Wigan LEA

Numeracy Centre

Year 4 - Time Block 2

Mental Arithmetic
Test Questions

Produced by
Wigan Numeracy Centre
September 2000
 Year 4 Time Block 2

Test 7 (end of week 2)

I will read every question twice. In this first set you will have 5
seconds to work out the answer and record it on your answer sheet.

1. Write the number 4307 in figures. (4307)

2. Write an even number between 423 and 430. (424,426 or 428)
3. Double 350. (700)
4. Round 227 to the nearest 10. (230)
5. What is the total of 54 and 45? (99)
6. What do I have to add to 37 to make 74? (37)
7. What is the product of 9 and 4? (36)
8. Half of 92? (46)
9. Divide 32 dice between 4 classes. How many each? (8)
10. Look at the 2 numbers on your sheet. Write a number that lies
between them in the empty box.
273 281 (274-280 inc.)

For the next set of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out the
answer and record it on your answer sheet.

11. Write the fraction shaded. (2/8 or ¼)

12.How many months are there in 3 years? (36)

13.Look at the Carroll Diagram on your sheet. Some numbers have
been sorted. Write the number 33 in the correct box.
Even numbers Odd numbers
Have 28 25
2 tens 20 21
Have 36 37
3 tens 32 39 33
14.How much change from £1 is there after spending 55p? (45p)
15.Put a ring round the number divisible by 6. (30)
YEAR 4 Mental Arithmetic Test 7
Name: Date:

1 11

2 423
430

3
12
4 227
months

5 54 45 13 Even Odd
numbers numbers
Numbers 28 25
with
6 37 2 tens
20 21
Numbers 36 37
With
32 39
7 3 tens

33
8 92

14 £1 55p
9 32 dice p
4

15
10 30 31 32
273 281
 Year 4 Time Block 2

Test 8 (end of week 4)

I will read every question twice. In this first set you will have 5
seconds to work out the answer and record it on your answer sheet.

1. Write the number 3051. (3051)

2. Add 8, 3 and 7. (18)
3. From 84, take away 7. (77)
4. Write the next odd number after 252. (253)
5. Round 261g to nearest 100 grams. (300g)
6. What is the product of 4 and 8? (32)
7. To play a game, 35 children need to be put in teams of 7. How
many teams will there be? (5)
8. Write the correct symbol/sign greater than or less than in the empty
box. 761 293. (>)
9. On your answer sheet is a scale. What is the number shown by the
arrow?

740 ! 750 (745)

10. Double 41. (82)

For the next set of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out the
answer and record it on your answer sheet.

11. Margaret uses 550 grams of flour from a 1kg packet. How much
flour is left? (450g)
12. Ring the name of the polygon that has 7 straight sides.
Triangle Heptagon Hexagon Pentagon
13. How many edges has a cuboid? (12)
14. A bike journey starts at nine twenty and lasts for 50 minutes. At
what time did the journey finish? (10 past 10)
15. Peter stands on the bathroom scales shown on your sheet.
Roughly what measurement is shown on the scales? (24kg 200g –
24kg 400g)
YEAR 4 Mental Arithmetic Test 8
Name: Date:

1 11
550g
1 kg
g
2 8 3 7

12 triangle heptagon
3 84
hexagon pentagon
4 252 13

5 261g
14 9.20
50 mins
6
15
25
7 35 24 26
7 23 27

8 kg
761 293

9 740 ↑ 750 kg

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 Year 4 Time Block 2
Test 9 (end of week 6)

I will read every question twice. In this first set you will have 5
seconds to work out the answer and record it on your answer sheet.

1. Write the number 5304. (5304)

2. What is the total of 3, 7 and 2? (12)
3. What is 48 less than 95? (47)
4. Write the even number before 587. (586)
5. Round 983m to the nearest 10 metres. (980m)
6. What number multiplied by itself gives 36? (6)
7. Divide 45 by 5. (9)
8. Write the correct symbol/sign, greater than or less than in the

empty box. 161 < 234.

9. On your answer sheet is a scale. What is the number shown by the
arrow?

3000 ! 3100 (3050)

10. Double 24. (48)

For the next set of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out the
answer and record it on your answer sheet.

11. Look at the sequence of numbers on your sheet. Write the

missing number in the empty box.
741 746 751 756
12. Pat buys a drink for 35p and a bar of chocolate for 20p. How
much change does she get from £1? (45p)
13. How many sides has a tin of peas? (3)
14. Estimate the weight of a banana. Circle the most appropriate
weight on your answer sheet.
2g, 20g, 200g, 2kg
15. Circle the numbers in the box which are multiples of 3.

99 17 27 32
YEAR 4 Mental Arithmetic Test 9
Name: Date:

1 11
741 746 756

2 3 7
2 12 35p 20p
£1
3 48
13
4 587 sides

5 983m 14
2g 20g 200g 2kg

6 36
15
99 17 27 32
7 45

8
161 234

9
3000 ↑ 3100

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 Year 4 Time Block 2

Test 10 (end of week 8)

I will read every question twice. In this first set you will have 5
seconds to work out the answer and record it on your answer sheet.

1. Write the number 2670. (2670)

2. What is 5, 7 and 5 altogether? (17)
3. Subtract 16 from 49. (33)
4. Write the next odd number after 899 901
5. Round 355g to the nearest 100 grams. (400g)
6. Multiply 8 by 6. (48)
7. How many lengths of wood 10cm long can you cut from a 60cm
length of wood? (6)
8. Write the correct sign/symbol, greater than or less than, in the
empty box. 8930 < 8940
9. On your answer sheet is a scale. What is the number shown by the
arrow?

350 ! 380 (365)

10. Double 32. (64)

For the next set of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out the
answer and record it on your answer sheet.

11. How many 10p coins are there in £12? (120)

12. Share 208 football cards between four children. (52)
13. A variety packet of crisps containing 10 packets costs £1.80. How
much would one packet cost? (18p)
14. Given that 14 x 6 = 84, what is 84 ÷ 14? (6)
15. Roughly what does a medium sized apple weigh?
10g, 100g, 1kg? Circle your answer.
YEAR 4 Mental Arithmetic Test 10
Name: Date:

1 11 10p
coins £12

2 5 7
12 208
5
cards 4
3 16
13 £1.80
p 10
4
899 14 14 x 6=84
84 ÷ 14 =
5 355g
g
15
6 10g 100g 1kg

7 10cm
60cm

8
8930 8940
9
350 ↑ 380

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 Year 4 Time Block 2

Test 11 (end of week 10)

I will read every question twice. In this first set you will have 5
seconds to work out the answer and record it on your answer sheet.

1. Write the number 4009. (4009)

2. What is the total of 6, 9 and 4? (19)
3. Take 13 from 51. (38)
4. Make the largest number you can from 7 9 0 2
(9720)
5. Round 148m to the nearest 10 metres. (150m)
6. What is 8 multiplied by itself? (64)
7. Share £140 between 10 people. (£14)
8. Write the correct sign/symbol for greater than/less than, in the
empty box. 3716 4392
<
9.What is one quarter of 480? (120)
10. Double 19. (38)

For the next set of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out the
answer and record it on your answer sheet.

11. Given that 400 ÷ 5 = 80, what is 5 x 80 ? (400)

12. How many times larger is 800 than 8? (100)
13. Put a ring round the smallest of the numbers on your sheet. 707
182 808
168 618
14. On your sheet ring the fraction that is the same as 0.5:
¾ , 5/8 , 5/10, 2/10
15. 4 books cost £9. What does 1 book cost? (£2.25)
YEAR 4 Mental Arithmetic Test 11
Name: Date:

1 11
5 x 80= 400 ÷ 5=80
2 6 9
4 12 800
8
3 13
13
707 182 808
4 7 9
0 2
168 618
5 148m

14
6 5 3
8 4

7 £140 5 2
10 10

8
3716 4392
15 4 books
9 480 £ £9

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 Year 4 Block 2

Test 12 ( end of week 12)

I will read every question twice. In this first set you will have 5 seconds to work
out the answer and record it on your answer sheet.

1. Write the number 5680. (5680)

2. Add together 7, 12 and 9. (28)
3. What must I take from 61 to leave 37? (24)
4. Make the smallest number you can from 7, 9, 1, 2 (1279)
5. Round 874ml to the nearest 100 millilitres. (900ml)
6. What is the 5th multiple of 8? (40)
7. What is 670 divided by 10? (67)
8. Write the correct sign/symbol, greater than or less than, in the empty box.
7618 > 7218
9. On your sheet is a scale. Write the number shown by the arrow.

-4 ↑ 4 (-2)
10. Double 27. (54)

For the next set of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out the answer
and record it on your answer sheet.

11. On your sheet is a tally chart showing how many smarties of each colour
there were in a tube of smarties. How many red smarties were there? (6)
Colour Number of Smarties
Red IIII I
Brown IIII III
Yellow IIII
Green IIII I
Blue III
12. Look at the fractions on your sheet. Circle the smallest.
6.2 5.7 4.5 7.6 5.2
13. What is one tenth of £1? (10p)
14. A film lasts 180 minutes. How many hours is this? (3 hours)
15. A cook has 29 jelly sweets to put on 5 cakes. How many sweets can he
put on each cake so that each cake has the same number? (5 sweets)
YEAR 4 Mental Arithmetic Test 12
Name: Date:

1 11 colour Number of
smarties
Red llll l
2 7 12 Brown llll lll
9
Yellow llll
Green llll l
3 61
Blue lll

4 7 9 red smarties
1 2
12
5 874ml
6.2 5.7 4.5

6 7.6 5.2

7 670 13 £1

8 14 180 mins
7618 7218
hours
9
-4 ↑ 4 15 29 sweets
sweets 5 cakes

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