MCQ WORKSHEET-I
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
1. Number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of “T”
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. Number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of “V”
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
3. Number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of “U”
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. Number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of “Z ”
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
5. Number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of “ E ”
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
6. Number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of “ A ”
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 4
7. A basket has x mangoes, how many mangoes are there in 5 baskets?
x
(a) x + 5 (b) 5x (c) x – 5 (d)
5
8. A teacher distribute 15 pencils per student, how many pencils are needed for ‘y’ students:
15
(a) 15 – y (b) 15 + y (c) (d) 15y
y
9. Perimeter of the square, whose each side is ‘n’ cm is
n
(a) n + 4 (b) 4n (c) n – 4 (d)
4
10. Perimeter of an equilateral triangle, whose each side is ‘x’ unit is
3
(a) 3x (b) 3 – x (c) (d) 3 + x
x
11. Diameter of circle whose radius is ‘r’ is
r
(a) (b) 2r (c) 2 – r (d) 2 + r
2
12. x + y = 5 + x is
(a) Commutative property (b) Associative property
(c) Closure property (d) Distributive property
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MCQ WORKSHEET-II
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
1. How many variables are used in the expression 2x + 3y +5
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
2. What is an expression for the statement: “p is multiplied by 16”
p
(a) 16p (b) (c) p +16 (d) p –16
16
3. The expression for the statement: “ y multiplied by 10 and then 7 added to product”.
(a) 10 + y + 7 (b) 7y +10 (c) 10y +7 (d) 10y
4. What is the statement for the expression 2y – 9
(a) 2y subtracted from 9 (b) 9 subtracted from y and multiplied by 2
(c) 9 subtracted from 9 (d) thrice of y minus 9
5. Give expression for: “ 5 times of ‘y’ to which 3 is added”
5
(a) y +15 (b) 5y +3 (c) +3 (d) 3y +5
y
6. Which of the following is an equation
(a) 2x +3 + 5 (b) 2x + 3< 5 (c) 2x + 3 >5 (d) 2x + 3 = 5
7. Which of the solution of equation 3x + 2 =11
(a) 0 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d)27
8. p = 3 is a solution of equation
(a) 2p + 5 = 17 (b) 5p +2 = 17 (c) 2p +17 = 5 (d) 5p+17 = 2
9. The equation for the statement: one forth of a number minus 4 gives 4.
4 1 1
(a) 4x – 4 = 4 (b) –4 =4 (c) x – 4 = 4 (d) x – 4 =
x 4 4
10. Which of the following is expression with one variable
(a) y + 1 (b) x +y – 5 (c) x + y + z (d) 1
11. a x b = b x a is
(a) Commutative property under addition (b) Associative property under multiplication
(c) Distributive property of multiplication over addition (d) Closure property
12. a x (b + c) = a x b + a x c is
(a) Commutative property under addition (b) Associative property under multiplication
(c) Distributive property of multiplication over addition (d) Closure property
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MCQ WORKSHEET-III
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
1. Which of the following is an equation:
(a) x – 3 >0 (b) x +3 < 0 (c) x (d) x +3 = 0
2. The variable from the equation 2n +1=11 is
(a) 2 (b) n (c) 1 (d) 11
q
3. Which of the following is the solution of the equation =7
2
(a) 14 (b) 3.5 (c) 5 (d) 9
4. Value of the variable in the equation b+5=9 is
(a) 14 (b) 9/5 (c) 4 (d) 5
5. Sarita’s present age is ‘m’ years. What will be her age after ten years?
(a) 10m (b) m –10 (c) 10 – m (d) m+10
6. The price of potatoes is Rs. X per kg and price of onion is Rs. 10 more than the price of
potatoes. Therefore the price of onion is
x
(a) 10x (b) x +10 (c) (d) x –10
10
7. The expression x- 3 is read as
(a) x subtracted from 3 (b) 3 subtracted from x
(c) sum of x and 3 (d) multiplication of x and 3
8. The value of variable in the expression is
(a) fixed (b) not fixed (c) zero (d) one
r
9. The diameter of a circle whose radius is is equal to
2
r
(a) r (b) 2r (c) (d) r2
4
10. Z multiplied by 5 and then subtracted from 7 is
z
(a) 5z – 7 (b) z – 35 (c) 7 – 5z (d) –7
5
11. The age of Siddarth is x years , Sahil is 5 years older than Siddharth therefore Sahils age is
x
(a) 5x (b) x – 5 (c) x + 5 (d)
5
12. The number of rows is 6 class is equal to the number of colums. If the number of rows is ‘b’ then
the total students in the 6 class are:
(a) 2b (b) 2 + b (c) b2 (d) 0
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MCQ WORKSHEET-IV
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
1. x + y + z is
(a) an equation (b) constant (c) a variable (d) an expression
2. The value of p – q +pq for p= –1, q = –2 is
(a) 0 (b) –1 (c) –5 (d) 3
3. x = 5 satisfies the equation
(a) x +10=30 (b) x – 3 = 7 (c) x + 3 = 7 (d) x – 3 = 2
4. Number of variables used in the expression x2 +1 is
(a) x2 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
5. Equation for the statement “ 2 multiplies by p and then subtracted from 5 is 10” is
(a) 2p – 5 = 10 (b) 2 + p – 5 = 10 (c) 5 – 2p = 10 (d) 2(5 – p)=10
3q
6. Solution of equation =5 is
2
3 10
(a) 10 (b) 30 (c) (d)
10 3
7. Age of Avneet is ‘ y’ years. Avishi is four years younger than Avneet. Therefore age of Avishi
is
(a) y – 4 (b) y + 4 (c) 4y (d) 4 – y
8. 2x – 3 may be expressed as
(a) Ram’s age is 3 years less than Shyam’s age
(b) Ram’s age is 3 years less than twice Shyam’s age.
(c)Ram’s age is 3 years more than twice the Shyam’s age.
(d)Ram’s age is 3 years morre than Shyam;s age.
9. Write the statements “The sum of three times x and 11 is 32”in the form of equations:
. (a) 6x – 5 (b) 3x + 11 (c) 11x + 3 (d) 3x
10. Write the statements “If you subtract 5 from 6 times a number, you get 7.”in the form of
equations:
. (a) 6x – 5 = 7 (b) 5x – 6 = 7 (c) x – 5 = 7 (d) x – 6 = 7
11. Which is a solution of the equation 2x = 12
. (a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6
12. Which is a solution of the equation x + 4 = 6
. (a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6
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MCQ WORKSHEET-V
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
1. Which is a solution of the equation 7x + 5 = 19
. (a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6
2. Which is a solution of the equation 4x – 3 = 13
. (a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6
3. Which is a solution of the equation 5x + 2 = 17
. (a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6
4. Which is a solution of the equation 3x – 14 = 4.
(a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6
5. Write the statements “The sum of numbers x and 4 is 9”in the form of equations:
. (a) x – 4 = 9 (b) x + 4 = 9 (c) x + 9 = 4 (d) none of these
6. Write the statements “2 subtracted from a number is 8”in the form of equations:
. (a) x – 8 = 2 (b) x – 2 = 8 (c) x + 2 = 8 (d) none of these
7. Write the statements “Seven times a number plus 7 gets you 77”in the form of equations:
. (a) 7x – 7 = 77 (b) 7x + 7 = 77 (c) x + 7 = 77 (d) none of these
8. Write the statements “If you take away 6 from 6 time a number, you get 60”in the form of
equations:
. (a) 6x + 6 = 60 (b) 6x – 6 = 60 (c) x – 6 = 60 (d) none of these
9. Write the statements “12 subtracted from z” in the form of expression:
. (a) 12 – z (b) z – 12 (c) 12z (d) none of these
10. Write the statements “25 added to r” in the form of expression:
. (a) 25 – r (b) r + 25 (c) 25r (d) none of these
11. Write the statements “p multiplied by 16” in the form of expression:
16
. (a) p + 16 (b) p – 16 (c) 16p (d)
p
12. Write the statements “y divided by 8” in the form of expression:
y
. (a) y – 8 (b) y + 8 (c) 8y (d)
8
13. Write the statements “m multiplied by –9” in the form of expression:
. (a) m – 9 (b) 9 – m (c) –pm (d) none of these
14. Write the statements “n multiplied by 2 and 1 subtracted from the product” in the form of
expression:
. (a) 2n + 1 (b) 2n – 1 (c) 2n (d) none of these
15. Write the statements “y multiplied by 10 and then 7 added to the product” in the form of
expression:
. (a) 10y x 7 (b) 10y + 7 (c) 10y – 7 (d) none of these
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
1. Students are marching in a parade. There are 3 cadets in a row. What is the rule which gives the
number of cadets, given the number of rows? (Use n for the number of rows.)
2. If there are 20 mangoes in a box, how will you write the total number of mangoes in terms of the
number of boxes? (Use b for the number of boxes.)
3. The teacher distributes 4 pencils per student. Can you tell how many pencils are needed, given
the number of students? (Use s for the number of students.)
4. A bird flies 5 kilometer in one minute. Can you express the distance covered by the bird in terms
of its flying time in minutes? (Use t for flying time in minutes.)
5. Vandana is Meghna's younger sister. Vandana is 4 years younger than Meghna. Can you write
Vandana 's age in terms of Meghna 's age? Take Meghna 's age to be x years.
6. Father has brought laddus. He gives some laddus to guests and family members; still 9 laddus
remain. If the number of laddus father gave away is l, how many laddus did he brought?
7. Apples are to be transferred from larger boxes into smaller boxes. When a large box is emptied,
the apples from it fill three smaller boxes and still 20 apples remain outside. If the number of
apples in a small box are taken to be x, what is the number of apples in the larger box?
8. Radha is drawing a dot Rangoli (a beautiful pattern of lines joining dots with chalk powder. She
has 10 dots in a row. How many dots will her Rangoli have for r rows? How many dots are there
if there are 9 rows? If there are 12 rows?
9. The side of an equilateral triangle is denoted by l. Express the perimeter of the equilateral
triangle using l.
10. The side of a regular hexagon (shown in below left fig.) is denoted by l. Express the perimeter of
the hexagon using l.
11. A cube is a three-dimensional figure as shown in above sided right Fig . It has six faces and all of
them are identical squares. The length of an edge of the cube is given by l. Find the formula for
the total length of the edges of a cube.
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12. Give expressions in the following cases.
(a) 11 added to 2m
(b) 11 subtracted from 2m
(c) 5 times y to which 3 is added
(d) 5 times y from which 3 is subtracted
(e) y is multiplied by – 8
(f) y is multiplied by – 8 and then 5 is added to the result
(g) y is multiplied by 5 and the result is subtracted from 16
(h) y is multiplied by – 5 and the result is added to 16.
13. (a) Form expressions using t and 4. Use not more than one number operation. Every expression
must have t in it.
(b) Form expressions using y, 2 and 7. Every expression must have y in it. Use only two number
operations. These should be different.
14. Express the following situations in statements using expressions:
Sarita has 10 more marbles than Ameena.
Balu is 3 years younger than Raju.
Bikash is twice as old as Raju.
Raju’s father’s age is 2 years more than 3 times Raju’s age.
How old will Susan be 5 years from now?
How old was Susan 4 years ago?
Price of wheat per kg is Rs 5 less than price of rice per kg.
Price of oil per litre is 5 times the price of rice per kg.
The speed of a bus is 10 km/hour more than the speed of a truck going on the same road.
15. The length of a rectangular hall is 4 meters less than 3 times the breadth of the hall. What is the
length, if the breadth is b meters?
16. Complete the entries in the third column of the table.
Equation Value of the variable Solution (Yes/No)
x + 10 = 30 x = 10
x + 10 = 30 x = 30
x + 10 = 30 x = 20
p–3=7 p=5
p–3=7 p = 15
p–3=7 p = 10
3n = 21 n=9
3n = 21 n=7
t t = 25
4
5
t t = 20
4
5
t t = 30
4
5
2m + 3 = 7 m=5
2m + 3 = 7 m=1
2m + 3 = 7 m=2
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17. Complete the table and by inspection of the table find the solution to the equation m + 9 = 16.
m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
m+9 ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. …..
18. Complete the table and by inspection of the table find the solution to the equation n – 2 = 10.
n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
n–2 ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. …..
19. A bus travels at v km per hour. It is going from Daspur to Beespur. After the bus has travelled 5
hours, Beespur is still 20 km away. What is the distance from Daspur to Beespur? Express it
using v.
20. Change the following statements using expressions into statements in ordinary language.
(a) A notebook costs Rs p. A book costs Rs 3 p.
(b) Tony puts q marbles on the table. He has 8 q marbles in his box.
(c) Our class has n students. The school has 20 n students.
(d) Jaggu is z years old. His uncle is 4 z years old and his aunt is (4z – 3) years old.
(e) In an arrangement of dots there are r rows. Each row contains 5 dots.
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
CLASS VI: CHAPTER – 11
ALGEBRA
Give an expression for each
1. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle, if side of the triangle is m.
2. Area of the rectangle with length k units and breadth n units.
3. Omar helps his mother 1 hour more than his sister does.
4. Two consecutive odd integers.
5. Two consecutive even integers.
6. Multiple of 5.
7. Anagha, Sushant and Faizal are climbing the steps to a hill top. Anagha is at the step p. Sushant
is 10 steps ahead and Faizal is 6 steps behind Anagha. Where are Sushant and Faizal? The total
number of steps to the hill top is 3 steps less than 8 times what Anagha has reached. Express the
total number of steps using p.
8. Raju’s age (in years) is 2 more than 5 times her daughter’s age.
9. 13 subtracted from thrice of a number.
10. One more than twice the number.
11. 200C less than the present temperature.
12. The successor of an integer.
13. The denominator of a fraction is 1 more than its numerator.
14. The height of Mount Everest is 20 times the height of Empire State building.
15. If a note book costs Rs p and a pencil costs Rs 3, then the total cost (in Rs) of two note books and
one pencil.
16. z is multiplied by –3 and the result is subtracted from 13.
17. p is divided by 11 and the result is added to 10.
18. x times of 3 is added to the smallest natural number.
19. 6 times q is subtracted from the smallest two digit number.
20. Write two equations for which 2 is the solution.
21. Write an equation for which 0 is a solution.
22. Write an equation whose solution is not a whole number.
23. one-half of the sum of number x and y.
24. 2 less than the quotient of x by y.
25. 4 times x taken away from one-third of y.
26. quotient of x by 3 is multiplied by y.
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Convert the expressions into statements in ordinary language.
27. Cost of a pencil is Rs x. A pen costs Rs 6x.
28. Manisha is z years old. Her uncle is 5z years old and her aunt is (5z – 4) years old.
29. A pencil costs Rs p and a pen costs Rs 5p.
30. Leela contributed Rs y towards the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. Leela is now left with Rs (y +
10000).
31. Kartik is n years old. His father is 7n years old.
32. The maximum temperature on a day in Delhi was poC. The minimum temperature was (p –
10)0C.
33. John planted t plants last year. His friend Jay planted 2t + 10 plants that year.
34. Sharad used to take p cups tea a day. After having some health problem, he takes p – 5 cups of
tea a day.
35. The number of students dropping out of school last year was m. Number of students dropping out
of school this year is m – 30.
36. Price of petrol was Rs p per litre last month. Price of petrol now is Rs (p – 5) per litre.
37. Khader’s monthly salary was Rs P in the year 2005. His salary in 2006 was Rs (P + 1000).
38. The number of girls enrolled in a school last year was g. The number of girls enrolled this year in
the school is 3g – 10.
39. Translate each of the following statements into an equation, using x as the variable:
(a) 13 subtracted from twice a number gives 3.
(b) One fifth of a number is 5 less than that number.
(c) Two-third of number is 12.
(d) 9 added to twice a number gives 13.
(e) 1 subtracted from one-third of a number gives 1.
40. Translate each of the following statements into an equation:
(a) The perimeter (p) of an equilateral triangle is three times of its side (a).
(b) The diameter (d) of a circle is twice its radius (r).
(c) The selling price (s) of an item is equal to the sum of the cost price (c) of an item and the
profit (p) earned.
(d) Amount (a) is equal to the sum of principal (p) and interest (i).
41. A class with p students has planned a picnic. Rs 50 per student is collected, out of which Rs 1800
is paid in advance for transport. How much money is left with them to spend on other items?
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42. In a village, there are 8 water tanks to collect rain water. On a particular day, x litres of rain
water is collected per tank. If 100 litres of water was already there in one of the tanks, what is the
total amount of water in the tanks on that day?
43. What is the area of a square whose side is m cm?
44. Perimeter of a triangle is found by using the formula P = a + b + c, where a, b and c are the sides
of the triangle. Write the rule that is expressed by this formula in words.
45. Perimeter of a rectangle is found by using the formula P = 2 ( l + w), where l and w are
respectively the length and breadth of the rectangle. Write the rule that is expressed by this
formula in words.
46. On my last birthday, I weighed 40kg. If I put on m kg of weight after a year, what is my present
weight?
47. Length and breadth of a bulletin board are r cm and t cm, respectively.
(i) What will be the length (in cm) of the aluminium strip required to frame the board, if 10cm
extra strip is required to fix it properly.
(ii) If x nails are used to repair one board, how many nails will be required to repair 15 such
boards?
(iii) If 500sqcm extra cloth per board is required to cover the edges, what will be the total area of
the cloth required to cover 8 such boards?
(iv) What will be the expenditure for making 23 boards, if the carpenter charges Rs x per board.
48. Sunita is half the age of her mother Geeta. Find their ages
(i) after 4 years?
(ii) before 3 years?
49. Manoj spends Rs. x daily and saves Rs. y per week. What is his income after 2 weeks?
50. One pencil costs Rs. 4 and one pen cots Rs. 10. What is the cost of x pencils and y fountain
pens?
51. Ajay spends Rs. x per week and saves Rs. y daily. What is his income after 3 weeks?
52. Deepa scores 90 marks in Mathematics and x marks in Science. What is her total score in
Science and Mathematics?
53. The score of Abhay in Maths is 25 more than the two third of his score in science. If he scored x
marks in Science, find his score in Mathematics.
54. The score of Manoj in Maths is 15 less than the one-third of his score in science. If he scored x
marks in Science, find his score in Mathematics.
55. Rakesh covers x centimeters in one step. How many centimeteres does he covers in 10 steps?
56. Think of a number. Multiply it by 6. Add 5 to the result. Subtract y from this result. What is the
result?
57. Rakesh spends Rs. x per week and saves Rs. y daily. What is his income after 4 weeks?
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58. One pencil costs Rs. 2 and one fountain pen cots Rs. 15. What is the cost of x pencils and y
fountain pens?
59. Rohit scores 80 marks in Maths and x marks in English. What is his total score in the two
subjects?
60. The number of rooms on the ground floor of a building is 15 less than the twice of the number of
rooms on first floor. If the first floor has x rooms, how many rooms does the ground floor has?
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