6th grade math PSSA review (released items 2017)

Simplify: 2(2.036) - 2.268

• 1.768

• 1.804

• 2.216

• 2.232

• 4 ½

• 5

• 5 ½

• 7

Ivan packed 56 apples and 72 pears into boxes. He packed both apples and pears into each box. He put the same number of apples into every box and the same numbeer of pears into every box. He sold each box for $19.95. What is the greatest amount of money Ivan could earn selling all the boxes of fruit?

• $39.90

• $79.80

• $159.60

• $179.55

Which statement about the opposite of a number is correct?

• The opposite of 5 is ⅕.

• The opposite of 0 is 0.

• The opposite of -5 is 0.

• The opposite of -5 is 1.

Which number line shows a point graphed at every location that represents a number with an absolute value of 4.5?

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Elliot plants lettuce and onions in his garden. He always plants the same ratio of lettuce plants to onion plants, as shown in the table.

Based on the information in the table, how many onion plants would Elliot plant for 1 lettuce plant?

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 9

Which expression has the least value?

• 4¹+12

• 4³

• 25-4²

• 4⁴-160

An algebraic expression is described below.

six more than the product of four times the difference between x and 3

What is the value of the expression when x=8?

• 14

• 26

• 35

• 50

Marty read x books. Jackie read 28 books, which is 6 books more than the number of books Marty read. The equation below can be used to find the number of books Marty read.

x+6=28

Ron read 3 times as many books as Marty. How many books did Ron read?

• 22

• 34

• 66

• 78

A gray whale swims 161 kilometers in 24 hours. The equation below can be used to find the rate (r), in kilometers per hour (kph), at which the gray whale swims.

rx24=161

Rounded to the nearest tenth, what is the rate at which the gray whale swims?

• 3.8 kph

• 3.9 kph

• 6.7 kph

• 6.8 kph