St. Thomas More College

Primary Schools Half

Yearly Examinations

MATHEMATICS WRITTEN PAPER Year 6 February 2012 Time: 1 hr 15

minutes

Name: _________________________________

Class: _________________________________

1. Work out:

Total Marks:

a) 1248 + 45 =________ b) 1725 -216 =

c) 100 × ___ = 6400 d) 749 ÷ 7=

2. a) Use a ruler to measure this nail to the nearest cm.

The nail is ________ cm long.

b) Circle the most suitable measurement. i) The weight of 6 apples.

ii) The height of a door.

1g 1kg 10kg 2mm 2cm 2m

c) Round 6,890 ml to the nearest litre.

3. Put a tick ( √ ) near the correct statements.

Choose two correct statements for each shape.

a)

b)

The cone is a solid shape.

The cube is a flat shape.

The cone has 1 vertex. The cube has 6 faces.

The cone has 12 edges. It has 2 circular edges.

This shape has no faces. This shape has 8 vertices.

4. I am one of these numbers.

17 25 36 49 63 64 79 81 97 93

What number am I? __________

5. a) Circle one of the following numbers which is equal to the number

in the box:

i) 11.25 11.5 11.2 11¼

3 grams 30 grams 300 grams 0.3 kg ii)

b) Complete: Start End

+ 50 ÷ 10 × 2 =

6. Look at the circle. What part of the whole circle is shaded?

Give your answer as a

a) fraction =

b) decimal = _____._____

Compare the fractions using <, >, or =.

(c) ¼ ⅞ (d) ½ ⅜ (e) ⅓ ½

7. Write each fraction in its simplest form.

a. 10 = b. 25 = c. 49 = 16 45 70

Change the following fractions to a mixed number.

d. 43 = e. 35= 64

8. a) Fill in.

(i.) ¼ hour = _________ minutes (ii) 2 weeks = _________ days

b) Albert and Elizabeth went to the cinema. Use the diagram

to work out the time when the film started.

pm

9. Tell whether the dotted line on each shape is a line of symmetry. Write yes or no.

10. a) Work out the perimeter of the rectangle. __________ cm

b) The area of a square is 64 cm2

. Kevin says that the length of one of

the sides of the square is 8 cm. Is he correct? __________ (YES / NO).

Give a reason for your answer. _______________________________

(a) ___________ (b) ___________ (c) ___________

Now draw the lines of symmetry of these letters.

(d) (e)

END OF PAPER

Marks’ Scheme Nos. 1 -4 4 × 4 16 marks Nos. 5 -12 8 × 5 40 marks

Nos. 13 -16 4 × 6 24 marks

TOTAL 80 marks

11. a) Work out the total weight, in kg, of these three boxes.

10.005 kg 12.5 kg

5.02 kg

___________ kg b) Change

your answer to grams. ___________ g

12. Here are some number facts:

Use the above facts to complete the following:

a) 4.5 + 2.8 = ___________________ b) ½ of 2.6 =

___________________ c) ¾ of 16.4 ___________________

d) Four lots of 3.8 = ___________________

e) 2.7 ÷ 3 ___________________

13. a) Fill in with correct words. Only three words must be used.

no equilateral three isosceles

I. An _________________ triangle has 3 equal sides and 3 equal

angles.

II. An _________________ triangle has 2 equal sides and 2 equal

angles.

III. A scalene triangle has __________ equal sides.

c) Use your protractor. i) Draw and mark an angle of 70°on the giv

en line at the point X.

X ii) Underline the correct word. An angle of

70°is an (acute, obtuse) a ngle.

14. a) These are the coins that Tamara had in her pocket.

How much money did Tamara have altogether? €_____·_____

b) Tamara spent all her money on three of

these things:

€1·50 €5·21 €2·20c

35c mirror lipstick book

pencil

Which three things did Tamara buy? She

bought the _________________, the __________________

and the _________________.

15. Look at the graph

a) Two items on the programme take a quarter of an hour each.

These are:

i)____________________________ and

ii)____________________________

b) How long was the interval? ___________ minutes

c) The animals took 25 minutes to do their part. Shade this on the

graph.

d) The clown’s item was __________________ minutes longer than

the juggler’s item.

16. Look at these number cards.

Use these number cards to make the following statements correct.

Each number card can be used more than once.

(a) ___________ (b) ___________ (c) ___________

Now draw the lines of symmetry of these letters.

(d) (e)

END OF PAPER

Marks’ Scheme Nos. 1 -4 4 × 4 16 marks Nos. 5 -12 8 × 5 40 marks

Nos. 13 -16 4 × 6 24 marks

TOTAL 80 marks