For: Year 5 and Year 6 | Exams: KS2 SATs, grammar-school 11+ (GL and CEM style) and independent-school 11+ | Calculator: not allowed
11+ maths is KS2 maths pushed harder. These pages use one ramp for both exams: each topic starts with SATs-style arithmetic and climbs to the hardest selective 11+ questions. Every level has a worked example, a common mistake to avoid and 10 practice questions with answers.
📶 HOW THE LEVELS WORK
Level 1 – SATs core: the arithmetic in SATs Paper 1.
Level 2 – SATs stretch: the harder reasoning questions in SATs Papers 2 and 3.
Level 3 – 11+ standard: multi-step word problems, typical of grammar-school papers.
Level 4 – 11+ selective: working backwards and unfamiliar problems, typical of independent-school papers.
For SATs, aim to be secure at Levels 1 and 2. For the 11+, work up to Level 3 or 4 depending on the school.
🖨️ Prefer paper? Printable maths booklets
Daily Maths Workout (£15): 365 days of 5 mixed questions, 10 minutes a day. Topic Practice (£12.99): 160 ramped questions across all 16 topics. Both are new questions, not the ones on these pages, with full answer booklets and column methods.
See the booklets → · Free samples: Daily Workout · Topic Practice
Topics
Number
- Place Value, Rounding and Negative Numbers: digit values, ×/÷ by 10, 100 and 1000, rounding, temperature problems and Roman numerals
- Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division: column methods, long multiplication and division, BIDMAS, remainders and missing digits
- Factors, Multiples and Primes: square and cube numbers, prime factors, HCF and LCM problems and divisibility puzzles
- Fractions: adding and subtracting, fractions of amounts, mixed numbers, multi-step problems and working backwards
- Decimals and Percentages: decimal arithmetic, percentages of amounts, converting, best buys, percentage change and reverse percentages
Ratio and algebra
- Ratio and Proportion: simplifying, scaling recipes, sharing in a ratio, map scales, best value and changing ratios
- Algebra: missing numbers, formulae, equations, sequences, symbol puzzles and working backwards
Measurement and geometry
- Units, Money and Time: metric and imperial conversions, money, timetables, reading scales, slow clocks and time zones
- Area, Perimeter and Volume: rectangles, triangles, compound shapes, cuboids, filling tanks and cube puzzles
- Angles: angles on lines and at points, triangles, quadrilaterals, regular polygons and clock angles
- Properties of Shapes: 2D and 3D shapes, faces, edges and vertices, symmetry, nets and counting hidden shapes
- Coordinates and Transformations: plotting points in four quadrants, translations, reflections, areas on a grid and mirror lines
- Speed, Distance and Time (11+ only): journeys, average speed, distance–time graphs, meeting and catching up
Statistics and probability
- Statistics, Charts and Averages: tables, pictograms, bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, mean, median, mode and range
- Probability (11+ only): probability words and scales, spinners, dice, listing outcomes and fair games
Reasoning
- Problem Solving and Number Puzzles: working systematically, logic clues, magic squares, working backwards and selective-school puzzles
How to use these pages
- Read the worked example for a level before trying its questions.
- Write your working down, even for quick questions. Most marks are lost to small slips.
- Check each answer by opening it, then move up a level once you get 8 out of 10 right.
Looking for English? See the 11+ and KS2 SATs grammar, punctuation and spelling topics.
All questions are original and written in the style of KS2 SATs and 11+ papers. They are not taken from any exam board’s papers.