Year 5 NAPLAN numeracy practice

What the section covers

Number

Place value, counting patterns, the four operations, fractions of a shape or a group.

Algebra

Continuing a pattern, finding the missing term, describing the rule behind a sequence.

Measurement

Length, mass, capacity and time — reading scales and clocks, comparing, choosing sensible units.

Space and geometry

Naming 2D shapes and 3D objects by their properties, symmetry, position and direction.

Statistics and probability

Reading picture graphs and column graphs, answering questions from a table, how likely something is.

Sample questions

8 real questions from our Year 5 papers, covering the different ways this section asks things. Answer the ones you can click; the rest show how they work. Nothing to sign up for.

1. Question 1

   Which of the following has the largest area?

   

2. Question 2

   Which object measures temperature?

   

3. Question 3

   Which angle looks most like 60°?

   

4. Question 4

   Which clock shows Mia’s wake-up time?

   
   

5. Question 5

   Where is the plane located on the grid?

   
   D3A1C3B2

6. Question 6

   How many of the shapes that Polina drew are prisms?

   
   0123

7. Question 7

   Julie combined some shapes to build the object below:

   What shapes did Julie use to make this figure?

   
   2 rectangles1 square and 1 triangle3 squares1 circle and 1 rectangle

8. Question 8

   Worked example

   Here are the weights of four pumpkins:

   Rearrange the pumpkins in order from the heaviest to the lightest.

   
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   In the test you drag each item into the group it belongs to.

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