Year Six Semester Two

Maths Assessment
1. identify and describe the properties of prime, composite and square numbers and use
these properties to solve problems and simplify calculations (AC9M6N02)
2. approximate numerical solutions to problems involving rational numbers and
percentages, including financial contexts, using appropriate estimation strategies
(AC9M6N08)
3. use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving natural and rational
numbers and percentages, including in financial contexts; formulate the problems,
choosing operations and efficient calculation strategies, and using digital tools where
appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation, justifying the
choices made (AC9M6N09)
4. create and use algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions that use rules to
generate sets of numbers; identify, interpret and explain emerging patterns (AC9M6A03)
5. convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use
decimal representations of metric measurements relevant to the context of a problem
(AC9M6M01)
6. establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems
(AC9M6M02)
7. compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to right
prisms (AC9M6SP01)
8. locate points in the 4 quadrants of a Cartesian plane; describe changes to the
coordinates when a point is moved to a different position in the plane (AC9M6SP02)
9. recognise and use combinations of transformations to create tessellations and
other geometric patterns, using dynamic geometric software where appropriate
(AC9M6SP03)
10. interpret and compare data sets for ordinal and nominal categorical, discrete and
continuous numerical variables using comparative displays or visualisations and digital
tools; compare distributions in terms of mode, range and shape (AC9M6ST01)
11. identify statistically informed arguments presented in traditional and digital media;
discuss and critique methods, data representations and conclusions (AC9M6ST02)
12. recognise that probabilities lie on numerical scales of 0 – 1 or 0% – 100% and use
estimation to assign probabilities that events occur in a given context, using common
fractions, percentages and decimals (AC9M6P01)

Adult Guidance
This assessment task covers the most common parts of the Australian Curriculum –
Mathematics that can be covered in semester two of grade six. The assessment task can
be given to students across a few days to collect the data you need and avoid assessment
fatigue of students.

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Year Six Semester Two Maths Assessment

total marks

1. Tick the football jerseys that are a prime number. Cross the jerseys that are a
composite number. 2 marks

7 10 13 24 23 45 61

2. Complete the table below to describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and
5 marks
percentages.

Event Decimal Fraction Percentage

I select the letter ‘w’ from the word ‘apple’

when chosen at random.

I select a red lolly when the bag contains: 4

blue, 3 red and 3 green.

When I toss a coin, it will land on ‘heads’.

I win a prize when I buy one raffle ticket where

all numbers from 1-200 are in the draw.

I roll an odd number when I roll a 6-sided dice.

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3. Connect the decimal measures with their equivalent conversion.

2 marks

270 mins 1.5kg

2.5km 5.5cm

100g 4.5 hours

0.35 litres 250 000cm

1500g 0.1kg

55mm 350ml

4. Convert the units of measure to complete the number sentences.

6 marks

a. 250g = kg b. 390cm = m

c. 2.6l = ml d. 0.46kg = g

e. 5.6m = cm f. 350ml = l

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5. Solve these problems involving length and area.

6 marks

a. Each table in a classroom is 110cm long and 55cm wide. Calculate

the area of each table in square centimetres and square metres. There
are 16 tables in the classroom. What is the total area of the tables in
the classroom in square metres?

b. An artificial football pitch is 92 metres long and 41 metres wide.

There is a border of grass all around the edge of the pitch
that is 2 metres wide. What is the area of the whole artificial
surface? If the cost of the surface is $38 per square metre, what is
the cost of installing the whole pitch?

c. At the fabric shop, I bought 125 metres of orange fabric and 50 metres
of yellow fabric. I have used 13 metres of the orange fabric and 12
metres of the yellow fabric. How many metres of fabric do I have left in
total?

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6. For each letter, plot the coordinates to reveal a shape.

6 marks
10

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

-8

-9

-10

Plot, draw and then name the shape.

a. (2,2) (8,2) (8,-2) (2-2) (2,2) Shape =

b. (-7,5) (-7,8) (-3,5) (-7,5) Shape =

c. (-7,-2) (-9,-4) (-7,-6) (-5,-4) (-7,-2) Shape =

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7. In a standard deck of cards there is a 50% chance of selecting a red card. What is
the percentage chance of selecting a spade card? 1 mark

8. If the 5th square number is 25 what is the 8th square number?

1 mark

9. Tick the following shapes that tessellate

2 marks
a. triangle

b. pentagon

c. circle

d. hexagon

10. Draw a line to match the percentages to their closest fraction.

2 marks
23% 1
2

76% 1
4

30% 1
3

3
53%
4

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11. 4 friends go out for dinner and the total amount comes to $187.
2 marks
a. What amount would you round that to so that dividing the bill into quarters
would be easy?

b. What percentage of the bill would each person pay?

12. Draw the 2D shape cross sections of each of these prisms.

3 marks
a.

b.

c.

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13. A maths test was given to a class at the beginning and end of the year and their
results were compared. The following graphs show the scores of a sample of 10 of
the students.
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student
A B C D E F G H I J
Test 1 Test 2

Test 1 Test 2

Student A Student A
Student B Student B
Student C Student C
Student D Student D
Student E Student E
Student F Student F
Student G Student G
Student H Student H
Student I Student I
Student J Student J

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a. The data was presented in a bar graph and across two pie graphs. Which
graph type do you think was best to present the data? 2 marks

b. Explain your answer.

14. Here is the data collected for the graphs in the previous question.
2 marks

Test 1 Test 2
Student A 56 67
Student B 71 84
Student C 35 49
Student D 68 73
Student E 50 61
Student F 62 64
Student G 80 87
Student H 55 40
Student I 69 84
Student J 60 90

a. What is the range of test 1 data?

b. What is the mode of test 2 data?

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15. A sports clothes brand, Pro Sports, is trying to sell its products to a big
department store. They are presenting their data comparing their sales to a 2 marks

competing brand. Here is the graph that they present.

5900
5800
5700
5600
5500
5400
5300
5200
5100
5000
4900
Pro Sports Sports Clothes R Us
Sales in 2023 Sales in 2024
a. Why could this be described as having a broken axis?

b. How could this data be misleading?

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16. You walk into a shop with a $140 budget to buy a guitar. You see the following
options. 5 marks

a. Guitar for sale $280 with 30% off

b. Guitar for sale $170 with 12% off

c. Guitar for sale $160 with 5% off

d. Guitar for sale $350 with 65% off

a. Work out the new price for each.

b. Which of the guitars can you afford with your budget?

17. Work out the answers using these 2-step function machines. The first one has
been done for you. 5 marks

4 x4 16 +9 25

5 x4 +9

6 x4 +9

7 x4 +9

8 x4 +9

What is the emerging pattern with the answers?

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18. The carpenter is building a shelving unit and cuts two longer pieces of wood
2.4m long and 4 pieces of shorter wood 1.7m long. In cms, how much wood has 1 mark

he cut in total?

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Year Six Semester Two Maths Assessment Answers

Question Answer Marks Notes

1. 2 1 mark for prime
numbers identified,
7 10 13 24 23 45 61 1 mark for
composite numbers
identified.
2. 5 1 mark for each
Event Decimal Fraction Percentage
correct event
I select the letter ‘w’ from the word ‘apple’
when chosen at random.
0.0 0 0% answered.
I select a red lolly when the bag contains: 4 3
0.3 30%
blue, 3 red and 3 green. 10
1
When I toss a coin, it will land on ‘heads’. 0.5 50%
2
I win a prize when I buy one raffle ticket where 1
all numbers from 1-200 are in the draw.
0.005 200
0.5%
1
I roll an odd number when I roll a 6-sided dice. 0.5 2 50%

3. 2 1 mark for half

270 mins 1.5kg
correct matches,
2 marks for all
2.5km 5.5cm
correct.
100g 4.5 hours

0.35 litres 250 000cm

1500g 0.1kg

55mm 350ml

4. 6 1 mark for each

a. 250g = 0.25kg b. 390cm = 3.9m correct conversion.

c. 2.6l = 2600ml d. 0.46kg = 460g

e. 5.6m = 560cm f. 350ml = 0.35l

5. a. 6050cm², 0.605m², 9.68m² 6 1 mark for each

correct answer.
b. 4320m², $164 160

c. 150m

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6. 10 6 1 mark for each

9 correct shape
8 drawn and 1 mark
7 for each shape
B 6 named.
5

1 A
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
-1

-2

-3

C -4

-5

-6

-7

-8

-9

-10

a. Rectangle

b. Right-angled triangle

c. Rhombus
7. 25% 1
8. 64 1
9. a. triangle 2 1 mark for each
shape identified.
d. hexagon
10. 23% 1 2 1 mark for half
2 correctly matched,
2 marks for all
1 correctly matched.
76%
4

1
30% 3

3
4
53%
11. a. $200 2 1 mark for each
correct mark.
b. 25%

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12. 3 1 mark for each

accurately drawn
shape.

13. Bar graph 2 1 mark for each

part. Teacher
An answer that explains that it is easier to compare to mark the
and see the shape of the data in a bar graph. explanation
sentence.
14. a. 45 2 1 mark for each
correct answer
b. 84
15. a. An answer explaining that the Y axis doesn’t start 2 1 mark for each
correctly explaining
at 0 but at 4900.
the answer.
b. An answer explaining that it could be misleading
because having the broken axis makes the difference in
clothing sales between the brands much larger than if
it started at zero. The difference is being exaggerated
by the scale.
16. a. $196 5 1 mark for each
new price, 1 mark
b. $149.60 for identifying the
guitar.
c. $152

d. $122.50

b. D.

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17. 5 1 mark for each

4 x4 16 +9 25 completed function
machine, 1 mark
5 x4 20 +9 29 for describing the
pattern.
6 x4 24 +9 33

7 x4 28 +9 37

8 x4 32 +9 41

18. 1160cm 1

Total: 55 Score:

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