Grade 6—Mathematics

Practice worksheet sem 2

1. A train covers 87 km in 3 hours. Calculate its speed. How far does the train go in 50
minutes?
2. Convert 600 m/min into m/s and km/hr
3. Which is more 90 km/hr or 35 m/s?
4. Find the mean and median of first 6 natural numbers
5. Find the mean and median of first 9 prime numbers
6. The original price of an article is Rs. 900. Find its new price when its price is
(i) decreased by 20 %. (ii) increased by 35 %
7. Write two properties of parallelogram
8. Write two properties of rhombus.
9. Write two properties of square.
10. A pair of adjacent angles of a parallelogram measures (x -10)o and 70o respectively.
Find the measure of each angle of the parallelogram.
11. The measure of the angles of a quadrilateral are 76o, 104o, 67o and yo. Find the value
of y.
12. The passing marks in an examination is 30%. If Ashok gets 59 marks and is declared
failed by 10 marks, then find the maximum marks?
13. Out of a salary of ₹ 15,000, I keep one-fifth as savings. Of the remaining money, I
spend 50 % on food and 20% on house rent. How much do I spend on food and house
rent?
14. If the mean of 5 observations x + 2, x + 5, x + 1, x - 3 and x – 4 is 10, find the value
of x.
15. Evaluate : (a) 15 % of 200 – 30 % of 450 + 45 % of 600
(b) 102 % of 60 + 45 % of 670 – 57 % of 900
16. What percent is 56 p of Rs. 14?
17. What percent is 15 cm of 4.5 m?
18. 90 litre is what percent of 18 kilolitre?
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19. Express 8 as percentage.
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20. Express 1 5 as percentage.
21. Express 0.008 as percentage.
22. Express 1.25 as percentage.
23. The area of a square is 225 sq. m.
(i) Find its perimeter.
(ii) Find cost of gravelling it at the rate of Rs. 15.50 per sq. m.
(iii) Find cost of fencing it at the rate of Rs. 13 per metre.
24. The adjacent angles of a rhombus are (x+ 20)o and (2x – 30)o. Find the measure of
each angles of the rhombus.
25. Find the perimeter of the following figures:
(i) Length of each side is 2.9 cm

(ii) Find area

and perimeter

26. Find the area of the rectangular plot having perimeter as 280 cm and breadth as 65
cm. Also find the cost of fencing two rounds, if the cost of one metre of barbed wire is
Rs. 10.
27. A and B start from the same point and at the same time with speeds 22 km/h and 19
km/h respectively. Find the distance between A and B after 10 hours if both move in :
(i) Same direction (ii) the opposite direction.
28. Increase 340 by 15 %
29. Decrease 450 by 18 %
30. The population of a town increases by 5 % every year. If the present population of the
town is 24,150, then find :
(i) Last year’s population
(ii) Next year’s population
31. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 2: 3: 4: 6. Find the measure of each angle
of the quadrilateral.
32. The area of a rectangle and square are same. If the area of square is 784 sq. m. Find
the perimeter of the rectangle if its breadth is 14 m.