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2.
KS3 MATHEMATICS
10 4 10
125
= r
3.
Answers
Jenny and Mark share some money in the ratio two to three.
Jennys share is one hundred and ten pounds.
How much is Marks share?
x 55
Day 1
2: 3
x 55
110
165
4.
5.
Percentage Change
Coffee
70 decreased by 91%
Tick () the correct one.
(a)
70 x 0.9
70 x 0.09
70 x 1.9
70 x
1.09
What is 70 decreased by
10%
Find 90% of 70
What is 70% of 90
What is 70 increased by
90%
1 mark
1 mark
(a)
1.75 = 175p
1 mark
0.86
Growers get 5p
100 14 = 86
Cup of Coffee
Costs 1.75
190% of 70
(b)
Retailers get
44p
86%
1 mark
44 x 100
175
Retailers
25.1%
5 x 100
175
Growers
2.9%
126 x 100
175
Others
72%
Must add to 100%
2 marks
KS3 MATHEMATICS
2.
10 4 10
Level 7 Mental Arithmetic Questions
1 of 75 = 25
3
Answers
Day 2
3 x100
4
3.
4.
There are seven red and three blue balls in a bag. I am going to
take a ball out of the bag at random. What is the probability that
the ball will be blue?
No of Blue = 3
Total
10
5.
Powers
(a)
Squares
4x4x4
2x2x2x2x2x2
64 = 82 = 4k = 2m
8x8
=4x2x4x2=
= 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 43
-1 x 1 = 1
0x0=0
1x1=1
k = ...3..
m = ..6
So only 0 & 1
2 marks
(b)
2 marks
1 mark
n double it = 2n
Subtract 3
KS3 MATHEMATICS
10 4 10
2.
2n 3
Day 3
3.
4.
5.
15
1.5 x 10 = 15 10 lengths
(c)
Pentagonal Pyramid
(a)
Is a regular pentagon
Interior angles = 3 triangles = 3 x 180 = 540
(b)
1 mark
108
180 108 = 72
B
Isosceles
72 2 = 36
..36
KS3 MATHEMATICS
10 4 10
Level 7 Mental Arithmetic Questions
Answers
Day 4
2 marks
1 2/5 = 3/5
/5 of 100
1/5 = 20
/5 = 3 x 20 = 60
1
1
/3
of 2/3
/3
/3
5. The population of the United Kingdom is about fifty-nine million.
Write this number in figures.
59 000 000
Running Machine
(a)
The simplified distance-time graph shows how she used the machine
during one run.
Mins
10
x6
60
6km/h
(b)
1 mark
Throughout the run, for how many minutes did she travel
at this speed?
9.30 9.40 and 9.50 10.00
10mins + 10mins
20mins
D is ta n c e
(k m )
(c)
2
1 mark
x6
Mins
10
60
Km
0.5
9
x6
0940
0950
1000
T im e
1 mark
2 marks
/5 of 40 = 8 so 3/5 is 3 x 8 = 24
KS3 MATHEMATICS
10 4 10
Level 7 Mental Arithmetic Questions
Answers
Day 5
90% of 50 = 45cm
= 24
Loci
Rearrange
The diagram below shows two points A and B that are 6cm apart.
Around each point are six circles of radius 1cm, 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 5cm and
6cm. Each circle has either A or B as its centre.
P = 2 (e + f)
Rearrange the equation to make e the subject
5 cm
3 cm
Method 1
6 cm
4 cm
P = 2 (e + f)
P = 2e + 2f
P 2f = 2e
p-2f = e
2
2 cm
B
1 cm
A
2 cm
4 cm
P=e+f
2
pf=e
2
3 cm
2 marks
5 cm
On the diagram, mark with a cross any points that are 4cm away
from A and 4cm away from B.
This is where 4km circles cross
(b)
P= 2 (e + f)
1 cm
6 cm
(a)
or
1 mark
Now draw the locus of all points that are the same distance from
A as they are from B
Join the 2 points
Make sure they extend beyond the circles
1 mark
x 10
KS3 MATHEMATICS
10 4 10
x2
2.
10
Day 6
3.
I can make a three-digit number from the digits two, three and
four in six different ways.
How many of these three-digit numbers are even?
2, 3, 4
234
324
432
4 even
243
4.
342
423
30 x 7 = 210
5.
10 is remainder
Factors Again
Evens or Odds
(a)
(a)
m is an odd number.
Which of the numbers below must be even, and which must be odd?
1
-1
2
-2
4
-4
Need factors of
+12 which add to +
8
(b)
2m
3m - 1
(m 1) (m + 1)
Even
Odd
Even
Even
12
-12
6
-6
3
-3
(y + 7) (y + 1)
(y + 3) (y + 4)
(y + 2) (y + 1)
(y + 1) (y + 12)
(y + 3) (y + 5)
2 marks
m is an odd number.
1 mark
(b)
Odd
Even
If m is odd m + 1 is even
For m + 1 to be even, m + 1 must be a multiple of 4.
2
Y2
1 mark
Y2
+ 9y
+ 2y
+ 18
+ 9y 2y
Y2 + 11y + 18
+ 18
2 marks
KS3 MATHEMATICS
x2
10 4 10
x2
Day 7
25% is
50% is
100% is
7
14
28
x2
x2
2. There are fourteen girls and thirteen boys in a class. What is the
probability that a pupil chosen at random will be a girl?
Total = 14 + 13 = 27
Girls = 14
Total 27
3. The first even number is two. What is the hundredth even
number?
2 x 100 = 200
4. The mean of two numbers is 8. One of the numbers is two. What
is the other number?
Total must be 8 x 2 = 16
? + 2 = 16 ? = 14
5. How many edges are there on a square based pyramid?
4 on base
4 on sides
=8
Television
Angles
This pattern has rotation symmetry of order 6
(a)
C o lo u r o f
th e t ic k e t
N u m b e rs
used
Year 7
re d
1 to 8 0
Year 8
b lu e
1 to 7 5
Year 9
y e llo w
1 to 9 0
26
(a)
204 6 = 34
.34
(b)
180 13 13 = 154
Angles at point = 360
13
13
154
154
52
245 Total
or 0.306
or 31%
Simplify (5) = 15
49
2 marks
80 Red
75 Blue
90 Yellow
Number of blue = 75
Total numbers 245
N o t d ra w n
a c c u r a t e ly
N o t d ra w n
a c c u r a te ly
RATIO to
answers
(b)
DO NOT USE
(c)
1 mark
/3
1 mark
Multiply 8.7 by 2
8 x 2 = 16
0.7 x 2 = 1.4
KS3 MATHEMATICS
17.4
10 4 10
Level 7 Mental Arithmetic Questions
2.
Answers
Day 8
3.
4.
-2x
-1
2x2 2x 1
5.
Owls
Rectangle Rest
Frequency
17
24
f = 62
fx
No. of mammals
1x9
2 x 17
3 x 24
6x1
170
X frequency
34
72
x
90
90
4x6 5x5
24
25
(a)
(c)
1.
3. 180 90 40
180 30 = 50 on a straight line
2 marks
(b)
2 marks
60
= 170
120 60
fx
1mark
Calculate the mean number of mammals found in each pellet.
Show your working and give your answer correct to 1 decimal
place.
fx = 170 = 2.74
f
62
20
s t r a ig h t lin e
(a) The table shows the contents of 62 pellets from long-eared owls.
Fx
60
40
90
(b)
N o t d ra w n
a c c u r a te ly
90
Number of mammals
found in the pellet
90
No t d ra wn
accurately
B
60
90
D
60
E
60
C
Remember to mark the size of angles that you have been given.
EBD = 180 90 60 = 30 angles on a straight line
BED = 180 60 = 120 angles on a straight line
EDB = 180 120 30 = 30 angles in a triangle
2 marks
KS3 MATHEMATICS
10 4 10
2.
What number should you add to minus three to get the answer
five?
Answers
Day 9
-3
3.
-2
-1
4.
20
On average, the driest place on earth gets only nought point five
millimetres of rain every year. In total, how much rain would it
expect to get in twenty years?
0
5.
Giraffe
True or False
Pupils started to solve the equation 6x + 8 = 4x + 11 in different ways.
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
6x
= 4x + 11 8
6x 4x = 11 8
2x = 3
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
so
True
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
(-8) 6x = 4x + 11 8
6x + 4x + 3
2x + 8 = 11
False
True
11 8 = 3
6x = 4x + 3
True
so 2x + 8 = 11
False
2x = 3
True
About how many days old would it be when it was 6 metres high?
False
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
True
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
so
so 6x + 4x = 11+ 8
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
so
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
14x = 15x
False
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
(-4x) 6x 4x + 8 = 11
2x + 8 = 11
False
False
3 marks
(b)
3 = 2x
True
6x + 8 = 4x + 11
so
3 marks
10 4 10
=10 lengths
15 1
= 15 1.5
10 x 1.5 = 15
so 15 1.5 = 10
KS3 MATHEMATICS
-8 x -3 =
24
Day 10
8 x 3 = 24
-8 x 3 = - 24
8x 3 = -24
-8 x 3 = 24
x = 6
Or used matched
line
(d)
Rodents
The scatter graph shows the average body length and average foot
length of different species of rodents.
50
Yes
40
Foot
le n g th
(m m )
30
No
20
10
1 mark
0
100
(a)
150
200
B o d y le n g th
(m m )
Centenarians
250
What does the scatter graph tell you about the type of
correlation between the body length and foot length for these
rodents?
You need
this
Positive Correlation
1 mark
(b)
(c)
1 mark