18 July 2023 , 15:07
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There's nothing like getting test, exam or quiz questions right to boost your confidence - but when you get them wrong it can leave you wondering whether you're as clever as you first thought.
Parents and teasers have been left questioning what the point of exams are after the year 6 SATs test left many children in tears. The National Association of Head Teachers, which represents head at the majority of primary schools, vowed to raise the issue with the exams team at schools regulator Ofqual.
One teacher took to Twitter to get the attention of education secretary Gillian Keegan. In a post, they wrote: "Today's SATs Maths Reasoning paper was the hardest I have ever seen in 20 years of teaching Y6.
"After two lockdowns, why would you inflict this on 10 and 11 yr olds destroying their confidence and sending them to high school feeling like failures? Why?"
Schools minister Nick Gibb said he didn’t want the tests, which are taken by 10 and 11-year-olds in England, to be “too hard” because it’s “not the purpose” of the assessment”.
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So how tricky are the maths questions of the test? Below are some of the questions taken from the arithmetic and reasoning parts of the 2023 key stage 2 year 6 SATs mathematic test. Can you answer them?
Questions
Question 1
What is 0.3 divided by 10?
Question 2
What is 3.2 times 12?
Question 3
What is 70 plus 48 divided by 6?
Question 4
What is 95 per cent of 180?
Question 5
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What is two thirds multiplied by 900?
Question 6
Write these temperatures in order, starting with the lowest: 6C, -4C, 1C, -10C and 3C
Question 7
Kirsty buys 1 litre of apple juice for £1.39 She pays with a £5 note. How much change does Kirsty get?
Question 8
Here is a number sequence: 75, 50, 25, ____ Write the next two numbers in the sequence.
Question 9
Ken thinks of a number. He divides it by 3. The answer is 72. What number was Ken thinking of?
Question 10
1/5 of a number is 22, what is the number?
Answers
Answer 1
0.03
Answer 2
38.4
Answer 3
78
Answer 4
171
Answer 5
600
Answer 6
-10C, -4C, 1C, 3C, 6C
Answer 7
£3.61
Answer 8
0, -25
Answer 9
216
Answer 10
110
Could you answer all 10 questions? Let us know in the comment section below.