VACATION ENGAGEMENT TASK

CLASS - VI
SUBJECT - Mathematics

D-II, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070

SESSION 2022-23

Instructions:
• Revise your concepts before doing this worksheet.
• Attempt all the questions in your subject notebook.
• Perform proper working.

Q1 Separate the following fractions into groups of equivalent fractions by changing each one of them to
its simplest form.

(i) 2/12 (ii) 3/15 (iii) 8/50 (iv) 16/100 (v) 10/60 (vi) 15/75

(vii) 12/60 (viii) 16 / 96 (ix) 12 / 75 (x) 12 / 72 (xi) 3 / 18 (xii) 4/25

Q2 The Breadth and length of a rectangular sheet of paper are 10cm and 20cm, respectively. A rectangular
piece is cut from the sheet, as shown in the figure given below. Which of the following statements is
correct for the present remaining sheet?

(i) Perimeter remains the same but the area changes.

(ii) Area remains the same but the perimeter changes.

(iii) Both Area and Perimeter are changing accordingly

(iv) Both Area and Perimeter remain the same.

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Q3 In class A of total 25 students, 20 passed with 60% or more marks; in class B, of total 30 students, 24
passed with 60% or more marks. Calculate in which class was a greater fraction of students getting
60% or more marks.

Q4 Ramesh had 20 pencils, whereas Sheelu had 50 pencils, and Jamaal had 80 pencils. After four months,
Ramesh used up ten pencils, Sheelu also used up 25 pencils, and Jamaal also used up 40 pencils. What
fraction did each of them use up? Check if each of them has used up an equal fraction of her/his
pencils.

Q5 Nandini’s house is about 9 / 10 km from her school. She walked some distance towards her school
and then took a bus for 1 / 2 km to reach the school. How far did she walk?

Q6 A small piece of wire 7 / 8 metre long broke into two pieces. One piece is 1 / 4 metre long. How long
is the other piece?

Q7 Rafiq exercised for 3 / 6 of an hour today, while Rohit exercised for 3 / 4 of an hour today. Who
exercised for a longer time today?

Q8 Describe the following numbers on their respective number line.

(a) 0.2 (decimal)

(b) 1.9 (decimal)

(c) 2.5 (decimal)

Q9 Write each of the following as decimals.

(a) 20 + 9 + 4 / 10 + 1 / 100

(b) 137 + 5 / 100

(c) 7 / 10 + 6 / 100 + 4 / 1000

Q10 Which is greater between both terms?

(a) 3 or 0.8

(b) 0.5 or 0.05

(c) 1.23 or 1.2

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Q11 Nasreen bought a 3-metre and 20-centimetre cloth for her shirt and 2 metres 5-centimetre cloth for
her trousers. Find the total length of cloth that was bought by her.

Q12 0.7625, this number lies between

(A) 0.7 and 0.76

(B) 0.77 and 0.78

(C) 0.76 and 0.761

(D) 0.76 and 0.763

Q13 Naresh walked 2 kilometres and 35 metres in the morning and 1 kilometre and 7 metres in the evening.
What is the total distance he walked?

Q14 The side of a square is 10cm. How many times will the new Perimeter be if the side of the square is
doubled?

(i) 2 times (ii) 4 times (iii) 6 times (iv) 8 times

Q15 In a college, out of 4320 students present, 2300 students are girls. And the rest are boys. Find the
ratio of

(i) Number of girls to the total number of students.

(ii) Number of boys to the number of girls.

(iii) Number of boys to the total number of students.

Q16 The present age of the father is 42 (forty-two) years, and that of his son is 14 years. Hence Find the
ratio of

(i) Present age of the father to the present age of the son

(ii) Age of the father to the age of his son, when the son was 12 years old.

(iii) Age of the father to the age of the son after 10 (ten) years.

(iv) Age of the father to the age of his son, when the father was 30 (thirty) years old, will be.

Q17 Fill in the following blanks with >, < or = sign

(a) (-3) + (-6) ______ (-3) – (-6)

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 (b) (-21) – (-10) _________ (- 31) + (-11)

(c) 45 – (-11) _________ 57 + (-4)

Q18 Solve the following terms:

(a) (-7) -8 -(-25)

(b) (-13)+ 32-8-1

(c) 50-(-40)-(-2)

Q19 For the following statements, write True (T) or False (F). If the statement is false, then correct the
statement.

(a) -8 is present to the right of- 50 on a number line.

(b) – 100 is present to the right of – 50 on a number line.

(c) The smallest negative integer is said to be – 1.

(d) – 26 is larger than the number -25.

Q20 The temperature of a place at 12:00 noon was found to be +5°C. The temperature increased by 3 °C
in the first hour and then decreased by 1 °C in the next hour. What will be the temperature at 2:00
pm?

Q21 A bird flies one kilometre in one minute. Can you express the total distance covered by the bird in
terms of its flying time in minutes? (You can use t for flying time in minutes.)

Q22 Mother has made tasty laddus. She gives some laddus to the guests and family members. Still, five
laddus remain in the end. If the total number of laddus mother gave away is l6, how many total laddus
did she make?

Q23 Oranges are to be transferred from a few larger boxes into some smaller boxes. When one large box
is emptied, the oranges from it fill two smaller boxes, and still, ten oranges are left outside. If the total
number of oranges in a small box is taken to be x, what is the total number of oranges in the larger
box?

Q24 If the perimeter of a regular hexagon is x metres, then the length of each of its sides is

(A) (x + 6) metres

(B) (x ÷ 6) metres

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 (C) (x – 6) metres

(D) (6 ÷ x) metres

Q25 A piece of string is 3 cm long. What will be the length of each side of the string if the string is used
to form the following figures:

(i) a square?

(ii) an equilateral triangle?

(iii) a regular hexagon?

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