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Sample Questions

This page contains a sample quiz for the Year 6 level of HSFOL.

Answers are available at the bottom of the page.

Year 6 Practice Quiz

Question 1

Sam picks a number and multiplies it by 3. He then adds 4 to the result and then he divides this number by 2, giving an answer of 14. What number did he begin with?

Ans


Question 2

At Fremantle High School there are four classes before the morning break. The first class starts at 8.26am and the fourth class ends at 11.26am. There are 4 minutes between classes and every class is the same length. How many minutes are there in one class period?

Ans mins


Question 3

A farmer has a certain number of chickens and rabbits. Altogether these animals have 50 heads and 140 feet. How many rabbits are there?

Ans rabbits


Question 4

The length and width of a rectangular room are each an exact number of metres. If the perimeter of the room is 14 metres, what is the maximum possible area of the room in square metres?

Ans m^2


Question 5

A book has 200 numbered pages. How many times will the digit 2 appear throughout the book's numbering?

Ans times


Question 6

A trainee pilot flew a total of 200 km on her first five flights. She always increased the distance of each flight by 5 km over the previous flight. How many kilometres did she fly on her fifth flight?

Ans km


Click Here for Answers to the Year 6 Practice Quiz


1. 8
2. 42 mins
3. 20 rabbits
4. 12 m^2
5. 41 times
6. 50 km