Mental Mathematics - Class VI
Practice mental calculation skills including multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and word problems appropriate for 6th grade students.
Questions
Division of numbers is performed when we ________ certain quantities.
- Distribute
- Share
- Divide
- Add
The product of two consecutive natural numbers is always ________.
- An even number
- An odd number
- A prime number
- Divisible by 3
A tyre factory produces $6348$ tyres a day. How many tyres will the factory produce in $460$ days?
- $29000$ tyres
- $2920080$ tyres
- $78546080$ tyres
- $5667772$ tyres
The unit's digit in the product $274 \times 318 \times 577 \times 313$ is:
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
$1089$ is divisible by ________
- $11$
- $3$
- $9$
- $All\ of\ these$
Find the value of $(-1)\times (-1)\times (-1)....1001\ times$
- $1$
- $0$
- $-1$
- $none\ of\ these$
Total number of divisor of $N$, which are divisible by $15$ but not by $36$ are
- $92$
- $94$
- $96$
- $98$
Product of $7,986$ and $548$ is
- $1,35,562$
- $43,76,328$
- $1,35,862$
- $1,35,462$
- $111564$
- $121564$
- $131564$
- $1331564$
Place value of a digit increases by ______ times as it moves place by place from right to left.
- $100$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{100}$
- $10$
- $1000$
156 $\times$ ____ = 0
- 1
- 0
- 156
- -1
$(32) \times (-4) \times (-3) \times 0 \times (-6) $ is equal to
- +27,648
- +276,480
- 0
- -27,648
Find the value of $x$.
$\displaystyle \left ( -\frac {1}{4} \right )^{-3} \times \left ( \frac {1}{4} \right )^{4} \div 4^{-2}=-(4^{10x+1})$
- $\displaystyle -\frac {2}{5}$
- $4$
- $\displaystyle \frac {-3}{5}$
- $0$
The average age of a family of 6 members 4 years ago was 25 years. Meanwhile a child was born in this family and still the average age of the whole family is same today. The present age of child is ......
- 2 years
- $1 \displaystyle \frac{1}{2} $ years
- 1 years
- Data insufficient
Solve 45 % of 1500 + 35 % of 1700 = ? % of 3175
- 30
- 35
- 45
- 40
$102 \times 103$
- 10506
- 10505
- 1050
- 10504
A pineapple costs rs. 7. A watermelon cots rs. 5. X spends rs. 38 on these fruits. The number of pineapples purchased is _______.
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Data inadequate
If x is a whole number then $\displaystyle x^{2}\left ( x^{2}-1 \right )$ is always divisible by
- 12
- 24
- 12 - x
- Multiple of 12
Suresh travelled 1200 km by air which form (2/5) of his trip. One third of the whole trip, he travelled by car and the rest of the journey he performed by train. Find the distance travelled by train. Also, find the speed of the train if the time taken for the train to travel the whole distance is 8 hrs
- 1600 km, 350 km/hr
- 800 km, 375 km/hr
- 1800 km, 300 km/hr
- 480 km, 380 km/hr
Three lightships flash simultaneously at 6;00 a.m. The first lightship flashes every 12 seconds, the seconds lightship every 30 seconds and the third lightship every 66 seconds. At what time will the three lightships next flash together?
- 6;09 a.m.
- 6:10 a.m.
- 6:11 a.m.
- 6:12 a.m.
If $\displaystyle \left ( 1^{2}+2^{2}+3^{2}+...+10^{2} \right )=385$ then the value of $\displaystyle \left ( 2^{2}+4^{2}+6^{2}+...+20^{2} \right )$
- 770
- 1155
- 1540
- (385 x 385)
When Sholey screened on the TV there was a commercial break of 5 min after every 15 min of the movie If from the start of the movie to the end of the movie there was in all 60 min of commercials that was screened what is the duration the movie?
- 180 min
- 195 min
- 169 min
- 165 min
If $\frac {2}{3}$ part of a number is 96 then what will be $\frac {3}{4}$ of the same number?
- 48
- 192
- 108
- 72
Simplify $(9^{4/3} \div 27^{2/3}) \times 3^{3/2}$
- $3^{9/5}$
- $3^{13/6}$
- $3^{37/6}$
- None of these
The number of non-negative integers that are less than 1000 and end with only one zero is
- $90$
- $95$
- $91$
- $99$
What is the value of $\displaystyle\frac{0.24\times0.35}{0.02\times0.14\times0.15}$
- $20$
- $200$
- $100$
- $9$
The product of two numbers is 0.008 and one is $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}$ of the other, then the smaller number is
- 0.002
- 0.004
- 0.2
- 0.04
On dividing 4996 by a certain number the quotient is 62 and the the remainder is 36 what is the divisor ?
- 80
- 85
- 90
- 95
A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 25 He multiplied it by 52 and got his answer more by 324 than the correct answer The number to be multiplied was
- 15
- 12
- 18
- 23
Divide 57,804 by 46. Then
- $Q=1256, R=27$
- $Q=1256, R=26$
- $Q=1257, R=28$
- $Q=1256, R=28$
$\displaystyle 178\times \quad ....... = 0 $
- 1
- 178
- 0
- None of these
Product of 7,986 is 548 is
- 1,35,562
- 43,76,328
- 1,35,862
- 1,35,462
14 apples cost Rs. 140 The cost of 1 apple is___
- $Rs.\ 10$
- $Rs.\ 8$
- $Rs.\ 4$
- $Rs.\ 14$
Suman quickly estimated the product of $796\times 19$ in the following manner. He rounded each number to the nearest ten.
He multiplied these new numbers together.
What was Suman's estimate?
- $14,000$
- $15,010$
- $15,200$
- $16,000$
Which of the following is divisible by $11$?
- $3178$
- $325182$
- $710345$
- $457192$
Add the $4^{th}$ multiple of 52 and the $8^{th}$ multiple of 37. The value obtained is 700 less than $\clubsuit$. Find $\clubsuit$.
- 1400
- 504
- 968
- 1204
Farmer Gopal packed an equal number of oranges into each of the 15 baskets. If each basket contained 85 oranges, how many oranges did he pack ?
- 100
- 1527
- 1275
- 1725
If O represents 5 eggs then how many eggs does OOOO represent?
- $4$
- $16$
- $20$
- $25$
In a school, there are 704 desks to place into 22 classrooms. If the same number of desks is placed in each classroom, how many desks will be there in each room ?
- 32
- 34
- 42
- 44
The numbers $35, 7035, 385$ is divisible by
- $5$
- $7$
- both $5$ & $7$
- none
$1\displaystyle \div 28$ is ___
- $28$
- $1$
- $0$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{28}$
64 $\displaystyle \div $ 1 is ____
- 1
- 0
- 46
- 64
238 $\displaystyle \div $ 238 is ____
- 0
- 238
- 28
- 1
$(98 + 14) \displaystyle \times $ 0 is _____
- $114$
- $112$
- $0$
- $0 \times 98 + 14$
The property satisfied by the division of whole number is
- closure property
- commutative property
- associative property
- none of these
One symbol represents 5 ballons then number of symbols to be drawn to represent 60 ballons is
- 5
- 60
- 10
- 12
The unit's digit in the product 274 x 318 x 577 x 313 is :
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Solve $ 7.86 \times 4.6 =$
- 36.156
- 36.216
- 351.56
- 361.56
$3897\times 999=$?
- $3883203$
- $3893103$
- $3639403$
- $3791203$
- None of these
$34\times 56= ?$
- $2394$
- $1194$
- $1094$
- $1904$
Divide : $16974\div 23\div 2$
- $738$
- $1476$
- $369$
- $1567$
Evaluate:$12340\times 23=$
- $12,345$
- $65,2350$
- $28,3820$
- $56,234$
$12\times 4356= ?$
- $52,272$
- $52,256$
- $52,562$
- $52,632$
Evaluate: $234\times 0$
- $234$
- $100$
- $0$
- $1$
Divide : $0\div 23329$
- $0$
- $1$
- $23329$
- Not defined
Which of the following is NOT true?
- $959877\times 0=0$
- $959877\times 1=959877$
- $959877\times 10=0$
- None of these
Which of the following options is correct?
Statement 1: If $7$ friends divide $76895$ coloured beads amongst themselves, then each will get $10984$ coloured beads
Statement 2: If $16$ families went on a trip and pay Rs. $216352$ in total, then each family will pay Rs. $13522$.
- Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true
- Statement 1 is true but statement-2 is false
- Statement-1 is false but statement-2 is true
- Both statement-1 and statement-2 are false
A generator consumes 2.875 litres of diesel per hour.The quantity of diesel required to run the generator for 24 hours is ______ .
- $45$ litres
- $55$ litres
- $72$ litres
- $69$ litres
What is the number in the START box?
$\boxed { START } \rightarrow \boxed { \div 16 } \rightarrow \boxed { \times 20 } \rightarrow \boxed { 132820 } $
- $116256$
- $106256$
- $384120$
- $102656$
A machine produces $2800$ screws in a day. Which of the following is the best estimate of the number of screws produced in 2 days?
- $3500$
- $5000$
- $3000$
- $2900$
$Table - I$
| Name of City | No. of Govt. employees |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 4200 |
| Mumbai | 3600 |
| Chennai | 3000 |
$Table - II$
| Name of City | No. of Govt. employees |
|---|---|
| Delhi | $\Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box$ |
| Chennai | $\Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box$ |
| Mumbai | $\Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad \Box \quad $ |
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
$6\times 3(3-1)$ is equal to
- $53$
- $36$
- $20$
- $19$
Teacher is taking some children on a school trip to the zoo. There are $8$ childrens and $3$ adults. Each children's ticket cost is Rs. $12$ and each adult's ticket cost is rs. $24$. How much will the trip cost?
- Rs. $108$
- Rs. $146$
- Rs. $168$
- Rs. $184$
$470988$ books are to be arranged equally in shelves. If $378$ books are arranged in each shelf, how many shelves will be needed?
- $1246$ shelves
- $1006$ shelves
- $2406$ shelves
- $3466$ shelves
Repeated addition of same number is called _________.
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
In the correctly worked out multiplication problem at the below, each letter represent a different digit. What is the value of B ?
A A
A B
B B
A A C
A 3 B
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 5
If $ \spadesuit \spadesuit \spadesuit = 18$, then $\spadesuit \spadesuit \spadesuit \spadesuit \spadesuit =$ ________.
- $18$
- $24$
- $30$
- $48$
Find the least number in which multiplied by $1800$ given a perfect cube, then find the sum of the digits of that number.
- $2$
- $3$
- $6$
- $8$
The sum of all three-digit natural numbers which leave a remainder $2$ when divided by $3$
- $168450$
- $168850$
- $165840$
- None of these
Given $n =1 + x$ and x is the product of four consecutive integers. Then which of the following is true?
- n is an odd numbers
- n is prime
- sometimes a perfect square
- All the given
Kunal has only $25$ paise and $50$ paise coins with him. The total amount in $50$ paise denomination is $Rs. 4$ more that the total amount in $25$ paise denomination. The number of $25$ paise coins is $20$ more than the number of $50$ paise coins. What is the total amount with Kunal?
- $Rs. 32$
- $Rs. 36$
- $Rs. 40$
- $Rs. 24$
The sum of all natural members which multiples of $7$ or $3$ or both and lie between $200$ and $500$ is
- $45049$
- $40149$
- $45149$
- $45249$
A number when divided by $14$ leaves a remainder of $8$, but when the same number is divided by $7$, it will leave the remainder ?
- 3
- 2
- 1
- can't be determined
The sum of all two digit numbers which when divided by 4 , yield unity as remainder is
- $1012$
- $1201$
- $1212$
- $1210$
A rectangular cortyard $3.78$ metres long and $5.25$ metres wide is to be paved exactly with square tiles, all of the same size. Then the largest size of the tile which could be used for the purpose is $(n\times 3)\ cm$, then $n$ is equal to
- $5$
- $7$
- $2$
- $13$
$\dfrac{20}{100}\times 1,70000=20\times 1700=34,000$
- True
- False
A train running at the speed of 60$\mathrm { km } / \mathrm { hr }$ crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train
- $150$ metres
- $180$ metres
- $324$ metres
- Cannot be determined
- None of these
The quotient when $1 + x ^ { 2 } + x ^ { 4 } + x ^ { 6 } + \dots + x ^ { 34 }$ is divided by $1 + x + x ^ { 2 } + x ^ { 3 } + \dots + x ^ { 17 }$ is
- $x ^ { 17 } - x ^ { 15 } + x ^ { 13 } - x ^ { 11 } + \dots + x$
- $x ^ { 17 } + x ^ { 15 } + x ^ { 13 } + x ^ { 11 } + \dots + x$
- $x ^ { 17 } + x ^ { 16 } + x ^ { 15 } + x ^ { 14 } + \dots + 1$
- $x ^ { 17 } - x ^ { 16 } + x ^ { 15 } - x ^ { 14 } + \dots - 1$
What should be multiplied by $-23$ to get $575$?
- $15$
- $25$
- $-25$
- $35$
The number of positive n in the range $12\le n\le 40$ such that the product (n -1) (n -2).... 3.2.1 is not divisible by n is :
- 5
- 7
- 13
- 14
The value of $4 \times 378 \times 25$ is
- 37800
- 3780
- 9450
- 30078
The value of $47 \times 99$ is:
- 4635
- 4653
- 4563
- 6453
Mark the correct alternative of the following.
The product of a whole number(other than zero) and its successor is?
- An even number
- An odd number
- Divisible by $4$
- Divisible by $3$
Mark the correct alternative of the following.
The product of the predecessor and successor of an odd natural number is always divisible by?
- $2$
- $4$
- $6$
- $8$
6(7 x 3) = (6 x 7) x 3 is an example of
- Associative property
- Closure property
- Commutative property
- Distributive property
(98 + 14) x 0 is ________
- 112
- 1
- 0
- 0 + 98 + 14
What number should replaced M in This multiplication problem ?
$\displaystyle \frac{4}{\underline {1, 2, 1, 6}}$
- 0
- 5
- 7
- 8
Which of the following property is not applicable to addition of whole numbers?
- Closure property
- Commutative property
- Associative property
- None of these
On dividing 55,390 by 299 the remainder is 75. The quotient is
- 195
- 185
- 175
- 193
72 $\times $ b = 4572a then the value of a + b is (where a is a single digit whole number and b is a natural number)
- 635
- 471
- 640
- None of these
Which natural number is nearest to $9217$, which is completely divisible by $88$ ?
- $9152$
- $9240$
- $9064$
- $9184$
Find the value of A and B in the following sum:
$3 B$
$\underline {\times A}$
$\underline {2 5 2}$
- $B=6,A=7$
- $B=4,A=3$
- $B=3,A=4$
- $B=7,A=6$
The least number which on division by 35 leaves a remainder 25 and on division by 45 leaves the remainder 35 and on division by 55 leaves the remainder of 45 is
- 2515
- 3455
- 2875
- 2785
An integer is multiplied by 2 and the result is then multiplied by 5 The final result could be
- 64
- 32
- 12
- 30
If $\displaystyle a=(2^{-2}-2^{-3}),b=(2^{-3}-2^{-4})and: c=(2^{-4}-2^{-2})$ then find the value of 3 abc
- $\displaystyle \frac{-63}{1024}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{-63}{2048}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{-9}{2048}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{9}{1024}$
Simplify : $\displaystyle\frac{9^{5/2}-3\times7^0-\begin{pmatrix}\displaystyle\frac{1}{81}\end{pmatrix}^{-\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}}}{(27)^{2/3}-\begin{pmatrix}\displaystyle\frac{8}{27}\end{pmatrix}^{2/3}}$
- $0$
- $16$
- $27$
- $77$
If $\div$ means $-$, $-$ means $\times$, $\times$ means $+$ and $+$ means $\div$, then
$20\times 60\div 40-20+10=$
- $40$
- $0$
- $80$
- $60$
If $\displaystyle 15\frac {2}{3}\times 3\frac {1}{6}+6\frac {1}{3}=11\frac {7}{18}+x$, then the value of $x$ is ______ .
- $\displaystyle 39\frac {5}{9}$
- $\displaystyle 137\frac {4}{9}$
- $\displaystyle 29\frac {7}{9}$
- $\displaystyle 44\frac {5}{9}$
There were $50$ people at the birthday party. John invited $125$ people. Among those who attended, only $36%$ brought gifts. How many guests brought gifts?
- $125$ people
- $50$ people
- $18$ people
- $32$ people
The value of $\displaystyle\frac{2^{n+4}-2\times2^{n}}{2\times2^{(n+3)}}+2^{-3}$ is equal to ...........
- $2^{n+1}$
- $\begin{pmatrix}\displaystyle\frac{9}{8}-2^{n}\end{pmatrix}$
- $\begin{pmatrix}-2^{n+1}+\displaystyle\frac{1}{8}\end{pmatrix}$
- $1$
Tony needs to solve the equation given below.
$\displaystyle \frac {3}{4}t=\frac {6}{20}$
What operation should Tony perform to solve the equation for $t$ ?
- Multiply both sides by $\displaystyle \frac {1}{4}$
- Divide both sides by $\displaystyle \frac {3}{4}$
- Add $\displaystyle \frac {3}{4}$ to both sides
- Subtract $\displaystyle \frac {3}{4}$ from both sides
A cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicket takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby decreases his average by 0.4. The number of wickets taken by him till the last match was........
- 64
- 72
- 80
- 85
If $4m = 5K$ and $6n = 7K$, the ratio of $m$ to $n$ is
- 5:7
- 10:21
- 14:15
- 2:3
- 15:14
Multiply: $(3 i)(4 + 3i)(5 2i)$
- $63-2i$
- $23-7i$
- $45-6i$
- $85-5i$
Find : $43245\times 0$
- $43245$
- $0$
- $432450$
- $4324$
Which of the following statements do not accurately describe the multiplicative inverse ?
- If a given fraction with numerator $1$ , the multiplicative inverse will be its denominator.
- If a given whole number the multiplicative inverse will a fraction containing that number as numerator and $1$ as denominator.
- In a statement $\sqrt3\times x=1$ , $x$ is the multiplicative inverse.
- One pair of number when multiplied together gives the number $1$
Find : $5436\times 1$.
- $5436$
- $0$
- $1$
- $5437$
Simplified value of $769\times 43$ is
- $33,058$
- $23,067$
- $33,067$
- $33,207$
Divide : $87537\div 1$
- $0$
- $1$
- $87536$
- $87537$
Multiply : $44\times 567\times 1$
- $44$
- $567$
- $24948$
- $1$
$21774\div 19\div 3$ is equal to
- $1146$
- $7258$
- $3438$
- $382$
What is the multiplicative inverse of $3-\sqrt8$ ?
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ 3+\sqrt { 8 } } $
- $3-\sqrt8$
- $8+\sqrt3$
- $3+\sqrt8$
If $4\times 5=1625$, $3\times 8=964$, $4\times 6=436$ then $1\times 9=?$
- $36$
- $150$
- $181$
- $218$
The sum of all two digit numbers which when divided by $4$, yield unity as reminder is
- $1012$
- $1201$
- $1212$
- $1210$
The value of $\dfrac{(469 +174)^2 - (469-174)^2}{469 \times 174}$ is
- $2$
- $4$
- $689$
- $1023$
The smallest number which must be added to $803642$ in order to obtain is multiple of $9$ is
- $1$
- $2$
- $3$
- $4$
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
In a mixture of $35$ litres, the ratio of milk and water is $4: 1$. How many litres of water must be added to make the ratio $2 : 3$?
- $28$
- $40$
- $35$
- $70$
What is the average of all numbers between $11$ and $80$ which are divisible by $6$?
- $46$
- $47$
- $44$
- $45$
What is the remainder when $6729$ is divided by $35$?
- $11$
- $7$
- $9$
- $13$
The estimated product of $15289$ and $587$ is
- $8000000$
- $8500000$
- $9000000$
- $9500000$
Find the value of $\displaystyle\left(\frac{P+Q}{R}\right)\times S$.
(i) $100$ lakhs $=$ ____________[Q] millions
(ii) __________[R] crores $=100$ millions
(iii) $100$ thousands $=$ _________[P] lakhs
(iv) $10$ crores $=$ __________[S] millions.
- $10$
- $100$
- $110$
- $1$