Arithmetic Practice Paper 2
Arithmetic Practice Paper 2 is a second calculator-free practice set in the style of the Year 6 SATs Arithmetic paper (Paper 1).
Before you start
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Method
- Skim the whole paper before starting, since questions generally get harder as the paper goes on; pace yourself so you have time for the later questions.
- Decide quickly whether each question is a known fact you can answer straight away, or one that needs a formal written method.
- Use column addition or subtraction for numbers too large to work out mentally.
- Use short multiplication for multiplying by a single digit, and long multiplication (partial products) for multiplying by a 2-digit number.
- Use short division (the 'bus stop' method) for dividing by a single digit, and long division for dividing by a 2-digit number.
- For fraction, decimal and percentage questions, convert to a common form (for example, a common denominator) before calculating.
- Apply the order of operations for any question with brackets or more than one type of operation: brackets first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction.
- Leave your working in the space provided, since 2-mark questions usually award a method mark even if the final answer has a small slip.
Worked example
Work out 4536 divided by 12.
- Set up short division (the 'bus stop' method) with 12 dividing into 4536.
- 12 into 4 does not go, so carry the 4 to make 45. 12 into 45 = 3 remainder 9 (3 x 12 = 36, 45 - 36 = 9).
- Carry the 9 to make 93. 12 into 93 = 7 remainder 9 (7 x 12 = 84, 93 - 84 = 9).
- Carry the 9 to make 96. 12 into 96 = 8 remainder 0.
- Reading the digits found gives 378, so 4536 divided by 12 = 378. Check: 378 x 12 = 4536, which matches.
Practice questions
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Q13500 - 1284 =Show answer
Answer: 2216
Q28 x 125 =Show answer
Answer: 1000
Q391 divided by 7 =Show answer
Answer: 13
Q42/5 + 3/10 =Show answer
Answer: 7/10 (write 2/5 as 4/10, then add 3/10)
Q545% of 200 =Show answer
Answer: 90
Q66.4 + 3.75 =Show answer
Answer: 10.15
Q7217 x 34 =Show answer
Answer: 7378 (217 x 30 = 6510, 217 x 4 = 868, 6510 + 868 = 7378)
Exam-style questions
Written in the style of a KS2 Maths exam paper, with a full mark scheme.
5236 divided by 14 =
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Work out (18 + 42) divided by 4 - 3.
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762 x 45 =
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