KS2 Maths reasoning (SATs) textbook

Chapter 9: Practice paper: reasoning

  • Strand Practice paper
  • Level Year 6
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

KS2 SATs practice for reasoning (Year 6). Original questions in the style of the national tests. Content: A full practice paper in the mixed style of the Year 6 reasoning test, drawn from chapters 1 to 8 (Year 5-6), Items rise in difficulty and use multi-part, show-your-working, explain, tick and complete answer types (Year 5-6), A feedback sheet names the statement each item tests (Year 5-6), A timing guide of 45 minutes, marked as a practice guide only (Year 5-6).

Open Year 6 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Work through a practice paper without a calculator
  • Show working and give a reason for each explain item
  • Use the feedback sheet to find the statements to revise
  • Check each answer against the solution and mark your own paper

You should already know

  • Chapters 1 to 8 of this book

Where this leads

  • Revisit any chapter whose feedback items you missed

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 9.1 Paper A
  2. 9.2 Paper B
  3. 9.3 Feedback sheet and timing guide
  4. Summary and key words
  5. Check-up and practice test questions

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes every past KS2 test, with mark schemes, for free.

KS2 Maths reasoning (SATs) past papers