Primary 6 Quantitative Reasoning First Term Examination: Practice and Test Your Skills

Quantitative Reasoning First Term Examination – Primary 6

Instructions:

• Answer all the questions.
• Use a pencil for drawing and diagrams.
• Show your working where necessary.
• Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Section A: Objective Questions (20 Marks)

1. Which of the following is an odd number?
   • A) 12
   • B) 15
   • C) 18
   • D) 20
2. What is the sum of 234 and 567?
   • A) 801
   • B) 789
   • C) 811
   • D) 763
3. Which of these numbers is divisible by 5?
   • A) 324
   • B) 500
   • C) 400
   • D) 289
4. What is the next number in this sequence? 2, 4, 6, 8, …
   • A) 9
   • B) 10
   • C) 11
   • D) 12
5. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length 7 cm and width 4 cm?
   • A) 14 cm
   • B) 22 cm
   • C) 28 cm
   • D) 24 cm
6. Which is the smallest number?
   • A) 0.25
   • B) 0.5
   • C) 0.75
   • D) 1
7. How many sides does a triangle have?
   • A) 2
   • B) 3
   • C) 4
   • D) 5
8. If you subtract 50 from 100, what is the result?
   • A) 40
   • B) 50
   • C) 60
   • D) 70
9. Which of these shapes has only one pair of parallel sides?
   • A) Rectangle
   • B) Parallelogram
   • C) Trapezium
   • D) Square
10. What is the value of 5 x 6?
    • A) 30
    • B) 25
    • C) 35
    • D) 40

Section B: Short Answer Questions (30 Marks)

11. If a box contains 10 red balls, 15 blue balls, and 25 green balls, how many balls are in the box in total?
12. A book costs N500. If you buy 4 books, how much will you pay?
13. What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 12 cm and width of 8 cm?
14. Solve the following: 58 + 72 – 23 = ?
15. The temperature in the morning was 20°C. By noon, it increased by 10°C. What is the temperature at noon?
16. A shop sells pencils at N25 each. How many pencils can you buy with N100?
17. If you divide 100 by 5, what is the result?
18. How many minutes are in 3 hours?
19. What is the product of 4 and 9?
20. A bus travels 60 km per hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours?

Section C: Word Problems (50 Marks)

21. Muna had 50 apples. She gave 15 apples to her friend. How many apples does she have left?
22. In a classroom, there are 30 students. If 12 of them are wearing glasses, how many students are not wearing glasses?
23. A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 green marbles, and 10 yellow marbles. What is the total number of marbles in the bag?
24. Lola has 3 boxes. Each box contains 15 pencils. How many pencils does Lola have in total?
25. A farmer harvested 150 oranges. He sold 45 oranges at the market. How many oranges does he have left?
26. A train travels 100 kilometers in 2 hours. How many kilometers will it travel in 5 hours at the same speed?
27. If a car travels 80 km in one hour, how far will it travel in 4 hours?
28. There are 5 bags of rice. Each bag weighs 25 kg. What is the total weight of the rice?
29. If you buy 3 packets of biscuits, and each packet costs N150, how much will you spend?
30. In a library, there are 120 books. If 50 books are borrowed, how many books are left in the library?

Section D: Diagram and Shapes (20 Marks)

31. Draw a rectangle with a length of 8 cm and a width of 5 cm. Label the sides.
32. Draw a triangle with sides of 6 cm, 8 cm, and 10 cm.
33. Draw a circle with a radius of 4 cm.
34. Draw a square with a side of 7 cm.
35. Draw a line segment AB with a length of 5 cm.

End of Examination