Equipment Required

Year3

MentalArithmetic

TestQuestions

Equipment Required

Printed question and answer sheet for the reader
Printed blank answer page for child
Stopwatch or timer
Pencil

No other equipment is required to complete this test. No rulers, protractors or calculators should be used.

How to use the tests

Read out the text in red to the child. This tells them how long they have for each question.

Once you are ready to start, read out each question twice and then start the time (5 secs for the first 10 questions and 10 secs for the next 5 questions.

Although this is a mental maths test and the children should be doing the majority of working out in their heads, it is sometimes useful to write jottings down to help work out the answer. This is more than acceptable and good practice in case they need to go back (if they have spare time on one question) to finish working it out.

At the end of the test, mark the questions together and discuss how the child worked them out. Go through any they may have got wrong and work them out together.

Test5

Iwillreadeveryquestiontwice.Inthisfirstsetyouwillhave 5secondstoworkoutthe answerandrecorditonyour answersheet.

1.What wholenumbercomesimmediatelyafteronehundred andseventeen? (118)

2.Alengthofribbonisbetween20cmand30cmlong.

Howlongmightthelengthofribbonbe?(21-29cminc.)

3.Onyoursheetisashape.Ringthecorrectnameofthatshape.

(triangle,rectangle,pentagon,circle,square,hexagon)

4.Round45tothenearest10.(50)

5.Write3numbersthataddupto20.(variousanswers)

6.Whatis80add81?(161)

7.Multiply5by8.(40)

8.Write465penceinpoundsandpence.(£4.65)

9.Writetheoddnumberimmediatelybefore121.(120)

10.Writethenextnumberinthesequence13,15,17,19,?(21)

Forthenextsetofquestionsyouwillhave10secondstowork outtheanswerandrecord itonyouranswersheet.

11.Onyoursheetthereisanumberscale.Estimatethenumber thearrowispointing to.



110118

(115)

12.Inyear3thereare58children.29ofthemaregirls.Howmanyofthemareboys? (29)

13.Mary was9yearsoldin1993.Inwhatyearwassheborn? (1984)

14.Whatisthechangefrom20pfor2chewbarsat6peach? (8p)

15.Whatshapeisa6-sideddice?(cube)

YEAR3MentalArithmeticTest5

Name:Date:

111

2cm20cm

30cm

110118

3trianglerectangle12

pentagoncircle

squarehexagon

boys

58children

29girls

4139yrs

1993

5201420p

26pbars

615

8£

465p

13151719

Test6

Iwillreadeveryquestiontwice.Inthisfirstsetyouwillhave 5secondstoworkoutthe answerandrecorditonyour answersheet.

1.What wholenumbercomesimmediatelyaftertwohundred andnineteen? (220)

2.Whatnumberishalfwaybetween40and50?(45)

3.Round74tothenearest10.(70)

4.Completethisnumbersentence:123=100+?+3(20)

5.Whatshapehas4rightanglesandoppositesidesequal? (squareorrectangle)

6.Whatis40plus39?(79)

7.Whatnumbermultipliedbyitselfmakes25?(5)

8.Writethenextnumberinthissequence68,66,64,?(62)

9.Ithinkofanumberthenhalveit. Theansweris9.Whatwas mynumber? (18)

10.Writein£sandpencethetotaloften10pcoinsand5

1pcoins.(£1.05)

Forthenextsetofquestionsyouwillhave10secondstowork outtheanswerandrecord itonyouranswersheet.

11.Howmany5pcoinsareneededtomake£5?(100)

12.Whatisonequarterof20p?(5p)

13.Whatspeedisshownonthespeedometeronyoursheet? (90km/h)

14.Howmanysecondsarethereinhalfaminute?(30)

15.Circlethetwonumberswhichhaveasumof20?

14,5,16,6(14,6)

YEAR3MentalArithmeticTest6

Name:Date:

111

212

5p coins£5

123=100++3

p20p

60100

40120

20140

0km/h

160

4039

Km/h

seconds

½min

715

14516620

8
686664

10£ten10p five 1p

Test7

Iwillreadeveryquestiontwice.Inthisfirstsetyouwillhave 5secondstoworkoutthe answerandrecorditonyour answersheet.

1.Whatnumberis10lessthanonehundredandseventyeight? (168)

2.Writethemissingnumber364=?+60+4(300)

3.Estimatethe wholenumbershownbythearrow

5060

(56or57)

4.Round67tothenearest10.(70)

5.Howmanysidesdoesaquadrilateralhave?(4)

6.Whatisthetotalof55and16?(71)

7.Suehad10stamps.Timhas3stampsforeveryoneof

Sue’s.HowmanystampshasTim?(30)

8.Howmanygramsis½kg?(500g)

9.Howmanygramsequal3.5kg?(3500g)

10.Timbuysacomicfor50pence.Hepayswitha£5note.Howmuchchange shouldheget? (£4.50)

Forthenextsetofquestionsyouwillhave10secondstowork outtheanswerandrecord itonyouranswersheet.

11.Onyoursheetaresomeshapes.Putatickontheshape thathas3linesof symmetry. (thetriangle)

12.AMagazinecosts£1.45.Whatdotwomagazinescost? (£2.90)

13.Whatisthenextnumberinthesequence?

42,36,30,24,?(18)

14.IftodayisFriday,whatdaywillitbein8daystime?(Saturday)

15.Therewere25peopleonatrain.10gotoffand7goton.Howmanypeoplewere thenonthetrain? (22)

YEAR3MentalArithmeticTest7

Name:Date:

111

364=+60+4

312

5060

£1.45

413

42363024

5516

7Suehas 10 stamps

14Friday

8days

1525people

10gotoff

7goton

8½kg g

93.5kg

10£50pcomic

£5

Test8

Iwillreadeveryquestiontwice.Inthisfirstsetyouwillhave 5secondstoworkoutthe answerandrecorditonyour answersheet.

1.Writethenumberthatis100morethantwohundredandthirtytwo. (332)

2.Writeinfiguresthenumbersixhundredandseven(607)

3.Round88tothenearest10.(90)

4.Writethemissingnumberintheemptybox578=500

+70+(8)

5.Howmanylinesofsymmetryhasasquare?(4)

6.Whatisthedifferencebetween70and11?(59)

7.Whatisthetotalof543and11?(554)

8.Howmanytensinsixty?(6)

9.HowmanydaysareinDecember?(31)

10.Itcosts75pforachildtoswim.Howmuchwillitcostfor 2children? (£1.50or150p)

Forthenextsetofquestionsyouwillhave10secondstowork outtheanswerandrecord itonyouranswersheet.

11.Ticktheshapethathasnolinesofsymmetry.(the parallelogram)

12.Onyoursheetisadigitalclock.Whattimeshouldit

showin1½hourstime?

8:3510:05

13.Putaringroundtheonlynumberthatisbothamultipleof 5andamultipleof10.

35,110,165,51,103(110)

14.Writethenumbermissingfromthissequence.

?,30,27,24(33)

15.12pointswerescoredinagameofrugby.Seanscored 3ofthem.Whatfraction ofthetotaldidhescore?Putaringroundthecorrectfraction. (¼)

YEAR3MentalArithmeticTest8

Name:Date:

111

578 = 500 + 70 +

:8:35

7011

54311

December

75p

3511016551103

302724

¼½

12points,Seanscored3.

Test9

Iwillreadeveryquestiontwice.Inthisfirstsetyouwillhave 5secondstoworkoutthe answerandrecorditonyour answersheet.

1.Inthenumber36whatisthe3digitworth? (30)

2.Writeanumberintheboxsothatthe3numbersarein

order395405(396to404inc.)

3.Ringthecorrectnameforacane.g.canofcoke:Pyramid Cube Cylinder Hexagon (cylinder)

4.Whatisthesumof63and29?(92)

5.Stickersare8peach.Howmuchwill5cost?(40p)

6.Snackbiscuitsareinpacksof5.I have7packs.Howmanybiscuitsaltogether? (35)

7.Howmanytenthsarethesameas½?(5tenths)

8.Howmanygramsin½kg?(500g)

9.Writethenextnumberinthissequence:

17,21,25,?(29)

10.Howmanysecondsarethereinoneminute?(60)

Forthenextsetofquestionsyouwillhave10secondstowork outtheanswerandrecord itonyouranswersheet.

11.Putaringroundtheonlynumberwhichisdivisiblebothby5and10.

25,40,52,75,105,(40)

12.Writethenumbermissingfromthissequence.

6,11,?,21,26(16)

13.Whatisthesolidshapecalled?(cylinder)

14.Johncut2ribbonswhichwereeach33cmlongfroma

1mpieceofribbon.Howmuchisleft?(34cm)

15.Putaringroundthenumberofgramsthatarethesameas 2.5kg.

25g205g250g2500g(2500g)

YEAR3MentalArithmeticTest9

Name:Date:

136

395405

3Pyramidcube

Cylinderhexagon

25405275105

6112126

46329

58p

1m cm33cm

6Packs of5

7packs

7½

25g205g

250g2500g

2.5kg

8½kg g

172125