MATHEMATICS

SPEED AND ACCURACY TEST

CLASS: 6B DURATION: 1 HOUR 45 MINS

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN SECTION A AND B WITHIN 1

HOUR 45 MIN. RESTART WORK WHEN YOU FAIL TO SOLVE THE QUESTIONS
WITHIN THE GIVEN DURATION. YOU ARE TO WORK IN YOUR GIVEN GROUPS
WHERE EACH MEMBER MUST SOLVE AT LEAST 5 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS AND
I THEORY QUESTION. PARENTS SHOULD KINDLY SET THE TIME FOR THEIR
WARDS AND SUPERVISE THEM TO SOLVE THE SPEED TEST AT HOME.
STUDENTS WHO WANTS A COPY OF THE SPEED TEST SHOULD GIVE THEIR
MONEY TO THE GROUP LEADER.

SECTION A

1. Two hundred and two million, two thousand, two hundred and two in figures.

A. 202,200,000 C. 202,000,000
B. 202,000,200 D. 202,002,202

2. Find the HCF of 18, 36 and 60.

A. 180 C. 30
B. 36 D. 6

3. Find the LCM of 10, 15 and 25.

A. 90 C. 150
B. 120 D. 300

4. Out of the total 600,900 candidates who sat for the 2023/2024 BECE, 300396 were
females. Find the number of males.

A. 300,396 C. 300,404
B. 300,034 D. 600,900

5. Write the prime factorization of 72.

A. 2 ×2 ×3 ×3 C. 2 ×2 ×2 ×5
B. 3 ×2 ×5 ×7 D. 3 ×3 ×2 ×2 × 2

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6. Mr. Oduro has 11 of Gh¢20.00 notes, 15 of the Gh¢10.00 notes and 6 of the Gh¢5.00
notes. How much does he have altogether?

A. Gh¢2000 C. Gh¢3000
B. Gh¢400 D. Gh¢4000

7. Using the Lattice method or otherwise, evaluate879 ×62 .

A. 54498 C. 53214
B. 55463 D. 57845

8. Ama walks from her house to school every day. She goes to school by exactly 6:30
a.m. and by 3:30 p.m., she will close from school. How long did she stay at school?

A. 8 hours C. 10 hours
B. 9 hours D. 11 hours

9. Which of the following numbers is the largest?

A. -70 C. -50
B. -3 D. -2

10. Simplify:32 ×8 × 4 ×2

A. 2048 C. 4026
B. 3056 D. 5078

11. What is the HCF of 24, 32 and 64?

A. 4 C. 8
B. 6 D. 16

12. An amount of Gh¢375,000.00 was needed to build a clinic for a community of twelve
towns. Each community contributed Gh¢25,000.00. If the District Assembly also
contributed Gh¢30,500.00, how much more is needed to build the clinic?

A. Gh¢44,500.00 C. Gh¢34,500.00
B. Gh¢45,500.00 D. Gh¢75,000.00

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13. A box can take 12 pencils. If 156 pencils are packed into such boxes, how many
boxes will be fully packed?

A. 10 C. 12
B. 11 D. 13

14. Priscilla’s age is k years while Mary’s age is b years. If Mary is 15 years older than
Priscilla, which of the following statements is correct?

A. 2 k +b=15 C. k −b=15
B. b−k =15

2 b+ k=15
15. If 2 x−1=5, find the value of x.

A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 6

16. The sum of two numbers is 81. If the second number is twice the first, find the second
number.

A. 34 C. 54
B. 44 D. 64

17. In a class of 23 students, the girls were 7 more than the boys. How many boys were in
the class?

A. 8 C. 16
B. 15 D. 30

18. Express 36 as product of prime factors.

A. 23 ×32 C. 22 ×32
B. 22 ×33

2 ×3
19. Multiply 247 b 32.

A. 6916 C. 7904
B. 7804 D. 1235

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20. A number is selected at random from: 25, 26, 27, 28, …, 50. Find the number of
prime numbers that can be selected from the set.

A. 4 C. 6
B. 5 D. 7

21. Find the LCM of 9, 16 and 18..

A. 96 C. 154
B. 124 D. 144

22. Arrange the following integers from the least to the highest −4 , 9 ,−10 ,−7 and2.

A. −10 ,−7 ,−4 , 2 ,9 C. −4 ,−7 ,−10 , 2 ,9

B. −10 , 9 ,−7 ,−4 , 2

D. 2 ,−4 ,−7 , 9 ,−10

23. Estimate 48,947,254 by rounding to the nearest hundred thousand.

A. 48,947,000 C. 48,000,000
B. 48,900,000 D. 50,000,000

24. Simplify: ( 46× 102 ) +(102 ×54 ).

A. 1,020 C. 102,000
B. 10,200 D. 1,020,000

Study the triangle of odd numbers and use it to answer Questions 25 and 26.
13 b c 19
7 9 a
3 5
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25. Evaluate:13+b +c +19

A. 62 C. 74
B. 64 D. 76

26. Evaluate:a+ b+c

A. 24 C. 36
B. 29 D. 43

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27. What is the place value of 7 in24.376 ?

A. Tens C. Thousands
B. Hundreds D. Hundredth

28. How many factors are there in 96?

A. 10 C. 14
B. 12 D. 16

29. Write the multiples of 4 between 10 and 25.

A. { 4 , 8 ,12 , 16 , 20 ,24 } C. { 12 ,16 ,20 , 24 }

B. { 10 , 14 , 18 ,22 } D. { 16 , 20 , 24 }

30. Jane arrived at work at 7:55 a.m. and left at 4:15 p.m. For how long was she at work?

A. 7 hr 20 min C. 8 hr 20 min
B. 7 hr 45 min D. 8 hr 40 min

31. Find the smallest number which is divisible by 16 and 20

A. 40 C. 120
B. 80 D. 160

32. What is the sum of the factors of 24?

A. 64 C. 60
B. 54 D. 86

33. Estimate the difference by rounding to the nearest hundred thousand

:9,674,267−7,534,522

A. 2,139,745 C. 2,234,000
B. 2,200,000 D. 2,230,000

34. Estimate the sum by rounding to the nearest hundred thousand:9,674,267+ 6,292,763

A. 1,747,400 C. 1,700,000
B. 1,740,000 D. 15,700,000

35. What number can be represented by the following model?

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 A. 23,790 C. 2,379,000
B. 237,900 D. 23,790,000

Study the diagram of skip counting below and use it to answer questions 36 and 37.

243,780 248,780 253,780 a b 268,780 c

36. The skip counting of the numbers was done forward in …

A. 1000s C. 4000s
B. 2000s D. 5000s

37. Evaluatea+ b−c

A. 245,780 C. 268,780
B. 248,470 D. 248,780

38. What is the Hindu-Arabic numeral for XCIX?

A. 89 C. 90
B. 100 D. 99

39. Arrange the following in ascending order:7163912 , 7187313 ,7161394 ,7163194 .

A. C.
7161394 , 7163194 , 7163912 , 7187313 7163194 , 7187313 , 7163912 ,7161394
B. D.
7187313 , 7163912 ,7163194 ,7161394 7161394 , 7187313 , 7163912 ,7163194

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40. Find the set of prime factors of 12.

A. { 3 } C. { 3 , 4 }
B. {2 , 3 } D. {2 , 6 }

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 SECTION B

ANSWER ALL SIX (6) QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. ALL QUESTIONS CARRY
EQUAL MARKS.

(1) (a) Find the HCF and LCM of 24, 42 and 72 using repeated division.
(b) (i) The sum of the ages of two brothers is 108 years. One is 18 years older
than the other. Find their present ages.
(ii) Solve382 ×856 using the Lattice method.

(2) (a) Model the number2,634,000 using the appropriate materials.

(b) Use the self-made currencies below to model the amount Gh¢67,360.00

Gh¢1,000
Gh¢10,000 Gh¢100
Gh¢10

(3) Study the skip counting in 5000s diagram below:

569,32 564,329 a 554,329 549,32 546,329 b 534,329 528,329 c

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(a) (i) Was the skip counting done forwards or backwards?

(ii) Determine the values of a, b and c.
(iii) Evaluatea+ b+c .
(iv) Evaluatea+ b−c .
(v) Write the wrong counts in the diagram and correct them.
(b) (i) Estimate823,269−572,849 to the nearest 100,000.
(ii)Estimate523,512+481,143 to the nearest 100,000.

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(4) (a) Copy and complete the missing numeral. Leave your answer as a Roman
numeral.
(i) C−¿ LXX
(ii) X −¿ V
(iii) XXX −¿ XXVII
(iv) XL+¿ L
(v) XC +¿ C
(b) (i)Draw one place value chart for both the numbers1,362,524,513 and
1,362,524,618 . Compare which of them is smaller than the other.
(ii)Write1,362,524,513 in expanded form.

(5) (a) Arrange the following numbers in descending order

:6543698 , 6543668 , 6543658 ,6543648 .
(b) Read the following numbers in words:
(i) 2,965,498,573
(ii) 8,014,954,327
(iii) 1,201,100,753
(c) Write the following words in figures:
(i) Four billion, two hundred and twenty-nine million, eight hundred and four
thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
(ii) Nine billion, seven hundred and seventeen million, four hundred and eighty
thousand, six hundred and twelve.
(iii) Seven billion, nine hundred and fifteen million, two hundred and thirty-eight
thousand, five hundred and ninety-two.

(6) (a) Copy and complete the table below.

NUMERAL VALUE PLACE VALUE

(i) 8 , 256,845,146
(ii) 2 , 56 9,117,562
(iii) 7,111 ,62 0 , 392
(iv) 1,356,412 ,34 6
(v) 6 , 42 3 , 414,584

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(b) Kayla makes and sells beautiful bracelets. Each bracelet is made of 269
small beads. Last month she sold 745 bracelets. How many beads did she use?
(c) In January, there were 34,371 new borns across a country. In February, the
new borns were 61,428. Another 52,342 children were born in March. How -
many children were born in January, February and March across the country?

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