The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Elstree

11+ Entrance Examination 2017

MATHEMATICS
One Hour

Full Name........................................................................

Examination Number ......................................

INSTRUCTIONS

1. DO NOT OPEN THIS PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

2. There are 30 questions on this paper. DO NOT FORGET TO TURN OVER.

3. Work quickly but accurately. You are recommended to use pencil, but you
can use pen or biro if you wish.

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WRITE YOUR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED.
YOU MAY USE THE SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE FOR WORKING. Answer

1. Add: 88  37 ________

2. Subtract: 96  47 ________

3. Multiply: 58  7 ________

4. Divide: 78  6 ________

5. Write down two numbers that add to 14 and multiply to 48. _____ and ______

6. You are given the number 2864.

You are allowed to swap the position of any two digits.

For example, 2 8 6 4 gives 2 6 8 4

or 2 8 6 4 gives 4 8 6 2

What is the largest possible number you can make using one swap? ________

What is the smallest possible number you can make using one swap? ________

7. Work out the following:

21 − 5 × 2 + 6 _____________

8. What number is:

Six less than −10 _____________

Twelve more than −8 _____________

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9. Alison, Bethany and Catherine are three sisters.

They are 6 years old, 7 years old and 12 years old.

Bethany is older than Alison.

Catherine’s age is a prime number.

What is each girls’ age?

Alison’s age _____________

Bethany’s age _____________

Catherine’s age _____________

10. Draw the hour and minute hands on this clock to show the time 22:30.

What is the reflex angle between the two hands on this clock? _____________

11. The sums below were correct before someone rubbed out the brackets.
Write down the correct sums, including the brackets.

a. 8  5  2  1 _____________

b. 12  11  2  1  0 _____________

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12. Geoff counted the number of lorries he saw on his journey to school each day.

The results for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are shown in the
pictogram.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Key: Four lorries

How many lorries did Geoff see on his journey on Tuesday? ________

How many lorries did Geoff see on his journey on Wednesday? ________

On Friday Geoff saw six lorries on his journey into school.

Complete the pictogram for Friday.

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13. Here is a map of Secret Island.

What are the co-ordinates of the Sunken Treasure? _____________

What are the co-ordinates of the Whirlpool? _____________

There is a crocodile at (-7, 6).

Mark the crocodile on the map. Label the crocodile

with the word “CROCODILE”.

Which of the features shown on the map is the crocodile

closest to? _____________

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14. What is the name of each of these three regular polygons?

_____________ _____________ _____________

15. From Year 10 all pupils must join the Combined Cadet
Force (“CCF”) or opt for School Community Service (“SCS”).
Pupils can not opt for both CCF and SCS.

Rachel asked 150 Year 9 pupils whether they wanted to opt for
CCF or SCS next year.

60% of the pupils said that they wanted to opt for CCF.

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of the pupils said that they wanted to opt for SCS.
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The rest of the pupils said that they hadn’t yet decided.

How many pupils hadn’t yet decided whether to do CCF or

carry out SCS next year? _____________

16. Sam thinks of a number.

He multiplies that number by 5.

Then he subtracts 12.
Then he divides by 3.
Finally he adds 17.

His answer is 38.

What number did Sam originally think of? _____________

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17. A bus can carry 52 passengers. How many buses will

be needed to transport 993 people to a sports day? _____________

18. In the American state of Kentucky sales tax is charged at 6%.

Anila wants to buy a pair of jeans in Kentucky.

They are priced at $72 before allowing for the sales tax.
How much does Anila pay for the pair of jeans? _____________

Peter buys a bag of sweets in Kentucky.

He pays $4.77 including sales tax.
What was the price of sweets before sales tax was added? _____________

19. I put the individual twelve letters of the word “HABERDASHERS”

into an empty bag. I draw out a letter at random from
the bag. What is the probability that I draw out:

a. The letter “B”? _____________

b. The letter “T”? _____________

c. A vowel? _____________

d. A letter that is also in the word “ASKES”? _____________

20. The sails of a windmill complete one full turn every 40 seconds.

a. How long does it take the sails to turn through

a right angle? _____________

b. How many turns do the sails make in fifty-six minutes? _____________

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21. A class has thirty pupils.

Eight pupils are left-handed.

Sixteen pupils are girls.
Of the sixteen girls, thirteen are right handed.

Enter this information into the table below. Then complete the rest of the table.

Left handed Right handed Total

Boys

Girls

Total

How many boys in the class are right-handed? _____________

22. Stuart’s patio is 5 metres long and 5 metres wide.

Stuart wants to cover the patio with paving stones. Each

paving stone is 50 centimetres long and 50 centimetres wide.

How many paving stones does Stuart need to buy? _____________

Stuart has £200 left after buying the paving stones.

Stuart wants to put a picket fence around three sides of his patio.

Each panel of picket fencing is 1 metre long and costs £10.50.

Stuart will also have to pay a delivery charge of £5 regardless
of the number of panels of picket fencing he purchases.

How much money does Stuart have left after

buying the picket fencing? _____________

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23. Elizabeth writes down:

One multiple of 13; and

Two different factors of 77.

Elizabeth adds up her three numbers.

Her answer is greater than fifty but less than sixty.

What three numbers could Elizabeth have written down? _____________

24. A cube has side lengths of 5 cm.

What is the volume of the cube? _____________

A second cube has a volume of 27 cm3.

What is the total surface area of the second cube? _____________

25. Rinesh started painting his house two years ago.

During that year, Rinesh painted one-third of his house.

Last year, Rinesh painted another five-twelfths of his house.

What fraction of his house does Rinesh need to paint this

year, in order to finish completely painting his house? _____________

Bijal started weeding her garden two weeks ago.

During that week, she weeded one-fifth of her garden.

Last week, Bijal weeded two and a half times as

much of her garden as she weeded two weeks ago.

What fraction of her garden does Bijal need to weed this

week, in order to finish completely weeding her garden? _____________

Nina is painting garden gnomes.

She has four-fifths of a litre of paint.
Each garden gnome needs one-twentieth of a litre of paint.
How many garden gnomes can she paint? _____________

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26. Here is a portion of the Monday to Friday bus timetable for the 724 bus between
St. Albans and Heathrow.

Hsch HNsch Hsch HNsch Hsch HNsch Hsch

St. Albans,
0555 0603 0641 0715 0745 0808 0909
Railway Station
St. Albans,
0600 0608 0646 0721 0751 0814 0915
St Peter’s Street
Garston Bus
0625 0633 0716 0748 0831 0845 0944
Garage
Watford Junction
0637 0645 0733 0803 0853 0901 1002
Railway Station
Watford,
0640 0648 0737 0807 0857 0905 1006
Town Hall
Rickmansworth
0650 0658 0754 0817 0909 0915 1016
Railway Station
Denham, Station
0709 0713 0820 0832 0925 0930 1031
Parade
Uxbridge,
0717 0721 0833 0840 0936 0938 1039
Belmont Road
Heathrow Airport 0737 0737 0857 0857 0954 0954 1055

Hsch HNsch Hsch HNsch Hsch HNsch Hsch

Heathrow Airport 0610 0615 0700 0710 0755 0810 0915

Uxbridge,
0626 0631 0717 0727 0817 0827 0932
Belmont Road
Denham, Station
0634 0639 0726 0736 0828 0838 0941
Parade
Rickmansworth
0650 0655 0743 0753 0850 0855 0957
Railway Station
Watford,
0704 0709 0804 0814 0911 0911 1011
Clarendon Road
Watford Junction
0707 0712 0807 0817 0914 0914 1014
Railway Station
Garston Bus
0722 0727 0823 0833 0929 0929 1029
Garage
St. Albans,
0745 0750 0850 0900 0952 0952 1052
St Peter’s Street
St. Albans,
0756 0801 0901 0911 1003 1003 1103
Railway Station

Notes: Hsch – Hertfordshire schooldays only

HNsch – Hertfordshire school holidays only

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a. Andy caught a bus at Denham at 6:39 am.

What time does he arrive at Watford Junction
Railway Station? _____________

b. Ben wants to travel from Watford Town Hall to Uxbridge

by bus. If he catches a bus at Watford Town Hall at 8:57 am
how long will his journey take? _____________

c. Charlie lives in Uxbridge and works 10 minutes walk away

from Garston Bus Garage. He needs to arrive at work
by 9:30 am. What time does he need to be at the bus stop
in Uxbridge to get to work on time:

i) if it is a Hertfordshire school day? _____________

ii) if it is a Hertfordshire school holiday? _____________

d. Tom has arranged to meet Nic at St. Peters Street in

St. Albans at 8:30 am.

Tom lives in Rickmansworth and is planning to travel

by bus. Tom thinks that it is a Hertfordshire school
holiday and arrives at the bus stop at Rickmansworth
just in time to catch the bus. Unfortunately, it is a
Hertfordshire school day.

How late does Tom arrive for his meeting with Nic? _____________

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27. One angle of an isosceles triangle is 80°.

What are the other angles?

There are two possible solutions to this question.

Answer One _______ and ________

Answer Two _______ and ________

28. a) What is the area of this triangle?

_____________

b) What is the area of this triangle?

_____________

By thinking of two different ways to work out the

area of the triangle, calculate the length of arrow. _____________

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29. Here is a map of the roads in Askeshire.

The route from Catsworth to Dogsville via Alysford is written “CAD”.

There has been a robbery in Alysford. The thieves are planning to go

to Habsville Airport to flee the country with their loot.

The police want to go from Alysford to Habsville Airport by the

shortest possible route. What route should the police take?

_______________________________________________________________________

The thieves also want to go from Alysford to Habsville Airport by the

shortest possible route. However, the thieves also want to make sure
that they don’t travel on any of the roads being used by the police.
What route should the thieves take?

_______________________________________________________________________

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30. For each of the prime numbers in the table below:
(a) Find the remainder when the prime number is divided by 4; and
(b) Find whether the prime number can be expressed as the sum of two square
numbers.

If the prime number can be expressed as the sum of two square numbers, state the
two square numbers. If the prime number cannot be expressed as the sum of two
square numbers state “Not possible”.

Complete the table below. The first two rows have been completed for you.

Prime The remainder when the Can the prime number be expressed
number prime number is divided by 4 as the sum of two square numbers?

3 3 Not possible

5 1 12 + 2 2

11

13

17

What is the link between whether a prime number can be expressed as the sum of
two square numbers and the remainder when that prime number is divided by 4?
If you are not sure you can extend the table above and see what happens for other
prime numbers.

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 The first proof that this pattern is true for all prime numbers was claimed by Pierre
de Fermat and is called Fermat’s Christmas Theorem (because Fermat’s claim was
dated December 25, 1640).

Circle “YES” for each of the following prime numbers that can be expressed as the
sum of two square numbers.

Circle “NO” for each of the following prime numbers that cannot be expressed as
the sum of two square numbers.

You do not need to find the two square numbers.

Can the prime number be expressed

Prime number
as the sum of two square numbers?

58 031 YES NO

58 043 YES NO

58 049 YES NO

58 057 YES NO

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Now go back and check all of your answers carefully.

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