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Adding and taking away within 20, the Sun, the Moon and the planets, what kind of animal each one is, and first spellings. This quiz for 6 year olds with answers suits children who are starting to read on their own, and every question has answers to pick from.
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Numbers
True or false: 6 + 11 = 16.
False. 6 + 11 = 17. Count on 6 from 11: 17.
What is 9 + 2?
- 10
- 12
- 11
- 13
11. Make a ten first: 9 + 1 = 10, then 1 more makes 11.
What is one less than 19?
- 17
- 19
- 20
- 18
18. Count back one from 19: 18.
6, 7, 8. Which number comes next?
- 10
- 11
- 9
- 8
9. The numbers go up by 1 each time, so the next number is 9.
How many sides does a rectangle have?
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 5
4. A rectangle has 4 straight sides and 4 corners.
What is 18 − 6?
- 12
- 13
- 11
- 24
12. Count back 6 from 18: 12.
Count in twos: 8, 10, 12. Which number comes next?
- 16
- 12
- 13
- 14
14. The numbers go up by 2 each time, so the next number is 14.
What is 17 − 3?
- 14
- 13
- 20
- 15
14. Count back 3 from 17: 14.
True or false: There are 12 months in a year.
True. From January to December there are 12 months.
True or false: One more than 15 is 14.
False. One more than 15 is 16. Count on one from 15: 16.
True or false: A square has 4 sides.
True. A square has 4 straight sides and 4 corners.
The world
True or false: This is the flag of the Netherlands.
True. It's the Netherlands. About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level.
Which country's flag is this?
- Italy
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- New Zealand
- Germany
Turkey (Türkiye). Istanbul, Türkiye's biggest city, sits on two continents: Europe and Asia.
True or false: This is the flag of Japan.
False. It's Poland. Marie Curie was born in Poland. She won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.
True or false: This is the flag of Portugal.
True. It's Portugal. Portugal produces more cork than any other country.
Science and nature
True or false: Saturn has rings.
True. Saturn's rings are made of countless chunks of ice and rock, some as big as a house.
How many planets are there in our Solar System?
- Ten
- Seven
- Eight
- Twelve
Eight.
What kind of animal is an eagle?
- Mammal
- Insect
- Fish
- Bird
Bird. An eagle can spot a rabbit from more than a kilometre away.
True or false: A zebra has spots.
False. A zebra has black and white stripes. No two zebras have the same pattern.
What is the Sun?
- A star
- A comet
- A planet
- A moon
A star. The Sun is a star. It looks bigger and brighter than the others because it is so much closer.
What do we call the Moon when it looks like a whole, bright circle?
- A half Moon
- A full Moon
- A crescent Moon
- A new Moon
A full Moon. The Moon makes no light of its own. It shines with sunlight bouncing off it.
What kind of animal is an elephant?
- Bird
- Mammal
- Reptile
- Insect
Mammal. Elephants are the largest animals living on land.
What does the Moon travel around?
- Venus
- Earth
- Jupiter
- Mars
Earth. The Moon is about 384,000 kilometres away. Its light takes just over a second to reach us.
True or false: You see with your eyes.
True. Your eyes send what they see to your brain.
Which of these is a dinosaur?
- Sabre-toothed cat
- Spinosaurus
- Megalodon
- Woolly mammoth
Spinosaurus. Woolly mammoths lived in the last Ice Age, more than 60 million years after the giant dinosaurs died out.
True or false: T. rex had long arms.
False. T. rex's arms were tiny for its size, with just two fingers on each hand. They were surprisingly strong, though.
What kind of animal is a giraffe?
- Mammal
- Reptile
- Insect
- Fish
Mammal. A giraffe's neck has seven bones, the same number as yours.
Words
Which spelling is right?
- puut
- poot
- put
- putte
put. Put, push, pull and full all use u for the same short sound.
Which spelling is right?
- tey
- they
- thei
- thay
they. They sounds like thay, but it ends with ey.
Which spelling is right?
- fulle
- fuul
- full
- ful
full. Full has double l on its own. On the end of a word like helpful, it drops one l.
Which spelling is right?
- som
- some
- summ
- sume
some. Some rhymes with come, and both end in o, m, e.
True or false: We say one mouse and two 'mouses'.
False. One mouse, two mice. Some words change completely when there's more than one.
Which spelling is right?
- ov
- ovv
- of
- uv
of. Of sounds like ov, but it ends with an f.
Which spelling is right?
- hier
- here
- heer
- heare
here. Here is inside there and where. All three are about places.
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