Type of book Novel Drama Biography Romance

Probability 0.24 0.16 x x
a) Work out the probability that she will choose a Novel or a Drama.
b) Work out the probability that she will choose a Biography or a Romance.
The probability that she will choose a Biography is the same as the probability
she will choose a Romance.
c) Work out the probability that she will choose a Biography.
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Grade 2 questions Two-Way Tables
1) Billy has been carrying out a survey.

He asked 100 people the type of water they like to drink (still, sparkling or both).
Here are part of his results:
Still Sparkling Both Total

Male 26 53
Female 20 10
Total 16 100
a) Complete the two-way table.
b) How many males were in the survey?
c) How many females drink only still water?
d) How many people drink only sparkling water?
2) 90 students each study one of three languages.

The two-way table shows some information about these students.
French German Spanish Total

Female
Male 7
Total 20 18 90
50 of the 90 students are male.

29 of the 50 male students study Spanish.
a) Complete the two-way table.
b) How many females study French?
c) How many people study Spanish?
3) Karen asks 100 students if they like milk, plain or white chocolates best.
36 of the students are girls.
19 of these girls like milk chocolates best.
16 boys like white chocolates best.
8 out of the 24 students who like plain chocolates best are girls.
Work out the number of students who like milk chocolates the best.
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Grade 2 questions Averages and the Range
1) Kaya made a list of his homework marks.
3 2 3 4 1 4 5 4
a) Write down the mode of Kayas marks.
b) Work out his mean homework mark.
2) Lydia rolled an 8-sided dice ten times.

Here are her scores.
5 1 2 5 3 8 6 6 3 2
a) Work out Lydias median score.
b) Work out the mean of her scores.
3) In a two-week period, a train was this many minutes late each day:
3 0 0 0 7 4 5 2 0 1 14 0 5 1
a) What was the mean average number of minutes late?
b) What was the median average number of minutes late?
4) Two small Year 10 classes, Set A and Set B, sat the same Science test.
Set A had these scores for the test:
63%, 71%, 48%, 95%, 46%, 82%, 77%, 36%, 73%
Set B had these scores:
58%, 63%, 85%, 61%, 59% 38%, 90%, 84%, 75%, 48%
How much bigger was Set Bs mean average score than Set As mean average score?
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
5) A rugby team played six games.

The mean score for the six games is 15
The rugby team played one more game.
The mean score for all seven games is 16
Work out the number of points the team scored in the seventh game.
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Grade 2 questions Data - Discrete and Continuous
1) Out of the following types of data, decide which is continuous and which is discrete:
The lengths of some roads.
The number of cats eyes on a one mile stretch of road.
The time it takes twenty students to complete an English essay.
The number of pages in twenty students English essays.
The weights of sacks of potatoes.
The number of potatoes in some sacks of potatoes.
The depth of water as the tide comes in and goes out.
The number of crackers in some packets of biscuits.
The weight of the crackers in some packs of bicuits.
2) Write a short statement which explains what continuous data is.
3) Write a short statement which explains what discrete data is.
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Grade 2 questions Vertical Line Charts
1) The line chart shows the test scores of pupils in class 10A.
Frequency 8
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Test score (out of 10)
a) How many pupils sat the test in class 10A?
b) What was the modal test score?
c) What was the median test score?
2) The line chart shows the number of goals scored by a football team in their last 16 games.
Frequency 5
0
0 1 2 3 4
Number of goals scored
a) How many goals did they score altogether?
b) What was the median number of goals scored?
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Grade 2 questions Frequency Tables and Diagrams
1) A class of pupils is asked to solve a puzzle.

The frequency table below shows the times taken by the pupils to solve the puzzle.
Time (t ) in min Frequency

0<t 5 3
5 < t 10 4
10 < t 15 5
15 < t 20 7
20 < t 25 5
Draw a frequency diagram to show this information.
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Grade 3 questions Multiplying Decimals
1) Work out
a) 6 0.2
b) 0.2 0.3
c) 0.4 7
d) 0.2 0.8
e) 0.03 0.9
f) 1.5 0.2
2) A box contains 7 books, each weighing 2.5 kg.
Work out the total weight of the box.
3) Jim takes 13 boxes out of his van.
The weight of each box is 25.5 kg.
Work out the total weight of the 13 boxes.
4) Tim has a job which pays 6.85 per hour.
If he works for 34 hours, one week, how much does he earn?
5) Sue has a part-time job and the hourly pay is 7.50 per hour.
How much does she earn if she works for 8.5 hours, one week?
6) Fencing costs 13.25 per metre.
How much does 12.5 m cost?
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Grade 3 questions Dividing Decimals
1) Work out
a) 9 0.3
b) 6 0.1
c) 12 0.4
d) 25 0.5
e) 21 0.3
f) 15 0.2
2) Work out
a) 3.6 0.4
b) 0.8 0.2
c) 2.4 0.4
d) 0.56 0.08
e) 5.5 0.05
f) 8.1 0.09
3) John takes boxes out of his van.

The total weight of the boxes is 4.9 kg
The weight of each box is 0.7 kg
Work out the number of boxes in Johns van.
4) Mr Rogers bought a bag of elastic bands for 6

Each elastic band costs 12p.
Work out the number of elastic bands in the bag.
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Grade 3 questions Four Rules of Negatives

a) 27
b) 46
c) 18
d) 04

a) -3 + 2
b) -7 + 5
c) -3 + 8
d) -9 + 11

a) -1 3
b) -4 5
c) -7 8
d) -2 12

a) 6 -3
b) -3 -5
c) -9 -2
d) 1 -13

a) -3 4
b) 5 -2
c) -4 -5
d) -6 -3

a) 12 -4
b) -20 -2
c) -15 3
d) -100 -5 Page 68
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Grade 3 questions Listing Strategies
1) A restaurant has the simple menu, as shown. Starter

Soup
Meg chooses a starter, a main course and a dessert. Melon
List all the possible combinations that Meg could choose. Main Course
Chicken
Steak
Vegetarian
Dessert
Ice Cream
Trifle
2)
4 7 1
a) Make a list of all the two-digit numbers that can be made with these three cards.
b) Make a list of all the three-digit numbers that can be made with these three cards.
3) Phil has three different coins.
He has: a 2 coin
a 1 coin
a 50p coin
a) If he chooses exactly two coins, what amounts of money can he make?
b) If he chooses one or two coins, what amounts of money can he make?
c) If he chooses one, two or three coins, what amounts of money can he make?
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Grade 3 questions Comparing Fractions
1) Put these fractions in order of size, smallest to largest.

Show your working for each question.
a) 1 1
2 3
b) 3 2
5 3
c) 1 3
2 8

a) 1 1 3
2 4 8
b) 3 1 3
5 2 4
c) 5 2 3
6 3 4

a) 2 7 3 5
3 12 4 6
b) 5 2 3 7
8 3 24 12
c) 6 4 5 8
10 5 12 15
4) Ben spent his pocket money this way:
7 on magazines
20
4 on chocolates
10
1
on games
4
Order the items Ben bought by value, largest first.

Show all your working.
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Grade 3 questions Adding and Subtracting Fractions
In all the questions on this page, please give your answers in their simplest form.
1) Work out the following: 5) Work out the following:
a) 1 + 3 a) 3 1
7 7 4 2
b)
4
+
1 b) 5 2
9 9 7 3
c) 5 1
2) Work out the following: 8 3
d) 8 2
a) 1 + 3 9 3
5 4
b) 3 + 1
8 4
c) 2 + 3
a) 2 1 14
3
3 10 2
d) 1 + 2
b) 1 2 3
2 5 3 4
c) 3 2 12
1
3) Work out the following: 5
d) 2 3 3
a) 2 + 1 8 5
3 2
b) 3 + 2
5 3 7) Ted received his pocket money on Friday.
c) 5 + 3 3
8 4 He spent of his pocket money on games.
5
d) 5 + 2
1
7 5 He spent of his pocket money on magazines.
10
What fraction of his pocket money did he have left?
a) 2 1 + 1 3 8) Maisie buys a bag of flour.

2 4
1 2
b) 1 2 + 2 She uses
4
to bake a cake and to make a loaf.
5
5 3
a) What fraction of the bag of flour was used?
c) 2 1 + 1 1 b) What fraction of the bag of flour is left?
6 2
d) 1 3 + 2
7 5 9) Work out the total length of this shape.
Give your answer as a mixed number.
1 2
3 4 inches 2 3 inches
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Grade 3 questions Finding a Fraction of an Amount
1) Work out these amounts.

3 2 3
a) of 20 b) of 60 kg c) 24
4 3 8
2 2 4
d) 150 e) of 180 cm f) 49
3 9 7
1 5 7
g) 60 h) of 48 i) 4000
4 8 8
3
2) There are 600 apples on a tree and there are maggots in of them.
5
How many apples have maggots in them?
3) Liz and Lee are travelling in a car from Glasgow to Poole (770 km).
5
At midday they had already travelled of the total distance.
7
What distance, in km, had they travelled by midday?
3
4) A digital camera that cost 49 was sold on eBay for of the original price.
7
What was the selling price?
5) Yesterday Thomas travelled a total of 175 miles.

2
He travelled of this distance in the morning.
5
How many miles did he travel during the rest of the day?
6) Debra received her 15 pocket money on Saturday.

1
She spent of her pocket money on magazines.
3
2
She spent of her pocket money on a necklace.
5
How much of the 15 did she have left?
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Grade 3 questions Multiplying Fractions
In all the questions on this page, please

give your answers in their simplest form.
a) 1 1
2 2
b) 2 1
3 3
c) 3 2
5 7
d) 4 5
7 9
a) 1 2
2 3
b) 3 8
4 11
c) 2 3
9 4
d) 4 1
5 12
a) 1 1 1
2 3
b) 2 2 2
3 5
c) 3 1 1 1
2 2
d) 1 2 3 1
7 3
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Grade 3 questions Dividing Fractions
In all the questions on this page, please

give your answers in their simplest form.
a) 2 3
5 4
b) 1 3
7 5
c) 4 1
9 2
d) 3 5
10 9
a) 1 1
2 3
b) 3 4
7 7
c) 1 2
9 3
d) 2 3
5 10
a) 1 1 1
3 4
b) 3 23
2
5
c) 3 2 11
3 5
d) 4 1 11
2 2
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MathsWatch Clip 75
Grade 3 questions BODMAS/BIDMAS
1) 65+2
2) 2+65
3) 35 4 3
4) 48 (14 2)
5) 27 (3 + 6)
6) 27 3 + 6
7) (9 + 2) 2 + 5
8) 4 (1 + 4) 6
9) 6435
9+3
10)
4+2
23 + 9
11)
73
7 22
12)
4 15
2
52 + 3
13)
27
5 6 4
14)
13
824
15)
3 + 12
12 3 2
16)
14 7
20 3
2
17)
10 (5 + 4)
3+ 9 8
18)
1+ 6 4
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Grade 3 questions Reciprocals
1) Write down the reciprocal of

a) 8
b) 3
c) 1
d) 12

a) 1
2
b) 1
3
c) 4
3
d) 5
8

a) 0.1
b) 0.5
c) 0.2
4) Why cant we have a reciprocal of 0?
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Grade 3 questions Calculator Questions
1) Use your calculator to work out

23.7 14.2
8.4 3.2
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
21.4
5.7 2.35
5.8 + 4.65
3) Work out
3.12 + 1.62
4) Use your calculator to work out the value of

9.2 16.3
9.4 5.71
Write down all the digits from your calculator.
Give your answer as a decimal.

3
2.1 + 3.45
You must give your answer as a decimal.

15 12
2 2
9.6 3.87
You must give your answer as a decimal.
7) Use a calculator to work out
22.4 13.9
3.6
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Grade 3 questions Product of Primes
1) List the first seven prime numbers.
2) Express the following numbers as the product of their prime factors:
a) 12
b) 20
c) 30
d) 24
a) 64
b) 100
c) 150
a) 175
b) 192
c) 315
5) The number 96 can be written as 2m n , where m and n are prime numbers.

Find the value of m and the value of n.
6) The number 75 can be written as 5x y , where x and y are prime numbers.

Find the value of x and the value of y.
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Grade 3 questions Highest Common Factor (HCF)
1) Find the Highest Common Factor of 16 and 24.
5) (i) Write 42 and 63 as products of their prime factors.

(ii) Work out the Highest Common Factor of 42 and 63.
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MathsWatch Clip 80
Grade 3 questions Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)
1) Find the Lowest Common Multiple of 20 and 60.
5) (i) Write 42 and 63 as products of their prime factors.

(ii) Work out the Lowest Common Multiple of 42 and 63.
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Grade 3 questions Product of Primes/HCF/LCM
1) a) Express 84 as a product of its prime factors.

b) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 84 and 35.
2) Express 72 as the product of its prime factors.
3) Express 180 as the product of its prime factors.

b) Express 1322 as a product of its prime factors.
5) Express 252 as a product of its prime factors.
6) Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 24 and 36.
7) a) Write 56 as a product of its prime factors.


9) a) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 24 and 30.

b) Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 4, 5 and 6.
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MathsWatch Clip 81
Grade 3 questions Squares, Cubes and Roots
1) What is the value of 52?
2) What is the value of 82?
3) These are the first five square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25

a) What is the sixth square number?
b) What is the 10th square number?
4) Which square number lies between 60 and 70?
5) What is the value of 23 ?
6) What is the value of 43 ?
7) Work out 13 + 23 + 33
8) Work out 25
9) Work out 49
10) Work out the value of 121 121
11) Match together cards with the same answer
92 9 81 53
25 125 32 3
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MathsWatch Clip 82
Grade 3 questions Working with Indices
1) Evaluate the following:
a) 23
b) 32
c) 104
2) Evaluate the following:
a) 28
b) 64
c) 56
3) Find the value of
a) 24 + 32
b) 52 23
c) 12 + 22 + 32
a) 54 + 63
b) 34 25
c) 93 63
22 + 32 + 52 + 72 + 112 + 132 + 172
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MathsWatch Clip 83
Grade 3 questions Standard Form
1) Change the following to normal (or ordinary) numbers.
a) 4.3 104 c) 7.03 103 e) 1.01 104
b) 6.79 106 d) 9.2 102 f) 4 105
2) Change the following to normal (or ordinary) numbers.
a) 4.3 10-4 c) 7.03 10-3 e) 1.01 10-4
b) 6.79 10-6 d) 9.2 10-2 f) 4 10-5
3) Change the following to standard form.
a) 360 c) 520 000 e) 1 003
b) 8 900 d) 60000 f) 6 450 000
4) Change the following to standard form.
a) 0.071 c) 0.00076 e) 0.00009
b) 0.0008 d) 0.0928 f) 0.00000173
5) Work out the following, giving your answer in standard form.
a) 3 000 5 000 d) 5 4 103 g) 7 102 3 10-4
4
b) 240 0.0002 e) 8 10 h) 2 3.6 10-5
4 102
c) 9 1.1 107 f) 9 102 2 10-5 i) 6 4.1 103
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MathsWatch Clip 84
Grade 3 questions Decimals and Fractions
Write the following fractions as decimals
3
1)
10
7
2)
10
9
3)
100
1
4)
2
3
5)
4
2
6)
5
7
7)
20
1
8)
3
1
9)
8
5
10)
8
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Grade 3 questions Fractions, Percentages, Decimals
1) Write the following fractions as decimals and percentages:
1 1 10 0.1 100
eg.
0 1 10%
10
3
a) =
10
1
b) =
5
2
c) =
5
1
d) =
4
3
e) =
4
1
f) =
2
1
g) =
3
2) Fill in the blanks in the table below:
Fraction Decimal Percentage
6
10
0.2
0.9
40%
25%
4
5
12
100
.
0.3
70%
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MathsWatch Clip 86
Grade 3 questions Percentage of an Amount with a Calculator
1) Work out:
a) 21% of 340
b) 64% of 1080
c) 36% of 800
d) 98% of 13
2) Work out:
a) 17.5% of 58
b) 20% of 5.40
c) 61.7% of 2000
d) 17.5% of 68.40
3) A computer costs 406 plus VAT at 20%.

Work out the total cost of the computer.
4) A car is usually priced at 9800 but now has a discount of 8%.

What is the new price of the car?
5) 9500 people attend a festival and 22% of them are children.

How many children are at the festival?
6) 65% of a car, by weight, is steel and iron.

If a car weighs 1100 kg, what is the weight of steel and iron in the car?
7) Tony earns 17800 per year and receives a 3.8% pay rise.
How much does he now earn?
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Grade 3 questions Percentage of an Amount without a Calculator
1) Work out:
a) 10% of 170
b) 10% of 6800
c) 10% of 923
d) 10% of 16
2) Work out:
a) 20% of 60
b) 30% of 90
c) 15% of 800
d) 15% of 68
3) Work out:
a) 35% of 80
b) 90% of 160
c) 17.5% of 600
d) 17.5% of 850
4) Work out:
a) 15% of 4.60
b) 40% of 2.80
c) 17.5% of 3.20
d) 97.5% of 24
5) The normal price of a jacket is 54.

In a sale, the price is reduced by 30%
What is the sale price?
6) A football costs 14 plus 20% VAT.

How much is the football?
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Grade 3 questions Change to a Percentage with a Calculator
1) Write the following as percentages, giving all your answers to 1 decimal place.
a) 12 out of 34
b) 62 out of 85
c) 113 out of 153
d) 2150 out of 3452
2) Sarah sat a Science test and got a score of 64 marks out of 112 possible marks.
What was her mark as a percentage?
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
3) In a class of 32 students, 18 of them are boys.

What percentage of the class are boys?
4) In a French class there are 13 girls and 6 boys.

What percentage of the class are girls?
5) A new car usually costs 8500.

Henry gets a discount of 1000.
What is the discount as a percentage of the usual cost?
6) Write out 148 as a percentage of 600.

7) In a wood there are 200 oak trees, 650 silver birch trees and 400 wild cherry trees.
What percentage of the trees are oak trees?
8) In England in 2010 there were 68820 deaths caused by cancer.

Of these deaths, 37500 were caused by smoking.
What percentage of deaths due to cancer were caused by smoking?
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Grade 3 questions Change to a Percentage without a Calculator
1) Write the following as percentages.
a) 12 out of 50
b) 15 out of 25
c) 8 out of 10
d) 11 out of 20
e) 4 out of 5
f) 32 out of 40
g) 12 out of 80
h) 640 out of 800
i) 36 out of 60
2) Tim got 17 out of 20 in a French test.

Write 17 out of 20 as a percentage.
3) Write 19 as a percentage of 25
4) Work out 14 as a percentage of 40
5) A baker burnt 12 loaves out of the 200 loaves he baked.

What percentage of the 200 loaves did he burn?
6) What is 380 as a percentage of 400?
7) What is 22 as a percentage of 40?
8) If there are 9 girls and 11 boys in a class, what percentage of the class are girls?
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Grade 3 questions Percentages
1) Find the following to the 3) Change the following to 5) A shop gives a discount of 20% on a
nearest penny: percentages, giving all magazine that usually sells for 2.80.
answers to 1 decimal place: Work out the discount in pence.
a) 23% of 670
a) 6 out of 28
b) 12% of 580
b) 18 out of 37
c) 48% of 64
c) 42 out of 83 6) A television costs 596 plus VAT
d) 13% of 7.50 at 17.5%.
d) 24 out of 96
e) 87% of 44 Work out the cost of the television
e) 73 out of 403 including VAT.
f) 15.7% of 7000
f) 234 out of 659
g) 23.8% of 980
g) 871 out of 903
h) 34% of 16.34
h) 4.7 out of 23 7) Peter has 128 trees in his garden.
i) 48.6% of 971.26
i) 6.9 out of 79 16 of the trees are pear trees.
j) 78.24% of 12.82
What percentage of the trees in his
j) 14.8 out of 23.6
k) 42.15% of 7876.42 garden are pear trees?
k) 65.8 out of 203.7
l) 0.57% of 60000
8) Jane scored 27 out of 42 in a Maths test

2) Find the following: 4) Change the following to and 39 out of 61 in a Science test.
percentages: What were her percentages in both
a) 10% of 700
subjects to 1 decimal place?
a) 46 out of 100
b) 10% of 400
b) 18 out of 50
c) 10% of 350
c) 7 out of 25
d) 10% of 530 9) In class 9A there are 7 girls and 18 boys.
d) 23 out of 25
e) 10% of 68 What percentage of the class are girls?
e) 9 out of 20
f) 10% of 46
f) 16 out of 20
g) 10% of 6.50
g) 7 out of 10 10) A shop decides to reduce all the prices
h) 10% of 12.20
h) 9.5 out of 10 by 15%.
i) 20% of 600
i) 10 out of 40 The original price of a pair of trainers
j) 30% of 900 was 70. How much are they after the
j) 16 out of 40 reduction?
k) 60% of 800
k) 30 out of 40
l) 20% of 650
l) 12 out of 40
m) 40% of 320
m) 28 out of 80 11) VAT at 17.5% is added to the price of a
n) 15% of 300
n) 32 out of 80 car. Before the VAT is added it
o) 15% of 360 cost 18000.
o) 60 out of 80
p) 65% of 12000 How much does it cost with the VAT?
p) 3 out of 5
q) 45% of 64
q) 4 out of 5
r) 85% of 96
r) 15 out of 75
s) 17.5% of 800
s) 24 out of 75
t) 17.5% of 40
t) 30 out of 75
u) 17.5% of 8.80
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Grade 3 questions Rounding to Significant Figures
1) Round the following numbers 5) Round the following numbers

to 1 significant figure: to 1 significant figure:
a) 428 a) 0.00618
b) 783 b) 0.00482
c) 5608 c) 0.00006492
d) 3 521 d) 0.004981
e) 21 999
f) 793 041 6) Round the following numbers
to 2 significant figures:
a) 0.035812
2) Round the following numbers
to 2 significant figures: b) 0.00082477
a) 846 c) 0.0038611
b) 2 647 d) 0.000037211
c) 3 552
d) 46 817 7) Round the following numbers
e) 89 711
a) 0.00143229
f) 195 084
b) 0.000721981
c) 0.0000044251
3) Round the following numbers
to 3 significant figures: d) 0.000668821
a) 91 249
b) 64 182 8) Round the following numbers
c) 223 058
a) 47.84122
d) 389 512
b) 9.778112
e) 7 761 223
c) 12.35913
f) 4 997 124
9) Work out the following and give your

4) Work out the following and give your answer to 3 significant figures:
answer to 3 significant figures:
a) 15 0.38
a) 216 348
b) 0.31 0.16
b) 7721 609
c) 208 366
c) 8714 2198
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Grade 3 questions Estimating Answers
1) Work out an estimate for 304 9.96

0.51
2) Work out an estimate for 6.7 192

0.051
3) Work out an estimate for 32 4.92

0.21
4) Work out an estimate for 3880

236 4.85
5) Work out an estimate for 7.18 19.7

0.47
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Grade 3 questions Using Place Value
1) Using the information that

4.7 34 = 159.8
write down the value of
a) 47 34
b) 4.7 3.4
c) 159.8 47

324 48 = 15552
a) 3.24 4.8
b) 0.324 0.48
c) 15552 4.8

73 234 = 17082
a) 730 234
b) 73 2.34

27 5.6 = 151.2
a) 27 56
b) 2.7 0.56
c) 151.2 56

719 35 = 25165
a) 71.9 3.5
b) 0.719 0.35
c) 25165 7.19
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Grade 3 questions Expanding Brackets
1) Expand these brackets

a) 2(x + 3)
b) 3(2x + 4)
c) 5(3p 2q)
d) 4(x2 + 2y2)
e) 6(r r2)

a) x(x 2)
b) x(3x + 5)
c) p(3p 7q)
d) y(y + 6y2)
e) x(r + r2)

a) 2x(x 5)
b) 4x(2x + 3)
c) 5p(4p 2q)
d) 2y(3y + 4x2)
e) x(x + r2)

a) x(x2 2)
b) 3x(2x3 + 1)
c) 5p2(4p 2)
d) 2y2(3y3 + 4y)
e) 2xy(x + y2)
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Grade 3 questions Simple Factorisation
1) Factorise
a) 2x + 4
b) 2y + 10
c) 3x + 12
d) 3x 6
e) 5x 15
2) Factorise
a) p2 + 7p
b) x2 + 4x
c) y2 2y
d) p2 5p
e) x2 + x
3) Factorise
a) 2x2 + 6x
b) 2y2 8y
c) 5p2 + 10p
d) 7c2 21c
e) 6x2 + 9x
4) Factorise
a) 2x2 4xy
b) 2t2 + 10tu
c) 6x2 8xy
d) 3x2y2 + 9xy
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Grade 3 questions Substitution
1) y = 5x 9) v = u2 + 5as
a) Work out the value of y when x = 3 u=6
b) Work out the value of y when x = -2 a = 2.5
s=9
Work out the value of v.
2) y = 2x + 7
a) Work out the value of y when x = 4
b) Work out the value of y when x = -3 y = p 2qx2
10)
p = -10
3) y = 2x + 4t q=2
x=6 x = -5
t=1 Work out the value of y.
Work out the value of y.
11) v2 = u2 + 2as
4) y = 2a 3b
u=6
a=4 a = 2.5
b = -2 s=9
Work out the value of y. Work out the value of v.
5) v = 3a + 5b 12) v2 = u2 + 2as
a=6 u=3
b = -3 a = 9.8
s = 12
Give your answer correct
6) y = x2 to 1 decimal place

b) Work out the value of y when x = -4
13) s = ut + 0.5at2
a = 9.8
t=5
7) y = 2x2 u=7
a) Work out the value of y when x = 5 Work out the value of s.
8) y = 3x2 + 2x
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Grade 3 questions Straight Line Graphs
1) a) Complete the table of values for y = 4x 2
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 y
12
y -10 -2 10
10
8
b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 4x 2, for values
of x from -2 to 3. 6
c) Use the graph to find the value of y when x = 2.5 4
d) Use the graph to find the value of x when y = -8 2
O
x
-2 -1 1 2 3
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
2) a) Complete the table of values for y = 2x + 2
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 0 2
b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x + 2.

y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3
-1
-2
-3 Page 96 A
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y
12
1) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x 4
10
8
6
4
2
x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
2) a) Complete the table of values for 3x + 2y = 6
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 4.5 3 -1.5
b) On the grid, draw the graph of 3x + 2y = 6

y
7
x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3
-1
-2
c) Find the gradient of the graph of 3x + 2y = 6. Page 96 B
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y
1) a) Complete the table of values for y = 2x 3 5
x -1 0 1 2 3 4 4
y 1
3
b) Using the axes on the right draw the
graph of y = 2x 3 2
c) Use your graph to work out the value
of y when x = 2.5
1
d) Use your graph to work out the value x

of x when y = 4.5 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
2) a) Complete the table of values for y = 2 x
-2
x -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -1 -3
b) Using the axes on the right, again, draw -4

the graph of y = 2 x
-5
3) a) Complete the table of values for y = x 1 x -1 0 1 2 3 4
b) Draw the graph of y = x 1 y 0

y
x
-1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
c) Use your graph to find the value of y when x = 3.5 Page 96 C

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Grade 3 questions The Gradient of a Line
1) Find the gradient of lines A, B, C and D.
y A B y
6 C 6
4 D 4
2 2
O x O x
-3 -2 -1 1 2 3 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
2) The graph shows how Meg cycles at a constant speed for 60 minutes.
20
Distance (km)
15
10
O 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)
a) Find the gradient of the line.
b) What does the gradient show?
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Grade 3 questions Drawing Quadratic Graphs
1) Complete the table of values for y = x2 4x + 3
x -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 3 0 0 8
On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 4x + 3
y
9
x
-1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
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1) a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 3x 2
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y 2 -2 -4 -2
b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 3x 2

y
1
x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
c) Use your graph to estimate the values of x when y = -1

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1) a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 + x 4
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 8 -2 -4 8
b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 + x 4
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
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1) a) Complete the table of values for y = 2x2 3x
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 14 0 9
b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x2 3x for values of x from -2 to 3

y
20
15
10
x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3
-5
c) Use the graph to find the value of y when x = -1.5
d) Use the graph to find the values of x when y = 4
2) a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 2x
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 8 0
b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 2x for values of x from -2 to 3

y
10
x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3
-5
c) (i) On the same axes draw the straight line y = 2.5
(ii) Write down the values of x for which x2 2x = 2.5 Page 98 D
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1) The diagram shows the graph of y = x2 5x 3
10
x
-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
a) Use the graph to find estimates for the solutions of

(i) x2 5x 3 = 0
(ii) x2 5x 3 = 6
b) Use the graph to find estimates for the solutions of the simultaneous equations
y = x2 5x 3
y=x4
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Grade 3 questions Sketching Functions
1) a) Sketch the graph of y = 3x 4 on the axes, showing clearly where it crosses the y-axis.
b) Sketch the graph of y = -2x + 3 on the axes, showing clearly where it crosses the y-axis.
x
O
2) a) Sketch the graph of y = x2 + 2 on the axes, showing clearly where it crosses the y-axis.
b) Sketch the graph of y = -x2 1 on the axes, showing clearly where it crosses the y-axis.
x
O
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Grade 3 questions Solving Equations Using Flowcharts
1) Solve the following equations.
a) 2x 7 = 11
b) 5x + 3 = 43
a) x
5 +1=7
b) x 6 = 2.5
2
a) 2(4x 1) = 46
b) 6(2x + 7) = 48
a) 3 ( 7x + 2 ) = 6
5x
b) 2 ( 3 1 ) = 8
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Grade 3 questions Subject of a Formula Using Flowcharts
1) Make x the subject of the formula w = 5x + 2
2) Make x the subject of the formula y = 2x 6
x
3) Make x the subject of the formula 2w = 3y +
5
4) Make t the subject of the formula a = 2(b + 3t) + 1
5) Make x the subject of the formula y = 5 + x
6) Make t the subject of the formula w = x2 + t
7) Make n the subject of the formula m = 3n2 p
8) Make q the subject of the formula 2(5q2 + 1) = c
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Grade 3 questions Generate a Sequence from the nth Term
1) The nth term of a number sequence is 2n + 5
Write down the first three terms of the sequence.
2) The nth term of a number sequence is 3n 1
Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
3) The nth term of a number sequence is 3n + 2
4) The nth term of a number sequence is 5n 7
5) The nth term of a number sequence is n2
6) The nth term of a number sequence is n2 + 3
7) The nth term of a number sequence is 11 n2
a) Find the third term of this sequence.
b) Find the fifth term of this sequence.
8) The nth term of a number sequence is n2 + n
a) Find the third term of this sequence.
b) Find the fifth term of this sequence.
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Grade 3 questions Finding the nth Term
1) Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.
1 3 5 7 9
Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this sequence.
6 10 14 18 22
1 4 7 10 13
7 12 17 22 27
8 6 4 2 0
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Grade 3 questions The nth Term
1) Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.
4 7 10 13
Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.
2) The nth term of a number sequence is n2 + 3

2 7 12 17 22
a) Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this sequence.
b) An expression for the nth term of another sequence is 11 n2

(i) Find the third term of this sequence.
(ii) Find the fifth term of this sequence.
4) The nth term of a sequence is 2n2
(i) Find the 4th term of the sequence.
(ii) Is the number 400 a term of the sequence?
Give reasons for your answer.
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Grade 3 questions The nth Term
1) The nth term of a number sequence is given by 4n + 1

a) Work out the first two terms of the number sequence.
Here are the first four terms of another number sequence.

1 4 7 10
b) Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this
number sequence.
2) Here is a number pattern.
Line Number
1 12 + 32 2 22 + 2 10
2 22 + 42 2 32 + 2 20
3 32 + 52 2 42 + 2 34
4
.
.
.
10
a) Complete Line Number 4 of the pattern.
b) Complete Line Number 10 of the pattern.
c) Use the number pattern to find the answer to 9992 + 10012
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Grade 3 questions Special Sequences
1) What is the term to term rule for each sequence, below?
a) 1, 4, 16, 64, 256
b) 6, 12, 24, 48, 96
c) 80, 40, 20, 10, 5
d) 48, 12, 3, 0.75, 0.1875
2) a) What is the special name for this sequence?
1, 4, 9, 16, 25
b) What would be the 10th term of the sequence?
c) What is the nth term of the sequence?
3) By comparing the following sequences with the sequence of square numbers,

find the nth term for each one.
a) 4, 7, 12, 19, 28
b) -1, 2, 7, 14, 23
c) 3, 12, 27, 48, 75
4) a) What is the special name for this sequence?
1, 3, 6, 10, 15
b) What would be the 8th term of the sequence?
c) What is the nth term of the sequence?
d) Use the nth term to work out the 21st term of the sequence.
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Grade 3 questions Exchanging Money
1) Lance goes on holiday to France.

The exchange rate is 1 = 1.15 Euros.
He changes 350 into Euros.
a) How many Euros should he get?
In France, Lance buys a digital camera for 115 Euros.

b) Work out the cost of the camera in pounds.
2) Whilst on holiday in Spain, Gemma bought a pair of sunglasses for 77 Euros.

In England, an identical pair of sunglasses costs 59.99.
The exchange rate is 1 = 1.40 Euros.
In which country were the glasses the cheapest, and by how much?
3) Luke buys a pair of trainers in Switzerland.

He can pay either 86 Swiss Francs or 56 Euros.
The exchange rates are:
1 = 2.10 Swiss Francs
1 = 1.40 Euros
Which currency should he choose to get the best price, and how much would he save?
Give your answer in pounds ().
4) The exchange rate in London is 1 = 1.14

The exchange rate in Paris is 1 = 0.86
Tony wants to change some pounds into euros.
In which of these cities would Tony get the most euros?

All working must be shown.
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Grade 3 questions Sharing Using Ratio
1) Tom and Julie share 48 in the ratio 5 : 3

Work out how much more money Tom gets than Julie gets.
2) Ben and Sue share 60 in the ratio 2 : 3

Work out how much each person gets.
3) A box contains milk chocolates and plain chocolates only.

The number of milk chocolates to the number of plain chocolates is
in the ratio 2 : 1
There are 24 milk chocolates.
Work out the total number of chocolates.
4) Andy, Ben and Claire share 54

Ben gets three times as much money as Andy.
Claire gets twice as much money as Ben.
How much money does Claire get?
5) There are some marbles in a bag.

18 of the marbles are blue.
12 of the marbles are red.
a) Write down the ratio of the number of blue marbles to the number
of red marbles.
Give your ratio in its simplest form.
There are some apples and pears in a box.

The total number of apples and pears is 54.
The ratio of the number of apples to the number of pears is 1 : 5
b) Work out the number of pears in the box.
6) A piece of string is 180 cm long.

Jim cuts it into three pieces in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4
Work out the length of the longest piece.
7) Sally is 13 years old.

Tammy is 12 years old.
Danny is 10 years old.
Sally, Tammy and Danny share 28 in the ratio of their ages.
Tammy gives a third of her share to her mother.
How much should Tammy now have? Page 106
MathsWatch Clip 107
Grade 3 questions Ratios, Fractions and Graphs
1) In a box of chocolates, the ratio of plain chocolates to milk chocolates is 2 : 5.
a) What fraction of the chocolates are plain ones?
b) What fraction of the chocolates are milk ones?
2) If the ratio of x : y is 3 : 7, which of the following statements are correct?
a) x is 3 of (x + y)
7
b) x is 3 of (x + y)
10
c) y is 7 of x
10
d) y is 7 of (x + y)
10
3) Pounds can be converted to kilograms using the ratio 11 : 5.
a) Use the squares, below, to draw a conversion graph to illustrate this.
b) Convert 24 pounds to kilograms.
c) Convert 14 kilograms to pounds.
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MathsWatch Clip 108
Grade 3 questions Increase/Decrease by a Percentage
1) Increase:
a) 500 by 10% c) 80 by 15%
b) 320 by 10% d) 75 by 20%
2) Decrease:
a) 400 by 10% c) 140 by 15%
b) 380 by 10% d) 35 by 20%
3) The price of a laptop is increased by 15%.

The old price of the laptop was 300.
Work out the new price.
4) The price of a 6800 car is reduced by 10%.

What is the new price?
5) Increase:
a) 65 by 12% c) 600 by 17.5%
b) 120 by 23% d) 370 by 17.5%
6) Decrease:
a) 42 by 15% c) 52 by 8.5%
b) 79 by 12% d) 8900 by 18%
7) The price of a mobile phone is 78.40 plus VAT.

VAT is charged at a rate of 17.5%.
What is the total price of the mobile phone?
8) In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 7%.

The normal price of a camera is 89.
Work out the sale price of the camera.
9) A car dealer offers a discount of 20% off the normal price of a car, for cash.
Peter intends to buy a car which usually costs 6800.
He intends to pay by cash.
Work out how much he will pay.
10) A month ago, John weighed 97.5 kg.

He now weighs 4.5% more.
Work out how much John now weighs.
Page 108
MathsWatch Clip 109
Grade 3 questions Percentage Change
1) A car dealer is comparing his sales over the past two years.
In 2006, he sold 175 cars.
In 2007, he sold 196 cars.
Work out the percentage increase in the number of cars sold.
2) In September 2005, the number of pupils attending MathsWatch College was 1352.
In September 2006, the number of pupils attending MathsWatch College was 1014.
Work out the percentage decrease in the number of pupils attending MathsWatch College.
3) The usual price of a shirt is 32.50

In a sale, the shirt is reduced to 29.25
What is the percentage reduction?
4) Olivia opened an account with 750 at the MathsWatch Bank.

After one year, the bank paid her interest.
She then had 795 in her account.
Work out, as a percentage, MathsWatch Banks interest rate.
5) Keith buys a house for 270 000 and sells it two years later for 300 000.
What is his percentage profit?
Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
6) Shelley bought some items at a car boot sale and then sold them on ebay.
Work out the percentage profit or loss she made on each of these items.
a) Trainers bought for 15, sold for 20
b) DVD recorder bought for 42, sold for 60.90
c) Gold necklace bought for 90, sold for 78.30
d) A DVD collection bought for 120, sold for 81.60
Page 109
MathsWatch Clip 110
Grade 3 questions Reverse Percentage Problems

The sale price of a shirt is 26
Calculate the normal price of the shirt.
2) A car dealer offers a discount of 15% off the normal price of a car for cash.
Emma pays 6120 cash for a car.
Calculate the normal price of the car.

The sale price of a DVD recorder is 108.75
Calculate the normal price of the DVD recorder.
4) A salesman gets a basic wage of 160 per week plus a commision of 30%
of the sales he makes that week.
In one week his total wage was 640
Work out the value of the sales he made that week.
5) Jason opened an account at MathsWatch Bank.

MathsWatch Banks interest rate was 4%.
After one year, the bank paid him interest.
The total amount in his account was then 1976
Work out the amount with which Jason opened his account.
6) Jonathans weekly pay this year is 960.

This is 20% more than his weekly pay last year.
Tess says This means Jonathans weekly pay last year was 768.
Tess is wrong.
a) Explain why
b) Work out Jonathans weekly pay last year.
7) The price of all rail season tickets to London increased by 4%.

a) The price of a rail season ticket from Oxford to London increased by 122.40
Work out the price before this increase.
b) After the increase, the price of a rail season ticket from Newport to London was 2932.80
Work out the price before this increase.
Page 110
MathsWatch Clip 111
Grade 3 questions Simple Interest
1) Meg has 1200 in her savings account.

The account pays 5% simple interest per year.
How much interest will she earn in 4 years?
2) Dan has 4000 in his savings account.

This account pays 2% interest per year.
How much interest will he earn in 6 years?
3) Chris borrows 6000 at a simple interest rate of 10% per year.

He pays the money back after 4 years.
How much does he pay back in total?
4) Lisa borrows 3000 at a simple interest rate of 2.5% per year.

She pays the money back after 3 years.
How much does she pay back in total?
5) Kate borrows 2000 at a simple interest rate of 16% per year.

She pays the money back after 3 months.
How much does she pay back in total?
6) Neil invested 8000 in a savings account for 2 years.

He earned 640 simple interest over the two years.
What was the interest rate?
Page 111
MathsWatch Clip 112
Grade 3 questions Metric Conversions
1) Change 9 m2 into cm2
2) How many square metres are there in 5 square kilometres?
3) Change 4 cm2 into mm2
4) Convert 6.5 m2 into mm2
5) Change 2 m3 into cm3
6) How many cubic millimetres are there in 3 cubic centimetres?
7) Change 7 m3 into mm3
8) A tiler wants to tile a rectangular wall which measures 4 m by 2.5 m.

Each tile measures 16 cm by 10 cm.
How many tiles will he need for the wall?
Tile
10 cm
2.5 m 16 cm
4m
9) A carpet-fitter is laying carpet tiles on a rectangular floor which

measures 7.5 m by 4.5 m.
Each carpet tile measures 50 cm by 50 cm.
How many carpet tiles will he need for the floor?
Carpet tile
4.5 m 50 cm
50 cm
7.5 m
Page 112
MathsWatch Clip 113
Grade 3 questions Problems on Coordinate Axes
1) The points A (3, 0), B (2, 4) and C (-3, 1) are three corners of a parallelogram.
What are the coordinates of the 4th corner?

y
5
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
2) The diagram shows 3 vertices of a parallelogram.
Write down the coordinates of all the possibilities for the 4th vertex.
y
5
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
Page 113
MathsWatch Clip 114
Grade 3 questions Surface Area of a Prism - Cuboids
1) A cube has sides of length 5 cm.

Find the total surface area of the cube.
5 cm
5 cm
5 cm
2) A cuboid has sides of length 10 cm, 6cm and 7 cm.

Find the total surface area of the cuboid.
6 cm
7 cm
10 cm
3) A cuboid has sides of length 12 cm, 4.5cm and 6 cm.

Find the total surface area of the cuboid.
4.5 cm
6 cm
12 cm
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MathsWatch Clip 114
Grade 3 questions Surface Area of a Prism - Triangular Prisms
1) Find the surface area of this triangular prism.
5 cm
3 cm
6 cm
4 cm
2) Find the surface area of this triangular prism.
12 cm 13 cm 13 cm
15 cm
10 cm
3) With the aid of Pythagoras Theorem, find the surface area of this
triangular prism.
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.
4.6 cm
9.3 cm
2.3 cm
Page 114 B
MathsWatch Clip 115
Grade 3 questions Volume of a Cuboid
1) Find the volume of this cuboid.
5 cm
6 cm
10 cm
2) Find the volume of this cuboid.
0.8 m
1.7 m
2.3 m
3) The volume of this cuboid is 480 cm3.

Find the length of the side marked x.
6 cm
8 cm
4) Boxes A and B are both cuboids.

How many of box B could be packed into box A?
50 cm
10 cm
A B
15 cm
60 cm 20 cm
80 cm Page 115
MathsWatch Clip 116
Grade 3 questions Circle Definitions
1) In the circle, write the correct names for line A, B and C.
2) What is the special name given to the perimeter of a circle?
Page 116
MathsWatch Clip 117
Grade 3 questions Area of a Circle
1) Find the areas of the following shapes.
a) b) c)
7m
3cm
8cm
2) Work out the areas of the following shapes.
a) 12 mm b)
10cm
3) The radius of the top of a circular table is 60 cm.

The table also has a circular base with diameter 30 cm.
a) Work out the area of the top of the table.
b) Work out the area of the base of the table.
4) The diagram shows a shape, made from a semi-circle and a rectangle.

The diameter of the semi-circle is 13 cm.
The length of the rectangle is 17 cm.
Calculate the area of the shape. 13 cm

Give your answer correct to
3 significant figures.
17 cm
Page 117
MathsWatch Clip 118
Grade 3 questions Circumference of a Circle
1) Find the circumference of the following shapes.
a) b) c)
5m
3 cm
8 cm
2) Work out the perimeter of the following shapes.
a) 12 mm b)
10 cm
3) The radius of the top of a circular table is 60 cm.

The table also has a circular base with diameter 30 cm.
a) Work out the circumference of the top of the table.
Let be 3.14
b) Work out the circumference of the base of the table.
Let be 3.14
4) The diagram shows a shape, made from a semi-circle and a rectangle.

The length of the rectangle is 15 cm.
Calculate the perimeter of the shape.

Give your answer correct to 12 cm
15 cm
Page 118 A
Grade 3 questions Area and Circumference of a Circle
1) A circle has a radius of 5 cm.

A square has sides of length 12 cm.
5 cm 12 cm
12 cm
Work out the difference between the area of the circle and the area
of the square if you take R to be 3.
2) Here is a tile in the shape of a semi-circle.
9 cm
Work out the perimeter of the tile.
Give your answer correct to two decimal places.
3) A circle has a radius of 7 cm.
7 cm
Work out the area of the circle.

Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
4) A circle has a diameter of 14 cm.
14 cm
Work out the circumference of the circle.

Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
Page 118 B
Grade 3 questions Area and Circumference of a Circle
1) The radius of a circle is 10 cm.
10 cm
Work out the area of this circle.
2) The diagram shows a circular pond with a path around it.
6m
1m
The pond has a radius of 6 m.

The path has a width of 1 m.
Work out the area of the path.
3) The diagram shows a CD which has a radius of 6 cm.

a) Work out the circumference of the CD. 6 cm
CDs of this size are cut from rectangular sheets of plastic.

Each sheet is 1 metre long and 50 cm wide.
b) Work out the greatest number of CDs which can be cut from one
rectangular sheet.
Page 118 C
MathsWatch Clip 119
Grade 3 questions Volume of a Prism
1) The diagram shows a cuboid.

50 cm
Work out the volume of the cuboid.
30 cm
15 cm
2) Calculate the volume of this triangular

prism.
5 cm
4 cm
9 cm
3 cm
3) An ice hockey puck is in the shape of a

cylinder with a radius of 3.8 cm and a 3.8 cm
thickness of 2.5 cm.
2.5 cm
Work out the volume of the puck.
4) A cuboid has: a volume of 80cm3

a length of 5 cm
a width of 2 cm
Work out the height of the cuboid.
5) Work out the maximum number of

boxes which can fit in the carton.
50 cm Box 10 cm
20 cm
200 cm
Carton 80 cm
100 cm Page 119 A

MathsWatch Clip 119
Grade 3 questions Volume of a Prism
1) Work out the volume of the prism.
5 cm
3 cm
30 cm
4 cm
2)
A solid cylinder has a radius of 5 cm and a height of 10 cm.
Work out the volume of the cylinder.
10 cm Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
5 cm
3)
8 cm
6 cm 20 cm
12 cm
The diagram shows a solid prism made from metal.
The cross-section of the prism is a trapezium.
Find the volume of the prism.

You must state your units.
Page 119 B
MathsWatch Clip 120
Grade 3 questions Angles and Parallel Lines
1) Line PQ is parallel to line RS.

If angle PQR is equal to 36
a) What is the size of angle QRS?
b) Give a reason for your answer.
P Q
36
R S
2) Line DCE is parallel to line AB

a) Find the size of angle ABC
b) Find the size of angle DCA
c) Calculate the size of angle ACB
C
D E
33
68
A B
3) a) Find the size of angle DBF

b) Find the size of angle HGC E
D
F
54
136
C
B
G
H
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MathsWatch Clip 120
1)
A B
67 59
y
C D
AB is parallel to CD.
(i) Write down the value of y.
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
2) Q
80
S
y O
110
R
x
P
PQ is parallel to RS.
OSQ and ORP are straight lines.
a) (i) Write down the value of x.
b) Work out the value of y.
Page 120 B
MathsWatch Clip 120
1)
145 35
(i) Write down the size of the angle marked a.

L
2)
y
A B
N
ANB is parallel to CMD.
LNM is a straight line.
Angle LMD = 67
(i) Work out the size of the angle marked y.
(ii) Give reasons for your answer.
67
C D
M
3) D C
46
A E
B
ABCD is a rhombus.
BCE is an isosceles triangle.
ABE is a straight line.
Work out the size of angle DCA.

Page 120 C
MathsWatch Clip 121
Grade 3 questions Angles in a Triangle
1) Work out the size of angle a.
64
72 a
2) Work out the size of angle b.
39
41 b
3) Work out the size of angle c.
48
74 c
4) Work out the size of angle d.
125 140
Page 121
MathsWatch Clip 122
Grade 3 questions Properties of Special Triangles
C
Diagram NOT
1) ABC is a triangle.
60 accurately drawn
a) Find the size of angle A.
b) Triangle ABC is equilateral.

Explain why.
60
A B
2) BCD is a triangle. D
Diagram NOT
ABC is a straight line. accurately drawn
y
Angle CBD = 70.
BD = CD.
a) (i) Work out the value of x.
x 70
(ii) Give a reason for your answer. A B C
b) (i) Work out the value of y.
3) The diagram shows a 5-sided shape.

All the sides of the shape are equal in length.
y
a) (i) Find the value of x.
x
(ii) Explain your answer.
Page 122
MathsWatch Clip 123
Grade 3 questions Angle Sum of Polygons
1)
a) Work out the size of an exterior angle of a regular hexagon.

b) Work out the size of an interior angle of a regular hexagon.
2)
a) Name the regular polygon, above.

b) Work out the size of an exterior angle and of an interior angle for this polygon.
3) The size of each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 40.

Work out the number of sides of the regular polygon.
4) The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 120.

Work out the number of sides of the regular polygon.
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MathsWatch Clip 123
Grade 3 questions Angle Sum of Polygons
1) The diagram shows a regular hexagon and a square.
Calculate the size of the angle a. a
2)
The diagram shows a regular octagon and a regular hexagon.

Work out the size of angle x.
3) ABCDE and PQRSE are regular pentagons.

AES is an equilateral triangle.
Work out the size of angle DEP.
D P
C Q
B R
A S Page 123 B
MathsWatch Clip 124
Grade 3 questions Bearings
1) The diagram shows the position of two telephone masts, A and B, on a map.
a) Measure the bearing of B from A.
Another mast C is on a bearing of 160 from B.

On the map, C is 4 cm from B.
N
b) Mark the position of C with a cross and
B label it C.
2) The diagram shows the positions of two boats, P and Q. N
The bearing of a boat R from boat P is 050

The bearing of boat R from boat Q is 320
In the space above, draw an accurate diagram to show the position of boat R.
Mark the position of boat R with a cross ( ). Label it R.
Page 124 A
MathsWatch Clip 124
Grade 3 questions Bearings
1) School B is due east of school A.

C is another school.
The bearing of C from A is 065.
The bearing of C from B is 313.
Complete the scale drawing below.

Mark with a cross the position of C.
A B
2) In the diagram, point A marks the position of Middlewitch.

The position of Middlemarch is to be marked on the diagram as point B
On the diagram, mark with a cross the position of B given that:
B is on a bearing of 320 from A and
B is 5 cm from A
A
3) Work out the bearing of
a) B from P N
b) P from A A
64
138 Diagram NOT
P
accurately drawn.
Page 124 B
B
MathsWatch Clip 125
Grade 3 questions Experimental Probabilities
1) Ahmad does a statistical experiment.

He throws a dice 600 times.
He scores one, 200 times.
Is the dice fair? Explain your answer
2) Chris has a biased coin.

The probability that the biased coin will land on a tail is 0.3
Chris is going to flip the coin 150 times.
Work out an estimate for the number of times the coin will land on a tail.
2
3) On a biased dice, the probability of getting a six is .
3
The dice is rolled 300 times.
Work out an estimate for the number of times the dice will land on a six.
4) On a biased dice, the probability of getting a three is 0.5

The dice is rolled 350 times.
Work out an estimate for the number of times the dice will land on a three.
5) Jenny throws a biased dice 100 times.

The table shows her results.
Score Frequency
1 15
2 17
3 10
4 24
5 18
6 16
a) She throws the dice once more.

Find an estimate for the probability that she will get a four.
b) If the dice is rolled 250 times, how many times would you expect to get a five?
Page 125
MathsWatch Clip 126
Grade 3 questions Possibility Spaces
1) Two dice are rolled and their scores are multiplied together.
a) Complete the possibility space to show all the possible results.
First dice
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
Second dice
3 12
4
5
6 18
b) What is the probability of getting a result that is an even number?
2) Suppose there are three cards:
A black card that is black on both sides,
A white card that is white on both sides,
A mixed card that is black on one side and white on the other side.
All the cards are placed into a hat and one is taken out at random.
It is placed on a table and the side facing up is black.
What is the probability that the other side of the card is also black?
Page 126
MathsWatch Clip 127
Grade 3 questions Venn Diagrams
1) The Venn diagram shows the number of students studying one or more of the
sciences Chemistry, Biology and Physics.
Chemistry
Biology
8 4 12
5
1
6
Physics
a) How many students are represented in this Venn diagram?
b) How many students are studying exactly two sciences?
c) What is the probability that a student chosen at random is not studying Physics?
2) There are 31 student who study languages.

All 31 study at least one of Spanish, French or German.
4 study all three languages.
9 study Spanish and French.
7 study French and German.
6 study Spanish and German.
7 study only French and 5 study only German.
Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.
Spanish French
German
Page 127
MathsWatch Clip 128
Grade 3 questions Pie Charts
1) Patrick asked some of his colleagues which was their favourite holiday destination.
The table shows the results.
City Frequency Draw a pie chart to illustrate the information.

Alicante 8
Paris 7
Ibiza 15
St Lucia 1
Biarritz 9
2) Brian asked 60 people which region their favourite rugby team came from.
The table shows the results.
Region Frequency Draw a pie chart to illustrate the information.

Southern England 9
London 23
Midlands 16
Northern England 12
Total 60
3) Sophie represents her monthly expenses using a pie chart.

Numbers from her table have been rubbed out
Diagram by mistake.
accurately Use the pie chart to complete the table.
drawn Books Clothes
Angle
Clothes 35
Magazines Eating out
Make up 17 34
Make up Eating out
Magazines
Books
Total 180
Page 128
MathsWatch Clip 129
Grade 3 questions Scatter Diagrams
1) The scatter graph shows some information

about the marks of six students.
It shows each students marks in Maths and
Science. 40
The table below shows the marks for four

more students.
30
Science
Maths 22 8 17 26
Science 30 12 24 24
20
a) On the scatter graph, plot the information
from the table.
b) Draw a line of best fit.
c) Describe the correlation between the marks 10
in Maths and the marks in Science.
Another student has a mark of 18 in Science.

d) Use the line of best fit to estimate the mark 0
in Maths of this student. 0 10 20 30 40
Maths
2) The table below shows the average daily number of hours sleep of 10 children.
Age (years) 4 2 5 1 9 6 8 7 10 1.5

Number of hours sleep 14 13 12.5 15 10 12.5 10.8 12 11 14
The first five results have been

plotted on the scatter diagram. 16
a) Plot the next five points.

14
Number of hours sleep
b) Draw a line of best fit.
c) Describe the relationship

between the age of the
children and their number 12
of hours sleep per day.
d) Use your scatter graph to

estimate the number of 10
hours sleep for a 3 year
old child.
8
0 2 4 6 8 10
Age (years)
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MathsWatch Clip 129
1) Sue did an experiment to study the times, in minutes, it took 1 cm ice cubes to melt at
different temperatures.
Some information about her results is given in the scatter graph.
30
20
Time
(Minutes)
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Temperature (C)
The table shows the results from two more experiments.
Temperature (C) 15 55
Time (Minutes) 21 15
a) On the scatter graph, plot the results from the table.
b) Describe the relationship between the temperature and the time it takes
a 1 cm ice cube to melt.
c) Find an estimate for the time it takes a 1 cm ice cube to melt when the
temperature is 25 C.
Sues data cannot be used to predict how long it will take a 1 cm ice cube to melt
when the temperature is 100 C.
d) Explain why.
Page 129 B
MathsWatch Clip 129
1) Henry reads eight books.

For each book he recorded the number of pages and the time he took to read it.
The scatter graph shows information about his results.
12
10
6
Time
(hours)
0
0 50 100 150 200 250
Number of pages
a) Describe the relationship between the number of pages in a book and the time
Henry takes to read it.
Henry reads another book.

The book has 150 pages.
b) Estimate the time it takes Henry to read it.
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MathsWatch Clip 129
1) Mr Jones sells umbrellas.

The scatter graph shows some information about the number of umbrellas he sold and
the rainfall, in cm, each month last year.
60
50
40
Number
of umbrellas
30
20
10
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rainfall in cm
In January of this year, the rainfall was 6.2 cm.

During January, Mr Jones sold 32 umbrellas.
a) Show this information on the scatter graph.
b) What type of correlation does this scatter graph show?
In February of this year, Mr Jones sold 40 umbrellas.

c) Estimate the rainfall for February.
Page 129 D
MathsWatch Clip 130
Grade 3 questions Averages From a Table
1) The number of pens in each pupils pencil case in a classroom has been counted.
The results are displayed in a table.
Number of pens Number of pupils

0 4
1 6
2 7
3 5
4 3
5 1
a) Work out the total number of pens in the classroom.
b) Write down the modal number of pens in a pencil case.
c) Work out the mean number of pens in a pencil case.
d) Work out the range of the number of pens in a pencil case.
2) Thomas is analysing the local football team. Goals scored Frequency

He records the number of goals scored in each 0 7
football match in the past twelve months.
1 5
Thomas said that the mode is 7 2 3
Thomas is wrong. 3 6
a) Explain why. 4 2
5 1
b) Calculate the mean number of goals scored. 6 1
3) Sindy recorded the time, in minutes, that her train was late over 100 days.
Information about these times is shown in the table.
Time (t minutes) Frequency

0<t<6 15
6 < t < 12 23
12 < t < 18 28
18 < t < 24 19
24 < t < 30 15
Calculate an estimate for the mean time that her train was late.
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MathsWatch Clip 131
Grade 4 questions Index Notation
1) Write as a power of 8
a) 84 83 b) 812 87
2) Write as a power of 3
a) 32 39 b) 310 33
3) Simplify
a) k5 k2
b) x4 x2
11
k
c) 6
k
d) (k8)2
4) Simplify
eg. (2xy3)4 = 2xy3 2xy3 2xy3 2xy3 = 16x4y12
a) (2xy5)3
b) (2x2y2)3
c) (4xy4)2
d) (3xy2)4
5) 2x 2y = 210
and
2 2y = 22
x
Work out the value of x and the value of y.
6) 5x 5y = 512
and
5x 5y = 56
Work out the value of x and the value of y.
7) a = 2x , b = 2y
Express in terms of a and b
a) 2x + y
b) 22x
c) 23y
d) 2x + 2y Page 131 A
MathsWatch Clip 131
Grade 4 questions Index Notation
1) a) Simplify d d d d
b) Simplify t t2
c) Simplify m5 m3
2) a) Simplify (2x2)3
b) Simplify 3x2 4x5y4
3) a) Simplify t4 t5
b) Simplify x8 x5
c) Simplify (c4)3
4) a) Simplify x6 x2
8
b) Simplify x3
x
c) Simplify (2t)3
d) Simplify 3x2y 4x5y4
5) a) Simplify x3 x4
b) Simplify t7 t3
c) Simplify 4x2y4 3xy2
6) a) Simplify x x x x
b) Simplify 2x 3y
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MathsWatch Clip 132
Grade 4 questions Introduction to Bounds
1) A silver necklace has a mass of 123 grams, correct to the nearest gram.
a) Write down the least possible mass of the necklace.
b) Write down the greatest possible mass of the necklace.
2) Each of these measurements was made correct to one decimal place.

Write the maximum and minimum possible measurement in each case.
a) 4.6 cm b) 0.8 kg c) 12.5 litres d) 25.0 km/h
e) 10.3 s f) 36.1 m g) 136.7 m/s h) 0.1 g
3) Each side of a regular octagon has a length of 20.6 cm, correct to the nearest millimetre.
a) Write down the least possible length of each side.
b) Write down the greatest possible length of each side.
c) Write down the greatest possible perimeter of the octagon.
4) A girl has a pen that is of length 12 cm, measured to the nearest centimetre.
Her pencil case has a diagonal of length 12.5 cm, measured to the nearest millimetre.
Explain why it might not be possible for her to fit the pen in the pencil case.
5) A square has sides of length 7 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.

a) Calculate the lower bound for the perimeter of the square.
b) Calculate the upper bound for the area of the square.
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MathsWatch Clip 133
Grade 4 questions Midpoint of a Line on a Graph
1) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (-2, 5) and

B has coordinates (4, -1).
y
6
x
-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
2) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (2, 0) and

B has coordinates (8, 6).
3) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (-4, -2) and
5) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (2, -5) and
B has coordinates (-2, -1).
7) The midpoint of A and B is at (1, 3).

The coordinates of A are (-2, 4).
Work out the coordinates of B.
8) The midpoint of A and B is at (3.5, 2.5).

The coordinates of A are (2, 5).
Work out the coordinates of B.
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MathsWatch Clip 134
Grade 4 questions Expanding and Simplifying Brackets
1) Expand these brackets 5) Expand and simplify

a) 2(x + 3) a) 2(x + y) + 3(x + y)
b) 3(2x + 4) b) 3(2x + y) + 2(5x + 3y)
c) 5(3p 2q) c) 5(x + y) + 3(2x + y)
d) 4(x2 + 2y2) d) 3(2c + d) + 2(c + d)
e) 6(r r2) e) 4(2p + q) + 3(2p + q)

a) x(x 2) a) 2(x + y) + 3(x y)
b) x(3x + 5) b) 5(2x + y) + 2(3x 2y)
c) p(3p 7q) c) 4(x y) + 3(2x + y)
d) y(y + 6y2) d) 6(2c d) + 2(c d)
e) x(r + r2) e) 2(5p q) + 3(p 2q)

a) 2x(x 5) a) 3(x + 2y) 3(x y)
b) 4x(2x + 3) b) 5(2x y) 2(3x 2y)
c) 5p(4p 2q) c) 7(x 2y) 3(2x + y)
d) 2y(3y + 4x2) d) 6(2x y) 2(x + 2y)
e) x(x + r2) e) 2(5p q) (p 3q)

a) x(x2 2)
b) 3x(2x3 + 1)
c) 5p2(4p 2)
d) 2y2(3y3 + 4y)
e) 2xy(x + y2)
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MathsWatch Clip 134
Grade 4 questions Expanding and Simplifying Brackets
1) Expand and simplify 4) Expand and simplify

a) (x + 3)(x + 2) a) (x 7)(x + 1)
b) (x + 5)(x + 3) b) (p 6)(p + 4)
c) (x + 1)(x + 4) c) (e 3 )(e 7)
d) (x + 6)(x + 4) d) (x + 8)(x + 1)
e) (x + 5)(x + 7) e) (x 5)(x 5)

a) (x + 5)(x 2) a) (2x + 3)(2x + 1)
b) (x 7)(x + 2) b) (3p 4)(2p + 5)
c) (x 1)(x + 3) c) (e 3 )(3e 4)
d) (x + 4)(x 3) d) (4x 6)(2x + 1)
e) (x 5)(x + 5) e) (2x 3)(2x + 3)

a) (x 3)(x 4) a) (2x + y)(3x + 2y)
b) (x 2)(x 6) b) (3p 2q)(4p + 5q)
c) (x 1)(x 1) c) (4e 3f )(2e 2f )
d) (x 7)(x 2) d) (6x y)(6x + y)
e) (x 4)(x 5) e) (3x 2y)(x 5y)
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MathsWatch Clip 135
Grade 4 questions Solving Equations
1) Solve 2x 3 = 17 17) Solve 2(x + 3) = x + 9
2) Solve 3x + 2 = 14 18) Solve x 7 = 3(2x 4)
3) Solve 5x 7 = 33 19) Solve 5(x + 3) = 2(x + 6)
4) Solve 4x + 7 = 19 20) Solve 4(2y + 1) = 2(12 y)
5) Solve x + x + x + x = 20 21) Solve 7 3x = 2(x + 1)
22) Solve x
6) Solve x + 3x = 24 =5
2
23) Solve x
7) Solve 2(x + 3) = 8 =6
5
24) Solve 2x 4
8) Solve 2(3x 4) = 22 =
3
25) Solve 5x 15
9) Solve 5(t 1) = 20 =
2
26) Solve x2 1
10) Solve 3(2x + 5) = 36 =
3
27) Solve x+5 7

=
11) Solve 2x + 7 = x + 11 2
28) Solve 2x + 1 = 2
12) Solve 5y 2 = 3y + 10 4
29) Solve 5x 3 = 4
13) Solve 2x + 1 = 5x 20 3
30) Solve x+2

=x+4
3
14) Solve p 3 = 3p 11
31) Solve 3x 1 = 2x 3
4
15) Solve 2d + 5 = 20 3d
32) Solve 4x + 3 = 2x 1
5 2
16) Solve 4 e = 2e 8
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MathsWatch Clip 136
Grade 4 questions Rearranging Simple Formulae
1) Make c the subject of the formula.
a = b + cd
2) Make t the subject of the formula.
u = v + 2t
3) Make n the subject of the formula.
M = 3n + 5
4) Make z the subject of the formula.
x = 3y + z
5) r = 5s + 3t
a) Make t the subject of the formula.
b) Make s the subject of the formula.
6) Rearrange y = 3x + 1 to make x the subject.
1
7) Rearrange y = x + 2 to make x the subject.
2
1
8) Rearrange y = x + 1 to make x the subject.
3
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MathsWatch Clip 137
Grade 4 questions Forming Formulae and Equations
1) The width of a rectangle is x centimetres.

The length of the rectangle is (x + 5) centimetres.
x+5
a) Find an expression, in terms of x, for the perimeter of the rectangle.

Give your answer in its simplest form.
The perimeter of the rectangle is 38 centimetres.

b) Work out the length of the rectangle.
2)
x + 80
x + 30 Diagram NOT
x + 10
accurately drawn
2x
The sizes of the angles, in degrees, of the quadrilateral are
x + 10
2x
x + 80
x + 30
a) Use this information to write down an equation in terms of x.
b) Use your answer to part (a) to work out the size of the smallest angle of
the quadrilateral.
3) Sarah buys 6 cups and 6 mugs

A cup costs x
A mug costs (x + 3)
a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the total cost, in pounds,
of 6 cups and 6 mugs.
b) If the total cost of 6 cups and 6 mugs is 48, write an equation in
terms of x.
c) Solve your equation to find the cost of a cup and the cost of a mug. Page 137 A
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1)
2x + 9
2x 4
4x + 6
In the diagram, all measurements are in centimetres.
The lengths of the sides are
2x + 9
2x 4
4x + 6
a) Find an expression, in terms of x, for the perimeter of the triangle.

Give your expression in its simplest form.
The perimeter of the triangle is 39 cm.
b) Find the value of x.
2) The diagram shows a right-angled triangle and a rectangle.
17 cm
15 cm
x cm
8 cm 12 cm
The area of the right-angled triangle is equal to the area of the rectangle.
Find the value of x.
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MathsWatch Clip 137
1) A shop sells small boxes and large boxes for storing CDs.
A small box stores x CDs.
A large box stores y CDs.
Emma buys 8 small boxes and 5 large boxes.
Emma can store a total of T CDs in these boxes.
Write down a formula for T in terms of x and y.
2) Batteries are sold in packets and boxes.

Each packet contains 4 batteries.
Each box contains 20 batteries.
Tony buys p packets of batteries and b boxes of batteries.
Tony buys a total of N batteries.
Write down a formula for N in terms of p and b.
3) Compasses cost c pence each.

Rulers cost r pence each.
Write down an expression for the total cost, in pence, of 2 compasses and 4 rulers.
4) P
x + 50 ABC is a straight line.

Angle APB = x + 50
Angle PAB = 2x 10
Angle PBC = y
2x 10 y
A B C
a) Show that y = 3x + 40
Give reasons for each stage of your working.
b) Given that y equals 145 degrees

(i) Work out the value of x.
(ii) Work out the size of the largest angle in triangle APB.
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MathsWatch Clip 138
Grade 4 questions Inequalities on a Number Line
1) Represent this inequality on the number line

-3 < x < 2
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2) Represent this inequality on the number line

-1 < x < 5
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3) Write down the inequality shown
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
4) Write down the inequality shown
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
5) If y is an integer, write down all the possible values of

-2 < y < 5
6) If x is an integer, write down all the possible values of

-9 < x < -5
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MathsWatch Clip 139
Grade 4 questions Solving Linear Inequalities
1) Solve
a) 3x 1 > 5
b) 7 y + 2 30
x
c) 3 2
2
d) 5 + 2 x > 7
e) 8 < 5 p 2
y
f) +5 3
3
2x
g) 5 3
3
h) 6 x 5 > 2 x + 3
i) 3 p 9 < 6 2 p
j) 5 3 y < 2 y 10
2) a) Solve the inequality

2z + 2 > 7
b) Write down the smallest integer value of z which satisfies the inequality
2z + 2 > 7
3) 5x + 2 y < 10
x and y are both integers.
Write down two possible pairs of values that satisfy this inequality.
x = .........., y = ..........
and
x = .........., y = ..........
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Grade 4 questions Solving Equations and Linear Inequalities
1) Solve the inequality 6x 3 < 9
2) Solve 4x + 1 = 2x + 12
3) a) Solve the inequality 3t + 1 < t + 13
b) If 2t2 = 72 find a value of t
4) Solve 3(x + 2) = 8
5) Solve the inequality 6y > y + 10
6) Solve 4(2x 3) = 5x + 7
7) h = 5t2 + 3
Work out the value of t when h = 48
8) Solve 3(2p 4) = 2p + 12
9) Solve the equation 4x + 1 = 19
29 x
10) Solve =x+5
3
11) Solve 3x 10 = x + 30
12) Solve the inequality 3x 2 > x + 7
13) Solve the inequality 2x < 10

3
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MathsWatch Clip 140
Grade 4 questions Simultaneous Equations Graphically
1) On the axes below, the graphs of y = x + 2 and y = 6 x have been drawn.

Use the graphs to solve the simultaneous equations y = x + 2 and y = 6 x
y
y=x+2
8
6 y=6x
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2) On the axes below draw the graphs of y = 2x + 1 and y = 7 x

Use your graphs to solve the simultaneous equations y = 2x + 1 and y = 7 x
y
8
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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MathsWatch Clip 141
Grade 4 questions Fibonacci Sequences
1) Write down the next two terms of the Fibonacci sequence that begins
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, . . .
2) If the first three Fibonacci numbers are x1 = 1, x2 = 1, x3 = 2,
what is the least value of n for which xn >60?
what is the value of n for which xn + xn+1 = 89?
what is the value of n for which xn + xn+1 + xn+2= 68?
what is the value of n for which xn1 + xn= 144?

xn+1
what is the least value of n for which xn = 1.619 correct to three decimal places?
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Grade 4 questions Compound Units
1) Jane runs 200 metres in 21.4 seconds.

Work out Janes average speed in metres per second.
2) A car travels at a steady speed and takes five hours to travel

310 miles.
Work out the average speed of the car in miles per hour.
3) A plane flies 1440 miles at a speed of 240 mph.

How long does it take?
4) A marathon runner runs at 7.6 mph for three and a half hours.
How many miles has he run?
5) A car takes 15 minutes to travel 24 miles.

Find its speed in mph.
6) A cyclist takes 10 minutes to travel 2.4 miles.

Calculate the average speed in mph.
7) An ice hockey puck has a volume of 113 cm3.

It is made out of rubber with a density of 1.5 grams per cm3.
Work out the mass of the ice hockey puck.
8) An apple has a mass of 160 g and a volume of 100 cm3.

Find its density in g/cm3.
9) A steel ball has a volume of 1500 cm3.

The density of the ball is 95 g/cm3.
Find the mass of the ball in kg.
10) The mass of a bar of chocolate is 1800 g.

The density of the chocolate is 9 g/cm3.
What is the volume of the bar of chocolate?
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MathsWatch Clip 142
Grade 4 questions Compound Units
1) Tony went on holiday to Miami.

He travelled from London by plane.
The distance from London to Miami is 7120 km.
The plane journey took 8 hours.
Calculate the average speed of the plane.
2) A solid cylinder has a radius of 4 cm and a height of 10 cm.
10 cm
4 cm
a) Work out the volume of the cylinder.

The cylinder is made of wood.

The density of the wood is 0.7 grams per cm3
b) Work out the mass of the cylinder.

3)
8 cm
6 cm 20 cm
12 cm
The diagram shows a solid prism made from metal.
The cross-section of the prism is a trapezium.
The parallel sides of the trapezium are 8 cm and 12 cm.
The height of the trapezium is 6 cm.
The length of the prism is 20 cm.
The density of the metal is 4 g/cm3.
Calculate the mass of the prism.
Give your answer in kilograms. Page 142 B
MathsWatch Clip 143
Grade 4 questions Distance-Time Graphs
1) Sarah travelled 20 km from home to her friends house.

She stayed at her friends house for some time before returning home.
Here is the travel graph for part of Sarahs journey.
25
20
Distance
from 15
home
(km)
10
0
1000 1020 1040 1100 1120 1140 1200
Time of day
a) At what time did Sarah leave home?
b) How far was Sarah from home at 10 30?
Sarah left her friends house at 11 10 to return home.

c) Work out the time in minutes Sarah spent at her friends house.
Sarah returned home at a steady speed.

She arrived home at 11 50
d) Complete the travel graph.
e) Work out Sarahs average speed on her journey from her home to her friends house.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
f) Work out Sarahs average speed on her journey home from her friends house.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
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MathsWatch Clip 144
Grade 4 questions Similar Shapes
1) R
25 cm
Q
10 cm C 105
B
105
6 cm
82 82
A D P 12 cm S
ABCD and PQRS are mathematically similar.

a) Find the length of PQ.
b) Find the length of AD.
B
2)
15 cm
14 cm
A C P R
6 cm 9 cm
Triangles ABC and PQR are mathematically similar.

Angle A = angle P.
Angle B = angle Q.
Angle C = angle R.
AC = 6 cm.
BC = 14 cm.
PR = 9 cm.
PQ = 15 cm
a) Work out the length of QR.
b) Work out the length of AB.
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1) A
15 cm
Triangle ABC is similar to triangle ADE.

B 12.5 cm AC = 15 cm.
C
CE = 6 cm.
BC = 12.5 cm.
6 cm
Work out the length of DE.
D E
A
2) ABC and AED are straight lines.
EB is parallel to DC.
Angle ACD = 90
AB = 10 cm
BC = 5 cm 10 cm
EB = 6 cm
a) Work out the length of DC.
b) Work out the area of the trapezium EBCD. E B

6 cm
5 cm
D C
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MathsWatch Clip 144
1) The diagram shows two quadrilaterals that are mathematically similar.

B
Q
8 cm A
P
21 cm
S 4 cm R
D 14 cm C
a) Calculate the length of AB
b) Calculate the length of PS
2) SV is parallel to TU.
RST and RVU are straight lines.
RS = 9 cm, ST = 3 cm, TU = 7 cm, RV = 6 cm
Calculate the length of VU.

R
9 cm
6 cm
S
V
3 cm
T U
7cm
3) BE is parallel to CD.
ABC and AED are straight lines.
AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm, BE = 5 cm, AE = 4.4 cm
A
a) Calculate the length of CD.
4 cm 4.4 cm
b) Calculate the length of ED.
B E
6 cm 5 cm
C D
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MathsWatch Clip 145
Grade 4 questions Bisecting an Angle
1) Using ruler and compasses, bisect angle ABC.
B
C
2) The diagram below shows the plan of a park.

The border of the park is shown by the quadrilateral RSTUV
S T U
There are two paths in the park. One is labelled TR and the other TV
A man walks in the park so that he is always the same distance from both paths.
Using ruler and compasses show exactly where the man can walk.
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Grade 4 questions Constructing Perpendiculars
1) Use ruler and compasses to bisect the line segment AB.

You must show all construction lines.
2) Use ruler and compasses to construct the perpendicular to the

line segment CD that passes through the point P.
D Page 146
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Grade 4 questions Drawing a Triangle Using Compasses
1) The diagram shows a sketch of triangle ABC.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
7.4
cm
38
A C
8.5 cm
BC = 7.4 cm
AC = 8.5 cm
Angle C = 38
a) Make an accurate drawing of triangle ABC.

b) Measure the size of angle A on your diagram.
2) Use ruler and compasses to construct an equilateral triangle with

sides of length 6 centimetres.
3) The diagram shows a sketch of triangle PQR.

Q
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
10.5 cm 7.3 cm
P R
9 cm
a) Use ruler and compasses to make an accurate drawing of triangle PQR.
b) Measure angle P. Page 147
MathsWatch Clip 148
Grade 4 questions Enlargements
y
5
1) a) Enlarge triangle T by scale 4

factor 2 using point (-5, 2) as
the centre of enlargement. 3
2
T
b) Enlarge triangle V by scale
factor a half using the point 1
(-2, -3) as the centre of
enlargement. x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
Label your new triangle W.
-1
-2
V
-3
-4
-5
2) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle S to triangle T.
y
9
3
S
2
T
1
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Page 148
MathsWatch Clip 149
Grade 4 questions Tangents, Arcs, Sectors and Segments
Tangent
Radius
Minor sector
Minor segment
Arc
Diameter
Chord
Circumference
On the diagram, mark on all of the words from the box in an appropriate place.
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MathsWatch Clip 150
Grade 4 questions Pythagoras Theorem
a
1) Find the length of side a. 12 cm
14 cm
b
2) Find the length of side b. 5 cm
8 cm
3) Find the length of side c.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place. 10 cm 13 cm
4) Find the length of side d. 8 cm

Give your answer to 1 decimal place. d
5 cm
5) Find the length of the diagonal of this rectangle.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place. 9 cm
16 cm
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1) Find the length of side AC. 4) Below is a picture of a doorway.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place. Find the size of the diagonal of the doorway.
A
2.1m
12cm
0.8m
B 7cm C 5) In the sketch of the rectangular field, below,

James wants to walk from B to D.
A B
2) Find the length of side QR
Q 4.8cm
P 60m
7.6cm C
D 50m
Which of the following routes is shorter and
by how much?
From B to C to D or straight across the field
R from B to D.
Give your answer to the nearest metre.
3) Find the length of side SU 6) Fiona keeps her pencils in a cylindrical

Give your answer to 1 decimal place. beaker as shown below.
The beaker has a diameter of 8cm and
a height of 17cm.
23cm Will a pencil of length 19cm fit in the beaker
T S without poking out of the top?
All workings must be shown.
14cm
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MathsWatch Clip 150
1) Points P and Q have coordinates (1, 4) and (5, 2).

Calculate the shortest distance between P and Q.
y
5
P
4
2 Q
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6
2) Points A and B have coordinates (-4, 3) and (3, -2).

Calculate the shortest distance between A and B.
y
5
4
A
3
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
B
-3
-4
-5 Page 150 C
MathsWatch Clip 151
Grade 4 questions Simple Tree Diagrams
1) Jim and Sue each take a driving test.

The probability that Jim will pass the driving test is 0.7
The probability that Sue will pass the driving test is 0.6
a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
Jim Sue
0.6 Pass
Pass
0.7
Fail
0.6 Pass
Fail
Fail
b) Work out the probability that both Jim and Sue will pass the driving test.
c) Work out the probability that only one of them will pass the driving test.
2) Terri has 7 pens in a box.

2 of the pens are blue.
5 of the pens are red.
Terri takes at random a pen from the box and writes down its colour.
Terri puts the pen back in the box.
Then Terri takes at random a second pen from the box and writes down its colour.
1st pen 2nd pen
..... Blue
Blue
.....
..... Red
..... Blue
.....
Red
..... Red
b) Work out the probability that Terri takes exactly one pen of each colour from the box.
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1) Tim puts 3 red counters and 4 blue counters in a bag.

He takes at random a counter from the bag.
He writes down the colour of the counter.
He puts the counter in the bag again.
He then takes at random a second counter from the bag.

1st counter 2nd counter
3
7 Red
3 Red
7
Blue
Red
Blue
Blue
b) Work out the probability that Tim takes two red counters.
2) In a game of chess, a player can either win, lose or draw.

The probability that Jane wins any game of chess is 0.2
The probability that Jane draws any game of chess is 0.3
Jane plays 2 games of chess. 1st game 2nd game
a) Complete the probability tree diagram. ..... Win
.....
Win Draw
0.2 ..... Lose
..... Win
0.3 .....
Draw Draw
..... Lose
..... Win
.....
.....
Lose Draw
..... Lose
b) Work out the probability that Jane will
win both games.
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MathsWatch Clip 151
1) Lucy throws a biased dice twice.

Complete the probability tree diagram to show the outcomes.
Label clearly the branches of the tree diagram.
1st Throw 2nd Throw
2 Six
6
.....
Not
Six
2) A bag contains 10 coloured balls.

7 of the balls are blue and 3 of the balls are green.
Nathan is going to take a ball, replace it, and then take a second ball.
a) Complete the tree diagram.
1st Ball 2nd Ball

..... Blue
Blue
..... ..... Green
..... ..... Blue

Green
..... Green
b) Work out the probability that Nathan will take two blue balls.
c) Work out the probability that Nathan will take one of each coloured balls.
d) Work out the probability that Nathan will take two balls of the same colour.
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MathsWatch Clip 152
Grade 4 questions Sampling Populations
1) In a school there were 800 students who regularly had a school dinner.
The Headteacher of the school wanted to know whether the students liked the dinners.
a) What is the main advantage of asking a sample of the students whether they like school
dinners rather than asking all of them?
b) The Headteacher asked 100 KS3 students whether they liked the dinners and 40 of
them said they did.
Use this information to estimate how many of the 800 students liked school dinners.
c) In finding your answer to part b), what assumption have you made?
d) What could be done to make your estimate more accurate?
2) A park-keeper wanted to know how many fish there were in the park pond.
He went to the pond early one morning and used his fishing rod to catch 20 fish.
The bait he used was maggots.
Then, he marked each of the fish with a white dot on their tail and released them.
A week later, he used his fishing rod and maggots to catch another 20 fish.
He found that 4 of these 20 fish had the white dot on their tails.
a) Use this information to estimate how many fish there are in the pond.
b) In finding your estimate, what assumption have you made?
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Grade 4 questions Time Series
The table on the right shows the sales figures for a Year Sales (M)
manufacturing company over the course of 15 years. 2000 10
2001 5
a) Complete the time series graph to show this information.
2002 10
b) What is the range of the sales figures? 2003 25
2004 22.5
c) Comment on the trend over the course of 15 years. 2005 50
2006 27.5
2007 15
2008 35
2009 55
2010 50
2011 25
2012 45
2013 62.5
2014 57.5
Sales in M
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
4
1
201
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
201
201
201
201
Year
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MathsWatch Clip 154
Grade 5 questions Negative Indices
1) Find the value of:
a) 2-3
b) 3-2
c) 5-1
d) 10-4
2) Find the value of:
a) 2-3 4-1
b) 10-2 2-4
c) 5 5-3
d) 8 2-3
3) Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest.
32 3-1 0.3 30 3-2 -3
1
4) If 2x = 64 , find the value of x.
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MathsWatch Clip 155
Grade 5 questions Error Intervals
1) A number, x, rounded to 1 decimal place is 4.7
Write down the error interval for x.
2) A number, y, rounded to 2 decimal places is 12.36
Write down the error interval for y.
3) A number, x, rounded to 1 significant figure is 400.
4) A number, y, rounded to 2 significant figures is 67000.
Write down the error interval for y.
` 5) A number, x, rounded to 3 significant figures is 24100.
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MathsWatch Clip 156
Grade 5 questions Mathematical Reasoning
1) Meg says,
The sum of three prime numbers is always odd.
Write an example to show that Meg is incorrect.
2) Mike says.
If you cube a prime number, the result will always be odd.
Give an example to show that Mike is wrong.
3) Explain why an odd number plus another odd number

plus an even number is always even.
4) P is an odd number.
Q is an even number.
Explain why 2P + 2Q 1 is always odd.
5) P is an odd number.
Q is an even number.
Tim says that P + Q is always a prime number.
Explain why Tim is wrong.
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MathsWatch Clip 157
Grade 5 questions Factorising and Solving Quadratics
1) Factorise and solve the following equations:

a) x2 + 5x + 6 = 0
b) x2 + 9x + 20 = 0
c) x2 + x 6 = 0
d) x2 + 5x 24 = 0
e) x2 6x + 8 = 0
f) x2 3x 28 = 0
g) 2x2 + 7x + 3 = 0
h) 6x2 + 11x + 3 = 0
i) 3x2 + 13x 10 = 0
j) 3x2 34x + 63 = 0
2) Lucy said that -1 is the only solution of x that satisfies the equation
x2 + 2x + 1 = 0
Was Lucy correct?

Show working to justify your answer
3) Ben said that -5 is the only solution of x that satisfies the equation
x2 + 10x + 25 = 0
Was Ben correct?

Show working to justify your answer
Page 157
MathsWatch Clip 158
Grade 5 questions The Difference of Two Squares
1) Factorise
1
a) x2 16 c) y2 9 e) x2
4
1
b) a2 b2 d) x2 1 f) x2
9
2) Factorise
a) x2 4y2 c) 9x2 16y2 e) 4x2 25y2
1 2 1 2
b) 9a2 b2 d) x y2 f) x2 y
4 9
3) Simplify
y 4
2
5
a)
y +2 y +5
3 4x2 1
b) 2 x + 1 x 2
12 x + 8 x
2
c)
9x 4
2
25a 16b
2 2
d)
10ab 8b
2
4) Solve
a) 4x2 16 = 0 c) 49x2 = 121
b) 25x2 = 1 d) 9x2 9 = 7
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MathsWatch Clip 159
Grade 5 questions Finding the Equation of a Straight Line
1) Find the equations of lines A, B and C on the axes below
y
A
8 B
C
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2) Find the equations of lines A, B and C on the axes below

y
C B A
6
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6 Page 159A
MathsWatch Clip 159
Grade 5 questions Finding the Equation of a Straight Line
1) Find the equation of line A on the grid below.

y
A
2
x
-1 -0.5 O 0.5 1 1.5 2
-1
-2
2) A straight line passes through points (0, 4) and (3, 13).

What is its equation?
3) A straight line passes through points (0, 7) and (2, -1).

4) A straight line is parallel to y = 3x 2 and goes through (1, 8).

5) A straight line is parallel to y = 2x + 5 and goes through (5, 6).

B (1, 6)
6) A is the point (-1, 2).
B is the point (1, 6).
C is the point (0, -1). A (-1, 2)
Find the equation of the line which passes through C
and is parallel to AB. C (0, -1)
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MathsWatch Clip 160
Grade 5 questions Roots and Turning Points of Quadratics
1) The graph of y = x2 2x 3 is shown.
Write down the coordinates of:
a) The turning point of the curve.
b) The roots of the equation x2 2x 3 = 0
c) The intersection of the curve with the y-axis.

y
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
Page 160
MathsWatch Clip 161
Grade 5 questions Cubic and Reciprocal Graphs
y
8
1) a) Complete this table of values for
6
y = x3 + x 4
4
x 2 1 0 1 2
2
y 14 2
x
-2 -1 O 1 2
-2
b) On the grid, draw the graph of
y = x3 + x 4 -4
c) Use the graph to find the value
-6
of x when y = 2
-8
-10
-12
-14
y
12
2) a) Complete this table of values for
y = x3 + 2x
8
x 2 1 0 1 2
y 12 0
4
b) On the grid, draw the graph of

y = x3 + 2x x
-2 -1 O 1 2
c) Use the graph to find the value
of x when y = -6
-4
1
3) Sketch the graph of y = 1 + x
-8
-12
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MathsWatch Clip 162
Grade 5 questions Simultaneous Equations Algebraically
1) Solve
4x + 3y = 6
5x 3y = 21
2) Solve
4x + 3y = 19
3x 5y = 7
3) Solve
3x + 5y = 13
2x + 3y = 8
4) Solve
x + 4y = 5
4x 2y = 11
5) Solve
2a + b = 3
4a 5b = 20
6) Solve
5x + 3y = 4
3x + 4y = 9
7) Solve
6x 2y = 13
2x + 3y = -3
8) Solve
3a 2b = 14
4a + 3b = 13
9) Solve
5x + 4y = 5
2x + 7y = 29
10) Solve
6x 4y = 39
2x + y = 6 Page 162
MathsWatch Clip 163
Grade 5 questions Geometric Progressions
1) The 1st term of a geometric progression is 5 and the common ratio is 2.
a) Write down the first four terms of the progression.
b) What is the 10th term of the progression?
2) The 1st term of a geometric progression is 2 and the common ratio is 4.
a) Write down the first four terms of the progression.
b) What is the 7th term of the progression?
3) The 1st and 3rd terms of a geometric progression are 7 and 63.
a) What is the common ratio of the progression?
b) Write down the first four terms.
c) Work out the 15th term of the progression.
4) The 5th term of a geometric progression is 11664.
The 6th term of the progression is 69984.
What is the 1st term of the progression?
5) The first four terms of a geometric progression are 1875, 375, 75, 15, . . .
a) What is the common ratio of the progression?
b) Work out the 8th term of the progression.
6) The third term of a geometric progression is 192.
The 4th term of the progression is 48.
What is the 1st term of the progression?
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MathsWatch Clip 164
Grade 5 questions Compound Interest and Depreciation
1) Henry places 6000 in an account which pays 4.6% compound

interest each year.
Calculate the amount in his account after 2 years.
2) Sarah puts 8600 in a bank. The bank pays compound interest of

3.8% per year.
Calculate the amount Sarah has in her account after 4 years.
3) Mary deposits 10000 in an account which pays 5.6% compound

interest per year.
How much will Mary have in her account after 5 years?
4) Susan places 7900 in an account which pays 2.4% compound

interest per year.
How much interest does she earn in 3 years?
5) Harry puts money into an account which pays 6% compound

interest per year.
If he puts 23000 in the account for 5 years how much interest
will he earn altogether?
6) Laura buys a new car for 14600.

The annual rate of depreciation is 23%.
How much is the car worth after 3 years?
7) The rate of depreciation of a particular brand of computer is 65%

per year. If the cost of the computer when new is 650 how much
is it worth after 2 years?
8) Sharon pays 3500 for a secondhand car.

The annual rate of depreciation of the car is 24%
How much will it be worth four years after she has bought it?
9) Dave places 17000 in an account which pays 4% compound

interest per year.
How many years will it take before he has 19122.69 in
the bank?
10) A new motorbike costs 8900.

The annual rate of depreciation is 18% per year.
After how many years will it be worth 2705.66?
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MathsWatch Clip 165
Grade 5 questions Loci
1)
A B
D C
ABCD is a rectangle.
Shade the set of points inside the rectangle which are both
more than 4 centimetres from the point D
and more than 1 centimetre from the line AB.
2) Two radio transmitters, A and B, are situated as below.
Transmitter A broadcasts signals which can be heard up to 3 km from A.

Transmitter B broadcasts signals which can be heard up to 6 km from B.
Shade in the area in which radio signals can be heard from both transmitters.
Use a scale of 1 cm = 1 km.
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MathsWatch Clip 165
1) Draw the locus of all points which are equidistant from the lines AB and AC.
C
A
2) Draw the locus of all points which are equidistant from the points A and B.
A x x B
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MathsWatch Clip 165
1) Draw the locus of all points that are exactly 3 cm from the line PQ.
P Q
2) Draw the locus of all points that are exactly 4 cm from the rectangle ABCD
A B
D C
Page 165 C
MathsWatch Clip 166
Grade 5 questions Congruent Triangles
1) ABCD is a quadrilateral.
A B
D C
AB is parallel to DC.
DA is parallel to CB.
Prove that triangle ABD is congruent to triangle CDB.
2)
P Q
S R
U
PQRS is a square.
PTS and SUR are equilateral triangles.
a) Prove that triangle USP is congruent to triangle TSR.
X is the point such that RUXT is a parallelogram.

b) Prove that UP = UX
Page 166 A
MathsWatch Clip 166
Grade 5 questions Congruent Triangles
A
1)
P Q
B C
R
The diagram shows a triangle ABC.
PQRB is a parallelogram where

P is the midpoint of AB,
Q is the midpoint of AC,
and R is the midpoint of BC.
Prove that triangle APQ and triangle QRC are congruent.

You must give reasons for each stage of your proof.
2) A
B D C
ABC is an equilateral triangle.

D lies on BC.
AD is perpendicular to BC.
a) Prove that triangle ADC is congruent to triangle ADB.
1
b) Hence, prove that BD = AB
2 Page 166 B
MathsWatch Clip 167
Grade 5 questions Sectors of a Circle
1) This sector of a circle has radius 16 cm.
125
16 cm
a) Find the area of the sector.
b) Find the perimeter of the sector.
2) A quadrant of a circle is shown.
10 cm
10 cm
Work out the area of the shaded section.
3) The diagram shows a sector of a circle.
210
The arc length is 47.6 cm.
Work out the radius.
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MathsWatch Clip 168
Grade 5 questions Trigonometry
A
1) ABC is a right-angled triangle.
AB = 50 cm. 50 cm
Angle ABC = 24
Work out the length of BC. 24
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. B C
A
AB = 23 cm.
23 cm
Angle BCA = 20
Work out the length of AC.
20
A
65
AC = 16 cm.
Angle CAB = 65 16 cm
Work out the length of BC.

A
x
AB = 13 cm. 21 cm
AC = 21 cm. 13 cm
Work out the size of angle x.

A
AB = 18 cm. 18 cm
7 cm
AC = 7 cm.
Work out the size of angle ABC.
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MathsWatch Clip 168
Q
1) PQR is a right-angled triangle.
PR = 11 cm.
QR = 4.5 cm 4.5 cm
Angle PRQ = 90
Work out the value of x. x

P R
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. 11 cm
A
2) AC = 14 cm.
Angle ABC = 90
Angle ACB = 34 14 cm
Calculate the length of BC.

3 significant figures. 34
B C
Q
PQ = 18 cm.
18 cm
QR = 8.4 cm 8.4 cm
Angle PRQ = 90
Work out the value of x. x

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. P R
4) AB = 23 cm. A
Angle ABC = 90
Angle ACB = 21
23 cm
Calculate the length of AC.
3 significant figures. 21
B C
5) A lighthouse, L, is 3.4 km due West of a port, P. N

A ship, S, is 1.8 km due North of the lighthouse, L.
Calculate the size of the angle marked x. S

1.8 km N
x
L
3.4 km
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MathsWatch Clip 168
D
1) DEF is a right-angled triangle.
DE = 31 mm
31 mm FE = 45 mm
Calculate the size of angle y.
y
F Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
45 mm E
Q
QR = 3 cm
3 cm PR = 10 cm
Work out the size of angle RPQ.
P Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
10 cm R
3) a) Calculate the size of the angle marked x.

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
9 cm
x
4 cm
b) Calculate the value of y.

y cm
40
11.5 cm
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MathsWatch Clip 168
A
AC = 9.7 cm
9.7 cm BC = 8.1 cm
Calculate the size of the angle marked x.
x Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
B 8.1 cm C
A
2) 57 ABC is a right-angled triangle.
AC = 15 m
15 m
Angle CAB = 57
Calculate the length of AB.
C Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
B
C
AC = 9 m
9m
Angle CAB = 36
36 Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
A B
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MathsWatch Clip 168
E
1) AC = 9 cm
AB = 3 cm
C DE = 20 cm
Angle ABC = angle CBD = angle BDE = 90
20 cm
9 cm
Calculate the length of CD.
Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
50
A B D
3 cm
2)
14 cm
P Q
8 cm
64
S R
Work out the length of PR.
PQRS is a trapezium. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
PQ is parallel to SR.
Angle PSR = 90
Angle PRS = 64
PQ = 14 cm.
PS = 8 cm.
Page 168 E
MathsWatch Clip 169
Grade 5 questions Spheres
Volume of a sphere = 4 r3
3
Surface area of a sphere = 4 r2
1) a) Work out the volume of the sphere.
b) Work out the surface area of the sphere.
12 cm
2) a) Work out the volume of the sphere, leaving your answer in terms of .
b) Work out the surface area of the sphere, leaving your answer in terms of .
10 cm
3) a) Work out the volume of the solid hemisphere.
b) Work out the surface area of the solid hemisphere.
5.5 cm
Page 169
MathsWatch Clip 170
Grade 5 questions Pyramids
Volume of a pyramid = 13 base area height
1) The pyramid has a rectangular base and E is vertically above A.

E
10 cm
D
C
A
6 cm
9 cm B
Find the volume of the pyramid.
2) Find the volume of this pyramid.
8 cm
5 cm
7 cm
3) Find the volume of this pyramid.
10 cm
6 cm
8 cm
Page 170
MathsWatch Clip 171
Grade 5 questions Cones
Volume of a cone = 1 r 2h
3
Curved surface area = rl
1) a) Work out the volume of the cone.
b) Work out the curved surface area of the cone.
c) The total surface area of the cone.
13 cm 12 cm
5 cm
2) Work out the volume of the cone, leaving your answer in terms of .
9 cm
4 cm
Page 171 A
Grade 5 questions Spheres and Cones
1) A cone has a base radius of 4 cm and a vertical height of 8 cm.
a) Calculate the volume of the cone.

Take to be 3.142.
b) Use Pythagoras Theorem to find the slant height 8 cm

of the cone.
c) Find the curved surface area of the cone. 4 cm

Take to be 3.142.
2) A sphere has a radius of 12cm.

12 cm
a) Calculate the volume of the sphere.
Take to be 3.142.
b) Find the curved surface area of the sphere.

Take to be 3.142.
3) A cone has a base radius of 8 cm and a slant height of 10 cm.
Calculate the volume of the cone.

Leave your answer in terms of .
10 cm
8 cm
Page 171 B
Grade 5 questions Spheres and Cones
1)
x x
The diagram shows a solid cone and a solid hemisphere.
The cone has a base of radius x cm and a height of h cm.

The hemisphere has a base of radius x cm.
The surface area of the cone is equal to the surface area of the hemisphere.
Find an expression for h in terms of x.
2)
2x
x x
A cylinder has base radius x cm and height 2x cm.
A cone has base radius x cm and height h cm.
The volume of the cylinder and the volume of the cone are equal.
Find h in terms of x.
Page 171 C
MathsWatch Clip 172
Grade 5 questions Frustums
1) A frustum is made by removing a small cone from a similar larger cone.
Work out the volume of the frustum.
15 cm
20 cm
9 cm
12 cm
2) The diagram shows a cone of height 40 cm and base radius 10 cm.

A smaller cone of height 8 cm is removed to form a frustum.
8 cm
r r
40 cm
10 cm 10 cm
a) Work out the radius r of the base of the smaller cone.
Calculate, to the nearest cm3

b) The volume of the larger cone.
c) The volume of the smaller cone.
d) The volume of the frustum.
Page 172
MathsWatch Clip 173
Grade 5 questions Exact Trigonometric Values
1) Write down the exact values of:
a) sin 0
b) sin 30
c) sin 45
d) sin 60
e) sin 90
a) cos 0
b) cos 30
c) cos 45
d) cos 60
e) cos 90
a) tan 0
b) tan 30
c) tan 45
d) tan 60
Page 173
MathsWatch Clip 174
Grade 5 questions Introduction to Vectors
1) The translation of triangle P to triangle Q is described by column vector v.
Write down v.
-2 3
2) Here are two column vectors: f= g=
5 -1
Work out
a) 2f
b) -g
c) f + g
d) f g
e) 2f + 4g
f) 3g f
Page 174
MathsWatch Clip 175
Grade 5 questions Harder Tree Diagrams
1) There are 5 red pens, 3 blue pens and 2 green pens in a box.
Jerry takes at random a pen from the box and gives the pen to his friend.
Jerry then takes at random another pen from the box.
Work out the probability that both pens are the same colour.
2) There are 3 red sweets, 2 blue sweets and 4 green sweets in a bag.
Jack takes a sweet at random.
He eats the sweet.
He then takes another sweet at random.
Work out the probability that both sweets are the same colour.
3) There are 13 buttons in a bag.

9 buttons are white.
4 buttons are black.
Carol takes a button at random from the bag, and keeps it.
She now takes another button from the bag.
Work out the probability that Carol takes a button of each colour.
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MathsWatch Clip 175
1) A bag contains 7 green and 3 yellow balls.

A ball is taken from the bag at random and not replaced.
Another ball is taken from the bag at random.
a) Draw a tree diagram to show all the possibilities.
b) What is the probability that both balls are different colours?
2) A box contains 5 red counters and 3 blue counters.

A counter is taken from the box at random and not replaced.
Another counter is taken at random.
b) What is the probability of choosing at least one blue counter?
c) What is the probability of choosing two counters of the
same colour?
d) What is the probability of choosing two counters of
different colours?
3) A box contains 4 red counters and 3 blue counters.

A counter is taken from the box at random and not replaced.
A second counter is taken from the box at random and not replaced.
A third counter is taken from the box.
b) What is the probability that all three counters are the same colour?
c) What is the probability that exactly two of the counters are red?
Page 175B
MathsWatch Clip 175
1) Sara has two boxes.

There are 6 black and 4 white counters in box A.
There are 7 black and 3 white counters in box B.
Sara takes at random a counter from box A and puts it in box B.

She then takes at random a counter from box B and puts it in box A.
From A to B From B to A
....... Black
....... Black
White
.......
....... Black
White
.......
White
.......
b) Find the probability that after Sara has put the counters from box B into box A
there will still be 6 black counters and 4 white counters in box A.
Page 175C
MathsWatch Clip 176
Grade 5 questions Stratified Sampling
1) Ellen wants to do a survey with Years 9, 10 and 11 at her school.

The table shows the number of students in each of these year groups.
Year 11 Year 10 Year 9
750 700 900
Ellen takes a sample of 50 students stratified by year group.
Work out the number of students from Year 10 in the sample.
2) The table shows information about the year groups of 1000 students in a school.
Year group 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Number in year 157 180 166 140 132 114 111
Tony takes a sample of 50 of these students, stratified by year group.
Calculate the number of Year 8 students he should have in his sample.
3) The table shows information about Bens collection of 652 coins.
Country France Spain Germany Italy Total
Number of coins 240 182 133 97 652
Ben takes a sample of 50 coins stratified by country.
Work out the number of coins from Italy in this sample.
4)
Male Female
Lower sixth 399 602
Upper sixth 252 198
The table gives information about the number of students in the two years of a sixth form.
Amy wants to interview some of these students.

She takes a random sample of 70 students stratified by year and by gender.
Work out the number of students in the sample who are male and in the lower sixth.
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MathsWatch Clip 176
Grade 5 questions Stratified Sampling
1) The table below shows the number of employees in each section of a company.
Department Managerial Sales Technical Production
Number of employees 18 45 288 549
A survey on job satisfaction is to be carried out.

a) Explain why a simple random sample of employees is unsuitable.
b) A stratified random sample of 100 is used. Complete the table below to show how
many employees from each department will be included.
Department Managerial Sales Technical Production
Number of employees
in sample
2) MathsWatch High-School has 798 pupils.

The size of each year group is shown below.
Year Group Boys Girls
7 77 72
8 74 79
9 72 74
10 93 107
11 85 65
The headteacher wants to find out the opinions of the pupils on changing the
timing of the school day. A stratified sample of 80 pupils is taken.
a) Complete the table below to show the numbers of pupils to be sampled.
Year Group Boys in Sample Girls in Sample

7
8
9
10
11
The table below shows the number of pupils in the sample who answered YES to a
change in the timing of the school day.
Boys in Sample Girls in Sample
Year Group
who answered YES who answered YES
7 2 3
8 3 5
9 2 1
10 1 4
11 0 1
b) Use the table to estimate the percentage of pupils in the school who would answer
YES to the question.
Page 176B
MathsWatch Clip 177
Grade 6 questions Recurring Decimals to Fractions
Write each recurring decimal as an exact fraction,

in its lowest terms.

a) 0.5

b) 0. 7

c) 0. 4

d) 0. 2 4

e) 0. 75

f) 0.82

g) 0. 617

h) 0. 216

i) 0. 714

j) 0. 32 4

k) 0. 7 2357

l) 0. 65214
Page 177
MathsWatch Clip 178
Grade 6 questions Product of Three Binomials
1) Expand and simplify:
a) x(x + 2)(x + 3)
b) x(x + 4)(x + 7)
c) x(x + 1)(x + 9)
a) x(x + 5)(x 2)
b) x(x 4)(x + 3)
c) x(x + 8)(x 3)
a) (x + 1)(x + 5)(x + 2)
b) (x 3)(x 2)(x 1)
c) (x 2)(x + 5)(x 1)
a) (x 4)(x + 4)(x 2)
b) (x 3)(x 1)(x + 3)
c) (x + 6)(x + 2)(x 6)
a) (2x 1)(x + 3)(x + 1)
b) (x + 5)(2x 3)(3x + 1)
c) (2x 1)(3x 2)(4x 3)
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MathsWatch Clip 179
Grade 6 questions Iteration - Trial and Improvement
1) The equation
x3 x = 29
has a solution between 3 and 4
Use a trial and improvement method to find
this solution.
2) The equation
x3 4x = 25
this solution.
3) The equation
x3 2x = 68
this solution.
4) The equation
x3 + 4x = 101
has one solution which is a positive number.
this solution.
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Grade 6 questions Iterative Processes
1) A sequence is defined by the term-to-term rule
un+1 = un2 3un
Given that u1 = 2, find u2, u3 and u4.
2) A sequence is defined by the term-to-term rule
xn+1 = xn 1
1 + 3xn
Given that x1 = 3, find x 2, x 3 and x 4.
3) xn+1 = 4 x1
n
Use a starting value of x1 = 1 to find a solution to xn+1 = 4 x1 to 1 decimal place.

n
4) xn+1 = 3 + 22
xn
Use a starting value of x1 = 1 to find a solution to xn+1 = 3 + 22 to 1 decimal place.
xn
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MathsWatch Clip 181
Grade 6 questions Enlargement - Negative Scale Factor
1) Enlarge triangle T by scale factor -2 using coordinates (2, 2)

as the centre of enlargement.
y
6
4
T
3
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
2) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle T to triangle U.

y
6
4 U
3
O
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
-4
T
-5
-6
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MathsWatch Clip 182
Grade 6 questions Combinations of Transformations
1) y
6
5 a) Rotate triangle P 180 about

the point (-1, 1).
4
Label the new triangle A.
3
( )
2 b) Translate triangle P by the vector 6
(-1 )
1 Label the new triangle B.
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
P
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
y
y=x
5
4 c) Reflect triangle Q in the line y = x.

Label the new triangle C.
Q
1
x
O 1 2 3 4 5
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y
1) 8
x=1
6
2
A
O
x
-8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8
-2
-4
-6
-8
Triangle A is reflected in the x-axis to give triangle B.

Triangle B is reflected in the line x = 1 to give triangle C.
Describe fully the single transformation that takes triangle A to triangle C.
2)
y
5
4 a) Reflect shape A in the y-axis.

A
3
2
b) Describe fully the single
1 transformation which takes
shape A to shape B.
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
B
-4
-5
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y
8
O
x
-8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8
-2
-4
-6
-8
a) Rotate the shaded shape 90 clockwise about the point 0.
4
S
3
T
2
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
b) Describe fully the single transformation that will map shape S onto shape T.
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MathsWatch Clip 182
1)
a) On the grid, draw an enlargement, scale factor 2, of the shaded shape.
2
A B
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.
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MathsWatch Clip 182
Triangle T has been drawn on a grid.

a) On the grid, draw an enlargement of the triangle T with scale factor 3.
y
4
2
U
1
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3
-4
Triangle U has been drawn on a grid.

b) On the grid, rotate triangle U 90 clockwise about the centre O.
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1) y
5
3
A
2
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
B
-5
Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.
y
2) 5
3
T
2
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
Triangle T has been drawn on the grid.
Rotate triangle T 180 about the point (1, 0)
Label the new triangle A.
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MathsWatch Clip 182
y
1) 9
6
T
5
3
S
2
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Describe fully the single transformation which maps shape S onto shape T.
y
2) 7
4
P
3
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1
-2
-3
Q
-4
-5
Triangle P and triangle Q are drawn on the grid.
a) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle P onto triangle Q.
( )
b) Translate triangle P by the vector 3
( -1 )
Label the new triangle R.
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MathsWatch Clip 182
y
y=x
5
x
O 1 2 3 4 5
a) Reflect the shaded shape in the line y = x.
x
O
b) On the grid, enlarge the shaded shape by a scale factor of 3, centre O.
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MathsWatch Clip 182
y
6
4
A
3
x
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
a) On the grid above, reflect shape A in the line x = -1

y
5
4
P
3
2
Q
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
b) Describe fully the single transformation that will map shape P onto shape Q.
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MathsWatch Clip 182
a) On the grid, enlarge the shape with scale factor 1 , centre Q.

2
y
3
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3
b) Rotate the shape 90 clockwise, centre O.
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MathsWatch Clip 183
Grade 6 questions Circle Theorems
1) D
A 55
o x
y C
In the diagram, A, B, C, and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

Angle BAD = 55.
Angle BOD = x.
Angle BCD = y.
a) (i) Work out the value of x.

2)
34 D
A
The diagram shows a circle centre O.
A, B and C are points on the circumference.
DCO is a straight line and DA is a tangent to the circle.
Angle ADO = 34
a) Work out the size of angle AOD.
b) (i) Work out the size of angle ABC.

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B
1)
O
A
A, B and C are points on the circumference of a circle centre O.

AC is a diameter of the circle.
a) (i) Write down the size of angle ABC.
F
E
O 120
D
D, E and F are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.
Angle DOF = 120.
b) (i) Work out the size of angle DEF.
2) B, D and E are points on a circle centre O. D

ABC is a tangent to the circle.
BE is a diameter of the circle.
E
Angle DBE = 25.
a) Find the size of angle ABD. A
Give a reason for your answer.
b) Find the size of angle DEB. 25

Give a reason for your answer.
B
C
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MathsWatch Clip 183
B
Diagram NOT
1) In the diagram, A, B and C are points accurately drawn
on the circumference of a circle, centre O.
PA and PB are tangents to the circle.
Angle ACB = 72. O P
C 72
a) (i) Work out the size of angle AOB.
A
b) Work out the size of angle APB.
R
2) P, Q, R and S are points on the circle. Diagram NOT
PQ is a diameter of the circle. S accurately drawn
Angle RPQ = 32. b
a) (i) Work out the size of angle PQR. 32 a

P Q
b) (i) Work out the size of angle PSR.

3) The diagram shows a circle, centre O. Diagram NOT

AC is a diameter. B accurately drawn
Angle BAC = 31.
D is a point on AC such that angle BDA
is a right angle.
31
A C
a) Work out the size of angle BCA. O D
Give reasons for your answer.
b) Calculate the size of angle DBC.
c) Calculate the size of angle BOA.
4) A, B, C and D are four points on the circumference of a circle. A

ABE and DCE are straight lines.
Diagram NOT
Angle BAC = 21. Angle EBC = 58. 21 accurately drawn
B
a) Find the size of angle ADC.
58
b) Find the size of angle ADB.
Angle CAD = 69. D C E

c) Is BD a diameter of the circle?
You must explain your answer. Page 183 C
MathsWatch Clip 183
1) a = ____ 2) b = ____ 3) c = ____
a
46
O b O O
c
88 46
4) d = ____ 5) e = ____ f = ____ 6) g = ____
39
23 e
85
f g
O O O
d 41
7) h = ____ 8) i = ____ 9) j = ____ k = ____
h
k
36
O
O i O
10) l = ____ m = ____ 11) n = ____ p = ____ q = ____
m p q
100 18
n O
O
12
l 102 Page 183 D

MathsWatch Clip 183
1) a = ____ b = ____ 2) c = ____ d = ____ 3) e = ____ f = ____
98
88
a
125
O O O
d
109 e f
c
113 120
b
4) g = ____ h = ____ 5) i = ____ 6) j = ____
85 102
g
O O O
88
i
h
j
100
7) k = ____ l = ____ m = ____ 8) n = ____ p = ____ q = ____ 9) r = ____ s = ____
m 34 p 110
k O
O 21 O
l
n r
q 40 s
134
10) t = ____ 11) u = ____
u 30
O O
25
48
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1) a = ____ 2) b = ____ c = ____ 3) d = ____ e = ____
e 28
b
O O O
a
64 63 88
51
4) f = ____ g = ____ 5) h = ____ i = ____ 6) j = ____ k = ____ l = ____ m = ____
40
g
O O 50 O
m
k j
h 65 l
78
7) n = ____ 8) p = ____ q = ____

9) r = ____ s = ____ t = ____
162
O O q O 40 t
s
n p
76
10) u = ____ v = ____ w = ____
81 v
u
w Page 183 F
MathsWatch Clip 184
Grade 6 questions Proof of Circle Theorems
1) Prove that the angle subtended at the centre of a circle is twice

the angle at the circumference.
2) Prove that angles in the same segment are equal.
3) Prove that opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral add up to 180.
Page 184
MathsWatch Clip 185
Grade 6 questions Probability Using Venn Diagrams
1) In a class of 30 students, all of them have brothers or sisters or both.
19 have a brother.
16 have a sister.
a) Complete the Venn diagram.
Brothers Sisters
b) Find the probability that a student in the class has a brother and a sister.
c) If it is known that a student has a sister, what is the probability that they
also have a brother?
2) A cafeteria serves only main courses and desserts. Some people just have a main,
some have just a dessert and some have both.
One day, 65% of the customers had a main course and 90% had a dessert.
a) Show this information on a Venn diagram.
b) What is the probability that a customer had a main course and a dessert?
c) If it is known that a customer had a dessert, what is the probability that

they also had a main course?
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MathsWatch Clip 186
Grade 6 questions Cumulative Frequency
The heights of 80 plants were measured and can be seen

in the table, below. a) Complete the cumulative
frequency table for the plants.
Height (h cm) Frequency
0 < h < 10 2
Height (h cm) Cumulative Frequency
10 < h < 20 5 0 < h < 10 2
20 < h < 30 19 0 < h < 20
30 < h < 40 38 0 < h < 30
40 < h < 50 13 0 < h < 40
50 < h < 60 3 0 < h < 50
0 < h < 60
CF
80
b) Draw a cumulative frequency

graph for your table.
70
c) Use your graph to find an

60 estimate for
(i) the median height of a plant.
(ii) the interquartile range of the

50 heights of the plants.
d) Use your graph to estimate

40 how many plants had a height
that was greater than 45cm.
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Height (h cm)
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MathsWatch Clip 186
The table shows information about the amount spent by 100 customers
in a supermarket.
Amount spent (n) Frequency a) Complete the cumulative frequency table

for this information.
0 < n < 20 17
20 < n < 40 23 Amount spent (n) Cumulative frequency

40 < n < 60 36 0 < n < 20 17
60 < n < 80 14 0 < n < 40
80 < n < 100 8 0 < n < 60
100 < n < 120 2 0 < n < 80
0 < n < 100
0 < n < 120
b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
100
Cumulative
frequency
80
60
40
20
O 20 40 60 80 100 120
Amount spent (n)
c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median amount spent.
d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the amount of
money spent.
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MathsWatch Clip 186
Fred did a survey about the amount of money spent by 120 men at Christmas.
The cumulative frequency table gives some information about the amounts of
money spent by the 120 men.
Cumulative
Amount (A) spent frequency
0 < A < 100 12

a) On the grid, draw a cumulative
0 < A < 150 26
frequency diagram.
0 < A < 200 42
0 < A < 250 64
0 < A < 300 93
0 < A < 350 112

Cumulative 0 < A < 400 120
frequency
120
110 b) Use your cumulative frequency

diagram to estimate the median.
100
c) Use your cumulative frequency
diagram to estimate the
90 interquartile range of the amount of
money spent.
80
d) Use your cumulative frequency
diagram to estimate the number of
70 men who spent more than 330.
60
50
40
30
20
10
O 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Amount spent ()
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MathsWatch Clip 186
The table gives some information about the delay, in minutes, of 80 trains.
a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.
Delay Delay Cumulative

Frequency
(n minutes) (n minutes) Frequency
0 < n < 20 16 0 < n < 20
20 < n < 30 27 0 < n < 30
30 < n < 40 22 0 < n < 40
40 < n < 50 10 0 < n < 50
50 < n < 60 5 0 < n < 60
b) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
80
Cumulative
frequency
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
O 10 20 30 40 50 60
Delay (n minutes)
c) Use your graph to find an estimate for
(i) the median delay.
(ii) the interquartile range of the delays.
(iii) the number of trains delayed for more than 53 minutes. Page 186 D
MathsWatch Clip 186
There are 100 teachers at Sams school.

Sam found out the age of each teacher.
The table gives information about her results. a) Complete the cumulative frequency table
Cumulative
Age (A years) Frequency Age (A years)
Frequency
20 < A < 30 25 20 < A < 30 25
30 < A < 40 36 20 < A < 40
40 < A < 50 22 20 < A < 50
50 < A < 60 11 20 < A < 60
60 < A < 70 6 20 < A < 70
b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
100
90
Cumulative
frequency 80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Age (A years)
c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median age.
d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of these teachers
who are older than 56 years old. Page 186 E
MathsWatch Clip 186
This table shows information about a) Write down the modal class interval.
the time, m minutes, it takes to show
each of 120 films. b) Complete this cumulative frequency table.
Cumulative
Time (m minutes) Frequency Time (m minutes) frequency
70 < m < 80 3 70 < m < 80 3
80 < m < 90 13 70 < m < 90
90 < m < 100 34 70 < m < 100
100 < m < 110 32 70 < m < 110
110 < m < 120 26 70 < m < 120
120 < m < 130 12 70 < m < 130
c) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your cumulative frequency table.
120
100
80
Cumulative
frequency
60
40
20
0
70 80 90 100 110 120 130
Time (m minutes)
d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median.
e) Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of times.
f) Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of films which take longer than 115 minutes Page 186 F
to show.
MathsWatch Clip 187
Grade 6 questions Boxplots
1) The ages of 20 teachers are listed below.
22, 22, 24, 25, 27, 27, 28, 29, 29, 29, 34, 35, 41, 43, 44, 49, 55, 57, 58, 58
a) On the grid below, draw a box plot to show the information about the teachers.
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
b) What is the interquartile range of the ages of the teachers?
2) A warehouse has 60 employees working in it.
The age of the youngest employee is 16 years.

The age of the oldest employee is 55 years.
The median age is 37 years.

The lower quartile age is 29 years.
The upper quartile age is 43 years.
On the grid below, draw a box plot to show information about the ages of the employees.
10 20 30 40 50 60
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MathsWatch Clip 187
Terry drew a line of length 60 cm.

He asked some children to estimate the length of the line he had drawn.
He recorded their estimates.
The box plot gives some information about these estimates.
Childrens estimates
0 20 40 60 80 100
Size of estimate in cm
Adults estimates
0 20 40 60 80 100
a) Write down the median of the childrens estimates.
b) Write down the interquartile range of the childrens estimates.
Terry then asked some adults to estimate the length of the line he had drawn.
The table gives some information about the adults estimates.
Length
Lowest estimate 20 cm
Lower quartile 45 cm
Median 62 cm
Upper quartile 75 cm
Highest estimate 95 cm
c) On the grid above, draw a box plot to show this information.
d) Use the two box plots to compare the distribution of the childrens estimates
with the distribution of the adults estimates.
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MathsWatch Clip 187
1) The box plot gives information about the distribution of the weights of bags
on a plane.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Weights (kg)
a) Claude says that the heaviest bag weighs 24 kg.

He is wrong.
Explain why.
b) Write down the median weight.
c) Work out the interquartile range of the weights.
There are 240 bags on the plane.

d) Work out the number of bags with a weight of 10 kg or less.
2) The box plots show the distribution of marks in a Science and Maths test for a
group of students.
Science
Maths
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Marks
a) What is the highest mark in the Science test?
b) Compare the distribution of the marks in the Science test and marks in the
Maths test.
1 .....................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
2 .....................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
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MathsWatch Clip 187
1) The incomplete box plot and table show some information about some marks.
0 10 20 30 40 Marks
50 60
Marks
Lowest mark 4
Lower quartile
Median 30
Upper quartile 34
Highest mark 55
a) Use the information in the table to complete the box plot.
b) Use the information in the box plot to complete the table.
2) Kim measured the height, in cm, of each tomato plant in her greenhouse.
She used the results to draw the box plot shown below.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Height (cm)
a) Write down the median height.
b) Work out the interquartile range.
c) Explain why the interquartile range may be a better measure of

spread than the range.
Page 187D
MathsWatch Clip 188
Grade 7 questions Fractional Indices
1) Simplify the following:

a) y4 y5
b) x2 x6
c) (p4)5
d) (x3)2
e) (x4)2
f) (x3)5
g) x7 x2
t5
h)
t3
2) Work out the value of the following, leaving your answer in fraction
form when necessary
a) 50
b) 42
c) 53
1
d) 49 2
1
e) 83
2
f) 32 5
1

g) 16 2
1

h) 27 3
2

i) 64 3
3) 5 5 can be written in the form 5n.

Calculate the value of n.
4) 2 8 can be written in the form 2n.

Calculate the value of n.
5) a = 2x , b = 2 y
Express in terms of a and b
(i) 2x + y
(ii) 22x
(iii) 2x + 2y
Page 188
MathsWatch Clip 189
Grade 7 questions Recurring Decimals - Proof

1) a) Convert the recurring decimal 0. 36 to a fraction in its simplest form.
8
b) Prove that the recurring decimal 0.7 2 =
11
4
2) a) Change to a decimal.
9
19
b) Prove that the recurring decimal 0.57 =
33
3
11
15
33
1
6
5
37

5) a) Convert the recurring decimal 0. 2 61 to a fraction in its simplest form.
5
b) Prove that the recurring decimal 0.2 7 =
18

6) a) Convert the recurring decimal 5. 2 to a fraction in its simplest form.
3
b) Prove that the recurring decimal 0136
. =
22
Page 189
MathsWatch Clip 190
Grade 7 questions Rearranging Difficult Formulae
1) Make c the subject of the formula.

v = 2a + 3b + c
2) Make t the subject of the formula.

A = t + 5t
3) Make s the subject of the formula.

R = 3s + s + 2t
l
4) k=
ml
a) Make l the subject of the formula.
b) Make m the subject of the formula.
k ( x + 5)
5) A=
3
Make x the subject of the formula.
u + v2
6) R=
u+v
Make u the subject of the formula.
3x + 2 y
7) =
5 10 + y
Make y the subject of the formula.
a3
8) = 4b
5
Rearrange this formula to give a in terms of b.
9) S = 2d h 2 + d 2
Rearrange this formula to make h the subject.
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MathsWatch Clip 191
Grade 7 questions Solving Quadratics with the Formula
1) Solve the equation x2 + 4x + 1 = 0

Give your answers correct to 3 decimal places.
2) Solve the equation x2 + 8x + 6 = 0

Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.
3) Solve the equation x2 3x 2 = 0

4) Solve the equation x2 7x + 2 = 0

5) Solve the equation 2x2 + 6x 1 = 0

6) Solve the equation 3x2 2x 20 = 0

7) Solve the equation x2 14x 161.25 = 0
8) Solve the equation 17x2 92x 206 = 0

9) x2 + 10x = 300
Find the positive value of x.
10) (x + 2)(x 3) = 1
a) Show that x2 x 7 = 0
b) Solve the equation x2 x 7 = 0
Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures. Page 191
MathsWatch Clip 192
Grade 7 questions Factorising Hard Quadratics
1) Factorise the following:
a) 2x2 + 7x + 3
2
b) 3x + 5x 2
2
c) 6x 11x + 3
2
d) 8x + 10x + 3
2
e) 6x 7x 20
2
f) 4x 4x 15
2) Solve the following:
a) 5x2 + 9x 2 = 0
b) 6x2 + 5x 6 = 0
c) 12x2 + 25x + 7 = 0
d) 8x2 14x 15 = 0
e) 10x2 43x 30 = 5
f) 4x2 8x + 2 = 7 Page 192

MathsWatch Clip 193
Grade 7 questions Algebraic Proof
1) Show algebraically that the sum of two consecutive numbers

is always odd.
2) Show algebraically that the product of two even numbers

is always a multiple of four.
3) Show algebraically that the square of an odd number is always odd.
4) Prove, using algebra, that the difference between the squares

of any two consecutive even numbers is always a multiple of four.
5) n is an integer.
Prove that (2n + 1)(n + 3) + (2n + 1)(n 2)

is not a multiple of 2.
6) Prove that (4n + 1)2 (4n 1)2

is a multiple of eight for all positive integer values of n.
7) Prove algebraically that the sum of the squares of any three

consecutive even numbers is always a multiple of 4.
Page 193
MathsWatch Clip 194
Grade 7 questions Exponential Functions
1) y
(4, 375)
(1, 3)
The sketch-graph shows a curve with equation y = pqx.

The curve passes through the points (1, 3) and (4, 375).
Calculate the value of p and the value of q.
N
2) The graph shows the number of bacteria living in a petri dish.
The number N of bacteria at time t is given by the relation:
N = a bt
The curve passes through the point (0, 400).
Number of bacteria
a) Use this information to show that a = 400.
The curve also passes through (2, 900).

b) Use this information to find the value of b.
t
Time (hours)
c) Work out the number of bacteria in the dish at time t = 3.
Page 194
MathsWatch Clip 195
Grade 7 questions Trigonometric Graphs
1) On the axes below below, draw a sketch-graph to show y = sin x
y
1
x
90 180 270 360
Given that sin 30 = 0.5, write down the value of:
(i) sin 150
(ii) sin 330
2) On the axes below, draw a sketch-graph to show y = cos x
y
1
x
90 180 270 360
Given that cos 60 = 0.5, write down the value of:
(i) cos 120
(ii) cos 240
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MathsWatch Clip 195
Grade 7 questions Trigonometric Graphs
1) On the axes below, draw a sketch-graph to show y = tan x
30
20
10
0 x
90 180 270 360
-10
-20
-30
2) The diagram below shows the graph of y = cos ax + b, for values of x between 0 and 300.
2) Work
Here out thegraph
is the values
of of and b. y = cos x for 0 < x < 360 .
theacurve
y
a) Use the graph to solve cos x = 0.75 for 0 < x < 360
b) Use the graph to solve cos x = -0.75 for 0 < x < 360 x
90 180 270
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MathsWatch Clip 196
Grade 7 questions Transformation of Functions
1) The graph of y = f(x) is shown on the grids.
a) On this grid, sketch the graph of y = f (x 3)

y
6
5
y = f(x)
4
O
x
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
b) On this grid sketch the graph of y = f(x)

y
6
5
y = f(x)
4
O
x
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
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MathsWatch Clip 196
y
1)
(2, 4)
y = f(x)
x
O
The diagram shows part of the curve with equation y = f(x).

The coordinates of the maximum point of this curve are (2, 4).
Write down the coordinates of the maximum point of the curve with equation
y = f(x 2)
2)
y
y = f(x)
x
-2 O 2 4 6
The curve with equation y = f(x) is translated so that the point at (0, 0) is mapped
onto the point (4, 0).
Find the equation of the translated curve.
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MathsWatch Clip 196
1) The graph of y = f(x) is shown on the grid. y
4
y = f(x) graph G
3
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
The graph G is a translation of the graph of y = f(x).
a) Write down, in terms of f, the equation of graph G.
The graph of y = f(x) has a maximum point at (-4, 3).
b) Write down the coordinates of the maximum point of the graph y = f(-x).
2) This is a sketch of the curve with the equation y = f(x).

The only minimum point of the curve is at P (3, -4).
y
y = f(x)
o x
P (3, -4)
a) Write down the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve with the
equation y = f(x 2)
b) Write down the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve with the Page 196 C
equation y = f(x + 5) + 6
MathsWatch Clip 196
y
1) This is a sketch of the curve with equation y = f(x).
It passes through the origin O.
The only vertex of the curve is at A (1, -1)
a) Write down the coordinates of the vertex of the curve
with equation
(i) y = f(x 3)
(ii) y = f(x) 5 x
(iii) y = f(x)
A (1, -1)
b) The curve y = x2 has been translated to give

the curve y = f(x).
Find f(x) in terms of x.
2) The graph of y = f(x) is shown on the grids.
On this grid, sketch the graph of y = f(x 1)
3) Sketch the graph of y = (x 2)2 + 3

State the coordinates of the vertex.
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MathsWatch Clip 196
1) The diagram below shows the graph of y = 2 sin x, for values of x between 0 and 360.
y
x
A
The curve cuts the x axis at the point A.

The graph has a maximum at the point B.
a) (i) Write down the coordinates of A.

(ii) Write down the coordinates of B.
b) On the same diagram, sketch the graph of y = 2 sin x + 1 for values

of x between 0 and 360.
2) The diagram below shows the graph of y = cos ax + b, for values of x between 0 and 300.
Work out the values of a and b.
y
x
90 180 270
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MathsWatch Clip 197
Grade 7 questions Equation of a Circle
1) Find the equation of a circle with radius 3 and centre the origin.
y
4
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3
-4
2) a) Draw the graph of x2 + y2 = 6.25

y
4
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3
-4
b) By drawing the line x + y = 1.5, solve the equations

x2 + y2 = 6.25
x + y = 1.5
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MathsWatch Clip 198
Grade 7 questions Regions
1) On the grid below, draw straight lines and use shading to show the region R that
satisfies the inequalities x > 1 y>x x+y<7
y
8
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2) On the grid below, draw straight lines and use shading to show the region R that
satisfies the inequalities y>x+1 y<5 x>1
y
8
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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MathsWatch Clip 199
Grade 7 questions Direct and Inverse Proportion
1) M is directly proportional to L3.
When L = 2, M = 160
Find the value of M when L = 3
2) y is directly proportional to x.
When x = 500, y = 10
a) Find a formula for y in terms of x.
b) Calculate the value of y when x = 350
3) D is proportional to S 2.
D = 900 when S = 20
Calculate the value of D when S = 25
4) P is inversely proportional to V.
When V = 8, P = 6
a) Find a formula for P in terms of V.
b) Calculate the value of P when V = 2
5) The time, T seconds, for a hot sphere to cool is proportional to the

square root of the surface area, A m2, of the sphere.
When A = 100, T = 30.
Find the value of T when A = 60.
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MathsWatch Clip 199
Grade 7 questions Direct and Inverse Proportion
1) x is directly proportional to y.
When x = 21, then y = 3.
a) Express x in terms of y.
b) Find the value of x when y is equal to 10.
2) a is inversely proportional to b.
When a = 12, then b = 4.
a) Find a formula for a in terms of b.
b) Find the value of a when b is equal to 8.
c) Find the value of b when a is equal to 4.
3) The variables u and v are in inverse proportion to one another.

When u = 3, then v = 8.
Find the value of u when v = 12.
4) p is directly proportional to the square of q.

p = 75 when q = 5
a) Express p in terms of q.
b) Work out the value of p when q = 7.
c) Work out the positive value of q when p = 27.
5) y is directly proportional to x2.

When x = 3, then y = 36.
a) Express y in terms of x.
z is inversely proportional to x.
When x = 4, z = 2.
b) Show that z = c yn , where c and n are numbers and c > 0.
You must find the values of c and n.
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MathsWatch Clip 200
Grade 7 questions Similarity - Area and Volume
1) Triangle ABC is similar to triangle PQR.

P
A
Area = 24 cm2
B C
6 cm
Q R
9 cm
The area of triangle ABC is 24 cm2.

Calculate the area of triangle PQR.
2) Cylinder A is mathematically similar to cylinder B.
Volume = 240 cm3 8 cm

A 10 cm
B
The volume of cylinder A is 240 cm3

Calculate the volume of cylinder B.
3) P and Q are two geometrically similar solid shapes.

The total surface area of shape P is 540 cm2.
The total surface area of shape Q is 2160 cm2.
The volume of shape P is 2700 cm3.
Calculate the volume of shape Q.
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MathsWatch Clip 201
Grade 7 questions The Sine Rule
1) Work out the size of the angle marked x.

11 cm 13 cm
x 30
2) Find the missing lengths, x cm and y cm,

in this triangle.
Give your answers to 3 significant figures.
x y
50 71
12.6 cm
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MathsWatch Clip 202
Grade 7 questions The Cosine Rule
A B
1) ABC is a triangle.
AC = 8 cm
BC = 9 cm
Angle ACB = 43
8 cm 9 cm
43
2) The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 4.1 cm, 5.4 cm and 7.8 cm.
Calculate the size of the largest angle of the triangle.
4.1 cm 5.4 cm
7.8 cm
14 cm
3) P Q
8 cm
PQRS is a trapezium.
PQ is parallel to SR.
Angle PSR = 90
64 Angle PRS = 64
S R PQ = 14 cm.
PS = 8 cm.
a) Work out the length of PR.

b) Work out the length of QR.

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MathsWatch Clip 203
Grade 7 questions Area of a Triangle Using Sine
1) A B
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn.
8 cm 10 cm
ABC is a triangle.
AC = 8 cm. 42
BC = 10 cm
Angle ACB = 42 C
Calculate the area of triangle ABC.
2) C
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn.
18 cm
ABC is a triangle.
AB = 20 cm. 144
BC = 18 cm B A
Angle ABC = 144 20 cm

C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn.
3)
23 cm 31 cm
ABC is a triangle.
AC = 23 cm.
BC = 31 cm 54 39
Angle BAC = 54 A B
Angle ABC = 39
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MathsWatch Clip 204
Grade 7 questions And and Or Probability Questions
1) Jordan designs a game for a school fair.

He has two 8-sided spinners.
The spinners are equally likely to land on each of their sides.
One spinner has 3 blue sides, 2 yellow sides and 3 white sides.
The other spinner has 2 blue sides, 2 green sides and 4 white sides.
Calculate the probability that the two spinners will land on the same colour.
2) The probability that it will snow in Paris on Christmas day is 0.06.

a) Work out the probability that it will snow in Paris on both Christmas day 2015
and Christmas day 2016.
b) Work out the probability that it will snow in Paris on either Christmas Day 2015
or Christmas Day 2016, but not on both.
3) A bag contains 2 black beads, 5 yellow beads and 3 red beads.

Natalie takes a bead at random from the bag, records its colour and replaces it.
She does this two more times.
Work out the probability that, of the three beads Natalie takes, exactly two are
the same colour.
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MathsWatch Clip 205
Grade 7 questions Histograms
The table and histogram give some information about the weights of parcels
received at a post office during one Thursday.
Frequency density
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Weight (w) kg
a) Use the histogram to complete the frequency table.
Weight (w) kg Frequency
0<w<2 40
2<w<3
3<w<4 24
4<w<5 18
5<w<8
b) Use the table to complete the histogram. Page 205 A

MathsWatch Clip 205
The incomplete table and histogram give some information about the heights (in cm) of
some plants.
Height (h cm) Frequency
100 < h < 130 30
130 < h < 150
150 < h < 160
160 < h < 180 40
180 < h < 210 18
Frequency
density
0
100 120 140 160 180 200 220
Height (h cm)
a) Use the histogram to complete the table.
b) Use the table to complete the histogram.
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MathsWatch Clip 205
Paul asked the students in his class how many hours they used the internet for last week.
The incomplete histogram was drawn using his results.
Frequency
density
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Hours used
Eight students used the internet for between 10 and 15 hours.

Six students used it for between 0 and 10 hours.
a) Use this information to complete the histogram.
No students used the internet for more than 30 hours.
b) Work out how many students Paul asked.
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MathsWatch Clip 205
Some trains from Nottingham to Leeds were late.
The incomplete table and histogram give some information about how late the
trains were.
Minutes late (t) Frequency
0<t<5 16
5 < t < 10 10
10 < t < 20
20 < t < 30
30 < t < 50 8
Frequency
density
0 10 20 30 40 50
Minutes late (t)
a) Use the information in the histogram to complete the table.
b) Use the information in the table to complete the histogram. Page 205 D
MathsWatch Clip 205
The table and histogram give information about how long, in minutes,
some students took to complete a set of homework.
Time (t) in minutes Frequency
0 < t < 10 20
10 < t < 15
15 < t < 30
30 < t < 50 62
50 < t < 60 23
Frequency
density
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)
a) Use the information in the histogram to complete the table.
b) Use the table to complete the histogram.
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MathsWatch Clip 205
The incomplete histogram and table give some information about the distances
some students travel to school.
Frequency
density
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Distance (d km)
a) Use the information in the histogram to complete the frequency table.
Distance (d km) Frequency
0<d<5 15
5 < d < 10 20
10 < d < 20
20 < d < 40
40 < d < 60 10
b) Use the information in the table to complete the histogram.
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MathsWatch Clip 205
There are 100 pupils in Year 11. The time taken by each pupil to answer a question was recorded.
The following grouped frequency distribution was obtained.
Time, t seconds 0 < t < 10 10 < t < 20 20 < t < 30 30 < t < 40 40 < t < 60
Number of pupils 6 19 25 36 14
Draw a histogram to illustrate the distribution on the graph paper below.
Time taken to answer in seconds
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time, t seconds
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MathsWatch Clip 205
1) The table gives information about the heights, Height (h cm) Frequency
in centimetres, of some 18 year old students. 135 < h < 145 12
145 < h < 165 46
Use the table to draw a histogram. 165 < h < 180 45
180 < h < 190 25
190 < h < 195 4
2) The histogram shows the amount of time,

in hours, that students spend on their
homework per week.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Hours spent on homework per week
Use the histogram to complete the table.
Time (t hours) Frequency

0<t <
<t <1
1<t <2
2<t <3 27
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MathsWatch Clip 206
Grade 8 and 9 questions Upper and Lower Bounds
1) Here is a rectangle.
a = 8.4 cm correct to 1 decimal place. b

b = 3.6 cm correct to 1 decimal place.
a) Calculate the upper bound of the area of the rectangle.

Write down all the figures on your calculator.
b) Find the area of this rectangle correct to an appropriate

number of significant figures.
2) Terry measured the length and the width of a rectangle.

He measured the length to be 745 mm correct to the nearest 5 mm.
He measured the width to be 300 mm correct to the nearest 5 mm.
a) Calculate the lower bound for the area of this rectangle.
b) Calculate the upper bound for the perimeter of the rectangle.
3) The voltage V of an electronic circuit is given by the formula
V = IR
where I is the current in amps
and R is the resistance in ohms.
Given that V = 217 correct to three significant figures,

R = 12.4 correct to three significant figures,
calculate the lower bound of I.
4) Sara drove for 237 miles, correct to the nearest mile.

She used 27.2 litres of petrol, to the nearest tenth of a litre.
Number of miles travelled

Petrol consumption =
Number of litres of petrol used
Work out the upper bound for the petrol consumption for Saras journey.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
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1)
The length of the rectangle, a,

is 45 cm correct to the nearest cm. b
The width of the rectangle, b,
is 26 cm correct to the nearest cm.
a
Calculate the upper bound for the area of the rectangle.

2) A field is in the shape of a rectangle.

The width of the field is 26 metres, measured to the nearest metre.
a) Work out the upper bound of the width of the field.
The length of the field is 135 metres, measured to the nearest 5 metres.
b) Work out the upper bound for the perimeter of the field.
3) A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed V metres per second.
The height, H metres, to which it rises is given by

V2
H=
2g
where g m/s2 is the acceleration due to gravity.
V = 24.4 correct to 3 significant figures.

g = 9.8 correct to 2 significant figures.
(i) Write down the lower bound of g.
(ii) Calculate the upper bound of H.

a
4) v =
b
a = 6.43 correct to 2 decimal places.

b = 5.514 correct to 3 decimal places.
By considering bounds, work out the value of v to a suitable degree of accuracy.
You must show all your working and give a reason for your final answer.
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MathsWatch Clip 206
1) A = 11.3 correct to 1 decimal place

B = 300 correct to 1 significant figure
C = 9 correct to the nearest integer
a) Calculate the upper bound for A + B.
b) Calculate the lower bound for B C.
c) Calculate the least possible value of AC.

A+B
d) Calculate the greatest possible value of
B+C
2) An estimate of the acceleration due to gravity can be found using the formula:
2L
g=
T 2 sin x
Using
T = 1.2 correct to 1 decimal place
L = 4.50 correct to 2 decimal places
x = 40 correct to the nearest integer
a) Calculate the lower bound for the value of g.

b) Calculate the upper bound for the value of g.

C
3) The diagram shows a triangle ABC.
Diagram NOT
AB = 73mm correct to 2 significant figures. accurately drawn
BC = 80mm correct to 1 significant figure.
A B
a) Write the upper and lower bounds of both AB and BC.
ABupper = ................. BCupper = ..................

ABlower = ................ BClower = ..................
b) Calculate the upper bound for the area of the triangle ABC.
.........................mm2
Angle CAB = x
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c) Calculate the lower bound for the value of tan x.
MathsWatch Clip 207
Grade 8 and 9 questions Surds
1) Simplify the following: 4) Expand and simplify where

possible:
a) 7 7
a) (1 + 2 )(1 2 )
b) 3 3
c)
b) (3 + 5)(2 5)
20
c) ( 3 + 2)( 3 + 4)
d) 24
d) ( 5 3)( 5 + 1)
e) 72
f)
e) (2 + 7 )(2 7 )
200
2
f) ( 6 3) 2
g)
25
5) Work out the following,

giving your answer in its
2) Simplify the following:
simplest form:
a) 2 18
(5 + 3 )(5 3 )
a)
b) 8 32 22
c) 99 22 (4 5 )(4 + 5 )
b)
11
d) 45 20
e) 18 128 ( 3 2 )(3 + 2 )
c)
14
f) 28 175
( 3 + 1) 2
d)
3
3) Expand and simplify where ( 5 + 3) 2

possible: e)
20
a) 3(3 3)
(5 5)(2 + 2 5)
f)
b) 2 (6 + 2 2 ) 20
c) 7 (2 + 3 7 )
d) 2 ( 32 8 )
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MathsWatch Clip 207
1) 5 = 5k
a) Write down the value of k.
b) Expand and simplify (2 + 5 )(1 + 5 )

Give your answer in the form a + b c
where a, b and c are integers.
2) The diagram shows a right-angled triangle

with lengths of sides as indicated.
6 cm
The area of the triangle is A cm2
Show that A = k 2 giving the value of k.
2 3
3) Given that
8 18
= a + b 2 , where a and b are integers,
2
find the value of a and the value of b.
4) Work out (2 + 3)(2 3)
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MathsWatch Clip 207
1) Rationalise the denominator,

simplifying where possible:
3
a)
2
2
b)
2
3 2
c)
7
5
d)
10
1
e)
4 8
15
f)
3
1
g)
27
2) Rationalise the denominator of 1

3
1
3) Rationalise the denominator of giving the
8 8
2
answer in the form
p
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MathsWatch Clip 208
Grade 8 and 9 questions Perpendicular Lines
1)
y
B (10, 7)
A (0, 2)
x
0
A is the point (0, 2)

B is the point (10, 7)
a) Write down the equation of the straight line which passes through points A and B.
b) Find the equation of the line perpendicular to AB passing through B.
2) A straight line has equation y = 2x 5

The point P lies on the straight line.
The y coordinate of P is -6
a) Find the x coordinate of P.
A straight line L is parallel to y = 2x 5 and passes through the point (3, 2).
b) Find the equation of line L.
c) Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to line L and passes through point (3, 2).
y
3
3) In the diagram A is the point (0, -2) B C
2
B is the point (-4, 2)
C is the point (0, 2) 1
a) Find the equation of the line that passes through
x
C and is parallel to AB. -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2
b) Find the equation of the line that passes through -1
C and is perpendicular to AB. A
-2
-3
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MathsWatch Clip 209
Grade 8 and 9 questions Completing the Square
1) Show that if y = x2 + 8x 3
then y 19 for all values of x.
2) Show that if y = x2 10x + 30

then y 5 for all values of x.
3) The expression x2 + 4x + 10 can be written in the form

(x + p)2 + q for all values of x.
Find the values of p and q.
4) Given that x2 6x + 17 = (x p)2 + q for all values of x,

find the value of p and the value of q.
5) For all values of x,

x2 + 6x = (x + p)2 + q
a) Find the values of p and q.
b) Find the minimum value of x2 + 6x.
y
x2 8x 5 = (x p)2 + q
a) Find the value of p and the value of q.
b) On the axes, sketch the graph of y = x2 8x 5.

x
O
c) Find the coordinates of the minimum point on the graph of y = x2 8x 5.
7) The expression 10x x2 can be written in the form p (x q)2 for all values of x.
a) Find the values of p and q.
b) The expression 10x x2 has a maximum value.

(i) Find the maximum value of 10x x2.
(ii) State the value of x for which this maximum value occurs.
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MathsWatch Clip 210
Grade 8 and 9 questions Algebraic Fractions
1) Simplify fully
9x2
a) 3
21x
10 xy 3
b) 2
5y
18a 3b 2
c) 2
2ab
4 x 2 + 12 x
d)
10 x
2a 2b 14a 2b 3
e) 3 3
6a b
5x 2 y + 5xy 2
f) 2 2
10 x y
2) Simplify fully
2
x +x
a) 2
x + 6x + 5
2
x 6x + 8
b) 2
2 x 8x
2
x + 7 x + 10
c) 2
x + 5x
2
3) a) Factorise 4 x 12 x + 9
2
6x 7 x 3
b) Simplify 2
4 x 12 x + 9
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MathsWatch Clip 210
Grade 8 and 9 questions Algebraic Fractions
1) Write as single fractions in their simplest form
3 3
a) +
x 2x
5 3
b)
3x 4 x
x + 2 x 1
c) +
5 2
3 5
d)
x + 2 2x + 1
2) a) Factorise 2x2 + 7x + 6
3 4x
b) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form + 2
x + 2 2x + 7x + 6
3) Solve
1 1
a) + =2
x 3x
1 3 1
b) + =
x2 x+6 2
1 6
c) + =2
x 5 x
7 1
d) + =4
x + 2 x 1
3 1 7
e) + = 2
x+2 x2 x 4
x 2
f) + =1
2x 1 x + 2
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MathsWatch Clip 211
Grade 8 and 9 questions Simultaneous Equations with a Quadratic
1) Solve these simultaneous equations.

y=x
y = x2 6

y = x2 4
y = 3x

y = x2 x 13
y=x+2

y = x2 35
xy=5

x2 + y2 = 26
y+6=x
6) Sarah said that the line y = 7 cuts the curve x2 + y2 = 25 at two points.
a) By eliminating y show that Sarah is not correct.
b) By eliminating y, find the solutions to the simultaneous equations

x2 + y2 = 25
y = 3x 9
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MathsWatch Clip 212
Grade 8 and 9 questions Solving Quadratic Inequalities
1) Solve the inequality x2 + x 12 0
2) Solve the inequality x2 5x 6 > 0
3) Solve the inequality x2 9 0
4) Solve the inequality 2x2 13x + 15 < 0
5) Solve the inequality 6x2 + 13x 5 > 0
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MathsWatch Clip 213
Grade 8 and 9 questions Finding the nth Term of a Quadratic
1) Find a formula for the nth term of this quadratic sequence:
3, 8, 15, 24, . . .
3, 5, 9, 15, . . .
3, 7, 13, 21, . . .
1, 4, 11, 22, . . .
2, 7, 18, 35, . . .
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MathsWatch Clip 214
Grade 8 and 9 questions Inverse Functions
1) Find f -1(x) if f(x) = 4x + 3
2) a) Find f -1(x) where f(x) = 2x 3
b) Find f -1(19)
3) a) Find f -1(x) where f(x) = x3 1
b) Find f -1(26)
4) Find f -1(x) where f(x) = 4x x 1
5) Find f -1(x) where f(x) = 2x

x+5
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MathsWatch Clip 215
Grade 8 and 9 questions Composite Functions
f(x) = x2 2, g(x) = x + 6
a) Find f(5)
b) Find f(-1)
c) Find g(3)
d) Find g(-5)
f(x) = x2 2, g(x) = x + 6
a) Find fg(3)
b) Find gf(3)
c) Find gf(0)
f(x) = x2 + 3x, g(x) = x + 5
a) Find fg(x)
b) Find gf(x)
f(x) = x + 5, g(x) = x2 2
Solve fg(x) = gf(x)
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MathsWatch Clip 216
Grade 8 and 9 questions Velocity-Time Graphs
1) The graph shows the speed of a coach between two bus stations.
30
speed (m/s)
40 Time (s) 80 100
a) What was the acceleration of the coach in m/s2 for the first 40 seconds?
b) What is the distance, in metres, between the two stations?
2) The velocity-time graph for a car is shown.
14
12
10
Velocity (m/s)
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Time (s)
a) Estimate the acceleration of the car at 6 seconds.
b) Find an estimate for how far the car has travelled in the first 14 seconds.
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MathsWatch Clip 217
Grade 8 and 9 questions Pythagoras in 3D
1) The diagram shows a box in the H

shape of a cuboid. G
AB = 6cm, BC = 4cm, CG = 3cm
A string runs diagonally across the E F 3cm

box from A to G.
D C
Calculate the length of the string AG.
Give your answer correct
4cm
to 3 significant figures.
A 6cm B
2) The diagram shows a box in the shape H G

of a cuboid.
AB = 8cm, BC = 11cm
E F
A string runs diagonally across the 18cm
box from D to F and is 18cm long.
D C
Calculate the length AE.
Give your answer correct 11cm
to 3 significant figures.
A 8cm B
3) The diagram shows a wedge in the shape

of a prism. D C
Angle BFC is a right angle.
8cm
String runs diagonally across the wedge E F
from A to C.
17cm
Calculate the length AC
Give your answer correct to A 20cm B
Page 217
MathsWatch Clip 218
Grade 8 and 9 questions Trigonometry in 3D
1) The diagram shows a wedge.

The base of the wedge is a horizontal rectangle measuring 80 cm by 60 cm.
The sloping face ABRS makes an angle of 21 to the horizontal.
S R
D C
21 80 cm
A 60 cm B
Calculate the angle that AR makes with the horizontal plane ABCD.
2) The diagram shows a box in the shape of a cuboid.

A string runs diagonally across the box from C to E.
H G
E F
25 cm
D C
40 cm
A 30 cm B
a) Work out the length of the string CE.

b) Work out the angle between the string CE and the horizontal plane ABCD.
Page 218
MathsWatch Clip 219
Grade 8 and 9 questions Vectors
A
Q
O B X
In the diagram,
OA = 4a and OB = 4b
OAC, OBX and BQC are all straight lines.
AC = 2OA and BQ : QC = 1 : 3
a) Find, in terms of a and b, the vectors which represent
(i) BC
(ii) AQ
Given that BX = 8b
b) Show that AQX is a straight line.
Page 219 A
MathsWatch Clip 219
1) P
M
b
a T
O
OPT is a triangle.
M is the midpoint of OP.
OT = a
TP = b
a) Express OM in terms of a and b.
b) Express TM in terms of a and b.

A
2)
a
P
O B
b
OAB is a triangle.
OA = a, OB = b
a) Find the vector AB in terms of a and b.
P is the point on AB so that AP : PB = 2 : 1
b) Find the vector OP in terms of a and b.

Page 219 B
MathsWatch Clip 219
1)
A
a P
O B
b
OAB is a triangle.
OA = a, OB = b
a) Find the vector AB in terms of a and b.
P is the point on AB so that AP : PB = 3 : 2

1
b) Show that OP = (2a + 3b)
5
2) Y
4a + 3b
OX = 2a + b O
OY = 4a + 3b 2a + b
X
a) Express the vector XY in terms of a and b

XYZ is a straight line.

XY : YZ = 2 : 3
b) Express the vector OZ in terms of a and b

Y
4a + 3b
O
2a + b
X
Page 219 C
MathsWatch Clip 219
1) The diagram shows a trapezium PQRS.

b Diagram NOT
PQ = a and QR = b. Q R accurately drawn
PS is three times the length of QR.
a
P S
Find, in terms of a and b, expressions for

a) QP b) PR c) PS d) QS
2) In triangle ABC, P and Q are the midpoints of AB and AC. Diagram NOT
A accurately drawn
AP = p and AQ = q.
p q
P Q
a) Find, in terms of p and q, expressions for
(i) PQ (ii) AB (iii) AC (iv) BC
B C
b) Use your results from (a) to prove that PQ is parallel to BC.
B
3)
b Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
D C
O a A
OAB is a triangle.
D is the midpoint of OB.
C is the midpoint of AB.
OA = a and OB = b
(i) Find OC in terms of a and b.
(ii) Show that DC is parallel to OA. Page 219 D

MathsWatch Clip 219
p
1) P Q
Diagram NOT
q accurately drawn
U 2q R
X
T S
PQRSTU is a regular hexagon.
PQ = p QR = q PS = 2q
a) Find the vector PR in terms of p and q.
PR = RX
b) Prove that PQ is parallel to SX
2) M
B C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
A D
N
ABCD is a trapezium with BC parallel to AD.
AB = 3 b BC = 3 a AD = 9 a
M is the midpoint of BC and N is the midpoint of AD.

a) Find the vector MN in terms of a and b.
X is the midpoint of MN and Y is the midpoint of CD.

b) Prove that XY is parallel to AD.
Page 219 E

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d) Write the number two and a half million in figures.

e) Write the number one and three quarter million in figures.

2) Write the following numbers in words

3) a) Write down the value of the 7 in the number 3 752.

b) Write down the value of the 6 in the number 56 025.

c) Write down the value of the 2 in the number 99 723.

d) Write down the value of the 5 in the number 258 610.

e) Write down the value of the 2 in the number 1 253 549.

4) What is the value of the digit 7 in 38.1472?

Choose, and circle, the correct answer from the following:

Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest:

1) 74, 57, 38, 8, 61

2) 39, 84, 11, 128, 24

3) 76, 102, 12, 140, 73

7) 205, 2005, 105, 55, 5005

8) 83, 61, 42, 65, 14

1) Put these amounts of money in order, starting with the smallest:

a) 4.50, 3.82, 4.05, 3.99, 3.54

b) 1.25, 2.41, 1.24, 2.04, 1.99

c) 15.83, 24.18, 13.99, 46.01, 46.10

2) Circle the smallest number: 0.1, 0.09, 0.99, 0.15, 0.11

3) Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest:

2.01, 2.45, 2.14, 2.006, 2.405

4) Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest:

0.76, 0.668, 0.608, 0.099, 0.909

5) Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest:

5.004, 4.889, 4.099, 5.002, 4.095

1) Estimate the reading on each of these scales:

2) This scale shows degrees Centigrade.

a) What temperature is the arrow pointing to?

b) Draw an arrow which points to -17C.

3) This is a diagram for converting between gallons and litres.

Use the diagram to convert

b) 4.5 gallons to litres.

c) 2.08 .... 2.8

3) You must be at least 1.6 m tall to ride on a rollercoaster at Romy Park.

Height < 1.6 m

Height < 1.6 m

Height > 1.6 m

Height > 1.6 m

2) Calculate the difference in hours and minutes between 11 35 and 13 25.

a) Write down the distance between San Francisco and Miami.

One of the cities in the table is 4541 km from Los Angeles.

b) Write down the name of this city.

4) Here is part of a train timetable

a) Tim catches the 06 06 train from Manchester.

At what time should he expect to arrive at Euston?