Answers to Scholastic National Curriculum

Maths Practice Book for Year 5

The answers are given below. They are referenced by page number and where applicable,
question number.
The answers usually only include the information the children are expected to give.
There may be some places where the answers vary or multiple answers are acceptable,
these are marked as such.

Page Question
Answers
number number
6 1a 822, 832, 842, 852, 862, 872, 882, 892
1b 16,167, 16,177, 16,187, 16,197, 16,207, 16,217
2a 5856, 5956, 6056, 6156, 6256, 6356, 6456, 6556
2b 45,509, 45,609, 45,709, 45,809, 45,909, 46,009
3a 36,454, 36,354, 36,254, 36,154, 36,054, 35,954
3b 69,128, 69,028, 68,928, 68,828, 68,728, 68,628
4a 19,461, 20,461, 21,461, 22,461, 23,461, 24,461
5a 82,753, 81,753, 80,753, 79,753, 78,753, 77,753
7 1 3
2 –3
3a 1, 4, 7, 10.
3b –3, 1, 5, 9
3c –9, –4, 1, 6
4a 0, –5, –10, –15
4b 4, 1, –2, –5
4c –6, –13, –20, –27
8 1 9°
2 8°
3 3°C
4 –5°C
5 –1°C
6 17°C

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number number
9 1a 43
1b 278
1c 5,961
1d 21,683
1e 457,932
1f 7,019
1g 10,002
1h 88,008
2a One hundred and five
2b One hundred and fifty
2c Eight thousand and six
2d Eight thousand and sixty
2e Eight thousand, six hundred
2f Six thousand and eight
10 1b 4304 = Four thousand, three hundred and four
1c 1072 = One thousand and seventy-two
1d 61,591 = Sixty-one thousand, five hundred and ninety-one
1e 24,150 = Twenty-four thousand, one hundred and fifty
2b 457cm; 7cm
2c 766mm; 700mm
2d 730cm; 700cm
2e 6.73m; 0.7m or 70cm
2f 7145m; 7000m
2g 7995g; 7000g
2h £4754; £700
3a 38
3b 240
3c Five thousand, two hundred
11 1a 7
1b 153
1c 19
1d 109
1e 35
1f 551
1g 38
1h 710
1i 70
1j 320
1k 1900
1l 1655

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number number
12 1 MC = 1100 MM = 2000
MCCC = 1300 MMXIV = 2014
MDCL = 1650 MMX = 2010
2 Answers will vary. For example,
2004 = MMIV, 2005 = MMV, 2006 = MMVI
13 1a 28, 82
1b 67, 76
1c 459, 495, 549, 594, 945, 954
1d 168, 186, 618, 681, 816, 861
1e 3578, 3587, 3758, 3785, 3857, 3875, 5378, 5387, 5738, 5783, 5837,
5873, 7358, 7385, 7538, 7583, 7835, 7853, 8357, 8375, 8537, 8573,
8735, 8753
1f 3047, 3074, 3407, 3470, 3704, 3740, 4037, 4073, 4307, 4370, 4703,
4730, 7034, 7043, 7304, 7340, 7403, 7430
14 1 Nearest 10:
59, 60, 61, 64
81, 78, 77, 76
Nearest 100:
897, 913, 933, 935
385, 401, 399, 403
206, 189, 177, 179
188, 186, 194, 187
566, 581, 612, 601
1001, 999, 989, 1004
15 1 Rounded to
Rounded to the Rounded to the
Programme Viewers the nearest
nearest 1000 nearest 10,000
100,000
Sing to Win 374,294 374,000 370,000 400,000

Emergency Ward 472,672 473,000 470,000 500,000

Football Live 835,333 835,000 840,000 800,000

The Constabulary 472,567 473,000 470,000 500,000

All Aboard! 628,342 628,000 630,000 600,000

Daily News 934,681 935,000 930,000 900,000

Cooking Today 462,489 462,000 460,000 500,000

School Quiz
814,557 815,000 810,000 800,000
Challenge
Star Quality 992,103 992,000 990,000 1,000,000

2a 651,000
2b 1,465,000
2c 1,770,000
2d 1,443,000

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number number
16 1 –2, –1, 0, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8, 10, 10, 11, 11, 13, 13, 15, 18, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 34
2 Answers will vary.
17 1 Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Plymouth
2 22°C, 13°C, 10°C, –4°C, –10°C, –36°C
3 –2°C
4 21°C
18 1a 26
1b 14
1c 2
1d 32
2a 44
2b 27
2c 78
2d 83
3a £6.50
3b £15.20
3c 14.3m
3d 11.5m
3e 1250p
3f 1310p
4a
46 92 184

17 34 68

37 74 148

24 48 96

12 24 48

4b
48 96 192

27 54 108

16 32 64

42 84 168

23 46 92

35 70 140

4c
39 78 156

21 42 84

49 98 196

15 30 60

28 56 112

19 38 76

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number number
19 1a 160
1b 540
1c 790
1d 410
1e 760
1f 280
1g 670
1h 900
2a 70g + 65g + 55g = 190g
2b 36 + 24 + 17 = 77 children
3 Answers will vary.
20 1a 710
1b 1170
1c 1820
1d 830
1e 580
1f 320
1g 860
1h 600
1i 1590
1j 1895
1k 1080
1l 480
2a 960 (double 500 – 30 – 10)
2b 1230 (double 600 + 10 + 20)
21 1a 550 + 40 + 8 + 6 = 604
1b 750 + 30 + 7 + 5 = 792
2a 642 + 8 + 21 = 650 + 21 = 671
2b 913
285
431
3
434 + 242 234 + 725

= 400 + 200 = 200 + 700

+ 30 + 40 + 30 + 20

+ 4 + 2 + 4 + 5

= 600 + 70 + 6 = 900 + 50 + 9

= 676 = 959

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22 1a 62 + 60 – 4 = 118
1b 94 + 90 – 3 = 181
1c 83 + 80 – 2 = 161
1d 82 + 100 – 1 = 181
2b 385 – 70 + 1 = 316
2c 537 + 40 + 1 = 578
2d 542 – 20 – 1 = 521
2e 246 + 40 – 1 = 285
3 454 – 80 = 374 + 1 = 375g
23 1 £620
2 440km
3 2887 miles
4 1626kg
5 380g
6 1582 litres
7 1900m
8 2000km
24 a 10,919
b 3015
c 1258
d 185
e 4894
f 5888
g 11,467
25 1a 118,406
1b 10,337
1c 78,654
1d 116,840
1e 97,809
1f 123,975
2a 52350
+ 40031
92381
2b 63174
+ 80921
144095

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number number
26 1a 238
1b 413
1c 1114
1d 2147
1e 469
1f 759
2a 1006
2b 152
27 1a 1933
+ 364
2297
1b 1382
– 242
1140
1c 1844
+ 2936
4780
1d 2936
– 1749
1187
1e £38.96
+ £65.05
£104.01
1f £390.84
– £127.58
£263.26
1g £100.38
1h 875 cards
28 1a £49.10
1b 1023
1c £26.69
1d 15.92kg
1e 6.36 or 9.48 – Yes the 7.92 could be the larger or smaller of the
numbers in the number sentence.
1f No, the correct change should be £6.48 from £40.
29 1a 47,493
1b £49.09
1c 621
1d £34.53
1e 25.1 or 25.10
1f 23.2 or 23.20
1g 4.09 or 9.53. Yes, the 6.81 could be the larger or the smaller of the
numbers in the number sentence.
1h £81.35

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number number
30 1a 24.3
+ 12.62
36.92
1b 899
– 67.4
831.6
1c 9.00
– 7.20
1.80
31 1 £1.45
£1.78
+ £2.43
£5.66 Mike’s answer is incorrect.
2 £2.99
£4.28
+ £0.68
£7.95 Mike’s answer is incorrect.
3 £2.37
£8.25
+ £1.12
£11.74 Mike’s answer is correct.
4 £7.70
£7.07
+ £0.70
£15.47 Mike’s answer is incorrect.
5 £0.98
£3.69
£6.16
+ £0.46
£11.29 Mike’s answer in incorrect.
6 £16.72
£56.88
+ £31.99
£105.59 Mike’s answer in incorrect.
1 question answered correctly.

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number number
32 1a 2000 + 3000 = 5000
2005 + 3290 = 5295
5295 – 2005 = 3290
1b 5000 – 1400 = 3600
5002 – 1386 = 3616
3616 + 1386 = 5002
1c 7200 – 2500 = 4700
7211 – 2595 = 4616
4616 + 2595 = 7211
1d 3000 + 2000 = 5000
2734 + 1992 = 4726
4726 – 1992 = 2734
1e 9000 – 9000 = 0
9018 – 8933 = 85
8933 + 85 = 9018
33 1a 510, 507
1b £240, £241.83
1c 550, 522
1d 30m, 30.73m
2a 457
+ 203
660
2b 8167
– 1354
6813
2c £8950
– £3126
£5824
34 1a 6 × 4 = 24, 4 × 6 = 24, 24 ÷ 6 = 4, 24 ÷ 4 = 6
1b 3 × 6 = 18, 6 × 3 = 18, 18 ÷ 3 = 6, 18 ÷ 6 = 3
1c 5 × 8 = 40, 8 × 5 = 40, 40 ÷ 5 = 8, 40 ÷ 8 = 5
1d 7 × 8 = 56, 8 × 7 = 56, 56 ÷ 7 = 8, 56 ÷ 8 = 7
2a Check children’s answers.
2b Check children’s answers.
3 27, 32, 47

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number number
35 81: 9 × 9, 3 × 27, 1 × 81
30: 1 × 30, 2 × 15, 3 × 10, 5 × 6
48: 1 × 48, 2 × 24, 3 × 16, 4 × 12, 8 × 6
72: 1 × 72, 2 × 36, 3 × 24, 4 × 18, 6 × 12, 8 × 9
32: 1 × 32, 2 × 16, 4 × 8
49: 1 × 49, 7 × 7
42: 1 × 42, 2 × 21, 3 × 14, 6 × 7
21: 1 × 21, 3 × 7
35: 1 × 35, 5 × 7
18: 1 × 18, 2 × 9, 3 × 6
36: 1 × 36, 2 × 18, 3 × 12, 4 × 9, 6 × 6
56: 1 × 56, 2 × 28, 4 × 14, 7 × 8
64: 1 × 64, 2 × 32, 4 × 16, 8 × 8
63: 1 × 63, 3 × 21, 7 × 9
27: 1 × 27, 3 × 9
40: 1 × 40, 2 × 20, 4 × 10, 5 × 8
90: 1 × 90, 2 × 45, 3 × 30, 5 × 18, 6 × 15, 9 × 10
28: 1 × 28, 2 × 14, 4 × 7
16: 1 × 16, 2 × 8, 4 × 4
36 1 Red numbers: 66, 78
Blue numbers: 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 77
Yellow numbers: 16, 32, 40, 64, 128
Purple numbers: 27, 45, 81, 99
Orange numbers: 10, 20, 40, 50

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number number
37 1
10× 10× 10×

1 × 10 = 10 1×3=3 1×4=4
2 × 10 = 20 2×3=6 2×4=8
3 × 10 = 30 3×3=9 3 × 4 = 12
4 × 10 = 40 4 × 3 = 12 4 × 4 = 16
5 × 10 = 50 5 × 3 = 15 5 × 4 = 20
6 × 10 = 60 6 × 3 = 18 6 × 4 = 24
7 × 10 = 70 7 × 3 = 21 7 × 4 = 28
8 × 10 = 80 8 × 3 = 24 8 × 4 = 32
9 × 10 = 90 9 × 3 = 27 9 × 4 = 36
10 × 10 = 100 10 × 3 = 30 10 × 4 = 40
11 × 10 = 110 11 × 3 = 33 11 × 4 = 44
12 × 10 = 120 12 × 3 = 36 12 × 4 = 48

2
13× = 10× + 3× 14× = 10× + 4×

1 × 13 = 10 + 3 = 13 1 × 14 = 10 + 4 = 14
2 × 13 = 20 + 6 = 26 2 × 14 = 20 + 8 = 28
3 × 13 = 30 + 9 = 39 3 × 14 = 30 + 12 = 42
4 × 13 = 40 + 12 = 52 4 × 14 = 40 + 16 = 56
5 × 13 = 50 + 15 = 65 5 × 14 = 50 + 20 = 70
6 × 13 = 60 + 18 = 78 6 × 14 = 60 + 24 = 84
7 × 13 = 70 + 21 = 91 7 × 14 = 70 + 28 = 98
8 × 13 = 80 + 24 = 104 8 × 14 = 80 + 32 = 112
9 × 13 = 90 + 27 = 117 9 × 14 = 90 + 36 = 126
10 × 13 = 100 + 30 = 130 10 × 14 = 100 + 40 = 140
11 × 13 = 110 + 33 = 143 11 × 14 = 110 + 44 = 154
12 × 13 = 120 + 36 = 156 12 × 14 = 120 + 48 = 168

38 1b 225 is a multiple of 3, 5, 9
1c 390 is a multiple of 2, 3, 5, 6
1d 960 is a multiple of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
2 Answers will vary.
3 360
39 1a 1 × 24, 2 × 12, 3 × 8, 4 × 6
1b 1 × 28, 2 × 14, 4 × 7
1c 1 × 36, 2 × 18, 3 × 12, 4 × 9, 6 × 6
1d 1 × 40, 2 × 20, 4 × 10, 5 × 8
1e 1 × 64, 2 × 32, 4 × 16, 8 × 8
1f 1 × 85, 5 × 17
40 1 There are 6 factors 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
2a 60
2b Because there is no other number under 100 that can be divided by all
those numbers and give a whole number answer.

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number number
41 a 216
b 340
c 360
d 600
42 1 Check children’s answers.
2 The prime numbers less than 100 are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29,
31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97
43 1
24 56

3 8 7 8

4 2 4 2

2 2 2 2
24 = 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 56 = 7 × 2 × 2 × 2

100 81

2 50 9 9

25 2 3 3 3 3

5 5
81 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3
100 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 2

2
210

21 10

7 3 5 2

210 = 7 × 3 × 5 × 2
It is made up of the first four prime numbers.

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number number
44 1
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360 400

80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800

30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300

60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

2a 100
2b 60
2c 200
2d 40
2e 80
3a 32, 8, 4, 2, 1
3b 96, 48, 24, 12, 6
3c 160, 80, 40, 20, 10
3d 5000, 2500, 1250
45 1a 180
1b 200
1c 270
1d 120
1e 315
1f 105
1g 225
1h 385
2a 180
2b 400
2c 280
2d 336
3c 3800, 1900
3d 8900, 4450
3e 5600, 2800
3f 4500, 2250

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46 1a (90 × 5) + (6 × 5) = 450 + 30 = 480
1b (50 × 8) + (8 × 8) = 400 + 64 = 464
1c (80 × 6) + (3 × 6) = 480 + 18 = 498
1d (70 × 9) + (4 × 9) = 630 + 36 = 666
2b 392m
2c 333km
2d 395g
2e 344ml
2f £235
2g 294mm
2h 366kg
2i 340p or £3.40
2j £2.82 or 282p
2k 171 miles
47 1a–b
÷ 26 53 64 107

a. 5 5 10 12 21

r 1 3 4 2

b. 7 3 7 9 15

r 5 4 1 2

1c–d ÷ 29 40 79 113

c. 3 9 13 26 37

r 2 1 1 2

d. 9 3 4 8 12

r 2 4 7 5

2a 15 groups, 2 children left over

2b 11 packs, £0.10 or 10p left over
48 1a 544
1b 1284
1c 360
1d 378
1e 252
1f 575
49 1a 1908
1b 1280
1c 832
1d 1617
1e 59,675
1f 213,092

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50 1a 26
1b 191
1c 140
1d 150
1e 13
1f 23
51 1a 66 r3
1b 83 r23
1c 36 r1
1d 156 r1
1e 33 r2
1f 134 r7
52–53 1
×10 ×100 ×1000
a. £35 £350 £3500 £35,000
b. 12.5m 125m 1250m 12,500m
c. 1
6 2 km 65km 650km 6500km
d. 3.45g 34.5g 345g 3450g
e. 1
6 4 kg 62.5 625kg 6250kg
f. 4.02g 40.2g 402g 4020g
g. 3
64m 67.5m 675m 6750m
h. £0.05 £0.50 £5.00 £50.00
i. 0.020g 0.2g 2g 20g
j. 1
2 2 km 25km 250km 2500km

2 4.2, 38.6, 60.5, 837.4

3 Abacus shows 0.42, 3.86, 6.05, 83.74
4b 3420mm, 342cm, 3.42m
4c 1610mm, 161cm, 1.61m
4d 610mm, 61cm, 0.61m
5a 100 times
5b 10
5c 25p
5d 100
5e 45

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54 1

1 2
3
4
5
6
7

8
9
10
2 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100
3 Answers will vary.
55 1 7² = 49 18² = 324
9² = 81 21² = 441
10² = 100 24² = 576
11² = 121 25² = 625
13² = 169 28² = 784
15² = 225 30² = 900
16² = 256 40² = 1600
56 1a 5 × 5 × 5 = 125
1b 4 × 4 × 4 = 64
1c 1×1×1=1
1d 10 × 10 × 10 = 1000
1e 7 × 7 × 7 = 343
57 1
1 = 1³ 27 = 3³ 64 = 4³ 125 = 5³ 1000 = 10³

2a 4
2b 3
2c 29
58 1 14.21kg
2 Answers will vary. For example, 5.49, 5.93
3a 1072
3b 684
4 £378.50
5 No, I should receive £5.51

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59 1 £46.50
2 Be a Roman Soldier: (12 × £1.85) + (12 × £1.50) = £22.20 + £18 =
£40.20
Row the boat as slaves: (10 × £0.90) + (10 × £1.50) = £9.00 + £15 =
£24
Taste of Ancient Rome: (9 × £1.00) + (9 × £1.50) = £9.00 + £13.50 =
£22.50
3 54 + 40.20 + 24 + 22.50 = £140.70
60 1 No, it should be
£24.50 + £10.50 + £1.90 + £119.95 + £31.90 + £29.30 + £22.95 =
£241.00
2 £241 ÷ 4 = £60.25
61 1 62
2 No, they would measure 64.8cm. He is 35.2cm too long.
3a 48
3b 80
4a 54
4b 189 litres
5a 206 cars
5b £453.20
62 1 1050 nails
2 2048 biscuits
3 2550 apples
4 4608 rations
5 1092 cannonballs
6 3365 packets
63 1 22
2a 78
2b 370 pairs
3 42 boxes, 3 left for his tea
64 1 5
2 5.4m
3 22 boxes
4 30.6km
5 16.1 litres
6 45
65 1a 131 children
1b 12 adults
1c Football (2 coaches); Athletics (1 coach); Swimming (2 minibuses);
Archery (minibus)

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66 1 To make 18 small
To make 12 small sponge
sponge cakes, you
cakes, you will need:
will need:

100g soft margarine 150g soft margarine

100g caster sugar 150g caster sugar
2 eggs 3 eggs
100g self-raising flour 150g self-raising flour
2 tablespoons cocoa 3 tablespoons cocoa
12 paper cake cases 18 paper cake cases

67 1 Answers will vary.

2 In 2014 18 countries used the euro:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal,
Slovenia, Slovakia and Spain
3 Check children’s answer against current exchange rate.
68 1a Answers will vary. For example,
1
5
7
1b Answers will vary. For example, 8
5
1c Answers will vary. For example, 6
1
1d Answers will vary. For example, 10
1
1e Answers will vary. For example, 8
1
1f Answers will vary. For example, 10
3
1g Answers will vary. For example, 5
7
1h Answers will vary. For example, 10
1
1i Answers will vary. For example, 8
3
1j Answers will vary. For example, 6
2 1 3 7 15 8
2 10 , 4 , 5 , 10 , 20 , 10
1 2 1 4 1 5 2 5
3 6 , 9 , 3 , 9 ,2 , 9 , 3 , 6

69 1a Answers will vary. For example,

2
8
3
1b Answers will vary. For example, 4
5
1c Answers will vary. For example, 8
3
1d Answers will vary. For example, 6
7
1e Answers will vary. For example, 8
4
1f Answers will vary. For example, 5
5
1g Answers will vary. For example, 12
1
1h Answers will vary. For example, 2

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number number
70 1 1 1
10 = 0.1 4 = 0.25
4 3
10 = 0.4 4 = 0.25
1 5
5 = 0.2 10 = 0.5
2 1
10 = 0.2 3 = 0.33
90 30
100 = 0.9 100 = 0.3
1 70
2= 0.5 100= 0.7
71 1 Answers may vary, but ensure coloured shapes match linked fractions.
72 1b 17 2
5 = 35
9 1
1c 2 = 42
9 1
1d 4 = 24
7 1
1e 6 = 16
73 1a 3
25
1
1b 33
3
1c 14
7
1d 19
4
1e 17
5
1f 16
1
1g 25 2
9
1h 410
15
2a 2
9
2b 4
20
2c 3
23
2d 5
53
2e 8
41
2f 7

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number number
74 1a
4 3 2
5 5 1 5

7 3
5 5 2

1 1
2 5 1 5

1b 5 3
8 8 1

7 3 1
8 8 1 4

1 6
1 2 8

1c 3 6 1
4 4 2 4

3 5
4 4 2

1 3
1 2 2 4

1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
2a 4 , 4 , 14 , 14 , 2 4 , 2 4 , 3 4 , 3 4
2 1
2b 4 or 2
1 2 1 2
3a 3 , 1 , 13 , 2 3 , 3 , 3 3
2
3b 3

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2 1
75 1a 4 or 2
3
1b 7
4 2
1c 10 or 5

1d 1
2a
4 3 1
5 5 5

2 1 1
5 5 5

2 2
5 5

2b
7 3 3 1
8 8 8 or 2

4 3 1
8 8 8

3
8 0

2c
9 3 1
4 4 1 2

3 1 2 1
4 4 4 or 2

1 2 1
1 2 4 or 2

3 1/6
2 3 5
76 1a 8 + 8 = 8
3 1 2 1
1b 4 − 4 = 4 or 2
3 5 8 2 1
1c 6 + 6 = 6 or 1 6 or 1 3
3 1 2 1
1d 6 − 6 = 6 or 3
4 1 5 1
1e 10 + 10 = 10 or 2
9 2 7
1f 10 − 10 = 10
3 1 4
1g 9 + 9 = 9
7 4 3
1h 8 − 8 = 8
4 6 10 1
1i 9 + 9 = 9 or 1 9
11 6 5
1j 12 − 12 = 12
7 6 1
1k 8 − 8 = 8
5 3 2
1l 9 − 9 = 9

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3
77 1a ✩ = 4, ? = 1
1 1 2
1b ✩ = 6, ? = 3 or 6
1
1c ✩ = 2, ? = 0
3 1
1d ✩ = 4, ? = 4
4
78 1a 5
10 1
1b 3 or 3 3
4 1
1c 3 or 1 3
8 2
1d 3 or 2 3
9 1
1e 4 or 2 4
15 1
1f 7 or 2 7
16 1
1g 5 or 3 5
7 1
1h 3 or 2 3
79 1a 6
39 3
1b 4 or 9 4
20 2
1c 3 or 6 3
7 1
1d 2 or 3 2
25 1
1e 2 or 12 2
27 2
1f 5 or 5 5
80 1a Six units
1b Six tenths
1c Six thousandths
1d Six hundredths
2a 0.721
2b 0.72 has a zero in the thousandths column whereas 0.721 has a 1 in the
thousandths column making it larger.
81 1a Any number between 4.001 and 4.999
1b Any number between 1.001 and 1.229
1c Any number between 2.301 and 2.399
1d Any number between 0.001 and 0.199
1e Any number between 0.151 and 0.159
1f Any number between 9.901 and 9.999
82 1a 35
1b 766
1c 1330
2a 34.2
2b 357.8
2c 1546.1
3a 34.57
3b 109.11
3c 3102.34
4 34.015, 34.09, 34.092, 34.323, 34.40, 34.43
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83 1 Standing Bean bag Balance
Long jump 30-sec hop
jump throw beam walk
1st Faarea Jo Jo Faarea David

2nd Sam Sam Sam Tom Jill

3rd Jill Faarea David Jill Faarea

4th Tom David Faarea David Sam

5th Jo Tom Jill Sam Jo

Faarea 5 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 3 = 18
Jo 1 + 5 + 5 + 1 = 12
David 2 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 12
Sam 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 15
Tom 2 + 1 + 4 = 7
Jill 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 = 11
Faarea is the overall winner because she scored 18 points.
84 1 18.118, 18.181, 18.811, 18.888, 81.111
2a 6 and 6.262
2b 6, 6.002, 6.202, 6.222, 6.262
3 Answers will vary. For example, 1.245, 12.45, 124.5…
85
Fractions Decimals
1
2
0.5
34
0.34
100
1
0.25
4
6 3
or 0.6
10 5
3
0.3
10
73
0.73
100
99
0.99
100
37
0.37
100
89
3 100 3.89

86 1 1/10, 0.1, 10% 3/10, 0.3, 30%

2/10, 0.2, 20% 1/2, 0.5, 50%
1/4, 0.25, 25% 3/4, 0.75, 75%
2 20% = 20/100 = 0.2 50% = 50/100 = 0.5
25% = 25/100 = 0.25 75% = 75/100 = 0.75
30% = 30/100 = 0.3

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87 1 0.2, 2/10, 20% 0.6, 6/10, 60%
0.3, 3/10, 30% 0.7, 7/10, 70%
0.4, 4/10, 40% 0.8, 8/10, 80%
0.5, 5/10, 50% 0.9, 9/10, 90%
2 1/2 of 30, 15, 50% of 30 1/10 of 60, 6, 10% of 60
1/4 of 80, 20, 25% of 80 1/3 of 9, 3, 33 1/3% of 9
1/5 of 35, 7, 20% of 35 2/5 of 45, 18, 40% of 45
3/4 of 16, 12, 75% of 16
88 1 They had 8 chocolates each.
2 She received 81 hair clips.
3 814 people have a season ticket.
4 102 boys and 68 girls
89 Price in Betty’s Where should
Item Price in Garbo
boutique Kate buy?
Dress £60 £70 Betty’s

Shoes £15 £18 Betty’s

Bag £45 £20 Garbo

Necklace £70 £75 Betty’s

Perfume £12 £16 Betty’s

90 1 Answers will vary, check children’s accuracy.

91 1 Answers may vary, for example:
5kg + 2.5kg + 250g in Max 8kg box
1390g + 800g + 780g in Max 5kg box
4kg + 3980g in Max 8kg box
92 1b 18m
1c Nat’s hair is 43.18cm long
1d 1m 90cm
93 1 Samina 1.75oz Will 450g Joe 1.35kg Emma 7.875lb
2 1. Samina 50g 2. Will 15oz 3. Joe 3lb 4. Emma 3.5kg
3 Answers will vary.
94 1 1.5 litres
2a B holds more
2b 7 litres more
3 3.6 litres
4a Steve
4b 5 litres
95 1–8 Answers will vary, check children’s accuracy in conversion.

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96 1a 10cm
1b 10cm
1c Accept 8.8cm or 9cm
1d 10.5cm
1e 18cm
97 1–2 Shape 1: Area = 12 squares/12cm², Perimeter = 14cm
Shape 2: Area = 16 squares/16cm², Perimeter = 16cm
Shape 3: Area = 12 squares/12cm², Perimeter = 13cm
Shape 4: Area = 22 squares/22cm², Perimeter = 19cm
Shape 5: Area = 28 squares/28cm², Perimeter = 23cm
98 1 1: Area = 24cm²
2: Area = 40m²
3: Area = 1400cm² or 14m²
4: Area = 800cm² or 8m²
5: Area = 2400cm² or 24m²
6: Area = 2400cm² or 24m²
99 1 Answers will vary.
2 Answers will vary.
3 Answers will vary.
100 1 Answers will vary.
2 Answers will vary.
3 37 cubes
4a A and D
4b 12 cube units
101 1 Answers will vary.
2 Answers will vary.
3 Answers will vary.
102 1–3 Answers will vary, check children’s accuracy.
103 Ellie’s birthday is 26 March
Ben’s birthday is 29 April
Allie’s birthday is 15 May
Jane’s birthday is 11 March
104 1 9kg or 9000g
2 10m or 1000cm
3 21.42km or 21,420m to her office
She drives 42.84km or 42,840m each day
She drives 214.2km or 214,200m in a five-day week
4 Dad had bought 69 litres or 69,000ml of fuel;
32 litres or 32,000ml of fuel had been used up

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105 1 105g or 0.105kg
2 £10.25
3 9 turns, 27 sponges
4 4895g or 4.895kg
5a 1.55 seconds
5b 4.36 seconds
106 1 £168.25
2 £156.79
3 £325.04
4 £405.64
5 £1094.36
107 1 Yes
2 No
3 3 – Beth, Izzy and Dev
4 Answers will vary – check that all children cross and that the weight for
each raft doesn’t exceed 170kg
108 1a Right angle
1b Acute
1c Obtuse
1d Obtuse
1e Acute
1f Obtuse
1g Acute
1h Acute
1i Obtuse
109 1a Acute
1b Acute
1c Obtuse
1d Right angle
1e Right angle
1f Obtuse
1g Acute
1h Obtuse
2a 45°
2b 90°
2c 130°
110 1a 50°
1b 35°
1c 95°
2 Check children’s drawings carefully.

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111 Angle a = 40°
Angle b = 154°
Angle c = 90°
Angle d = 279°
Angle e = 135°
Angle f = 41°
112 1a 80°
1b 30°
1c 50°
1d 90°
1e 50°
1f 50°
1g 35°
1h 30°
1i 90°
1j 38°
113 1a Accept any of the following: rhombus, parallelogram, delta or inverted
kite, kite, trapezium or irregular quadrilateral.
1b Right-angled triangle
1c Irregular pentagon
1d Irregular hexagon
1e Irregular heptagon
1f Regular hexagon
114 1 a
2 b
3 a
4 b
115 1 Check children’s drawings.
2 Check children’s drawings.
3 They are 90° or right angles
4a 15°
4b 5cm
4c 10cm

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116 1a This is a rectangle because every angle is a right angle; it also has
opposite sides that are equal length and parallel.
1b This is not a rectangle because it has more than four sides and the
angles are not right angles.
1c This is a rectangle because it has four right angles and opposite sides
are parallel and equal in length.
1d This is not a rectangle because its corners are curved and are not
right angles.
1e This is not a rectangle because its angles are not right angles.
1f This is not a rectangle because its angles are not right angles and it has
no parallel lines.
1g This is not a rectangle because it has more than four sides and it only
has two right angles.
1h This is not a rectangle because it only has two right angles.
117 1 Check children’s answers: 2 equilateral triangles, 4 isosceles triangles
and 6 scalene.
2 Equilateral – all sides are the same length and all angles are equal.
Isosceles – two sides are equal length, two angles are equal size.
Scalene – all sides and angles are different sizes.
3 Yes
118 1 10
9
K2 B2 A2 A B K
8
7
N2 N
6
L
5
L2
E2 F2 F E
4 D C
C2 D2
3 M
M2
I2 J2 J I
2
1 G H
H2 G2

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
–1
G1 H1
–2
J1 I1
M1
–3
D1 C1
–4
F1 E1
L1
–5
–6
N1
–7
–8
A1 B1 K1
–9
–10

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119 1 A (1,1)
B (1,4)
C (4,6)
D (7,4)
E (7,1)
2–3 10
9
8
7
C1 C
6
5
B1 D1 B D
4
3
2
1
A1 E1 A E

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
–1
A2 E2
–2
–3
–4
B2 D2
–5
–6
C2
–7
–8
–9
–10

120 1 15°C
2 10°C
3 London 13°C, Athens 28°C
4 A line graph is used to show how something measurable changes over a
period of time (or continuous data) such as temperature whereas a bar
chart or a bar line graph is used to compare numbers of separate things
(or discrete data) such as eye colour.
121 1 Check children’s drawing.
2 Check children’s drawing.
3 247
4 Check children’s drawing.

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122–123 1 3 hours 10 minutes or 190 minutes
2 The 19:45 from Nottingham
3 Answers will vary depending on which journey is chosen to work out the
intervals from, for example:

Liverpool Lime Street 12:00

Manchester Piccadilly 12:48 (48 minutes)

Stockport 13:02 (12 minutes)

Sheffield 14:09 (67 minutes)

Chesterfield 14:29 (20 minutes)

Nottingham 15:09 (40 minutes)

4 Check children’s answers for understanding of timetable (answers may

vary based on which journey the child picks to base the extended service
on):
For example:
a 14:48 b 15:15 c 15:45
d 16:25 e 17:00 f 16:51
g 21:20 h 22:16 i 22:10
j 22:30 k 23:12 l 23:23
m 00:11n 21:30
5 Check children’s answers.
124 1 Approximately 25 litres
2 13:45
3 The driver may have stopped for lunch
4 The driver filled up with petrol
5 15 litres
125 1 Encourage children to tell a story that shows an understanding of
the continuous nature of the graph such as: running water in a bath,
temperature in a town across 15 hours or 15 months, speed on a
journey.
2 Check children’s answers against the graph.
3 Check children’s answers against the graph.

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