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FIRST PAST THE POST" SERIES MATHEMATICS Multiple-Choice Test A Read the following test instructions very carefully: 1) Do not open this test paper until you are told to do so. 2) Please fill in your details accurately at the top of the Answer Sheet. 3) Not calculators or protractors are permitted. 4) Only mark your answer using a pencil by drawing a firm horizontal line next to your chosen answer on the Answer Sheet. 5) If you want to change your answer, first rub out your old answer completely and then mark your new answer clearly. 6) Work as efficiently and carefully as you can to ensure you finish within time. 7) If you are unsure of the answer then move onto the next question, do not waste time. 8) When you have finished a page go straight onto the next page. 9) When you reach the end go back to any questions you have missed out and check all your answers. 10) There are 50 questions and you have 50 minutes to complete this paper. 11) After you have finished this paper you can use the 11+ Peer Compare™ system to see how well you performed compared to others who have taken the test. You can register by visiting www.ElevenPlusExams.co.uk/FirstPastThePost to post your results and obtain the feedback. Good luck. Yelevenplusexams head for success Copyright © ElevenPlusExams.co.uk 2012 Published by The University of Buckingham Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher nor may be circulated in any form of binding or cover other than the one it was published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher.

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  • FIRST PAST THE POST" SERIES

    MATHEMATICSMultiple-Choice

    Test ARead the following test instructions very carefully:

    1) Do not open this test paper until you are told to do so.2) Please fill in your details accurately at the top of the Answer Sheet.3) Not calculators or protractors are permitted.4) Only mark your answer using a pencil by drawing a firm horizontal line next to your

    chosen answer on the Answer Sheet.5) If you want to change your answer, first rub out your old answer completely and then mark

    your new answer clearly.6) Work as efficiently and carefully as you can to ensure you finish within time.7) If you are unsure of the answer then move onto the next question, do not waste time.8) When you have finished a page go straight onto the next page.9) When you reach the end go back to any questions you have missed out and check all your

    answers.

    10) There are 50 questions and you have 50 minutes to complete this paper.11) After you have finished this paper you can use the 11+ Peer Compare system to see how

    well you performed compared to others who have taken the test. You can register by visitingwww.ElevenPlusExams.co.uk/FirstPastThePost to post your results and obtain the feedback.Good luck.

    Yelevenplusexamshead for success

    Copyright ElevenPlusExams.co.uk 2012Published by The University of Buckingham Press

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or byany means, without the prior written permission of the publisher nor may be circulated in any form of binding or cover other than the one it was

    published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher.

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    Question 1

    A rectangle has a perimeter of 20 cm. Theshorter sides each measure 4 cm.

    What is the length of one of the longer sides?

    Question 2

    Which number has the smallest value?

    1.010.040.221.120.06

    Question 3

    In the trapezium below, angle A is 120

    What is angle Bl

    Question 4

    Ahmed went shopping at 10:15 and returnedhome at 11:55.

    How long did Ahmed's shopping trip take?

    A 1 hour 55 minsB 1 hour 40 minsC 1 hour 45 minsD 1 hour 30 minsE 1 hour 35 mins

    CONTINUE TO THE NEXT QUESTION

    Question 5

    The regular hexagon is rotated anticlockwiseabout its centre until the arrow points to P.

    What angle does the hexagon turn through?

    Question 6

    Sarah paid for five pens with a 5 note and wasgiven 80p in change.

    What was the cost of each pen?

    Question 7

    The pictogram shows the number of dinnersserved at a restaurant during a four day period.

    Number of dinners

    Tue

    Wed

    Thu

    Fri

    1C

    1C= 12 dinners

    How many dinners were served on Thursday?

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    Question o

    Which of these number statements is true?

    A 2/5=45%B 3/4 = 80%C 7/20 = 35%D 4/25 = 12%E 2/3 = 60%

    Question "

    Nora divides the number 48 by 7 and gets aremainder.

    What is the remainder?

    Question 10

    John uses the information below to purchasesome fruit at his local store.

    Fruit

    ApplesOrangesPeaches

    Price

    45p each55p each35p each

    Which of these would cost exactly 2.70?

    A 3 apples, 2 oranges, 1 peachB 2 apples, 2 oranges, 2 peachesC 2 apples, 3 oranges, 3 peachesD 1 apple, 3 oranges, 1 peachE 3 apples, 2 oranges, 4 peaches

    Question 11

    Saud has 6 black pens, 3 red pens, and 9 bluepens in a box.

    Saud pulls out one pen at random.

    What is the probability that it is red?

    Question

    A number sequence consists of seven consecu-tive odd numbers. The middle number is 43.

    What are the first and last numbers in thesequence?

    Question 1.3

    A 12 cm line on a scaled map represents 6 m inreality.

    What is the real distance of an 8 cm line on themap?

    Question 14

    Temperatures were taken at the same time ofday over a six day period. The results areshown in the chart below.

    34

    30

    26

    22

    18

    14

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    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

    What was the range in temperature?

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    Question

    What is the number 146 rounded to the nearestten?

    Question 16

    An entry fee of 6 is charged to see a perform-ance at Rubina's local theatre.

    Rubina pays 3 for a membership card whichentitles her to 10% off the entry fee.

    How many performances will Rubina need toattend to save the price of the card?

    Question 17

    Anita is facing north-west. She can see abuilding directly in front of her, and a postbox on her left.

    Which of the five maps below is Anita on?

    Key

    \ \ building

    = post box

    North

    West -* East

    South

    Question lo

    Which of these statements is true?

    A 1 foot is shorter than 25 cmB 18 cm is shorter than 180 mmC 7 m is longer than 9,000 mmD 1 metre is longer than 3 feetE 10,000 cm is longer than 1 km

    Question

    The scales below indicate the weight of threeidentical tins of peas.

    ()

    t/503

    (>

    -11kg

    en03

    2

    What is the weight of five tins of peas?

    Question ZU

    Farida has 60 coins in a box. 25% are 5p coinsand 40% Ip coins. The remainder are 2p coins.

    How many 2p coins are in Farida's box?

    Question L1

    A number is multiplied by itself and results inan answer of 225.

    What is the number?

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    Question 22The figure 7 in the number 5.78 represents avalue of 7 tenths.

    If the number 5.78 is multiplied by 100, whatvalue does the 7 then represent?

    ABCDE

    1 hundredths7 tens7 hundreds7 tenths7 thousands

    Question 2.3

    The scale below indicates the weight of somecarrots. Carrots cost 80p per kilogram.

    What is the cost of the carrots?

    Question 24

    Look at the number statement below.

    43 x 326 = 14,018

    What does 43 x 652 equal?

    Question 25

    A group of children were asked if they ownedthreeparticular electrical accessories.

    The Venn diagram shows the results.

    M = Mobile phoneC = CameraD = DVD player

    D

    How many children did not own a mobilephone?

    Question 26

    Kim created the table below to work out the costof buying three items for her birthday party.

    Two of the boxes are incomplete.

    Partyitem

    HatsBalloonsPlates

    Priceper item

    30p20plOp

    Numberrequired

    8

    20Total

    Totalprice

    2.40

    2.007.60

    How many balloons did Kim buy?

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    Question 27

    6 D

    Which one of the shapes above has an odd num-ber of edges?

    Question 2o

    Claudine splits her collection of 63 counters intothree piles. She puts 1/7 in one pile and 4/7 in asecond pile.

    How many counters has Claudine got in thethird pile?

    Question 2:7

    The temperature inside Saud's house is 21C.Outside the house it is - 6C.

    What is the difference between the twotemperatures?

    Question 3U

    The number pattern below has a term missing inthe middle of the sequence.

    ? 5 6%

    What is the missing term?

    Question 31

    A number TV is squared. The result is thenmultiplied by 10 to give an answer of 490.

    What was the number TV?

    Question 32

    The lengths of time spent by five visitors toGreenacre House are shown in the table below.

    Visitor number

    12345

    Entry time

    10:0011:15

    L 12:45.14:3015:00

    Exit time

    10:5012:0013:3515:3015:55

    What was the mean time spent at the house?

    Question 33

    Look at the 2-D shape below.

    Which letter shows a reflex angle?

    CONTINUE TO THE NEXT QUESTION CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE

    Fi

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    Question 34

    The table below shows the number of badges ineach of 12 boxes.

    Number of boxes

    24321

    Number of badges per box

    46523

    What is the mode of the number of badges in abox?

    Question 35

    AH has a full 2 litre bottle of lemonade. Hepours 310 millilitres (m/) into each of 5 glasses.

    How much lemonade is left in the bottle?

    Question 3o

    Carol adds two numbers and gets an answer of26. The first number is an odd number between12 and 18.

    Which of the statements below is true?

    A The second number is greater than 13.B The second number is an even number.C The second number is greater than 26.D The second number is an odd number.E The second number is less than 9.

    Question 3 7

    Area c Area r

    The shape below has been made from the shapesabove, using a circle cut in two where neces-sary.

    What is the area of the shape below?

    2c + 3r4c + r3c + r3(c + r)4c + 3r

    Question 3o

    The three numbers in each row when multipliedtogether equal 48.

    The three numbers in each column add up to thenumbers shown below the grid.

    1

    8

    12

    48

    48

    48

    CONTINUE NEXT QUESTION

    Y Y Y

    8 22 12

    What number should replace the question mark?

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    Question

    What is the name of the 3-D shape that can beformed from the net below?

    ABCDE

    Triangular prismHexagonal prismCubeSquare-based pyramidCuboid

    Question 40

    A square is to be drawn on the grid below.Points R and S are two corners of the square.

    R

    Which of these points are the other two cornersof the square?

    A (3, 1) and (3,-2)B (-5, 3) and (-5, 3)C (2, 3) and (2, -2)D (-3, 2) and (3, 0)E (4, 3) and (4, -2)

    CONTINUE TO THE NEXT QUESTION

    Question 41

    Connor wants to express 3.5 km in centimetres.

    What answer should Connor get?

    A 35,000 cmB 350,000 cmC 3,500,000 cmD 3,500 cmE 350 cm

    Question 42

    A plumber charges 35 for a callout plus 22for each hour of work.

    Which expression could the plumber use tocharge a customer for h hours work?

    35/z + 2222/z35/z - 2222/z + 3522/z + 57

    Question 43

    The pie chart shows the colours preferred by agroup of children.

    The number of children who chose green astheir favourite colour was 2 more than the num-ber that chose red.

    How many children took part in the survey?

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    Question 44

    Zoe draws the regular hexagon below on paperand cuts the shape out.

    She then folds it along one of its lines of sym-metry to create two identical quadrilaterals.

    Which of these quadrilaterals has Zoe created?

    A RhombusB KiteC TrapeziumD RectangleE Square

    Question 45

    What is the mean value of the four expressionsbelow?

    n + 2 n+\l n + 2l

    Question 46

    Look at the number sequence below.

    5 10 15...

    Which expression could be used to find the nthnumber in the sequence?

    ABCDE

    5 + 5 ( - l )1 +5/i

    Question 47

    Two walls in a room are to be painted.

    They each measure 6 m by 4 m.

    A 1 litre tin of paint covers a wall area of 7 m2.

    How many tins of paint are required?

    Question 4o

    200 identical square wooden blocks were laidend to end in a straight line.

    The width of each block measured 45 mm.

    How long was the line of blocks in metres?

    Question 49

    Consider the regular pentagon shown below.

    What is the size of angle A?

    CONTINUE TO THE NEXT QUESTION

    Question 50

    Two fair coins are tossed at the same time.

    What is the probability of them both landing headup?

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