CEM style test 3 Paper B

Choose the three-letter word that can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new word.

The new word will complete the sentence sensibly.

Halley’s comet APPS in the sky every seventy six years.

1/2 + 7/10 =

3/4  x  4/12

Choose the three-letter word that can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new word.

The new word will complete the sentence sensibly.

There are not many INDEDENT shops on the high street now.

7/8  ÷  2/6 =

Choose the three-letter word that can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new word.

The new word will complete the sentence sensibly.

There was a great DIVERY of architectural styles in the old city.

Which division has a remainder of 5?

Choose the three-letter word that can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new word.

The new word will complete the sentence sensibly.

The bought the INGRENTS at the market.

If these fractions are placed in size order from smallest to largest, which fraction would come in third place?

3/4    5/8    1/2    2/5

Choose the three-letter word that can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new word.

The new word will complete the sentence sensibly.

The jigsaw arrived in CARDBD packaging.

A biscuit tin contains one chocolate biscuit, two oat biscuits, four custard creams and three wafers.

If James takes a biscuit from the tin at random, what is the probability that it is not a chocolate biscuit?

Find the three letters that complete the word from the options given below.

Ne__ __ __ sary

Find the three letters that complete the word from the options given below.

Se __ __ __ ate

Find the three letters that complete the word from the options given below.

Misc __ __ __ vous

Find the three letters that complete the word from the options given below.

Question __ __ __ re

Find the three letters that complete the word from the options given below.

Ne __ __ __ bour

In this jumbled sentence there is an extra word.

Rearrange the sentence correctly and select the unnecessary extra word below.

frightened the rescue cat up the tree was stuck.

In this jumbled sentence there is an extra word.

Rearrange the sentence correctly and select the unnecessary extra word below.

The concert piano in Vienna pianist played exceptionally well.

In this jumbled sentence there is an extra word.

Rearrange the sentence correctly and select the unnecessary extra word below.

dairy milk and yoghurt goats is often used to make cheese.

In this jumbled sentence there is an extra word.

Rearrange the sentence correctly and select the unnecessary extra word below.

associated with musicians from reggae is music Jamaica drums.

In this jumbled sentence there is an extra word.

Rearrange the sentence correctly and select the unnecessary extra word below.

ketchup after the hotdogs we bought some football match.

Three coordinates of a parallelogram are:

(1,1), (2,3) and (5,3)

What is the fourth coordinate?

Dan makes a design from 2 semicircles and a square with sides of 10 cm.

Calculate the perimeter of the shape.

What is 0.394 rounded to 2 significant figures?

9/20 is equivalent to:

What is the next number in this sequence?

17 25 17.5 24 18 22 18.5 19 19 __

What is the correct formula for the pattern?

Δ ΔΔΔ ΔΔΔΔΔ ΔΔΔΔΔΔΔ

Calculate the median of these values:

6  2  7  3  2  7  6  7  1  5

Six friends went to the cinema. The total cost for the tickets was £51.00.

How much did one ticket cost?

There are three red roses in every five roses. There are 30 roses in the bunch.

How many of them are red roses.

Choose the correct shape to complete the series.

The toyshop has leaflets advertising the release of a new x-player game next week.

They hand out 180 leaflets between 9 am and noon. At the end of the day the manager calculates that 420 leaflets were hand out in total.

How many leaflets were handed out between noon and the end of the day?

Choose the correct shape to complete the series.

If 7 toy cars cost £1.40, how much do 16 cars cost?

Children at Elmwood Primary School must bring their full PE kit to school every Monday. A full PE kit consists of:

A red t-shirt, a pair of navy blue shorts, 1 pair of plimsoles, 1 hoody and a blue drawstring bag.

What is the closest estimate to the total mass of a PE kit?

Choose the correct shape to complete the series.

The toy shop calculated that it sold 7 footballs for every five rugby balls. Last week it sold 140 footballs.

How many rugby balls did it sell?

Rohan lost 32 conkers during a competition.

If he began with 56 conkers what fraction of his original conkers does he have left?

Choose the correct shape to complete the series.

Kadeeja spent a total of £123.27. She handed over two £50 notes and three £10 notes. She realises that the person on the checkout has not given her enough change when she counts the change of £6.43.

How much extra change should she receive?

A recipe for a cake requires a mixture of flour and sugar in the ratio of 6:1.

If 500g of sugar is used, how much flour is needed?

Choose the correct shape to complete the series.

A girl scores 37 out of 40 in a history test.

What is her percentage score?

Which shape is the odd one out?

Evaluate 3 + 5 x 5

Which shape is the odd one out?

Select the set whose members each have only six factors.

Which shape is the odd one out?

Choose the pair of numbers which have a sum of 36, a product of 243 and a quotient of 3.

Which shape is the odd one out?

Which numbers between 1000 and 1050 are divisible by both 6 and 8?

Which shape is the odd one out?

Which shape or pattern on the right belongs to the one on the left?

Kadeeja buys the following items in the toy shop.

Four yoyos at 40p each, and twice as many spinning tops, which cost half the price of the yoyos.

How much change should Kadeeja receive if she pays with a £10 note?

Which shape or pattern on the right belongs to the one on the left?

Kadeeja buys some balloons and party poppers.

Balloons (B) and Party Poppers (P).

Use the following information to work out the price in pence of one balloon.

4B + 6P = 260 pence           5B = 6P = 280 pence

Which shape or pattern on the right belongs to the one on the left?

Bottles of fizzy pop are on offer.

The offer is “Buy 2 and get 1 free”.

How much less would each bottle of fizzy pop cost under the offer if 3 bottles are purchased?

Which shape or pattern on the right belongs to the one on the left?

Kadeeja arrived at the toy shop at quarter to 12 that morning. She is due to meet her friend for lunch at half-past one in the afternoon.

Her shopping takes her 55 minutes. Her friend arrives 5 minutes early.

How long did Kadeeja have to wait to meet her friend after completing her shopping?

Which shape or pattern on the right belongs to the one on the left?

The toy shop has a soft-play area measuring 80 metres long by 60 metres wide. It is covered in foam tiles measuring 50 cm by 50 cm.

How many tiles are needed to to cover the entire floor area with foam tiles?

Which shape or pattern on the right belongs to the one on the left?

At 1.20, five minutes before meeting her friend, Kadeeja receives a text message telling her some of her guests have just arrived at her house and she must get home quickly. She has been with her friend 15 minutes before she sees the message. Kadeeja leaves for home immediately.

Kadeeja has 20 km to travel and she drives at an average speed of 40 km/h.

If her friends texted her at the exact moment they arrived at her house, how long did her guests have to wait for her to get home?

Read the passage and select the most appropriate word to fill each gap.

Pirates

Read the passage and select the most appropriate word to fill each gap.

Anne Bonny