GENERAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS FOR GRADE 6
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS/NUMERACY
Name:____________________________________________________________
Date:_______________________________________________________
Instruction: Read and attempt all questions.
SECTION A – OBJECTIVES (20marks)
1. Find the place value of 2 in 42.179
5. What is the reciprocal of 0.02?
a) 2 units
a) 0.05
b) 2 tens
b) 0.005
c) 2 hundredths 1
c)
d) 2 thousand 50
d) 50
2. Simplify 5 x (3 + 8) -2 6. If 6 articles cost N 222, find the
a) 53 cost of 5 such articles.
b) 45 a) N175
c) 66 b) N165
d) 16 c) N185
d) N37
3. Solve the equation 2x + 10 = 0 7. Find the area of a circle whose
a) 4 radius is 14cm.
b) -5 a) 616𝑐𝑚2
c) 3 b) 154𝑐𝑚2
d) 5 c) 4𝑐𝑚42
d) 44𝑐𝑚2
4. Express 2999 in Roman numeral. 8. Multiply 21.531 by 82 correct to 2
a) MCMXCIX decimal places.
b) MMCMXCIX a) 17655.55
c) MMCMCDI b) 1765.54
d) MCDXCIX c) 1765.53
d) 1765.50
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14. Round off 242.76 to 3 significant
9. A man celebrated his golden Jubilee figures.
the same year the daughter a) 242
celebrated her silver Jubilee. Find b) 243
the sum of their ages. c) 242.8
a) 100 years d) 250
b) 50 years
c) 75 years 15. Express 0.008 as a common fraction.
d) 80 years a)
1
25
8
b) 125
10. Evaluate 8 + 6 - 25.
2 2
1
c)
a) 75 125
8
d)
b) 64 25
c) 125
d) 55 16. Fifteen is added to five times a
number, if the result is 100. Find
11. Express 5700 in standard form the number.
a) 5.7 x 102 a) 10
b) 5.7 x 10−2 b) 17
c) 5.7 x 10−3 c) 5
d) 5.7 x103 d) 15
12. Which of THESE is not a 3D 17. Add 30, 50, 135 and 3.
SHAPE? a) 245
a) Cone b) 218
b) Cuboid c) 215
c) Cylinder d) 118
d) Parallelogram
18. Write in figure; Twenty thousand
13. Calculate the perimeter of a eight hundred and seven.
rectangle with length 7m and width a) 20807
6m. b) 20087
a) 24m c) 2807
b) 25m d) 2087
c) 13m
d) 26m
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19. What is the shape of a basketball court?
a) Rectangle
b) Square
c) Cylinder
d) Circle
20. Calculate the volume of a cuboid with length 5m, breadth 4m and 8m high.
a) 150𝑚3
b) 17𝑚3
c) 80𝑚3
d) 160𝑚3
SECTION B MENTAL MATHS (10marks)
1. I think of a number and add 5 to it, if the answer is 1 7. Find the number.
2. Mid-term break was given by the school management from Tuesday 21st February to 6th
March, 2023. How many days were there in the break?
3. What number is 36 more than 360?
4. What is the biggest number that can be obtained from; 349781250?
5. Christabel is 18 years old and her father is thrice her age. How old is her father?
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6. When 79 is added to a number, we get 124. Find the number.
7. When a number is multiplied by 12, the result is 108. Find the number?
8. How many columns has a square number 36?
9. A bus can carry 46 pupils. Approximately, how many pupils will be carried by 14
buses? (Get your answer to the nearest 10.)
10. The population of Jaro village is 5960. If 2720 are female, how many are male?
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SECTION C THEORY (10marks)
1. Find the value of x in the diagram below,
8m x
6m
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2. A typist types 675 words in 12 minutes. How many words does she type in 8 minutes?
3. Calculate the simple interest on N900.00 for 4years at 5% rate per annum.
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