Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) Deidre folds about 78 shirts in 1 hour at work. She works 19 hours each week. Which is closest to the number of shirts Deidre folds per week? A. 100 B. 560 C. 1,600 D. 11,200 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 1 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) Use the table below to answer the question. The amount of time Samantha practiced piano each day is shown above. What is the best estimate for the amount of time she spent practicing piano this week? A. B. C. D. 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 2 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) Use the figure below to answer the question. Antoine bought a pennant shaped like a triangle. He plans to put ribbon along all 3 edges. What is the least amount of ribbon Antoine needs? A. 34 inches B. 42 inches C. 60 inches D. 104 inches from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 3 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) At the school field day, Charlie ran the 100-yard dash, the 50-yard dash, and the 200-yard hurdles. How many feet in all did he run in his events that day? (1 yard = 3 feet) A. 350 B. 1,050 C. 3,500 D. 4,200 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 4 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figures to answer the question. Kareem was cooking. He used ½ cup of milk and ¾ cup of water. How many cups of milk and water did Kareem use in all? 4 A. /6 4 B. /4 C. 1¼ D. 2 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 5 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to answer the question. A newspaper charges the prices shown above for classified ads. Using the pattern shown, what is the price for 1 line? A. B. C. D. $3.75 $7.50 $15.00 $30.00 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 6 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the pattern below to answer the question. Which figure is next in the pattern? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 7 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) A school bought 38 new computers. Each computer cost $749 including tax. What is the total amount of money spent on the computers? A. $711 B. $787 C. $8,239 D. $28,462 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 8 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) Breanna had a piece of yarn 19 inches long. She cut it into 4 pieces exactly the same size. What was the length of each piece of yarn? A. 4 3/10 inches B. 4 ¾ inches C. 15 inches D. 23 inches from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 9 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the pattern below to answer the question. 1 2 4 7 11 16 ? What is the next number in the sequence? A. 20 B. 21 C. 22 D. 27 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 10 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) John and his friends went to see a movie. The movie tickets cost $4.00 each. The total was $48.00 for the tickets. Which shows how many tickets, t, were bought? A. $48.00 + $4.00 = t B. $48.00 - $4.00 = t C. $48.00 x $4.00 = t D. $48.00 ÷ $4.00 = t from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 11 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) A coach paid a total of $175 for 14 baseball uniforms. What was the price of each uniform? A. $8.00 B. $12.50 C. $12.70 D. $189.00 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 12 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table below to answer the question. What was the range of the swim times in seconds? A. 42 B. 43 C. 52 D. 54 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 13 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to answer the question. A weatherman recorded the amount of rain for the last 5 days in the table above. What is the mean (average) amount of rain for the 5 days? A. 0.3 in. B. 0.4 in. C. 0.5 in. D. 0.8 in. from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 14 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) Leo rides his bike 6 miles a week. Tony rides his bike 4 miles a week. Which expression could be used to calculate how many more miles Leo rides than Tony in 8 weeks? A. (6 + 4) x 8 B. (6x8) + (4 x 8) C. (6x8) – (4 x 8) D. (6 x 4) x 8 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 15 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to answer the question. During basketball practice, 4 players kept track of the free throws they made. Which graph correctly displays the information? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 16 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) The following data show the number of children in 9 families. 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 2, 1 What is the mode of the data? A. B. C. D. 1 2 3 5 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 17 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) The table below shows 4 of Victor’s monthly bills. What fractional part of his paycheck does he spend on these 4 bills? Show your work. from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 18 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figure to answer the question. Heidi wants to find the distance around her school. Which does Heidi need to measure? A. B. C. D. Area Capacity Perimeter Circumference from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 19 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figure to answer the question. Do not use a protractor or angle ruler. Which is the best estimate of the measure of angle JKL? A. B. C. D. 30° 75° 105° 180° from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 20 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figure to answer the question. What is the area of the shaded figure? A. 4 square units B. 8 square units C. 16 square units D. 24 square units from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 21 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to answer the question. Alex chooses 1 ball at random. What is the probability that Alex will choose a yellow ball? A. B. C. D. 1 /10 2 /10 2 /8 8 /10 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 22 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Wally is putting a fence around his rose bushes. Which would be the best unit for measuring the perimeter around the rose bushes? A. Square inches B. Pounds C. Feet D. Cubic yards from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 23 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the diagram to answer the question. Spencer drew the diagram above showing the location of his house, a school, and a park. What type of angle is created by the diagram? A. Acute B. Obtuse C. Right D. Straight from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 24 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to answer the question. Ms. Nelson’s class is selling candy bars to raise money for a field trip. The sales of 4 students are listed in the table above. Which pictograph best represents this data? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 25 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Megan chose a game piece with 5 faces to use as her marker. Which piece below could she have chosen? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 26 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Brayden plants vegetables in his garden. ¼ are carrot plants ⅛ are pea plants ⅜ are corn plants ¼ are tomato plants Which graph shows this data correctly? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 27 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Jake wrote the ages of his cousins. 3, 15, 7, 11, 13, 6, 11, 10, 5 What is the median age of Jake’s cousins? Show or explain all of your work. from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 28 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) What is the greatest common factor of 18 and 24? A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 8 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 29 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to answer the question. The Burger Hut receives regular deliveries of food. All the types of food listed in the table were delivered today. In how many days will the Burger Hut receive another delivery of all 3 items on the same day? A. B. C. D. 15 30 45 60 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 30 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Sam bought the following items. 2 shirts for $9.99 each 1 pair of pants for $12.99 3 pairs of socks for $1.56 each What is the total price for the items bought? A. B. C. D. $24.54 $27.66 $34.53 $37.65 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 31 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figure to answer the question. Sam’s tent is a triangular prism. How many edges does Sam’s tent have? A. 3 B. 5 C. 6 D. 9 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 32 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the information below to solve the problem. 10 17 12 8 7 15 14 6 9 12 Nicole did a survey on the weight of students’ backpacks at her middle school. The weights, in pounds, of 10 backpacks are listed above. What is the mean weight, in pounds, of the 10 backpacks. A. B. C. D. 10 11 12 13 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 33 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table to find the answer. The table shows the relay team’s practice times. What is the relay team’s median practice time? A. 0.75 minutes B. 3.39 minutes C. 3.43 minutes D. 3.89 minutes from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 34 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the bar graph below to answer the question. The bar graph shows the favorite type of music for 30 students. A student is chosen at random. What is the probability the student’s favorite type of music is jazz? A. B. C. D. 1 out of 4 1 out of 5 2 out of 15 2 out of 30 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 35 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the table below to answer the question. The table shows what type of weather occurred in Martha’s hometown for the last 20 years on Thanksgiving Day. According to this data, what is the probability it will snow in Martha’s hometown this Thanksgiving? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 36 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Adam has a bowl that contains gumdrops of all the same size. The bowl contains these gumdrops: 10 green gumdrops 10 red gumdrops 10 yellow gumdrops 5 purple gumdrops Adam takes one gumdrop from the bowl at random. What is the probability that it will be purple? A. 1 out of 4 B. 1 out of 5 C. 1 out of 6 D. 1 out of 7 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 37 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the net (flat pattern) to answer the question. Which three-dimensional figure can be created from the net shown? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 38 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Which set of measurements could be the lengths of the sides of a triangle that is isosceles but not equilateral? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 39 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the protractor below to answer the question. Which angle appears to measure 80º? A. B. C. D. angle SXT angle QXS angle RXS angle SXU from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 40 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Stephanie has 12 yards of string. What is the largest number of 1-foot pieces of string that Stephanie can cut from the string? A. 12 B. 24 C. 36 D. 48 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 41 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the picture below to answer the question. Rudy left his house at the time shown on the clock. He walked for ½ hour and stopped at the store for ¼ hour. It took him another ½ hour to return home. What time did Rudy arrive home? A. B. C. D. 1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 42 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) What is the prime factorization of 162? A. 2x3x3x3x3 B. 2x4x4x4 C. 2x9x9x9x9x9x9x 9x9x9 D. 2x9x9 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 43 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the pattern to answer the question. Helen planted her rose garden in the pattern shown above. She plants two more rows. How many rose bushes are planted in row 6? A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 44 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figure below to answer the question. Sara is creating a model from the figure shown above. What 3-dimensional shape is she creating? A. Square pyramid B. Rectangular prism C. Triangular pyramid D. Cone from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 45 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Solve this problem without a calculator.) Use the table below to answer the question. Which rule could be used to find each output number when the input number is given? A. Add 6 to the input number B. Subtract 6 from the input number C. Divide the input number by 3 D. Multiply the input number by 3 from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 46 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Which angle is greater than a right angle? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 47 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the graph below to answer the question. The graph shows the price of some erasers Leta wanted to buy. Following this pattern, how much will Leta pay for 9 erasers? A. B. C. D. 5 cents 40 cents 45 cents 50 cents from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 48 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Which figure is a pyramid? from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 49 Practice Assessment Items Grade 6 SET C (Students MAY use a calculator to solve this problem.) Use the figures below to answer the question. Which of the figures above appears to include a right angle? A. Figure H B. Figure I C. Figure J D. Figure K from the Minnesota Item Sampler, Minnesota Department of Education http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/Assessment_and_Testing/Assessments/MCA_II/MCA_II_Item_Samplers/index.html 50