Grade 6

IBT
International Benchmark Tests
LEVEL 6
MATHEMATICS
Student Resource Pack
This pack contains examples of IBT questions to help students become familiar with the IBT testing program. For each
question, the correct answer is given along with a brief explanation as to why that response is correct. The scale score
for each question is also provided to identify the types of questions students found most challenging.
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Mathematics
1 There are 600 students in a school.

Three-quarters of the students own a bicycle.
How many students own a bicycle?
A 150
B 450
C 550
FOR INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL NON-COMMERICAL USE ONLY. NOT TO BE SOLD OR PROVIDED TO STUDENTS BY THIRD PARTIES
D 750
2 A girl went for a walk.

The watches show her start time and her finish time.
11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5
start finish
How many minutes did the girl walk?

A 8 minutes
B 14 minutes
C 20 minutes
D 25 minutes
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Mathematics
3 The map shows some important landmarks in Washington DC.
K St N
I-395
White
23RD St
17TH St
14TH St
3RD St
Downtown
House
Constitution Ave
Mall Memorials Mall Museums Capitol

Hill
Independence Ave
7TH St
I-395
Which landmark is south of Constitution Avenue and west of 3RD St?

A White House
B Downtown
C Capitol Hill
D Mall Museums
4 A football team won 3 more games than it lost.

The team played 15 games.
There were no drawn games.
How many games did the team win?
A 8
B 9
C 12
D 13
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Mathematics
5 Suresh did a survey about the method of travel to school for 60 students.
Method of Number of
travel students
Bicycle 12
Bus 14
Car 11
Train 10
Walk ?
How many students walked to school?

A 10
B 11
C 12
D 13
6 A football stadium has 80 000 seats.

63 258 seats have been sold for a game.
How many seats have not been sold?
A 16 742
B 17 258
C 23 258
D 26 742
4
Mathematics
7
right-side
view
Which of these could be the right-side view of this stack of cubes?
A A
B B
C C
D D
5
Mathematics
8
140 cm
130 cm
120 cm
110 cm
100 cm
Steve Tom
How much taller is Tom than Steve?
A 7 cm
B 11 cm
C 13 cm
D 17 cm
9 1001 × 999 is equal to

A 1000 × 999 + 1
B 1001 × 1000 – 1
C 1000 × 999 + 999
D 1001 × 1000 – 999
10 On a map, 1 cm represents 400 m.

A distance of 4 cm on the map is
A 16 m
B 160 m
C 1.6 km
D 16 km
6
Mathematics
11 Amrita drew this graph of the growth of a seedling.

Seedling Growth
7
6
Height (cm)
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day
What was the height of the seedling on day 6?
A 3 cm
B 3.5 cm
C 4 cm
D 4.5 cm
12 Which improper fraction is equal to 10 2 ?

7
A 27
7
B 102
7
C 20
7
D 72
7
7
Mathematics
13
Item Mass
8 pens 120 grams
5 crayons 60 grams
10 pencils 50 grams
18 paint brushes 180 grams

Which item has the greatest mass?
A One pen
B One crayon
C One pencil
D One paint brush
14
How many edges does this hexagonal prism have?

A 8
B 12
C 16
D 18
15 In which of these numbers does the digit 7 have the smallest value?
A 5.741
B 69.575
C 73.83
D 217.2
8
Mathematics
16 This table shows the ages of students in an art class.
Age Number
in years of students
9 1
10 5
11 2
12 7
13 15
How many of the students are aged 11 years or older?
A 2
B 8
C 22
D 24
17 Khaled is making a pattern in stages using cubes. There are no hidden cubes.
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

Khaled continues this pattern.
How many cubes are in Stage 8?
A 15
B 20
C 28
D 36
9
Mathematics
18 Noni sets the width of her compass as shown.

She then uses the compass to draw a circle.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm
What is the diameter of the circle that Noni draws?

A 3 centimetres
B 6 centimetres
C 8 centimetres
D 16 centimetres
19 This is a map of Arun’s neighbourhood.
bus stop
hospital
N
Arun’s house
school fire station
Arun walked south-west from his house.

Where did Arun walk to?
A school
B hospital
C bus stop
D fire station
10
Mathematics
20 Every hour, a tap drips 82 mL of water into a jug.

The jug holds 1000 mL of water.
How long will it take to fill the jug?
A less than 11 hours
B between 11 and 12 hours
C between 12 and 13 hours
D more than 13 hours
21 1000 people visited a Fun Park.

The table shows some information about the visitors.
Males Females
Adults 160 240
Children 340 260
Which of the following statements is not correct?
A There were more children than adults.
B Less than half of the adults were females.
C More than half of the females were c hildren.
D There were the same number of males and females
22 Five out of 125 students were absent on Monday.

What percentage of students were absent?
A 4%
B 5%
C 6%
D 25%
11
Mathematics
23 This block measures 1 cm × 1 cm × 1cm.

Some blocks have been used to make this shape.
How many more blocks are needed to turn this shape into a cube?
A 12
B 16
C 36
D 64
24 A boy is outside a shop. The shopkeeper is inside the shop.

The boy sees the shopkeeper and waves at her.
SHOP
What does the shopkeeper see?
A B C D
12
Mathematics
25 Which number is equal to 235 ?

100
A 0.00235
B 0.0235
C 2.35
D 23.5
26 There are 120 students in a school.
The table shows how they travel to school.
How students Number

travel of students
bus 28
car 38
cycle 18
walk 36
One student is selected at random.
What is the chance that the student cycles or walks to school?
3
A
20
9
B
20
3
C
10
9
D
10
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Mathematics
27 A football team won 3 more games than it lost.

The team played 15 games.
There were no drawn games.
How many games did the team win?
A 8
B 9
C 12
D 13
28 A woman has a small garden and a large garden.

She plants trees in the small garden in a rectangular pattern.
Each tree is 1 metre from the other trees and 1 metre from the fence.
8m
4m
6m
3m
She will plant trees in the large garden using the same pattern.
How many trees does she need?
A 12
B 24
C 35
D 48
14
Mathematics
29
Ann stacks these boxes in the corner of the room. All the boxes are the same size.
How many boxes does she use?
A 25
B 19
C 18
D 13
30 Which one of these numbers is divisible by 18?

A 138
B 210
C 364
D 486
15
Mathematics
31 The graph shows the number of hours worked by three students last week at their
part-time jobs.
Hours worked
Amaya Budi Jay

Key: = 4 hours
What was the average (mean) number of hours worked by the three students?
A 7
B 8
C 11
D 12
32 40% of the students in a class are girls.

60% of the girls in the class have brown eyes.
What percentage of the students in the class are girls with brown eyes?
A 15%
B 20%
C 24%
D 50%
33 Carl is a truck driver.

He stops after every 2 hours of driving to take a 20-minute rest.
Carl started driving at 7:00 am.
At which of these times was Carl taking a rest?
A 10:20 am
B 11:00 am
C 1:20 pm
D 1:50 pm
16
Mathematics
34 10 cubes are used to make this model.

Only 8 cubes can be seen.
Which picture shows a top view of the model?

A B C D
35 A truck can carry 12 tonnes of sand when full.

What is the smallest number of trucks needed to carry 100 tonnes of sand?
A 8
B 9
C 88
D 112
36 Amy, Chitra and Dipak did a spelling test.

Their mean (average) score was 17.
Amy scored 12.
Chitra scored 18.
What did Dipak score?
A 15
B 17
C 21
D 30
17
Mathematics
37 Tareq is making a fruit drink. He mixes one part juice with 3 parts mineral water.
He uses 300 millilitres of juice.
How much fruit drink did Tareq make?
A 400 millilitres
B 600 millilitres
C 900 millilitres
D 1200 millilitres
38 At a zoo, the mass of the elephant is 7200 kg.

The mass of the elephant is:
• 4 times the mass of the hippopotamus.
• 6 times the mass of the giraffe.
How much greater is the mass of the hippopotamus than the mass of the giraffe?
A 600 kg
B 1200 kg
C 1500 kg
D 3000 kg
39 This graph shows the number of houses built in Green Hill over 4 years.
From 2009 to 2010 the number increased by 100.
Year Number of new houses built

2010
2009
2008
2007
How many houses were built in Green Hill in 2007?

A 6
B 60
C 80
D 240
18
Mathematics
40 Will drew this map of the area around his tree-house.
Will’s pool
tree-house
school
When Will looks directly north from his tree-house he sees the school.
In what direction is the pool from Will’s tree-house?
A east
B west
C south-east
D south-west
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Answers
The following table indicates the correct answer for each question along with a brief
explanation as to why that response is correct.
The scale score is a measure of how challenging students found each question.
A low scale score indicates that the question is relatively easy.
A high scale score indicates that the question is relatively difficult.
Scale scores at Level 6 typically range from 310 to 670 points.
Question Question Correct Scale

Explanation
Number Strand Response Score
One-quarter is 600 ÷ 4 = 150; so three-quarters is 150 ×
1 Number B 491
3 = 450
There are 5 minutes up to 6 o'clock; then it is 15 more
2 Measurement C 380 minutes to a quarter past the hour; so the total time is 5 +
15 = 20 minutes
The arrow at the top corner shows that north is 'up'; so
3 Space D 499
south is 'below' and west is to the 'left', so D is correct
4 Number B 588 9 wins means 9 - 3 = 6 losses, and 9 + 6 = 15
First add the number of students who did NOT walk: 12
Chance and
5 D 323 + 14 + 11 + 10 = 47; then subtract from the total: 60 – 47
data
= 13
This is a subtraction calculation 80 000 – 63 258; as a
6 Number A 393 check,
63 258 + 16 742 = 80 000
The right-side view shows only the faces facing towards
7 Space D 531
the right, so D is correct
Each little mark on the scale is 1 cm; Steve is 1 cm below
8 Measurement C 385 120, so he is 119 cm tall, and Tom is 132 cm; then 132 –
119 = 13 cm is the difference
The product is equivalent to 1000 × 999 plus 1 more lot
9 Number C 617
of 999
1 cm × 4 = 4 cm , so 400 m × 4 = 1600 m, which is
10 Measurement C 495
1.6 km
Reading up from day 6 on the horizontal axis, the graph
Chance and
11 B 396 value is half-way between 3 cm and 4 cm on the vertical
data
axis, so 3.5 cm is correct
There are 7 sevenths in 1 whole, so there are 10 × 7
12 Number D 469 sevenths in the whole 10, plus 2 more sevenths in the
fraction, so there are 70 + 2 = 72 sevenths altogether
Use division to find the weights of one of each item; one
pen is 120 ÷ 8 = 15 grams which is greater than one
13 Measurement A 507
crayon (60 ÷ 5 = 12), or one pencil (50 ÷ 5 = 10) or one
paint brush (180 ÷ 18 = 10)
20
Answers

Explanation
The front and back hexagons have 6 edges each, plus
14 Space D 600 there are 6 edges that connect the two hexagons, so 6 +
6+ 6 = 18 edges altogether
In B the 7 is in the hundredths place, so that is its
15 Number B 499
smallest value
Chance and For ' 11 years or older' you add the values for 11 years,
16 D 436
data 12 years and 13 years; so 2 + 7 + 15 = 24 is correct
At each stage the number of extra blocks is the same
as the stage number; stage 4 already has 10 blocks, so
17 Number D 483
to get to stage 8 the calculation is 10 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36
blocks altogether
The radius of the circle is set by the compass: 8 – 5 = 3;
18 Measurement B 595 then the diameter is double the radius, so 6 centimetres
is correct
The arrow shows north as pointing towards the 'top' of
19 Space A 431 the page, so from Arun's house south-west is 'below' and
to the 'left' in the graphic, so school is correct
In 12 hours there will be 82 × 12 = 984 mL in the jug; but
20 Number C 535
13 hours would be well over 1000 mL, so C is correct
Note that B is not correct; there were 160 + 240 = 400
Chance and
21 B 556 adults, so 240 females is actually more than half of the
data
adults
Dividing by 5 shows that 5 out of 125 is the same ratio
22 Number A 605 as 1 out 25; then multiplying by 4 shows that this is the
same as 4 out of 100, which is 4%
There are 16 blocks in its base layer plus 3 × 4 = 12
blocks in the upper layers, so 16 + 12 = 28 blocks are
present; the final cube has 4 × 4 × 4 = 64 blocks; so 64 –
28 = 36 more blocks are needed
The outside view is from behind the boy: the cap points
to his left side and his right arm is raised; the inside
24 Space D 465
view shows the front of the boy, and D matches this
description
Can just do an estimation here: 200 ÷ 100 = 2, so the
25 Number C 495 answer will be a bit bigger than 2 (because 235 is a bit
bigger than 200); as a check 2.35 × 100 = 235
The number who cycle or walk is 18 + 36 = 54; so the
Chance and
26 B 547 'chance' is 54/120 which is 9/20 after cancelling by 6 (54
data
= 6 × 9 and 120 = 6 × 20)
In B, 9 wins means 9 – 3 = 6 losses, which gives the
27 Number B 588
correct total of 9 + 6 = 15 matches
The pattern shows that 1 metre is lost along both the
length and the width; so the 8 m side of the large garden
has 7 trees, and the 6 m side has 5 trees; total number is
7 × 5 = 35 trees
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Answers

Explanation
There are 12 boxes in the base layer plus 6 boxes in the
29 Space C 464
top layer
Note that 18 = 9 × 2, then check: 486 ÷ 9 = 54, then 54 ÷
2 = 27, so D is correct; or see that 486 is the only number
30 Number D 532
where the sum of the digits is divisible by 9: (4 + 8 + 6
= 18)
Calculate the total number of hours: Amaya 4 + 3 = 7,

Chance and
31 B 565 Budi 4 + 4 + 3 = 11, and Jay 4 + 2 = 6, so total is 7 + 11 +
data
6 = 24; and the average is 24 ÷ 3 = 8 hours
Girls with brown eyes are 60% of 40 % of the total = 0.6
× 0.4 = 0.24 which is 24 % of the total; or, start with 100
32 Number C 590
students, then 40 of them are girls, then 24 of the girls
have brown eyes
Carl drives from 7:00 to 9:00, then rests until 9:20; he
33 Measurement D 670 drives from 9:20 to 11:20, then rests until 11:40; he drives
from 11:40 to 1:40, so he is resting at 1:50
At first A seems likely, but it has only 9 cubes including
two in the top layer; the 10th cube must be at the middle
34 Space C 649
of the back row (which makes it not visible in the given
view), so C is correct
8 trucks carry 8 × 12 = 96 tonnes which is not enough; so
35 Number B 542
9 trucks are needed
Chance and If the mean for 3 people is 17 then the total score must be
36 C 612
data 17 × 3 = 51; so Dipak scored 51 – 12 – 18 = 21
The amount of mineral water is 3 times the amount of
juice (300 × 3 = 900 millilitres); the total volume is 'juice
37 Number D 613
plus mineral water', and 300 + 900 = 1200 millilitres of
fruit drink
Hippopotamus is 7200 ÷ 4 = 1800 kg, and giraffe is 7200
38 Number A 520
÷ 6 = 1200 kg; so the difference is 1800 – 1200 = 600 kg
There are 'two and a half' extra house icons for 2010
Chance and compared with 2009, and the increase is 100 houses; so
39 D 626
data 1 icon shows 100 ÷ 2.5 = 40 houses; then 2007 has 6
icons or 40 × 6 = 240 houses
Imagine standing at the tree house; since the school is
40 Space D 573 to the north then the pool is behind and to the left, which
means it is south-west of the tree house
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1 There are 600 students in a school.

2 A girl went for a walk.

How many minutes did the girl walk?

3 The map shows some important landmarks in Washington DC.

Mall Memorials Mall Museums Capitol

Which landmark is south of Constitution Avenue and west of 3RD St?

4 A football team won 3 more games than it lost.

How many students walked to school?

6 A football stadium has 80 000 seats.

Which of these could be the right-side view of this stack of cubes?

9 1001 × 999 is equal to

10 On a map, 1 cm represents 400 m.

11 Amrita drew this graph of the growth of a seedling.

12 Which improper fraction is equal to 10 2 ?

18 paint brushes 180 grams

How many edges does this hexagonal prism have?

16 This table shows the ages of students in an art class.

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

18 Noni sets the width of her compass as shown.

What is the diameter of the circle that Noni draws?

19 This is a map of Arun’s neighbourhood.

school fire station

Arun walked south-west from his house.

20 Every hour, a tap drips 82 mL of water into a jug.

21 1000 people visited a Fun Park.

22 Five out of 125 students were absent on Monday.

23 This block measures 1 cm × 1 cm × 1cm.

24 A boy is outside a shop. The shopkeeper is inside the shop.

What does the shopkeeper see?

25 Which number is equal to 235 ?

How students Number

27 A football team won 3 more games than it lost.

28 A woman has a small garden and a large garden.

30 Which one of these numbers is divisible by 18?

Amaya Budi Jay

32 40% of the students in a class are girls.

33 Carl is a truck driver.

34 10 cubes are used to make this model.

35 A truck can carry 12 tonnes of sand when full.

36 Amy, Chitra and Dipak did a spelling test.

38 At a zoo, the mass of the elephant is 7200 kg.

Year Number of new houses built

How many houses were built in Green Hill in 2007?

40 Will drew this map of the area around his tree-house.

Scale scores at Level 6 typically range from 310 to 670 points.

Question Question Correct Scale

Question Question Correct Scale

Question Question Correct Scale

Calculate the total number of hours: Amaya 4 + 3 = 7,

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