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Introduction
Introduction
The Key Stage 3 Mathematics series covers the National Curriculum for Mathematics (The
National Curriculum, DFE, January 1995, 0 11 270894 3). Detailed curriculum references are
provided. Each pack is designed to be flexible and can be used in a variety of ways:
A complete course for Level 3 The worksheets can be used to provide complete coverage
of: Number and Algebra; Shape, Space and Measures; and Handling Data. The problemsolving tasks provide experience for the students in Using and Applying Mathematics.
Individual lessons The teacher can explain the tasks and provide the worked examples,
either on the board, as overhead transparencies or as photocopied sheets for the students.
Students should then attempt the exercises.
Teachers lesson notes The notes and examples are useful for new teachers and can form
the basis of lesson plans.
Absent students The notes, examples and exercises can be used by students during longterm absence or to help them catch up after absence.
Examination revision The notes and examples can be issued to students shortly before the
examination for revision purposes.
Exercises
Answers.
Exam papers
The pack contains four exams. If all four examinations are set, the contents of Number and
Algebra, Shape, Space and Measures, and Handling Data will have been covered at Level 3. The
tests are designed to draw together work done in this pack.
Introduction
Each question is related to a specific part of the National Curriculum as indicated on the chart
on page 58.
It is also possible to use each exam paper as homework sheets in preparation for the end of Key
Stage 3 tests.
Stafford Burndred
June 1997
Exam 1
Exam 1
1 Here are some numbers on cards:
7
a
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Millimetres
46
Exam 1
d This arrow shows 723 written to the nearest hundred is 700. Draw arrows to
show the value of the other numbers to the nearest hundred.
723
600
681
700
783
800
617
e Each of the boxes contains ten eggs.
ii
3 Sally has these coins. How much money does she have? ____________________
50p
20p
2p
1p
Y
CHOCOLATE
47
Exam 1
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
Here are some numbers. Draw a circle around the negative numbers:
4
13 + 6 =
+2=8
15
= 11
6=7
48
Exam 2
Exam 2
1 We can make 8 like this:
= 8
= 8
= 8
= 8
Fill in the boxes to show the different ways we can make 12.
= 12
= 12
= 12
= 12
= 12
= 12
49
Exam 2
10p
10p
10p
5p
Lollipops 4p each
How many lollipops can she buy?_________________________________________
4 Mr Green decides to buy a can of cola for each pupil in his class. There are 27
students in his class.
Tins of cola are bought in boxes of 12.
50
Exam 2
263 + 125
First he adds the hundreds
60 + 20 = 80
Total
300 + 80 +
= 388
713 + 162
Fill in the missing numbers:
First he adds the hundreds
700 + 100 =
+ 60 =
Total
51
Exam 3
Exam 3
1 These shapes could be sorted into circles and triangles.
52
Exam 3
hour
second
day
centimetre
millilitre
litre
millimetre
minute
kilogram
metre
kilometre
gram
tonne
Place the units in the correct groups. Some have been done for you.
Capacity
Time
Length
Weight (mass)
litre
second
millimetre
gram
53
Exam 3
4 Here is some information. The arrow links the activity to the time taken.
Washing the dishes takes about 10 minutes. This is shown by the arrow. Draw arrows
to show the time other activities take.
Activity
Time
Yawning
10 minutes
A TV advert
3 hours
Building a house
12 weeks
Travelling from
London to Manchester
by train
30 seconds
54
Exam 4
Exam 4
1 This is a price list in a caf:
Small
Regular
Large
Chips
60p
70p
90p
Sausage
40p
65p
80p
Fish
1.30
1.80
2.20
Peas
30p
45p
55p
b Mr Ralph bought two large sausages, one small fish and two small chips.
What was the total cost?______________________________________________
c
d Anna bought two different items. The total cost was 90p. What did she buy?
____________________________________________________________________
2 This bar chart shows how the students in Miss Rileys class arrived at school:
8
Number of pupils
0
Car
Bus
Bike
Walk
ii
55
Exam 4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
56
Exam 4
40
Bolden School
30
Calden School
25
Delby School
12
Exton School
18
Show this information in this bar graph. Arden School has been drawn for you.
40
35
Number of computers
30
25
20
15
10
0
Arden
School
represents 10 computers
Arden School
Bolden School
Calden School
Delby School
Exton School
57
Topic title
Exam
Question
Level 3
Place value
Approximations
1
1
1
2
Decimals: Money
Using a calculator
1
1
3
4
Negative numbers
1
1
6
7
Tables
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
4
Calculator skills
3
3
1
2
Measures
Time
3
3
3
4
Bar charts
Pictograms
Pictograms, bar charts and tables
4
4
4
2
3
4
Handling Data
58
Form:___________________
Teacher: ____________________________
Exercises
completed
Exam
Exam questions
answered
Place value
Approximations
Decimals: Money
Using a calculator
Negative numbers
Calculator skills
Reflective symmetry
Measures
Time
Bar charts
Pictograms
Tables
Handling Data
59
Answers
Answers
Place value (page 4)
1
Seventy-eight
300
568
754
260
966
10
400
11
12
13
40
14
40
15
400
16
389
17
999
18
132
318
416
902
19
87
20
892
810
684
529
21
943
22
1000
222
913
303
535
391
139
999
687
98
Approximations (page 5)
1
20
50
60
40
120
270
470
580
240
10
200
11
100
12
200
13
14
100
15
100
16
700
17
600
18
700
19
700
20
900
21
380
400
22
830
800
23
1000
24
440
400
25
380
400
2.35
3.40
3.04
4.01
2.23
3.32
0.33 or 33p
1.08
5.83
10
6.62
11
9.50
12
8.42
13
2.89
14
11.06
15
3.50
16
3.40
17
1.76
18
4.30
1.79
3.66
2.72
0.93 or 93p
1.64
0.63 or 63p
2.62
2.19
3.70
10
0.03 or 3p
11
4.15
12
4.64
60
Answers
13
4.13
14
4.66
15
4.80
16
2.14
17
2.69
18
3.32
19
1.67
20
3.35
21
22
4.05
23
143.92
24
299.80
25
22.95
26
23.99
27
9.95
28
64.95
29
0.18 or 18p
30
0.23 or 23p
10
11
3 1 2 4 8
12
6 3 2 1 4
13
12 7 1 0 3
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Saturday
22
Temperature of 3 shown
Balloon
Anchor
Swimmer
Treasure chest
Fish
Seagull
Shark
Parachute
Diver
10
Penguin
1115
11
17
18
17
19
10
15
11
18
12
11
13
14
15
15
16
17
25
18
11
19
20
13
21
11
22
11
23
17
24
15
25
11th June
26
20th April
12 eggs
80
16
16
10
11
12
10
13
14
15
40
61
Answers
10
11
12
816
77
16
754
153
882
483
444
56
75
78
77
78
27
32
26
72
10
65
11
74
12
55
13
72
14
77
15
96
16
38
17
29
18
19
36
20
13
21
92
22
40
23
26
24
58
25
23
26
88
27
66
28
17
29
36
30
98
31
86
32
41
33
15
34
857
35
588
36
214
37
56
38
170
39
793
40
430
C, D, G
3, 7
B, D, F, G
A, C, E
A, B, E, F
1, 2, 3, 5, 8
1, 2, 4, 6
1, 2, 3
62
Answers
E Tape measure
C Ruler
B Clock
A Kitchen scales
H Bathroom scales
D Measuring jug
G Stopwatch
F Thermometer
Litres
10
Tonnes
11
Metres
12
Centimetres
13
Kilograms
14
Kilometres
15
Tonnes
Five to three
Nine oclock
Twenty-five to twelve
9.10
14 Five to nine
16
17 8.30
15 5.40
60p
70p
1.10
1.80
85p
1.00
75p
2.40
1.05
10
60p
11
90p
12
1.20
13
80p
14
50p
15
1.40
16
Small cola
17
Giant burger
18
19
Small burger
20
Medium burger
21
Giant fries
22
23
24
Large cola
25
Large fries
26
Small cola
27
Giant burger
28
2.35
29
3.95
30
2.20
Type of horse
Weight (Mass)
Shire
700 kg
Tom
3m
Kenny
40 m
Falabella
80 kg
Suzy
5m
Tom
35 m
Shetland
190 kg
Ben
6m
Paul
55 m
Race Horse
400 kg
Height
Distance
21
Swimming
Netball
12
27
Pop
Heavy rock
10
Perch
Tench
28
63
Answers
15 (approx)
50
65 (approx)
30
Tea
Orange juice
160 (approx)
400
f
300
f
g
b
Green
Green
Colours
White
White
Blue
Blue
Black
Black
Red
4
5
6
Number of yachts
Red
Monday 10
Tuesday 5
Wednesday accept 6 or 7
Thursday accept 8 or 9
Friday accept 1 or 2
(check students graphs to see results.)
3
18
Red
Blue
Green
Monday 3 symbols
Tuesday 21/2 symbols
Wednesday slightly less than 2 symbols
Thursday slightly more than 2 symbols
Friday slightly less than 1 symbol
64
Answers
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
0
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
1 6 7 2 3 8 9 4 5 10 15 14 13 12 11.
Gold bars stolen 120
1 5 6 7 3 4 8 12 11 10 9 13 14 15 16.
Gold bars stolen 134
1 6 7 2 3 8 9 4 5 10 15 14 13 12 11 16 17 18
19 20 25 24 23 22 21. Gold bars stolen 325
a
Seven hundred and twenty-eight
7 lots of 100
8 lots of 1
872
278
(1
(1
(1
(1
(1
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
a
78 mm
80 mm
100 mm
681 700
783 800
617 600
i
42
ii
40
(1
(1
(1
(1
(1
(1
(1
(1
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
Sally 2.70
Paul 2.03
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
4.70
(1 mark)
-3
-4 3 6 -1 8
19
6
4
13
(1
(1
(1
(1
6th of July
20th of July
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
c
d
2
b
c
d
(1 mark)
(1 mark each) (2 marks)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
Total 25 marks
65
Answers
12
12
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
2
b
a
15
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
60
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
8 7 6 1 2 =
7 3
+
10 +
(1 mark)
= 800
(2 marks)
= 70
+ 2 =
800 + 70 +
3
(2 marks)
(1 mark)
5
5
(2 marks)
= 875
(3 marks)
Total 25 marks
5 circles
triangles
Shaded circles
Unshaded circles
Unshaded triangles
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark each) (3 marks)
66
Answers
Capacity
Centilitre
Millilitre
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
Time
Minute
Hour
Day
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
Length
Centimetre
Metre
Kilometre
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
Yawning 5 seconds
TV advert 30 seconds
Building a house 12 weeks
Train 3 hours
(1
(1
(1
(1
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
(3 marks)
Total 25 marks
a
b
c
d
2.20
4.10
Regular peas
Small chips, small peas
a
b
c
4
i Bike
ii Walking
21
(1
(1
(1
(1
a
b
c
40
Accept 26, 27, 28 or 29
Accept 21, 22, 23 or 24
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
f
4
(1 mark)
(3 marks)
(1 mark)
(2 marks)
Monday
(1 mark)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
Arden
School
Bolden
School
Calden
School
Delby
School
Exton
School
(4 marks)
Arden School
Bolden School
(1 mark)
Calden School
(1 mark)
Delby School
(1 mark)
Exton School
(1 mark)
Total 25 marks
67
Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................
Approximations ...............................................................................................................................
Decimals: Money.............................................................................................................................
Negative numbers........................................................................................................................... 11
Puzzle: Fort Knox............................................................................................................................. 14
Addition and subtraction facts ........................................................................................................ 15
Tables .............................................................................................................................................. 17
Whole number problems involving remainders .............................................................................. 19
Calculator skills................................................................................................................................ 21
Addition and subtraction (mental arithmetic) ................................................................................. 23
Shape, Space and Measures
2-D and 3-D shapes ........................................................................................................................ 25
Reflective symmetry ........................................................................................................................ 27
Measures ......................................................................................................................................... 29
Time................................................................................................................................................. 31
Handling Data
Tables and lists ................................................................................................................................ 33
Game: Robot ................................................................................................................................... 36
Bar charts......................................................................................................................................... 37
Pictograms....................................................................................................................................... 40
Pictograms, bar charts and tables................................................................................................... 43
Exam papers................................................................................................................................... 46
National Curriculum references .................................................................................................... 58
Pupils record form ........................................................................................................................ 59
Answers .......................................................................................................................................... 60