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Year 6 arithmetic test

Year 6 arithmetic test

36 questions in 30 minutes

36 questions (40 marks) in 30 minutes. Type each answer; fractions like 3/4 or 2 1/2 and decimals both work. New questions every time.

Your result

36 questions in 30 minutes. 40 marks, as on the real paper: long multiplication and long division are worth 2 each. New questions every time.

The Year 6 arithmetic paper is 40 marks in 30 minutes; this free test matches it with 36 new questions every time, marked as soon as you finish.

Questions people ask

How many marks is the Year 6 arithmetic paper?

40 marks in 30 minutes.

Which questions are worth 2 marks?

Long multiplication and long division. A child can get 1 mark for a correct formal method with a slip in the answer.

Can children use a calculator?

No. Every question is worked out on paper.

Is this a past paper?

No. Every question is made fresh for each test, so your child can take it again and get new questions.

What should my child practise first?

The topic at the top of the results: the one with the most wrong answers in this test. Each wrong answer shows a line of working to go through together.

How we work this out

What it does

36 questions, 40 marks, 30 minutes, like the SATs arithmetic paper.

Year 6 arithmetic: the four operations with whole numbers and decimals, order of operations, squares and cubes, fractions and percentages.

Method

  1. 36 questions in 30 minutes, easier ones first: 32 worth 1 mark and 4 long multiplication or long division questions worth 2, for 40 marks.
  2. Each answer is marked exactly: 1/2, 2/4 and 0.5 all count when the value is right.
  3. Every wrong answer shows the right one and a line of working.