Grade 6 Revision

Decimals
1. The weight of a baby elephant was 218.99 kg. After two years, his weight
increased by 109.85 kg. Find the weight of elephant after two years.

2. Rebecca ‘s kite is flying at a height of 17.2 m and Shelly’s at a height of

21.05 m from the ground. Whose kite is flying high and by how much?

3. Kathi had a rope of 63.45 m. She cut the rope into two pieces. If the
length of one piece was 23.059 m, what was the length of the other piece?

4. A tailor needs 35.25 m of cloth for the shirts and 45.8 m for trousers.
How much cloth does the tailor need in all?

5. Shruti bought a bag for ₹298.05. She gave the shopkeeper 2 notes of
₹200. How much money will she get back?

6. Write each of the following as decimals:

5 17 87
(a) (b) (c)
100 10 1000

7. Express each of the following as decimals:

17 231 1
(a) (b) (c) 129
5 2 4

8. Express each of the following as fractions:

(a) 3.47 (b) 17.001 (c) 0.97

9. Convert each of these unlike decimals into like decimals:

(a) 0.1, 3.68, 1

(b) 1.11, 12.754, 92.5, 17

(c) 8.39, 9.236, 24.8, 263.07, 3

10. Using decimals, express

(a) 6 kg 8g in kg
 (b) 5 km 87 m in km

(c) ₹9 and 8 paise in rupees

(d) 25 litre 850 ml in litres

11. Simplify: 213.4 – 56.84 – 11.87 – 16.087

12. By how much 23.754 be increased to get 50?

13. The total weight of a bag containing 13 kg 750g of potatoes and 8 kg 80g

of tomatoes is 22 kg 200g. How much is the weight of the empty bag?

14. Subtract 485.573 from 600.

15. By how much should 84.5 be decreased to get 27.84?