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GRADE 6 MATHEMATICS

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

SEPTEMBER 2020

General Instructions:

This Grade 6 diagnostic test is based on content that would have been taught in Grade 5.

This test has sixty (60) questions. Each question has four (4) answer choices. Read each
question and answer choice carefully. There is only one correct answer to each question.
Choose the BEST answer.

It is important that you try your best to answer all the questions.
1. Composite numbers have three or more factors. Which set is an infinite set of
composite numbers?

A. {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, …}

B. {1, 2, 3, 4}
C. {4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, …}
D. {4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12}

Prime numbers have two factors, itself and one. Use the set below to answer question 2.

A = {prime numbers with 3 factors}

2. Which statement best represents the set?

A. empty set
B. finite set
C. infinite set
D. odd set

Below is a list of numbers. Use them to answer question 3.

2, 19, 31, 43, 59, 67

3. What type of numbers are shown?

A. composite numbers
B. even numbers
C. odd numbers
D. prime numbers

4. Which is a common factor of 1 and 2?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4

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John is a school vendor. The table below shows how much money he deposited at the
end of the week. Use this information to answer question 5.

Money Quantity

50

500

5000

5. How much money did John deposit?

A. $ 5,555
B. $ 6,180
C. $ 6,500
D. $ 42,500

6. For which set of numbers is the number 4 a common multiple?

A. 4, 8 and 16
B. 2, 4 and 8
C. 1, 2 and 4
D. 0 and 4

7. What is the value of the digit 3 in the number 54.368?

3
A.
1000
3
B.
10
C. 3
D. 300

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A number line is shown below. Use it to answer question 8.

60
. 62

8. .
Which decimal does the dot ( ) on the number line represent?
A. 60.8
B. 61.3
C. 61.6
D. 68

Three numbers are shown below. Use them to answer question 9.

0.01, 0.001, 0.1

9. Place the numbers in ascending order.

A. 0.001, 0.01, 0.1

B. 0.01, 0.001, 0.1
C. 0.1, 0.001, 0.01
D. 0.1, 0.01, 0.001

4 8
10. Which of the following is TRUE about and ?
4 8

4 8
A. 
4 8
4 8
B. 
4 8
4 8
C. 
4 8
4 8
D. is half of
4 8

11. What is the quotient when 42,063 is divided by 21?

A. 2
B. 23
C. 203
D. 2003

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12. Motorbikes have two wheels and cars have four wheels. There are a number of
motorbikes and cars in a parking lot. There are 14 motorbikes. Altogether, there are
324 wheels. How many cars are in the parking lot?

A. 74 cars
B. 148 cars
C. 296 cars
D. 310 cars

13. What is the result of 5.021

+ 0.099

A. 5.010
B. 5.020
C. 5.078
D. 5.120

14. Which expression results the smallest difference?

A. 12.5 – 3.1
B. 12.5 – 0.31
C. 12.5 – 0.031
D. 12.5 – 0.0031

A number sentence is shown below. Use it to answer question 15.

1246 × 35 = 4361

15. In the number sentence, a decimal point is missing from the number 1246. Where in
the number should the decimal point be to make the number sentence TRUE?

A. 35 × 1.246
B. 35 × 12.46
C. 35 × 124.6
D. 35 × 1246.

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An equation is shown below. Use it to answer question 16.

0.08 × _____ = 8

16. Which of the following should 0.08 be multiplied by to make the equation TRUE?

A. 1
B. 10
C. 100
D. 1000

The diagram below shows the model of two fractions. Use it to answer question 17.

17. What is the sum of the fractions?

3
A. 1
8
8
B.
8
8
C.
12
11
D.
16

4 2
18. What is the result of  ?
5 3

22
A.
15
12
B.
10
6
C.
8
8
D.
15

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19. The temperature recorded at 6 a.m. in New York City yesterday was -3°C. The
temperature recorded in London at the same time was 4°C. What was the difference in
temperature between New York City and London at 6 a.m. yesterday?

A. -1°C
B. 0°C
C. 1°C
D. 7°C

The diagrams below show the reading of two temperatures on two different days in a
city. Use them to answer question 20.

20. What is the difference in temperature between the two days?

A. 15°C
B. 20°C
C. 40°C
D. 65°C

21. Jones attended a school from September 1, 2015 to January 1, 2019. How long did
Jones attend the school?

A. 3 years
B. 3 years, 4 months
C. 4 years
D. 4 years, 4 months

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22. Paul exercises 45 minutes per day for five days every week. How long does Paul
exercise at the end of each week?

A. 45 minutes
B. 3 hours
C. 3 hours and 45 minutes
D. 225 hours

23. What is the result when 70 centimetres is converted to millimetres?

100

70
A. millimetres
100
B. 7 millimetres
C. 70 millimetres
D. 700 millimetres

24. One object weighs 2 kg. Another object weighs 520 g. What is the total weight of
both objects, in grams?

A. 522 grams
B. 540 grams
C. 720 grams
D. 2520 grams

25. A rectangular room has a perimeter of 70 m. What could be the length of the longest
side of the room?

A. 11 m
B. 12 m
C. 24 m
D. 40 m

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Examine the shape and its dimensions below. Use this information to answer
question 26.

25 cm

8 cm

14 cm

19 cm
26. What is the perimeter of the shape?

A. 66 cm
B. 72 cm
C. 88 cm
D. 94 cm

The diagram below shows a picture of a shopping plaza. A contractor wants to measure
the size of the land that the shopping plaza is on. Use this information to answer
question 27.

27. Which unit of measurement is most appropriate for the contractor to use?

A. Square centimetre
B. Square hectare
C. Square metre
D. Square millimetre

28. What is the smallest perimeter a rectangle of area 12 cm2 can have?

A. 12 cm
B. 14 cm
C. 16 cm
D. 26 cm

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The diagram below shows an angle. Use it to answer question 29.

29. What is the size of the angle?

A. Greater than 90° but less than 180°

B. Greater than 45° but less than 90°
C. Greater than 180°
D. Less than 90°

30. Two lines are said to be perpendicular when they meet at right angles. Which picture
shows a pair of perpendicular lines?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Examine the triangle below. Use it to answer question 31.

31. What type of triangle is shown?

A. Acute Equilateral Triangle

B. Acute Scalene Triangle
C. Obtuse Scalene Triangle
D. Right Isosceles Triangle

32. Which shape has only one line of symmetry?

A. Circle

Isosceles
B.
trapezium

C. Parallelogram

D. Rhombus

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Examine the diagram of the quadrilateral below. Use it to answer question 33.

E
F

G
H

33. Which side is opposite to side EF?

A. GH
B. FE
C. FH
D. EG

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The grid below shows four points, labelled W, X, Y and Z. John is at point X and Sue is
at point Y. To get to point X, John moved 5 steps East from point W and then 3 steps
North. Use the grid and the information given to answer question 34.

Y .
Sue

.
John
X

W . Z .

34. Sue wants to move from point Y to point Z, which statement below best describes her
movement?

A. Move four steps East and then four steps North

B. Move four steps West and then four steps South
C. Move five steps East and then three steps North
D. Move five steps West and then five steps South

35. Rick is facing east. He makes three-quarters of a complete turn, clockwise. Which
direction is Rick now facing?

A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South

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The picture below shows a letter in its current position after it was flipped three times to
the left. Use it to answer question 36.

36. What was the original position of the letter?

A.

B.

C.

D.

37. Which statement is TRUE about the circle?

A. A straight line that passes from one side of the circle to the other side of the
circle through its centre is called the radius.
B. All straight lines drawn from the circumference to the centre of the circle are
the same length.
C. The distance around the circle is called the arc.
D. The sector is a straight line joining two points on a circle.

38. Which statement is TRUE about the properties of a triangular based pyramid?

A. It has no properties in common.

B. It has different number of vertices and faces.
C. It has the same number of vertices and faces.
D. It has the same number of faces and edges.

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Examine the four triangles below. Use them to answer question 39.

E
F

J
H

39. Which two triangles are congruent?

A. E and H
B. E and J
C. F and H
D. F and J

40. A square-based pyramid consists of triangular faces and square faces. The ratio of the
number of triangular faces to the number of square faces is _____.

A. 4:4
B. 4:1
C. 3:1
D. 1:1

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Joe purchased an X-Box cartridge in 2009 for $ 1,900. The table below shows the value
of the cartridge each year from 2009 to 2013. Use it to answer question 41.

Year Value of X-Box

Cartridge
2009 $ 1,900
2010 $ 1,700
2011 $ 1,500
2012 $ 1,300
2013 $ 1,100

41. What is an estimate for the value of the X-Box cartridge in 2016?

A. $ 500
B. $ 700
C. $ 900
D. $ 1,000

The table below shows different table lengths and the number of chairs that can fit
under each table. For example, a table of length 1 unit can fit 3 chairs. Use the
information in the table to answer question 42.

Table Length (in units) Number of Chairs

1 3
2 5
3 7
4 9
10 ?

42. How many chairs can fit under a table of length of 10 units?

A. 10
B. 11
C. 20
D. 21

43. Max has some books. He placed x books into 2 bags each and y books into 4 bags
each. If x = 3 and y = 4, how many books does Max have altogether?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 13
D. 22

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Examine the number sentence below. Use it to answer question 44.

15.93 + 0.102 16.3

44. Which symbol will make the number sentence TRUE?

A. >
B. <
C. +
D. =

45. Jonathan bought a calculator for $x. Cindy bought the same calculator for 3 times
more than Jonathan paid for his calculator. Which expression represents the amount
of money Cindy paid for her calculator?

A. $3
B. $3x
C. $x + 3
D. $x – 3

Examine the equation below. Use it to answer question 46.

(P + 5) – 4 = 6

46. What is the value of P?

A. 7
B. 6
C. 5
D. 3

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Examine the equation below. Use it to answer question 47.

1 5
x
2 6
47. What is the value of x?

8
A.
6
4
B.
4
6
C.
8
2
D.
6

1
48. An igloo was filled with 10 litres of juice at the beginning of a party. It was then
2
4
filled with another 4 litres of juice during the party. The children at the party drank
5
1
x litres of the juice. 2 litres of juice was in the igloo at the end of the party. How
5
many litres of juice did the children drink?

1
A. 12
10
1
B. 13
10
13
C. 14
10
D. 16

49. A primary school with six grade levels would like to do a survey with 50 students
about their favourite lunch menu. The school would like the sample to be fair. Which
set of students should they collect the 50 samples from?

A. All the students from the 4-H clubs.

B. Grade 6 students only.
C. Randomly selected students from grades 4-6 only.
D. Randomly selected students from across all 6 grade levels.

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The table below shows the number of sweets Paul, Peter, Hanna and Ren have. They
calculated the mean, median, mode and range for the number of sweets. Use this
information and the information in the table to answer question 50.

Number of sweets
Paul 10
Peter 12
Hanna 17
Ren 9

50. If Paul, Peter, Hanna and Ren want to estimate the number of sweets each person will
get over time, which result could they use?

A. The range
B. The mode
C. The mean
D. The median

51. When a number is added to the set of numbers 7, 8, 9, 12, 6, 10 and 11, the mean
becomes 8. What is the number that was added?

A. 1
B. 8
C. 9
D. 63

The table below shows the number of times a batsman made 1 run, 2 runs, 4 runs and 6
runs. Use it to answer questions 52 to 54.

Runs Frequency
1 29
2 12
4 11
6 4

52. What is the modal run or runs made by the batsman?

A. 1
B. 6
C. 12
D. 29

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53. What is the median run or runs made by the batsman?

A. 28
B. 6
C. 2
D. 1

54. What is the range of the runs made by the batsman?

A. 33
B. 25
C. 5
D. 7

The diagram below shows the favourite sports of some grade 6 students. Use the
information in the diagram to answer questions 55 and 56.

Grade 6 Students Favourite Sports

40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
Which Sport when combined is the least liked by both girls and boys?
a.0 Football
Football
b. Cricket Tracks Cricket Netball
c. Netball Girls Boys
d. Tracks

55. Which sport is the least liked sport overall?

A. Cricket
B. Football
C. Tracks
D. Netball

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56. Which statement is TRUE about the information in the diagram?

A. The number of boys who like football is less than the number of boys who like
netball.
B. The total number of students who like tracks is the same as the number of girls
who like netball.
C. More than half of the girls like cricket and football combined.
D. More than half of the boys like cricket and tracks combined.

57. Mom is making mango carrot juice. She used 56.4 grams more mangoes than carrots.
If she used 1.862 kilograms of carrots, how many grams of mangoes did she use?

A. 1918.4 grams
B. 58.262 grams
C. 56.4 grams
D. 54.538 grams

1
58. George had $180. He spent of it on marbles. How much money does he have left?
4
A. $ 45
B. $ 135
C. $ 145
D. $ 176

59. What is 23.109 rounded to the nearest hundredth?

A. 23.1
B. 23.10
C. 23.11
D. 231

60. Mark ran the 50 m race in exactly 34.65 seconds. How fast did he run, to the nearest
second?

A. 34 seconds
B. 34.7 seconds
C. 35 seconds
D. 50 seconds

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