6th grade Multiple Choice Monday - State Test Practice

1. A farmer places neehives containing bees in her orchard to pollinate the plants. The table below shows the ratio of the number of beehives to the number of acres in the orchard. If the bees pollinate the plants at a constant rate, how many acres will be pollinated by the bees in 18 beehives?

• 38

• 40

• 44

• 48

2. Claire has 6 large envelopes and 11 small envelopes. What is the ratio jof large envelopes to the total number of envelopes?

• 5 : 11
• 6 : 11
• 6 : 17
• 11 : 17

3. What is the value of the expression shown below when x = 7? 3x² - 2x + 3

• 31
• 50
• 136
• 164

4. A group of 10 Science Club students is on a field trip. That number of students represents 20% of the total number of students in the Science Club. What is the total number of students in the Science Club?

• 20
• 30
• 50
• 80

5. Ralph has 3/4 gallon of paint. He wants to store all of the paint equally among 5 containers. How much paint, in gallons, will Ralph store in each container?

• 3/20
• 8/5
• 15/4
• 17/4

6. Ms. Wilson is buying packages of pencils. Each package cost $11.52 and contains 96 pencils. What is the unit price of a pencil?

• $0.12
• $0.96
• $1.20
• $1.92

7. A number line with points Q, R, S, and Tis shown below. What point represents -1/2?

• point Q
• point R
• point S
• point T

8. There are red tiles and blue tiles in a box. The ratio of red tiles to blue tiles is 3 : 5. There are 12 more blue tiles than red tiles in the box. How many red tiles are in the box?

• 18
• 20
• 30
• 48

9. Jasmine goes to the store to buy some fruit to make a fruit salad. The list below shows the amount and the price of each type of fruit she buys. 3 pounds of apples for $4.05 2 pounds of grapes for $4.80 5 pounds of oranges for $7.50 3 pounds of peaches for $4.65 Which type of fruit costs $1.55 per pound?

• apples
• grapes
• oranges
• peaches

10. The outside temperature in a town is -20 degrees Fahrenheit. What change in temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, would bring the outside temperature to 0 degrees Fahrenheit?

• -21
• -20
• 0
• 20