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NAME
Mathematics
March 2010
1 Hour 15 Minutes CLASS

YR 6

FIRST ASSESSMENT
SR 1
MATHEMATICS

1 Hour 15 Minutes

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED

1. This question paper consists of 20 questions.

2. Answer all questions.
3. The diagrams in the questions paper provided are not drawn to scale unless stated.
4. No calculator is needed.
5. This question paper must be handed in at the end of the examination.

This question paper consists of 6 printed pages

Prepared by : Ms. Carrie Geraldine

Checked by HOP /Asst. HOD : Mr Lee Kah Wee

[Please turn over

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Answer all questions.

1. State the place of digit 6 in the number 86 920 [1mark]

2. 4 x 5 + 6 ÷ 3 [1 mark]

3. Round off 39 739 to the nearest hundred. [1 mark]

4. _________ x 6 = 2052 [1 mark]

5. Circle all the multiples of 8 in the list of numbers below [2 marks]

18 32 56 68 72

96 139 152 192

16 8 17 23 24

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6. 924 ÷ 22 = [2 marks]

7. Draw a number line to represent -5 + 8 and state the difference between the two
numbers [2 marks]

8. (-7.3)  +  (-2.1) [2 marks]

9. A sack of letters weigh 3 kg. Each letter weighs 20g. How many letters are in the
sack? [3 marks]

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10. Ethel made a list of all the whole numbers between 1 to 100. How many times did
she write the number 2? [3marks]

11. a) Mr. and Mrs. Callahan and their 3 children paid $7.00 for tickets. Which game
do they plan to see? [1 mark]
   

SOFTBALL:           Adults $2.00   Children $1.00

     BASKETBALL:         Adults $3.00   Children $1.50
     SOCCER:             Adults $5.00   Children $2.50

b) How much change would Mr. and Mrs. Callahan get if they took their children to
see the basketball game and paid for it with a $20.00 bill? [2 marks]

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12. Ammie passed around a basket of strawberries to the girls at her party. Before the
party she ate 5 strawberries and gave a friend 3. Eight girls arrived at the party.
The first girl took a strawberry, the second girl took 3 strawberries, the third girl
took 5 strawberries and so on. After the last girl took her strawberries, the basket
was empty. How many strawberries were in the basket at the beginning? [ 3 marks]

13. The greatest common factor of two numbers is 30. Their least common multiple is
420. One of the numbers is 210. Can you find the other number? [3 marks]

14.         SALE

                    Celtic Bakery Sale

                White Bread   -  $1.25

                Rye Bread     -  $1.35
                Onion Rolls   -  $1.00
                Hamburger Buns-  $0.85
               Hot Dog Buns  -  $0.69

Melanie and Kevin are going shopping for their mom at the Celtic Bakery. They
were told to buy 15 onion rolls, 10 hamburger buns and 2 loaves of rye bread. How
much will it cost them? [3 marks]

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15. Jenny bought 7 t-shirts, one for each of her seven brothers, for $9.95 each. The
cashier charged her an additional $13.07 in sales tax. She left the store with a
measely $7.28. How much money did Jenny start with? [2 marks]

16. Edward is 1.69m tall. His brother is 0.05m taller than him. How tall is Edwards’s
brother? [2 marks]

17. Find the difference between 12 and 4.235. [1 mark]

18. State the place value and digit value for the number 8 in 869 345. [2 marks]

19. - 3.457 x 56 = [1 mark]

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20. 256 x 24 + 45 ÷ 5 = [ 2 marks]

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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