Number
13 free practice questions with explanations
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Number: example questions & answers
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What number comes after 19?
- A18
- B21
- C10
- D20✓
Answer: Counting on by one from 19 gives 20.
What is 6 + 7?
- A13✓
- B12
- C14
- D11
Answer: 6 + 7 = 13.
What is 15 − 8?
- A6
- B7✓
- C8
- D23
Answer: 15 − 8 = 7.
Which number is the largest: 47, 74, 17, 71?
- A71
- B17
- C74✓
- D47
Answer: 74 is the largest. Compare the tens digit first: 7 tens beats 4 tens and 1 ten; then 74 > 71.
What is 4 × 5?
- A15
- B9
- C20✓
- D25
Answer: 4 × 5 = 20 (four lots of five).
Share 12 sweets equally between 3 people. How many each?
- A3
- B4✓
- C6
- D9
Answer: 12 ÷ 3 = 4 sweets each.
Round 38 to the nearest 10.
- A35
- B30
- C50
- D40✓
Answer: 38 is closer to 40 than 30, so it rounds up to 40.
What is half of 20?
- A5
- B10✓
- C15
- D40
Answer: Half of 20 is 20 ÷ 2 = 10.
Write the number 'one hundred and five' in figures.
- A15
- B1005
- C150
- D105✓
Answer: One hundred and five is 105 (1 hundred, 0 tens, 5 units).
What is 25 + 30?
- A45
- B55✓
- C65
- D50
Answer: 25 + 30 = 55.
What is 1/2 of 8?
- A2
- B4✓
- C6
- D16
Answer: Half of 8 is 8 ÷ 2 = 4.
What is 1/4 of 20?
- A4
- B5✓
- C10
- D80
Answer: A quarter of 20 is 20 ÷ 4 = 5.
Put these in order, smallest first: 9, 3, 15, 6.
- A6, 3, 9, 15
- B15, 9, 6, 3
- C3, 6, 9, 15✓
- D3, 9, 6, 15
Answer: Smallest to largest: 3, 6, 9, 15.