SATs arithmetic paper
Maths Paper 1: 40 marks of calculations in 30 minutes, on Wednesday 12 May 2027. Practise it here, made fresh every time and marked as soon as you finish.
Practise the arithmetic paper
At your own pace, or with the real 30-minute clock. A new paper every time, marked when you finish.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
At a glance
- When
- Wednesday 12 May 2027, the same day as reasoning Paper 2.
- How long
- 30 minutes.
- Marks
- 40, of the 110 for maths across the three papers.
- What to bring
- A pen or pencil and a ruler. No calculator, angle measurer, mirror, tracing paper or squared paper.
These timings come from the 2026 guidance. The 2027 guidance is due on GOV.UK in April 2027.
What’s on it
Calculations, with no problems in words to read: place value, adding and taking away, multiplying and dividing in your head and on paper, squares and cubes, the order of operations, decimals, fractions and percentages of amounts.
The practice paper here has 36 questions for 40 marks, easiest first, with two long multiplications and two long divisions worth 2 marks each near the end.
How it’s marked
Each answer is worth a mark, and the long multiplications and divisions 2. On the real paper, one of those done the right way with a single slip still gets 1 of its 2 marks, so it pays to set out the working.
The arithmetic marks are added to the two reasoning papers’ to make a maths score out of 110, and that becomes a scaled score. The practice paper here marks the answers as soon as you finish and gives a scaled score estimate, as if every maths paper went the same way.
How to get ready
Know the facts
Times tables and number bonds make every other question quicker.
Set out the long ones
Write long multiplication and division in columns. A tidy layout catches slips, and the method can earn a mark.
Check by working back
Multiply to check a division, and add to check a subtraction.
Then add the clock
Once the paper feels comfortable at your own pace, try it in 30 minutes.
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Questions about this paper
Can children use a calculator in the arithmetic paper?
No. The arithmetic paper allows a pen or pencil and a ruler only: no calculator, angle measurer, mirror, tracing paper or squared paper.
How many marks is the arithmetic paper worth?
40 of the 110 maths marks. The other 70 come from the two reasoning papers, 35 each.
When is the 2027 arithmetic paper?
On Wednesday 12 May 2027, the same day as the first reasoning paper.
Thena goes over every sum your child gets wrong
She puts it back on her board, finds the slip and works it through with them, then gives them one like it to do alone.
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