Class 6 Mathematics Chapter 101: Practice Paper · Half-Yearly

Three hours, eighty marks

This paper covers the first five chapters, from patterns to primes. Read the whole paper before you write anything.

Part A is twenty quick marks

Twenty questions of one mark. Half a minute each. Do the ones you see at once and come back to the rest.

Part B wants a short answer

Twelve questions of two marks. Name the step you took, then give the answer.

Part C wants the working

Six questions of three marks. Here the steps carry marks of their own, so write the sum you did and not the answer alone.

Part D is the data question

Six marks in four parts, worth one, one, two and two. Read the counts twice before you use them.

Part E is the long answer

Two questions of six marks. Plan each in the margin first.

Show your working everywhere

An answer alone can earn one mark out of three. The same answer with the steps beside it earns all three. Even a wrong answer can carry marks if the working is sound.

Check by working backwards

If you divide, multiply your answer back and see whether you return to where you began. It takes seconds and it catches most slips.

Keep fifteen minutes back

Stop a quarter of an hour before the end. Check that no question is blank and that every answer that needs a unit has one.

About this paper

This paper follows the pattern most schools use for a half-yearly test. It is not a board paper. Class 6 has no board exam.