GRADE 6

MATHEMATICS

(This booklet includes sample questions

for both Paper 1 and Paper 2)
1. Fill in the blanks

a) The difference between the cube of 4 and square root of 81 is _______

b) –(191) = _____

c) The square roots of 16 are _____

d) A profit of $100 is represented by +100, therefore a loss of $189 is represented

by _______

2. Solve the following

(a) 2.6 ÷ 0.65

(b) −3.4 ÷ 0.5

(c) −3.9 ÷ 0.13

(d) 3.36 ÷ 3

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3. Solve the following
a) (7 − 2) ÷ 5

b) (3 + 3)*

c) (6 − 3)*

d) 5 + (16 + 2) ÷ 3

e) (−6 × 2) ÷ −3

f) 2 + 12 ÷ 2 + 1

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4. Word problems
(a) Liz has two pieces of string; one 18cm long, the other 24cm long. She wants to cut
them up to make pieces of string that are all the same length with no string left over.
What is the greatest length she can make the pieces of string?

(b) Jenny is organising a barbecue. There are 30 bread rolls in a pack.

There are 16 sausages in a pack.
She needs exactly the same number of bread rolls as sausages.
What is the smallest number of each pack she must buy?

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(c) Tom, Sam and Matt are counting drum beats. Tom hits a snare drum every
2 beats.
Sam hits a kettle drum every 5 beats. Matt hits a bass drum every 8
beats.
Tom, Sam and Matt start by hitting their drums at the same time at 2:45 pm
How many beats is it before Tom, Sam and Matt next hit their drums at the same
time?

(d) Rhea is on the ground floor of a shopping mall. She goes 10 floors up to buy
a bag, then down 7 floors to buy a pencil box. She goes further 4 floors down to
buy a pair of shoes and finally 9 floors up to buy a dress. Which floor does she
reach to buy her dress?

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5. Use a number line to arrange the following in ascending order

/ 0
4.8, − * , -3 , -5 , * , 0

6. Solve the following:

a. (-2)3 – 12 ÷ [ 2 – (√25 + 3) ]

2 5
b. ( −3 3 ) x (– 6) ÷ (−4 3 )

:/.5
c. (−0.3)* x 9 ;.;< = − 0.78

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 7. Write the following numbers as a product of their prime factors.

(a) 140

(b) 720

(c) 120

(d) 99

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 8. Find the HCF of the following group of numbers.

(a) 100 and 350

(b) 40 and 72

(c) 324 and 128

(d) 126,180 and 162

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 9. Find the LCM of the following group of numbers:

(a) 180 and 378

(b) 63 and 90

(c) 144, 160 and 180

(d) 504 and 594

(e) 234 and 585

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 10. Find square roots and cube roots using the prime factorization method.

11. On a sheet of graph paper, use a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit to draw

the 𝑥- axis for values of 𝑥 from −2 to 3 and the 𝑦-axis for values of 𝑦 from −2 to 3.

Plot the points 𝐴(2, −2), 𝐵(−2, 5), 𝐶(−1, −3) and 𝐷(0, −1)

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11. Round of 689 587 to the nearest

a. 10
b. 100
c. 1000
d. 10000

12. Correct 88.5672 to

a. the nearest whole number

b. 1 decimal place

c. 2 decimal places

d. 3 decimal places

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