Cambridge Primary Progression Test

Mark scheme

Mathematics

Stage 4

DC (LK/CGW) 88909/8RP
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These tables give general guidelines on marking answers that involve number and place value,
and units of length, mass, money, duration or time. If the mark scheme does not specify the correct
answer, refer to these general guidelines.

Number and Place value

The table shows various general rules in terms of acceptable decimal answers.

Accept
Accept omission of leading zero if answer is clearly shown, e.g.
.675
Accept tailing zeros, unless the question has asked for a specific number of decimal places, e.g.
0.7000
Always accept appropriate tailing zeros, e.g.
3.00 m; 5.000 kg
Accept a comma as a decimal point if that is the convention that you have taught the children, e.g.
0,638

Units

For questions involving quantities, e.g. length, mass, money, duration or time, correct units must be
given in the answer. The table shows acceptable and unacceptable versions of the answer 1.85 m.

Correct answer Also accept Do not accept

Units are not given 1.85 m Correct conversions 1.85
on answer line and provided the unit is
the question does not stated, e.g. 185 m
specify a unit for the 1 m 85 cm
answer 185 cm
1850 mm
0.00185 km
If the unit is given on ......1.85...... m Correct conversions, ......185...... m
the answer line, e.g. provided the unit is ......1850...... m
............................ m stated unambiguously, etc.
e.g. ......185 cm...... m
If the question 1.85 m 1.85 185; 1850
states the unit that 1 m 85 cm
the answer should Any conversions to
be given in, e.g. other units, e.g.
‘Give your answer in 185 cm
metres’

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Money

For questions involving money, it is essential that appropriate units are given in the answer.

The table shows acceptable and unacceptable versions.

Accept Do not accept

If the amount is in dollars and
cents, the answer should be
given to two decimal places.
If units are not given on answer
line
If $ is shown on the answer line
If cents is shown on the answer
line
$0.30
$9 or $9.00
Any unambiguous indication of
the correct amount, e.g.
30 cents; 30 c
$0.30; $0.30 c; $0.30 cents
$0-30; $0=30; $00:30
$......0.30......
$......0.30 cents......
Accept all unambiguous
indications, as shown above
......30......cents
......$0.30 ......cents
$09 or $09.00
30 or 0.30 without a unit
Incorrect or ambiguous
answers, e.g.
$0.3; $30; $30 cents; 0.30 cents
$......30......
$......30 cents...... (this cannot
be accepted because it is
ambiguous, but if the dollar
sign is deleted it becomes
acceptable)
......0.30......cents
......$30 ......cents

Duration

Accept any unambiguous method of showing duration and all reasonable abbreviations of hours
(h, hr, hrs), minutes (m, min, mins) and seconds (s, sec, secs).

Accept Do not accept

Any unambiguous indication using any Incorrect or ambiguous formats, e.g.
reasonable abbreviations of hours (h, hr, hrs),
minutes (m, min, mins) and seconds (s, sec,
secs), e.g.
2 hours 30 minutes; 2 h 30 m; 02 h 30 m 2.30; 2.3; 2.30 hours; 2.30 min; 2 h 3;
5 min 24 sec; 00 h 05 m 24 s 2.3 h
Any correct conversion with appropriate units,
e.g.
2.5 hours; 150 mins 2.5; 150
324 seconds 324
Also accept unambiguous digital stopwatch Do not accept ambiguous indications, e.g.
format, e.g.
02:30:00 02:30
00.05:24; 05:24 s 5.24

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Time

There are many ways to write times, in both numbers and words, and marks should be awarded for
any unambiguous method. Accept time written in numbers or words unless there is a specific
instruction in the question. Some examples are given in the table.

Accept Do not accept

Any unambiguous indication of correct answer Incorrect or ambiguous formats, e.g.
in numbers, words or a combination of the two,
e.g. 07:30; 19:00

0730; 07 30; 07.30; 07,30; 07-30; 7.30; 730 a.m.; 07.3; 073; 07 3; 730; 73; 7.3; 7.3 am; 7.30 p.m.
7.30am; 7.30 in the morning

Half past seven (o’clock) in the morning

Thirty minutes past seven am
Also accept: O-seven-thirty

1900; 19 00; 19_00 etc. 19; 190; 19 000; 19.00 am; 7.00 am

Nineteen hundred (hours)

Seven o’clock in the afternoon/evening

Accept correct conversion to 12-hour clock, e.g. 4.42 am; 0442; 4.42
16:42
4.42 p.m.

Sixteen forty two Forty two (minutes) past sixteen

Four-forty-two in the afternoon/evening Eighteen (minutes) to seventeen
Four forty two p.m.
Forty two (minutes) past four p.m.
Eighteen (minutes) to five in the evening

Also accept a combination of numbers and

words, e.g.
18 minutes to 5 p.m.
42 minutes past 4 in the afternoon

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Stage 4 Paper 1 Mark Scheme

Question 1
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 7402
Total 1

Question 2
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 16 26 32 48
Total 1

Question 3
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 All lines must be correct
25 for 1 mark.
85 55

5 95

75
45
15
Total 1

Question 4
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 2 spaces down and 2 spaces right Accept 2 down and 2
right.
Accept any other correct
route.
Total 1

Question 5
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 280
Total 1

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Question 6
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 1 3 5 8 Do not accept answers
, , ,
10 10 10 10 in reverse order.
Total 1

Question 7
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 110
(b) 1

Total 2

Question 8
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 3 1 Accept equivalent
+ = 1 fractions and decimals.
4 4

Total 1

Question 9
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 Watch a film 20 seconds All 3 lines must be
correct for 1 mark.
Run 100 m 20 minutes

Eat lunch 90 seconds

Hold your breath 90 minutes

Total 1

Question 10
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 All 3 ticks must be
correct for 1 mark.
[
] [ ]

[
] [
]

Total 1
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Question 11
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 3 8 Both arrows must be
4 10 correct for award of 1
mark.

1 1
2

Total 1

Question 12
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 17 (teams)
Total 1

Question 13
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 Accept the rectangle
attached to side of either
triangle.

Total 1

Question 14
Part Mark Answer Further Information
2 Award 2 marks for 3
326 < 408 correct symbols.

Award 1 mark for two

1989 > 1788 correct symbols.

2035 < 2042

Total 2

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Question 15
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 415
Total 1

Question 16
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 420 (cm)
Total 1

Question 17
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1

Total 1

Question 18
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 8 or 9 (students) Do not accept 10 or 7
(b) 1 Ticks ‘No’ and explains Do not accept ‘No’
• 8 students chose football in Class without an explanation.
4a but 10 students chose it in
Class 4b
or
• the scale is different on the graphs
so the bar for Class 4a looks bigger
Total 2

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Question 19
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 275 (g)
Total 1

Question 20
Part Mark Answer Further Information
2 Award 2 marks for a
30 40 complete diagram.

20 10 Award 1 mark for one

side which totals 100
50 Order of 20 and 30 and
of 10 and 40 can be
or interchanged.

40 30

10 20

50

Total 2

Question 21
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 10
Total 1

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Stage 4 Paper 2 Mark Scheme

Question 1
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 130
Total 1

Question 2
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 Accept arrow anywhere
between 650 and 700
0 1000
exclusive.
Total 1

Question 3
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 English
(b) 1 24 (minutes)
Total 2

Question 4
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 125 311 351 560 655 Must circle all three
numbers and no
incorrect numbers for 1
mark.
Total 1

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Question 5
Part Mark Answer Further Information
2 Award 2 marks for 3
shapes with all lines
drawn correctly.

Award 1 mark for:

• 2 shapes with all lines
drawn correctly
or
• 1 line of symmetry
marked on each shape
with no incorrect lines
Total 2

Question 6
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 9235 and 3295 Accept answers in either
order.
Total 1

Question 7
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 580
Total 1

Question 8
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 All lines correct for
112
1 mark.

314

214

212

134

Total 1

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Question 9
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 b, c, d, a Do not accept answers
in reverse order.
Total 1

Question 10
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 258 (ice creams)
Total 1

Question 11
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 Multiples Not All answers correct for
of 3 multiples 1 mark.
of 3
Odd
9 19
numbers
Even
numbers 24 14

Total 1

Question 12
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 -5 (°C) Do not accept 5-
Total 1

Question 13
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 5.5(0) (m)
Total 1

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Question 14
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1

Total 1

Question 15
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 -4 and 21 Both answers must be
correct for award of 1
mark.
Total 1

Question 16
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 0.9 Accept 0.90
Total 1

Question 17
Part Mark Answer Further Information
2 IN OUT Award 2 marks for
360 36 3 correct.
740 74
Award 1 mark for
420 42 2 correct.
195 19.5
Total 2

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Question 18
Part Mark Answer Further Information
2 Answers could include Award 2 marks for
2 correct shapes.

Award 1 mark for

1 correct shape.

Accept shapes in any

orientation.

Total 2

Question 19
Part Mark Answer Further Information
1 1 = 4 or 2 = 8 or 1 = 2 or 4 = 8 Accept fractions in any
2 8 1 4 4 8 1 2 order.
Total 1

Question 20
Part Mark Answer Further Information
2 Award 2 marks for
True False 3 correct ticks.

Award 1 mark for

9 2 correct ticks.

Total 2

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Stage 4 Paper 3 Mark Scheme

Question Mark Answer

1 ½ $5.73
2 ½ 70
3 ½ C1 (Do not accept 1C)
4 ½ 4800
5 ½ 5 (faces)
6 ½ 54

7 ½ 45
8 ½ 6:15 pm (Do not accept 6:15)
9 ½

15

10 ½ 250
11 ½ 2g 20 g

200 g 2g

12 ½ 404
13 ½ 40
14 ½ 970
15 ½ 150 (cm)
16 ½ 30 (beads)
17 ½

18 ½ 12 (trucks)
19 ½ 30 (black cars)
20 ½ 6 60 3
or or (or equivalent fraction)
10 100 5

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