NAPLAN-style Numeracy Practice Test 1 (Year 5) — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 number practice test.
Year 5 · Mathematics · Number
NAPLAN-style Numeracy Practice Test 1 (Year 5) — Answers
Part A — Place Value
Answer: 6,000
The 6 is in the thousands place.
Answer: 600,000 + 60,000 + 3,000 + 300 + 90 + 9
Answer: <
Compare the digits from the left: 291,150 is less than 516,498.
Part B — Multiplication
Answer: 1666
- 17 × 8 = 136
- 17 × 90 = 1530
- 136 + 1530 = 1666
Answer: 5840
- 80 × 3 = 240
- 80 × 70 = 5600
- 240 + 5600 = 5840
Answer: 2926
- 38 × 7 = 266
- 38 × 70 = 2660
- 266 + 2660 = 2926
Part C — Division
Answer: 23 remainder 8
- 13 × 23 = 299
- 307 − 299 = 8 remainder
Answer: 17
- 25 × 17 = 425
- 425 − 425 = 0, so it divides exactly
Answer: 19
- 18 × 19 = 342
- 342 − 342 = 0, so it divides exactly
Part D — Equivalent Fractions
Answer: 4
- 2 × 4 = 8, so multiply the numerator by 4 too
- 1 × 4 = 4
Answer: 4
- 4 × 4 = 16, so multiply the numerator by 4 too
- 1 × 4 = 4
Answer: 25
- 3 × 5 = 15, so multiply the denominator by 5 too
- 5 × 5 = 25
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- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 4: .
Part E — Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Answer: <
- Common denominator 9: = and =
- 3 < 6
Answer: <
- Common denominator 9: = and =
- 3 < 8
Answer: <
- Common denominator 15: = and =
- 6 < 10
Part F — Decimal Place Value
Answer: 6 hundredths (0.06)
Answer: 8 hundredths (0.08)
Answer: >
Line up the decimal points and compare digit by digit from the left.
Part G — Area and Perimeter
Answer: 26 cm
- P = 2 × (11 + 2)
- = 2 × 13 = 26 cm
Answer: 120 m2
- A = length × width = 12 × 10
- = 120 m2
Answer: 60 mm2
- A = length × width = 5 × 12
- = 60 mm2
Part H — Angles
Answer: -10°
- Angles in a triangle add to 180°
- 180 − 97 − 93 = -10
Answer: x = 65
- Angles on a straight line add to 180°
- x = 180 − 115 = 65
Part I — Probability
Answer:
- Favourable outcomes: 3 out of 6
Answer:
- Favourable outcomes: 2 out of 6
Part J — Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Answer: 11 full bags, 2 left over
- 79 ÷ 7 = 11 remainder 2
Answer: 72 pencils
- 9 × 8 = 72
Answer: 5 lollies each
- 20 ÷ 4 = 5
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