Class - VI

Subject: MATHEMATICS
Sample paper
Time: 3 Hour M.M. 80 marks

General Instructions:

1. Read all questions carefully.

2. All questions are compulsory. However internal choice is provided in 1 questions of Section C
and 1 question of Section D.
3. Question paper is divided into two parts: Objective and Subjective.
4. Objective questions comprises of Section A. Q 1 to Q 40 carries 1 mark each.
5. Subjective part comprises of section B, C and D.
 Section B carries 2 mark questions each.
 Section C carries 3 mark questions each.
 Section D carries 4 marks questions each.

SECTION A
Choose the correct options: (𝟏𝟔 × 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟔)
Q1. The successor of -19 is:
a. 18 b. -18 c. 20 d. -20

Q2. x and y are two integers such that x is the predecessor of y. Find the value of x-y.
a. 2 b. -2 c. 1 d. -1

Q3. Preeti’s annual income is Rs.288000. Her annual savings amount to Rs.36000. The
ratio of her savings to her expenditure is
a.1:8 b. 1:7 c. 1:6 d. 1:5

Q4. There are ‘b’ boys and ‘g’ girls in a class. The ratio of the number of boys to the total
number of students in the class is:
𝑏 𝑔 𝑏 𝑏+𝑔
a. b. c. d.
𝑏+𝑔 𝑏+𝑔 𝑔 𝑏

Q5. If 3: x :: 12:20, then the value of x is:

a.4 b. 5 c.6 d. 7

Q6. Find the ratio of 90 cm to 1.5 m.

a. 1:6 b. 3:5 c. 7:15 d. 8:12

Q7. A motorbike travels 220 km in 5 litres of petrol. How much distance will it cover
in 1.5 litres of petrol?

a. 66 km b.75 km c. 80 km d. 99 km

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Q8.

Q9.

Q10. The decimal 0.25 lies between

a. 0.2 and 0.3 b. 0.1 and 0.2 c.0.02 and 0.05 d. 1.0 and
2.0

Q11. What is sum of the place values of 5 in the given decimal 954.57?
a. 5.5 b. 50.5 c. 5.05 d. 0.05

Q12.

Q13.

Q14. The food we eat remains in the stomach for a maximum of 4 hours. For what fraction
of a day, does it remain there?
1 16 3 1
a. b. c. d.
8 24 1 6

Q15. Which of the following fractions is the greatest?

5 5 5 5
a. b. c. d.
7 6 9 8

Q16. Two regular Hexagons of perimeter 30cm each are joined as

shown
in the figure. The perimeter of the new figure is:

a.65 cm b.60 cm c. 55 cm d. 50 cm

Fill in the blanks:

(𝟒 × 𝟏 = 𝟒)
Q17. 7km 56m=________________km

Q18. The area of a rectangle is 48 cm2 and one of its sides is 6 cm. The perimeter of the
rectangle is _________.

Q19. The value of (-5) + (-6) + 7 is_________.

Q20.

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State true or false:
(𝟒 × 𝟏 = 𝟒)

Q21. The place value of a digit at the tenth place is 10 times the same digit at the ones place.

Q22. The fraction 6

is a proper fraction.
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Q23. The two terms of a ratio can be two different units.

Q24. Perimeter is the region enclosed within a boundary.

Case study I: (Q25 to Q28) (𝟒 × 𝟏 = 𝟒)

The table given below shows the elevations relative to sea level of four locations. The height
of a place above sea level is denoted by a positive integer and depth below the sea level is
denoted by a negative integer. Taking sea level as zero, answer the following questions:

Q25. Which location is closest to sea level?

i) A ii) B iii) C iv) D

Q26. Which location is farthest from sea level?

i) A ii) B iii) C iv) D

Q27. Arrange the locations from the least to the greatest elevation.

Q28. What is the difference in the elevations of location A and C?

Case study II: (Q29 to Q32)

(𝟒 × 𝟏 = 𝟒)
Sarita generally travels 18km 75m every day. Out of this she travels 7km 150m by bus and
rest by an auto. But While returning to her home on Friday she takes a detour and goes to her
friend’s house which was 3 km 400 m away. After meeting her friend she goes to her house.
Q29. What is the distance in km Sarita travels everyday?

Q30. What is the distance she travels by Auto?

Q31. What is the total distance Sarita travelled on Friday when she visited her friend’s
house?

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Q32. What extra distance she had to travel on Friday while visiting her friend’s house?

Study the picture given and answer the questions that follow: (Q33 to Q36) (𝟒 × 𝟏 = 𝟒)
An ant is moving around a few food pieces of different shapes scattered on the floor.

Q33. What is the perimeter of food piece given in figure(i)?

a.30 cm b.31cm c.32 cm d. 33 cm

Q34. The area of food piece given in figure(ii) is_____?

a.40cm2 b.36cm2 c.25 cm2 d.16 cm2

Q35. What is the length of each side of food piece given in figure(iii) if its perimeter is 60
cm?
a. 10 cm b.11 cm c.12 cm d. 13 cm

Q36. The perimeter of food piece (ii) is given by:___________

a. P=2(l+b) b. P= side x side c. P= 4 x side d. P= 5 x side

Study the given picture and answer the questions that follow: (Q37 to Q40) (𝟒 × 𝟏 = 𝟒)
A bag contains 25 balls out of which 10 are red, 5 are blue, 7 are black and remaining is white

Q37. What fraction of bal is red ?

Q38. What fraction of ball is white ?

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Q39. What fraction of ball is not black ?

Q40. If 10 more balls of white color is added in the bag and all blue balls are removed from
the bag then what fraction of total balls are red?
SECTION B

Q1. The sum of two integers is 47. If one of the integers is – 24, find the other.

Q2. Represent the following decimals on the number line: a. 0.5 b. 1.6

Q3. 𝟐𝟑 𝟐𝟖 𝟓 𝟏𝟑
Which is the larger fraction? a. or b. or
𝟑𝟓 𝟑𝟓 𝟔 𝟏𝟓

Q4. The temperature in Shimla on a particular day at 6:00pm was 10C but at midnight it
dropped to -50C. By how many degrees did the temperature fall?

Q5. 80 240
Check whether the given fractions are equivalent: =
24 720

Q6. The car that I own can go 150 km with 25 litres of petrol. Flow far can it go with 30
litres of petrol?

SECTION C

Q7. Aniket wants to cover the floor of a room which is 10 m long and 5 m wide with
square tiles. If side of each square tile is 0.5 m, then find the number of tiles required to
cover the floor of the room.
OR
A carpenter had a board which measured 3m × 2m. She cut out a rectangular piece of
250cm × 90cm. What is the ratio of the area of cut out piece and the remaining piece?

Q8. 1
When Sunita weighed herself on Monday, she found that she had gained 1 kg. Earlier
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her weight was 46 kg. What was her weight on Monday?
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Q9. Solve without using the number line.

(a) (-7)-8-(-23)
(b) 4 – (-8) + (-7) – (-8)

Q10. In a year Ravi earns ₹ 4,00,000 and saves ₹ 1, 50,000, find the ratio of
(a) money that Ravi earns to the money he saves.
(b) money that Ravi saves to the money he spends.
(c ) money that Ravi earns to the money he spends.

SECTION D
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Q11. a. Find the value of: – 121 – (-52) – (-125) + 270
b. Write the opposite of each of the following:
(i) 60 km south
(ii) Profit of Rs.500

Q12. a. Find the area of given figure. (The measures are given in centimetres)

b. Two sides of a triangle are 14 m and 15 m. The perimeter of triangle is 49 m.

Find the third side.

Q13. Present age of father is 42 years and that of his son is 14 years. Find the ratio of:
(a) Present age of father to the present age of son
(b) Age of the father to age of the son, when son was 12 years old
(c) Age of father after 10 years to the age of son after 10 years.
(d) Age of father to the age of son when father was 30 years old

Q14. a. Sweety runs around a square park of side 75m. Bulbul runs around a rectangular
park with length 60m and breadth 45m. Who covers less distance?
b. How many tiles of 10cm by 6cm will be needed to pave a rectangular path of 5m by
3m?