FINAL EXAMINATION 2015

MATHEMATICS
Grade: 6 Time: 1 Hours
04 / 03/ 15 Max. Marks: 80
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Instructions:
All questions are compulsory.
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet and
adjacent to the answer.
The intended marks for questions are given in brackets [ ].
The time stated above is the time allowed for writing the examination.
In addition, the first 15 minutes will be the time given for reading the questions.
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SECTION A
Answer all questions in Section A with necessary steps.
The questions from 1 to 10, in Section A carries 4 marks each.

Question 1
Find the square root of 5625, using prime factorization method.
Question 2
Leena bought 10 metres of cloth. She cut off 3.25 m of cloth for a kurtha
and 5.40 m for another dress. How much cloth is left over?

Question 3
John wants to earn an annual interest of Dhs 3000. How much must he
invest for one year at 8% per annum?

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Question 4
Choose the correct answer to the questions, that refer to the fountain
pictured here. You are given a side view and a top view of the fountain.

(i) The distance from the middle of the fountain to the outside edge is the ____ the
fountain.
A. circumference B. Centre C. Radius D. Diameter
(ii) The water is spraying from the ____ of the fountain.
A. radius B. Centre C. Diameter D. circumference
(iii) If the radius of the fountain is four feet, what is the distance from the middle
of the fountain to the outside edge?
A. 16 feet B. 8 feet C. 2 feet D. 4 feet
(iv) If the diameter of the fountain is twelve feet, what is the distance from the
centre of the fountain to the outside edge?
A. 6 feet B. 12 feet C. 24 feet D. 38 feet

Question 5
Eleven subtracted from a number results -5. Find the number.
Question 6
Construct an angle of measure 1500, using ruler and a pair of compasses.
Question 7
Find the value of the expressions given below, when a = -1, b = 3 and c = 2:
i) 5a ii) + + ,
Question 8

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(i) On a cold day in Alaska, Ronda recorded the temperature every few hours, as
shown in the table below.
TEMPERATURE
Time Temperature
(in degrees Fahrenheit)
6:00 a.m -10
9:00 a.m. -5
12:00 noon
3:00 p.m
From 9:00a.m. to 12:00 noon, the temperature dropped 15 degrees, and from
12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., the temperature rose 11 degrees.
Using the information in the table above, what was the temperature, in degrees
Fahrenheit, at 3:00 p.m?
(ii) Subtract 175xy from 123xy
Question 9
Solve:

i) y + 8 = 25 ii) m 7 = iii) 4p = 20 iv) = 11

Question 10
625
Express in exponential form:
2401

SECTION B [40 marks]

Answer all questions in Section B with necessary steps.

Question 11 [4 + 6]
(i) Helena bought 4 packages of cat food at a store. The weight of the food in each
package was 2.25 kg. Helena opened all 4 packages of cat food and put two-
third of the total amount of food into a container. What is the total weight of the
cat food in kilogram, that Helena put into the container?

(ii) The length of a room is y metres.

a) Write the breadth of the room which is 20 m less than twice the length.

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 b) Write an expression for the perimeter of the room.

Question 12 [4 + 6]
(i) State whether True or False:
a) A sector is a part of a circle between a chord and an arc.
b) The longest chord in a circle is its diameter.
c) The coefficient of n in the expression -3m2n is -3
2 2
d) In the expression -5a + 3b , he constant term is -
7 7

(ii) Johnny is a ten-year-old child. For Christmas, his grandparents gave him
Rs 10000. Johnny decides to invest Rs3000 in a savings account that pays
2% per annum and the rest in a stock fund that pays 10% per annum.
Find the total interest earned by Johnny at the end of the year? What will be
the total amount he will get by the end of the year?

Question 13 [4 + 6]
(i) Find the value:
3
27 64
3
400 1000

(ii) Simplify:
a) -m2n + (-9m2n) + 6nm2 b) 2p3qr -3r5p -4p2q
c) 11m (-20m)
Question 14 [2 + 3 + 5]
(i) Find the value of, (-2)3 (-3)2
(ii) A submarine was situated 450 feet below sea level. If it ascends 300 feet,
what is its new position? Represent it using integers.
(iii) Construct PQR of measure 600 using ruler and a pair of compasses.
Write down the vertex and the arms of PQR. Bisect PQR, using ruler
and a pair of compasses. Write down the measure for each angle so formed.
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