Word Problem Solving Quizzes for Year 6 Maths

Question 1

A shop has 25.50 pounds in the till. They sell goods worth 12.75 pounds. How much money is left in the till?

Accepted Answer

13.25 pounds

Answer

12.75 pounds

Answer

38.25 pounds

Question 2

A car travels 120 miles on Monday and 150 miles on Tuesday. How many miles does it travel in total?

Accepted Answer

270 miles

Answer

30 miles

Answer

135 miles

Question 3

A baker has 4.25 kilograms of flour. He uses 1.75 kilograms to make a cake. How many kilograms of flour does he have left?

Accepted Answer

2.50 kilograms

Answer

6.00 kilograms

Answer

1.50 kilograms

Question 4

A train journey from London to Edinburgh is 395 miles. The train has already travelled 180 miles. How many more miles are left to travel?

Accepted Answer

215 miles

Answer

575 miles

Answer

180 miles

Question 5

A farmer has 12 chickens. He buys 8 more chickens. How many chickens does he have now?

Accepted Answer

20 chickens

Answer

4 chickens

Answer

8 chickens

Question 6

A shop sells t-shirts for 10 pounds each. If they sell 15 t-shirts, how much money do they make?

Accepted Answer

150 pounds

Answer

25 pounds

Answer

100 pounds

Question 7

A fruit seller begins with 25 apples. He then purchases 18 more apples and later sells 12 apples. Determine the total number of apples the fruit seller currently has.

Accepted Answer

31

Answer

21

Answer

43

Answer

53

Question 8

A rectangular garden measures 12 meters in length and 8 meters in width. Calculate the perimeter of this garden.

Accepted Answer

40 meters

Answer

20 meters

Answer

36 meters

Answer

60 meters

Question 9

Apples are priced at 0.50 pounds each at a shop. If you buy 6 apples, calculate the total amount you will spend.

Accepted Answer

3.00 pounds

Answer

0.50 pounds

Answer

1.00 pound

Answer

6.00 pounds

Question 10

A rectangular piece of paper measures 10 centimeters in length and 5 centimeters in width. Calculate the area of this paper.

Accepted Answer

25 square centimeters

Answer

15 square centimeters

Answer

50 square centimeters

Answer

100 square centimeters

Question 11

A bag containing 1.2 kilograms of flour is used to make bread, requiring 0.7 kilograms of flour. Determine the amount of flour remaining in the bag after making the bread.

Accepted Answer

0.4 kilogram

Answer

0.5 kilogram

Answer

0.6 kilogram

Answer

0.7 kilogram

Question 12

A car travels 50 miles in 2 hours. What is its speed in miles per hour?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

25

Answer

50

Answer

100

Question 13

The shop has 24 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 12 pencils. How many pencils does the shop have in total?

Accepted Answer

288 pencils

Answer

300 pencils

Answer

324 pencils

Answer

360 pencils

Question 14

A car drives 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

60 miles per hour

Answer

50 miles per hour

Answer

70 miles per hour

Answer

80 miles per hour

Question 15

The garden is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. What is the area of the garden?

Accepted Answer

96 square meters

Answer

80 square meters

Answer

104 square meters

Answer

120 square meters

Question 16

A fruit seller has 6 baskets of apples and 4 baskets of oranges. Each basket has the same number of fruits. If there are 120 apples in total, how many oranges are there?

Accepted Answer

80

Answer

120

Answer

60

Answer

100

Question 17

A group of friends share a pizza equally. If there are 8 friends and each friend gets 2 slices, how many slices are there in the whole pizza?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

10

Answer

14

Answer

12

Question 18

A farmer starts with 25 sheep. He buys 12 more sheep and then sells 9. How many does he have left?

Accepted Answer

23 sheep

Answer

16 sheep

Answer

27 sheep

Answer

34 sheep

Question 19

You eat 3 slices of an 8-slice pizza. What fraction of the pizza have you eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

1/5

Answer

1/2

Question 20

A garden is 4.5 meters long and 2.7 meters wide. What is the garden's area in square meters?

Accepted Answer

12.15 square meters

Answer

7.2 square meters

Answer

17.55 square meters

Answer

23.4 square meters

Question 21

A car has 54 liters of petrol. It uses 9 liters of petrol every 100 miles. How many miles can it travel?

Accepted Answer

600 miles

Answer

450 miles

Answer

540 miles

Answer

630 miles

Question 22

A farmer has 24 cows and 18 sheep. He buys 6 more cows and sells 3 sheep. How many animals does he have in total now?

Accepted Answer

42 animals

Answer

39 animals

Answer

45 animals

Answer

48 animals

Question 23

A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

40 mph

Answer

35 mph

Answer

45 mph

Answer

50 mph

Question 24

A farmer has 120 sheep and 85 cows. He sells 27 sheep and buys 19 more cows. How many animals does he have now?

Accepted Answer

203

Answer

198

Answer

189

Answer

190

Question 25

A train travels 250 km in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the train in km/h?

Accepted Answer

150

Answer

125

Answer

175

Answer

200

Question 26

A rectangular garden is 5 m long and 3 m wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

24 m

Answer

8 m

Answer

16 m

Answer

32 m

Question 27

A farmer has 25 pigs. He sells 12 of them. How many pigs does he have left?

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

12

Answer

25

Answer

37

Question 28

A baker has 10.5 kilograms of flour. He uses 3.75 kilograms to make a cake. How much flour does he have left?

Accepted Answer

6.75 kg

Answer

7.25 kg

Answer

14.25 kg

Answer

10.75 kg

Question 29

A farmer has 34.25 acres of land. He sells 15.75 acres to a neighbor. How many acres of land does he have left?

Accepted Answer

18.5 acres

Answer

50 acres

Answer

12.5 acres

Answer

67.5 acres

Question 30

A library has 456 books on the shelves. 123 books are borrowed by students. How many books are left on the shelves?

Accepted Answer

333 books

Answer

579 books

Answer

234 books

Answer

679 books

Question 31

A car travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

60 mph

Answer

120 mph

Answer

240 mph

Answer

30 mph

Question 32

A farmer has 25 sheep and 18 cows on his farm. How many animals does he have in total?

Accepted Answer

43 animals

Answer

53 animals

Question 33

A rectangular garden is 5 metres long and 3 metres wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

24 metres

Answer

8 metres

Answer

16 metres

Answer

30 metres

Question 34

A car travels 150 miles in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

50 mph

Answer

25 mph

Answer

75 mph

Answer

100 mph

Question 35

A shop initially has 35 apples. It sells 18 apples on Wednesday and 12 apples on Thursday. How many apples does the shop have left?

Accepted Answer

17

Answer

7

Answer

27

Answer

37

Question 36

A rectangular garden is 5 metres long and 3 metres wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

24 metres

Answer

8 metres

Answer

16 metres

Answer

32 metres

Question 37

A farmer has 12 cows and 8 sheep. How many animals does the farmer have in total?

Accepted Answer

28

Answer

10

Answer

20

Answer

36

Question 38

A bag of sugar weighs 1.5 kg. If a recipe calls for 0.75 kg of sugar, how many bags of sugar are needed?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

0.5

Answer

1.5

Answer

2

Question 39

A farmer has 6 rows of apple trees with 15 trees in each row. How many apple trees does he have in total?

Accepted Answer

90

Answer

60

Answer

75

Answer

105

Question 40

A car travels 120 miles on a full tank of petrol. If the petrol tank holds 50 liters, how many miles does the car travel per liter of petrol?

Accepted Answer

2.4 miles

Answer

2 miles

Answer

3 miles

Answer

3.6 miles

Question 41

A train travels 360 miles in 6 hours. What is the average speed of the train in miles per hour?

Accepted Answer

60 mph

Answer

50 mph

Answer

70 mph

Answer

80 mph

Question 42

A farmer has 25 sheep and buys 17 more. How many sheep does he have now?

Accepted Answer

42

Answer

12

Answer

32

Answer

52

Question 43

A bakery has 45 loaves of bread. They sell 22 loaves in the morning and 13 loaves in the afternoon. How many loaves of bread do they have left?

Accepted Answer

35

Answer

10

Answer

22

Answer

45

Question 44

A school has 245 students. 123 students go on a field trip. How many students are left at school?

Accepted Answer

112

Answer

122

Answer

132

Answer

235

Question 45

A store has 15.5 litres of juice. They sell 7.2 litres. How much juice do they have left?

Accepted Answer

8.3 litres

Answer

7.3 litres

Answer

9.3 litres

Answer

10.3 litres

Question 46

A group of 15 friends share a pizza equally. What fraction of the pizza does each friend get?

Accepted Answer

1/15

Answer

1/5

Answer

1/10

Answer

1/20

Question 47

A water tank is filled to 3/4 of its capacity. If the tank holds 200 litres when full, how many litres of water are in the tank now?

Accepted Answer

150 litres

Answer

50 litres

Answer

100 litres

Answer

200 litres

Question 48

In the farmyard, there are 12 woolly sheep and 8 spotted cows. How many animals are there in total?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

16

Answer

24

Answer

28

Question 49

Imagine a rectangular garden filled with flowers. It's 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. What's the total area of this beautiful garden?

Accepted Answer

24 square meters

Answer

10 square meters

Answer

20 square meters

Answer

28 square meters

Question 50

Let's imagine a delicious pizza cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3 yummy slices, what fraction of the pizza have you eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/5

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2