Class VI Mathematics

Time: 2 ½ hours Total Marks: 80

General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. Section A comprises of 12 questions carrying 1 mark each.

3. Section B comprises of 12 questions carrying 2 marks each.

4. Section C comprises of 8 questions carrying 3 marks each.

5. Section D comprises of 5 questions carrying 4 marks each.

Section A (Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each)

1. The simplest form of fraction of 1.35 is

A. 27/20 B. 29/20 C. 31/25 D. 23/20

2. Which of the following is an example of primary data?

A. Data collected from a group of 40 students

B. Data collected from world wide web

C. Data collected from a school records

D. Data collected from DISE

3. If the marks of 5 students out of 50 in a math exam are: 45, 32, 47, 21, 42 The difference between
maximum and minimum marks is

A. 28 B. 24 C. 25 D. 26

4. Perimeter of a square = ______ × length of a side

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

5. If p is the side length of square then its area is

A. p2 B. p3 C. 4p D. 2p

6. Which of the following ratio is not equivalent to 50 : 90?

A. 5 : 9 B. 15 : 19 C. 10 : 18 D. 25 : 45

7. ______ triangle has exactly one line of symmetry.

A. An equilateral B. A scalene C. An isosceles D. A right-angled

8. A __________ is used to draw and measure angles.

A. protractor B. ruler C. set square D. divider

9. Which of the following decimal has the highest value?

A. 0.5 B. 0.6 C. 0.7 D. 0.2

A. n ÷5+8 B. n÷5-8 C. 5n – 8 D. 5÷n-8

11. Which of the following letters has a horizontal line of symmetry?

A. H B. Y C. P D. All of the above

12. The side of a square with perimeter 70 m is

A. 17 m B. 280 m C. 17.5 m D. 16 m

13. In 3 : 4 :: x : 8, find x.

A. 3 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4

14. If 6k represents the cost of k chocolates then the cost of 5 chocolates is:

A. Rs. 30 B. Rs. 20 C. Rs. 35 D. Rs. 20

15. The value of expression 4y + 12 at y = 1 is

A. 12 B. 16 C. 15 D. 18

16. Choose the smaller decimal number.

A. 0.1258 B. 0.1254 C. 0.1257 D. 0.1259

17. "9k + 1" is same as:

A. 9 multiplied to 1 and then k is added

B. 9 multiplied to k and then 1 is added

C. k multiplied to 1 and then 9 is added

D. 9 multiplied to k and 1 is added to k

18. Ratio 0f 500 paise to 1 rupee is:-

A. 500/1 B. 5/1 C. 1/5 D. 1/500

19. Perimeter of rectangle if length is 5m and breadth is 2m :-

A. 10m B. 12m C. 14m D. 14cm

20. If the cost of one book is Rs. 10 then the cost of n such books will be

A. 10 + n B. 10n C. 10 – n D. n

Section B ( Questions 21 to 28 carry 2 marks each)

21. The weight of an empty gas cylinder is 18 kg 75 g. The weight of the gas contained in it is 12 kg
350g. What is the total weight of the cylinder filled with gas?

22. Three sides of a quadrilateral are 30 cm, 40 cm and 25 cm. Find the length of its fourth side if the
perimeter is 130cm.
23. Length and breadth of a rectangular field are 20 m and 15 m respectively. Find the ratio of the
breadth to the length of the field.

24. What is to be added to 74.5 to get 91?

25. Express each of the following as an algebraic expression.

a. Sum of y and 7. b. Number a divided by 23.

26. The distance travelled by Hamid and Akhtar in an hour is 9 km and 12 km, respectively. Find the
ratio of the speed of Hamid to the speed of Akhtar.

27. Preeta purchased a book, a pen and a notebook for Rs. 165.35, Rs. 72 and Rs. 14.85 respectively.
How much money will he have to pay to the shopkeeper for these items?
28. An isosceles triangle has equal sides of 18 cm each. Find the third side if the perimeter of
triangle is 50 cm.

Section C ( Questions from 29 to 36 carries 3 marks each)

29. The following pictograph shows the data on the number of students who like a particular sport.

Answer the following questions:

(i) How many students like football and cricket?

(ii) How many more students like basketball than volleyball?

30. There are 3 different coloured balls in a bucket. The total number of balls is 55. If the number of
blue balls is 25 and others are in a ratio of 2 : 1. Find the number of other two balls. Also, find the
ratio of the sum of numbers of the other two to the blue balls.

31. Sachin wants to cover the floor of a room 16 m wide and 15 m long with rectangular tiles of 1.5
m long and 1m wide. Find the number of tiles required to cover the floor.

32. There are 35 girls and 45 boys in the class. Find the ratio of

a) Number of boys to the number of girls

b) Number of boys to the total number of students.

33. Rahul wants to paint all the four square walls of his room of side 10 m. If the cost of painting is
Rs. 20 per sq. m then what will be the total cost of painting?

34. The length of a rectangular field is twice its breadth. Its perimeter is 180 m. Find its length and
breadth.
35. Shrehan is 6 years older than Jasmine. If the sum of their ages is 30, then what are their ages?

36. If Suraj covers 20m of square field and Rohit covers 30m of triangular field(equilateral triangle),
then who covers more distance?

Section D (Questions from 37 to 40 carries 4 marks each)

37. Express the following as algebraic equation and solve:

(a) Twice a number increased by 6 is 101. What is the number?

(b) Six times a number decreased by 3 is 9. Find the number.

38. The marks obtained by Kunal in his annual examinations are as shown below:

Subject Hindi English Maths Science Social Science

Draw a bar graph to represent above data.

39. Sakshi is 6 years older than Roopa. If the sum of their ages is 40, then what are their ages?And
also find their ages after 10 years.

40. Rohit runs around a triangular field of side 40m each and Mohit runs around a square field of
side 30m. Who covers more distance and by how much?