3rd Periodical Examination

S/Y 2014 2015

MATHEMATICS Grade6
Directions: Read the questions and
encircle
the letter of the correct answer. Reduce
your answers to lowest term.
1. What is the sum of 5/10 and 2/10?
a. 3/10
b. 3/20
c. 7/10
d. 7/20
2. What is the difference if 2 7/12 is
subtracted from 4 3/12
a. 1 2/3
b. 2 8/12
c. 6 10/12
d. 1 10/12
3. Add 5 1/4 to 5 1/2.
a. 10 2/6
b. 10 3/4
c. 10 1/3
d. 10 6/8
4. Subtract 2 3/6 from 8 1/2.
a. 6
b. 6 1/3
c. 5
d. 5 2/3
5. Amira spent 1 2/3 hours on her
homework on Tuesday. On Wednesday,
she spent 2 4/5 hours on her homework.
How many hours did she spend doing her
homework?
a. 4 7/15
b. 3 1/5
c. 3 6/8
d. 4 2/5
6. Jacob ate 2 apples and Jewel ate 4
apples. How many apples in all were
eaten?
a. 7
b. 6 3/4
c. 6 1/5
d. 5 1/4
7. Jyle has an electrical wire that was 10
m long. He cut 2 m and another 3
1/3 m. What is the length of the
remaining electrical wire in m?
a. 7 3/12 m
b. 6 2/12
m
c. 5 1/6 m
d. 6 1/6 m
8. Margie bought 1 kg of tie wire which is
9 m long. She cut 5 m, another 1
m and the remaining wire she cut it into
two equal parts. What is the length of
kg tie wire?
a. 1 m
b. 6 m
c. 8 m
d. 4 7/8 m
9. What is the product of 2/3 and 3/4?
a. 1/2
b. 6/12
c. 5/8
d. 1/4

10. There are 40 pupils in Grade 6 if 4/5

of them are boys. How many boys are
there?
a. 25
b. 32
c. 16
d. 24

11. If 1 kg of pork is Php 190.00. How

much is kg?
a. 139.00
b. 120.00
c. 151.00
d. 142.50
12. For the 30-hour schedule allotted to
the different activities in camping, the
boy scouts spent 2 days hiking at 3
hours a day. How many hours did they
spend in other activities?
a. 23 4/6 hours
b. 7 hours
c. 29 2/4 hours
d. 17 hours
13. The boy scouts brought 12 m of
rope. They cut of it into pieces of 2/3
m each. How many pieces did they
make?
a. 3 pcs.
b. 6 pcs
c. 9 pcs.
d. 12 pcs.
14. Find N in the equation: 42 5/6 =
N
a. 35
b. 25
c. 33
b. 15
15. What is a number that is divided by
is equal to 5?
a. 25
b. 2 1/2
c. 12 1/5
d. 1 1/5
16. Find the number that is divided by
is equal to 2 ?
a. 6 1/5
b. 7 2/5
c. 5 1/3
d. 1 7/8
17. One rainy morning, only 2/3 of pupils
in a class of 54 were present. How many
were absent?
a. 18
b. 34
c. 22
d. 16
18. Elenor needs 3 metres of curtain
cloth at Php 22.50 per meter to decorate
each window in the house. If there are 8
windows, how much change did she
receive from one thousand pesos?
a. 585
b. 645
c. 415
d. 215
19. A farmer has 3 sons and 12
hectares of land. He gave 2/3 of it to the
youngest son, 1/2 of what remained to
the next youngest, and what remained to

the eldest. How much land did each son

receive?
a. 7 , 4 1/5
b. 8 , 2 1/8,
2 1/8
c. 8 1/4, 3
b. 8 1/2, 4 , 2
1/8
20. If 2:4 = 5: N, What is N?
a. 10
b. 6
c. 8
d. 7
21. A tree casts a shadow of 12 meters
when a 5-meter pole casts a shadow of 4
meters. How tall is the tree?
a. 15 metres
b. 16
metres
c. 9.6 metres
d. 9 metres
22. The ratio of men to women working
for a construction company is 10:3. If
there are 21 women in the construction
company, how many men are there?
a. 24
b. 12
c. 60
d. 70
23. The sum of two numbers is 215. If the
ratio is 2:3, find the larger number?
a. 129
b. 96
c. 86
d. 108
24. Twelve men can paint a building in 10
days. How many men are needed to
paint a building in 6 days?
a. 5
b. 15
c. 20
d. 24
25. When one finds what percent one
number is of another, he looks for the
______.
a. base
b. rate
c. percentage
d. ratio
26. Finding a number when a percent of
it is known means solving for the _____.
a. rate
b.
proportion
c. base
d. percentage
27. What is 25% of 200?
a. 25
b. 75
c. 50
d. 100
28. 75% of 60 is what number?
a. 25
b. 75
c. 45
d. 35
29. 9 is what percent of 45?
a. 25%
b.15%
c. 10%
d. 20%
30. 12 is what percent of 80?

a. 25%
c. 10%

b.20%
d. 15%

31. 30% of what number is 120?

a. 300
b.
c. 200
d. 600

400

32. Jode got 40% of a 90 items correctly.

How many items did he get correctly?
a. 27
b. 36
c. 42
d. 54
33. If the original price is Php 200 and
the rate of discount is 15%. What is the
sale price?
a. Php 170
b. Php 195
c. Php 155
d. Php 160
34. If the sale price is Php 540 and the
discount is Php 60. What is the original
price?
a. Php 600
b. Php 195
c. Php 480
d. Php 160
35. A salesman sells a car for Php
860,000. If he receives a commission of
20%, how much will be his commission?
a. Php 42, 000
b. Php 190,200
c. Php 172,000 d. Php 180,400
36. A sales agent has a basic salary of
Php 18, 735 a month. He gets a
commission of 10% on all sells above Php
120,000. How much does he earn if his
sales amount to Php 155,000?
a. Php 26, 250
b. Php 90,200
c. Php 34, 235
d. Php 18,400
37. A tomato brand wrist watch worth
Php 1,300 has a sales tax of 8%. How
much will a costumer pay for the item?
a. Php 1,404
b.
Php
1,950
c. Php 1, 196
d.
Php
1,260
38. A washing machine worth Php
15,100. A tax of 4% is added. What is the
sales tax?
a. Php 604
b. Php 950
c. Php 1,024
d. Php 260
39. A teacher borrowed Php 70,000 from
a credit bank . at the end of 2 years he

has to pay back 8% interest. How much

is the interest?
a. Php 6,040
b.
Php
4,950
c. Php 5,600
d.
Php
7,670

40. Joel paid back the credit bank Php

4,100. If he was given 10% interest 2
years ago, How much did he borrow?
a. Php 41,000
b. Php 14,500
c. Php 21,000
d. Php 26,000