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KS1 SATs 2024 Paper 2: reasoning
33 questions · 35 marks. Every question from the paper, recreated, with the official mark scheme, an annotated worked solution and a shadow question (the same skill with new numbers). Open the paper in the Ultimate Exam Question Finder to present it, print it or build a set.
Question 1 (1 mark)
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How many tens are in the number 38?
38
(1 mark)
Question 2 (1 mark)
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Look at the calendar for August.
Circle the date of the last Monday in August.
August
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 (1 mark)
Question 3 (1 mark)
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Look at the circle.
What fraction of the circle is shaded?
Diagram: A circle cut into 4 equal parts by straight lines from its centre. 1 of the parts is shaded.
(1 mark)
Question 4 (1 mark)
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Amy and Sam are flying paper aeroplanes.
Amy throws her aeroplane 8 metres.
Sam throws his aeroplane 3 metres.
How much further did Amy’s aeroplane fly than Sam’s?
Amy: 8 metres
Sam: 3 metres
(1 mark)
Question 5 (1 mark)
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Look at the numbers.
Circle three of these numbers that total 12
2 4 5 6 7
(1 mark)
Question 6 (1 mark)
Kemi draws around a face of a cylinder.
Tick the shape she has drawn.
Diagram: Four shaded shapes, two on top and two below: a triangle, a circle, a hexagon, a pentagon.
(1 mark)
Question 7 (1 mark)
This table shows the different colours of horses on a farm.
Horse colour Number of horses black 2 brown 0 grey 4 white 7 Use the table to complete the graph below.
One is done for you.
Diagram: A block graph with a column of 9 boxes above each horse colour (black, brown, grey, white), numbered 1 to 9 up the side; the side is labelled Number of horses. black: no boxes shaded; brown: no boxes shaded; grey: no boxes shaded; white: 7 boxes shaded.
(1 mark)
Question 8 (1 mark)
There are 16 ducks on the pond.
5 ducks fly away.
How many ducks stay on the pond?
(1 mark)
Question 9 (1 mark)
Write the missing numbers in this pattern.
boxedphantomXX boxedphantomXX 71 boxedphantomXX 73 74
(1 mark)
Question 10 (1 mark)
Here is a shape pattern.
Shade the last two boxes to complete the pattern.
Diagram: A row of 8 squares, each cut in half by a diagonal from top left to bottom right. Square 1: the top-right half shaded; Square 2: the top-right half shaded; Square 3: the bottom-left half shaded; Square 4: the bottom-left half shaded; Square 5: the top-right half shaded; Square 6: the top-right half shaded; Square 7: not shaded; Square 8: not shaded.
(1 mark)
Question 11 (1 mark)
Sam has 90 marbles.
He gives 50 marbles to Ben.
How many marbles does Sam have left?
(1 mark)
Question 12 (1 mark)
In each box, tick the coin that has the greatest value.
One is done for you.
Diagram: Three boxes, one above another, each holding three coins in a row: box 1: 2p, 5p, 1p; box 2: £1, 1p, 10p; box 3: 50p, £2, 20p. Ticked: the 5p in box 1.
(1 mark)
Question 13 (1 mark)
Write a number in each empty circle so that all three numbers
total 14Diagram: A circle with 14 in it at the top, joined by lines to three circles below, which are empty.
(1 mark)
Question 14 (1 mark)
Tick two purses with the same amount of money.
Diagram: Four purses, two on top and two below. The top-left purse holds 10p, 2p, 1p. The top-right purse holds 10p, 2p. The bottom-left purse holds 5p, 5p, 2p. The bottom-right purse holds 5p, 2p, 2p, 1p.
(1 mark)
Question 15 (1 mark)
Ajay has some marbles.
He puts 10 marbles into each bag. He has 8 left over.
Diagram: 6 bags in rows of two, and 8 loose marbles beside them.
How many marbles does Ajay have altogether?
(1 mark)
Question 16 (1 mark)
Complete the number sentence below.
5 × boxedphantomXX = 5
(1 mark)
Question 17 (1 mark)
Ajay had 18 strawberries.
He picked some more.
Ajay now has 24 strawberries.
How many more strawberries did he pick?
(1 mark)
Question 18 (1 mark)
One calculation does not equal 17
Cross it out.
9 + 8 8 + 9
20 – 3 3 – 20
(1 mark)
Question 19 (1 mark)
A ride has 8 cars.
There are 5 seats in each car.
Complete the number sentence to show the total number of
seats on the ride.boxedphantomXX × boxedphantomXX = boxedphantomXX seats
(1 mark)
Question 20 (1 mark)
The diagram below shows number bonds that make 20
Write the missing numbers to complete the diagram.
One is done for you.
Diagram: A bar model. The top bar is 20. Under it, 3 bars the same length, each split into two parts: 6 and 14; 9 and an empty box; 12 and an empty box.
(1 mark)
Question 21 (1 mark)
This number pattern increases by 10 each time.
7 17 27 37
Circle all the numbers below that will be in the pattern.
57 66
75 97
(1 mark)
Question 22 (1 mark)
Stickers are sold in packs of 5
Kemi has 30 stickers altogether.
How many packs does Kemi have?
(1 mark)
Question 23 (1 mark)
Amy has 45p.
Diagram: Coins: 20p, 20p, 5p.
A badge costs 10p.
What is the total number of badges that Amy can buy
with 45p?(1 mark)
Question 24 (1 mark)
How much juice is in this measuring jug?
Diagram: A measuring jug with marks every 50 ml up the side; the marks for 100 ml and 200 ml are labelled. The liquid comes up to mark 1, counting the marks up from the bottom.
(1 mark)
Question 25 (1 mark)
Tick all the calculations that total 100
50 + 50 80 + 30
75 + 15 35 + 65
(1 mark)
Question 26 (1 mark)
Three of the shapes below have a line of symmetry.
Tick the three shapes.
Diagram: 5 shapes in a row, each drawn with its corners at: shape 1, (0.4, 0) (1.6, 0) (2, 1) (0, 1); shape 2, (0, 0) (0.8, 0) (0.4, 2.3); shape 3, (0, 0) (1.5, 0) (1.5, 1.7) (0, 1); shape 4, (0, 0) (1.6, 0) (1.6, 1) (0.8, 1.65) (0, 1); shape 5, (0, 0) (1.9, 0) (0, 0.75).
(1 mark)
Question 27 (1 mark)
Tick all the squares that have half shaded.
Diagram: 5 squares in a row, each cut into parts with some parts shaded. Square 1: cut down the middle, the right half shaded; Square 2: cut across into 4 equal strips, the first and third strips from the top shaded; Square 3: a narrow strip down the left side shaded; Square 4: cut along one diagonal, the top-left triangle shaded; Square 5: cut along both diagonals, the bottom triangle shaded.
(1 mark)
Question 28 (1 mark)
Only one number sentence is correct.
Circle it.
1/4 = 1/2
2/4 = 1/3
3/4 = 1/2
2/4 = 1/2
(1 mark)
Question 29 (1 mark)
Complete the number sentence.
One is done for you.
1/4 of 8 = boxed 2
3/4 of 8 = boxedphantomXX
(1 mark)
Question 30 (1 mark)
Sita only puts 5p coins in a bag.
There is a total of £1 in the bag.
How many 5p coins are in the bag?
(1 mark)
Question 31 (2 marks)
There are 30 animals on a farm.
1/2 of the animals are cows.
9 are sheep.
The rest are horses.
How many of the animals are horses?
Show your working
(2 marks)
Question 32 (1 mark)
Here is a balance.
Diagram: A balance with its beam level. On the left pan are 3 tins (cylinders), the same size. On the right pan is a box labelled 15 kg.
The mass of the box is 15 kg.
What is the mass of one tin?
(1 mark)
Question 33 (2 marks)
Sita buys a drink that costs 65p.
She pays with four 20p coins.
How much change does Sita get?
Show your working
(2 marks)
Questions Crown copyright (Standards and Testing Agency), recreated by Mr Barton Maths for teaching. Each question is credited to its board, series, paper and number.