Year 6 maths test: free online check-up
Yes. BrightHop has a free Year 6 maths test you can take online. It has 10 questions, takes about 6 minutes and needs no account. It shows which Year 6 maths skills your child answered confidently and which may need more practice. It is a short, informal check, not a NAPLAN test or a school exam.
Year 6 maths test: quick facts
- Cost
- Free during beta
- Account
- Not needed
- Questions
- 10
- Time
- About 6 minutes
- Draws on
- 28 Year 6 maths topics
- Result
- Strengths and skills that may need practice, with a suggested next step
What the Year 6 maths test draws on
The 10 questions are chosen from these 28 Year 6 maths topics, so each time a different mix can come up.
See all 28 topics
- Place value to 100 000 000
- Decimals to thousandths and fractions
- Improper fractions and comparing fractions
- Percentage discounts and sale prices
- Prime factors and factor trees
- Negative numbers and integers
- Big number calculations
- Order of operations and multi-step problems
- Number patterns with big numbers, decimals and two-step rules
- Estimate and check sums, products and totals
- Metric conversions and composite shapes
- Volume of cuboids and cubic metres
- 24-hour time, timetables and time zones
- Nets of solids
- Angles on a line and at a point
- Measuring and constructing angles and shapes
- Four-quadrant coordinates and transformations
- Eight compass points and turns
- Sample spaces and percent chance
- Tally charts, two-way tables, bar graphs and dot plots
- Common factors and highest common factor
- Area of triangles and composite shapes
- Circles: diameter, radius and thickness
- Pie graphs and line graphs: fractions, percents and change
- Rates, balances and best buys with decimals
- Work backwards and reason about calendars and dates
- Dials, gauges and scales: reading unequal divisions
- Expanded form, squares, cubes and powers of ten
10 questions cannot cover every topic. Treat the result as a pointer to where to look next, not a full picture of your child’s Year 6 maths.
Common Year 6 maths mistakes these topics target
These come from the mistakes BrightHop’s own Year 6 lessons are written to address. They describe what the lessons teach, not a measured result.
- Negative numbers and integers: Thinks a negative number with a bigger digit is greater.
- Angles on a line and at a point: Uses 360° for angles on a straight line.
- Estimate and check calculations: Picks an estimate ten times too big or too small.
Year 6 maths test: questions parents ask
Is there a free Year 6 maths test online?
Yes. This Year 6 maths test is free during beta and needs no account or email address.
How long is the Year 6 maths test?
It has 10 questions and takes about 6 minutes. The questions are drawn from 28 Year 6 maths topics, including Place value to 100 000 000, Decimals to thousandths and fractions and Improper fractions and comparing fractions.
What does the result show?
It shows which skills your child answered confidently and which may need more practice, with a suggested next step. A few questions give a pointer, not a conclusion, so repeat it on another day before you decide.
Is this the NAPLAN test?
No. NAPLAN is the national test for Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students, so Year 6 students do not sit it. This is a short BrightHop check of Year 6 maths, not an exam or a school grade.
Is it a formal assessment or a school grade?
No. It is a short, informal check made by BrightHop. It does not replace a teacher’s assessment and it does not give a school grade or a score against other children.
Does the Year 6 maths test cover times tables?
None of the topics listed on this page is named as multiplication or times tables, so do not use this check to test times-table recall.
Can my child take it more than once?
Yes. The questions change each time, so the check can be retaken.
What should I do if my child finds it hard?
Look at the skills marked as needing practice, then try a shorter topic check on one of them. Ask your child to explain their answers out loud; the way they explain a mistake often shows what is missing.
Last updated 1 November 2026. BrightHop is not affiliated with ACARA or any test authority. This check is practice and learning support, not a guarantee of any result.