Maths 11+ Selection

(Practice Paper B)
Read the instructions carefully
There are 20 questions in total. Answer all of the questions.
Do not spend too long on any one question. If you cannot do a question
leave it and move on to the next question.
Work quickly and carefully.
You have 50 minutes to complete the test.
The use of electronic calculators is NOT permitted.
Place your answers in the answer boxes.

Maths 11+ Selection Paper (Practice) Paper B.

 Question (and working space)

1 a) Calculate: 5 9

1a.

b) Calculate: 9 12

1b.

c) Calculate: 12 11

1c.

2 a) Calculate: 51986 + 324

2a.

b) Subtract 912 from 8911

2b.

c) Subtract 438 from 11001

2c.

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 3 Multiply 217 by 56

3.

4 A tea room displays a menu as seen below.

MENU

Pot of Tea 2.40

Coffee 2.90

Buns 85p

Cake 2.65

a) A customer buys 1 pot of tea, 1 cup of coffee and two buns. Calculate the total cost to the customer.

4a.

b) How much change is given if the customer pays with a ten pound note?

4b.

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 5 a) Place the following numbers in order of size starting from the smallest:

2.014, 2.14, 2.008, 2.104, 2.08, 2.048

5a.

b) Place the following numbers in order of size starting from the smallest:

2 3 1
, , 0.35, , 0.25
5 10 3

5b.

6 The yearly charge, C, for gas can be found by using the formula = 4.2 + 35, where is the
number of units of gas used during the year.
Find the yearly charge if 150 units have been used.

6.

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 7 2 3
a) Calculate: 7 5

7a.

3 1
b) Calculate: 5 2 7

7b.

3 5
c) Calculate: 3 5 1 6

7c.

8 A car is reduced in price by 15%. If the original price of the car was 36000 find the reduced price.

8.

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 9 The ratio of a circles circumference to its radius is (pronounced pi), a non-recurring number that
goes on forever. A decimal approximation to is given by 3.14159 (to 5 decimal places).

a) a) State the value of accurate to the nearest one-hundredth.

9a.

b)
b) Calculate the value of 2 accurate to 4 decimal places.

9b.

10 A prime number is a number greater than 1 that can divide only by itself and by 1 without a remainder.

a) Which of the following are prime numbers?

2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 27

10a.

b) Express 486 as a product of its prime factors. If appropriate you should give your answer using index
form.

10b.

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 11 The following calculation is correct:
3141 27 = 84807.

State the value of the following:

a) 31.41 27
11a.

b) 314100 0.27
11b.

c) 84807 0.27
11c.

d) 8480.7 0.027
11d.

12 Simplify the following fractions by cancelling common factors of the numerator and the denominator.

7
a)
21
12a.

22
b)
121
12b.

19
c)
209

12c.

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 13 A translation of a shape can be described by a vector. For example a vector (3) would translate (or
5
move) a shape 3 units to the right and 5 units up. The translated shape is called the image.

2
Draw the correct image of the shape below after it has been translated by the vector ( )
1

14 Solve the following equations:

a) + 7 = 5

14a.

b) 2 = 6

14b.

c) 5 = 0

14c.

d) 3 + 7 = 21

14d.

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 15 A straight line can be drawn that passes through all of the points shown on the coordinate axes below.

a) Write the coordinates of another point that would also be on this line
15a.

b) Give a rule that connects the coordinate with the coordinate of every point that could be on this
line.

15b.

c) Which of the following points would also be on the line?

F (0, 1), G (4, 3) , H (-2, -3), J (-3, -2), K (0, 0).

15c.

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 16 Six cards each have a number on them. Five of the cards can be seen but one of the cards is turned
over as shown:

4 4 8 5 8

The mode of the six numbers is 4 and the range of the six numbers is also 4. What number must be on
the turned over card?

16.

17 The triangular numbers can be represented as dots in a triangle formation as shown below:

a) What are the next two triangle numbers?

17a.

1
b) The triangular number can be found by using the formula ( + 1).
2
1
For example, the 4th triangular number is given by 2 4 5 = 10.
What is the 10th triangle number?

17b.

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 18 The 800 metre world record for men is 1 minute, 40.91 seconds. If the same speed was maintained
give an approximate time that this runner would take to run 1 mile.

18.

19 A shape is shown below with two different types of shading. Reflect the shape in the mirror line shown.

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 20 600 boys and 400 girls were asked what their favourite colour was. The information for boys and for
girls is shown below in two separate charts.

Boys Girls

Blue Blue
Red Red
Green Green
Purple Purple
Other Other

State with a reason whether more boys or more girls said that their favourite colour was blue.

20.

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