1. Year 6 Block 2 Assessment Paper 1 (Answers after each question)

2. PART 1 NUMBER

3. Calculate (Show your working.) a) £3.62 x 4 b) £1.36 x 7 c) 348 x 29
Question 1
Calculate
(Show your working.)
a) £3.62 x 4
b) £1.36 x 7
c) 348 x 29

4. Answer
a) £14.48
b) £9.52
c) 10092

5. Question 2
Calculate
(Show your working)
a) £5.04 ÷ 6
b) 1598 ÷ 34

6. b) 47 (1 mark for correct working but incorrect answer )
a) £0.84 or 84p
b) 47 (1 mark for correct working but incorrect answer )

7. Question 3
a) Write out these decimal numbers in order from the lowest to the highest.

8. Answer

9. b) What number does the arrow indicate?
Question 3
b) What number does the arrow indicate?

10. Answer

11. Question 4

12. Answer

13. Question 5

14. Answer

15. Write a fraction in the boxes to complete the sentence.
Question 6
Write a fraction in the boxes to complete the sentence.

16. Any correct fraction eg 7/12
Answer
Any correct fraction eg 7/12

17. Write out these quantities in order from lowest to highest.
Question 7
Write out these quantities in order from lowest to highest.

18. Answer

19. Question 8
Calculate

20. Answer

21. MONEY AND MEASURE PROBLEMS
PART 2
MONEY AND MEASURE PROBLEMS
NO CALCULATOR

22. a) How much would a pen and a T-shirt cost?
Question 9a
a) How much would a pen and a T-shirt cost?

23. Answer
a) £8.25

24. b) How much would three CDs cost?
Question 9b
b) How much would three CDs cost?

25. Answer
b) £31.35

26. c) How many pens could you buy for £ 20?
Question 9c
c) How many pens could you buy for £ 20?

27. Answer
c) 6 pens

28. Question 9d
d) If you bought 3 pens and 2 T-shirts, how much change would you receive from £ 20?

29. Answer
d) £0.55 or 55p

30. Question 10a

31. Answer
a) £54

32. Question 10b

33. Answer
b) £7 or £7.00

34. Question 11a
a) 8 bars of chocolate cost £ What is the cost of each chocolate bar?

35. Answer
a) 35p or £0.35

36. £ 9.00. What is the cost of each can?
Question 11b
b) 20 cans of cola cost
£ What is the cost of each can?

37. Answer
b) 45p or £0.45

38. a) How much water is in Jane’s cup?
Question 12a
Bob’s cup contains ½ litre of water. Jane has one quarter of the amount of water that is in Bob’s cup.
a) How much water is in Jane’s cup?

39. Answer
a) 125ml

40. Question 12b
Bob’s cup contains ½ litre of water. Jane has one quarter of the amount of water that is in Bob’s cup.
b) How much water would have to be added to Jane’s cup so that she had the same amount of water as Bob?

41. Answer
a) Paris and Moscow

42. This chart shows temperatures recorded at noon for some world cities.
Question 13
This chart shows temperatures recorded at noon for some world cities.
a) Which two cities have a difference in temperature of 21ºC? ___and ___
b) How much warmer is Oslo than Moscow? .

43. Answer
b) 16.5ºC

44. PART 3: HANDLING DATA

45. Question 14a

46. Answer

47. Question 14b
b) One day one eighth (⅛) of Y6 were absent. How many children in Y6 were present?

48. Answer
b) 28 children

49. a) How many dollars could be exchanged for £50?
Question 15a
a) How many dollars could be exchanged for £50?

50. Answer
a) 485 Hong Kong dollars

51. b) How many pounds could be exchanged for 291 dollars?
Question 15b
b) How many pounds could be exchanged for 291 dollars?

52. Answer
b) £30

53. Question 15c
c) Look at the graph. Approximately, how many dollars could be exchanged for £17?

54. c) 160-170 H.K dollars inclusive
Answer
c) H.K dollars inclusive

55. a) How many pupils did the spelling test?
Question 16a
a) How many pupils did the spelling test?

56. Answer
a) 36 pupils

57. Question 16b
b) Sally said, “ 25 children scored half marks or more” Was she correct? Yes or No

58. Answer
b) no

59. c) Explain your yes or no answer:
Question 16c
c) Explain your yes or no answer:

60. Explanation needed eg 5 out of 10 is half of the marks.
Answer
Explanation needed eg 5 out of 10 is half of the marks.
Only 18 children scored 5 or more marks

61. Part 4: SHAPE AND SPACE

62. Question 17a
The points (-1, 1), (2, 5) and (6, 2) are three of the four vertices of a square. Plot the co-ordinates on the grid. What are the co-ordinates of the fourth vertex?

63. Answer
a) (3, -2)

64. C is halfway between A and B. What are the co-ordinates of C?
Question 17b
b) Look at the diagram
C is halfway between A and B. What are the co-ordinates of C?

65. Answer
b) (6, 7.5)

66. Tick the shape with only one pair of parallel sides.
Question 18
Tick the shape with only one pair of parallel sides.

67. Answer

68. Question 19

69. Answer
Tick the second shape

70. Question 20
Use a protractor to measure these angles. Tick the shape with an angle of 69°.

71. Answer

72. a) What is the perimeter of the shape?
Question 21
a) What is the perimeter of the shape?
b) What is the area of the whole shape?

73. Answer
a) 35cm
b) 73.5 cm²

74. Question 22

75. Answer
8cm

76. Part 5 - SOLVING PROBLEMS USING A CALCULATOR

77. Question 23

78. Answer

79. What is the total amount of ticket money collected?
Question 24
1827 people buy tickets to watch a rugby match. Each ticket costs £ 9.50.
What is the total amount of ticket money collected?

80. Answer £

81. Programmes cost £ 1.25 each. The total money from
Question 25
Programmes cost £ 1.25 each. The total money from
programme sales is £
How many programmes were sold?

82. Answer
877 programmes

83. Question 26
Pencils are 16.4 cm long. How many pencils can be cut from a length 20 metres long?

84. Answer
121 pencils

85. Question 27
Train carriages hold 86 passengers. How many carriages would a train need in order to seat 1500 passengers?

86. Answer
18 carriages

87. Pencils weigh 7.3 g each. What would be the mass of 580 pencils?
Question 28
Pencils weigh 7.3 g each. What would be the mass of 580 pencils?

88. Answer
4234g or
4.234kg
4kg 234g

89. Question 29
Small bags of flour weigh 250g. How many bags can be made from 90kg of flour?

90. 1 mark for correct method eg 90x4 or
Answer
360 bags
1 mark for correct method eg 90x4 or
90000 ÷ 250

91. Question 30

92. Answer
90 boys

93. Question 31

94. Answer

95. Answers

96. Answers

97. Answers

98. Answers

99. Levelling

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