Mathematics

Grade 6

2023

End-of-Year Examination
Name:

Class: Date:

120 minutes Set B

Additional materials: Geometrical instruments

Tracing paper (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Write your answer clearly to each question in the space provided.
● You should show all your working on the question paper.
● Use a pencil for drawing or graphing and black or dark blue pen for all others.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● You are not allowed to use a calculator.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 90.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● The paper consists of 22 typed pages and 1 blank page.
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1. The square of 9 is 81.

The square of another number is also 81.

What is that other number?

[1]

2. Write 1896 as product of its prime factors

[1]

3. Convert 875 miles to kilometres.

km [1]

4. Using a compass and straightedge, bisect the segment BG

[1]
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5. The graph shows the temperature in a town between 6am and 2pm on 7th February
and 7th August one year

a) Estimate as accurately as you can the time when the temperature reached 20°C
on 7th August.

a.m. [1]

b) What was the difference between the temperatures at 12 noon on the two days?

°C [1]

c) On 7th February between 6am and 2pm the temperature dropped. How many
degrees did the temperature drop?

°C [1]

6. These straight line graphs all pass through the point ( 10, 10 )
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a) Fill in the gaps to show which line has which equation. [5]

b) I want a line with equation y = mx + 8 to pass through the point ( 10, 10 )

What is the value of m?

m= [1]

7. a) Two of the expressions below are equivalent. Circle them.

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[1]

b) Factorise these expressions as fully as possible.

(i) 21xy + 27x

[1]

(ii) 4y4 – 6y2

[1]

8. Look at the diagram.

l m
l
AB is a straight line.

Work out the size of angle k.

k= o
[2]

9. In 2005, about 60.2 million people lived in the UK. Look at the information about
these people.
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● 50.4 million lived in England.

● 5.1 million lived in Scotland.
● 3 million lived in Wales.
● The rest lived in Northern Ireland.

a) In 2005, about how many people lived in Northern Ireland?

[1]

b) In 2005, about what percentage of people in

the UK lived in Wales? Round to the nearest
percent.

[1]

10. a) What number is halfway between –2 and 6?.

[1]

b) Complete the sentence.

–10 is halfway between ___________ and 8

[1]

11. a) Circle the formula that correctly calculates the number of weeks (w) in any given
number of years (y).
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y = 52wy = w ÷ 52

w = 52yw = y ÷ 52
w = 4yw = y ÷ 4

[1]

b) Calculate the number of weeks in 5 years.

weeks [1]

12. a) Show the solution for x - 5 < 3 on the number line.

[1]

b) Show the solution for -2 ≥ x > 2 on the number line.

[1]

13. The shaded rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. The perimeter of the rectangle is
30cm.
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a) Find the lengths of the sides.

length =

width = [2]

b) Find the area of the rectangle.

A= cm2 [1]

14. Here is a function machine.

(
(a) Find the output when the input is -25

[1]

(b) Find the input when the output is 225

[1]

15. Work out

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[2]

16. Evaluate. Write the answer in simplest form.

[1]

17. (a) Complete the table of values for the equation y = -2x + 2

4 2 0
[1]

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = -2x + 2

[1]

18. A trundle wheel is used to measure distances.

Imran makes a trundle wheel, of diameter 50cm.

a) Calculate the circumference of Imran’s trundle wheel.

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C= cm [2]

b) Imran uses his trundle wheel to measure the length of the school car park.
His trundle wheel rotates 87 times.

What is the length of the car park, to the nearest metre?

metres [2]

19. The nth term of a sequence is .

Find the largest number in this sequence.

[1]

20. A company sells books using the internet.

The graph shows their delivery charges.
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For every extra book you buy, how much more must you pay for delivery?

£ [1]

21. Shade 5 squares on the grid to make a pattern with Order 4 rotational symmetry
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[1]

22. Look at the sequence below.

To get the next term in the sequence, subtract 90 from the term before.

500 410 320 …

Write the first two terms of the sequence that are less than zero.

, [2]

23. a) Every day a machine makes 500 000 drawing pins and puts them into boxes.
The machine needs 150 drawing pins to fill a box.
How many boxes can be filled with the 500 000 drawing pins?

boxes [1]

b) Each drawing pin is made from 0.23g of metal.

How many drawing pins can be made from 1kg of metal?
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drawing pins [2]

24. Arjun earned $36 515 in 2019.

This was an increase of 9% on his earnings in 2018.
Work out his earnings in 2018.

$ [2]

25. The table below helps to change centimetres into inches.

a) About how many inches are there in 14 centimetres?

[1]

b) About how many inches in 1 centimetres?

[1]

c) There are 30 centimetres in one straight ruler,

How many inches is that?

[1]
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26. The diagram below shows a regular octagon.

Write down the order of rotational symmetry of the octagon.

[1]

27. The table shows information about a pentagonal prism

a) Complete the table to show information about a triangular prism.

[1]

Complete the table.

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[3]

28. Two lines are parallel.

A line cuts the two lines and forms angles.

Calculate the value of x and y

x= [1]

y= [1]

29. Jerry has a bag of counters. Inside his bag are 2 blue, 4 green, 5 red, and 9 yellow
counters.

Jerry is going to take a counter at random from his bag.

Write the correct colours to complete these sentences.
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[2]

30. The graph shows information about 13 different types of eel that live in the sea.

a) One type of eel is called a goldentail moray.

The longest it can grow is 70cm.
The deepest it can swim is 60m.
Put a ring around the point on the graph that
represents this eel.
[1]
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b) How many of these different types of eel can

swim deeper than 100m?

[1]

31. Calculate the surface area and volume of the given prism

Surface Area= cm2 [2]

Volume = cm3 [2]

32. The diagram below shows the nets of a solid.

a) Tick (✓) all the nets that would fold into the same 3D shape on the left. [1]
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b) Name the 3D shape shown by the nets.

(1)

33. Work out the bearing of P from Q.

O
[1]

34. M is the midpoint of AB.

Work out the value of k
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k= [2]

35. Rotate the trapezium T 90o anticlockwise about the origin.

Label the new trapezium T’.
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[1]

36. Complete this diagram so that the three numbers in each line add to 8.
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[3]

37. The pie chart shows how pupils in class 9A travelled to school one morning.

5 pupils in class 9A walked to school.

Work out how many pupils in class 9A travelled by bus.

pupils [2]

38. The square grid below shows a quadrilateral that has four right angles.
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a) Draw a quadrilateral that has exactly two right angles.

[1]

b) Draw a quadrilateral that has exactly one right angle.

[1]

39. The heights of Russian dolls are in the ratio 4:6:7

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a) In a set of dolls, the height of the middle doll is 9cm. What are the heights of the
other dolls?

[2]

b) In another set of dolls, the height of the tallest doll is 9cm.

What are the heights of the other dolls? Write your answers to 1 decimal place.

[2]

40. James has a number of 6 kg sacks of carrots, and a number of 16 kg sacks of

carrots.

The mean weight of the sacks of carrots is 12 kg.

What is the least number of 6 kg and 16 kg sacks of carrots that James has?

[2]
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41. Altogether, I have 10 bags of sweets.

The mean number of sweets in the all 10 bags is 41
The table shows how many sweets there are in 9 of the bags…

Calculate how many sweets there are in the 10th bag.

[2]

42. On the grid, enlarge the shape with a scale factor of 2 from the centre C.
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[1]

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