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Session 1

Mathematics

Directions Now you will be taking the Mathematics Practice Form. This test has three
sessions that contain different types of questions. Today you will take
Session 1. Some questions will have answer choices that begin with letters.
Circle the letter of each correct answer. Other questions will ask you to circle,
write, or show your answers. Read each question carefully and follow the
directions. Mark all your answers in your test booklet. Calculators are
allowed in this session.
Grade 6 Math - Session 1 Released

1. A zoo has male and female bats. The zoo always keeps the same ratio of male to female bats
in their main display. The table shows the numbers of male and female bats in the zoo’s main
display at various times.
Bats in Main Display
Males Females
3 4
6 8
9 12

Plot the three pairs of values from the table on the coordinate grid.

Bats in Main Display

15
14
13
12
11
10
Female Bats

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Male Bats

2. Select the two numbers equivalent to 0.042.

A. 0.42%

B. 4.2%

C. 42%
42
D.
1000
42
E.
100

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3. A charity needs more than 15 volunteers to help run a fundraising event. Which inequality
could be used to represent the number of volunteers, v, needed for the event?

A. v < 15
B. v ≤ 15
C. v > 15
D. v ≥ 15

4. An expression is shown.

60 + 84

The expression is rewritten as 6(x + y). What is the value of x + y?

A. 10
B. 24
C. 74
D. 94

5. Carson’s favorite band is playing 5 concerts. The ticket prices, in dollars, for each of the
5 concerts are listed below.

14, 14, 16, 20, 21

What is the mean absolute deviation of the ticket prices for the 5 concerts?

6. What is the distance, in units, between the points (2, 3) and (2, –6) on a coordinate plane?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 9
D. 11

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7. Plot a point to show the location of –1 on the number line.
4

–2 –1 0 1 2

8. Select the three equations.

A. 2x + 1

B. x=7

C. 3x – 5

7x
D.
15

E. 10x = 2

F. 5 = 3 – 2x

9. The ratio of people to books in a classroom is 10:4. What is the unit rate of people per book?

A. 0.4
B. 0.6
C. 2.5
D. 5.2

10. Which graph represents the solution set for the inequality x ≥ 9?

A.
0 9

B.
0 9

C.
0 9

D.
0 9

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11. The point (–2, 4) is plotted on the coordinate plane.

y
5
4
3
2
1
x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5

The point is reflected across the y-axis. What are the coordinates of the reflected point?

A. (–2, –4)
B. (–2, 4)
C. (2, –4)
D. (2, 4)

7 8
12. Which number is equivalent to ÷ ?
12 3

7
A.
32

9
B.
14

14
C.
9

32
D.
7

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13. The length of a certain rectangle is 5 units more than the width. Write an equation that
represents the length, l, in terms of the width, w, for this rectangle.

14. Four teams participate in a chess tournament each year. Each team consists of one adult and
one child. Each team records the difference in the number of wins by the adult and by the child
from last year to this year, as shown in the table.

Adult Child
Team Difference in Difference in
Wins Between Wins Between
Years Years
–
Team A 1 1
Team B 1 1
–
Team C 1 2
– –
Team D 1 2

Each team creates an ordered pair to show the total change in the number of wins from last
year to this year.
• The x-coordinate of the ordered pair represents the change in the number of wins for
the adult on the team.
• The y-coordinate of the ordered pair represents the change in the number of wins for
the child on the team.

Each team’s ordered pair ends up in one of the four quadrants. Write the name of each team
under the quadrant that has that team’s ordered pair.

Quadrant I Quadrant II Quadrant III Quadrant IV

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15. An electrician has 42.3 meters of wire to use on a job. On the first day, she uses 14.742 meters
of the wire. How many meters of wire does she have remaining after the first day?

A. 27.442
B. 27.558
C. 27.642
D. 27.658

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16. Laura uses the inequality x – 7 > 10 to determine the number of pillows, x, she needs to sell
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at the craft fair to make a profit. What is the least number of pillows Laura needs to sell to earn

a profit?

A. 33
B. 34
C. 35
D. 36

17. Each of the pairs of values in the table has the same ratio.

x 14 21 28
y 4 8

What is the missing value in the table?

18. Scott earns $15 for each birdhouse that he sells. He uses the expression 15x to calculate his
earnings, in dollars. What is the meaning of the variable x in Scott’s expression?

A. the number of birdhouses he sells

B. the total amount of money he earns
C. the amount of money he earns per birdhouse
D. the number of hours it takes to make each birdhouse

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19. A soccer team gained 3 new players after 7 players left the team. Which expression describes
the change in the number of players on the team?

A. (–7) + 3
B. 7+3
–
C. 7–3
D. 7 + (–3)

20. A hardware store sold h hammers in February. The hardware store sold 5 less than 2 times as
many hammers in June as it did in February. Write an expression the hardware store could use
to represent the number of hammers it sold in June.

21. Benny and Kiara each sell comic books.

• Benny sells 8 comic books for $6.00.
• Kiara sells 10 comic books for $7.00.

Which statement correctly explains who sells comic books at a lower unit rate?

A. Benny sells comic books at a lower unit rate because $6.00 is less than $7.00.

B. Benny sells comic books at a lower unit rate because 8 ÷ 6 = 1.33 is less than
10 ÷ 7 = 1.43.

C. Kiara sells comic books at a lower rate because Benny’s 8 comic books would sell for less
than $6.00 if he sold them at the same rate as Kiara.

D. Kiara sells comic books at a lower rate because the difference between the price for which
Kiara sells 10 comic books and the price for which Benny sells 8 comic books is less than
$2.00.

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22. An expression is shown below.

4(6 + 3) + 4

Select the two expressions that are equivalent to the given expression.

A. 4(6 + 3 + 1)

B. 4(6 + 3 + 4)

C. 12(2 + 1) + 4

D. 12(2 + 3) + 4

E. 24 + 3(2)

F. 24 + 3 + 4

23. Emily runs a lawn-mowing business. She records the number of lawns her business mows
each day for 10 days. Her data are shown.

7, 12, 9, 9, 8, 9, 11, 11, 12, 9

Create a dot plot to represent Emily’s data.

Emily’s Data

7 8 9 10 11 12
Lawns Mowed

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Session 2

Mathematics

Directions Now you will be taking Session 2 of the Mathematics Practice Form. This
session includes different types of questions. Some questions will have
answer choices that begin with letters. Circle the letter of each correct
answer. Other questions will ask you to circle, write, or show your answers.
Read each question carefully and follow the directions. Mark all your
answers in your test booklet. Calculators are allowed in this session.
Grade 6 Math - Session 2 Released

1. A rectangular prism is shown.

3 centimeters

14 millimeters
47 millimeters

What is the volume, in cubic millimeters, of the rectangular prism?

2. Dominic works at a supermarket. He weighs some cheese, in pounds, for a customer. Then, he
removes some of the cheese from the scale and weighs the remaining cheese. The equation
below represents this situation.

1.65 – x = 1.50

What is the value of x, and what does it most likely represent?

A. The value of x is 0.15, and it represents the amount of cheese, in pounds, Dominic
removes from the scale.
B. The value of x is 0.15, and it represents the amount of cheese, in pounds, that the
customer purchases from Dominic.
C. The value of x is 3.15, and it represents the amount of cheese, in pounds, Dominic
removes from the scale.
D. The value of x is 3.15, and it represents the amount of cheese, in pounds, that the
customer purchases from Dominic.

3. Ashley needs a piece of wire that is 12.5 feet long for a project. What is the length, in meters,
of the piece of wire Ashley needs for her project?

(1 inch = 2.54 centimeters)

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4. An expression is shown.

6(2 + 3)2 – 1

What is the value of the expression?

A. 20
B. 59
C. 149
D. 899

5. There are 12 fifth-grade students and 18 sixth-grade students in a mixed-grade class. What is
the ratio of fifth-grade students to all the students in the class?

A. 2:3
B. 2:5
C. 3:2
D. 5:2

6. Jason buys 2 sandwiches for $12. He uses the equation shown to find the cost, x, of each
sandwich.

2x = 12

What is the cost of each sandwich?

A. $6
B. $10
C. $14
D. $24

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7. Select the three statistical questions.

A. What is your age?

B. What time does school start?

C. How many pets does your friend have?

D. How many siblings does each student in your class have?

E. What is the eye color of each person in your after-school club?

F. How many servings of fruit does each person in your school eat at lunch?

8. There were 12 people on a bus. At the first stop, 4 people got off the bus and 6 people got on
the bus. Which expression could be used to find the number of people on the bus after the
first stop?

A. 12 + (–6) + 4
B. 12 + (–6) + (–4)
C. 12 + 6 + 4
D. 12 + 6 + (–4)

9. The table shows the relationship between two variables, x and y. The same rule is used to
create each row in the table.

x y
1 3
2 11
3 19
4 27

Which statement about the table is true?

A. As the x-values increase, the difference between consecutive y-values increases.

B. As the x-values increase, the difference between consecutive y-values decreases.
C. As the x-values increase, the difference between the y-value and x-value in each row
increases.
D. As the x-values increase, the difference between the y-value and x-value in each row
decreases.

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10. The dimensions of Dawn’s porch are shown.

Dawn’s Porch
6 feet

2 feet
2 feet
6 feet

11 feet

What is the area, in square feet, of Dawn’s porch?

A. 32
B. 42
C. 46
D. 50

11. Danny cuts blocks of wood from a log. Each block of wood is a square prism. Danny writes the
expression 2x2 + 4xy to represent the surface area of each block of wood. In Danny’s
expression,
• x represents the length, in inches, of the base of the block of wood, and
• y represents the height, in inches, of the block of wood.

Match each length and height pair with the corresponding surface area for a block of wood
with those measurements. Draw a line to make a match.

length: 1.5 inches;

28.875 square inches
height: 5.75 inches

length: 1.75 inches;

32.375 square inches
height: 3.75 inches

length: 2.75 inches;

39 square inches
height: 1.25 inches

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12. Of the 40 students in Ms. Carr’s class, 87.5% live less than 10 miles from school. How many of
the students in Ms. Carr’s class live less than 10 miles from school?

13. Each student in Anthony’s grade writes a book report. Anthony surveys some of the students
about the length, in pages, of their book reports. He makes the table to show his results.
Book Report Survey Results
Pages in Book Number of
Report Students
3 2
4 12
5 19
6 6
7 1

How many students did Anthony survey?

A. 15
B. 25
C. 40
D. 65

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14. The net of a rectangular prism is shown.

Net of Rectangular Prism

2 8

What is the surface area, in square units, of the rectangular prism?

A. 44
B. 48
C. 60
D. 92

15. An expression is shown.

4 – 3x2 + 5x

Select the two statements about the expression that are true.

A. The expression has six terms.

B. The 5 is an exponent in a term.

C. One of the terms is a constant.

D. The x is a variable in two terms.

E. The coefficient of one of the terms is 2.

16. Jesse’s new pool holds 1,624 gallons of water. He can fill the pool at a rate of 112 gallons per
hour. How many hours will it take Jesse to fill his pool?

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17. Points A, B, C, and D are plotted on the number line.

ABC D

−1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0

Which point is plotted at –0.45?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

18. Points A through F are shown on the coordinate plane.

A
x
F
C

Select the two points that have a negative y-coordinate.

A. point A

B. point B

C. point C

D. point D

E. point E

F. point F

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19. Each of the pairs of values in the table has the same ratio.

x 6 14 k 28
y 9 m 30 42

What are the values of k and m?

A. k = 16 and m = 28
B. k = 20 and m = 21
C. k = 22 and m = 18
D. k = 27 and m = 17

20. Clark measured the widths, rounded to the nearest half inch, of 21 different windows in his
school. He is creating a histogram to display his results. He knows the following pieces of
information:
• There is at least 1 window in each interval.
• The median width is 22 inches.

Complete Clark’s histogram by adding the missing data.

Widths of School Windows

9
8
Number of Windows

7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
6–10.5 11–15.5 16–20.5 21–25.5 26–30.5
Width (inches)

21. What is the solution set for the inequality 54 < 18x?

A. x>3
B. x<3
C. x > 36
D. x < 36

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22. Jackson and Lamont each write down the date they were born. (For example, a person born
on September 17 would write down “17.”) They notice the following things about the two
different numbers.
• Both dates have 24 as a multiple.
• The larger date is not a multiple of the smaller date.
• The greatest common factor of the two dates is 4.

What is the larger of the two dates?

23. Which expression has the greatest value?

A. |–10|
B. |–3|
C. |6|
D. |9|

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Session 3

Mathematics

Directions Now you will be taking Session 3 of the Mathematics Practice Form. This
session includes Performance Events that will ask you to write or show your
answers. Read each question carefully and follow the directions. Mark all
your answers in your test booklet. Calculators are allowed in this session.
Grade 6 Math - Session 3 Released

1. An expression with three missing parts is shown. Write a whole number from 1 to 9 in each box
to create the expression with the greatest value when a = 5. Each whole number can only be
used once.
2
a+ –

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Explain how you know the expression has the greatest value. Be sure to include why you
chose the number you did for each box.

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2. Julia earns $3 for every hour she babysits. She attempts to make three representations of
2
her babysitting earnings. Her representations are shown below.

Representation 1 Representation 2 Representation 3

y
36 y = 6x
Time Money
30 (hours) (dollars)
Money (dollars)

24 1 3

18 2 6
3 9
12
4 12
6
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (hours)

For each representation, determine whether it correctly shows Julia’s babysitting earnings.
Explain or show your work to support the accuracy or inaccuracy of each representation.
What is Julia’s hourly rate, in dollars per hour?

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