Year Six Semester One

Maths Assessment
1. Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies involving all four operations with
whole numbers (ACMNA123).
2. Explore the use of brackets and order of operations to write number sentences
(ACMNA134).
3. Investigate everyday situations that use integers. Locate and represent these numbers
on a number line (ACMNA124).
4. Compare fractions and related denominators and locate and represent them on a
number line (ACMNA125).
5. Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related
denominators (ACMNA126).
6. Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number (ACMNA127).
7. Add and subtract decimals and use estimation and rounding to check reasonableness
of answers (ACMNA128).
8. Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform division by a non-zero whole numbers
where results are terminating decimals (ACMNA129).
9. Multiply and divide decimals by the powers of 10 (ACMNA130).
10. Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages
(ACMNA131).
11. Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
Describe the rule used to create the sequence (ACMNA133).
12. Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25%, and 50% on sale items
(ACMNA132).
13. Interpret and use timetables (ACMMG139).
14. Investigate angles on a straight line, angles at a point and vertically opposite angles. Use
results to find unknown angles (ACMMG141).

Adult Guidance
This assessment task covers the most common parts of the Australian Curriculum –
Mathematics that can be covered in semester one of grade six. The assessment task can
be given to students across a few days to collect the data you need and avoid assessment
fatigue of students. The first part of the assessment task focuses on Four operations, Order of
Operations, Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Timetables and Angles.

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Year Six Semester One Maths Assessment

total marks

1. Answer the following questions using the four operations.

Show your working out. 8 marks

a. A stack of identical boxes is 1000cm tall. The pile contains 25 boxes.

Jack takes 4 boxes off the top of the pile. How tall is the stack now?

b. A school orders 12 boxes of pencils and each box contains 30 packets.

Each packet has 12 pencils. How many pencils are there?

c. Lilah thinks of a number. She multiplies the number by 100, divides it by

eight and then adds 6.50. The answer is 1206.5. What was her starting
number?

d. A bag of six chocolates cost $2.40. A bag of 8 lollies cost $1.60. How
much more does one chocolate cost than one lolly?

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2. Use order of operations to answer these questions.

4 marks

a. 75 - 5 x 5 = b. 6+6x6=

c. 45 ÷ (3+2) = d. 17 x 2 - 9 ÷ 3 =

3. Put brackets into these number sentences to make them true.

4 marks

a. 15 + 7 x 4 = 88 b. 18 - 9 - 2 = 11

c. 8 x 4 - 2 x 5 = 22 d. 16 ÷ 8 - 4 = 4

4. Add in the operation to complete these number sentences.

4 marks

a. 5 4 6=7 b. 5 4 6=3

c. 5 4 6 = 29 d. 5 4 6 = 15

5. What is the missing number on these number lines?

3 marks

-8 8
a.

-6 4
b.

-10 10
c.

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6. Find the difference between the two missing numbers on the number line.
4 marks

-10 10
a.

-15 0

-1 1
b.

-5 5

7. Answer the following questions using negative numbers. Show your working out.
4 marks

a. Alice Springs has a minimum temperature of -5° overnight and a

maximum of 18° during the day. How much does the temperature rise?

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b. My bank account is overdrawn and has a balance of -$13.00 I get paid

$254.60. How much money do I now have?

8. Place these fractions on a number line.

3 marks

2 7 1 1 5
a.
3 12 6 3 6

1 5 1 3 1
b.
2 8 4 4 8

3 2 11 5 7
c.
4 3 12 6 12

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9. Add and subtract these fractions with like denominators.

4 marks

3 2 15 3
a. + = b. - =
4 3 18 9

9 1 17 38
c. - = d. + =
15 5 10 40

10. Find the fraction amounts.

4 marks

1 2
a. of 32 = b. of 25 =
4 5

3 6
c. of 21 = d. of 48 =
7 8

11. Find the fraction amounts of these worded questions.

2 marks

a. Year 6 went on an Easter egg hunt. There were 120 eggs to find. Jane
found 1/3 of them. How many eggs did she get?

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b. At a bake sale, Emre bakes 36 cakes and sells 5/6 of them. Leah bakes 45
and sells 3/5. Who sold the most cakes?

12. Estimate and then calculate adding and subtracting decimals.

8 marks

a. 35.90 - 11.50 b. 15.45 + 5.55

Estimate:  Estimate: 

c. 322.55 + 163.30 d. 571.95 - 62.55

Estimate:  Estimate: 

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13. Solve these decimal multiplication problems. Show your working out.
8 marks

a. b. c. 431.2 x 8 =

2 5 4 1 9 3 3

x 4 x 6

d. Trees are planted 3.5 metres apart from each other, and there are 15 trees
planted. How much space is needed?

14. Solve these division problems and show your answer as a decimal to two decimal
8 marks
places. Show your working out.

a. 40 ÷ 6 = b. 867 ÷ 9 = c. 3412 ÷ 11 =

6 4 0 9 8 6 7

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d. 1676 football fans wish to travel to an away match. Each bus can take
52 fans. How many buses are needed?

15. Multiply and divide decimal numbers by powers of 10 to complete the table.
2 marks

x 1000 x 10 ÷ 100

607

4 901

0.8

17 809

0.37

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16. Match the following decimal numbers, percentages and fractions.

2 marks

2
0.3 50%
5

1
0.5 40%
5

7
0.4 70%
10

1
0.7 20%
2

9
0.9 30%
10

3
0.2 90%
10

17. Continue the pattern and write the rule.

6 marks

a. 332, 437, , 647, , Rule:

b. 805, 765, 725, , , Rule:

c. 25.03, 26.045, , , , 30.105 Rule:

d. 87.109, 87.089, 87.049, , , Rule:

6 7 1
e. 4 8
, 5 8 , 7, 8 8
, , , Rule:

5 4 1
f. 18 10 , 16 10 , , , 10 10 , Rule:

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18. Find the following amounts:

6 marks

a. 50% of 6 = b. 50% of 10 = c. 50% of 30 =

d. 25% of 8 = e. 25% of 28 = f. 25% of 40 =

g. 10% of 20 = h. 10% of 35 = i. 10% of 40 =

19. Use the timetable to answer the following questions.

4 marks

Sports Day

Egg and spoon race 11:00

Sack race 11:20

Long jump 11:50

Sprint 12:15

Teachers Race 12:30

Prizes 12:45

Hometime

a. How long did the egg and spoon race last?

b. The whole day lasted for 2 and half hours.

When was hometime?

c. Amy’s dad arrived 30 minutes late.

What event was happening when he arrived?

d. Adam’s Mum stayed to watch the first 3 events.

How long was she there?

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20. Calculate the missing angle on the line.

21marks
mark

78°
161°
a b

a= b=

21. Calculate and label the size of all the angles where each pair of lines intersect.
2 marks

a. b.
122°

41°

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Year Six Semester One Maths Assessment Answers

Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies involving all four operations with whole
numbers (ACMNA123).
1. a. 840cm 8 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 4320
Additional mark for
c. 96 efficient strategies.

d. .40 or 40 cents
Explore the use of brackets and order of operations to write number sentences (ACMNA134).
2. a. 50 4 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 42

c. 9

d. 31
3. a. (15 + 7) x 4 = 88 4 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 18 - (9 - 2) = 11

c. 8 x 4 - 2 x 5 = 22 - no brackets

d. 16 ÷ (8 - 4) = 4
4. a. 5 - 4 + 6 = 7 4 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 5 + 4 - 6 = 3

c. 5 + 4 x 6 = 29

d. 5 + 4 + 6 = 15
Investigate everyday situations that use integers. Locate and represent these numbers on a number
line (ACMNA124).
5. 3 1 mark for each
correct answer.
a.
-8 4 8

b.
-6 -1 4

c.
-10 -2 10

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6. 4 1 mark for correct

-6 number identified.
-10 10
a.
1 mark for correct
calculation.
15
-15 0

21

-2
-1 1
b.

4
-5 5

7. a. 23° 4 1 mark for a correct

answer.
b. $241.60
Additional mark for
efficient strategies
Compare fractions and related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line
(ACMNA125).
8. 3 1 mark for each
a. 1 1 7 2 5
6 3 12 3 6
correct answer.

b. 1 1 1 5 3
8 4 2 8 4

c. 7 2 3 5 11
12 3 4 6 12

Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators
(ACMNA126).
9. 4 1 mark for each
1 1 2 13 correct answer.
a. 1 b. c. d. 1
15 2 5 20

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Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number (ACMNA127).
10. a. 8 4 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 10

c. 9

d. 36
11. a. 40 eggs 2 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. Emre = 30 eggs Leah = 27 Emre sold more.
Add and subtract decimals and use estimation and rounding to check reasonableness of answers
(ACMNA128).
12. a. Estimate: 24 Answer: 24.40 8 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. Estimate: 21 Answer: 21

c. Estimate: 486 Answer: 485.85

d. Estimate: 509 Answer: 509.40

Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform division by a non-zero whole numbers where results
are terminating decimals (ACMNA129).
13. a. 101.6 8 1 mark for a correct
answer.
b. 1159.8
Additional mark for
c. 3449.6 efficient strategies

d. 52.5 metres
14. a. 6.66 8 1 mark for a correct
answer.
b. 96.33
Additional mark for
c. 310.18 efficient strategies

d. 32.23 = 33 busses needed.

Multiply and divide decimals by the powers of 10 (ACMNA130).
15. x 1000 x 10 ÷ 100 2 2 marks for all
correct.
607 607 000 6070 6.07
1 mark for 1 error.
4 901 4 901 000 49 010 49.01

0.08 80 0.8 0.0008

17.809 17 809 178.09 0.17809

36 37 000 370 0.37

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Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages (ACMNA131).

16. 2 2 marks for all
2
0.3 50%
5
correct.
1 mark for 1 error.
1
0.5 40%
5

7
0.4 70%
10

1
0.7 20%
2

9
0.9 30%
10

3
0.2 90%
10

Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule
used to create the sequence (ACMNA133).
17. a. 332, 437, 542, 647, 752, 857 Rule: + 105 6 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 805, 765, 725, 685, 645, 605 Rule: - 40

c. 25.03, 26.045, 27.06, 28.075, 29.09, 30.105 Rule: + 1.015

d. 87.109, 87.089, 87.049, 87.029, 87.009, 86.989 Rule: 0.020

6 7 1 2 3 4 1
e. 4 8
,5 8
, 7, 8 8
, 9 8 , 10 8 , 11 8
Rule: +1 8

5 4 3 2 1 1 1
f. 18 10 , 16 10 , 14 10, 12 10 , 10 10 , 8 10 Rule: - 2 10

Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25%, and 50% on sale items (ACMNA132).
18. a. 3 b. 5 c. 15 6 1 mark for each
correct answer.
d. 2 e. 7 f. 10

g. 2 h. 3.5 i. 4

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Interpret and use timetables (ACMMG139).

19. a. 20 minutes 4 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 1:30pm

c. Sack race

d. 1 Hour and 15 Minutes

Investigate angles on a straight line, angles at a point and vertically opposite angles. Use results to
find unknown angles (ACMMG141).
20. a. 102° 2 1 mark for each
correct answer.
b. 19°
21 a. b. 2 1 mark for each
correct answer.
122° 139°

58° 58° 41° 41°

122° 139°

Total: 92 Score:

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