Second Semester Examination - July 2021

Subject : Mathematics Paper = / 95

Handwriting = / 05
Class : 6 …...... Total = / 100
Duration : 3 periods Date : ...............................
Candidate's name : .............................................................. Admission no : ...............................

Instructions to candidates.
l Answer all the questions.
l Write your answers in the spaces provided in this paper.

l Show your workings where necessary.

Part I

1. Find.
(i) 3 + 2 + 4 = (ii) 20 – 8 = (iii) 27 × 10 =

[Total = 3 marks]

2. Find.
(i) 42 × 3 = (ii) Calculate and give the remainder.

325 ÷ 10

[Total = 2 marks]

3. Write 1500 in words.

[Total = 1 mark]

4. Find.
(i) 3 + 2 × 3 – 6 ÷ 2 (ii) 6 + 4 – 5 × 2

[Total = 2 marks]

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5. (i) Write the next two numbers of the sequence.

2, 0, ¯2, ,

(ii) Fill in the blank to complete the multiplication.

----- × ---- = ¯48

[Total = 2 marks]
6. Write in index form.
(i) 6 × 6 × 6 × 6 × 6 ×6 (ii) 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 5

[Total = 2 marks]
7. Find.
1 1 1
+ +
4 4 4

[Total = 1 mark]

8. Find � and giving reasons.

(i) (ii)
90°
50° aa b

[Total = 2 marks]
9. Find the acute angle A. Give reasons.

47° 52°

[Total = 2 marks]
10. (i) Find the area of a square (ii) Find the area of a rectangle
of side 0.4m. measuring 6cm by 8cm.

[Total = 2 marks]

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11. Find.
(i) – 4 + (– 10) (ii) 8 + (– 5) – ( –3)

[Total = 2 marks]
12. Solve.
(i) a + 3 = 7 (ii) 6 = x –2

[Total = 2 marks]

13. Which is the smaller fraction ?

3 2
or
8 7

[Total = 2 marks]

14. (i) Simplify. (ii) Change into a mixed number.

27 43
90 8

[Total = 2 marks]
15. Find.
(i) 8.24 × 1000 (ii) 0.6 ÷ 2 (iii) 3m in cm

[Total = 3 marks]
16. Simplify.
(i) – 6x + 18x (ii) – 12 + 4 – 3 (iii) 3a – b + 2a – 2b

[Total = 3 marks]

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17. Find the value of �, giving reasons. a

70°

[Total = 3 marks]

18. (i) Find. (ii) Find.

5 1 1
6
× 10
6×2
3

(1 mark) (2 marks)
[Total = 3 marks]

19. (i) Express in cm3 (ii) Express in

0.5 litres. litres
8000 cm3

(2 marks) (1 mark)
[Total = 3 marks]

20. (i) Simplify. (ii) Find the volume.

3
×
5 2
3

3
2x 7

(1 mark) (2 marks)
[Total = 3 marks]
[Total Part I = 45 marks]

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Part II
1. Find and giving reasons. e
d

60°

[Total = 5 marks]

2.
2 (ii) Give 0.85 as a (iii) Find 0.03001 × 100
(i) Express as a
5
fraction in its lowest
decimal.
term.

mark) (2 marks) (2 marks)

[Total = 5 marks]

3. (i) Give 0.328 correct to 2 decimal places.

(ii) Then multiply your answer by 1000.

(iii) Then add 22.2 to your answer in (ii).

(iv) Then divide your answer in (iii) by 5.

[Total = 5 marks]

4.
Rs. a Rs. b Rs. c

(i) Write an expression to show the cost of 2 oranges, 3 apples and one loaf
of bread.
(3 marks)

(ii) If a person pays with a Rs.X note, write an expression to show the balance.

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5.
(i) Find. 0. 2 × 0. 22 (ii) Find. 0.82 ÷ 0. 2

(2 marks) (2 marks)
(iii) Find. 0. 025 ÷ 5

(1 mark)

[Total = 5 marks]

6. Find the unknown letters in equations.

(i) 3x = 27 (ii) y – 2 = 9 (iii) 5a = 1

(1 mark) (2 marks) (2 marks)

[Total = 5 marks]
1
7. (i) Find and simplify your answer. (ii) How many 2
s are there in 9?
5 1
2 6
–1 3

(2 marks) (3 marks)

[Total = 5 marks]

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8. The length and the width of a rectangle are given.

(i) Write a formula for the perimeter of the rectangle.
4x cm

2x cm

(1 mark)

(ii) If it is 120 cm, find x.

(1 mark)
(iii) Then find the length.

(1 mark)
(iv) Find the width.

(1 mark)
(v) Find the area of the rectangle.

(1 mark)
[Total = 5 marks]

9. The figure shows a wall with a door measuring

1m wide and 2m high. The wall is 7m wide
and 9m high.
(i) Find the area of the wall without the door. 1m
9m B C

2m

A D
7m

(3 marks)

(ii) If a frame has to be fixed along A to B, B to C and C to D, find the total

length of the frame.

(1 mark)
[Total = 4 marks]

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10. Thirty six children were asked, how many books they read per year in different
types.

(i) Calculate the angles required to draw a pie chart.

Name of the book Number of children Angles

Scientific 9

Fiction 18

Comics 3

Biographies 6

(2 marks)

(ii) Draw a pie chart and label it.

(4 marks)
[Total = 6 marks]
[Total Part II = 50 marks]
END
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