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KS1 SATs 2025 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)
Read aloud
A shopkeeper has 15 apples in a box.
He sells 6 of the apples.
How many apples does he have left?
Diagram: A box of 15 apples in 3 rows of 5.
(1 mark)
Question 2 (1 mark)
Read aloud
Look at the rods and cubes.
Each rod stands for ten.
Each cube stands for one.
What number does the picture show?
Diagram: 2 tens rods and 3 ones cubes.
(1 mark)
Question 3 (1 mark)
Read aloud
Look at the number line.
What number is half-way between 10 and 20?
Diagram: A number line with three marks. The first mark is labelled 10 and the last 20. An arrow points up to the middle mark from an empty box.
(1 mark)
Question 4 (1 mark)
Read aloud
What is the total of two, three and four?
2 3 4
(1 mark)
Question 5 (1 mark)
Read aloud
Look at the four shapes.
Tick the two shapes that have exactly one-quarter shaded.
Diagram: Four rectangles, each split into parts with some parts shaded. The top left one: 4 equal strips, 1 shaded. The top right one: 3 equal strips, 1 shaded. The bottom left one: a thin strip down each side, and the wide middle split into a top part and a bottom part; the bottom middle part is shaded. The bottom right one: 4 equal parts in 2 rows, 2 shaded.
(1 mark)
Question 6 (1 mark)
Amy’s number has 8 tens and 7 ones.
Write her number.
(1 mark)
Question 7 (1 mark)
Sam has 3 sheets of cat stickers.
Each sheet has 4 stickers.
Diagram: 3 sheets of cat stickers. Each sheet says "4 cat stickers" and shows 4 stickers.
How many stickers does Sam have altogether?
(1 mark)
Question 8 (1 mark)
Kemi says, “My number is thirteen.”
Circle the card that shows Kemi’s number.
Diagram: 4 number cards in a row: 30, 13, 3, 31.
(1 mark)
Question 9 (1 mark)
Sita draws a line of symmetry on each of these shapes.
One of her lines of symmetry is wrong.
Draw a cross on the shape where the line of symmetry is wrong.
Diagram: Four shapes, each with a straight line drawn across it. The top left shape: a long hexagon with a line down its middle. The top right shape: a circle on top of a wider base, like a keyhole, with a line down its middle. The bottom left shape: a four-sided shape with a straight left side and a sloping right side, with a line down from the top. The bottom right shape: an arch with a line down its middle.
(1 mark)
Question 10 (1 mark)
Tick the two shapes that have the same number of faces.
Cylinder
Diagram: A cylinder.
Cuboid
Diagram: A cuboid.
Cube
Diagram: A cube.
Square-based pyramid
Diagram: A square-based pyramid.
(1 mark)
Question 11 (1 mark)
Draw two lines to match the times.
One is done for you.
Diagram: Three boxes on the left, each beside two boxes on the right. 1 week: 7 days or 10 days. 1 hour: 30 minutes or 60 minutes. 1 day: 20 hours or 24 hours. A line joins 1 week to 7 days.
(1 mark)
Question 12 (1 mark)
This picture shows 5 + 5 = 10
Diagram: A bar split into two parts underneath. The whole bar is 10; the parts are 5 and 5.
Here are two more pictures.
Write the missing numbers in the boxes.
Diagram: A bar split into two parts underneath. The whole bar is 12; the parts are 9 and an empty box.
Diagram: A bar split into two parts underneath. The whole bar is an empty box; the parts are 8 and 5.
(1 mark)
Question 13 (1 mark)
There are 8 trays of strawberries.
Each tray has 10 strawberries.
How many strawberries are there altogether?
(1 mark)
Question 14 (1 mark)
Ajay gets stickers for good work.
Diagram: Key: a smiley face sticker = 1 point. A star sticker = 3 points.
Complete the table to show how many points Ajay has altogether.
Diagram: A table with columns Stickers and Number of points. Ajay’s stickers, in order: a smiley face, a smiley face, a star, a smiley face. The number of points is empty.
(1 mark)
Question 15 (1 mark)
Write a digit in each box to complete the number sentence.
boxedphantomXX + 7 + boxedphantomXX = 15
(1 mark)
Question 16 (1 mark)
Kemi has 20 seeds.
She gives some to Ben.
Kemi has 8 seeds left.
How many seeds does Kemi give to Ben?
(1 mark)
Question 17 (1 mark)
These pairs of numbers add to 20
Write numbers in the boxes to complete the number pairs.
The first one is done for you.
Diagram: Three rows of number pairs, a box on the left and an arrow-shaped box pointing to it on the right. 11 and 9; 15 and an empty box; an empty box and 4.
(1 mark)
Question 18 (1 mark)
This bottle holds half a litre of water.
How many of these bottles make one litre?
(1 mark)
Question 19 (1 mark)
Amy sorts shapes into a table.
Put a cross on the shape that is in the wrong place.
Diagram: A sorting table. Under "4 vertices or fewer": a 3-sided shape and a 4-sided shape. Under "5 vertices or more": a 6-sided shape and a 4-sided shape.
(1 mark)
Question 20 (1 mark)
Ben has eleven £2 coins.
How much money does Ben have?
(1 mark)
Question 21 (1 mark)
Tick all the amounts that can be made using only 5p coins.
20p square 13p square 51p square 15p square 30p square (1 mark)
Question 22 (1 mark)
Here are some symbols.
boxed+ boxed- boxed=
Use two of the symbols to complete this number sentence.
12 boxedphantomX 5 boxedphantomX 7
Now use two of the symbols to complete this number sentence in a different way.
12 boxedphantomX 5 boxedphantomX 7
(1 mark)
Question 23 (1 mark)
What fraction of each shape is shaded?
One is done for you.
Diagram: A bow shape made of two matching halves; the left half is shaded. It equals 1 over 2.
Diagram: An L shape made of three equal squares; the bottom left square is shaded. It equals an empty fraction box.
Diagram: A triangle pointing down, split into four equal triangles; the three in the top row are shaded and the bottom one is not. It equals an empty fraction box.
(1 mark)
Question 24 (1 mark)
Amy has 75p.
Ben gives Amy three 5p coins.
How much money does Amy have now?
(1 mark)
Question 25 (2 marks)
This train has 93 people on board.
At the station 21 people get off.
Then 9 people get on.
How many people are on the train now?
Show your working
(2 marks)
Question 26 (1 mark)
Here is a number sentence:
12 + 7 = 19
Circle the two calculations below that can be used to check if the number sentence is correct.
19 – 12
19 + 12
19 + 7
19 – 7
(1 mark)
Question 27 (1 mark)
Only one statement is correct.
Tick it.
3cm > 3m square 3kg > 3g square 3ml > 3l square 3p > £3 square (1 mark)
Question 28 (1 mark)
Kemi buys a banana for 23p.
She pays with a 50p coin.
Tick the purse that shows how much change Kemi gets.
Diagram: Four purses of coins. The top left purse: 20p, 10p. The top right purse: 1p, 10p, 2p, 10p. The bottom left purse: 5p, 20p, 2p. The bottom right purse: 5p, 5p, 10p.
(1 mark)
Question 29 (2 marks)
A puzzle has 40 pieces.
Ben places 6 pieces into the puzzle.
Amy places 19 pieces into the puzzle.
How many pieces are left to finish the puzzle?
Show your working
(2 marks)
Question 30 (1 mark)
The clocks below show the time each class went to lunch.
Class A
Diagram: A clock showing 12:30.
Class B
Diagram: A clock showing 1:00.
Class C
Diagram: A clock showing 12:15.
Class D
Diagram: A clock showing 12:45.
Put the classes in the order they go to lunch, starting from first to last.
One is done for you.
C square square square first last (1 mark)
Question 31 (1 mark)
Diagram: A pictogram of sandwiches. Key: one sandwich symbol stands for 2 sandwiches. tuna: 2 symbols. cheese: 4 symbols. egg: 3 symbols.
Tick the list that shows the correct number of sandwiches in the chart.
Diagram: Four lists. The top left list: 2 tuna, 4 cheese, 3 egg. The top right list: 2 tuna, 2 cheese, 3 egg. The bottom left list: 4 tuna, 7 cheese, 6 egg. The bottom right list: 4 tuna, 8 cheese, 6 egg.
(1 mark)
Question 32 (1 mark)
Circle two numbers that add together to make 70
27 35 37 43 45
(1 mark)
Question 33 (1 mark)
Ajay is on the big wheel.
It is turning in a clockwise direction.
Diagram: A big wheel with four cars: at the top, on the right, at the bottom and on the left. Ajay is in the car on the right.
When Ajay reaches the top, how much has the big wheel turned?
Tick your answer.
Tick one. quarter turn square half turn square three-quarter turn square full turn square (1 mark)
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.