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Year 6
SATs Paper Worked Examples | Paper 3: Reasoning
Name: .................................................. Class: ..................................................
School: ................................................ Score: .................................................
Instructions
This SATs reasoning paper has already been completed by a child, but
they’re not sure they’ve got all the answers correct.
Check each question carefully to see if the answers are correct or

incorrect.
Where the answers are incorrect, explain the mistake and find the correct
answer.
Where the answers are correct, evaluate the method that has been used.
Has the child used the most efficient method to solve the calculation?
Which method would you use?
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1 465 + 140 = 605

1 mark
2a An evening temperature in Stockholm is -9 C. If it falls by 7 degrees, what will

the new temperature be?
-16 C
1 mark
2b This table shows the average temperatures of five cities in January:
City Average temperature

Barcelona 8.9 C
Innsbruck -2 C
London 4.3 C
Moscow -8 C
Prague -1 C
What is the difference between the lowest and highest temperatures?
16.9 C
1 mark

3 Samir has a watch that shows analogue time. This is how his watch shows 20
minutes to 9 in the evening:
11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5
Anna has a digital watch that shows the time using the 24-hour clock. What
does her watch show at 20 minutes to 9 in the evening?
08 : 40
1 mark
4 Find the values of a and b,
if 7a – 4b = 2 and 2a + 5b = 19
a= 2
1 mark
b= 3
1 mark
5 Write these numbers in order from smallest to largest:
21.54 21.398 21.045 21.504
21.54 21.045 21.398 21.504

smallest largest
1 mark

6 Jake lived in London and was travelling 530.4 kilometres to Scotland for his
holiday. He drove 205.72 kilometres, then he stopped for a break.
After another 135.6 kilometres he needed to stop for fuel. How much further
does he still need to travel to reach his holiday destination?
2 0 5 .7 2
+ 1 3 4. 6
3 4 1 .3 2
1 1
km
2 marks
7 Here are 5 shapes, labelled A - E:
B C D E
A
Write the letter for each shape in the correct place on the Venn diagram.
One has been done for you.
At least one At least one line

obtuse angle of symmetry
D
E
C
B
A
2 marks

8 Calculate the value of and
+ + = 10.5
+ + = 7.7
+ (3 x ) = 7.2
= 2.1
1 mark
= 1.7
1 mark
9 Here is part of a train timetable:
Runford 09:17 10:10 11:12 12:00

Telham 09:24 10:19 11:22 12:11
Serbridge 09:46 10:34 11:47 12:35
Colshore 09:57 10:54 11:56 12:49
Polmouth 10:05 11:01 12:02 12:58
How long does it take the 09:17 train to travel from Serbridge to Polmouth?
41 minutes
1 mark
The 10:10 train from Runford takes 24 minutes to travel from Telham to
Serbridge. Fill in the missing time on the timetable.
1 mark

10 Tick ( ) the two rectangles that have the same area.
Diagrams have not been drawn to scale.

5cm 0.1m 1m 2m
9cm ✓ 5cm ✓ 0.5cm 0.3m
1 mark
11 The storeroom at a supermarket has:
12 cases of salt and vinegar flavour crisps
8 cases of cheese and onion flavour crisps
Each case contains 6 boxes of crisps.
Each box contains 24 packets of crisps.
How many packets of crisps are there in total?
1 2 x 8 = 9 6 5 7 6
x 2 4
9 6 2 3 3 20 4
x 6 1 1 1 15 2 0
5 7 6 1 3 8 2 4
3
2 marks

12 The rectangle has been translated from position A to position B.
Tick the correct statement:
a) The rectangle has moved 1 square to the right and 3 squares down.
b) The rectangle has moved 1 square to the right and 5 squares down.
c) The rectangle has moved 5 squares to the right and 3 squares down.
d) The rectangle has moved 6 squares to the right and 5 squares down. ✓
1 mark

13 Write 94 as a mixed number 1 and 3

4
1 mark
6 = 1
10 5 1 mark
14 Complete each statement:
There are 180 centimetres in 1.8m
There are 560 metres in 0.056km
0.34 centimetres make 34mm
2 marks
15 Round each number in the table to the nearest 100 and to the nearest 10,000.
Number Rounded to nearest 100 Rounded to nearest 10,000

45,198 45,200 55,198
172,057 172,157 182,057
2 marks

16 This is a recipe for making 24 biscuits:
200g butter 200g sugar 2 eggs 550g flour
Sunil uses 5 eggs to make his biscuit dough. How many biscuits does he
make?
60
1 mark
How much flour would he need to use to make 18 biscuits?
412.5 g
1 mark
17 The areas of the parallelogram and triangle are the same.
The diagrams have not been drawn to scale.
7cm
3cm h cm
7cm
Calculate the height (h) of the triangle
h= 3 cm
1 mark

18 Tick all the shapes that have all of these properties:
Are quadrilaterals
Have diagonals that are of equal length
Have opposite sides that are of equal length
✓ ✓
2 marks
19 Here are 5 digit cards:
5 3 9 2 6
Use all five cards to make a number that would round to 20,000 when
rounded to the nearest 10,000
23,569
1 mark
Use any of the cards to make the smallest 3-digit number that would round to
260 when rounded to the nearest 10
256
1 mark

20 Cara had £8,000 in her savings account. Each year the value of the savings
increases by 2.5%.
How much money will Cara have in her savings account after 2 years?
25% of £8,000 = £8,000 ÷ 4 = £2,000

2.5% = £2,000 ÷ 10 = £200
£8,000 + £200 + £200 = £8,400
£ 8,400
2 marks
21 If 4,410 ÷ 18 = 245, explain how you know what 246 x 18 is.
You can add 18
to the answer of
245 x 18
1 mark

SATs Paper Worked Examples | Paper 3: Reasoning | Answers
Answers
Question
Question Answer/ Explanation
Number
1 Correct
465 + 140 = 605
2a An evening temperature in Correct
Stockholm is -9o C. If it falls by 7
degrees, what will the new
temperature be?
-16
2b This table shows the average Correct
temperatures of five cities in
January:
What is the difference between the
lowest and highest temperatures?
16.9
3 Samir has a watch that shows Incorrect. The answer hasn’t been
analogue time. This is how his given in 24h clock (or it has, but is
watch shows 20 minutes to 9 in the in the morning instead of the
evening:
evening).
Anna has a digital watch that shows Correct answer: 20:40
the time using the 24-hour clock.
What does her watch show at 20
minutes to 9 in the evening?
08:40
4 F ind the values of a and b ,

Correct
if 7 a– b
4 = 2 and 2a b
+ 5 = 1 9
a = 2, b = 3
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Question
Number
5 Write these numbers in order from Incorrect. The answer with the
smallest to largest:
fewest decimal places has been
21.54
incorrectly placed as the smallest,
21.398
rather than looking at the place
21.045
values after the decimal point.
21.504
Correct answer: 21.045, 21.398,
21.504, 21.54
21.54, 21.045, 21.398, 21.504
6 Jake lived in London and was Incorrect. The two distances have
travelling 530.4 kilometres to been added together, but not
Scotland for his holiday. He drove subtracted from the total distance
205.72 kilometres, then he stopped to calculate how much further Jake
for a break. After another 135.6 needs to travel.
kilometres he needed to stop for Correct answer: 189.08km
fuel. How much further does he still
need to travel to reach his holiday
destination?
2 0 5 .7 2
+ 1 3 4. 6
3 4 1 .3 2
1 1
7 Here are 5 shapes, labelled A -E:
Correct
Write the letter for each shape in
the correct place on the Venn

diagram. One has been done for
you .
At least one At least one line
obtuse angle f symmetry

o
D
E
C
B
A
8 Calculate the value of the sun and Correct

the star.
s un = 2.1, star = 1.7

Question
Number
9 Here is part of a train timetable:

Incorrect. The minutes of both
How long does it take the 09:17 times have been swapped over to
train to travel from Serbridge to calculate :05 to :46.
Polmouth?
Correct answer: 19 minutes
41 minutes
Incorrect. The time has been
calculated from Runford instead.
The 10:10 train from Runford takes

Correct answer: 10:43
24 minutes to travel from Telham to
Serbridge. Fill in the missing time
on the timetable. 10:34
10 Tick the two rectangles that have Correct
the same area.
Diagrams have not been drawn to
scale.
5cm 0.1m 1m
2m
9cm 5cm ✓ 0.5cm 0.3m
2nd and 3rd shapes ticked
11 The storeroom at a supermarket Incorrect. All 4 numbers have been

has:
multiplied together instead of just
12 cases of salt and vinegar flavour the 3 (12 or 8 x 6 x 24) and added
crisps8 cases of cheese and onion to the other multiplication (8 or 12
flavour crisps Each case contains 6 x 6 x 24).
boxes of crisps. Each box contains Correct answer: 2,880
24 packets of crisps. How many
packets of crisps are there in total?
12 x 8 = 96
5 7 6
9 6 x 2 4
x 6 2 3 20 4
5 7 6
3
1 1 5 2 0
8 2
1 1
3
1 3 4

Question
Number
12 The rectangle has been translated Correct
from position A to position B.
Tick the correct statement:
a) The rectangle has moved 1
square to the right and 3 squares
down.
b) The rectangle has moved 1
square to the right and 5 squares
down.
c) The rectangle has moved 5
squares to the right and 3 squares
down.
d) T he rectangle has moved 6
squares to the right and 5 squares
down.
9
13 Write as a mixed number.
Incorrect. The same digits have

4
been taken and written into a
1 and 3
4
mixed number.
6 = 1 Correct answer: 2
10 5 4
Incorrect. 5 looks like it has been
subtracted from the denominator
(rather than it being divided by 2),
so it has also been subtracted from
the numerator.
3
Correct answer:
5
14 Complete each statement:
Incorrect (apart from the fi

rst
answer). Each number has
wrongly been either divided or

There are 180 centimetres in 1.8m
multiplied by the wrong power of
10.
Correct answers: ( 80 ,
1 ) 56 , ,
3.4
8,900
0.34 centimetres make 34mm

Question
Number
15 Round each number in the table to Incorrect. The digit in the place
the nearest 100 and to the nearest value column itself has been
10,000.
‘correctly’ rounded (e.g. for 45,198,
it has been identified that the 4 in
Number Rounded to nearest 100 Rounded to nearest 10,000 the 10,000 column should become
45,198 45,200 , 98
55 1 a 5), but the rest of the digits have
172,057 1 7, 7
2 15 1 8 ,0 7
2 5
stayed the same instead of
becoming zeros.
Correct answers:
Number Rounded to nearest 100 Rounded to nearest 10,000

45,198 45,200 5 0,000
172,057 1 7 , 00
2 1 1 70,000
16 This is a recipe for making 24 Correct
biscuits:
200g butter 200g sugar 2 eggs
550g flour
Sunil uses 5 eggs to make his
biscuit dough.
How many biscuits does he make?
60
How much flour would he need to
use to make 18 biscuits? 412.5g
17 The areas of the parallelogram and Incorrect. The perpendicular height
triangle are the same.

of the triangle should be double
The diagrams have not been drawn the perpendicular height of the
to scale.
parallelogram as, when calculating
the area, we have to multiply the
Calculate the height (h) of the perpendicular height and width
triangle
together and then divide by 2.
3cm
Correct answer :6 m
c

Question
Number
18 Tick all the shapes that have all of Correct
these properties:
Are quadrilaterals
Have diagonals that are of equal
length
Have opposite sides that are of
equal length
✓ ✓
Square and rectangle ticked
19 Here are 5 digit cards:

Correct
5, 3, 9, 2, 6
Use all five cards to make a number
that would round to 20,000 when
rounded to the nearest 10,000
23,569
Use any of the cards to make the
smallest 3-digit number that would
round to 260 when rounded to the
nearest 10
256
20 Cara had £8,000 in her savings Incorrect. 2.5% of £8,000 has been
account. Each year the value of the correctly calculated, but this has
savings increases by 2.5%.

been added twice ( for each year )
How much money will Cara have in rather than recalculating 2.5% of
her savings account after 2 years?
£8200 ( as this will be the new
amount after one year of interest .

)
Workings
Co ct a
rre nswer: £8,40 5
25% of £8,000 = £8,000 ÷ 4 = £2,000
2.5% = £2,000 ÷ 10 = £200
£8,000 + £200 + £200 = £8,400
Answer: £8,400

Question
Number
21 If 4,410 ÷ 18 = 245, explain how Correct
you know what 246 x 18 is.
You can add 18 to the answer of
245 x 18

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THIRD SPACE

A completed SATs reasoning

paper for pupils to check.

Name: .................................................. Class: ..................................................

School: ................................................ Score: .................................................

Check each question carefully to see if the answers are correct or

© Third Space Learning 2023. You may photocopy this page. 1

1 465 + 140 = 605

2a An evening temperature in Stockholm is -9 C. If it falls by 7 degrees, what will

2b This table shows the average temperatures of five cities in January:

City Average temperature

What is the difference between the lowest and highest temperatures?

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4 Find the values of a and b,

5 Write these numbers in order from smallest to largest:

21.54 21.398 21.045 21.504

21.54 21.045 21.398 21.504

© Third Space Learning 2023. You may photocopy this page. 3

7 Here are 5 shapes, labelled A - E:

One has been done for you.

At least one At least one line

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8 Calculate the value of and

9 Here is part of a train timetable:

Runford 09:17 10:10 11:12 12:00

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10 Tick ( ) the two rectangles that have the same area.

Diagrams have not been drawn to scale.

11 The storeroom at a supermarket has:

12 cases of salt and vinegar flavour crisps

8 cases of cheese and onion flavour crisps

Each case contains 6 boxes of crisps.

Each box contains 24 packets of crisps.

How many packets of crisps are there in total?

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12 The rectangle has been translated from position A to position B.

Tick the correct statement:

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13 Write 94 as a mixed number 1 and 3

14 Complete each statement:

There are 180 centimetres in 1.8m

There are 560 metres in 0.056km

0.34 centimetres make 34mm

There are 890 metres in 8.9km

One has been done for you.

Number Rounded to nearest 100 Rounded to nearest 10,000

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16 This is a recipe for making 24 biscuits:

200g butter 200g sugar 2 eggs 550g flour

How much flour would he need to use to make 18 biscuits?

17 The areas of the parallelogram and triangle are the same.

The diagrams have not been drawn to scale.

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18 Tick all the shapes that have all of these properties:

Have diagonals that are of equal length

Have opposite sides that are of equal length

19 Here are 5 digit cards:

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25% of £8,000 = £8,000 ÷ 4 = £2,000

21 If 4,410 ÷ 18 = 245, explain how you know what 246 x 18 is.

You can add 18

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2a An evening temperature in Correct

Stockholm is -9o C. If it falls by 7