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KEY STAGE

Mathematics tests

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LOWER TIER & HIGHER TIERS

2006

Mark schemes for Mental mathematics Tests A, B and C

2006

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Introduction
This booklet contains the mark schemes for the lower tier test (Test C) and the higher tiers tests (Tests A and B). The pupil answer sheets will be marked by external markers who will follow the mark schemes in this booklet, which are provided here for teachers reference.

General guidance for markers

Please note that pupils should not be penalised if they record any information given in the question or show their working. Ignore any annotation, even if in the answer space, and mark only the answer. Accept an unambiguous answer written in the stimulus box, or elsewhere on the page, but clearly attributable to the relevant question. General guidance for marking the written tests also applies to marking the mental mathematics tests. In addition, please apply the following principles unless specic instructions to the contrary are given in the mark scheme: accept responses in words and/or gures, eg 7 point 3, 4 hundred accept any unambiguous indication of the correct response from a given list, eg circling, ticking, underlining accept unambiguous misspellings accept units that have been correctly converted to a different unit provided the new unit is indicated. Where units have been given on the answer sheet, do not penalise pupils for writing the units again accept responses with commas as spacers, eg 50,000 but do not accept a point used as a spacer, eg 50.000

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Lower tier Test C questions Pupil answer sheet

Now we are ready to start the test.

Time: 5 seconds continued
Key stage 3 mathematics 2006 Mental mathematics Test C

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For the rst group of questions you will have 5 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
8 7

1
First name 9 Last name School Time: 10 seconds
Total marks

Write in gures the number seven hundred and three.

How many right angles does a rectangle have?

3d d
9

Multiply eight by three.

The height of the Statue of Liberty is one hundred and fty-one feet. What is this height to the nearest hundred feet?
10

5
11

What number do I need to add to thirty-three to make one hundred?

pupils

24

6
10

How many seconds are there in three minutes?

7
Practice question

Divide nine hundred and twenty by ten.

8
25

What number is four less than minus seven?

Look at the expression on your answer sheet. Write it as simply as possible.

Time: 5 seconds

11

12

24

50
12

For the next group of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
1

13
1

11
13

10 A group of pupils share twenty-four pounds. They each get exactly six pounds. How many pupils are in the group?
2

14
2

16 + x = 23
14

15 3
3

3.7

0.5
15

11 Look at the diagram on your answer sheet. Put a ring round the arrow that is pointing south-west.

12 Subtract twenty-four from fty.

4 feet 151 feet

16
4

5 5 5 5 33
5

8 8 6

5 7 6
16

13 For two adults to see a lm, the cost is eleven pounds altogether. How much does it cost for one adult to see the lm?

14 Look at the equation. What is the value of x?

15 Look at the numbers on your answer sheet. Add them.

seconds
6

17

16 Look at the data on your answer sheet. Which number is the mode?

920
7

%
17

17 Look at the diagram drawn on a square grid. What percentage of the diagram is shaded?

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Now turn over your answer sheet.

18 The diagram shows what some people had for breakfast. How many people had both cereal and toast, but not eggs?
Time: 10 seconds continued Time: 15 seconds 24 With a calculator Without a calculator 18 Cereal 5 1 2 3 pupils
24

19 Write a number that is a factor of both nine and twelve.

Toast 4 6

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20 I have a fair six-sided dice numbered one to six. I am going to roll the dice. What is the probability that I will roll an odd number?

21 Look at the triangle drawn on the grid. Write down the coordinates of the point marked A.
10 Eggs 25

60p
25

22 Two angles t together to make a straight line. One angle is seventy-eight degrees. How many degrees are there in the other angle?
people
18

26

23 What is the next prime number after seven?

19 9
19

For the next group of questions you will have 15 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
20

12

24 The tally chart shows the number of pupils with and without a calculator. Altogether, how many pupils are there?
21 2 A 0 2 0 2

20

y
C 27

Mirror line
26

25 Three pencils cost sixty pence. How much would four pencils cost?

132

22

26 Look at the diagram on the square grid. Draw the reection of the shape in the mirror line.

x
2

132

=
27

27 Your answer sheet shows the answer to one hundred and thirty-two divided by six. Use this information to help you work out the answer to one hundred and thirty-two divided by three.
22

28

21

28 Look at the shape made from equilateral triangles. Shade two more triangles so that the shape has rotation symmetry of order three.

28

78 29
22

1.45
29

29 A birthday card costs one pound and forty-ve pence. How much do three of these cards cost?
23

7
23

30

cm

6cm

30cm2
30

30 A rectangle has a length of six centimetres and an area of thirty square centimetres. What is the width of the rectangle?

Put your pens down. The test is nished.

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Key 3 mathematics 2006 2006 Keystage stage 3 mathematics Mental mathematics higher tiers tier Test A C Mental mathematics lower Test

Time: 5 seconds continued 8

11 2d

Test A C Test
Mark scheme
Time: 10 seconds 10

4 pupils
N

Accept embedded values, eg 4 6

11

Accept any unambiguous indication

12 Time: 5 seconds 13 1

26 5.50 7 4.2 5
Accept embedded values, eg 16 + 7

703 4

Do not accept responses given in words

14 2

15 3

Accept equivalent fractions or decimals

24
16
Accept value indicated in list

200 feet 67 180 seconds 92

Accept embedded values, eg 33 + 67

Do not accept amended units

17

25 %

Do not accept equivalent fractions or decimals

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Time: 10 seconds continued 18

Time: 15 seconds 24

4 people

20 pupils

25

80 p

26

19

1 or 3
1 2
Accept equivalent probabilities

20

Mirror line
Accept lines not drawn accurately, provided the pupils intention is clear

21

( 2 , 1 )

27

44

28

22

102

29

4.35 5 cm
7

23

11

30

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Higher tiers Test A questions Pupil answer sheet

Now we are ready to start the test.

270044_KS3_MenMaMS.indd 8 Key stage 3 mathematics 2006 Mental mathematics Test A

For the rst group of questions you will have 5 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
Time: 5 seconds continued 7 First name 8 Last name School
Total marks

1
3.68

What number is the arrow pointing to on the number line?

Divide three hundred by ten.

Multiply six by nine.

10 y2 3y2
8

How many millimetres are there in eight centimetres?

Time: 10 seconds 9

What number is six less than minus two?

Write in gures the number that is one less than one million.

Right Wrong pupils

9

Round three point six eight to one decimal place.

8
Practice question 37

Look at the expression on your answer sheet. Write it as simply as possible.

For the next group of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.

10

cm
10

9
Time: 5 seconds 1

In a quiz, pupils were asked a question. The pictogram shows how many pupils were right and how many were wrong. Eight pupils were right. How many pupils were wrong?

11

13

1 8 12

1 4 A

1 3

1 2

3 4

11

10 The perimeter of a square is twenty centimetres. What is the length of one side of the square?
0

10

20

50

B
12

11 In a class of twenty-eight pupils, thirteen are boys. About what fraction of the class are boys? Put a ring round the fraction that is closest.
2

12 AB is a straight line. Work out the size of angle w.

300
2

13

2x 8
13

9
3

13 Look at the expression on your answer sheet. When x is nine, what is the value of the expression?

14 4

10cm : 2km mm
4

15cm km
14

2
5

15
15

14 The scale on a map is ten centimetres to two kilometres. On the map the distance between two points is fteen centimetres. How many kilometres are there between the two points?

6
6

16

5%

300
16

15 I have a fair six-sided dice, numbered one to six. I roll the dice. What is the probability that I roll a number greater than two?

16 What is ve per cent of three hundred pounds?

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Now turn over your answer sheet.

17 Find the volume of a cuboid measuring two centimetres by eight centimetres by four centimetres.
Time: 10 seconds continued 17 2cm by 8cm by 4cm Number of milk bottles Frequency 0 1
18

Time: 15 seconds continued 26

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18 Material costs four pounds fty per metre. How many metres of this material can I buy with twenty-seven pounds?
cm
17

19 Using three as an approximation for pi, nd the circumference of a circle with diameter eight centimetres.
3

6 3 8 1

18 m 2 3 19 cm
19

20 Jake and Sarjun share some money in the ratio one to three. Sarjuns share is one hundred and fty pounds. Altogether, how much money did they share?
4.50 27 8cm 4

21 Look at the expression. When y is six, work out the value of the expression.
20
20

1:3

150
26

21
21

For the next group of questions you will have 15 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
y( y 3)

27

40000
27

28 Time: 15 seconds height 22 27 27 16 = 32 = 864

22 Your answer sheet shows the answer to twenty-seven multiplied by thirty-two. Use this information to help you work out the answer to twenty-seven multiplied by sixteen.

10

23 In a survey, some people were asked if they use a library. The pie chart shows the results. Twelve people said no. How many people were asked altogether?

28 22

24 A machine copies exactly fty pages a minute. How many pages can it copy in half an hour?
23

29

y
No Yes 4
23

B 6

25 The diagram shows an arrow of height three centimetres. I enlarge it by a scale factor of two and a half. What is the height of the enlarged arrow?

2 24 50
24

26 The table on your answer sheet shows the number of milk bottles ordered for twenty different houses. Altogether, how many milk bottles were ordered?

0 25 3 cm

27 What is the square root of forty thousand?

28 Look at the right-angled triangle. Work out the height of the triangle.

29

cm
30
25

99
30

29 Look at the grid. What is the equation of the line marked B?

30 Nine multiplied by nine has the same value as three to the power what?

Put your pens down. The test is nished.

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Key stage 3 mathematics 2006 Mental mathematics higher tiers Test A

Time: 5 seconds continued 7

3.7 7y 2

Do not accept equivalent fractions or decimals

Test A
Mark scheme

Time: 10 seconds 9

3 pupils

10

5 cm

11

1 8

1 4

1 3

1 2

3 4

Time: 5 seconds 12 1

130

13

10 3 km

30 54 80 mm 8 999 999
Do not accept responses given in words

14

15

2 3

Accept equivalent probabilities, including 0.66, 0.67 or better, or their percentage equivalents

16

15

Do not accept incorrect % signs

10

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Time: 10 seconds continued 17

Time: 15 seconds continued 26

64 cm3

30

18

6 m 24 cm 200 18

19

20

21

27

200 6

Accept 200 with 200 or alone

28 Time: 15 seconds 22

Ignore units given

432

23

60

29

x=2

Accept unconventional notation, eg 1x = 2, x1 2 = 0

24

1500
1 cm 2
Accept equivalent fractions or decimals

25

30

Accept embedded values, eg 34

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Higher tiers Test B questions

Pupil answer sheet

Now we are ready to start the test.

Time: 10 seconds
Key stage 3 mathematics 2006 Mental mathematics Test B

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For the rst group of questions you will have 5 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
8 lime orange 0 20 pupils

1
First name Last name School
Total marks

A teacher divides a class of thirty pupils into six equal groups. How many pupils are in each group?

Write eighty-eight thousand in gures.

Write the number that is halfway between a half and one.

4
9

What is the area of a rectangle with a width of six centimetres and a length of seven centimetres?

minutes

2:45

3:20
9

Ninety-seven per cent of the Earths water is salt water. The rest is fresh water. What percentage of the Earths water is fresh water?

10

y
4 B

6
Practice question

Divide twenty-four by minus six.

7
37

To the nearest metre the height of a building is twelve metres. What is the least value the height of the building could be?

2 C 0 Time: 5 seconds 1 30
1

A 0 2 4

For the next group of questions you will have 10 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.

A teacher asked some pupils which avour drink they preferred. The bar chart shows the results. Twenty pupils said orange. About how many said lime?
2

(
11 335
2

10

A lesson starts at two forty-ve and nishes at three twenty. How long is the lesson in minutes?

10 Look at the triangle on the grid. Write the coordinates of the point marked A.

1
3

11

1 2 4 cm2

11 Look at the diagram. Work out the size of angle x.

12
4

5k + 2m + 3m + 4k
12

12 Look at the expression on your answer sheet. Write it as simply as possible.

5 % 97%
5

13

22 18 10 30
13

13 Look at the numbers on your answer sheet. What is their mean?

6 6

14
6

cm

150cm

10%
14

14 A sunower is one hundred and fty centimetres tall. How tall will it be if its height increases by ten per cent?

m
7

15

30

15 There are thirty cubes in a bag. I am going to take out one cube at random. The probability that it will be blue is two-fths. How many blue cubes are in the bag?

2 5

15

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Now turn over your answer sheet.

16 The ratio of boys to girls in a class is three to ve. There are twelve boys. How many girls are there?
Time: 10 seconds continued 16
16

Time: 15 seconds continued 24 7 1 3 58 2 =

24

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17 The rectangle on your answer sheet has been enlarged by a scale factor of two. Write down the dimensions of the rectangle before the enlargement.
3:5 58 = 406 17 3cm 2cm 25

18 Look at the expression on your answer sheet. What is the value of this expression when y is four?
44

25p
25

19 A 3-D shape has exactly six faces. All six faces are rectangles. What is the name of the 3-D shape?
cm
17

20 From three-quarters, subtract nought point two.

and cm
26

1 2

1 6

26

21 A car travelled two kilometres in ve minutes. What was the cars average speed in kilometres per hour?
18
18

1 2 y 2

27

y
4

For the next group of questions you will have 15 seconds to work out each answer and write it down.
19
19

22 Write a multiple of nine that is bigger than seventy and smaller than eighty.
20 0.2
20

2 3 4

23 Look at the pattern on the square grid. Shade two more squares so that the grid has two lines of symmetry.
21 km/h

0 2km 5 minutes
21

x
27

28

24 Your answer sheet shows the answer to seven multiplied by fty-eight. Use this information to help you work out the answer to three and a half multiplied by fty-eight.

9 25

28

25 Forty-four people paid twenty-ve pence each to go into a book sale. How much money is that altogether?
Time: 15 seconds

29 Blue 72 Red 22 70 80
22

26 In a box of pens, one half are black, one sixth are red and the rest are blue. What fraction of the pens is blue?

27 On the grid, sketch the straight line with equation y equals x plus two.
23 %
29

28 What is the square root of nine twenty-fths?

29 Some people were asked which colour car they preferred. The pie chart shows the results. What percentage of the people said blue?
23

30

m2 = 100 m + 15
and
30

30

m squared equals one hundred.

Write down the two possible values of m plus fteen.

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Put your pens down. The test is nished.

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Key 3 mathematics 2006 2006 Keystage stage 3 mathematics Mental mathematics higher tiers tiers Test A Mental mathematics higher Test B

Time: 10 seconds 8

25

answer

35

Test A B Test
Mark scheme
9 10

Do not accept incorrect % signs

35 minutes

( 4 , 1 )

Time: 5 seconds 1

5
11

25

88 000
3 4

Do not accept responses given in words

Accept equivalent fractions or decimals

42 cm2 3 % 4 11.5 m
Accept equivalent fractions or decimals

12

9k + 5m

13

20 165 cm 12
Accept embedded values, eg 12
30

14

15

14

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Time: 10 seconds continued 16

Time: 15 seconds continued 24

20

Do not accept 12 : 20

203

17

1 cm

and

1 cm 2
25

11

Accept pair in either order Accept equivalent fractions or decimals

26

1 3

Accept equivalent fractions but do not accept equivalent decimals

18

8
27

19

Cuboid

Accept rectangular prism Condone cube or square prism

y
4

20

0.55

Accept equivalent fractions or decimals

21

24 km/h

Accept line at least two diagonals in length, and line not drawn accurately, provided the pupils intention is clear

Time: 15 seconds 22

28
Do not accept 89

3 5

Accept equivalent fractions or decimals Accept 3 with 3 or alone

5 5

72

23

29

20 %

Do not accept equivalent fractions or decimals

or
30

5 and 25

Accept pair in either order

15

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