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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Write down the value of $5^3$

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured1 mark

  Write down the reciprocal of $\frac{7}{2}$.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  At midday the temperature is $-2{}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$. At $6\mathrm{p}\mathrm{m}$ the temperature is $4{}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$. Find the difference between these temperatures.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Work out $6+4÷2$.

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• Question 2May/June 2026, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Buses travel from the city centre to the airport. A bus leaves the city centre at 1005. The bus journey from the city centre to the airport takes 1 hour 25 minutes.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  A shirt costs $24. In a sale the cost is reduced by 15%. Work out the cost of the shirt in the sale. A shirt costs $24. In a sale the cost is reduced by 15%. Work out the cost of the shirt in the sale.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.

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• Question 4May/June 2026, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Ana has 60 cards. Each card is red or green. The ratio $\text{red cards}:\text{green cards}=2:1$.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Sam buys some chocolate. He eats $\frac{2}{7}$ of the chocolate. The mass of the remaining chocolate is $350\text{ g}$.

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• Question 7Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, calculate an estimate for the value of $$\frac{3.1\times 26.7}{6.9-2.3}$$ By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, calculate an estimate for the value of $$\frac{3.1\times 26.7}{6.9-2.3}$$

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Work out the temperature that is 20 degrees higher than $-12{}^{\circ }\text{C}$.

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• Question 7Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Car hire $40 per day plus $0.30 per kilometre Amy hires a car for 10 days. She pays a total of $670. Work out the number of kilometres Amy travels in the car. Car hire $40 per day plus $0.30 per kilometre Amy hires a car for 10 days. She pays a total of $670.

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• Question 12Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Write 0.000257 in standard form.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Kasia buys 12 apples. Each apple costs 65 cents. Work out how much Kasia pays.

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• Question 9May/June 2026, paper 12Structured4 marks

  Work out. $$1\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{9}{10}+2\frac{1}{5}$$ Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

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• Question 9Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the value of (√102.5 × 8.7)/27.

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• Question 13Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Work out $2\frac{1}{5}÷\frac{3}{4}$.

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• Question 7Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of $$\frac{53.7}{2.61+7.48}\mathrm{.}$$ By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of $$\frac{53.7}{2.61+7.48}\mathrm{.}$$

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• Question 11May/June 2026, paper 12Structured4 marks

  Write 400 as a product of its prime factors.

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• Question 12Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured3 marksHas a diagram

  The diagram shows an empty container. The container is a cuboid of width $10\text{ cm}$, length $8\text{ cm}$ and height $9\text{ cm}$. Water drips into the container at a rate of 6 millilitres per second.

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• Question 14Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Write 360 as a product of its prime factors.

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• Question 11Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Evaluate $4^2+\sqrt[3]{27}$.

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• Question 14May/June 2026, paper 12Structured4 marks

  Write 350000 in standard form.

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• Question 13Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Work out $2\frac{2}{3}+3\frac{3}{4}$.

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• Question 23Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  A rectangle has length $32\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$ and width $15\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}$. Each measurement is given correct to the nearest centimetre. Write down the upper bound for the length.

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• Question 13Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Work out $1\frac{3}{5}÷1\frac{2}{3}$.

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• Question 18May/June 2026, paper 12Structured5 marksHas a diagram

  The masses of 200 apples are summarised in the table.

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

  Write 43.07862 correct to 3 decimal places.

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• Question 14Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured5 marks

  Write 36 as a product of its prime factors.

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• Question 23May/June 2026, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Find the value of $x$.

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