Mathematics

Year 6 Maths
Sample Test
Time allowed: 45 minutes

Name: ________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS :

 Answer all questions

 Answers should be written in the spaces provided
Year 6 KEY OBJECTIVES ASSESSED

Order a mixed set of numbers with up to three decimal places.

Reduce a fraction to its simplest form by cancelling common factors.
Use a fraction as an operator to find fractions of numbers or quantities (e.g. 5/8 of
32, 7/10 of 40, 9/100 of 400 centimetres).

Understand percentage as the number of parts in every 100, and find simple
percentages of small whole-number quantities.
Solve simple problems involving ratio and proportion.

Derive quickly division facts corresponding to multiplication tables up to 10 x 10.

Carry out short multiplication and division of numbers involving decimals.

Carry out long multiplication of a three-digit by a two-digit integer.

Use a protractor to measure acute and obtuse angles to the nearest degree.

Calculate the perimeter and area of simple compound shapes that can be split into rectangles.

Read and plot co-ordinates in all four quadrants.

Identify and use the appropriate operations (including combinations of

operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities, and explain methods
and reasoning.

Solve a problem by extracting and interpreting information presented in tables, graphs and
charts
Y6 NUMBER
1. Calculate Show your working
1

a) £3.62 x 4

1
b) £1.36 x 7

2
c) 348 x 29

2. Calculate Show your working

a) £5.04 ÷ 6 1

2
b) 1598 ÷ 34
3. a) Write out these decimal numbers in order from the lowest
to the highest.

0.03 1.1 0.217 1.07 2.206

1

b) What number does the arrow indicate?

3.25 3.26

4. Put a ring around the fraction which is equivalent to 3

3 8 20 24 15
1
8 3 3 8 8

5. Put a ring around the fraction which is equivalent to 40

60

1 3 2 5 1
2 4 3 6 3
1

6. Write a fraction in the boxes to complete the sentence.

1 < __ < 2
2 3 1
 7. Write out these quantities in order from lowest to
highest.

0.5kg 400g ¼kg 0.6kg ⅔kg

1

8. Calculate

¼ of 36 = 1 of 28 =
7
4
⅝ of 32 = 7 of = 35
10
MONEY AND MEASURE PROBLEMS – NO CALCULATOR
9.

pen £ 2.95
CD £ 10.45
Show your working T-shirt £ 5.30

a) How much would a pen and a T-shirt cost? 1

b) How much would three CDs cost?

1

c) How many pens could you buy for £ 20?

1

d) If you bought 3 pens and 2 T-shirts, how much change

would you receive from £ 20? 1
10.
PERCY’S SALE
All goods reduced by 10%
S h o w y o u r w o r k in g

Calculate the missing prices:

1
a) Was £60 ………now down to £

b) Was ….now down to £6.30. 2

£

11. a) 8 bars of chocolate cost £ 2.80.

What is the cost of each chocolate bar? 1

b) 20 cans of cola cost £ 9.00.

What is the cost of each can? 1

12. Bob’s cup contains ½ litre of water.

Jane has one quarter of the amount of
water that is in Bob’s cup.

a) How much water is in Jane’s cup?

ml
b)How much water would have to be added to Jane’s cup so
that she had the same amount of water as Bob? 1
ml
 13. This chart shows temperatures recorded at noon for
some world cities.
City Temperature
Sydney 28ºC
Paris 12.5ºC
London 9ºC
Oslo 8ºC
Moscow -8.5ºC

a) Which two cities have a difference in temperature of 21ºC? 1

and

b) How much warmer is Oslo than Moscow? ºC 1

HANDLING DATA
14. SCHOOL SURVEY
CLASS BOYS GIRLS TOTAL
Reception 15 15 ?
Y1 17 12 29
Y2 14 15 29
Y3 17 16 33
Y4 ? 13 29
Y5 11 21 32
Y6 18 14 32
TOTAL 108 ? ?

a) Complete the chart. 3

b) One day one eighth (⅛) of Y6 were absent. How many

children in Y6 were present?
1
children
 15. CURRENCY CHART
(currency conversion – Pounds and Hong Kong Dollars

60

50

40

Pounds 30

20

10

0 100 22
200 300 400 500 600

Dollars

£1 can be exchanged for 9.7 dollars

a) How many dollars could be exchanged for £50?

b) How many pounds could be exchanged for 291 dollars?

c) Look at the graph. Approximately, how many dollars could be

exchanged for £17?

1
16. Y4 completed a spelling test.
The test was marked out of 10
The teacher put their results in a graph
Results of Spelling Tests
12
NUMBER OF PUPILS

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6

MARKS

a) How many pupils did the spelling test? 1

b) Sally said, “ 25 children scored half marks or more”

Was she correct? Yes No

Explain your answer:

1
17 a) Look at the Diagram SHAPE AND SPACE

4
3
2
1

0
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5

 The points (-1, 1), (2, 5) and (6, 2) are three of the four vertices of a square.
Plot the co-ordinates on the grid.

What are the co-ordinates of the fourth vertex? 1

b) Look at the diagram

B (10,12)

C ( ----,---- )

A (2,3)

2
C is halfway between A and B. What are the co-ordinates of C?
18. Tick the shape with only one pair of parallel sides.

19.
This Shape is rotated through 90 anti-clockwise

Tick the shape that shows the new position.

1
 20. Use a protractor to measure these angles.
Tick the shape with an angle of 69
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2

21. 10cm

3.5cm

9cm
5.5cm

7cm

a) What is the perimeter of the shape? cm 1

b) What is the area of the whole shape?

cm²
1

22. Look at the rectangle.

9cm

A Area = 72 cm²

What is the length of side A? cm 1

SOLVING PROBLEMS USING A CALCULATOR

23.
a) 1276 + = 2127

b) - 370 = 237

c) x = 1156
17
d) ÷ = 154
13
e) ÷ = 8.67
156.06 6
f) 47.23 x = 661.22

24. 1827 people buy tickets to watch a rugby match.

Each ticket costs £ 9.50.
What is the total amount of ticket money collected?
1

25. Programmes cost £ 1.25 each. The total money from

programme sales is £1096.25.
How many programmes were sold?

26. Pencils are 16.4 cm long. How many pencils can be cut
from a length 20 metres long?

1
27. Train carriages hold 86 passengers. How many carriages
would a train need in order to seat 1500 passengers?

28. Pencils weigh 7.3 g each.

What would be the mass of 580 pencils?

29. Small bags of flour weigh 250g.

How many bags can be made from 90kg of flour?

30. There are 225 children in a school. 3 of them are girls.

5
How many boys are there?
1

31.
Joe’s Garage
Joe has to add Value Added Tax (VAT) to all bills.
20% of the bill is added to pay for VAT.

Complete the chart below to work out the total bills.

VEHICLE COST OF WORK VAT CHARGED TOTAL
AT 20% BILL
Car £ 100 £ 20.00 £ 120.00
Van £ 120
Mini-bus £ 150
Coach £ 190 3