6th Grade PSSA Math Review

Divide: 58 1/3  ÷  6 2/3

• 7 2/3
• 8 3/4
• 9 2/3
• 10 1/6

Aaron wants to buy 2 concert tickets that cost $25.50 each. Aaron’s grandfather pays him $4.25 an hour to rake leaves. How many hours does Aaron have to rake leaves to earn the total cost of the tickets?

• 1.2
• 6
• 12
• 16.5

Multiply:   2.5 × 3.5 × 0.01

• 0.0625
• 0.0875
• 0.625
• 0.875

Emily is making bows using ribbon. She has two pieces of ribbon to use. One is 23 yards long. The other is 4  1 } 4  yards long. She needs 1  5 } 6  yards of ribbon to make each bow. What is the greatest number of bows Emily can make?

• 12
• 14
• 15
• 19

Izara built a fence for her horses. The fence was 210 feet long. She put a fence post in the ground at the start of the fence and another fence post every 3  1 } 2  feet. Izara paid $8.50 for each fence post. How much did Izara pay for all the fence posts she used?

• $297.50
• $518.50
• $595.00
• $765.00

Gracie is rewriting the expression (24 + 40) as an integer times the sum of two integers. By factoring out a 2, she knows she can rewrite the expression as 2 times the sum of two integers. What are all the other numbers greater than 2 that Gracie can factor out of (24 + 40) to rewrite the expression as an integer times the sum of two integers?

• 4, 8
• 4, 6, 8
• 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 20
• 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20

The price of a gallon of gasoline decreased by $0.04. Which number line shows a point that represents the change in the price of a gallon of gasoline, in dollars?

• A
• B
• C
• D

• -3 < ⌊-3⌉ < -2 < ⌊-2⌋
• ⌊-2⌋ < -2 < ⌊-3⌋ < -3
• -〈-3〉 < -〈-2〉 < ⌊-2⌋ < -⌊3⌋
• -⌊3⌋ < -⌊2⌋ < -〈-2〉 < -〈-3〉

Quincy and Ray keep track of their scores in a game. The person with the greater score is winning the game. Quincy has a score of –70, and Ray has a score of –60. Which statement best explains who is winning and how many points away from 0 that person is?

• Ray is winning and needs to lose 60 points to get to 0.
• Ray is winning and needs to gain 60 points to get to 0.
• Quincy is winning and needs to lose 70 points to get to 0. 
• Quincy is winning and needs to gain 70 points to get to 0. 

 At a factory, a machine tests 1 out of every 75 items produced for quality. The machine requires a safety check after testing 450 items. The factory produces 303,750 items each month. How many safety checks does the machine require each month?

• 6
• 9
• 50
• 54