Progress check
Mathematics
Paper 2:
reasoning and problem solving
Published Summer 2016
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Year 3
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Instructions
Questions and answers
You have
35 minutes to complete this test.
Follow the instructions for each question.
Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
For this assessment you will require a ruler.
If you need to do working out, you can use the space around the question.
Some questions have a method box like this:
Marks
The number under each line at the side of the page tells you the
maximum number of marks for each question.
For these questions you may get a mark for showing your method.
If you cannot do one of the questions,
go on to the next one.
You can come back to it later, if you have time.
If you finish before the end,
go back and check your work.
Show
your
method
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2
Draw an arrow to show 700 on the number line.
Complete the grid.
0
1000
1 mark
3 marks
10 less
Starting number
10 more
546
100
292
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Abbie is making the number 347
This is what she has made so far.
What does Abbie need to complete her number?
Tick the correct box.
1 mark
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Rob buys a guitar for £629, a case for £84 and a strap for £20
How much does he spend altogether?
1 mark
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£
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7 friends pay to go swimming.
It costs £4 per person.
The bar model represents the total amount spent.
The total for all the girls was £16
How many boys went swimming?
How much was spent in total?
£4
£4
£4
£4
£4
£4
£4
?
1 mark
1 mark
£
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Complete the number sentences.
2 marks
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Fran, Simon and Abe count their football stickers.
Fran has 107 stickers.
Simon has 249 stickers.
Altogether, the three friends have 500 stickers.
How many stickers does Abe have?
2 marks
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Tom says,
Tick Tom’s shape.
1 mark
My shape has
parallel lines and
perpendicular lines.
9
One side of a square is drawn on the grid below.
Complete the square.
1 mark
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Sofia is counting in tenths.
Who is correct?
1 mark
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10
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10
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10
Sofia
Jon
The next fraction
is
xx
No, it will be
one whole
10
10
Explain your answer.
Sofia
Jon
Both
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Complete the number sentence.
Here is a jug of juice.
Amrit drinks 250ml of the juice.
How much juice is left?
+ 30 + 2 = 300 +
– 8
1 mark
1 Litre
500ml
2 marks
ml
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Ali wants to take the quickest journey from Halifax to London.
The table shows her possible options.
Would she get there quicker on the train or the coach?
Show your working.
Transport
Departure
Arrival
Train
14:52
19:03
Coach
13:05
17:20
2 marks
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At a roller skating club, children are doing as many laps as possible.
It takes Kate 7 seconds to skate each lap.
She does 9 laps.
How long does it take Kate altogether?
Give your answer in minutes and seconds.
Jay is 1 second slower than Kate on each lap.
He skates for 48 seconds.
How many laps does he do?
2 marks
1 mark
Show
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method
laps
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This bar chart shows Class 3’s clubs.
All 30 children, in the class, go to a club.
The same number of children go to Chess club and Film club.
Complete the bar chart.
What fraction of the class attend homework club?
Number of childr
en
Clubs
2 marks
1 mark
Homework
Crafts
Chess
Film
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10
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0
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There are 24 pieces of fruit in a bowl.
are grapes.
are apples.
The rest are strawberries.
How many strawberries are in the bowl?
Fill in the missing digits.
2 marks
2 marks
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