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KS1 SATs 2026 Paper 2: reasoning
32 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
I am going to count from 55
When I stop, write the number that I should say next.
55… 56… 57… 58… 59…
55 56 57 58 59…
(1 mark)
Question 2 (1 mark)
Read aloud
Look at this array of eight stars.
Circle half of the array of stars.
Diagram: An array of stars: 2 rows of 4.
(1 mark)
Question 3 (1 mark)
Read aloud
Here are some crayons.
They are set out in an array.
Tick the calculation that matches the array.
Diagram: 2 rows of crayons, 6 crayons in each row, in an array.
6 – 2 square 6 × 2 square 6 ÷ 2 square 6 + 2 square (1 mark)
Question 4 (1 mark)
Read aloud
What is 86 minus 20?
86 20
(1 mark)
Question 5 (1 mark)
Read aloud
Look at the shapes.
Tick all of the shapes that are pentagons.
Diagram: Six flat shapes in two columns. top left: a shape with 5 straight sides; top right: a shape with 4 straight sides; middle left: a shape with 5 straight sides; middle right: a shape with 4 straight sides; bottom left: a shape with 6 straight sides; bottom right: a shape with 5 straight sides.
(1 mark)
Question 6 (1 mark)
The numbers on these teddy bears are ordered from the smallest to the largest.
76 ? 94 smallest largest Tick the correct number for the middle teddy bear.
67 49 83 96 square square square square (1 mark)
Question 7 (1 mark)
This is one stick.
Diagram: One stick.
This is a bundle of ten sticks.
Diagram: A bundle of ten sticks with a band round it.
How many sticks are there in the box below?
Diagram: 7 bundles of ten sticks and 3 single sticks.
(1 mark)
Question 8 (1 mark)
Ben wants to buy a robot.
It costs £20
He has £11
How much more money does he need?
(1 mark)
Question 9 (1 mark)
Circle all the numbers that have 6 tens.
16 26 61 56 66
(1 mark)
Question 10 (1 mark)
Compare the lengths of pencils using these signs.
> < = Diagram: Three pencils, one above another, each with its point at the same place on the left. Pencil A is 5 units long, Pencil B is 6 units long, Pencil C is 4 units long.
Write the correct sign in each box.
length of Pencil A boxedphantomXX length of Pencil B
length of Pencil A boxedphantomXX length of Pencil C
(1 mark)
Question 11 (1 mark)
A bag has 100 g of pasta.
Sam uses 70 g.
How much pasta is left in the bag?
(1 mark)
Question 12 (1 mark)
Draw lines to order these times from the shortest to the longest.
Diagram: Four boxes in a row: 6 weeks, 6 years, 6 months, 6 days. Below them a line with four dots, from shortest on the left to longest on the right.
(1 mark)
Question 13 (1 mark)
Amy collects stickers.
She buys a pack of 5 stickers each week.
How many stickers does Amy buy in 4 weeks?
Circle your answer.
5 10 15 20 25
(1 mark)
Question 14 (1 mark)
Draw line B on the grid so that it is double the length of line A.
Diagram: A grid of squares, 7 across and 4 down. Line A is drawn along the first grid line from the top, 2 squares long from the left edge. The third grid line from the top is labelled line B.
(1 mark)
Question 15 (1 mark)
This diagram shows different ways to make the total 100
Complete the diagram.
Diagram: A bar labelled 100 across the top. Below it, 3 bars the same length, each split into two parts in proportion: an empty box and 50; 40 and an empty box; an empty box and 80.
(1 mark)
Question 16 (1 mark)
Tick odd or even next to each number.
One is done for you.
odd even 11 ✓ 48 square square 72 square square 63 square square (1 mark)
Question 17 (1 mark)
How many faces does a triangular prism have?
Diagram: A triangular prism: two triangle ends joined by three rectangles.
triangular prism
(1 mark)
Question 18 (1 mark)
Kemi has 7 toy cars.
Sam has 3 toy cars.
Diagram: Kemi: 7 toy cars. Sam: 3 toy cars.
Kemi gives Sam some of her cars.
They now have the same number of cars.
How many cars did Kemi give Sam?
(1 mark)
Question 19 (1 mark)
Diagram: A table with two columns, Weather and Number of days. Snowy: tally marks for 3. Sunny: tally marks for 17. Rainy: tally marks for 8.
How many sunny and rainy days were there altogether?
(1 mark)
Question 20 (1 mark)
Here are three number cards.
Diagram: Number cards: 2, 5, 10.
Use the number cards to make two different calculations.
boxedphantomXX × boxedphantomXX = boxedphantomXX
boxedphantomXX ÷ boxedphantomXX = boxedphantomXX
(1 mark)
Question 21 (1 mark)
This is an array of oranges.
Some of the oranges are hidden.
Diagram: An array of oranges in 5 rows of 6. A grey box covers some of them: 3 rows of 3 oranges are hidden.
How many oranges are hidden?
(1 mark)
Question 22 (2 marks)
Here are some number cards.
Diagram: Number cards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; then 6, 7, 8, 9.
(a)
Use the number cards to make the calculation correct.
7 + boxedphantomXX + boxedphantomXX = 20
(1 mark)
(b)
Now use two different number cards to make the calculation correct.
7 + boxedphantomXX + boxedphantomXX = 20
(1 mark)
Question 23 (1 mark)
Sam has two coins.
The two coins are the same.
His coins total one of these amounts.
Circle one.
30p 35p 40p 45p
(1 mark)
Question 24 (1 mark)
This number line is divided into equal steps of 3
What number is the arrow pointing to?
Diagram: A number line with 11 equally spaced marks, labelled 0 at the left end and 30 at the right end. An arrow from an empty box points up to mark 6 after 0.
(1 mark)
Question 25 (1 mark)
Sita is building towers using cubes.
Each tower has 5 cubes.
Sita has 45 cubes.
How many towers does she make?
(1 mark)
Question 26 (1 mark)
A class has 20 sports balls altogether.
The block diagram shows how many there are of each type.
Draw the missing blocks to show how many netballs there are.
Diagram: A block diagram of the number of sports balls of each type, with a dashed line at every whole number from 1 to 8, labelled every 2. Each block stands for one ball. Football: 8 blocks. Netball: no blocks. Basketball: 3 blocks. Tennis ball: 7 blocks.
(1 mark)
Question 27 (1 mark)
Write four coins that total 27p.
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(1 mark)
Question 28 (2 marks)
There are 6 boxes of crayons.
Each box has 5 crayons.
Ajay takes 16 crayons.
How many crayons are left?
Show your working
(2 marks)
Question 29 (1 mark)
Look at this card.
1/2
Tick a card below that shows the same amount.
3/4 square 2/4 square 1/4 square 1/3 square (1 mark)
Question 30 (1 mark)
Kemi builds some towers with cubes.
The towers get bigger each time by the same amount.
Diagram: Towers of cubes in a row, getting taller: 1, 3, 5, 7 cubes.
How many cubes will Kemi need for her next tower?
(1 mark)
Question 31 (2 marks)
Sam is baking cakes.
24 cakes 6 cakes 12 cakes He fills all these cake tins.
His family eat 15 of the cakes.
How many cakes are left?
Show your working
(2 marks)
Question 32 (1 mark)
Team A Team B 38 51 Team B has more points than Team A.
How many more?
Tick one.
27 square 17 square 23 square 13 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.