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Maps & Position

Quiz · Maths · Year 3 NAPLAN · Year 3
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Work through the levels in order. Type your answer and press Check — open the worked solution if you get stuck. Answers like -6, 3/4 or 0.25 are typed exactly as shown. A ⭐ Bonus Challenge at the end is extra credit — skip it if the rest was hard work.

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Level 1 · Warm-up

1 Which sticker is at A1?ABCD1234★●▲■
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The star.
2 Look at the grid. Write the letter of the column the square is in, and the number of its row.ABCD1234★●▲■
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The square is in column D, row 2 — grid reference D2.
3 A quarter turn is the same as how many right angles?
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1.

Level 2 · Core

4 Sam walks along this street in the direction of the red arrow. Which building does he pass first on his LEFT?libraryschoolparkshopbankcafé
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Walking that way the blue buildings are on his left, and the first is the library.
5 A person faces north and turns a quarter turn clockwise, then another quarter turn clockwise. Write how many quarter turns they have made, and how many more they need to face north again.NESW
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They have made 2 quarter turns and are facing south, so they need 2 more to get back to north.
6 A person is facing north and makes 4 quarter turns clockwise. How many full turns is that?
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1 full turn — they end up facing north again.

Level 3 · Challenge

7 Two people walk along the same street in opposite directions, as shown.libraryschoolparkshopbankcafé1  Walking in the arrow's direction, the first building on the right is the park.
2  Walking the other way, the first on the right is the shop.
3  Both people pass the park first.
Which statements are correct?
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Going with the arrow the blue side is on the right, so the park is first (1 ✓). Going the other way the green side is on the right, so the shop is first (2 ✓). They do not pass the same building first (3 ✗). 1 and 2.
8 On the grid, write the grid reference of the circle as a letter and a number in the two boxes.ABCD1234★●▲■
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The circle is at column C, row 3 — grid reference C3.
9 A person faces east and makes 3 quarter turns clockwise. How many quarter turns more would bring them back to facing east?
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4 − 3 = 1 more quarter turn.