Answer the following questions by marking the BEST answer on the answer sheet. 1. Which statement is true? a. BED and DEA are vertical angles. b. AEC and DEB are vertical angles. c. BED and AEC are vertical angles. d. AED and BEC are adjacent angles. 2. A jar has 16 red marbles and 9 blue marbles. What is the probability of picking a red marble and rolling a 6 on a die? a. 8 / 75 b. 8 / 96 c. 1 / 150 d. 9 / 96 3. Find the measure of angle R to the nearest degree. a. 53 b. 39 c. 51 d. 63 4. Evaluate y / (5x) - z for x = 6, y = 120, and z = 3. a. 1 b. 4 c. 27 d. 7 5. Find the price per ounce for tomato sauce that is $1.68 for 3 ounces. a. $0.58 b. $0.53 c. $0.51 d. $0.56 6. Use the distributive property to simplify: 4 (5x - 7y) a. 20x - 7y b. 20x - 28y c. 20x + 28y d. 5x - 7y 7. Write as a decimal: 69.3% a. 0.693 b. 690.3 c. 0.0693 d. 60.93 8. Identify the lines of symmetry. a. no symmetry b. lines 2, 4 c. lines 1, 3 d. lines 1, 2, 3, 4 Released 2007 Page 1 of 6
9. Subtract: (-5x 5-8x) - (-4x - 3 x 5 ) a. -4x 5 4x + 3 b. -x 5 9x 3 c. -6x 5 + 12x + 3 d. -6x 5 12x 3 10. Solve for x: x 0.6 > -0.9 a. x < +0.3 b. x > -0.3 c. x < -1.3 d. x > 0.3 11. Which of the following statements is false? a. -1 > 9 b. 1 > -9 c. 9 > -1 d. -9 < 1 12. Use the following chart to describe the average reader. Which description of the average reader is not true? Reader Kevin Jade Juan Bernice Type of Book Mystery Novel Novel Horror Number of pages (week) 125 254 59 143 Grade Point Average 3.1 2.3 3.3 3.7 a. reads novels b. reads 146 pages a week c. reads mystery stories and reads 125 pages a week d. has a grade point average of 3.1 13. Add: 56.654 + 7.69 a. 133.554 b. 64.344 c. 574.23 d. 57.423 14. What is the area of a square that has sides 12 centimeters in length? a. 144 cm 2 b. 121 cm 2 c. 24 cm 2 d. 48 cm 2 15. Translate into an inequality: At most, 34 pictures were ruined. a. p 34 b. p < 34 c. p > 34 d. P 34 16. Solve x + 8 4 and graph the solution set. a. b. c. d. 17. On a map, the distance between two cities is 3.5 inches. The key to the map shows that 1 inch = 7 miles. What is between the cities? a. 25 miles b. 21.5 miles c. 2 miles d. 24.5 miles 18. Solve for m: 20 = m 3 a. 22 b. 23 c. 60 d. 17 Released 2007 Page 2 of 6
19. The advertisement read 46-inch projection TV with universal remote. Tony knows that televisions are measured along the diagonal of the screen. The television was 35 inches wide. Find the height of the television. a. 29.8 inches b. 31.2 inches c. 34.3 inches d. 39.6 inches 20. Write 80% as a simplified fraction. a. 0.80 b. 8/5 c. 80/100 d. 4/5 21. A tree casts a shadow 50 meters long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 30. How tall is the tree? Round your answer to the nearest meter. a. 25 m b. 43 m c. 29 m d. 87 m 22. In the figure shown, lines HC and GD are parallel and m ABC = 131. Which of the following statements is false? a. HBF and AED are alternate interior angles. b. ABH and AEG are alternate exterior angles. c. m DEF = 49 d. m GEF = 131 23. Find the perimeter of a rectangle 70 inches long and 61 inches wide. a. 4270 in. b. 262 in. c. 131 in. d. 283 in. 24. The Autoclub conducted a survey of 400 members. The survey showed that 245 members used the maps from Autoclub, 92 used the Autoclub motel guide, and 146 used neither. How many members used both the maps and the motel guide? a. 145 b. 83 c. 92 d. 112 25. Name a pair of skew line segments. a. LM and KN b. PS and MQ c. PS and PQ d. KN and RN Released 2007 Page 3 of 6
26. Solve -3x > -9 and graph the solution set. a. b. c. d. 27. Translate into an inequality: p exceeds 73. a. p < 73 b. p > 73 c. p 73 d. p 73 28. An entryway is 69 inches long and 48 inches wide. Ms. Bert installs ceramic tiles for Tile City. It takes her 2 minutes to apply the adhesive to each tile and 3 minutes to set each tile down. When she cuts tiles to fit exactly, it takes her 7 minutes to cut one tile with a tile saw. Ms. Bert is installing 12 inch by 12 inch tiles. What is the least amount of time the job will take? a. 2 hours 28 min b. 2 hours 42 min c. 3 hours 3 min d. 2 hours 29. Find the next two numbers in the pattern 65, 62, 56, 47, 35,,. a. 20, 2 b. 23, 8 c. 23, 5 d. 20, 5 30. Pat weighed 125 pounds in percent August. Now Pat weights 140 pounds. Find the percent of change. a. 11.7% increase b. 10.7% increase c. 12.5% increase d. 12% increase 31. Angles P and Q are complementary. If m P = x and m Q = x + 10, find the measure of each angle. a. m P = 40 and m Q = 50 b. m P = 95 and m Q = 85 c. m P = 85 and m Q = 95 d. m P = 50 and m Q = 40 32. The length of an electric eel is 2 meters. How many centimeters is this? a. 2000 b. 0.002 c. 200 d. 20 33. Translate the quotient of sixteen and q into an algebraic expression. a. 16 / q b. 16q c. 16 + q d. q / 16 34. Write an equation and solve. A checking account decreased by $230 now has a balance of $420. Find the amount before the decrease. a. $650 b. $190 c. none of these d. $420 35. The unemployment rate in a certain state is 5.8%. There are 23,200 people who are unemployed. How many people are there in the work force? a. 400,000 b. 232,000 c. 134,560 d. 1345.6 Released 2007 Page 4 of 6
36. Name the line segment shown below. a. TW b. WT c. WT d. TW 37. The English Channel Tunnel or the Chunnel is the world's longest underwater tunnel. The "Chunnel" is 30 miles long, and 24 of those miles are under the sea. Use the diagram of a side view shown below to find the depth of the Chunnel. a. 130 ft b. 65 ft c. 156 ft d. 104 ft 38. Calculate: 6 is what percent of 30? a. 20% b. 1 / 20 c. 6% d. 0.20% 39. One manufacturer makes shampoo for dry, oily, and normal hair. Each type of shampoo comes with conditioner or without conditioner. The manufacturer bottles each type of shampoo in the 8-ounce, 24-ounce, and 14-ounce sizes, or the 3-ounce trial size. How many different kinds of labels will the manufacturer have to produce? a. 12 b. 24 c. 16 d. 32 40. The tallest building in Atlanta is the Nation's Bank Tower. It is 1050 feet tall. Atlanta's second tallest building is the Peachtree Center, which is 880 feet tall. At 2:00p.m., the Peachtree Center casts a shadow 320 feet long. How long is the shadow of the Nation's Bank Tower? a. approximately 268 ft b. approximately 354 ft c. approximately 412 ft d. approximately 382 ft End of Test Released 2007 Page 5 of 6
Released 2007 6 th Grade Math Answer Key 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. D 21. C 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. A 35. A 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. A 40. D Released 2007 Page 6 of 6