Grade 6 Mathematics Ability Assessment

Which of the word below is the odd one out?

• Dividend

• Product

• Quotient

• Divisor

Which can be represented by the expression 13 – 2n?

• 13 less than twice a number n.

• A number n squared subtracted from 13.

• The difference between 13 and twice a number n.

• 13 less than a number n squared.

Miwa has to take two types of medication for her illness. • She takes one medication every 6 hours. • She takes the other medication every 4 hours. • She takes both medicines at 7:30 a.m. At what time will Miwa take both medications together again?

• 11:30 a.m.

• 1:30 p.m.

• 5:30 p.m.

• 7:30 p.m.

King David has two sets of numbers:  The first set starts with 7 and follows a pattern of increasing by 6.  The second set starts with 54 and follows a pattern of decreasing by 7. How many numbers do the two sets have in common?

• 0

• 1

• 8

• 19

A farmer is packing oranges into boxes.  She packs the same number of oranges into each box.  She has packed a total of 336 oranges into 24 boxes.  She still has 210 oranges that must be packaged How many more boxes must the farmer package?

• 17

• 15

• 14

• 9

Which of the named geometric solid could have exactly: 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices?

• triangular based prism

• square based pyramid

• triangular based pyramid

• cuboid

Teacher wrote the expression shown below: 9 × 7 5 Which of the following statements about the value of the expression is true?

• The value is between 6 and 7.

• The value is between 8 and 9.

• The value is between 10 and 11.

• The value is between 12 and 13.

Jacqueline went running 3 times this week. Each time, she ran 2.5 Kilometres. Which number line has point K graphed so that is best represents the total distance Jacqueline ran, in Kilometres?

Examine the pattern below: How many cubes would be in Figure 5?

• 6

• 10

• 11

• 24

This table shows the number of minutes that Dave and Keisha rode their bicycles over a 5 day period. Days Dave (Number of minutes) Keisha (Number of minutes) Monday 60 45 Tuesday 30 30 Wednesday 20 55 Thursday 70 65 Friday 45 30 Which statement is true?

• Keisha’s median time for the number of minutes she rode her bicycle is equal to that of Dave’s median time.

• Keisha’s median time for the number of minutes she rode her bicycle is greater than that of Dave’s median time.

• Keisha’s mean time for the number of minutes she rode her bicycle is less than that of Dave’s mean time.

• Keisha’s mean time for the number of minutes she rode her bicycle is greater than that of Dave’s mean time.