1. Year 2 Block 1 Assessment Paper 1 (Answers after each question)

2. Mental Maths Questions
Mental Question
Mental Maths Questions
The first 7 questions in this assessment are to be given orally to the whole class/group.

3. Write the number which is 1 more than 8.
Question 1
Write the number which is 1 more than 8.

4. Answer 9

5. What comes next in this number sequence-
Question 2
What comes next in this number sequence- ?

6. Answer 7

7. Question 3
Peter had 4 cherries and 2 apples. How many pieces of fruit did he have all together?

8. Answer 6

9. Question 4
Look at the shapes on your page. Put a tick next to the shape that has 4 corners.

10. Answer
Tick next to rectangle

11. What number am I thinking of?
Question 5
I’m thinking of a number. When I add 6 to it the total is 10.
What number am I thinking of?

12. Answer 4

13. What comes next in this number sequence?
Question 6
What comes next in this number sequence? ?

14. Answer 11

15. Write a number between 18 and 25.
Question 7
Write a number between 18 and 25.

16. Answer
19,20,21,22,23,or 24

17. Written test

18. Write number forty seven in figures.
Question 8
Write number forty seven in figures.
Write number 63 in words.

19. Answer 47
sixty three

20. Put these weights in order. Begin with the smallest
Question 8
Put these weights in order. Begin with the smallest

21. Answer
38g 45g 54g 79g 83g 97g

22. Question 10

23. Answer
Thirty four
ninety six
seventy three

24. Put a ring around the odd numbers.
Question 11
Put a ring around the odd numbers.

25. Answer
29, 33, 27

26. Question 12
Use 2, 8 and 10 and the signs +, - and =. Make 3 more number sentences.

27. Answer
8+2=10
10-8=2
10-2=8

28. Question 13
What is the total of
20, 60 and 10?

29. Answer 90

30. Which is heavier 12 grams or 21 grams?
Question 14
Which is heavier 12 grams or 21 grams?

31. Answer
21g

32. A packet of sausages weighs 28 grams A packet of bacon weighs 48 grams
Question 15
A packet of sausages
weighs 28 grams
A packet of bacon
weighs 48 grams
Which is lighter?
How much lighter?

33. A packet of sausages is lighter
Answer
A packet of sausages is lighter
It is 20 g lighter.

34. Match these shapes to their names.
Question 16
Match these shapes to their names.

35. Answer

36. Draw a shape that has 5 sides and 5 corners.
Question 17
Draw a shape that has 5 sides and 5 corners.

37. Any reg/irregular pentagon
Answer
Any reg/irregular pentagon

38. How many oranges have I left?
Question 18
If I have 40 oranges and I give 20 of them away.
How many oranges have I left?

39. Answer
20 oranges

40. Janet has 15p. Andrew has double that amount.
Question 19
Janet has 15p. Andrew has double that amount.
How much
has he got?

41. Answer
30p

42. There are 8 people on the bus. 7 more get on.
Question 20
There are 8 people on the bus. 7 more get on.
How many people on the bus?

43. Answer
15 people

44. 10 apples weigh 80 grams. How much does 1 apple weigh?
Question 21
10 apples weigh 80 grams. How much does 1 apple weigh?

45. Answer 8g

46. A dog weighs 20 kilograms more than the cat.
Question 22
A cat weighs 19 kilograms
A dog weighs 20 kilograms more than the cat.
How much does the dog weigh?

47. Answer
39kg

48. Put a ring around the numbers that are multiples of 2.
Question 23
Put a ring around the numbers that are multiples of 2.

49. Answer

50. Question 24

51. Answer 18

52. Question 25

53. Answer 22

54. Fill in the missing numbers.
Question 26
Fill in the missing numbers.

55. Answer
= 20
19=

56. Answers

57. Answers

58. Level

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60. Print Out Mental Maths Paper

61. Thank You References and additional resources.
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