11+ GL Mathematics

Paper 1
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Question Answer
1 B 11 minutes
The bus leaving Wales Farm at 13:10 reaches
Willesden at 13:21. This is 11 minutes.

2 D 20%
2/10 = 20/100 = 20%.

3 D 45 litres
Using the graph, 5 gallons = 22.5 litres. So, 10
gallons = 45 litres.

4 B £36
Normal cost = 8 x 5 = £40
10% of £40 = £4.
40 – 4 = £36

5 D 135o
This is an obtuse angle. 135o is the only obtuse
angle in the list.

6 E 15
90 ÷ 6 = 15

7 A 11 mins
Calculate the mean.
15 + 7 + 12 + 11 + 10 = 55 minutes in total
55 ÷ 5 = 11 mins on average.

8 C £3.50
250 is 2.5 times greater than 100.
2.5 x 1.4 = 3.50.

9 C 0.032
Move the decimal 3 places to the left.

10 D 150 years
In 1800 the population was 10 million.
In 1950 the population was 45 million.
1950 – 1800 = 150 years.

11 E 63
72 ÷ 8 = 9 marbles are taken out.
72 – 9 = 63 marbles left.

12 D 7608
13 D They are all square numbers

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4 = 22
81 = 92
144 = 122

14 A 177 cm
153 + 24 = 177 cm

15 B 4.55 litres
7 x 650 = 4500 ml
4550 ÷ 1000 = 4.55 L

16 E 64
17 A 21
3 parts red apples + 1 part green apples = 4 parts in
total.
28 ÷ 4 = 7 🡨 1 part
7 x 3 = 21 red apples.

18 C 175
10% = 250 ÷ 10 = 25
25 x 7 = 175

19 D 20
The lowest common multiple of 5 and 4 is 20.

20 C 1275
21 D 8.75
Both inputs are 10 times smaller so the output must
be 100 times smaller when multiplying.

22 B 35 boxes

23 B 4 hours
Rain covers one third of the pie chart.
12 ÷ 3 = 4 hours.

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24 A 33
33 x 100 = 3300.
So, 33 x 99 will simply be 33 less than 3300.

25 B 8 children
20 children took the bus which is 5 blocks.
Each block is 20 ÷ 5 = 4 children.
The difference between bicycle and car is 2 blocks
which is 8 children.

26 D 4.5 kg
5 x 3.7 = 18.5
4 x 3.5 = 14
18.5 – 14 = 4.5 kg

27 B 25%
One quarter of the circle is shaded. This is 25%.

28 B 8071
29 C 50 ships
Dock A has 3 x 20 = 60 ships.
Dock C has 20 ÷ 2 = 10 ships.
60 – 10 = 50 ships.

30 A 3 thousands
31 C (6 , 3)
32 D 96
The number doubles every term. 48 x 2 = 96.

33 C 2948
3048 – 100 = 2948

34 C 30 sweets
3 5
1– 8
= 8
sweets left.
48 ÷ 8 x 5 = 30 sweets left.

35 D 18 numbers
The numbers you can make are:
333, 335, 343, 345, 353, 355, 433, 435, 443, 445,
453, 455, 533, 535, 543, 545, 553, 545.
18 numbers.

36 E 10 hours
Watching TV = 7 hours
Reading = 3 hours
7 + 3 = 10 hours

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37 B 20 weeks
35 ÷ 2 = 17.5
So, 35 ÷ 20 = 1.75

38 D 8 squares
Area of small square = 2 x 2 = 4 cm2
Area of large rectangle = 8 x 4 = 32 cm2
32 ÷4 = 8 squares will fit.

39 B 20 cm
Centre of the circle to the circumference is the
radius. The radius is half of the diameter.
Radius = 40 ÷ 2 = 20 cm

40 B (2 , -5)
Reflection in the y-axis would move x to (2 , 5)
Then, reflection in the x-axis would move x to
(2 , -5)

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