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2023 SATs maths Paper 1: arithmetic

30 minutes, 40 marks, 36 questions. This is the KS2 paper Year 6 sat in May 2023.

For a grown-up to set

Marked against the official 2023 mark scheme when you finish.

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Before you start

  • Have a pencil and some paper ready for working out. There is no calculator in this paper.
  • Every question is a calculation. Type the answer in the box under it. Fractions can be typed like 3/4 or 1 3/4.
  • Two-mark questions ask you to show your method. Do it on paper and keep it: a grown-up can give a mark for the method if the answer is wrong.
  • The clock cannot be paused. When it reaches zero the paper is handed in with the answers you have given, so keep an eye on it, or ask a grown-up to.

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How this paper is marked

Answers with one right form are marked for you; answers you draw or explain are shown beside the official mark scheme for you or a grown-up to mark.

  • 35 of the 36 answers are marked by the site the moment the paper is handed in. If one is written in a way the site cannot be sure about, it goes to the grown-up with the mark scheme.
  • 1 answer is drawn, written into a sentence or explained, so a grown-up marks it.
  • 4 questions can earn a mark for the method even when the answer is wrong. A grown-up decides that from the working.

A paper on its own has no scaled score. The scaled score needs all 3 maths papers for 2023, added together and converted with the official 2023 table.

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What is in the 2023 maths Paper 1: arithmetic

36 questions and 40 marks. 32 are worth one mark and 4 are worth two marks.

What it tests

The areas the official mark scheme gives for each question. A question can cover more than one area, so the numbers can add up to more than 36.

  • Number and place value1 question
  • Calculations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division19 questions
  • Fractions, decimals and percentages14 questions
  • Ratio and proportion3 questions

In 2023, 56 out of 110 across the 3 maths papers was the mark needed for a scaled score of 100, the expected standard. Work out a scaled score

The official 2023 files

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