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SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS GRADE : 6

CHAPTER: DECIMALS
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1. i)Which of the following is the same as 0.25?
A)25tenths B) 1/25 C) 0.025 D) 25/100

ii) Which of these is the same as 5 TENS and 2 TENTHS?

A)5.2 B)50.2 C)0.52 D)50.02

ANS:
i)D)25/100
ii) B)50.2
2. Ravi puts a pumpkin on the weighing machine. The machine shows
1.203kg. Now, he puts a small piece of grape as shown in picture II.
Which digit on the weighing machine’s screen will change?

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 A) Whole part of the weight displayed.
B) Decimal part of the weight displayed.

ANS: B) Decimal part of the weight displayed

3. Three students Ekta, Anar and Neeti were given these expressions and
were asked to write down the number these represented.

If all of them give the correct answer, which two girls have the same
answer?
A) only Ekta and Anar B) only Ekta and Neeti
C)only Anar and Neeti D) All of them will get the same answer.

ANS: A) only Ekta and Anar

Ekta-523, Anar-523, Neeti-730
4. Length of the stick in picture I is 5.72153506 m. Among the given options,
length of one of the sticks is 5.72m. Which stick is that?

ANS: (A)
5. In the given figure-2.1, the 5 identical squares together represent 1.

What decimal fraction is represented by the shaded square?

A) 0.1 B) 0.2 C) 1.4 D) 1.5
ANS: B) 0.2
1/5= 2/10

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6. (i) Arrange the following in ascending order:
2.2, 2.023, 2.0226, 22.1, 20.42
(ii) Arrange the following decimal numbers in the descending order:
5.505, 55.05, 5.5, 50.55

ANS:
(i) Ascending order: 2.0226, 2.023, 2.2, 20.42, 22.1,
(ii) Descending order: 55.05, 50.55,5.505, 5.5

7. NCERT EXERCISE
Which is greater?
(a) 0.3 or 0.4 (b) 0.07 or 0.02 (c) 3 or 0.8 (d) 0.5 or 0.05 (e) 1.23 or 1.2
(f) 0.099 or 0.19 (g) 1.5 or 1.50 (h) 1.431 or 1.490 (i) 3.3 or 3.300 (j) 5.64 or 5.603

ANS: (a) 0.4 (b) 0.07 (c) 3 (d) 0.5 (e) 1.23 (f) 0.19 (g) equal (h)1.490
(i) equal (j) 5.64
8. NCERT EXERCISE
Express as rupees using decimals.
(a) 5 paise (b) 75 paise (c) 20 paise (d) 50 rupees 90 paise (e) 725 paise
ANS:
(a)5/100 = 0.05-rupee (b) 75/100 = 0.75rupee (c) 20/100 = 0.20 rupee
(d) Rs50.90 (e) Rs7.25

9. NCERT EXERCISE
Express as metres using decimals.
(a) 15 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 2 m 45 cm (d) 9 m 7 cm (e) 419 cm
ANS:

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10. NCERT EXERCISE
Express as cm using decimals.
(a) 5 mm (b) 60 mm (c) 164 mm (d) 9 cm 8 mm (e) 93 mm
ANS:

11. NCERT EXERCISE

Express as km using decimals.
(a) 8 m (b) 88 m (c) 8888 m (d) 70 km 5 m
ANS:

12. NCERT EXERCISE

Express as kg using decimals.
(a) 2 g (b) 100 g (c) 3750 g (d) 5 kg 8 g (e) 26 kg 50 g
ANS:
(a) 2 g = 2/1000= 0.002kg (b) 100 g = 100/1000 = 1/10 =0.1kg (c) 3750 g
= 3750/1000 = 3.75kg (d) 5 kg 8 g = 5 + 8/1000 = 5.008kg (e) 26 kg 50 g
= 26 + 50/1000 = 26.050kg

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13. Different mobile phones below show the daily distance walked by people
in different units. Ravi’s mobile showed 3.87km,Sarath’s mobile showed
3087 metres and Priyanka’s mobile showed 387043 centimetres. Who
walked more according to their phone?

A) Ravi B) Sarath C) Priyanka D)None

ANS:
(C) Priyanka [Distance walked by Ravi = 3.87km,Distance walked by
Sarath = 3087/1000 = 3.087km, Distance walked by Priyanka =
387043/100000 = 3.87043km]
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(i) Which is greater?
1 metre 40 cm + 60 centimetres or 2.6 metres
(ii) Raghav is weighing some articles on a weighing machine which
shows reading in grams. He wanted the reading in kilograms.
Help him in converting the following readings.

ANS:
(i) 2.6 m (140cm +60cm =200cm = 2m;2.6m)

(ii) 10087/1000= 10.087 kg, 5070/1000 =5.070kg

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15 Manu is playing a game of solving a riddle with his friends. His friends
gave a question as follows and Manu gives the correct answer.
I am a 4-digit decimal fraction between 3 and 4. I have 3 decimal places. I
am an even number. My thousandth digit is a prime number. My tenth
digit is one more than my hundredths. My hundredth digit is 3 times the
size of my thousandth digit, WHO AM I?
What would be the correct answer given by Manu?
ANS: 3.762

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Amita bought a gift-wrap paper to pack a small gift. She first cut the paper
into two equal pieces. Since the pieces still seemed too big, she cut one of
those pieces into two equal parts again and used one of them.
What decimal fraction of the gift paper did she use?
A) 0.25 B) 0.4 C) 0.3 D) 0.2
ANS: A) 0.25

17. Shown below is a weighing machine with cake on it.

The cake weighs 3.5kg

What is the weight of the cake in kilograms and grams?

A)3kilograms and 5 grams

B)3kilograms and 50 grams
C)3kilograms and 500 grams
D)3kilograms and 5000 grams

ANS: C) 3kilograms and 500 grams

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18. (i) 3788 is the same as
A) 37 tens and 88 ones
B) 370 tens and 88 ones
C) 37 hundreds and 88 tens
D) 378 hundreds and 8 ones
(ii) Shown here are 4 decimal numbers.

In which of the following are the decimal numbers arranged in

INCREASING order?
A) 4.3,5.8,5.69,4.72
B) 4.3,4.72,5.69,5.8
C) 4.3,5.8,4.72,5.69
D) 4.3,4.72,5.8,5.69
ANS:
(i) B) 370 tens and 88 ones (3700 + 88= 3788)
(ii)B) 4.3,4.72,5.69,5.8
19. NCERT EXERCISE
Find the sum in each of the following:
(a) 0.007 + 8.5 + 30.08
(b) 15 + 0.632 + 13.8
(c) 27.076 + 0.55 + 0.004
(d) 25.65 + 9.005 + 3.7
(e) 0.75 + 10.425 + 2
(f) 280.69 + 25.2 + 38

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20. NCERT EXERCISE
Rashid spent Rs 35.75 for Maths book and Rs 32.60 for Science book. Find the total
amount spent by Rashid.
ANS:

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21. NCERT EXERCISE
Sunita travelled 15 km 268 m by bus, 7 km 7 m by car and 500 m on foot in order to
reach her school. How far is her school from her residence?
ANS:

22. NCERT EXERCISE

Ravi purchased 5 kg 400 g rice, 2 kg 20 g sugar and 10 kg 850g flour. Find the total
weight of his purchases.

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23. Ankita is making a poster for her college festival. She writes and draws
within a rectangular space which is 1m length and 80cm breadth, leaving a
margin of 5cm all around painting the border.

What is the length of the poster?

A)1.1m B)1.05m C) 4m D) 1.01m

ANS: A)1.1m
24.
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A)14 tenths 4 thousandths = 0.144

B)2 tenths 13 hundredths = 0.213
C)4 hundredths 2 tenths = 0.024
D)7 tenths 17 hundredths = 0.87

ANS:
D)7 tenths 17 hundredths = 0.87

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 14/10 + 4/1000 = 1.4 + 0.004 = 1.404, False
2/10 + 13/100 = 0.2 + 0.13 = 0.33, False
4/100 + 2/10 = 0.04 + 0.20 = 0.24, False
7/10 + 17/100 = 0.7 + 0.17 = 0.87, True
25. The cost of mangoes is Rs 85.345, and the cost of apples is two times that
of mangoes, then what is the cost of apples?
A) 170.69 B) 170.89 C) 170.79 D) 170.99
ANS:

26. NCERT EXERCISE

Subtract:
(a) Rs18.25 from Rs 20.75
(b) 202.54 m from 250 m
(c) Rs 5.36 from Rs 8.40
(d) 2.051 km from 5.206 km
(e) 0.314 kg from 2.107 kg
ANS:

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27. NCERT EXERCISE
Find the value of:
(a) 9.756 – 6.28
(b) 21.05 – 15.27
(c) 18.5 – 6.79
(d) 11.6 – 9.847
ANS:
(a)
9.756 - 6.28 = 3.476

(b)

21.05 - 15.27 = 5.78

(c)
18.5 - 6.79 = 11.71

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 (d)11.6 - 9.847 = 1.753

28. Anika had a ribbon of length 32.56 m. She cut 2 tenths from it.
i) Write the cutting part in decimal.
ii) Find the length of ribbon left with her.

ANS:
i) 2/10 = 0.2 m
ii) length of ribbon left =32.56 – 0.2 = 32.36 m

29. Suraj and Karan provide laundry services to nearby areas. The charges for
wash and fold are calculated per kilogram of the weight of the clothes.
Table-25.1 shows the weight of the clothes for washing and folding from
four houses.

i) Arrange the given weights in table-25.1 in descending order.

ii) Suraj collected clothes from the flat no 159 and 216. Find the
weight collected by Suraj.
iii) Karan collected it from the flat number 228 and 324. Find the
weight collected by Karan.
Who collected more weight, Suraj, or Karan and by how much?

ANS:
i) 7.37 kg, 6.72 kg, 5.60 kg, 3.95 kg
ii) weight collected by Suraj = 7.37 + 5.60 = 12.97 kg
iii) weight collected by Suraj = 6.72 + 3.95 = 10.67 kg
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 iv) Suraj collected more weight, by = 12.97 - 10.67 = 2.3 kg

30. a. Joe has a farm and he uses 9.5 bags of fertilizer for the pumpkin field.
He uses 0.7 more bags of fertilizers for the tomato field. Compared to the
tomato field, he uses 1.3 less bags of fertilizers for the cabbage field. How
many bags of fertilizers does he uses for the cabbage field?
b. The birch tree outside his farm is 3.5 meters tall. The pine tree is 5.4
meters tall. The maple tree is 1.1 meter taller than the birch tree. Which is
taller, the maple tree or the pine tree?

ANS:
a. 9.5 + 0.7 – 1.3 = 8.9.
He uses 8.9 bags of fertilizers for the cabbage field.
b. 3.5 + 1.1 = 4.6 The maple tree is 4.6 meters tall. 4.6 < 5.4 The pine tree
is taller.
31. Kavita travelled 267.97km and Sheena travelled 862.73km using their own
cars. Who travelled the most and by how much?

A) 590.74, Kavita B)594.76, Sheena C) 549.67, Sheena D)509.47, Kavita

ANS: B)594.76, Sheena

862.73 – 267.97 = 594.76

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32. A cyclist has travelled 145.8 km in the first stage of a race, 136.65 km in
the second stage and 162.62 km in the third. How many kilometres must
the cyclist still complete if the entire race is 1000 km in length?

A) 863.35 B) 554.93 C) 445.07 D) 444.35

ANS: B)554.93
145.80 +136.65 +162.62 = 445.07
1000 – 445.07 = 554.93
33.
Which decimal is less than the one shown in this diagram?

A) 0.57 B) 0.59 C) 0.6 D) 0.54

ANS: D) 0.54
(55/100 = 0.55)

34. Here are two number lines drawn by Leena.

Find the difference between the numbers A and B (Start by working out the values of A
and B).

ANS:
A = 7.98 + 0.10 = 8.08

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 B = 2.828
(3.228,3.128,3.028 - 0.100 =2.928-0.100=2.828)
A-B= 8.08-2.828= 5.252

35. Sheffield’s Ponds Forge has the deepest diving pool in Europe. The pool is
5.85m deep.
Diver 1 jumps from the 10m board and falls 14.67 m in total.
Diver 2 jumps from the 3m springboard and comes within
1.56 m of the bottom of the pool.
Which diver comes closer to the bottom of the pool?
ANS:

The diver from the 10m board, 1.18m from the bottom)
(14.67-10 = 4.67

5.85 – 4.67 = 1.18)

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