List of top Questions asked in CBSE Class VI

Determine the smallest 3-digit number which is exactly divisible by 6, 8 and 12.
Three boys step off together from the same spot. Their steps measure 63 cm, 70 cm and 77 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should cover so that all can cover the distance in complete steps?
I am the smallest number, having four different prime factors. Can you find me?
18 is divisible by both 2 and 3. It is also divisible by 2 × 3 = 6. Similarly, a number is divisible by both 4 and 6. Can we say that the number must also be divisible by 4 × 6 = 24? If not, give an example to justify your answer.
In which of the following expressions, prime factorisation has been done?

Find the common factors of :

1) 4, 8 and 12

2) 5, 15 and 25

Find the common factors of:

1) 20 and 28

2) 15 and 25

3) 35 and 50

4) 56 and 120

Write a digit in the blank space of each of the following numbers so that the number formed is divisible by 11:

1) 92 __ 389

2) 8 __ 9484

A magnet was brought from different directions towards a toy boat that has been floating in water in a tub. Affect observed in each case is stated in Column I. Possible reasons for the observed affects are mentioned in Column II. Match the statements given in Column I with those in Column II.

Column IColumn II
Boat gets attracted towards the magnetBoat is fitted with a magnet with north pole towards its head
Boat is not affected by the magnetBoat is fitted with a magnet with South pole towards its head.
Boat moves towards the magnet if North pole of the magnet is brought near its head.Boat has a small magnet fixed along its length.
Boat moves away from the magnet when North pole is brought near its head.Boat is made of magnetic material.
Boat floats without changing its direction.Boat is made up of non-magnetic material

Column I shows different positions in which one pole of a magnet is placed near that of the other. Column II indicates the resulting action between them for each situation. Fill in the blanks. 

Column IColumn II
N-_______________
N-________Attraction
S-N 
________-SRepulsion

Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that help us understand opaque objects. 

OWSAKEOPAQUEOBJECTSMSHAD
Write the smallest digit and the greatest digit in the blank space of each of the following numbers so that the number formed is divisible by 3 :
1.  __ 6724
2.  4765 __ 2

Which is the smallest whole number?

Write the three whole numbers occurring just before 10001.

Write the next three natural numbers after 10999.

The distance between the school and a student’s house is 1 km 875 m. Everyday she walks both ways. Find the total distance covered by her in six days.
Avneet buys \(9\) square paving slabs, each with a side of \(\frac{1}{ 2}\) m. He lays them in the form of a square. 
square paving slabs
  1. What is the perimeter of his arrangement 
  2.  Shari does not like his arrangement. She gets him to lay them out like a cross. What is the perimeter of her arrangement ? 
  3.  Which has greater perimeter? 
  4.  Avneet wonders if there is a way of getting an even greater perimeter. Can you find a way of doing this? (The paving slabs must meet along complete edges i.e. they cannot be broken.)
To stitch a shirt, 2 m 15 cm cloth is needed. Out of 40 m cloth, how many shirts can be stitched and how much cloth will remain?
Medicine is packed in boxes, each weighing 4 kg 500g. How many such boxes can be loaded in a van which cannot carry beyond 800 kg?
A merchant had ₹78,592 with her. She placed an order for purchasing 40 radio sets at ₹1200 each. How much money will remain with her after the purchase?
A machine, on an average, manufactures 2,825 screws a day. How many screws did it produce in the month of January 2006?
Kirti bookstore sold books worth ₹2,85,891 in the first week of June and books worth ₹4,00,768 in the second week of the month. How much was the sale for the two weeks together? In which week was the sale greater and by how much?
Shekhar is a famous cricket player. He has so far scored 6980 runs in test matches. He wishes to complete 10,000 runs. How many more runs does he need?
Insert commas suitably and write the names according to Indian System of Numeration :
(a) 87595762 
(b) 8546283 
(c) 99900046 
(d) 98432701
Place commas correctly and write the numerals:
(a) Seventy three lakh seventy five thousand three hundred seven.
(b) Nine crore five lakh forty one.
(c) Seven crore fifty two lakh twenty one thousand three hundred two.
(d) Fifty eight million four hundred twenty three thousand two hundred two.
(e) Twenty three lakh thirty thousand ten.