GRADE 6

CHAPTER 5 – WORKING WITH NUMBERS

Exercises:

1. Work these out:

a) 3.45  20.8 b) 15.2  0.00017

2. Ayşe bought 24 pencils, each costing £1.60 . Find the total cost for the books.

3. Work these out:

a) 4250  20 b) 183  0.4 c) 256 1.6

4. Share £4312 between the eight friends. What will each share be?

5. Ali has a roll of wire 15.4 m long. He needs to cut as many pieces 0.7 m long as he can.
How many pieces can he cut?
6. Convert:
a ) 6.8 cm  ____ mm f ) 341 g  ____ kg k ) 0.9 cl  ____ ml

b) 3.6 m  ____ cm g ) 0.4 t  ____ kg l ) 60 cl  ____ l

c) 4 m  ____ cm h) 3.8 kg  ____ t m) £3.18  ____ p

d ) 0.056 km  ____ m i ) 0.36 kg  ____ g n) 25 p  ____ £

e) 32 m  ____ km j ) 4.7 l  ____ cl o) $18.20  ____ c

7. Put these lengths in order from largest: 3.6 m, 306 mm, 36 cm, 0.003 km

8. Add together: 46.18 m, 0.0342 km, 305 cm.

9. Round each number:

a ) 3.271 1 d . p  d ) 6.298  2 d. p  g ) 17.153 1 s. f 

b) 0.1548 1 d . p  e) 0.0542  2 d. p  h) 0.00643 1 s. f 

c) 13.83 1 d . p  f ) 18.995  2 d. p  i ) 1642.57  2 s. f 

10. Work out:

a ) 12  102 c) 81  32

b) 7   30  52  
d ) 7 2  25  42  64 