The four operations: past paper questions

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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 13Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured3 marks

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

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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 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Work out. 0.78 - 0.2

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured1 mark

  At midnight the temperature is $-7^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$. At 11 am the next day the temperature is ${12}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$. Find the increase in temperature from midnight to 11 am.

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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 10Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured3 marks

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

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• Question 3May/June 2024, paper 11Structured3 marks

  Work out. $0.3\times 0.02$

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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 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 21Structured2 marks

  Insert one set of brackets to make the calculation correct.

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

  Tom’s pet eats $\frac{3}{5}$ of a tin of food each day. Tom needs food for his pet for 12 days. Calculate the number of tins of food Tom needs to buy.

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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 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 22Structured2 marks

  Idris has 5 kg of rice. He cooks rice for 12 people. He uses 75 g of rice for each person.

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• Question 7May/June 2024, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Work out $\frac{2}{7}÷\frac{1}{3}$.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Work out. 0.05 × 0.3

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• Question 1May/June 2025, paper 12Structured4 marks

  Work out. 6 - 2 × (-4)

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Sonu records the temperature, in °C, at midnight every day for 12 days. Here are the results in order, starting with the coldest. -6 -5 -3 -2 -1 -1 T 5 5 6 6 7 Find the range of the temperatures.

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• Question 1May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Work out. 1234.4 ÷ 8

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• Question 5May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Insert one set of brackets to make the calculation correct. $$3+5\times 2-7=9$$

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• Question 7May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Here are five temperatures in ${}^{\circ }\text{C}$.

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• Question 1May/June 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Work out. 3.25 - 1.73

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• Question 4May/June 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

  At midday the temperature is 8°C. At midnight the temperature is 12°C lower. Find the temperature at midnight.

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• Question 8May/June 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Work out $1\frac{3}{4}+\frac{5}{6}$.

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