A timed maths test for 11 plus and entrance exam students. Each slide lasts exactly 1 minute to help those students who struggle with keeping time!
Make sure your student has paper and pencil to record answers BEFORE they begin!
2. Question 1
Clarissa goes to the supermarket for her mother. She buys three
oranges priced at 47p each, a loaf of bread costing £1.17 and 2 pints
of milk at 57p per pint. How much change does she receive from a
five pound note?
A £3.72
B £2.28
C £1.28
D £2.21
E £2.79
3. Question 2
A car travels 75km in two and a half hours.
What speed was it travelling at in km/hour?
A 75 km/hour
B 150 km/hour
C 225 km/hour
D 40 km/hour
E 30 km/hour
4. Question 3
In the Seaside Hotel, there are 63 rooms. Of these 45 contain double
beds. What fraction of the rooms do not contain double beds?
A 45/63
B 22/31
C 5/9
D 18/45
E 4/14
5. Question 4
Kirsty calculates that the area of the rectangle she has drawn is
precisely double the perimeter of the same shape. If the length of her
rectangle is 12 cm, what is its width?.
A 4 cm
B 5 cm
C 6 cm
D 7 cm
E 8 cm
6. Question 5
The PTA at Fortune Primary School holds a stationery sale. They
sold 37 pencils at 11p each and 32 pens at 15p each. How much
money did they raise in total?
A £4.07
B £4.80
C £2.66
D £8.87
E £5.99
7. Question 6
If a = 6, b = 3, and c = 4, what is x ?
5a – 6b + 3c = x
A x=9
B x=7
C x=0
D x = 12
E x=2
8. Question 7
The graph below shows the number of books children read as
part of a sponsored read lasting 4 weeks.
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How many children read fewer than 5 books?
A 3
B 4
C 33
D 21
E 5
9. Question 8
(25 x 33) – 17 = 65
Which of the following is also correct?
A (33 x 2.5) – 17 = 65
B 17 + (33 x 25) = 65
C (2.5 x 330) -17 = 65
D 65 = (25 x 33) + 17
E 65 = (3.3 x 2500) - 17
10. Question 9
The graph below shows how many cans children recycled at
green Park Primary School during each month of the year.
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J a n u a ry F e b ru a ry M a rc h A p r il M ay June J u ly A ugust S e p te m b e r O c to b e r N o ve m b e r D e c e m b e r
M o n th
How many more cans did they recycle in October than February?
A 25
B 58
C 83
D 5
E 20
11. Question 10
7 years ago Pearl was exactly 6 times as old as her
baby brother who was two at the time. How old is
Pearl now ?
A 42
B 19
C 12
D 14
E 15
13. Question 12
Year 6 counted how many Christmas cards were
posted in their school postbox during the last
week of school. Their results are shown below.
D ay M o n d a y T u e s d a y W e d n e s d a y T h u rs d a y F r id a y
N u m b e r o f C a rd s 7 9 97 43 74 47
What is the median ?
A 79
B 97
C 43
D 74
E 47
14. Question 13
Of the 460 children in Workard Primary School, 15% stay in
after school clubs. How many students is this ?
A 445
B 46
C 30
D 23
E 69
15. Question 14
Which of the numbers listed below is a cube number ?
A 434
B 443
C 334
D 343
E 344
16. Question 15
A right angled triangle has three different sized angles P, Q and R.
If angle P is the smallest at 35º, how big is the middle sized angle Q ?
A 35º
B 90º
C 55º
D 125º
E 145º
17. Question 16
Which value does the 7 in 2,365.071 have ?
A seventy
B seven
C seven hundred
D seven tenths
E seven hundredths
18. Question 17
The number machine below divides by 3 then adds 37.
Which number was put into the machine ?
? 51
A 54
B 11
C 91
D 12
E 14
19. Question 18
Farah wanted to buy a new mobile phone contract.
Cool Phone costs £9.99 per month and Trendy
Phone costs £100 for one year. How much money
could Farah save by buying Trendy Phone ?
A £91.01
B £19.88
C £90.01
D £29.97
E £70.03
20. Question 19
A postal worker delivers x number of
letters every week day and y number of
letters on a Saturday. Which equation
shows this for a period of 3 weeks ?
A 5x + y
B 15x + y
C 15 (x + y)
D 5 (x + y)
E 3 (5x + y)
21. Question 20
Which one of the following would give the answer 15 ?
A 10% of 1500
B ¾ of 60
C 3/5 of 45
D 25% of 60
E 15% of 10
22. Question 21
Harvey makes sandwiches in a cafe. There are 3 types of bread, white,
brown and wholemeal; there are four fillings, ham, chicken, egg and
salad; there are 2 types of sauce, blue cheese and mayonnaise.
Which of the following equations shows all the possible combinations
of sandwiches which Harvey could make ?
A 3+4+2
B 3+4x2
C 3x4+2
D 3 (4 + 2)
E 3x4x2
23. Question 22
Gary bought 12 pencils for £1.00. He sold them for a total
profit of 32p. For how much did he sell each pencil?
A £1.32
B £0.68
C £0.11
D £0.44
E £0.56
24. Question 23
Harriet is finding out about populations of various cities. She
decides to round each population to the nearest hundred
thousand. What does she round the population of Manchester to?
Population of Manchester: 1,937,764
A 2,000,000
B 1,900,000
C 1,940,000
D 1,934,000
E 1,937,800
25. Question 24
Hardeep calculates that when his fish tank is five ninths
full of water it contains 45 litres of water. How many
more litres of water does he need to fill it completely ?
A 36 litres
B 25 litres
C 81 litres
D 45 litres
E 90 litres
26. Question 25
Carol has 12 presents to wrap for her friends. After wrapping
3 presents what percentage remains for her still to wrap ?
A 25%
B 30 %
C 40 %
D 50 %
E 75 %
27. Question 26
A map of Sri Lanka is drawn to a scale of 1:600,000.
What real distance is represented by 2cm on the map ?
A 1 km
B 2 km
C 3 km
D 6 km
E 12 km
28. Question 27
How many cubes 8m³ in volume will fit into the box below ?
10 m
6m
4m
A 240
B 60
C 40
D 30
E 24
29. Question 28
What is the area of the shape below ?
4m
5m
10 m
3m A 30m²
B 20m²
C 38m²
D 50m²
E 22m²
30. Question 29
Which of the letters below have more
than one line of reflective symmetry ?
Y C O T I
A Y and O
B O and T
C C and I
D I and O
E O, T and I
31. Question 30
Which of the following is most likely to be 4 metres in length ?
A a chair
B a table
C a television
D a car
E a football pitch
32. Question 31
Aaron decides to walk all the way around a star-shaped
mosaic in his local park. How far does he walk in total ?
5m A 5 metres
5m B 10 metres
C 25 metres
D 50 metres
E 125 metres
33. Question 32
What weight is letter Q pointing to ? Q
8.5 Kg 8.6 Kg
A 8.57 Kg
B 9.2 Kg
C 8.63 Kg
D 8.7 Kg
E 7 Kg
34. Question 33
In this game an arrow is spun and if it lands on your number you
have won. What is the probability that the arrow will land on an odd
number?
5
1
A 15 %
4 B 4%
2
C 25 %
D 37.5 %
3
E 50 %
36. Question 35
For which shape does the sum of its faces subtracted
from the sum of its edges equal four ?
A B C D E
37. Question 36
150 students in Castle Secondary School were asked about their
favourite subjects. Their results are shown in the table below.
F a v o u r ite S u b je c t P . E . A r t M u s ic
B oys 37 12 14
G ir ls 16 29 ?
How many girls liked Music the most ?
A 45
B 63
C 8
D 42
E 58
38. Question 37
In a school of 480 students, three eighths had packed
lunch and the remainder had a school lunch. How
many students had a school lunch ?
A 60
B 24
C 420
D 180
E 300
39. Question 38
Mr. Fortran needs to order enough calculators for his year
group to share one between two. There are 127 students
and also 4 class teachers who must have one calculator
each. How many calculators must he order altogether ?
A 64
B 63
C 68
D 67
E 131
40. Question 39
If the area of triangle ACD is 42 m² what is the area
of the rectangle PQRS ?
A B
D 12 m C
A 144 m²
B 504 m²
C 84 m²
D 66 m²
E 108 m²
41. Question 40
A courier has to deliver parcels. He is allowed to use each
street only once but may cross over streets and corners
whenever he wishes. In which of the following street plans is
this possible ?
A B C D E
42. Question 41
8
The diagonal line PQ runs 6
from the point (4,4) to which P
4
other point ?
2
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A (-4, -4)
-8 B (-4, -5)
C (-5, -4)
D (-4, -6)
E (-6, -4)
43. Question 42
Mrs. Bird decides to take her husband, and their three
children to Jolly Jim's Fun Park. An adult ticket costs
£15.75 and a child's ticket costs £9.50. How much does
she pay altogether for her family to enter the park ?
A £44.25
B £60.00
C £25.25
D £50.50
E £6.25
44. Question 43
A piece of paper is 20cm long. It is cut into five equal pieces.
Each of these pieces is then cut in half. How long is each piece ?
A 2 cm
B 2.5 cm
C 4 cm
D 5 cm
E 10 cm
45. Question 44
The table below shows the membership over three
years of the local chess club.
Y ear N e w M e m b e rs E x i s ti n g M e m b e r s R e t ir i n g m e m b e r s
2006 17 79 7
2008 19 89 4
2009 23 104 11
By how many did membership increase in total during 2008 ?
A 89
B 19
C 4
D 15
E 108
46. Question 45
Each row and each column in the grid below adds up to 51.
Which number should go where the question mark is ?
12
21 16
? 18
A 51
B 25
C 27
D 37
E 39
47. Question 46
Gail wishes to paint her bedroom a lemon white colour. She
calculates that for every litre of white paint she uses she will need
350ml of yellow lemon colour. If she uses 5.4 litres of paint
altogether, how many litres of yellow lemon colour did she require ?
A 1.9 litres
B 5.05 litres
C 1.4 litres
D 5.375 litres
E 1.35 litres
48. Question 47
A regular rectangle is plotted on a grid. Its vertices
are labelled J,K,L and M. If J = (4,2), K = (6,2) and
L = (6,4) what would be the correct coordinates for
plotting point M ?
A (4,4)
B (6,2)
C (2,6)
D (4,6)
E (2,4)
49. Question 48
A car ferry has a loading bay 120 metres in length. The
average car is 4 m long and the loaders have to allow for
an additional 0.2 m between each car. How many average
sized cars can be parked in the space ?
A 30
B 29
C 28
D 27
E 15
50. Question 49
On a gameboard marked with squares from 1-100,
Devin's game piece is on square 9. He rolls a six-
sided die. What are the chances of his game piece
moving to a square with an even number ?
A 1 in 6
B 1 in 5
C 1 in 4
D 1 in 3
E 1 in 2
51. Question 50
An amount of money is multiplied by 3. The answer is
then halved and twenty percent of this is calculated. The
answer is 90p. What was the starting amount of money ?
A £3.00
B £2.70
C £5.40
D £1.35
E £0.27