Audio test 2 About this workbook
Questions split into three levels of increasing difficulty –Challenge 1, Challenge 2 and Challenge 3 – to aid progress.
‘How am I doing?’ checks for self-evaluation.
Starter test recaps skills covered in Year 1 and Year 2.
Four progress tests allow children to test how well they have remembered the information.
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QR codes link to online interactive quizzes for extra practice.
Handy tips included.
Total marks boxes for each topic.
Progress test charts to record results and identify which areas need further practice.
Answers are included at the back of the book.
Author: Sarah-Anne Fernandes
Audio test 2 Contents
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Multiplication and division facts
Challenge 1
1 Write two multiplication and two division facts for each array.
2 Complete these multiplication grids.
Challenge 2
1 Write two multiplication and two division facts for each set of three numbers.
Challenge 3
1 Complete these multiplication grids.
2 Use the multiplication facts you know to solve these calculations.
Fraction problems
Challenge 1
1 8 children in Year 3 have pets. 1 2 have dogs, 1 4 have cats and the rest have a hamster.
Complete this table to show how many children have each pet.
Pet Dogs
Number
Cats Hamsters
2 Savanna is running a charity race. It is 10 km long. She has run half of the race.
a) How far has Savanna run? km
b) What fraction of the race does she still have to run?
Challenge 2
1 Daniel has a packet of 12 sweets.
a) Colour Daniel’s sweets so that 1 4 are red, 1 4 are yellow, 1 4 are blue and 1 4 are green.
b) Daniel gives away 1 3 of his sweets. How many does he have left?
2 Aiden, Xavi and Ethan have some coins.
a) Write the total amount each boy has.
Aiden Xavi Ethan
Total = Total = Total =
b) Circle true or false for each of these statements.
i) Xavi has 1 4 of the amount that Ethan has. True / False
ii) Ethan has 1 2 of the amount that Aiden has. True / False
iii) Xavi has 1 10 of the amount that Aiden has. True / False
iv) Xavi has 1 8 of the amount that Aiden has. True / False
Challenge 3
1 Ezra prepares orange squash with 1 4 squash and 3 4 water.
Complete this table for different volumes of squash.
Orange squash
2 a) Rosie is one fifth of her dad’s age. Her dad is 35. How old is Rosie?
b) Rosie is one quarter of her mum’s age. How old is her mum?
c) Rosie’s dad is half Rosie’s grandad’s age. How old is Rosie’s grandad?
Progress test 3
1. Put these sets of measures in order from smallest to largest.
2. Colour half of each shape and write the equivalent fraction below.
3. Write the time shown on these analogue clocks in words.
4. What is the smallest number of coins that you could use to pay for these amounts?
Write the coins in the table.
£1 and 6p
83p
19p
44p
5. Each day from Monday to Friday, Reception class receives 30 pieces of fruit. Circle the calculation that tells you how many pieces of fruit the class receives in a week.
6. Asa goes to bed at 8 o’clock and wakes up at half past 7.
His older sister goes to bed at half past 9 and wakes up at 8 o’clock.
How much more sleep does Asa get than his sister?
7. Draw a rectangle that has a perimeter of 12 cm.