ABC Education · 11+ Practice

Week 10 · Maths Practice Paper

26 questions · 70 marks · Suggested time: 45 minutes.

Question 1

[4 marks]

Calculate the following, showing your working clearly

(i)
15.42 + 2.68
(ii)
3.84 - 1.657
(iii)
136 × 53
(iv)
150 × 0.4

Question 2

[2 marks]

Place the following numbers in order of size from smallest to largest:

5.3102      5.1032      5.0132      5.0312
Answer:

Question 3

[2 marks]

Circle the amounts below which can be made using exactly three UK coins

56p      57p      58p      59p      60p
Answer:

Question 4

[2 marks]

Divide 734 by 9, giving your answer and the remainder.

Answer:

Question 5

[4 marks]

Complete the boxes with +, -, ×, ÷ to make the statements correct. The first one has been done for you as an example.

8 (×) 3 = 24 = 28 (-) 4
(i)
15 (▢) 3 = 8 (▢) 3
(ii)
18 (▢) 3 = 45 (▢) 9

Question 6

[2 marks]
(i)
Round 23.4 to the nearest whole number
(ii)
Round 67850 to the nearest 1000

Question 7

[2 marks]

Two of the shapes below fit together to make a square. Which are they?

ABCDEF
Answer:

Question 8

[2 marks]

Write these fractions in order of size from the smallest to the largest.

23      512      14      724      1124
Answer:

Question 9

[4 marks]

Write down the next term for each of these sequences.

(i)
5, 9, 13, 17, ___
(ii)
505, 500, 495, 490, ___ (then find the 100th term of this sequence)
(iii)
2, 2, 4, 6, 10, 16, ___

Question 10

[2 marks]

Put the following numbers into the correct positions in the Venn diagram below: 4, 6, 8, 9

Factors of 12Factors of 18
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Question 11

[4 marks]

Fill in the missing values in the table below to show the fraction, decimal and percentage equivalents of the numbers (row A is done for you as an example: 25, 0.4, 40%). Give fractions in their simplest form.

B: 34, ?, ?      C: ?, ?, 35%      D: ?, 0.56, ?
B
Decimal and %
C
Fraction and Decimal
D
Fraction and %

Question 12

[2 marks]

Priya makes a die from a net made of a strip of four squares (labelled 2, 5, 3, 6 left to right, which wrap around to form the four side faces), with an extra square labelled 1 above the 5, and an extra square labelled 4 below the 3.

253614
(i)
Which number will be opposite the number 1?
(ii)
Which number will be opposite the number 2?

Question 13

[3 marks]

Zara is making vegetable soup. 14 of the soup is made from carrots, 25 is made from lentils, and 18 is made from parsnips. The rest is made from tomatoes. If she makes 800g of soup in total,

(i)
How much carrot does she need?
(ii)
How much tomato does she need?

Question 14

[2 marks]

Leo counts down in 7's starting from 400 until he passes zero. Which will be the last positive number which he counts?

Answer:

Question 15

[2 marks]

A website advertises that, as a special offer, a new mobile phone game will cost 35% less to download next week. If the game costs 120p this week, how much will it cost next week?

Answer:

Question 16

[3 marks]

A right-angled triangle has one leg of length 3cm and the other leg of length 4cm (so its hypotenuse is 5cm). The triangle is reflected in its own hypotenuse to make a kite. What is the perimeter of the completed kite-shaped figure?

Answer:

Question 17

[2 marks]

4 x's balance with 9 y's. If one x weighs 2.7g, how much does one y weigh?

Answer:

Question 18

[3 marks]

Triangle PQR is isosceles with PQ = PR. Angle QPR = 36°. A line is drawn from R to a point S on PQ such that angle QRS = 42°. What is the size of angle PSR?

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Question 19

[4 marks]

The graph shows the number of people living in Meadowbrook from 1950 onwards.

010000200003000040000500001950196019701980199020002010people
(i)
Estimate the population in 1955 (using a straight line between the 1950 and 1960 points).
(ii)
In which other year was the number of people the same as in 1960?
(iii)
During which decade did the population first fall below 30,000?
(iv)
During which decade was the population growing fastest?

Question 20

[3 marks]

In a lucky dip there are 12 envelopes. 8 envelopes contain a note saying 'Better luck next time!'. The other 4 envelopes contain prizes: one contains GBP 2, one contains GBP 4, one contains GBP 8, one contains GBP 10.

(i)
Nina pulls one envelope from the lucky dip. What is the probability that she has won a prize?
(ii)
Find the mean average of GBP 2, GBP 4, GBP 8 and GBP 10.

Question 21

[3 marks]

Jack has thought of two numbers. When he multiplies them together he gets 180. When he takes one number away from the other, he gets 3. What are the two numbers?

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Question 22

[2 marks]

A farmer wants to put a fence along one edge of his field, which is 550m long. Every 5m, a post is needed to hold the rails up (including one at each end). How many posts does he need?

Answer:

Question 23

[4 marks]

The diagram shows a U-shaped figure. The outer rectangle is 15cm wide and 9cm tall. A rectangular notch, 6cm wide and 4cm tall, is removed from the top middle, leaving a left column 7cm wide and a right column 2cm wide (both full height). Diagram NOT to scale.

(i)
Find the perimeter of the shape.
(ii)
Find its area.

Question 24

[2 marks]

ABCD is a kite, with A(2,5), B(6,9) and C(14,5) as shown. Write down the coordinates of vertex D.

A (2,5)B (6,9)C (14,5)D
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Question 25

[2 marks]

How many minutes are there from 8:14 until 20:41 on the same day?

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Question 26

[3 marks]

In Amir's pocket there are 10 strawberry jellybeans, 6 mint jellybeans and 5 fudge jellybeans. What is the smallest number of jellybeans that he must take out of his pocket to be certain that he takes at least one of each flavour?

Answer: