Sixth Grade Go Math! Middle-of-Year Benchmark Part A

Grant buys a pair of shoes for $68. He has a coupon for 15% off. Which shows 15% written as a decimal?

• 0.015

• 0.15

• 1.5

• 15.0

Robin read 63 books last year. She read 9 more books than Trisha. The equation b + 9 = 63 gives the number of books b that Trisha read last year. Which is the solution of the equation?

• b = 7

• b = 54

• b = 70

• b = 72

A hardware store received 2.5 tons of lumber. What is the weight of the lumber in pounds?

• 50,000 pounds

• 25,000 pounds

• 5,000 pounds

• 2,500 pounds

Mr. Gaines ordered 1,320 pencils for the beginning of the school year. He is going to divide the pencils into 5 equal groups to give to each grade level. How many pencils will each grade level receive?

• 264

• 330

• 440

• 6,600

Dexter earns $12.50 each hour he helps his dad with landscaping. He helped his dad for 4.5 hours last weekend. How much did Dexter make helping his dad last weekend?

• $13.00

• $56.25

• $62.50

• $562.50

Summer has 5 albums of photos. There are 23, 16, 18, 21, and 32 photos in each album. If she rearranges the photos so each album has the same number of photos, how many photos will be in each album?

• 5

• 12

• 16

• 22

There are 26 songs in a playlist. Jackson adds some more songs to the playlist. Which equation models how many songs a are in the playlist after Jackson adds s more songs to the playlist?

• $a=26-s$

• $s=26\ \times\ a$

• $a=26\ +\ s$

• $s=26\div a$

A bowl of soup costs $3.00, half of a sandwich costs $2.75, and drinks cost $1.50. There is also a delivery fee of $5. The expression 3n + 2.75n + 1.50n + 5 gives the total cost, in dollars, for buying a bowl of soup, half of a sandwich, and a drink for each of n people. Which is another way to write this expression?

• $12.25n$

• $7.25n\ +\ 5$

• $7.25n^{3\ }+\ 5$

• $n+12.25$

On a coordinate map of an amusement park, the roller coaster is located at ( −5, 6). The Ferris wheel is located 3 units south of the roller coaster. What ordered pair represents the location of the Ferris wheel?

• (-2, 6)

• (-5, 3)

• (-5, 9)

• (-8, 6)

Chrissy poured 35 ounces of milk into  $4\ \frac{1}{2}$  -ounce servings. She has  $3\ \frac{1}{2}$  ounces of milk left over. How many  $4\ \frac{1}{2}$  -ounce servings did Chrissy pour?

• 132

• 11

• 8

• 7