6th Grade Practice STAAR Readiness TEKS

Meredith plays softball, she gets a hit about 35% of the time. Write this as a fraction.

A bag of marbles has six brown marbles and nine red marbles. What fraction of the marbles are brown?

• Paul, Jason, Kate, Susie

• Susie, Kate, Jason, Paul

• Susie, Paul, Kate, Jason

• Jason, Paul, Susie, Kate

Roxie and her 2 friends go out to dinner. The tab is $36.78. How much will each pay?

• $12.26

• $14.39

• $16.26

• $18.39

A grocery store sells steak for 6.10 dollars per pound. What would be the cost of 2.6 lb of steak?

• $12.06

• $8.70

• $14.03

• $15.86

Before Lynda paid to have her dog groomed , she had a bank account balance of $523.55

12/2 Pretty Pets Withdrawals $40.00

12/26 Cash Deposit $100.00

12/30 Groceries $83.75

Based on the entries in Lynda's check register, what was her bank account balance on December 30?

The table below shows the temperatures of a town, in degrees Fahrenheit, at 6:00 A.M., 12:00 P.M., and 6:00 P.M. one winter day.

What is the difference in temperature between 30° and –10°?

• 20

• 30

• 40

• 50

Jack was the running back on his football team. The first play he gained 12 yards, second play loss 15 yards, third play gained 25 yards, and fourth play loss 2 yards. What was his total gains or losses?

• -10

• -24

• 44

• 20

A company bases the employee year-end bonuses on the number of years the employee has been with the company. At the end of his sixth year with the company, Terry earned a bonus of $2,400.

Number of years with the company Bonus in Dollars

2 $800

4 $1,600

6 $2.400

8 $3,200

Sally has worked for the company for 12 years. What is the amount of her bonus?

If two out of every 10 high school students are licensed drivers, about how many students would be expected to have drivers' licenses in a high school with 615 students?