Grade 6 fractions test
A free Grade 6 fractions test online, with answers. It draws questions from 1 topic and the numbers change every time, so you can take it again and again. Choose 10, 25 or 50 questions.
What the Grade 6 fractions test covers
Grade 6 compares tenths and hundredths, adds and subtracts fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other, and works with mixed numbers.
- Fractions
When it is taught — Term 3
In the Department of Basic Education’s teaching plan, Grade 6 fractions are taught in Term 3. It is tested in the Grade 6 maths Term 3 test and the final Term 4 exam.
Sample Grade 6 fractions questions
Five questions of the kind the test asks. In the test itself every answer is marked straight away, with the working shown.
1. Calculate:
- 36
- 56
- 66
- 38
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Answer: 56
12 = 36, then 3 + 2 = 5 over 6.
2. Write 28 in its simplest form.
- 24
- 28
- 14
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Answer: 14
Divide the numerator and denominator by 2: 14.
3. Calculate:
- 14
- 38
- 18
- 48
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Answer: 38
24 = 48, then 4 − 1 = 3 over 8.
4. Write 318 as a mixed number.
- 4 78
- 3 78
- 3 88
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Answer: 3 78
31 ÷ 8 = 3 remainder 7, so 3 78.
5. A class has 20 learners and 45 of them travel by bus. How many travel by bus?
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Answer: 16
20 ÷ 5 = 4, then × 4 = 16 learners.
Common mistakes in Grade 6 fractions
Adding the denominators (¼ + ½ written as 2⁄6), and thinking a bigger denominator means a bigger fraction, so that ⅛ looks larger than ¼.
Questions about the Grade 6 fractions test
What does the Grade 6 fractions test cover?
It covers 1 CAPS topic: Fractions. Grade 6 compares tenths and hundredths, adds and subtracts fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other, and works with mixed numbers.
When is Grade 6 fractions taught?
In the Department of Basic Education’s teaching plan, Grade 6 fractions are taught in Term 3. It is tested in the Grade 6 maths Term 3 test and the final Term 4 exam.
Where can my child practise Grade 6 fractions for free?
On MathTests.co.za: the free Grade 6 fractions test draws questions from these topics with fresh numbers every time, and shows the working after every answer. No sign-up.