ST.MARY’S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, DUBAI
MATHEMATICS PRACTICE PAPER - 2
Year 6 – 2016-17
NAME ____________________
60
GRADE 6 __________
Date __________
Marks ____ /
SECTION A
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
In section A, put a cross in one box
to indicate your answer. If you change your mind,
Put a line through the box
and then put a cross in one box.
Each question in section A is worth one mark.
1.
7.7, 7.5, 7.3, 7.1,
…..
6.7
2. A boy and a girl each eat
6.9
7.0
7.2
of the same pizza. How much of the pizza is left?
3. A movie starts at 12:50 pm. It runs for 2 hours 33 minutes. At what time does the movie end?
2:23 am
2:13 pm
3:53 pm
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3:23 pm
4. Students were asked how they travelled to school every day. The table below shows these
results.
Which of these pie charts represent the table?
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5. Name the co-ordinates of point A and B on the graph.
(2,4) and (-2,1)
(-2,-4) and (-2,-1)
(-2,4) and (2,-1)
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(2,-4) and (2,1)
6. The table below shows the values for x and y.
Which expression can be used to find all the y values in the table?
Y=x+1
y=x+2
y = 2x + 1
y = 2x – 1
7. Two students measure their index fingers using a 20 cm ruler.
What is the difference in the lengths of their index fingers?
1 cm
6 cm
9 cm
11 cm
8. Fatima is thinking of a number. She says, “double my number is 13.4”
What is my number?
6.2
6.3
6.6
6.7
6
24
240
9. What is 40% of 60?
4
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10. What is the missing number?
-8
-3
-2
1
11. Here is a number statement.
Which number will fit in both boxes to make the statement correct?
0
0.1
0.5
1
12. When rolling a fair dice numbered 1 – 6 , what is the probability that it is an even number?
25%
30%
40%
50%
13. Which angle has a measure closest 90°?
∠HQD
∠HQA
∠HQF
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∠HQC
14. What mixed number is equivalent to
6
6
7
7
15. The diameter of a circle is 18 cm. What is its radius?
9 cm
36 cm
20 cm
6 cm
16. What capacity does the arrow on the jug indicate?
310 ml
325 ml
320ml
3.1 litres
17. What fraction of the diagram is shaded?
18. What is the next prime number?
19,
23
30
29
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31
32
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33
19. A rectangular garden is 8 m long and 3 m wide.
What is the perimeter of the garden?
11 m
19 m
22 m
24 m
20. What is the value of x in this equation?
4x + 5 = 17
88
8
5.5
3
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SECTION B
Answer all the questions
21. Tom likes honey, but not jam.
Amy likes honey and jam.
Garry does not like honey or jam
John only likes jam.
Write the children’s names in the correct parts of the sorting diagram.
(Total for Question 21 is 2 marks)
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22. Kim asked some pupils, “To the nearest whole number, what is your shoe size?”
The chart shows her results.
a) How many pupils had size 6 shoes?
…………… pupils
(1)
b) Kim asked more girls than boys. How many more?
…………………………..
(1)
c) Who had bigger range of shoe size?
Explain your answer. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(1)
(Total for Question 22 is 3 marks)
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23. Helen has three lessons in the morning.
Lesson 1 starts at 07.50. Each lesson is 50 min long.
There is a 15 minutes break between lessons 2 and 3 .
At what time does lesson 3 end ?
…………………
(Total for Question 23 is 2 marks)
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24. In this figure, point O is the centre of the circle. A, B, C, D, E and F are points on the circle.
a) Name the diameters .
…………… and ……………..
(1)
b) Name the radii
…………………….
(1)
c) OC is 8 cm. How long is BE?
……………………..
(1)
(Total for Question 24 is 3 marks)
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25. Complete the table of values for y = 2x + 2
Draw the graph of y = 2 x + 2
(Total for Question 25 is 2 marks)
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26. A cake costs 25 cents more than a biscuit. Jane bought a cake and two biscuits for $1.15.
How much do a cake and a biscuit each cost?
Cake ………………..cents
(1)
Biscuit ………………..cents
(1)
(Total for Question 26 is 2 marks)
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27. If the perimeter of this rectangle equals 30 cm. What is n?
a)
n = ……………
(1)
b) Bobby says the area of this triangle is 84 cm²; Petra says it is 42 cm².
(i) Who is correct?
……………………
(1)
(ii) Use the box below to explain how you know.
(Total for Question 27 is 3 marks)
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28. This graph shows the outside temperature from 4 pm to 10 pm on a day in winter.
a) At what time was the temperature -1°C ? ______________
b) How many degrees did the temperature drop from 5.30 pm to 8.45 pm ? ____________
(Total for Question 28 is 2 marks)
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29. Four children each eat
of a pizza. How much pizza is eaten altogether?
…………………….
(Total for Question 29 is 1 mark)
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30. David buys 6 apples. He pays 5 dollars and gets 32 cents change.
What is the cost of one apple?
…………………… cents
(Total for Q 30 is 1 mark)
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31. Jacob is going to make some concrete mix.
He needs to mix cement, sand and gravel in the ratio 1: 3: 5 by weight.
Jacob wants to make 180 kg of concrete mix.
Jacob has 16 kg of cement
75 kg of sand
100 kg of gravel.
Does Jacob have enough cement, sand and gravel to make the concrete mix?
How do you know? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(Total for Question 31 is 2 marks)
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32. 200 children were asked to choose their favourite band.
The results are shown in this pie chart.
a) How many chose either ‘The Thursdays’ or ‘Space girls’?
…………..
(1)
b) Estimate how many more chose ‘Girlzone’ than ‘What’s that’ ?
……………
(1)
(Total for Question 32 is 2 marks)
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33. Here is part of a bus time table. Use the information in it to answer the questions.
a) Peter arrives at the station place at 10:05 pm.
How many minutes was he late for the bus?
…………….
(1)
b) How long is the journey from Green Park to Hill Top View?
…………….
(1)
(Total for Question 33 is 2 marks)
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34. In a sports competition, the distance children threw a javelin was measured.
Ami’s throw was 7 m 42 cm.
Rachel’s throw was
m longer than Ami’s.
How far did Rachel throw her javelin?
Give your answers in centimeters (cm)
……………….. cm
(Total for Question 34 is 1 mark)
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35. Simplify these expressions.
a) 2b + a + 3a + b
………………..
(1)
b) 2 (2y + 3x ) + 3 (x – y )
……………….
(2)
(Total for Question 35 is 3 marks)
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36.
ABCD is a rectangle.
E is a point on DC.
Angle EBC = 25°.
Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for your answer. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
(Total for Question 36 is 2 marks)
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37. Tom bought a packet of 60 balloons
of the balloons were yellow.
of the balloons were red.
The rest of the balloons were blue.
How many of the balloons were blue?
……………………balloons.
(Total for Question 37 is 2 marks)
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38. Reflect the triangle in x axis first, then in y axis.
(Total for Question 38 is 2 marks)
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39. This thermometer shows temperature in both °C and °F.
Work out 25°C is in °F .
25°C = ……………°F
(Total for Question 39 is 1 mark)
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40. Ann jogs 12 laps round an athletics track every morning.
The distance round the track (1 lap) is 400 m.
One day, she stops jogging after 10
laps and she walks 1 laps.
a) How many kilometres does she jog?
………………..
(1)
b) How many kilometres does she walk?
………………
(1)
(Total for Question 40 is 2 marks)
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