MATHS – FIRST TERM EXAM
GRADE 6 100 MARKS
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1. Solve. [6marks]
a) 26 - b = 12
x
b) = 11
2
c) 6b = 54
2. Write in standard form. [4marks]
a) 6 2 b) 3 3
3. Write In expanded form.
[4marks]
a) 904 b) 4,507
c) 608,063 d) 16,723
4. Use the distributive property to solve. [4marks]
a) 8 × (7 + 4) = b) 12 × (9 – 7)=
5. Compare using <,> or = [4marks]
a) 456,734 465,734 b) 99,454 99,455
c) 0.456 0.088 d) 11.345 11.435
6. Order from greatest to least. [4marks]
a) 345,567 354,567 345,667 345,000 354,5657
b) 23,441 24,324 23,144 23,414 24,314
c) 10,111 10,011 11,001 11,100 10,110
d) 4,567 5,564 4,576 4,765 4,267
7. Round to the underlined place value position. [4marks]
a) 23,567 b) 38,671
c) 5,235 d) 100,341
8. Subtract . [6marks]
a) 6,345 – 1,676 b) 600,001 – 356,235
c) 3,567 – 1,611 d) 45,678 – 35,410
9. Find the product of 57 and 200. [2marks]
10. Solve.
a) 45.6 × 8 = b) 0.279 ÷ 0.3 = [4marks]
11. A world record for 100meters race was set in 13.09 seconds by Usain Bolt in 1993, the
100-meter record was 17.44 seconds in 1992.
What is the difference in times? [2marks]
12. Choose the best estimate. [3marks]
I. 76.83 + 9.3
a) 80 b) 70 c) 90 d)85
II. $26.67 × $12.33
a) $200 b) $100 c) $300 d)
$150
III. 123.34 - 79.1
a) 40 b) 50 c) 30 d)60
13. You are baby-sitting to earn extra-money. You plan to save $1 the first week, $2 the
second week, $ 4 the third week, $8 the fourth week and so on.
a) What is the amount of money you will save during the sixth week? [3marks]
b) How much money would you have saved by the sixth week? [3marks]
c) If you are planning to buy an item which costs $400, how many weeks will it take
for you to save enough money continuing the pattern above? [3marks]
14. Write these in standard form.
[6marks]
a) 2.403 ×10 2 b) 7 ×10 4 c) 9.343 ÷ 103
15. Write these in scientific notation. [6marks]
a) 80,000 b) 7.23 c) 90
16. At Young Gemynds International School, 34 students take tennis, 26 take basketball and
9 take both activities. If there are 200 students at Young Gemynds International School,
how many students take neither tennis nor cooking? [5marks]
17. Write 77 as a product of primes.
[2mark]
18. Find the greatest prime number that is less than 40. [1mark]
19. Find the LCM of 42 and 70.
[3marks]
20. List all the factors of each number. [6marks]
a) 70 b) 44 c) 100
21. Use factor trees to find the prime factorization of these numbers. Write using exponents
where possible. [6marks]
a) 48 b) 75 c) 18
22. Compare these fractions and decimals using <,> or =. [4marks]
3 1 6
a) b) 1.3 1
4 8 10
23. Express as equivalent fractions. [4marks]
4 ∎ 1 ∎
a) = b) =
8 2 6 12
24. Simplify these fractions. [2marks]
8 3
a) b)
10 15
25. Express each fraction or mixed number as a mixed number and as a decimal
[6marks]
23 125
a)4 b) 2
100 1,000
26. Sixth Grade students were asked which novel genre they read. 29 read Sci-fiction, 32
read Action , and 37 read Adventure, 8 read all the three genres, 9 read only Action and
Adventure, 11 read only Adventure and Sci-fiction, and 7 read only Sci-fiction and
Action.
a) Show this information in a venn diagram. [6marks]
b) How many students were asked? [2marks]
c) How many students read Action only? [2marks]
