Chithambara:
Mathematics
Challenge2022
Year6
CWN:கணிதப்ப ோட்டி
Time: 45 Minutes
Instructions
 Use pencil/pen.
 Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page
with your name, centre number and candidate
number.
✓ Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you needed.
✓ Calculators must not be used.
✓ Answer all questions.
STUDENT NAME: …………………………………………………….
CANDIDATE NUMBER: ……………………………………………..
EXAM CENTRE: ……………………………………………………….
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Q7
Q8
Q9
Q10
Q11
Q12
Q13
Q14
Q15
Q16
Q17
Q18
Q19
Q20
Q21
Q22
Q23
Q24
Q25
Total
Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q1)
Work out
1.27 x 8000
(4marks)
Q2)
Three times one number plus the other number adds up to 86. The difference between the
two numbers is 22. Find the values of the two numbers.
(4marks)
Q3)
Write these five fractions in order of size.
Start with the smallest fraction.
3
4
1
2
3
8
2
3
1
6
(4marks)
Q4)
a and b are positive whole numbers and a2 + 44 = b3.
Which of the following is possible value of a ?
A)5
B) 4
C) 12
D) 9
E)3
(4marks)
Q5)
Which of the following number is the closest to 100?
199
99.9
100.2
100.029
98.999
(4marks)
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Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q6)
Thenila is 8 years older than Kanisha. In 5 years time, she will be twice as Kanisha’s age.
How old is Thenila now?
(4marks)
Q7)
Work out
1
1
1
1
1
+ 4 + 8 + 16 - 32
2
(4marks)
Q8)
Santhos read a book which has numbered pages. The digit ‘0 ‘ appears 6 times and digit ‘9’
seven times. What is the page number of the last page?
(4marks)
Q9)
The temperature inside a freezer is -12 °C. The temperature outside the freezer is 15 °C. What
is the difference between these temperatures?
(4marks)
Q10)
Within the square PQRS there are four identical rectangles (see diagram). The perimeter of each
rectangle is 24 cm. What is the perimeter of this square?
P
S
Q
R
(4marks)
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Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q11)
1
1
1
1
How many seconds are there in 4 of 6 of 2 of 7 of a week?
(4marks)
Q12)
Arrange the following in order of size starting with the smallest.
a)
9
7.9
8.03
- 80.2
79
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b) 2 feet
3cm
1 inch
1.5m
80mm
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
(4marks)
Q13)
Find the next two numbers in the seqence below
6.5 , 14.5 , 24.5 , 36.5 , …….., ……..
(4marks)
Q14)
Sarugan has 10 ducks. 5 of the ducks lay an egg every day. The other 5 lay an egg every
second day. How many eggs will the 10 ducks lay over 20 days?
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Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q15)
The diagram shows the area of three faces of a cuboid. Work out the dimensions of the
cuboid.
800cm2
1200cm2
600cm2
Length……………..
Width……………….
Height………………
(4marks)
Q16)
Saran should have added 36 to a certain number. Instead he subtracted 36 and obtained −17.
What is the result he would have obtained had he added 36?
(4marks)
Q17)
The area of this shape made with squares is 72cm2. Work out of the perimeter of this shape.
(4marks)
Q18)
Theepa has 44 blue and two red pearls. How many of the blue pearls does Theepa have to
take away so that 80% of the pearls are blue?
(4marks)
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Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q19)
A bird has 2 legs, a cat has 4 legs, an insect has 6 legs and a spider has 8 legs.
Claire looks at some animals and counts all their legs.
She counts 38 legs.
There are twice as many birds as spiders and twice as many cats as insects.
How many of each type of animal can she see?
Answer.......................... birds
Answer............................ cats
Answer....................... insects
Answer....................... spiders
(4marks)
Q20)
Find the missing digits
4
1
4
8
1
4
(4marks)
Q21)
Kumaran lights a candle every 8 minutes. Each candle burns for 10 minutes before going
out. How many candles are burning after 120 minutes after he lit the first candle?
(4marks)
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Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q22)
A 12-hour clock chimes every hour on the hour.
It chimes once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock, 3 times at 3 o’clock and
so on, up to 12 chimes at 12 o’clock.
Saira starts listening at 4.45 p.m. and counts the chimes. After a while,
she has counted 26 chimes altogether. What time could it be?
(4marks)
Q23)
Theepan paints the 9 small squares in the shape either blue, red or yellow.
What is the minimum number of tiles he must paint over so that no two squares sharing a
side have same colour?
(4marks)
Q24)
The diagrams shows a point where three regular polygons meet. How many sides does the
third regular polygon have?
Square
Regular hexagon
Regular
Polygon
(4marks)
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Chithambara:Maths Challenge 2022 Year 6
Q25)
In a marathon race, Theeran is 60m behind Sharls. Theeran is running at 0.8m/s but Sharls
is only running at 0.6m/s. How long will it take for Theeran to catch up with Sharls.
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2022Year 6 Answers
UK
1.
2.
10160
27, 5 (or 5, 27)
3.
13123
4.
5.
6.
D
100.029
11 years
7.
68234
29
32
8.
9.27°
10.
11.
12.
69
13.
14.
15.
50.5, 56.5
150 (eggs)
Length 40cm
Width 20cm
Height 30cm
55
54cm
36
4 birds
2 cats
1 insect
2 spiders
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
48cm
1800 sec
a) -80.2, 7.9, 8.03, 9, 79
b) 1 inch, 3cm, 80mm, 2 feet, 1.5m
𝟐𝟐 4 𝟔𝟔
1 𝟔𝟔 8
4 1 4
2
8 o’clock
2
12
300 sec (or 5min)