Types of number: past paper questions

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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 11Structured5 marksHas a diagram

  1.694 √18 6 6.666 7 √225 25 27 39 56 1000 From the list of numbers, write down an even number

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Write the number four hundred and sixty thousand and five in figures.

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• Question 7Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured1 mark

  Find the reciprocal of $1\frac{1}{4}$.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured1 mark

  Write down the value of the 8 in the number 58317.

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• Question 16May/June 2026, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Buses at a station go to Alve or to Riba. Buses leave every 16 minutes for Alve. Buses leave every 28 minutes for Riba.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Write down all the factors of 24.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured1 mark

  Write the number half a million in figures.

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• Question 15Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 140 and 126.

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• Question 16May/June 2026, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Find the value of the reciprocal of 0.8 .

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• Question 11Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  The temperature at midnight is $-2^{\circ }\text{C}$. The temperature at noon is $5^{\circ }\text{C}$. Find the difference between these temperatures.

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• Question 10Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured3 marks

  0.25 3.142 $\sqrt{3}$ -3 24 -0.4 1.2 $-\frac{1}{4}$ Complete each statement with a number from the list.

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• Question 12Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Explain why 111 is not a prime number.

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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 13Structured1 mark

  Write down the number that is 1 more than 4999 499.

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• Question 17Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Write down a prime number between 20 and 30.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured2 marks

  61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 From the list of numbers, write down a cube number

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• Question 23Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Bell $A$ rings every 22 minutes. Bell $B$ rings every 14 minutes. Both bells ring at 0900.

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• Question 2May/June 2026, paper 13Structured1 mark

  Write the number 707 700 in words.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured1 mark

  Write down the value of the 3 in the number 23679.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 31Structured12 marks

  Write the number six million and thirty in figures.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Structured4 marks

  Write down all the factors of 32

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• Question 19May/June 2026, paper 13Structured4 marks

  Write 84 as a product of its prime factors.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured3 marks

  A number, $n$, is a factor of 144 and a multiple of 9. Find all the values for $n$.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Structured2 marks

  61 63 64 66 68 69 From this list, write down a cube number

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• Question 14May/June 2026, paper 31Structured1 mark

  Write down the reciprocal of $\frac{5}{7}$.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured4 marks

  Write the number 83042 in words.

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• Question 7May/June 2024, paper 11Structured1 mark

  The temperature on Monday is $-27{}^{\circ }\text{C}$. The temperature on Tuesday is $15{}^{\circ }\text{C}$ higher than on Monday. Work out the temperature on Tuesday.

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• Question 22Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Structured2 marks

  Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 48 and 80.

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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 32Structured1 mark

  Write the number four hundred thousand and fifty-three in figures.

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• Question 22Oct/Nov 2025, paper 31Structured5 marks

  A train to town $P$ leaves a station every 20 minutes. A train to town $Q$ leaves the same station every 35 minutes. Both trains leave at 0930.

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• Question 18May/June 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Find the greatest odd number that is a factor of 140 and a factor of 210.

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