HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

MATHEMATICS

TITLE: Revision

Name: __________________________________________ Class: Junior 6 ____

Answer the following:

1) Look at this. 2 + 3 – 4 + 5. In this question the number 3 has + before and – after it.
In every question, which sign is more important, the sign before a number or the
sign after a number.

____________________________________________________________________

2) Have a look at this example. 2 × 3 = 6 and 3 × 2 = 6. This means that 2 × 3 = 3 × 2.

This is one property of multiplication. Which property is it?

____________________________________________________________________

3) 15 + 3 – 5 + 8 – 10. In this problem, there are only two operations + and –. What will
be the first step in your working? Write the step as taught in class.

____________________________________________________________________

4) Charlie got up at 6:45 a.m. He is quite late than usual. His school begins at 7:30 a.m.
He takes approximately 20 minutes to get ready, 10 minutes to have breakfast and
then 15 minutes to reach school by car. Do you think he will reach before school
starts, he will be just in time or he will be late?

____________________________________________________________________

5) Tom and Mario are 152 cm and 166 cm tall, respectively. What is the difference in
their heights?

____________________________________________________________________

6) Gavin gave his brother ₤5. He asked him to buy 6 packets of juice each costing 45 p,
4 packets of chips each costing 50 p and 5 lozenges costing 20 p each. Check
whether Gavin has given his brother enough money to get all of these. Show all
working with clear statements.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

1 Holiday Assignment - Mathematics Junior 6

 ____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

7) An old man decided to divide 320 p among four children equally. Shane, Justin,
Trevor and Moses. Shane already has 45 p, given to him by his mother, Justin
doesn’t have any, Trevor is the one who always gets the highest allowance of ₤1
every week and has been saving for the last three weeks. Moses has 90 p with him.
If Trevor decides to give the amount he gets from the old man to Justin, how much
will each one finally have? Think carefully and do not answer in a hurry.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

8) The Science Encyclopedia that I possess is 25 cm thick and has about 500 pages.
(a) What is the thickness of one page? Think carefully. Write all steps.
(b) What will be the thickness of 5 such encyclopedias put together?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

9) Jassim has 138 story books with him. As his father has promised to change his
whole set, he has decided to give them to 3 of his friends. As he isn’t very good at
his multiplication tables, could you help him find out whether or not he will be able
to give them an equal number of story books?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

2 Holiday Assignment - Mathematics Junior 6

10) Two boys started a 1200 m race together. This means that there are 3 laps that they
have to take. One boy takes 4 minutes to complete one lap and the other boy takes
6 minutes to complete it. After how many minutes do they cross each other again?
For this problem, first write down what you will find. LCM or HCF? Then find the
answer. Write statements wherever required.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Work out the following problems:

1) Write 216 as a product of its prime factors. Then write this product in index form.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

2) What is 1 raised to 100? First write this in index form and then write the value.

____________________________________________________________________

3) Find the Highest Common Factor of 24, 36 and 72.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

3 Holiday Assignment - Mathematics Junior 6

4) Find the value of 34 × 62.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________
5) Write the equivalent fraction for each of the following:
3 12 2 10
(a) = (c) =
8 25

4 6
(b) = (d) =
13 52 7 63

6) Simplify the following fractions:

100 14
(a) = = (c) = =
150 35

28 36
(b) = = (d) = =
63 90

7) For the number 34.62 what digit is in the tenths place?

____________________________________________________________________

8) For the number 0.007, what digit is in the units place?

____________________________________________________________________

9) Express the following fractions as decimals:

88 5
(a) = (c) =
100 100

44 9
(b) = (d) =
100 10

10) 60% of the students were not attending the club activities. What fraction is this?
Write this fraction in his lowest terms.

____________________________________________________________________
6
11) In one day of the work is done. What percentage is this?
25

____________________________________________________________________
12) This was not done in class. But we did conversions from percentage to fraction and
then fractions to decimals. Could you find the answer to this one, following those
same steps? Convert 58% into decimal. First % to fraction then fraction to decimal.

4 Holiday Assignment - Mathematics Junior 6

 ____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

5 Holiday Assignment - Mathematics Junior 6