Skills assessed
- Ratio language and unit rates
- Integer operations and number line reasoning
- Expression writing and simplification
- One-variable equation solving
- Geometry formulas and data summaries
USA Main Growth Target · Common Core Grade 6
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Common Core Grade 6 domains covered
6.RP - Ratios and Proportional Relationships
6.NS - The Number System
6.EE - Expressions and Equations
6.G - Geometry
6.SP - Statistics and Probability
Example 10-question Grade 6 test
Balanced structure: 5 easy · 3 medium · 2 hard
Easy
1. Write 18:24 in simplest ratio form.
Easy
2. Evaluate: -6 + 14
Easy
3. Simplify: 4(2x + 1)
Easy
4. Find the area of a rectangle 9 by 5
Easy
5. Convert 0.25 to a fraction
Med
6. Solve: x/4 + 3 = 8
Med
7. If 5 pencils cost $3, how much do 12 pencils cost?
Med
8. Mean of 6, 9, 12, 13
Hard
9. A recipe uses 3/4 cup sugar for 6 servings. How much for 14 servings?
Hard
10. A prism has base area 18 and height 7. Find volume.
Answer key preview
1. 3:4
Divide both terms by 6, so 18:24 becomes 3:4.
2. 8
Adding 14 to -6 gives 8.
3. 8x + 4
Distribute 4 to both terms.
4. 45
Area = length times width = 45.
Common student mistakes
- Treating ratios as subtraction instead of multiplicative comparisons
- Sign mistakes in integer operations
- Combining unlike terms in expressions
- Forgetting operation order in multi-step problems
- Mixing area and perimeter formulas
When to use this test
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