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6th CBSE – Algebra Practice Sheet

Q1. Express each of the following as an algebraic equation:

(i)5 added to the sum of x and 9 (ii) y less than the sum of x and 3 (iii) Decrease the sum of x and
y by twice of y (iv) 9 multiplied by the sum of a and b (v) four times a number p added to sum of
x and 2y (vi) quotient of b by 6 added to a

Q2. Find the value of the expression (8z+x-y), given that

Q3. Express as an algebraic equation – 13 subtracted from the sum of two consecutive numbers
Q4. Three times a number increased by 6 is 15. What is the number?
Q5. Answer the following: Take Sarita’s present age to be y years
(i)What will be her age 5 years from now? (ii) What was her age 3 years back (iii) Sarita’s
grandfather is 6 times her age. What is the age of her grandfather (iv) Grandmother is 2 years
younger than the grandfather. What is grandmother’s age? (v) Sarita’s father’s age is 5 years more
than 3 times Sarita’s age. What is her father’s age?
Q6. Anjali scores 100 marks in Maths and x marks in Science. What is her total score in Maths and
Science?
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6th CBSE – Algebra Practice Sheet

Q1. The length of a rectangular hall is 4 meters less than the breadth of the hall. What is the length,
if the breadth is b meters
Q2. A rectangular box has height h cm. Its length is 5 times the height. The breadth is 10 cm less
than the length. Express the length and the breadth of the box in terms of its height
Q3. Meena, Beena and Leena are climbing the steps to a hilltop. Meena is at step s. Beena is 8 steps
ahead and Leena is 7 steps behind. Where are Beena and Meena? The total number of steps to the
hilltop is 10 less than 4 times what Meena has reached. Express total number of steps using s.
Q4.Which of the following are equations:
(i) 9+x=2 (ii) 3-x>0 (iii) 2(1+6)-1=13 (iv) 2p+3=5 (v) 5x-1=24
Q5. The score of Ishita in Mathematics is 25 more than the two-third of her score in science. If she
scored x marks in Science, find her score in Mathematics.
Q6. Rohan spends Rs x daily and saves Rs y per week. What is his income after 3 weeks? (Income=
Expenses+saving)
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6th CBSE – Algebra Practice Sheet

Q1. Write expressions for the following:

a. The diameter of a circle is twice its radius
b. The selling price equals the sum of cost price and profit
c. The perimeter of a rectangle is two times the sum of its length and breadth
d. One half of the sum of numbers x and y
e. 2 less than the quotient of x by y
f. 4 times x taken away from one-third of y
Q2. Think of a number. Multiply it by 5. Add 6 to the result. Subtract y from this result. What is the
result?
Q3. One apple weighs 75 grams and one orange weighs 40 grams. What will be the weight of x
apples and y oranges?
Q4. One pencil costs Rs 2 and one fountain pen costs Rs 15. What is the cost of x pencils and y
fountain pens?