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Maths
Multiple
Choice
Practice Test
Paper 2

Time: 45 minutes

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1 Look at the calculation below.

260 - a = 125

What is the value of a ?

A 140 B 380 C 145 D 385 E 135

2 Look at the square below. Each of its sides is 8cm long.

A triangle ABC is drawn in the square.

1cm

1cm

What is the area of the triangle ABC?

A 48cm2 B 24cm2 C 14cm2 D 64cm2 E 32cm2

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3 Look at the calculation below.

96 ÷ b = 8

What is the value of b ?

A 768 B 88 C8 D 12 E 104

4
Look at the square below. Each of its sides is 2 1/2 cm long.

Which is an accurate value for the area of the square?

A 5.25 B 25 C 6.25 D9 E 6.5

5 6 is 1/5 of ?

What missing number goes in the box to complete the statement

above?

A 36 B 5.8 C 1.2 D 12 E 30

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6
1
/8 of 56 is ?

What missing number goes in the box to complete the statement

above?

A7 B 448 C 48 D 64 E 56 1/8

7 Look at the lines marked u, v w, x, y and z drawn in the figure below.

Line u is parallel to line v, and line x is parallel to line y.

v y

z
u x

Which one of the statements below is true?

A Line w is parallel to line z
B Line y is perpendicular to line z
C Line z is perpendicular to line v
D Line w is parallel to line u
E Line v is parallel to line w

8 A cream bun weighs 32 grams. Only 25% of its weight is cream.

How many grams of cream are in 10 cream buns?

A8g B 80 g C7g D 70 g E 57 g

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9 The 10 numbers below show the number of bedrooms in the homes of 10

primary school pupils.

4 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 2

What is the mean (average) number of bedrooms?

A4 B2 C3 D 3.1 E 2.9

10 Look again at the ten numbers. What is the range?

A 30 B2 C4 D6 E3

11 Complete the following calculations.

3.23 x 10 = ?

A 0.323 B 3.23 C 32.3 D 30.23 E 3.230

12 85.1 ÷ 10 = ?

A 851 B 85.1 C 80.51 D 8.051 E 8.51

13 84 x 100 = ?

A 8400 B 840 C 0.84 D 8.4 E 84.00

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14 Look at the function machine below.

5 +4 x5 45

Number in Number out

Now look at the second function machine below.

8 +4 x5

In the second function machine what is the correct number that

goes in the blank arrow?

A 17 B 37 C 60 D 160 E 20

15 Look at the statement below. There is a missing number.

50 is ________ % of 200

What number makes the statement true?

A 50% B 25% C 400% D 4% E 5%

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16 Look at the two calculations below.

Complete each calculation by finding the missing number.

1375 - 647 = __?__

A 2012 B 1328 C 732 D 2022 E 728

17 1482 + __?___ = 1824

A 3306 B 462 C 1342 D 342 E 3206

18 Four athletes competed in the long jump. The distance each athlete
jumped is recorded in the table below.

Athlete Distance jumped

Jay 124.7 cm

Eden 1.258 m

Ellie 126 cm

Mark 1259 mm

Sarah 1249 mm

Which athlete’s jump was the longest?

A Jay B Eden C Ellie D Mark E Sarah

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19 The series of patterns below is made using a mixture of white and

shaded square tiles. Pattern 1 contains 4 tiles. It has two white and
two shaded tiles.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

If this series of patterns is continued, what is the total number of

tiles in Pattern 4?

A 13 B 10 C 16 D 12 E 14

20 Another pattern in the same series has 6 shaded tiles.

What is the total number of tiles in this pattern?

A 18 B 10 C 17 D 19 E 16

21 Look at Pattern 1.

What percentage of the pattern is shaded?

A 2% B 25% C 50% D 4% E 20%

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22 Look at the four statements below.

Which statement is false?

A The three angles of a triangle add up to 180o

B All the angles of a scalene triangle are the same
C All four sides of a square have the same length
D All four sides of a rhombus are equal in length
E All angles of a parallelogram add to 360o

23 Look at the right-angled triangle below.

Which statement below is true?

A angle a and angle b add to make 90o

B angle a and angle b are both obtuse angles
C angle a and angle b add to make 180o
D all of the interior angles add to 360o
E angle a and angle b are both reflex angles

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24 Mrs Johnston walks from home to school to collect her daughter.

She spends some time at the school gates and then walks home with her
daughter. Mrs Johnston’s journey is shown on the graph below.

600

500
Distance from home (in m)

400

300

200

100

0
14:30 14:40 14:50 15:00 15:10 15:20 15:30 15:40 15:50 16:00 16:10

Time

How far is it from her home to the school?

A 1300m B 100m C 50m D 1000m E 500m

25 How many minutes did Mrs Johnston spend at the school gates?

A 50 minutes
B 25 minutes
C 30 minutes
D 10 minutes
E 0 minutes

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26 Sophie’s pet kitten is ill. The vet tells Sophie to give the kitten water
each day. Sophie must keep a record of the amount of water the kitten
drinks each day. Sophie draws the graph below. The graph shows how
many millilitres of water the kitten drinks over 5 days.

80

70
ml. of
water 60

50

40

30

20

10

0 Day
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

The kitten had more water to drink on Thursday than on Tuesday.

How much more?

A 45ml B 35ml C 40ml D 55ml E 30ml

27 On what day did the kitten drink the greatest amount of water?

A Monday
B Tuesday
C Wednesday
D Thursday
E Friday

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28 Look at this rule: Double the previous number and add three.
Using this rule a sequence of 4 numbers must be completed.
The first 2 numbers in the sequence are done for you below.

12 27 ______ ______

What are the last 2 numbers?

A 16 and 11 B 51 and 99 C 57 and 117 D 54 and 108 E 54 and 111

29 The temperature in the fridge section of a fridge-freezer is 4oC.

The temperature in the freezer section is 21oC lower.

What is the temperature in the freezer section?

A –17oC B –25oC C 17oC D -16oC E 25oC

30 A square number can be added to a prime number to make 39.

There are two ways of doing this. One of the ways is 16 + 23 = 39

What other square number can be added to a prime number to give

39?

A4 B 25 C 36 D6 E9

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31 What time is 4 hours and 23 minutes earlier than midnight?

A 7:23pm B 7:47pm C 8:37pm D 8:23pm E 7:37pm

32 At a bank in the airport, £1 can be exchanged for 1.1 euro.

Look at the five statements below.

Which of these statements is more accurate than the others?

A 1 euro can be exchanged for about 90p

B 1 euro can be exchanged for about 80p
C 1 euro can be exchanged for about 70p
D 1 euro can be exchanged for about 60p
E 1 euro can be exchanged for about 50p

33 The area of the triangle below is 30cm2

12 cm

What is the value of a?

A 18 cm B 4 cm C 3 cm D 5 cm E 6 cm

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34 Look at the numbers below.

4321.6 4123.7 5231.6 1725.3 3421.6

Which number 3 stands for 3 units?

A 4321.6 B 4123.7 C 5231.6 D 1725.3 E 3421.6

35 Megan thinks of a number.

She multiplies it by seven and then adds four. Her answer is 88.

What number did Megan think of?

A 91 B 588 C 13 D 644 E 12

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36 Look at the train timetable below.

Train A Train B Train C Train D Train E

Belfast 07:13 08:13 09:13 10:13 11:13

Lisburn 07:52 10:54

Newry 08:14 09:04 09:54

Drogheda 08:47 10:29 11:41

Dublin 09:17 10:13 11:03 12:15 12:18

How long does Train A take to travel from Belfast to Dublin?

A 64 minutes
B 204 minutes
C 124 minutes
D 94 minutes
E 184 minutes

37 Which of the 5 trains takes the longest time to travel from Belfast to
Dublin?

A Train A B Train B C Train C D Train D E Train E

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38 John and Gemma agreed to share the cost of a DVD.

The DVD cost £17.00. John paid 25% of the cost.

How much did Gemma pay?

A £8.00 B £15.25 C £12.75 D £1.75 E £4.25

39 Which of the decimal numbers below is bigger than 52/5 and smaller
than 51/2 ?

A 5.12

B 5.22

C 5.32

D 5.33

E 5.43

40 The triangle below is isosceles.

136o

no

What is the value of the angle n?

A 44o B 22o C 56o D 28o E 60o

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41 The statements below are about three dimensional solid objects.

Which of the statements below is false?

A A triangular prism has six vertices

D A cylinder has 2 flat faces and 1 curved face

C A cuboid has 8 faces

D A cube has 12 edges

E A cone has one curved face and 1 flat face

42 Lisa played a computer game.

The computer game recorded her score each time she played it.

She played the game 7 times.

Her mean (average) score was 16

The range of her scores was 9

Her highest score was 19

What was Lisa’s lowest score?

A 10 B7 C 12 D9 E2

What was Lisa’s total score for the 7 games she played?
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A 63 B 133 C 112 D 81 E 52

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44 I am facing South.

Through how many degrees must I turn anti-clockwise to face

North West?

A 270o B 315o C 45o D 135o E 225o

45 I am facing East.

Through how many degrees must I turn anti-clockwise to face

North West?

A 270o B 315o C 45o D 135o E 225o

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MATHS PAPER 2 ANSWER SHEET

1 E 16 E 31 E
2 B 17 D 32 A
3 D 18 C 33 D
4 C 19 A 34 B
5 E 20 E 35 E

6 A 21 C 36 C
7 B 22 B 37 A
8 B 23 A 38 C
9 C 24 E 39 E
10 B 25 C 40 B

11 C 26 B 41 C
12 E 27 D 42 A
13 A 28 C 43 C
14 C 29 A 44 E
15 B 30 C 45 D

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