Year 6 (Grade 5) Maths Mid-Term Test: Decimals, Rounding, Sequences, Factors & Multiples

This free Year 6 (Grade 5) maths mid-term test has 24 questions worth 60 marks and takes 50 minutes. It covers place value and decimals, rounding, sequences, and special numbers, factors and multiples for children aged 10 to 11. Print it, hand out pencils and rulers, and no calculators are needed.

About This Maths Test

This is a 50-minute mid-term paper for Year 6 (Grade 5). It checks four topics in one sitting. Section A covers place value and decimals (19 marks), Section B covers rounding decimal numbers (15 marks), Section C covers counting and sequences (13 marks) and Section D covers special numbers, factors and multiples (13 marks).

Questions move from quick recall, such as writing decimals in digits or finding 8², to reasoning, such as finding the fastest and slowest race times that round to 13.9 seconds, or working out when a bus and a train next leave together. Three questions ask children to explain their thinking: spotting a mistake when multiplying by 10 (Q7), checking a rounding claim (Q13) and deciding whether 10 can appear in a sequence (Q19).

The test is written for a general English-speaking audience. “Year 6” is used in England and many other countries and “Grade 5” in the United States, and children are about 10 to 11 in both. It is not tied to any school or exam board.

Skills Your Child Practises

• Reading and writing decimals with up to three decimal places
• Finding the value of a digit in tenths, hundredths and thousandths
• Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1 000
• Regrouping and composing decimal numbers
• Rounding to the nearest whole number and the nearest tenth
• Working out the smallest and largest numbers that round to a given value
• Continuing sequences with decimal and fraction steps, including counting back
• Using position-to-term rules to find the 50th and 100th terms
• Recognising square and cube numbers on a Venn diagram
• Finding factors, common factors, multiples and the lowest common multiple

How to Use This Test

For teachers

• Use it as a mid-term check once decimals, rounding, sequences and factors have been taught.
• Give each child a pencil and a ruler. Do not allow calculators.
• Set a 50-minute limit. Tell children each section’s marks so they can plan their time.
• Use the section totals (19, 15, 13, 13) to see which topic needs reteaching.

For homeschool parents

• Choose a quiet time and let your child work alone for up to 50 minutes.
• Mark it together afterwards. Ask your child to talk through the “explain” questions (Q7, Q13 and Q19).
• If one section scores low, spend a few days on that topic and retry only those questions.
• You can also split the test across two days, doing Sections A and B first, then C and D.

What’s Next?

Try the Year 5 (Grade 4) Maths Mid-Term Test for review, Answer Key

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