Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 1 – Properties of addition and subtraction Answers

Question Answer

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1
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32 + 59 = 91
59 + 32 = 91
2 91 − 32 = 59
91 − 59 = 32

74 + 56 = 130
56 + 74 = 130
3 130 − 74 = 56
130 − 56 = 74

139 + 62 = 201
62 + 139 = 201
4 201 − 62 = 139
201 − 139 = 62

114 −56
114
56 58
5 58 114
56 58

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6
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The numbers can be written in either order.

7 40 + 26 = 26 + 40

Subtraction is not commutative. The order of the numbers matters.

8
a) Nijah spotted a number bond to 100, so the calculation was easier because
57 + 43 = 100
b) 6 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 2
9
38 + 62 + 27
26 + 74 + 31 + 29

𝑦+𝑧=𝑥
𝑧+𝑦 =𝑥
10 𝑥−𝑦 =𝑧
𝑥−𝑧=𝑦

use of concrete resources to show the statements are true

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Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 2 – Mental strategies for addition and subtraction Answers

Question Answer
a) ! ! !

1 ! ! !
b) Students need to justify which method they prefer.

364 + 297 = 364 + 297 + 3 − 3 = 364 − 3 + 297 + 3 = 361 + 300 = 661

a) 126
b) 991
c) 1,707
2
d) 432
e) 861
f) 5,753

a) 744
b) 615
3 c) 652
d) 6,511

−1 − 100

702 703 704 803

4
+1 − 99
Students’ diagrams may differ, but must show that 803 − 99 = 803 − 100 + 1

a) 180 − 42 = 138
180 − 58 = 122
180 − 131 = 49
b) 360 − 35 = 325
5
360 − 147 = 213
360 − 228 = 132
c) They are used a lot in calculating angles.

a)
6
b) Students need to justify which method they prefer.
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 2 – Mental strategies for addition and subtraction Answers (continued)

Question Answer

a) 0.83
b) 787
c) 2.62
8 d) 85.31
e) 76.4
f) 90.1
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 3 – Use formal methods for addition of integers Answers

Question Answer
a) 45 + 37
b) 10 ones for 1 ten
c)
4 5
1
3 7
8 2
1

a) 778
b) 783
2
c) 823

a) 5,933
b) 3,923
3
c) 7,000

a) 8,766
4 b) 8,255

a) 5,791
b) 6,151
5
c) 27,452

a) 9,384
b) 6,918
6
c) 10,400

a) 430,000
500,000
2,025,000
64,354
7
b) 3,019,354
c) seven million, nineteen thousand, three hundred and fifty-four
7,019,354

a) 4,831
b) 3,895
8
c) 8,726

multiple possible answers

There are many ways of making 999, e.g.:
1 5 2
3 7 8
9
4 6 9
9 9 9
1 1
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 4 – Use formal methods for addition of decimals Answers

Question Answer

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1
!

a) 8.8
b) 9.0
2 c) 9.4
d) 70.5

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3
! !

a) 8.76
b) 6.04
4 c) 80.11
d) 20.00

5
! !
Students may discuss the importance of aligning the columns and whether it is necessary to
add a zero in the tenths column after the 7

a) 49.9
b) 53.4
c) 92.2
6 d) 74.96
e) 38.68
f) 32.5

a) 9.24
b) 44.4
c) 38.84
7 d) 41.02
e) 13.26
f) 50.26
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 4 – Use formal methods for addition of decimals Answers (continued)

Question Answer
tea and sandwich £5.08
coffee and cake £4.29
8 soup, tea and coffee £7.38
sandwich, cake and coffee £7.78

a) 1.92
b) 2.42
9 c) 2.47
d) 2.94
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 5 – Use formal methods for subtraction of integers Answers

Question Answer
a) 56 − 32 = 24
56 − 39 = 17
56 − 39 was more difficult because we need to exchange 1 ten for 10 ones.
b)
4 1

1
2 4! 1 7

c) Both methods involve exchanging 1 ten for 10 ones.

In part a), the tens counter is replaced with 10 ones counters. In part b), this exchange is
written on the calculation.

a) 461
b) 317
c) 346
2 d) 434
e) 389
f) 384

a) 1,108
b) 3,376
3 c) 1,628
d) 2,095

a) 6,142
b) 3,937
4 c) 4,342
d) 5,189

a) 2,259
5 b) 1,679

a) Sixty-eight thousand, three hundred and two thousand, half a million, 650,000,
2,700,000
6 b) half a million
c) 2,632,000

a) 222
7 b) 2,131

a) 𝑎 = 36
b) 𝑏 = 90
8 c) 𝑑 = 194
d) 𝑒 = 824
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 6 – Use formal methods for subtraction of decimals Answers

Question Answer
a) 2.7
b) 2.0
1
c) 5.35

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a) He has worked out the difference between the two digits in each column instead of
subtracting the second digit from the first digit.
b)
2 1
3
0 8 3

a) 27.3
b) 23.8
c) 28.9
4 d) 10.93
e) 22.2
f) 21.61

Kim should received £7.11 change.

5
a) 2.44
b) 1.76
c) 23.6
6 d) 21.16
e) 0.68
f) 29.44

a) 1.37
b) 0.88
c) 1.42
7 d) 0.92
e) 1.07
f) 0.94
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 6 – Use formal methods for subtraction of decimals Answers (continued)

Question Answer
a) 𝑎 = 52.3
b) 𝑏 = 7.1
c) 𝑐 = 5.02
8 d) 𝑑 = 1.85
e) 𝑒 = 8.95
f) 𝑓 = 4.64

a) Alex’s height = 1.36 m

Tom’s height = 1.64 m
9 Aisha’s height = 1.09 m
b) 0.55 m
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 7 – Choose the most appropriate method – mental strategies, formal written
or calculator Answers

Question Answer
a) 600 + 100 = 700
b)

7 2 6
1 1

c)

1
726 727

Adding 99 is the same as adding 100 and subtracting 1

d) The method in part c) is more efficient as it uses easy calculations and gives an exact
answer.

a) 4,000 − 600 = 3,400

b)
3 12 10 1

3 7 4 5

c)
2

3,745 3,752 3,812

567 has been partitioned into 500 + 60 + 7 and each of these is subtracted in turn.
d) The method in part c) is more efficient as it breaks the problem down into easier
calculations and gives an exact answer.

a) £7.42
b) 1p has been subtracted from both numbers so the difference is the same.
3 c) £7.42
d) The subtraction in part c) is easier because there are no exchanges.

a) £7.57
b) 3,726
4 c) 579
d) 1,579
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 7 – Choose the most appropriate method – mental strategies, formal written
or calculator Answers (continued)

Question Answer
a) 8 million
b) 5 billion
c) 147 thousand
d) 200 million
5
We can ignore the word part of each number because they are the same within each
calculation. So we work out the calculation using only the number parts and then include
3 the
word part in the answer.

The number after the colon is the number of minutes, not a decimal. There are 60 minutes
6 in an hour, not 100

a) 37 minutes
b) 37 minutes
7 c) 39 minutes
d) 2 hours 39 minutes

Students may choose different methods.

a) £6.53
8 b) £1,298
c) 151,392
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 8 – Solve problems in the context of perimeter Answers

Question Answer
a) 26.5 cm
b) 23.7 cm
1 c) 22.2 cm
d) 30.2 cm

possible rectangles:
1 cm by 11 cm
2 cm by 10 cm
3 cm by 9 cm
2 4 cm by 8 cm
5 cm by 7 cm
6 cm by 6 cm
The two sides must sum to 12 cm.

a) 𝑎 = 5 cm
b) 𝑏 = 6 cm
3 c) 𝑐 = 4 cm
d) 𝑑 = 2.5 cm

a) 70 cm
4 b) 8 cm

6.3 cm, 2.5 cm, 2.5 cm

5
a) 9

b) 34 cm
c) They are all right angles.
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 9 – Solve financial maths problems Answers

Question Answer
Brett saves £4.01 a week.
1
Whitney sold the tablet for £75
2
Dani makes £1.25 profit.
3
a) The balance was £197.32
b) £27.95
4 c) £212.85
d) £246.71

a) £654.11
b) £850.00
5 c) £79.99
d) £315.96

a) The total cost is £3.28

6 b) Tommy should receive £6.72 change.

Mrs Dean needs £270

7
Filip needs €699.65
8
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 10 – Solve problems involving tables and timetables Answers

Question Answer
a) 5
b) 4
1 c) Wednesday
d) Saturday

a) Aberdeen and Dover

b) Bristol and Exeter
c) Cambridge and Exeter
2 d) 84 miles
e) 107 miles
f) 717 miles

9 6
3
13.5 4.5
30.5 27.5 21.5

a)
18

27
4
110
169

b) 76

22
24 23 47
5 54

First we need to work out the missing number in a row or column that already has two
values.

a) 3
b) 39 minutes
6
c) 07:22
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 10 – Solve problems involving tables and timetables Answers (continued)

Question Answer

14:36
08:52 13:32 14:58
7 09:07 11:37 15:13
09:21 11:51 15:27
12:27 14:37
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 11 – Solve problems with frequency trees Answers

Question Answer
a) d)
58

36

b) e)
100

56
c)

167

a)

78

2 31

103

72

b) 96
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 11 – Solve problems with frequency trees Answers (continued)

Question Answer

22

15
50
3
17

28

11

under 15 13

57
men
15 or over 44
100
4
under 15 17
women
43
15 or over 26
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 11 – Solve problems with frequency trees Answers (continued)

Question Answer

under 18 11

40

18 or over 29
A

under 18 67
B
5 200 90

18 or over 23

C
under 18 12

70

18 or over 58
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 12 – Solve problems with bar charts and line graphs Answers

Question Answer
a) 32
b) 7
1 c) 4
d) 51

a) 74
b) 202
c) 55
2 d) Scott has consistently improved in English and Maths. His improvement in Maths is
greater than his improvement in English. His Science score was decreasing, but
improved in December.

a) 8
b) £17
c) November and December
d) £206
e)

a) No.
The temperature will not necessarily increase at a constant rate.
b) 3
4 c) 15 °F
d) midday and 1 pm
e) probably summer, since it is warm all day
Y7 – Spring – Block 1 – Step 13 – Add and subtract numbers given in standard form Answers

Question Answer

a) 3 × 105 + 4 × 105 = 300,000 + 400,000 = 700,000 ≠ 7 × 1010

7 × 105
b) 7 × 106
2 7 × 108
7 × 1017
9 × 10−3

a) 3 × 105 + 7 × 105 = 300,000 + 700,000 = 1,000,000 = 1 × 106

b) 3 + 7 = 10, so the index needs to increase by 1 for the number part of standard form to
be less than 10
c) 3 × 106 + 7 × 106 = 1 × 107
3 6 × 108 + 4 × 108 = 1 × 109
5 × 105 + 5 × 105 = 1 × 106
7 × 10−2 + 3 × 10−2 = 1 × 10−1
5 × 10−4 + 5 × 10−4 = 1 × 10−3

a) 870,000
1,500,000
7,800,000
b) 730,000
793,000
799,300
4 c) 0.78
0.15
0.087
d) 0.73
0.0793
0.07993

a) 600,000,000 km
b) 520,000,000 km
5 c) 630,000,000 km
d) 1,930,000,000 km