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Mental Maths Test
For the first group of questions, you will have 4 seconds to work out each answer and
write it down.
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7.
Add 3 and 5.
7 take away 2.
4 plus 4.
Half of 10.
6 times 2.
Which is more: 7 or 8?
6 ÷ 2.
8. Write fourteen in figures.
For the next group of questions, you will have 5 seconds to work out each answer and
write it down.
9. Add together seven, three & sixteen.
10. Write the number that is 7 less than 100.
11. What is 749 to the nearest hundred?
12. What is six multiplied by four?
13. Write the number four thousand and seven in figures.
14. Write nought point five as a fraction.
15. Change one & a half metres into centimetres.
16. What is two point seven multiplied by ten?
For the next group of questions, you will have 10 seconds to work out each answer and
write it down.
17. How many halves are there in four whole ones?
18. Sixty-four per cent of the children in school are girls. What percentage are boys?
19. The side of a square is two metres. What is the area of the square?
20. A coach trip starts at nine fifty. It lasts thirty-five minutes. At what time does it finish?
21. The temperature outside is minus three degrees Celsius. What will be the temperature after it
rises seven degrees?
22. On your sheet is a scale. Estimate the number shown by the arrow.
23. How many days in February?
24. What is 700 divided by 10?
25. What number is five squared?
26. How many twelves in two hundred and forty?
27. How much is 25% of £200?
For the next group of questions, you will have 15 seconds to work out each answer and
write it down.
28. For this question, there are some numbers on your sheet. Draw a ring around each of the even nos.
29. A book costs £1.70. Jane saves 50p each week. How many weeks will it be before she can buy it?
30. What is the cost of three tapes at £1.99 each?
31. Subtract eight and nine from twenty-five.
32. On your sheet are two numbers. Write the number which is half-way between them.
Put down your pencils. The test is finished.
Mental Maths Test
Answers
Name: ____________________
Date: _______________
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5
8
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5
12
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8
3
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14
26
93
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24
4007
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1
150cm
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16.
19.
20.
36%
4m2
10:25
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4°°C
15
23.
24.
28
31.
32.
Accept eight 1 s or 8 halves
Accept any way of writing, provided the intention is clear
10
20
70
25
25.
26.
29.
30.
Accept any equivalent fraction or word “half” (any spelling)
27
8
17.
18.
27.
28.
Accept use of words
700
8
20
£50
15
16
Accept answers in range 14 - 16
Accept 29
Accept words
24
29
4 weeks
Accept £5.97p or £5 97p. Do NOT accept £597
£5⋅⋅97
8
411
Accept words/clear intentions
3
6
Mental Maths Test
Mental Maths Test
Name: ____________________
Name: ____________________
Date: _______________
Date: _______________
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%
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£
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weeks
29
£
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£
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29
weeks
£
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