Placement Test Grade 6

The table below shows the length of the hiking trails at a local park. Aaron hikes half of the blue trail. What distance did he hike?

• 0.5 mile

• 0.93 mile

• 1.86 miles

• 3.72 miles

Candace is knitting a scarf. The scarf is 4.6 feet long. If she knits another 1.75 feet, how long will the scarf be?

• 6.35 feet

• 5.81 feet

• 5.35 feet

• 2.85 feet

Ms. Ayala had 152 pencils. She divided the number of pencils equally among 13 students. She kept the leftover pencils in her desk. What is the greatest number of pencils Ms. Ayala could have given each student?

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

Kono divides the numerator and denominator of 48/72 by the greatest common factor to simplify the fraction in one step. By what number does he divide?

• 2

• 12

• 16

• 24

After January 1, Aleta has band practice every fourth day and swimming lessons every third day. If both programs end January 31, how many days in January will Aleta have both band practice and swimming lessons?

• A) 1 day

• B) 2 days

• C) 3 days

• D) 4 days

In simplest form, what is the quotient of 1/6 ÷ 2/9?

• F) 1/27

• G) 2/54

• H) 9/12

• J) 3/4

Which sign makes the number sentence -8 __ -3 true?

• A) >

• B) <

• C) =

• D) ≥

A triangle has sides measuring 3.54 inches, 5.12 inches, and 2.30 inches. Add to find the perimeter of the triangle.

• F) 10.69 inches

• G) 10.96 inches

• H) 11.06 inches

• J) 11.96 inches

For every 12 slices of pizza sold at Ping’s Pizza Shop, 3 slices are pepperoni, 4 are sausage, and the rest are cheese. What is the ratio of pepperoni to cheese?

• A) 3:12

• B) 3:5

• C) 3:4

• D) 5:3

Kara is training for a 5-kilometer race. On the first day of training, she runs 0.75 kilometer. What percent of the total distance does she run the first day of training?

• F) 5%

• G) 10%

• H) 15%

• J) 25%