Session: 2023- 2024

Sample questions
Mathematics Class VI

SECTION A
1 2.5 cm – 7 mm = ______ 1
a. 1.8 cm b. 18 cm c. 0.18 cm d. 0.018 cm

2 The perimeter of a triangle having sides x, y and z is _____________. 1

a. xyz b. x + yz c. x + y + z d. 2xyz

3 Which of the following points lies between 0.1 and 0.2? 1

a. 0.19 b. 1.9 c. 10.9 d. 1.09

4 What fraction of a day is 12 hours ? 1

5 2 – (–1) – 2 – (–3) = ___________. 1

a. 0 b. 3 c. 2 d. 4

6 1 sq m is equal to __________. 1
a. 100 sq cm b. 1,000 sq cm c. 10,000 sq cm d. none of these

7 If each match box contains 50 matchsticks, the number of matchsticks required to fill n such 1
boxes is
a. 50 + 𝑛 b. 50𝑛 c. 50 ÷ 𝑛 d. 50− 𝑛

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Is ¾ equivalent to 75/100 ??

9 For cementing the floor of a room , we need to find its _______.

a. area b. volume c. perimeter d. none of these 1

10 Which number is 5 more than – 23 ? 1

a. 28 b. –28 c. 18 d. –18

11 The ratio of 45 min to 1 hour is _________. 1

a. 7:5 b. 4:3 c. 12:5 d. 3:4

12 2 hundreds, 4 tenths and 7 hundredths is written as _________. 1

a. 20.47 b. 200.47 c. 200.74 d. 200.047

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13 The sum of the predecessor and successor of – 95 is ___________. 1
a. 190 b. – 190 c. 2 d. – 2

14 The monthly salary of Harish is ₹ 80,000. The monthly salary of Manish is ₹ 40,000. The salary 1
of Harish is _______ times the salary of Manish.
a. 2 times b. 3 times c. 4 times d. 8 times

15 If the numerator and denominator of a fraction are equal, then the fraction: 1
a. is equal to 1
b. is less than 1
c. is equal to 0
d. is greater than 1

16 The table given below shows the number of bicycles manufactured in a factory during the year 1
1998 to 2002.
Years Number of bicycles manufactured
1998 800
1999 600
2000 900
2001 1100
2002 1200

How many bicycles were manufactured from 1998 to 2000?

a. 600 b. 800 c. 2300 d. 2000

17 A car requires 5 litres of petrol to cover 80 km. How many litres of petrol is required to cover 1
32 km?
a.1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

18 The expression for sum of numbers a and b subtracted from their product is 1
a. a + b – ab b. ab – a + b c. ab – (a + b) d. ab + a – b

19 Assertion (A) : The decimal numbers 0.2, 0.02 and 0.002 are equivalent. 1
Reason (R) : 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000 represent the same decimal number.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true and R is false.
d. A is false and R is true.

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20 Assertion (A) : Perimeter of a regular pentagon = 5 × length of side. 1
Reason (R) : The amount of surface enclosed by a closed figure is called its area.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true and R is false.
d. A is false and R is true.
21 Let there be ‘n’ birds on a tree.
a. What will be the number of birds if 5 flew away? 1
b. What will be the number of birds if 7 more birds joined the birds on the tree? 1

22 Nikhil is 5 cm taller than Rohan, and Keshav is 3 cm shorter than Nikhil. Monika's height is 80 2
cm less than twice the height of Rohan. Find the height of Nikhil, Keshav, and Monika if
Rohan’s height is x cm.
23 Find the sum of (−10), 92, 84 and (−15). 2

24 Abida takes 7/9 of an hour and Aahana takes 6/8 of an hour to reach the same destination. Who 2
takes the longer time?

25 The sale of electric bulbs on different days of a week is shown below: 2

Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:

a. How many bulbs were sold on Friday?
b. If one bulb was sold at the rate of ₹ 10, what was the total earning on Sunday?
26 a. Think of a number x. Multiply it by 3 and add 5 to the product and subtract y 1
subsequently. Find the resulting number.

b. Here is a pattern of houses with matchsticks: 2

Write the general rule for this pattern.

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27 Following is the list of temperatures of five places in India on a particular day of the year.

Place Temperature
Hyderabad 35℃
Ooty 17℃
Kashmir −2℃
Darjeeling −5℃
Shimla −4℃ 1
1
a. In which city was the temperature least? 1
b. Arrange the names of the cities in the increasing order of their temperatures.
c. What is the difference in temperatures of Ooty and Shimla?

28 1 5 1 3
Simplify: 5 3 + 2 6 - 2

29 Gopal travelled 125.5 km by bus, 14.25 km by Pony and the rest of distance to Kedarnath on 3
foot. If he covered a total distance of 150 km, how much did he travel on foot?

30 Rashmi wants to cover the floor of a room 6m long and 4.5 m wide by square tiles. If each
square tile has a side of 50 cm, then find the number of tiles required to cover the floor of the 3
room ?

31 Out of 1800 students in a school, 750 opted for basketball, 800 opted for cricket, and the
remaining opted for table tennis. If a student can opt for only one game, find the ratio of:
a) The number of students who opted for basketball to the number of students who opted 1
for table tennis.
b) The number of students who opted for cricket to the number of students opting for 1
basketball. 1
c) The number of students who opted for basketball to the total number of students.

32. A bus travels 126 km in 3 hours and a train travels 315 km in 5 hours. Find the ratio of their 3
speeds.

33 a. Convert 36 kg 50 g in kg using decimals. 2

b. Sunita travels 15 km 268 m by bus, 7 km 7 m by car and 500 m on foot in order to reach 3
her school. How far is her school from her residence?

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 34 a. By splitting the given figure into rectangles, find their areas (The measures are given in 2
centimetres).

b. The area of a rectangle is 468 sq m. If the length of the rectangle is 26m, Find the
perimeter of the rectangle. 3

35 a. Find the area of a square park whose perimeter is 640 m. 2

b. A room is 10 m long and 8 m broad. Find the cost of carpeting the room at the rate of ₹ 3
45 per square metre.

36 There are 175 mangoes to be distributed between two friends Rohan and Rahul in the ratio 2:3. 3
How many mangoes will each one get?

37 Hitakshi studies in class VI. She had 24 pens. She gave 8 pens to her sister Meenakshi and 6 pens
to her brother Lakshay. She gave remaining pens to her friend Sarita.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

a. What fraction of pencils did she give to Meenakshi? 1
b. What fraction of pencils did she give to Lakshay? 1
c. What fraction of pens did she give to Sarita? 2
d. What is the total fraction of pens she gave to Meenakshi and Lakshay ? 2

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 Rakesh has a rectangular field of length 80 m and breadth 50 m. In it, he wants to grow flowers in
38 two flower-beds each of size 17 m by 15 m. In the remaining part of the field, he wants to apply
manure.

a. Find the area of the rectangular field of length 80 m and breadth 50 m.

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b. Find the area of the two flower-beds each of size 17 m by 15 m.
1
c. Find the area of the field where he wants to apply manure
2
d. Find the cost of fencing the rectangular field at the rate of ₹ 25.5 per metre.
2

39 a. Arrange 14.07, 14.7, 14.19 and 14.87 in ascending order. 1

b. Subtract 118km 7 m from 250 km. 2
c. Simplify: 145.56 – 99.567 + 45.78. 2

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