Year 6 Maths reasoning (SATs) · Practice paper: reasoning · Lesson 9.3
Year 6 Maths reasoning (SATs): Feedback sheet and timing guide
Part of the Year 6 Maths reasoning (SATs) practice paper: reasoning chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
9.3
Feedback sheet and timing guide
Practice material. Do this without a calculator. This is practice in the style of the Year 6 maths reasoning test. It is not the official test, and no official test item is used. Marks and timings are a practice guide only.
Story. After you finish both papers, use the feedback sheet to find the items you got wrong. Each item names the statement it tests, so you know which chapter to revisit.
Timing guide
Practice guide only, not the official test. Allow about 45 minutes in total for both papers. Do not spend more than about 2 minutes on any single item; come back to it at the end.
Key ideas
- Mark your own paper using the solutions after each item.
- Note the statement for each item you got wrong, then revisit that chapter.
- Count your correct items, and aim to improve on your last attempt.
Worked example 9.3.1
Item A1 is wrong. What should you revise?
Method. Use the feedback sheet, which names the statement tested.
- Find the item. Look up A1 in the feedback table.A1
- Read the statement. The statement is place value.Place value (chapter 1)
- Revise. Go back to chapter 1 and practise place value.Chapter 1
- Write the answer. Place value (chapter 1)
Check. The feedback table names the chapter. ✓
Worked example 9.3.2
You got 4 items wrong in Paper A, and all of them are fractions. Which chapter should you revise?
Method. Look for the statement that the wrong items share.
- Find the pattern. All four items test fractions.fractions
- Name the chapter. Fractions are in chapter 2.Chapter 2
- Write the answer. Chapter 2
Check. Fractions are chapter 2. ✓
Worked example 9.3.3
An explain item has the answer "the sum is even". Is a reason needed?
Method. Explain items need a reason in words, not only a number.
- Check the question. The question says to explain.explain
- Decide. A bare answer does not show the reason, so a reason is needed.Yes
- Write the answer. Yes
Check. A reason is needed for an explain item. ✓
| Item | Statement it tests |
|---|---|
| A1 | Place value (chapter 1) |
| A2 | Rounding (chapter 1) |
| A3 | Negative numbers (chapter 1) |
| A4 | Order of operations (chapter 1) |
| A5 | Multi-step problems (chapter 1) |
| A6 | Comparing fractions (chapter 2) |
| A7 | Adding fractions (chapter 2) |
| A8 | Fractions of amounts (chapter 2) |
| A9 | Simplifying ratios (chapter 3) |
| A10 | Sharing in a ratio (chapter 3) |
| A11 | Unit method (chapter 3) |
| A12 | Best value (chapter 3) |
| A13 | Metric conversions (chapter 4) |
| A14 | Time and durations (chapter 4) |
| A15 | Area of a triangle (chapter 4) |
| A16 | Perimeter (chapter 4) |
| A17 | Angles at a point (chapter 5) |
| A18 | Angles in a triangle (chapter 5) |
| A19 | Classifying quadrilaterals (chapter 5) |
| A20 | Regular polygons (chapter 5) |
| A21 | Four quadrants (chapter 6) |
| A22 | Translation (chapter 6) |
| A23 | Reflection (chapter 6) |
| A24 | Linear sequences (chapter 7) |
| A25 | The nth term (chapter 7) |
| A26 | Solving equations (chapter 7) |
| A27 | Pairs with two unknowns (chapter 7) |
| A28 | Mean (chapter 8) |
| A29 | Median (chapter 8) |
| A30 | Pie charts (chapter 8) |
| A31 | Range (chapter 8) |
| A32 | Always, sometimes or never (chapter 1) |
| A33 | Equivalent fractions and decimals (chapter 2) |
| A34 | Is a term in a sequence? (chapter 7) |
| A35 | Angle types (chapter 5) |
| A36 | Same area, different perimeter (chapter 4) |
| A37 | Percentages (chapter 2) |
| A38 | Missing coordinates and centres (chapter 6) |
| A39 | Equations (chapter 7) |
| A40 | Substitution (chapter 7) |
| B1 | Place value (chapter 1) |
| B2 | Rounding (chapter 1) |
| B3 | Negative numbers (chapter 1) |
| B4 | Order of operations (chapter 1) |
| B5 | Factors and multi-step reasoning (chapter 1) |
| B6 | Fractions and decimals (chapter 2) |
| B7 | Adding mixed numbers (chapter 2) |
| B8 | Multiplying fractions (chapter 2) |
| B9 | Equivalent decimals and percentages (chapter 2) |
| B10 | Ratio (chapter 3) |
| B11 | Scale factor (chapter 3) |
| B12 | Sharing in a ratio (chapter 3) |
| B13 | Unit method (chapter 3) |
| B14 | Time (chapter 4) |
| B15 | Miles and kilometres (chapter 4) |
| B16 | Area of a parallelogram (chapter 4) |
| B17 | Same area, different perimeter (chapter 4) |
| B18 | Angles in a quadrilateral (chapter 5) |
| B19 | Angles in a triangle (chapter 5) |
| B20 | Classifying quadrilaterals (chapter 5) |
| B21 | Exterior angles (chapter 5) |
| B22 | Centre of a rectangle (chapter 6) |
| B23 | Reflection in x = k (chapter 6) |
| B24 | Compass turns (chapter 6) |
| B25 | Is a term in a sequence? (chapter 7) |
| B26 | Solving equations (chapter 7) |
| B27 | Substitution (chapter 7) |
| B28 | Pairs with two unknowns (chapter 7) |
| B29 | Missing value from a mean (chapter 8) |
| B30 | Median (chapter 8) |
| B31 | Line graphs (chapter 8) |
| B32 | Valid conclusions from graphs (chapter 8) |
| B33 | Multi-step money problems (chapter 1) |
| B34 | Fractions of measures (chapter 4) |
| B35 | Comparing fractions and percentages (chapter 2) |
| B36 | Regular polygons (chapter 5) |
| B37 | Isosceles triangles (chapter 5) |
| B38 | Reflection then translation (chapter 6) |
| B39 | Metric conversions (chapter 4) |
| B40 | Equivalent fractions and decimals (chapter 2) |