Mental Arithmatic 5 Answer Book.
Mental Arithmatic 5 Answer Book.
Mental Arithmatic 5 Answer Book.
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SECTION 1 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
Employees in a shop
B Answer
men women under
1 Write in words the number which is 400 18
less than 50 000.
forty-nine thousand six hundred 7 Amy spends 30% of her money on a
book and saves 60%. If she had 20p
2 Find in £s the total of 18p, 16p, 25p, 9p. £0.68 left how much had she at first? £2.00
3 Change these improper fractions
to mixed numbers.
8 A square with sides measuring 20cm
5 7
each is cut along both diagonals into
35 63
a 6 b 8 a 56 b 78 four equal triangles. What is the area
of each triangle in cm2? 100cm2
4 Find the difference between three 50ps
and the sum of twelve 5ps and six 2ps. 78p 9 A bus departs at 19:47 and arrives at its
destination 1h 16min later. Write the
5 How many times is 25g contained in 4kg? 160
time of its arrival. 21:03
6 Find the change from a €5 note after
spending €2.03. €2.97 10 The area of a rectangular path is 75m2.
It is 50cm wide. How long is it in metres? 150m
7 Which of these numbers are factors of 56?
2 3 5 7 9 11 In seven weeks Katie saves £3.15.
2 and 7 Find her mean average weekly savings. 45p
8 What percentage of 2l is 400ml? 20%
12 The measurements of the box are given.
9 Approximate Find the area of
10 What fraction in its simplest form c the top and bottom. c 102cm2
is equal to
19 1 top
a 95% b 0.04? a 20 b 25
5cm
11 Find the cost of 700g at 90p per kilogram. 63p end side
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer
6 How many 20ps have the same value 9 A box containing 60 marshmallows
as £9.00? 45 20ps costs £3.68. Find the cost of 15
marshmallows. 92p
7 Write the answer to MD – DCCCXC
in Roman numerals. DCX 10 Find the age in years
Dates of birth
and months of
8 How many times 0.625 is 625? 1000 Josh 1.02.2014 Josh and James on
9 Write as a percentage. James 1.10.2011 1 September 2030.
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SECTION 1 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
3 7
1 Write as a decimal 100 + 10 + 1000. 100.307 1 A milkshake which cost 43p was paid for
with a £1 coin. Which three coins
3
2 44 × 8 = 38 were given as change? 50p 5p 2p
C B
B Answer
7 {1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 36}
1 Multiply the sum of 29 and 18 by 8. 376 Two numbers are missing from this
set of factors of 36. Which are they? 4 and 12
2 Decrease £3.50 by 20%. £2.80
8 A dog’s mass increased from 40kg
3 Find the reflex to 42kg. What was the increase
angle AOB. 313º 1
A O a as a fraction a 20
47°
b as a percentage? b 5%
10 Approximate 12 48 centimetre
cubes fit
a 27.9km to the nearest kilometre a 28km exactly into
5cm
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer
11 3+5×2= 13 6 A In the
triangle
12 a 18p = % of £1 a 18% ABC,
find ∠ ACB 50º
b 45cm = % of 1m b 45% 130° 55°
B ∠ BAC. 75º
C
B Answer 7 The mass of a 10p coin is 6.5g.
What is the mass in kilograms
1 Write as a decimal 3085 thousandths. 3.085 of £20 in 10ps? 1.3kg
2 From the total of 83p and £1.06 take 70p. £1.19
8 A line 9cm long represents the distance
3 Find the product of 0.6 and 9. 5.4 flown by an aeroplane. If the line is
drawn to a scale of 1mm to 50km,
4 Find the total number of days in the find the actual distance. 4500km
months of September, October and
November. 91 9 Follow this number trail.
What number do you reach?
5 When a number is divided by 9 the
answer is 64 r 5. What is the number? 581 start at 3 ➞ subtract 7 ➞
add 9 ➞ subtract 12 ➞ –7
6 Three peaches cost 87p. Find the cost
of two peaches. 58p 10 A rectangle measures 3m long and
70cm wide. Find its area in m2. 2.1m2
7 What fraction in its lowest terms is
4
a 800g of 1kg a 5 11 Seven lemons cost £2.80.
1 3
b 150ml of 2 l? b 10 a What fraction of £2.80 will 3
three lemons cost? a 7
8 How many times greater is 5030
than 5.03? 1000 b Find the cost of five lemons. b £2.00
–2
–3
16cm
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SECTION 1 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer
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SECTION 1 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1 Write in digits 1.25 million. 1 250 000 1 How many thousandths must be added
to 4.206 to make 5? Write the answer
2 £1.06 + 7p + 94p = £ £2.07 as a decimal. 0.794
7 5 A B ABCD is a square
8 10 of £1.60 = £1.12 with sides measuring
17 9cm. Find
9 0.85 = %= 20 85% = 20
a the area of the square a 81cm2
10 46cm × 30 = m 13.80m D C b the area of the
11 a 3% of £1 = p a 3p shaded parallelogram. b 81cm2
6 The price of a radio is £60. By how much
b 12% of £1 = p b 12p
is its price increased if it is paid for in
2l 250ml eight equal instalments of £9 each? £12
12 5 = ml 450ml
7 A car travelled at an average speed
1
of 90km/h for 1 2 h. What distance
B Answer did it travel? 135km
1 Multiply the difference between 1.8 8 The diagram shows how Emma’s holiday
and 2.5 by 6. 4.2 money is spent during a week in France.
What percentage is spent on
1
2 What is the mean in millilitres of 2 l, a food a 60%
1
4 l and 150ml? 300ml
b tourist attractions? b 30%
3 How many times can a length of 15cm c If the total holiday money is £125,
be cut from 4.5m? 30 how much is not spent? c £12.50
4 What percentage of a 50%
a 30 is 15 b £1 is 23p? b 23%
not spent
food tourist
attractions
5 Find the two missing numbers in
this sequence.
1 1 3 3
42 , 48 , 34 , , 38 3
1
6 2l of vinegar costs £1.20. 9 Three bananas have a mass of 400g. How
Find the cost of 200ml. 48p many bananas will give a mass of 2.4kg? 18
1
10 Nathan spent of his money on sweets
7 Write the 24-hour clock time which 1
4
is 27min later than 23:36. 00:03 and 2 of the remainder on bus fares. 3
What fraction of his money was left? 8
8 The total mass of nine equal packets 11 Find the difference between 7 + 3 × 5
is 6kg 750g. Find in grams the mass and (7 + 3) × 5. 28
of one packet. 750g
12 Find
9 5% of a sum of money is £0.65. a the area of the bottom of the box a 34cm2
What is the whole amount? £13
b the volume of the box. b 170cm3
1
10 By how many tenths is 6 5 greater
1 7 In each case give the unit of measurement.
than 5 2 ? 10
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer
8 750ml of vegetable oil cost 72p. a Find the mass in grams of four of
Find the price per litre. 96p the kittens. a 3700g
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SECTION 1 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1 Write in digits, five hundred and 1 A joint of meat had a mass of 2kg 700g.
two thousand one hundred and four. 502 104 10% of its mass was lost in cooking.
Find the loss in grams. 270g
2 7.3 = 10 × 0.73
2 A shop opens from 8.30 a.m. to noon
3 £5 – (£3.66 + 54p) = p 80p
and 1.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
1
4 3 of 2.850l = ml 950ml
a How many hours is the shop open? a 8h
1
5 9.6cm – 58mm = mm 38mm b What fraction of the day is it open? b 3
6 1% of 23.5kg = g 235g
3 A B AC and BD are the
7 1000 – (8 × 9) = 928 x diagonals of the
y rectangle and
z
8 350g + 725g + 875g = kg 1.95kg ∠ BDC is 30°.
1 7 1 5 30°
9 14 + 8 – 2 = 18
D C
10 a 5% of £36.00 = a £1.80 Find the angles marked x, y and z. ∠x 60°
1
b 22 % of £36.00 = b 90p ∠y 120°
∠z 60°
11 10 × y = 0.35. Find the value of y. 0.035
£21.56 4 25% of a sum of money is £9.76.
12 7 = £3.08 1
What is 12 2 % of this amount? £4.88
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer
3 1 7 5 1 3 1 8
8 two 50ps + three 20ps + ten 5ps = £ £2.10 8 5 10 12 6 5 3 12
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SECTION 1 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
2 five 5ps + seven 10ps – nine 2ps = 77p 2 George’s date of birth is 27 Nov. 04.
How old will he be in years and months
3 (73 + 9) = 150 – 68 on 1 Sept. 2020? 15yr 9mth
4 10.085km = m 10 085m
y
3 Sophie received a gift of £16. She saved
5 100 = 10.64. Find the value of y. 1064 90% of the money and spent the rest.
6 6.358 = 63 tenths + thousandths 58 thousandths a What percentage did she spend? a 10%
A B C D E
6 Find the difference between
0.394 and 0.4. 0.006
7 Which of these numbers are multiples 9 There were three candidates A, B and C
of both 5 and 8? in an election. Of the total possible votes
1 1 1
A polled 4 , B polled 6 and C polled 3 .
16 25 40 64 90 120 40, 120
a Which candidate won the election? a C
3 1
8 8 of a sum of money is 45p. Find 2 of b What fraction of the electors did 1
the sum of money. 60p not vote? b 4
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 1 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer
1 1.4 million + 0.3 million = 1.7 million 1 By how many is (3 × 103) less than
five thousand? 2000
2 1000 × = 300 0.3
2 The mass of a 5p coin is 3.25g. What is
3 a 5% of £30 = a £1.50
the value of the 5ps in a bag if their mass
b 40% of £50 = b £20 is 0.325kg? £5
1
4 2.050l – ml = 1 2 l 550ml 3 Of 240 children in a school, 180 bring
a packed lunch. Find the percentage
5 2+5×5–7= 20
of children who have school lunches. 25%
6 6×9×5×4= 1080
4 Find to the nearest kilometre the distance
4.56m
7 8 = cm 57cm by road from Alton to Bigby. 8km
13
m
a 0.65 = %= a 65% = 2.6k
1.4k
8 20 20
3 3.9km
m
3 Bigby
b 0.12 = %= b 12% = 25
Alton
9 7h – 3h 28min = h min 3h 32min
5 The mean temperature over four
10 1.34 + = 1.876 0.536 consecutive days was 17°C. For three of
the days the temperatures were 16°, 14°
11 9.072 × 7 = 63.504 and 18° respectively. What was the
temperature on the fourth day? 20°C
12 £5.00 ÷ 6 = pr p 83p r 2p
6 Find the value of 7 – 3 × 2 + 10. 11
B Answer
7 In this chart two of the prices,
x 36p
2 5 1 marked x and y, are missing.
1 Take the sum of 3 and 6 from 2. 2
What are they? y 72p
2 How many times is 600g contained
mass 100g 150g 200g 300g 400g
in 4.8kg? 8
price 18p 27p x 54p y
3 £ Find the missing
4.7 4 sum of money. £2.84
– . 8 Maisie saves £7.50 in five months.
1.9 0 If she continues to save at the same rate,
how much will she have saved in
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PROGRESS TEST 1 Schofield & Sims
£1 £1
Write the numbers 1 to 20 down the side of a piece of paper.
Write alongside these numbers the answers only to the following questions.
10p 10p 2p£1 2p
Work as quickly as you can. Time allowed – 10 minutes.
£1
1 Write in words the number which is equal to (5 × 103) + (7 × 10) + 2. five thousand and seventy-two
5p 5p
2
10p 2p
How many times is 1083 greater than 1.083?
£1 10p 2p 1000
1p 3 How many 20p
1p 5ps are given in exchange
£1
20pfor the coins shown below? £1£1 29 5ps
5p 5p
50p
1p 50p 10p 10p
20p 10p 10p 2p
2p 2p
2p 1p 20p
5p
5p 5p5p
4
50p
8.15l – 800ml. Write the answer in litres.
50p 7.35l
5
x
9 = 7. Find the value of x.
1p
1p 20p 20p
1p1p 20p 20p 63
y
50p 50p
50p 50p
in the parallelogram less than the angle marked y? 68°
56°
8 A line 8cm long represents a distance of 320m. The scale to which the line is drawn is 1mm to m. 4m
3
9 Write as a mixed number the difference between 3 and 0.25. 24
11 Hollie had £4.20. The diagram shows how she used it.
sweets book savings How much money did she put into the savings bank? £1.40
bank
12 The number of people living in a small town was 19 097. In five years the population decreased by 10%.
Find the decrease to the nearest whole number. 1910
13 The area of a triangle is 32.2cm2. Its height is 7cm. Find the length of the base. 9.2cm
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depart arrive This timetable gives the times of two trains from London to Darlington.
Which train is quickest and by how many minutes? B by 45min
A 10:20 13:55
B 11:25 14:15
15 A pack of eight cartons of juice costs £3.75. Find to the nearest penny the cost of one carton. 47p
17 The perimeter of a rectangular hall is 36m. The width measures one third of the length. Find the length of the hall. 13.5m
5
18 6 of a sum of money is £10.40. What is the whole amount? £12.48
19 A car travels at a speed of 45km/h for 1h. How far did it travel in 20min? 15km
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers PROGRESS TEST 1 | Results Chart
You will work through Progress Test 1 at four different times – once at the end of Section 1, then again after you have
completed each of Section 2 Test 4, Test 8 and Test 11.
When you first complete the test:
a colour the first column to show the number of answers correct out of 20
b enter the date.
Each time you take the test, enter the result and the date in the marked columns.
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
number of answers correct
11
10
0
date
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SECTION 2 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer
1 4 × y = 96 Find the value of y. 24 1 Find the time taken in hours and minutes
for a journey of 300km at an average
2 £3.78 + £2.55 = £6.33
speed of 40km/h. 7h 30min
3 35min × 5 = h min 2h 55min
2 Mr Khan was given a 10% reduction on
4 £ + £2.37 = £6.00 £3.63 a car costing €3000. How much did he
pay for the car? €2700
5 1 tonne (t) = 1000kg
3080kg = t kg 3t 80kg 3 Six jugs each holding 850ml were filled
3 1 1
6 28 – 14 = 18 from a cask containing 10l. Write in litres
4804 the quantity remaining. 4.9l
7 4.804 = 1000 1000
1 4 Estimate which of these angles is
8 a 6 of 156 = a 26
1 a 87° b 135° a y b x
b 12 of 156 = b 13
c 278° d 45°. c z d w
9 a 20p of £2.00 = % a 10%
b 20p of £4.00 = % b 5%
10 43 + 42 = 80 w x y
11 5057m + m = 5.750km 693m z
£3.50
12 10 ×3= £1.05
5 In a group of 32 children, 24 could swim.
What percentage of the children could
B Answer not swim? 25%
1 Write in digits, seven hundred thousand 6 Find in millimetres
seven hundred. 700 700
a the total of the lengths AB and AC a 82mm
2 Increase the sum of 54p and
18p by £1.08. £1.80 b the difference in length between
AB and AC. b 28mm
3 By how many millimetres is 2620mm
less than 3m? 380mm mm
10 20 30 40 50 60
area 7.5m2
16 14 17 13 15
10 A rectangle is 4.5m long and 0.5m wide. 10 Louise works from 6.45 a.m. to 10.15 a.m.
Find a the perimeter a 10m and from 3.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m.
How many hours is that each day? 7h
b the area. b 2.25m2
11 The volume of the
Write the unit of measurement in each case.
cuboid is 150m3.
11 Find the difference between 2.75 million Find its height
and 300 000. 2 450 000 in metres. 7.5m
12 a For the
5m
rectangle, 4m
b
find ∠ a ∠a 29° 12 A car travelled 50 106km in three years.
c ∠b ∠b 122° Find to the nearest 1000km the mean
29° and ∠ c. ∠c 61° distance travelled per year. 17 000km
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SECTION 2 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
7 4 × y = 4y.
1
10 Which triangle, A or B, has the
Find the value of y when 4y = 14. 32 greater area and by how many cm2? A by 3cm2
8 Approximate
6cm
6cm
9cm 8cm
9 Write as a decimal the sum of 5,
3 84
10 and 100 . 6.14
11 1l of water has the same volume as
10 What percentage is 6cm of 2m? 3% 1000cm3. What are the volumes in cm3 of
a 200ml a 200cm3
11 Write the next two numbers
in this sequence. b 1.7l? b 1700cm3
1 1 3 2 1 3 7
10 , 5 , 10 , 5 , 2 , , 5 10
12 A map is drawn to a scale of 1cm to 1km.
12 Write 125ml to 1l as Express this scale
1 1
a a fraction in its simplest form a 8 a as a fraction a 100 000
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer
6 10 lollies cost £4.50. Find the cost of 8 Eight lengths each measuring 2m 40cm
are cut from a 20m roll. What length
a one a 45p
in cm remains? 80cm
b seven. b £3.15
9 Find the product of one-half and
7 How many times can 300ml be taken two-thirds and write the fraction 1
from 6l? 20 in its simplest form. 3
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SECTION 2 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1 36mm + 24mm + 54mm = cm 11.4cm 1 20p is saved each week. How long will
it take to save £2.60? 13wk
2 5l – (480ml × 5) = l 2.6l
2 Find in metres the
3
14 m perimeter of
3 g × 100 = 6.5kg 65g
this square. 7m
4 1 mile ≈ 1.6km 3 Which of these fractions is equal to
1 1 1 1
miles ≈ 48km 30 miles a 12 2 % b 33 3 %? a 8 b 3
1 1 1 1 1
5 2.750l ÷ 2 = 1.375l 2 8 4 3 6
bh
12 Find the missing 5 . 3 7 0 kg A = 2 to find
mass in grams. – . kg 880g the area of the
4 . 4 9 0 kg triangle. 62.4cm2
15.6cm
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer
m
triangle.
5c
3
4
5
28 +
3
= 38 Find its area. 17.5cm2
4
A C
5 1 ÷ 0.2 = 5
2
3 By how much is the product of 3 and 2
2
6 4m – mm = 3.180m 820mm 3 less than the sum of 3 and 3? 13
1 7
4 A 2 2 l container is 10 full. What decimal
7 30 × 1.6 = 48
fraction of 1l is required to fill it? 0.75l
8 From 7.19 a.m. to 8.15 a.m. = min 56min 5 A plan is drawn to the scale of 1mm to 1
50cm. What fraction represents the scale? 500
9 175ml × 4 = 1l – ml 300ml
6
Broton Cant Witton From this bus
10 36 – 9 ÷ 3 = 33 timetable find
19:17 21:14 23:56 the time
11 a 8.5% of £100 a £8.50 taken from
1 a Broton to Cant a 1h 57min
b 12 2 % of £10 b £1.25
b Cant to Witton b 2h 42min
12 £2.63 × 4 = £10.52
c Broton to Witton. c 4h 39min
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SECTION 2 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
6 temperature
4 for five days.
9 Change to percentages. a 0.13 a 13% Find the
2 mean daily
b 0.35 b 35%
0 temperature. 6°C
1 2 3 4 5
10 The area of a square card is 1m2. days
Find in centimetres the length of one side. 100cm
12 Which two of these fractions
11 0.75 of a quantity has a mass of 3.36kg. together equal
1 3
Find the mass of 0.5 of the quantity. 2.24kg a
1
b
3
a
2 4? 5 and 10
1 3 1 2 3 1 2 1
12 Find the sum of (4 × 0.7) and (0.7 × 6). 7 4 8 5 3 10 12 b 3 and 12
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer
4 6l 515ml = ml 6515ml
3 Four hamsters together have a
mass of 200g. How many hamsters
5 £10.10 × 10 = £101.00 1
together have a mass of 2 2 kg? 50
6 0.75m + 350mm + 400mm = m 1.5m
4 Find the nearest whole number.
7 9.18 + hundredths = 10 82 hundredths a
51
a 13
4
8 36 × 6p = £ £2.16 b 97 ÷ 8 b 12
c 156.6 ÷ 6 c 26
9 6% of 1kg = g 60g
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SECTION 2 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
4 1 2
10 5 × 2 = 5 How many minutes fast or slow is
each of the 24-hour clocks?
11 1160g × 5 = kg 5.8kg
5 600 sheets of paper are used from
12 From 06.12.12 to 18.01.13 inclusive five packs each holding 480 sheets.
= days 44d How many sheets are left? 1800
6 The diagram is a
B Answer plan of a field.
Find the area of
1 Write 10 532 thousandths as a decimal. 10.532 200m the field in m2. 30 000m2
9 10 plums cost £2.70. Find the cost 10 A roll of material 2.5m long is cut into
of three. 81p three equal pieces. Find to the nearest
centimetre the length of one piece. 83cm
10 Write 12kg of 80kg
3 11 The cylinder holds 2l.
a as a fraction in its simplest form a 20
a How many millilitres of
b as a percentage. b 15%
water are there in
the cylinder? a 1200ml
11 How many kilometres and metres are
equal to 0.75 of 6km? 4km 500m b How many more millilitres
are required to fill it? b 800ml
12 Find in kilograms the mean mass.
12 Find the change from £10 after spending
2.1kg 0.75kg 2.25kg 4.9kg 2.5kg £2.46, £3.77 and £1.54. £2.23
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer
5
1 miles ≈ 56km 35 miles 1 Ryan spent £1.40 which was 6 of
his money. How much had he at first? £1.68
2 100 × = 59 0.59
2 A family of four drink 2.5l milk every day.
£48
3 100 = p 48p What is the average amount in millilitres
for each person? 625ml
5 3 3 3
4 28 + 10 + 18 = 4 10
3 Meena’s salary is £795.63 a month.
5 9kg = 7.355kg + kg 1.645kg Round this amount to the nearest
£10 and then find her approximate
6 0.04 + 0.7 + 0.009 = thousandths 749 thousandths annual salary. £9600
7 £0.09 × 12 = £1.08 4 Mary was born in May 1883 and died in June
1967. How old was she when she died? 84
8 a 7% of £13.00 = a 91p
5 The circumference of
b 19% of £8.00 = b £1.52 the circle measures
31.4cm. Its radius
9 557ml × 6 = l 3.342l is 5cm. Find the
perimeter of the
1kg 350g × 2
10 10 = g 270g semicircle. 25.7cm
4 Find the difference in centimetres 9 The chart shows the distances travelled
between 153mm and 6.6cm. 8.7cm by a motorist in 3 hours. Find his average
speed in kilometres per hour. 90km/h
5 Approximate 09:00–10:00 10:00–11:00 11:00–12:00
a 15cm 7mm to the nearest 0.5cm a 15.5cm 85km 110km 75km
b 9kg 75g to the nearest 0.5kg. b 9kg
2 10 The scale of a map is 1:10 000.
6 Find the product of 1 3 and 30. 50
What distance in metres is
represented on the map by a 10m
7 In how many years will the interest
on £100 at 6% amount to £12? 2 a 1mm b 3.5cm? b 350m
rectangle and
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9 Write 50 as a decimal fraction. 0.42 a triangle. Find
15cm the area of
10 The area of a carpet is 58.5m2.
a the triangle a 12.5cm2
The length is 9m. Find the width. 6.5m
b the whole shape. b 62.5cm2
11 20l of lemonade is poured in equal
amounts into 50 bottles. How many 12 The volume
millilitres are there in each bottle? 400ml of the cuboid
area
is 175cm3.
12 An aircraft travels 180km in 15min. Find its length. 7cm
Find its speed in kilometres per hour. 720km/h 25cm2
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SECTION 2 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1 three 50ps and thirteen 10ps = £ £2.80 1 Write as a fraction in its lowest terms.
1 1
a 2p of 10p b 5p of £1 a 5 b 20
2 5l ÷ 4 = ml 1250ml
2 Calculate angle
3 4h 27min + 2h 35min = 7h 2min 45°
x and angle y. ∠x 88°
y
x ∠y 135°
4 6% of 500ml = 30ml
92°
b 30p of £4 b 7.5%
8 How many thousandths have the same 10 For which of the examples below is
value as 16 hundredths? 160 thousandths
a 100 the best approximation a 10 × 9.9
9 Write 5cm of 10m as a fraction in its b 10 the best approximation? b 10 × 0.99
1
simplest form. 200
0.9 × 10 10 × 0.99 1.9 × 10 10 × 0.09 10 × 9.9
10 Find the difference between 100 times
£0.36 and 1000 times £0.36. £324 11 Jack delivers newspapers on each of
six days. The deliveries take 55min
11 a Write as a decimal to the nearest each day. He is paid 80p per hour.
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tenth 9 100 . a 9.4 How much does he earn each week? £4.40
b Write to the first decimal place 8.64. b 8.6 12 Liz travelled to Blackpool in 2 2 h
1
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 2 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer
8cm
B Answer 15cm
9 Divide the total of £3.87 and £4.33 by 4. £2.05 12 This is the net
5cm
9 7 of a box. When
10 Write as a decimal. a 20 b 25 a 0.45 b 0.28 the box is made,
10cm
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PROGRESS TEST 2 Schofield & Sims
6cm
than the perimeter of the rectangle? 2cm
8cm 9cm
5 30 – 5 × 4 + 7 = 17
120km 100km
8 Write the larger amount when £144 is divided in the ratio 3:5. £90
10 In a sale, a table costing €625 was reduced by 20%. Find how much it was reduced by. €125
11 Isobel received £674.20 for four weeks’ work. Find to the nearest £ the average weekly wage. £169
13 Three eggs in a box of 150 eggs were broken. What percentage of the eggs was broken? 2%
14 The mass of a tin of chickpeas is 439g. Find to the nearest kilogram the total mass of 20 tins. 9kg
D E C
16 A map is drawn to a scale of 1:250. What distance in metres does a line 100mm long represent? 25m
17 7kg of sugar are used in 6 weeks. Write in kilograms correct to the first decimal place
the average amount used each week. 1.2kg
1
18 Find the cost of 2kg 100g at 45p per 2 kg. £1.89
40 18
19 The marks scored in two tests were 50 and 20 . Find as a percentage the average score. 85%
C B
12cm
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers PROGRESS TEST 2 | Results Chart
You will work through Progress Test 2 at four different times – once at the end of Section 2, then again after you have
completed each of Section 3 Test 4, Test 8 and Test 12.
When you first complete the test:
a colour the first column to show the number of answers correct out of 20
b enter the date.
Each time you take the test, enter the result and the date in the marked columns.
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18
17
16
15
14
13
12
number of answers correct
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date
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SECTION 3 | Test 1 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1 435g + 370g + 265g = kg 1.07kg 1 Subtract £1.60 from the total of twelve
20ps, five 10ps and seven 5ps. £1.65
2 7% of 6m = cm 42cm
2 When a number is divided by 8 the
3
3 5.3 – 0.19 = 5.11 answer is 4 . What is the number? 6
8 £4.57 × 6 = £27.42 2 2
5 Divide the fraction 3 by 3. 9
30mm
3 What is the area of the largest triangle
that can be cut from a square with sides
8 Daniel has £20 to spend in seven days.
measuring 8cm each? 32cm2
How much is this per day to the
nearest 10p? £2.90
4 How many days inclusive from 2 July
to 5 September? 66d
9 C B a Name the
angle which
5 Find the change from £5 after spending Y
60° is vertically
36p and £1.58. £3.06
opposite to
A D ∠ CYA. a ∠ BYD
6 Write to the nearest 1p.
b Write its measurement in degrees. b 60°
a £0.345 a 35p
c Write the measurement in
b £1.014 b £1.01
degrees of ∠ CYB. c 120°
7 Write these numbers, putting in a
a 4.63 10 For how many hours and minutes is
decimal point so that the value of
the 3 in each is equal to 3 hundredths. b 0.536 the office open each day? 6h 55min
9 How many grams in 65% of 1kg? 650g 11 Dinner for eight people cost £120.00.
How much will dinner cost for 10 people
10 20 peppers cost £6.60. Find the cost of 8. £2.64 at the same rate? £150
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 2
A Answer C Answer
2
1 3 × 120 = 80 1 A full truck has a mass of 4180kg.
The mass of the truck when empty is
2 (156 + 64) – = 123 97 3200kg. Find, in kilograms, the mass
of the truck’s load. 980kg
3 3.014 × 100 = 301.4
2 Write the distance between X and Y
£48
4 5 =£ £9.60 a in millimetres a 48mm
b in centimetres b 4.8cm
5 6.5% of £8.00 = p 52p
c in metres. c 0.048m
6 860m + 312m + 140m = km 1.312km
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
mm
7 Find the cost of 2.5m at £1.40 per metre. £3.50
3
X Y
3
8 5 ÷2= 10 1
3 How many 4l
glasses can be filled from
1
9 350kg × 6 = tonnes 2.1t a 3 2 l carton? 14
base of shed
Find the sum of the numbers. 200
4 What percentage is 5m
a 15p of £3 a 5%
7 By how much is 5% of £250 greater
b 40p of £2? b 20% than 4% of £250? £2.50
5 How many times greater is 30.7 than 3.07? 10 8 Emily’s watch loses 2min each day.
25 5 How many seconds is this per hour? 5s
6 Write 30 in its lowest terms. 6
7k distance from
1.
6k
m
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SECTION 3 | Test 3 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1 32 + 29 + 58 + 70 = 189 1
cm
Find in cm3
20 the volume
2 92 – 12 = 80 of the 3D
shape. 1800cm3
3 £1.67 × 9 = £15.03 area
90cm2
£6.88
4 8 = p 86p
2 How many fairy cakes costing 8p each
5 (0.1 + 0.15) × 4 = 1 can be bought for £30? 375
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 4
A Answer C Answer
3m
3 3.5 – = 0.05 3.45 20cm each
1 1 3 3 are needed
4 28 + 14 + 18 = 44 to cover
1
the floor? 300
5 3 2 years = months 42mth
2 When it is noon in London it is 07:00
6 10% of 1.5l = ml 150ml on the same day in New York. What is
3 3 the time in New York when it is 14:40
7 5 ÷4= 20 in London? 09:40
°
25
9 800kg × = 5.6t 7 a° ∠ a ∠ b and ∠ c. ∠a 51°
c° 104°
10 45cm – (55mm × 6) = cm 12cm b° ∠b 76°
847 ∠c 104°
11 90 = r 9r 37
4 A sum of money was divided between
12 £1.25 × 24 = £30
Riaz and Markus in the ratio of 3:2.
Riaz received the larger share.
Write the amount each received
B Answer 3 2
a as a fraction a Riaz 5 Markus 5
1 Find the number which is 95% greater b as a percentage. b Riaz 60% Markus 40%
than 100. 195
1
5 Three 5ml spoonfuls of medicine are
2 How many sixths remain when 3 is 1 to be taken daily for two weeks.
1
subtracted from 2 ? 6 How many millilitres are required? 210ml
xy 6 25 ice creams cost £2.40.
3 8.379 Write as a decimal the difference
in value between the digit a Find the cost of 100. a £9.60
marked x and the digit marked y. 0.061
b Find to the nearest penny
4 From the sum of £28.50 and £13.75 the cost of one. b 10p
deduct £10.25. £32.00
7 What is the highest common factor of
5 0.6 × 4 = 2.4 16, 32 and 56? 8
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SECTION 3 | Test 5 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
5 £50.04 ÷ 3 = £16.68
2000 0 2000
7 2 BCE CE CE
6 (8 of 56) + (3 of 30) = 69
3 A hundred 10ps were placed edge to
7 £0.34 × 50 = £ £17.00 edge in a straight line. The diameter of
a 10p coin is 24.5mm. Find the length
17 68 of the line in metres. 2.45m
8 25 = 100 = % 100 = 68%
4 Write 30cm of 1m as
9 3m ÷ 6 = mm 500mm 3
a a fraction in its simplest form a 10
7 7
5 The volume of a cube is 1000cm3. Find
11 10 ÷3= 30
a the length of one edge a 10cm
12 500 – (5 × 8 × 7) = 220 b the total surface area in cm2. b 600cm2
4 How many 0.3m lengths can be cut 8 Round each quantity to the nearest whole
from 7.5m? 25 unit and then find the approximate answer.
3 a 9.018l × 24 = a 216l
5 By how many hundredths is 4 more
than 0.7? 5 hundredths b 6.72m × 18 = b 126m
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 6
A Answer C Answer
Clinton 82.5%
11 Express 50 ÷ 9
5 St. Peter’s 90%
a as a mixed number a 59
b as a decimal correct to two places. b 5.56 school Barsby Clinton St. Peter’s
number of children 100 200 300
12 How much greater is the total of £2.45
and £3.55 than £18 divided by 4? £1.50 number of passes 92 165 270
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SECTION 3 | Test 7 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
3 Find the whole amount when 8 Find the cost to the nearest penny of one
20% is 50p. £2.50 balloon when 50 balloons cost £3.80. 8p
9 How many lines of symmetry has
4 (6 × 104) + 1 = 60 001
a a regular pentagon a 5
5 1000 pencils cost £95. Find the cost of b a regular octagon? b 8
a 10 a 95p
b 40. b £3.80
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 8
A Answer C Answer
7 How many times is 125ml contained in 9 Five melons of equal value cost £5.40.
Find the value of three of the melons. £3.24
a 0.5l b 2.75l? a 4 b 22
10 What is the distance from
8 4 5 8 3 Use the example to find Ash to Rost a 2400m
– 2 6 9 4
a 2694 + 1889 a 4583 a in metres b in kilometres?
1 8 8 9 b 2.4km
b 4583 – 1889. b 2694
nty
Co 2.85km h st
9 The perimeter of a rectangle is 54cm. As Ro
The breadth is half the length. 5250m
Find a the length a 18cm
11 Find the circumference
b the breadth. b 9cm of the circle to the
m
m
nearest centimetre.
10
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SECTION 3 | Test 9 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
1
7 a 2l + xml = 615ml. Find x. a 115ml
1
b 2l – 368ml = yml. Find y. b 132ml sphere cone cylinder
40 speed of a
side 11cm. 121cm2 30 car. Use the
20 graph to find
11 Which two numbers have a sum of 20 the time
10
and a product of 36? 2 18 taken by
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 the car to
12 Deduct (£1.15 × 3) from (£18 ÷ 5). 15p Time in minutes travel 40km. 30min
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 10
A Answer C Answer
1
1 £1.20 × 3 2 = £4.20 1 A cask holds 20.75l of water. The mass
of the cask when empty is 850g. Find the
2.64 + 3.36
2 2 = 3 mass of the cask when it is full. 21.6kg
2 A is the centre
3 2.25l – (250ml × 6) = ml 750ml of the circle.
20 1
4 24 ÷ 25 = 30 A a Name the triangle
ABC by its sides. a isosceles
110°
5 1200km – (320km + 280km + 335km) = 265km C B b Calculate the
angle at B. b 35°
1
6 a 8 = % a 12.5%
3 Six pairs of socks cost £8.37. Find to
3
b 8 = % b 37.5% the nearest penny the cost of one pair
of socks. £1.40
7 9.8 ÷ 4 = 2.45
4 There are 4.545l of shampoo in a plastic
container. The shampoo lasts for nine
8 £5.00 – £ = £2.82 £2.18
weeks. How many millilitres are used
2 on average per week? 505ml
9 £6 × 5 = £2.40
5 There was
10 9x = 33 + 48. Find the value of x. 9 87p change
from £3 after
11 Find the cost of 30cm at £1.80 per metre. 54p buying the
820ml 820ml 820ml multipack.
1
12 7 of 4kg 60g = g 580g Find the cost
of each
bottle. 71p
B Answer
6 Find in litres the volume of
3 7
1 Add 4 of 28 to 8 of 56. 70 a one multipack a 2.46l
end of
the prism a 12cm2
6 One pear costs 17p. Find the cost of a £1.70 8cm
4cm b the volume
a 10 b 1000. b £170 of the prism. b 96cm3
7 A rhombus has an area of 20cm2. Its 9 A car averaged 8km to a litre of petrol
base is 5cm. Find its height in millimetres. 40mm on a four-hour journey of 312km.
a How many litres were used on
8 Approximate 4 635 000 to the journey? a 39l
a the nearest 1 000 000 a 5 000 000 b What was the average speed? b 78km/h
b the nearest 100 000. b 4 600 000 10 The price of a pair of shoes costing £25
increased by £1.25. Write the increase
9 Write the year 1916 using as a percentage. 5%
Roman numerals. MCMXVI
11 Write the proportion
10 Find the difference in hundredths of shaded squares
between 100 × 0.016 and 100 × 0.017. 10 hundredths a as a fraction in 3
its simplest form a 10
11 Express 43 ÷ 5 as
b as a decimal. b 0.3
3
a a mixed number a 85
12 Matthew arrived at a hotel on 29 October
b a decimal. b 8.6 and left on 3 November. The charge
for the room was £10.50 per night.
12 Multiply £1.50 by 52. £78.00 What was the total cost of the room? £52.50
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SECTION 3 | Test 11 Schofield & Sims
A Answer C Answer
3 This is a plan of
6 5.2l – 480ml = l 4.72l
a field. Write its
area in m2. 35 000m2
200m
7 5x = 28.2. Find the value of x. 5.64
1
a a fraction in its simplest form a 5
b the perimeter. b 20cm
2cm
b a percentage. b 20%
2cm
11 Round these amounts to the nearest £1
and then find the approximate answer. 11 A wall 3m high and 4m wide is to be
covered in wallpaper 50cm wide. What
£16.70 + £12.95 + £9.28 £39 length in metres of the paper is required? 24m
12 If 5 miles is about 8km, about how many 12 Find the cost per kilogram of 1.5kg of
kilometres is 17.5 miles? 28km ice cream costing £3.18. £2.12 per kg
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers SECTION 3 | Test 12
A Answer C Answer
8 4 × 18 × 50 = 3600
A B
6 1
9 8 ÷ 12 = 16 4 On a plan of a house the living room
measures 44mm long and 40mm wide.
10 (12% of £5) + (8% of £5) = £1.00 The scale of the plan is 1cm to 1m. Find
in m2 the area of the living room. 17.6m2
1
11 74 l ÷ = 725ml 10
5 Which of the dotted lines are
12 $0.14 × 15 = $2.10 lines of symmetry? BF HD
A B C
B Answer H D
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CHECK-UP TEST | Number Schofield & Sims
C Write in digits the number which is D 3.46 + 5.04 = 8.5 30.08 × 10 = 300.8
forty less than ten thousand 9960 5.16 + 3.8 = 8.96 2.017 × 100 = 201.7
zero point six two more than ten 10.62 1.99 + 2.01 = 4.00 0.063 × 1000 = 63
five hundred less than fifty-five thousand 54 500 0.76 + 0.493 = 1.253 3 × 7.8 = 23.4
two point seven less than two hundred. 197.3
2.83 + 7.178 = 10.008 0.09 × 6 = 0.54
Write in words the value of the digit underlined. 3.92 – 1.9 = 2.02 6.075 × 8 = 48.6
37 908 seven thousand 6.1 – 0.7 = 5.4 10.3 ÷ 10 = 1.03
1 604 326 six hundred thousand
10.0 – 9.348 = 0.652 3.7 ÷ 100 = 0.037
9.084 eight hundredths
7.2 – 0.09 = 7.11 46 ÷ 1000 = 0.046
20.502 two thousandths
8.63 – 3.58 = 5.05 18.36 ÷ 6 = 3.06
7.9 = 79 tenths 20.6 = 206 tenths
5.825 – 0.06 = 5.765 2.43 ÷ 9 = 0.27
0.75 = 75 hundredths 3.09 = 309 hundredths
Find the value of x. 14.091 ÷ 7 = 2.013
0.018 = 18 thousandths 10.06 = 10 060 thousandths
x + 19 = 54 35 Find the value of x.
5.9 = 5900 thousandths 0.003 = 3 thousandths
3.2 + x = 10 6.8 10 × x = 3.65 0.365
Write these numbers, omitting the zeros which do not alter the value
of the number. 52 – x = 18 34 x × x = 36 6
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers CHECK-UP TEST | Measurement
A Find the total of each row of coins. B Find a the total cost of the items bought and b the change
50p 20p 10p 5p 2p 1p Total money cost of items total cost change
given bought
2 3 4 6 £1.02
50p 9p, 8p, 18p 35p 15p
2 5 9 13 £3.03
7 5 8 £1.81 four 10ps 5 at 7p each 35p 5p
C £0.39 = 5ps + seven 2ps 5 10 items cost £1.20 39p + 57p + 41p = £1.37
£0.85 = 50p + 5ps 7 1 costs 12p 7 cost 84p £1.06 + £3.70 + £0.28 = £5.04
£1.70 = two 10ps + 50ps 3
100 items cost £2.30 £1.36 – 87p = 49p
£2.80 = eight 5ps + 20ps 12
10 cost 23p 30 cost 69p £4.00 – £1.68 = £2.32
£4.25 = seven 50ps + 5ps 15
How many items each costing 20 items cost £3.60 €6.03 – €1.89 = €4.14
2p for 98p 49 5 cost 90p 1 costs 18p 19p × 7 = £1.33
3p for £1.74 58 £2.08 × 9 = £18.72
8 items cost £1.44
5p for £2.05 41
3 cost 54p 7 cost £1.26 £5.78 × 6 = £34.68
50p for £18.50 37
5 items cost 85p £3.04 ÷ 8 = 38p
20p for £25.20 126
5 for 6p for £1.62 135 1 costs 17p 9 cost £1.53 £27 ÷ 4 = £6.75
7 for 10p for £3.30? 231 40 cost £6.80 100 cost £17.00 $43.45 ÷ 5 = $8.69
E Fill in the missing times. How many hours and minutes between How many days inclusive
12-hour 24-hour 8.45 a.m. and 11.20 a.m. 2h 35min from 28 March to 7 April 11
clock time clock time from 13 May to 4 June 23
10.35 p.m. 22:35 10.25 a.m. and 1.05 p.m. 2h 40min
from 15 July to 3 August 20
4.10 a.m. 04:10 9.38 p.m. and 2.10 a.m. 4h 32min from 24 September
to 8 November 46
12.05 a.m. 00:05 11:50 and 13:15 1h 25min
from 19 October
11.55 p.m. 23:55 06:19 and 10:20? 4h 1min to 10 December? 53
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CHECK-UP TEST | Number and geometry Schofield & Sims
A Change to decimal fractions. When necessary work to the nearest second place.
4 1 2 7 5
a 5 0.8 b 6 0.17 c 3 0.67 d 8 0.88 e 7 0.71
1 1 5 1 1 1 2
B 3 + 2 = 6 2 – 6 = 3 3 × 12 = 8 Express as mixed numbers.
1 1 5 1 137 7
4 + 6 = 12
3
4 –
2
3 = 12 10 ×
2
15 = 14 10 1310
5 3 3 5 5
8 + 4 = 18 3 – 1 12 =
7
1 12
7
110 × 20 = 34 93 ÷ 8 11 8
3 1 4 3 7
10 + 1 2 = 15 1
24 – 18 =
7
8 40 ×
3
8 = 15 124 ÷ 9 13 9
D Fill in the table. Express the ratios as the amount given to the total amount, in their simplest form. The first example is done for you.
fraction percentage ratio fraction percentage ratio
(simplest form) (%) (simplest form) (%)
4 1
40p of 50p 5
80% 4:5 50cm of 2m 4 25% 1:4
3 1
300g of 0.5kg 5 60% 3:5 750g of 1.5kg 2 50% 1:2
7 5
700ml of 1l 10 70% 7:10 250 of 400 8 62.5% 5:8
1 7
5p of £1 20 5% 1:20 35p of £5 100 7% 7:100
E 8 cost £10. What fraction of £10 do F Find the value of Find the whole when
3 7 3
3 cost 7 cost?
8 8 10 of £1.60 48p 0.25 is £3.50 £14
3
5 cost £7. What fraction of £7 do 0.75 of 600 450 4 is 57cm 76cm
2 8 1
2 cost 5 8 cost? 5 60% of 2 kg 300g 10% is 850g 8.5kg
10 cost £3.50. What fraction of £3.50 do 0.9 of 2l 1.8l 0.6 is 42p 70p
5
9 3 50% of 3m 70cm 1m 85cm 8 is 2.5kg 4kg
9 cost 10 15 cost? 2 3
100 of 1kg 30g 30% is 1.8l 6l
Share each quantity in the given ratio.
£30, ratio 3:2 £18 £12 0.95 of 10 000 9500 0.375 is 300 800
7
1.75kg, ratio 4:1 1.4kg 350g 17% of £3.00 51p 10 is 91p £1.30
5
2m, ratio 5:3 125cm 75cm 9 of 1.8kg. 1kg 5% is 200g. 4kg
G Estimate which of the angles marked a – h is: a right angle b an acute angle of 80° f
an obtuse angle of 130° a a reflex angle of 300° e a reflex angle of 240° g
g
b f
a c d h
e
Fill in the table for regular polygons. What fraction of the circumference is the arc xy
in circle A, circle B?
name of number angle
regular polygon of sides at centre
A B
hexagon 6 60°
36° y
octagon 8 45° 120° 1
x A 3
pentagon 5 72° y x 1
B 10
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Mental Arithmetic 5 Answers CHECK-UP TEST | Geometry
A Each of the shapes A to G is a quadrilateral.
A B C D E F G
B Fill in the missing measurements. In each case give the unit of measurement.
A A bh
Rectangles A = lb b= l l= b Triangles A = 2 b = 2 Ah h = 2 Ab
length breadth perimeter area base height area
A A
Rhombuses and parallelograms A = bh b = h h= b
9cm
V V V
Circles C = πd or 2πr: π = 3.14 Cubes and cuboids V = lbh l = bh h= bl b= hl
8m 3.5m 2m 56m3
end end
area area 4
37.5c 2 8cm2
m m m
6cm 20c 12c
6cm
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