Are you smarter than a 10 year old?

Think you're so clever? See if you can answer these surprisingly difficult SATs questions

So, you think you're smarter than a 10 year old? Every year in the middle of May, 10 and 11 year olds take their SATs. They have been made tougher in recent years, so it is time to see if our brains can keep up with the little ones in primary school. Let's hope so!

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Q1. A shop sells pairs of socks. Ankle socks: 3 pairs for £7.50 Trainer socks: 5 pairs for £8.50 Knee socks: 1 pair for £5.45 Kirsty buys 1 pair of knee socks and 3 pairs of ankle socks. She pays with a £20 note. How much change does she get?

Q2. Identify the missing number. 12.5 ÷ ? = 7.5 ÷ 1.5

Q3. Identify the adverb in the sentence below... The old dog was still sitting on the sunlit patio.

Q4. There were some people on a train. 19 people get off the train at the first stop. 17 people get on the train. Now there are 63 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?

Q5. What type of word is 'cautiously' in the following sentence?
'Cautiously, Kay picked up her baby sister'.

Q6. Sita has 50 raisins. She gives 23 to Ben. She gives 15 to Amy. How many raisins does Sita have left?

Q7. Which verb completes the sentence so that it uses the subjunctive form?
I wish I _______ able to join you, but it will not be possible.

Q8. Which sentence is written in the active voice?

Q9. Amy plants four rows of carrots. There are three carrots in each row. A rabbit eats two of the carrots. How many carrots are left?

Q10. Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

Q11. Complete the number sentence here: 3 x 8 = 2 x ?

Q12. What type of sentence is the following:
'I've broken an egg.'

Q13. How many vertices does a square-based pyramid have?

Q14. Which part of the sentence here is a relative clause?
'The table, which is made of oak, is now black with age.

Q15. What does the root 'struct' mean in the word family here?
Deconstruction, structure, reconstruct

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