Grade 6 -Ability Test 7

Mock Exam

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Write your name and school below:

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Name of Student

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Name of School

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO

General Instructions:
There are 40 items on this test Each has only one (1) correct answer. It divided into 2 parts, verbal and
Quantitative reasoning. Read each item carefully, then circle the letter that represents the answer you
have chosen.

Section 1: Verbal Reasoning

For items 1 – 3, each line contains a word that is SIMILAR in meaning to the word in capitals. Find this word.

1. WEAK
a. Strong
b. Frail
c. Bent
d. Erect

2. STRAIGHT
a. Stiff
b. Narrow
c. Direct
d. Broken

3. FRIEND
a. Enemy
b. Relative
c. Ally
d. classmate

For items 4 – 6, one of the words in the options CANNOT be formed from the word in capitals without repeating
a letter. Find this word.

4. UNDERSTAND
a. ants
b. sand
c. rear
d. stare

5. COURTEOUS
a. sour
b. cruel
c. route
d. truce
6. BOISTEROUS
a. beset
b. burst
c. rest
d. boost

Look carefully at the family tree then select the correct answer for items 7- 10.

7. Who is Debbie’s father?

a. Mark
b. Hamilton
c. Leon
d. Orlando

8. Orlando is Mark’s .
a. brother-in-law
b. stepbrother
c. cousin
d. nephew

9. How many grandchildren does Janice have?

a. 3
b. 2
c. 6
d. 7

10. What is Leon’s surname?

a. Brown
b. Hall
c. Harris
d. Orlando

For items 11 – 13, choose the word that best complete each sentence.

11. Architect is to building as author _____________.

a. book
b. write
c. library
d. novelist
12. Concede is to surrender as succeed is to____________.
a. fail
b. wealth
c. prosper
d. famous

13. Bray is to donkey as bleat is to _____________.

a. noise
b. sheep
c. cry
d. cow

For items 14 – 16, one word DOES NOT belong to the set. Find that word
14. a. rose
b. daisy
c. carrot
d. dahlia

15. a. sandals
b. shoes
c. slippers
d. socks

16. a. kilogram
b. tonne
c. pounds
d. litre

The Word INTOLLERANCE is represented by the code 34569127481.

Use this information to answer items 17 and 18.

17. What word is represented by the code 874819?

a. conceal
b. cancer
c. contest
d. cancel

18. What word is represented by the code 5273912?

a. relates
b. trance
c. trailer
d. romance
In items 19 and 20, a phrase is underlined. Select the word that is most suitable to replace the underlined
phrase.
19. The person who performs operations must have steady hands.
a. surgeon
b. soldier
c. sergeant
d. doctor

20. The person who earns a living his by carving uses a chisel.
a. painter
b. artist
c. carpenter
d. sculptor

Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning

21. There are 4 banners on a flagpole. The yellow banner is higher than the blue banner but lower than the red
banner. The green banner is lower than the blue banner.

Which answer lists the banners in order from lowest to highest?

a. green, blue, red, yellow

b. red, yellow, blue, green
c. green, blue, yellow, red
d. blue, green, yellow. red

22. Janet plans to wear a t-shirt and pants to the school barbeque. She has 3 t-shirts: red, blue, and yellow. She
has 3 pairs of pants: white, black, and green.

How many different combinations of outfits can Janet put together?

a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9

23. There are 2 white cubes and 10 red cubes in a bag. If you take one without looking, which statement is true?

a. You are more likely to draw a red cube.

b. You are less likely to draw a red cube.
c. You are equally likely to draw a red cube or white cube.
d. You are more likely to draw a white cube.

24. Look at the shapes in the box. Which shape belongs in the group?
 25. Look at the number pattern below. Which number should go into the empty box?

a. 52
b. 47
c. 42
d. 32

26. Denzel loves playing the piano. He practices 35 to 40 minutes a day, 7 days a week. Which is a reasonable
statement of the time he practices each week?

a. between 180 and 199 minutes

b. between 200 and 235 minutes
c. between 245 and 280 minutes
d. between 295 and 350 minutes

27. Which is a reasonable estimate of the amount of water needed to fill a fish tank?

a. 1 litre
b. 10 litres
c. 100 litres
d. 1,000 litres

28. If no digits are repeated, how many different 4-digit numbers can be made with 5, 6, 7 and 8?
 a. 4
b. 8
c. 16
d. 24

29. Carl plans to give popsicles to everyone in his class. There are 25 persons in his class. Each person will get one
popsicle. It is cheaper for Carl to buy packages rather than individual bars. What additional information is
needed to determine how many packages of popsicles he must buy?

a. The price of a package of popsicles

b. The store where the popsicles may be purchased
c. The price of one popsicle
d. The number of popsicles in a package

30. Which statement can be concluded from the graph?

a. Most students prefer cheese bread.

b. Twice as many students prefer pizza to hamburgers.
c. Three times as many students prefer patty to hot dogs.
d. More students like hot dogs than burgers.

31. If Joel reads 285 pages every month, what is the best estimate of the number of pages that he would read in
one year?

a. 2,400
b. 2,800
c. 4,000
d. 4,500

32. Katie bought 6 items at the store. No item cost more than $500 or less than $200. Which of the following
could be the total cost of the 6 items Katie bought?
 a. $700
b. $1000
c. $2200
d. $3100

33. Michael adds 3 four-digit numbers. Which of the following describes what Michael should expect as his
result?

a. A three-digit number because he is adding three numbers.

b. A four-digit number because he is adding four-digit numbers.
c. You cannot tell because you do not know what numbers he is adding.
d. Either a four- or five-digit number because he may be adding numbers that could be as small as 1000 or as
large as 9,999.

Mrs Donald asked some students whether or not they like strawberry ice cream. The results are shown in
the table below. Use it to answer items 34 and 35.

34. What does the value 72 represent in this table?

a. the number of females who do not like strawberry ice cream

b. the number of females who like strawberry ice cream
c. the number of males who do not like strawberry ice cream
d. the number of males who like strawberry ice cream

35. If a student is chosen at random, which student is it least likely to be?

a. a female who does not like strawberry ice cream

b. a female who likes strawberry ice cream
c. a male who does not like strawberry ice cream
d. a male who likes strawberry ice cream

36. The pattern below goes from left to right. What is happening in this pattern?
a. It doubles.
b. It subtracts 6.
c. It subtracts 3.
d. It subtracts half.

Harry studies a different subject each day according to this pattern. Use it to answer item 37.

37. Which subject will he study on day 21?

a. English Language Arts

b. Mathematics
c. Science
d. Social Studies

38. Bill earned $200 for washing the car. Gena earned $350 for washing the car and cleaning the windows. How
are chores and money related?

a. The more chores done, the more money the person made.
b. The fewer chores done, the more money the person made.
c. Doing difficult chores earned the person more money.
d. No matter how many chores were done, each person earned the same.

39. All the students in Mr Jackson’s class brought blue pencils to school on Monday. Omar brought a yellow
pencil to school on Monday. Based on this information, which of the following must be true?

a. If Omar brought a yellow pencil, then he was not at school on Monday.

b. If Omar brought a yellow pencil, then he is in Mr Grant’s class.
c. If Omar brought a yellow pencil, then he is in Mr Jackson’s class.
d. If Omar brought a yellow pencil, then he is not in Mr Jackson’s class.

Use the clues below to label each cat and answer item 40.
 • The grey cat is not first.
• The brown cat is to the right of the white cat.
• The white cat is not last.
• The black cat is between the brown and grey cats.

40. Which if the following lists the cats labelled in the correct order from left to right?

a. white, brown, black, grey

b. brown, black, white, grey
c. tabby, black, grey, white
d. white, brown, grey, black

"What we ever hope to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence."
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