Year 5 NAPLAN numeracy is 50 minutes, online, adaptive and without a calculator, on the Australian Curriculum Year 5 strand: numbers beyond 10 000, factors and multiples, decimals and fractions, money and multi-step word problems, perimeter and area, unit conversions, 24-hour time, angles, transformations, coordinates, data and chance. Most Year 5 children who lose marks know the maths; they lose them to the second step of a word problem, to a unit conversion, or to a question type they have not seen on a screen. This practice test has 30 questions in the NAPLAN styles, with the answer and a one-line reason for each, and a printable PDF. Give your child 45 minutes without help, then mark it together.
Download the Year 5 NAPLAN numeracy practice test as a PDF (30 questions, answer key with explanations, A4, free). The same 30 questions are below.
The Year 5 NAPLAN numeracy practice test
Time: 45 minutes. No calculator. Choose one answer for each question.
1. In the number 63 482, what is the value of the digit 3?
A. 300 · B. 3 000 · C. 30 000 · D. 3
2. 4 675 + 2 986 = ?
A. 7 551 · B. 7 661 · C. 7 561 · D. 6 661
3. 8 003 − 4 567 = ?
A. 3 436 · B. 3 546 · C. 4 436 · D. 3 446
4. 47 × 6 = ?
A. 242 · B. 272 · C. 282 · D. 292
5. 384 ÷ 6 = ?
A. 54 · B. 62 · C. 64 · D. 66
6. Which number is a multiple of both 4 and 6?
A. 16 · B. 18 · C. 24 · D. 30
7. Which number is NOT a factor of 20?
A. 2 · B. 4 · C. 6 · D. 10
8. Round 7 846 to the nearest hundred.
A. 7 800 · B. 7 850 · C. 7 900 · D. 8 000
9. Which fraction is the same as 0.7?
A. 7/100 · B. 7/10 · C. 70 · D. 1/7
10. Put these in order from largest to smallest: 0.35, 0.5, 0.305
A. 0.5, 0.35, 0.305 · B. 0.35, 0.305, 0.5 · C. 0.305, 0.35, 0.5 · D. 0.5, 0.305, 0.35
11. 2/5 + 1/5 = ?
A. 3/10 · B. 3/5 · C. 2/10 · D. 1/5
12. What is 3/4 of 24?
A. 6 · B. 12 · C. 18 · D. 32
13. Tickets cost $12.50 each. How much do 4 tickets cost?
A. $48.50 · B. $50.00 · C. $49.00 · D. $52.50
14. Priya buys items for $7.35 and $4.20 and pays with $20. What change does she get?
A. $8.45 · B. $8.55 · C. $9.45 · D. $8.35
15. A rectangle is 8 cm long and 5 cm wide. What is its perimeter?
A. 13 cm · B. 26 cm · C. 40 cm · D. 18 cm
16. The same rectangle, 8 cm by 5 cm. What is its area?
A. 13 cm² · B. 26 cm² · C. 40 cm² · D. 80 cm²
17. 2.5 km = ? m
A. 250 m · B. 2 500 m · C. 25 000 m · D. 2 050 m
18. 3 250 g = ? kg
A. 32.5 kg · B. 3.25 kg · C. 0.325 kg · D. 325 kg
19. 3:45 pm in 24-hour time is
A. 03:45 · B. 13:45 · C. 15:45 · D. 17:45
20. A train leaves at 09:50 and arrives at 12:15. How long is the journey?
A. 2 h 15 min · B. 2 h 25 min · C. 2 h 35 min · D. 3 h 25 min
21. An angle of 145° is
A. acute · B. right · C. obtuse · D. reflex
22. Two angles make a straight line. One is 65°. What is the other?
A. 25° · B. 115° · C. 125° · D. 295°
23. A triangle with exactly two equal sides is
A. equilateral · B. isosceles · C. scalene · D. right-angled
24. A shape is flipped over a line to make its mirror image. This transformation is a
A. translation · B. rotation · C. reflection · D. enlargement
25. Point P is 5 across and 3 up from the origin. Its coordinates are
A. (3, 5) · B. (5, 3) · C. (5, 5) · D. (3, 3)
26. In a class test, 4 students scored 7, 6 students scored 8 and 2 students scored 9. How many students sat the test?
A. 10 · B. 12 · C. 24 · D. 3
27. A spinner has 8 equal sections and 3 are red. The chance of landing on red is
A. 3/8 · B. 1/3 · C. 5/8 · D. 3/5
28. 3, 7, 11, 15, ? What comes next?
A. 18 · B. 19 · C. 20 · D. 21
29. A bus holds 45 students. 6 buses take 253 students on an excursion. How many seats are empty?
A. 17 · B. 27 · C. 7 · D. 23
30. 7 × ? = 91
A. 12 · B. 13 · C. 14 · D. 11
Answers, with the reason
| No. | Answer | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B 3 000 | The 3 is in the thousands place. |
| 2 | B 7 661 | 4 675 + 3 000 = 7 675, minus 14 = 7 661. |
| 3 | A 3 436 | 8 003 − 4 567: 4 567 + 3 436 = 8 003. |
| 4 | C 282 | 40 × 6 = 240, 7 × 6 = 42, total 282. |
| 5 | C 64 | 6 × 60 = 360, 6 × 4 = 24, so 64. |
| 6 | C 24 | 24 = 4 × 6 = 6 × 4; the others fail one of the two. |
| 7 | C 6 | 20 ÷ 6 is not a whole number. |
| 8 | A 7 800 | 46 is less than 50, so round down to 7 800. |
| 9 | B 7/10 | 0.7 = seven tenths. |
| 10 | A 0.5, 0.35, 0.305 | Compare tenths first: 0.5 > 0.35 > 0.305. |
| 11 | B 3/5 | Same denominator: add the numerators. |
| 12 | C 18 | One quarter of 24 is 6, so three quarters is 18. |
| 13 | B $50.00 | 4 × $12 = $48, 4 × 50c = $2, total $50. |
| 14 | A $8.45 | $7.35 + $4.20 = $11.55; $20 − $11.55 = $8.45. |
| 15 | B 26 cm | 8 + 5 + 8 + 5 = 26. |
| 16 | C 40 cm² | 8 × 5 = 40 square centimetres. |
| 17 | B 2 500 m | 1 km = 1 000 m. |
| 18 | B 3.25 kg | 1 000 g = 1 kg, so 3 250 g = 3.25 kg. |
| 19 | C 15:45 | Add 12 to the hour for pm times after noon. |
| 20 | B 2 h 25 min | 09:50 to 12:00 is 2 h 10 min, plus 15 min. |
| 21 | C obtuse | Between 90° and 180° is obtuse. |
| 22 | B 115° | 180° − 65° = 115°. |
| 23 | B isosceles | Isosceles: two equal sides and two equal angles. |
| 24 | C reflection | A flip is a reflection. |
| 25 | B (5, 3) | Across first, then up: (5, 3). |
| 26 | B 12 | 4 + 6 + 2 = 12. |
| 27 | A 3/8 | 3 red out of 8 equal sections. |
| 28 | B 19 | Add 4 each time. |
| 29 | A 17 | 6 × 45 = 270; 270 − 253 = 17. |
| 30 | B 13 | 7 × 13 = 91. |
What the score means for a Year 5 child
| Score out of 30 | What it usually means | What to do before March |
|---|---|---|
| 26 to 30 | Working at or above the Year 5 strand; on the real adaptive test this child will be branched to the harder set | Practise the harder set: two-step problems with fractions and decimals, area of composite shapes, timed |
| 20 to 25 | Solid, with a topic or two wobbling (usually decimals, angles or area and perimeter confused) | Group the wrong answers by topic and fix the topic; three or four weeks of two classes a week |
| 13 to 19 | Gaps in the strand: often multiplication facts, division, or fractions of a quantity | A term on the Year 5 strand in order, with the multiplication facts made automatic first |
| under 13 | Working below Year 5 in numeracy | Start from the Year 4 strand; tell the school now, and treat March as a checkpoint, not a target |
NAPLAN reports one of four proficiency levels for numeracy, not a mark, and the Year 5 standard is set higher than Year 3; what each level means is in our guide to the NAPLAN report.
Where Year 5 children lose marks
- The second step. "6 buses of 45, 253 students, how many seats are empty" is two operations; children stop after the first. We teach "what does the question actually ask" before any arithmetic.
- Perimeter and area confused. Same rectangle, two different questions (15 and 16 above). The fix is physical: walk the edge for perimeter, cover it for area.
- Units. 2.5 km in metres, 3 250 g in kilograms, 3:45 pm in 24-hour time. These are ten minutes a week of practice for a term, and they are worth several marks on every NAPLAN.
- Decimals compared by length. 0.305 "looks bigger" than 0.35. Line up the tenths first.
How we prepare Year 5 children for NAPLAN
Two 1-on-1 classes a week from Term 4, on the Year 5 strand in the school's order, then the online adaptive formats and timed practice in February. Year 5 numeracy is also the number Sydney families use for OC and selective planning and Perth families for GATE, so the standard we teach to is the top of the strand, not the middle. The first 30-minute class is free; bring this test, marked. Details on the NAPLAN tutoring online page; the Year 3 test is here.
Questions parents ask
1How many questions are in the Year 5 NAPLAN numeracy test?
2Where are the official NAPLAN past papers?
3Is this the real NAPLAN 2027 test?
4My child scored under 20. Is that bad?
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