LIT FILES
GRADE 6 MID YEAR EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
Time: 2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Answer all questions on a separate answer sheet.
2. If more than one letter is written for any one answer, that answer will be
regarded as wrong.
1. T U t h
What number is shown by the picture .
A 2, 324
B 23, 24
C 232, 4
D 23, 43
2. Seven thousand comma one in numerals is __________.
A 7, 1
B 7001.
C 7000, 1
D 71
3. Ninety thousand and nine in number symbol is
A 19 090
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
1
B 90 009
C 90 019
D 9 009
4. What is the value of 4 in 554 001
A hundreds
B thousands
C thousandths
D tens
5. Decrease 2489 by 999
A 2 489
B 1 480
C 1 490
D 1 491
6. 3402 rounded off to the nearest hundred is _________.
A 3 400
B 3 500
C 3 410
D 3 402
7. 8 – 10 + 7 =
A 5
B 9
C 11
D 25
8. 7 000 + 90 + 0, 5
A 70 905
B 7 090, 5
C 70, 905
D 7, 0905
9. LXIV is ____________.
A 60
B 64
C 540
D 6400
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
2
10.
/3 of this shape is _______________.
1
A 3
B 6
C 9
D 12
11 What is the perimeter of the shape below?
50m
25m
20m
40m
A 140m
B 110m
C 90m
D 135m
12. 5
/8 as a decimal is _________.
A 0, 625
B 0, 125
C 0, 5
D 0, 85
13 How many sides does a hexagon have?
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
3
A 8
B 5
C 6
D 9
14 How many days are there from 14 February 1984 to 26 April 1984/
A 40
B 41
C 69
D 72
15 A small school has 30 children in each of the seven classes. How
many pupils are there in the school?
A 37
B 200
C 210
D 73
16 The gross mass of a tin of Jam is 1 000g if the empty tin has a mass
of
0, 275kg. What is the mass of the jam?
A 1, 275kg
B 0, 275kg
C 0, 825kg
D 0, 725kg
17 What is the difference between 19 and 0, 19?
A 0, 19
B 19, 81
C 18, 81
D 17, 1
18. Which of the following year is a leap year?
A 1994
B 1998
C 2002
D 2004
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
4
19. 0,003 + 2 + 0, 1 is
A. 0, 006
B. 2, 13
C. 2, 103
D. 2, 013
20. (7 + 4) x 3 =
A 9
B 19
C 25
D 33
21. In the table below, which time is wrongly written.
12 HOUR CLOCK 24 HOUR CLOCK
A 7 am 0700 hrs
B 12 noon 1200 hrs
C 12 mid night 2400hrs
D 5pm 1700 hrs
22. Two fifths of a number is twenty. What is the number?
A 50
B 8
C 40
D 20
23. 2 1/2 - 1 3/4
A 3/4
B 7
/4
C 2
/5
D 1 1/3
24. Find the value of B in the triangle?
62
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
5
BBBB
B 54
A 74
B 84
C 64
D 94
25. Rounding off 75, 485 to the nearest hundredths gives ___________.
A 75
B 75, 4
C 75, 48
D 75, 49
26. /24 in its lowest term is _____________
18
A 1
/3
B 2
/3
C 1
/4
D 3
/4
27.
A
B C D
Which of these shapes is a cone?
A 3
B 2
C 4
D 5
28. Ben has 61sweets, Chipo 9 sweets and Fox 20 sweets. What is the
average of the sweets?
A 90
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
6
B 70
C 30
D 29
29. 3
/7 is the same as ___________.
A 9
/21
B 6
/49
C 6
/14
D 8
/14
30. Two right angles make __________.
A straight line
B curve
C zig zag
D crocked
31. Amanda bought a hat for $71, 59. She paid with four $20 notes.
What was her change?
A $9, 41
B $8, 41
C $7, 41
D $6, 41
32. In 14 348 the first 4 is greater than the second 4 by how many
times?
A 10 000
B 1 000
C 100
D 10
33. Which number is a factor of 18?
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 7
34. What is the area of the shaded part?
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
7
8cm
9cm
2
A 72cm
2
B 36cm
2
C 34cm
2
D 64cm
35. 146 + ------- = 102
A 56
B 65
C 66
D 76
36. Three men take 5 days to dig a trench. How many days do 5 men
take to dig the trench working at the same rate?
A 25
B 9
C 3
D 6
37. From a piece of material 2m long, one piece 75cm and another 55cm
are cut. The length that remains in cm is ________.
A 30cm
B 40cm
C 60cm
D 70cm
38. How many of the small cubes fit into the big cubes?
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
8
6cm 2cm
6cm 2cm
2cm
6cm
A 3
B 8
C 64
D 144
39. Mercy is facing West she turns in a clockwise direction through 2
right angles. Now she facing ________.
A south
B North
C East
D West
40. A motorist was supposed to reach his destination at 17 18hrs but
was delayed by 32 minutes attending to a puncture. His arrival time
was ______.
A 1750hrs
B 1740hrs
C 1800hrs
D 1532hrs
41. A class is composed of 80 pupils. Of these 25% are boys. How many
are girls.
A 20
B 40
C 60
D 30
42. For a parents meeting, 26 chairs were put in each row. How many
chairs were arranged if there were 34 rows?
A 784
B 884
C 1204
D 234
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
9
43. The sum of 78 and 92 when divided by 5 is_________.
A 29
B 30
C 32
D 34
44. Change 540 minutes to hours.
A 10, 8 hrs
B 18 hrs
C 45 hrs
D 9 hrs
45. 2
/3 of a number is 30. What is the number?
A 20
B 45
C 30
D 60
46. In 1985 Noku was seven years old. How old was he in 2005.
A 22 years old
B 35 years old
C 37 years old
D 27 years old
47. 104 x 8 =
A 832
B 732
C 632
D 532
o
48. The missing number in the pattern 2, 5, 11, ------- 32
A 20
B 18
C 17
D 19
49. Which circle has its diameter correctly drawn?
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
10
A B C D
50. Increase 2367 by 864.
A 3 231
B 3 121
C 2 121
D 2 111
Downloaded from www.litfiles.co
11
