CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY MATHEMATICS 6: TEACHER’S RESOURCE
Learner’s Book answers
Unit 1 The number system
Getting started 7 a 7200 b 85 c 42.8
d 6.7 e 0.151 f 0.55
1 a 9 ones b 9 hundredths
8 a C b D c E
c 9 tenths
9 5
2 a two hundred and 205 408.9
five thousand, four
hundred and eight Think like a mathematician
point nine 98 889 petals left (100 000 − 1111 = 98 889)
b ve hundred and
fi 570 036.01
seventy thousand Exercise 1.2
and thirty six point
zero one 1 4 8 3 7
3 a 0.1 b 5.55 2 $15
4 10 3 4.5 5.05 4.55 5.35
5 a 6m b 37 cm 4 4.5 7.8 2.4 9.1
c 12 m d 11 cm 5 7.51 7.49 7.53
6 a 99.5 b 10.4 6 A False, 3.04 is 3.0 when rounded to the
nearest tenth.
Exercise 1.1 B True
1 a 7 hundred b 7 thousandths C False, 6.95 is 7.0 when rounded to the
nearest tenth.
c 7 tenths d 7 hundredths
7 55.6 litres 12.2 metres 35.5 kilograms
2 2.046
8 0.5
3 Odd one out is 12.34. All the others are
equivalent to 1.234. 9 7.97 is 8 when rounded to the nearest whole
number.
4 a two point one 2.139
three nine 7.97 is 8.0 when rounded to the nearest tenth.
The 7 in the hundredths place increases the
b egative nine
n −909.909
tenths by one so 7.9 becomes 8.0. If the number
hundred and
is rounded to the nearest tenth, there must be a
nine point nine
digit in the tenths place, even if it is zero.
zero nine
c t wenty-five point 25.431 Think like a mathematician
four three one
5 cm is between 4.50 and 5.49 cm
d egative three point −3.481
n
four eight one 6 cm is between 5.50 and 6.49 cm
8 4
Smallest possible perimeter = 4.50 + 4.50 + 5.50 +
5 0.8 or and 0.004 or 5.50 = 20.00 cm
10 1000
Largest possible perimeter = 5.49 + 5.49 + 6.49 +
6 a 0.14 b 0.019
6.49 = 23.96 cm
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Check your progress 5
1
1 and 1
3
4 4
1 0.6 + 0.05 + 0.005
6 a
1, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04
2 97.314 b 1.09
3 1000 7 All the tenths digits are even and 5 is odd.
4 a 3.1 b 10 3
8 −2 −3 −4
5
5 a 10 b 100
9 30.01 (30.010)
c 1000 d 0.034
6 13.94 seconds Think like a mathematician
+5, +9, +13, +17, +21 (the difference between the
terms increases by 4 each time)
Unit 2 Numbers and Next number: 45 + 21 = 66
sequences 12 = 6 + 6, 21 = 15 + 6, 29 = 28 + 1, 30 = 15 + 15
Getting started Exercise 2.2
1 81
1 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100
2 a
25 b 100 c 49
2 a
4, 11, 18, 25, 32, 39
b 2, 11, 20, 29, 38, 47 3 9 and 36
3 4, 7, 10 4 A: 8, B: 64, C: 125
4 a
Any three from 12, 24, 36 or 48 5 a
125 b 1 c 27
b Any three from 2, 4, 6 or 12 6 Odd Not odd
Cube number 1 or 27 8 or 64
Exercise 2.1
Not a cube Learners’ Learners’
1 a
multiply by 6 b 60 number own answers own answers
2 a
6, 9, 12 b add 3
7 27 and 125
c multiply by 3
8 23, half of 42, 32 − 1 and 22 × 2 = 8
3 a
8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48
32 and 23 + 1 = 9
b multiply by 8
c 400 Think like a mathematician
4 a
100 triangles and 150 triangles and Adding two consecutive square numbers
rectangles altogether 4 + 9 = 13
b Position Term 9 + 16 = 25 25 − 13 = 12
1 3 16 + 25 = 41 41 − 25 = 16
2 6 25 + 36 = 61 61 − 41 = 20
3 9 36 + 49 = 85 85 − 61 = 24
4 12 The differences between the terms increase by
5 15 4 each time.
c multiply by 3
d 60
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