Year 5 NAPLAN Numeracy

Year 5 NAPLAN Numeracy Prep — Set 2

A second practice set with 10 brand-new NAPLAN-style numeracy questions — covering place value, multiplication, percentages, patterns, shapes, location, time, data and probability, all at Year 5 level.

Exam Tips for Year 5 Numeracy

1. Show your working — write down your steps even if you think you can do it in your head.

2. Estimate first — before calculating, estimate the answer so you can check if your final answer makes sense.

3. Check reasonableness — does your answer seem right? If a pen costs $5000, you have probably made an error.

4. Read word problems twice — underline the key numbers and what the question is asking you to find.

Note: Year 5 NAPLAN Numeracy is adaptive (online). It adjusts difficulty based on your answers. Some questions allow a calculator; others do not. Practise both!

What Year 5 NAPLAN Numeracy Tests

Fractions & Decimals

Equivalent fractions, ordering decimals, converting between fractions and decimals.

Area & Perimeter

Calculating area and perimeter of rectangles, composite shapes.

Angles

Identifying acute, right, obtuse and straight angles. Estimating angle sizes.

Data & Graphs

Reading and interpreting tables, bar graphs, line graphs and pie charts.

Word Problems

Multi-step problems involving money, time, measurement and operations.

Patterns & Algebra

Number patterns, function machines, finding missing numbers in equations.

Knowledge Check (Set 2)

NAPLAN Style

10 all-new questions with increasing difficulty, covering a fresh mix of Year 5 topics.

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Question 1 — Place Value

In the number 3,847,296, what digit is in the hundred thousands place?

3 8 4 7

Question 2 — Multiplication

A school orders 24 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 15 pencils. How many pencils are there in total?

240 360 300 480

Question 3 — Percentages

What is 25% of 60?

15 25 35 45

Question 4 — Number Patterns

What is the rule for this pattern? 50, 44, 38, 32, 26, ...

Subtract 6 Subtract 5 Divide by 2 Subtract 4

Question 5 — Shapes

A shape has 6 straight sides and 6 angles. What is this shape called?

Pentagon Hexagon Octagon Heptagon

Question 6 — Location & Transformation

On a grid, a point starts at (2, 3). It is moved 4 units to the right and 2 units down. What are its new coordinates?

(6, 1) (6, 5) (2, 1) (4, 5)

Question 7 — Time & Timetables

A train leaves the station at 9:45 am and the journey takes 1 hour and 50 minutes. What time does the train arrive?

10:35 am 11:35 am 11:45 am 10:55 am

Question 8 — Data Interpretation

A canteen's pictograph shows apples sold each day, where each apple icon represents 5 apples:

Day	Apple icons
Monday	2
Tuesday	3
Wednesday	4

How many apples were sold on Wednesday?

9 20 4 45

Question 9 — Probability

A bag contains 4 red marbles, 3 blue marbles and 3 green marbles. What is the probability of picking a blue marble?

3/10 4/10 3/7 1/3

Question 10 — Multi-step Problem

A rectangular lounge room is 6 m long and 4 m wide. Carpet costs $25 per square metre. What is the total cost to carpet the room?

$240 $600 $150 $6,000

Key Concepts Summary

●Place value: Line digits up under headings (millions, hundred thousands, ten thousands...) to read large numbers.
●Multiplication: Split larger numbers into tens and ones to make the multiplication easier.
●Percentages: 25% = 1/4, 50% = 1/2, 75% = 3/4 — use the matching fraction to calculate quickly.
●Number patterns: Find the difference between consecutive terms to spot the rule.
●Coordinates: The first number moves left/right (x), the second moves up/down (y).
●Probability: Favourable outcomes ÷ total outcomes.
●Multi-step problems: Break them into smaller steps. Solve one part at a time.