Welcome to Year 6

Riddles

100

I have hands but can’t clap. What am I?

A clock

200

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

300

What has a head and a tail but no body?

A coin

400

I go up but never come down. What am I?

Your age

Geography

100

What is the capital city of Australia?

Canberra

200

How many continents are there?

7: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia/Oceania. 

300

What ocean is on Australia’s west coast?

The Indian Ocean

400

What is the largest desert in the world?

Antarctica

Maths

100

What is 6 × 8?

48

200

What is half of 91?

45.5

300

If something costs $40 and is discounted by 25%, what is the new price?

$30

400

What fraction is equivalent to 0.6 in simplest form?

3/5

True or False

100

True or False: A hexagon has six sides.

True

200

True or False: Whales are fish.

False. They are marine mammals.

300

True or False: 1 kilometre is longer than 1 mile.

False. 1 mile is approximately 1.60934 kilometers.

400

True or False: Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun.

True. 

• Lightning: A bolt of lightning heats the air it passes through to approximately 30,000°C in a fraction of a second
• Surface of the Sun: The photosphere (the visible surface) of the sun is much cooler, at roughly 5,500°C to 6,000°C