Free Printable 6th Grade Placement Test

1.

Which school do you currently attend?

a)

Eastside Elementary

b)

Livingston Elementary

c)

Sunset Elementary

d)

Wapiti School

e)

Valley School

2.

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

a)

0.5 mile

b)

0.93 mile

c)

1.86 miles

d)

3.72 miles

3.

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?

a)

6.35 feet

b)

5.81 feet

c)

5.35 feet

d)

2.85 feet

4.

Ms. Ayala had 152 pencils. She divided the number of 3 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?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

d)

12

5.

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

a)

2

b)

12

c)

16

d)

24

6.

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

7.

In simplest form, what is the quotient of $\frac{1}{6}\div\frac{2}{9}$

a)

$\frac{1}{27}$

b)

$\frac{2}{54}$

c)

$\frac{9}{12}$

d)

$\frac{3}{4}$

8.

Which sign makes the number sentence makes $-8\ \ \ \ \ -3\$ true?

a)

$>$

b)

$<$

c)

$=$

d)

$\ge$

9.

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

a)

10.69 inches

b)

10.96 inches

c)

11.06 inches

d)

11.96 inches

10.

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

11.

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?

a)

5 %

b)

10 %

c)

15 %

d)

25 %

12.

A 4-pack of batteries costs $5.16. At this price, what is the cost of one battery?

a)

$1.29

b)

$1.49

c)

$5.16

d)

$20.64

13.

The table shows the cost of ride tickets at the fair. What is the unit rate for one ride ticket?

a)

$0.37

b)

$0.55

c)

$0.70

d)

$0.75

14.

Kali earned $40 for babysitting for 5 hours. At this rate, how much will she earn for babysitting in 7 hours?

a)

$8

b)

$45

c)

$47

d)

$56

15.

Tia, Veronica, Pam and Lily are sisters. Tia is 8 years old and she is 2 years older than Pam. Pam is 5 years younger than Veronica and Veronica is 4 years younger than Lily. Which list has the sisters in order from youngest to oldest?

a)

Tia, Veronica, Pam, Lily

b)

Lily, Veronica, Tia, Pam

c)

Tia, Pam, Veronica, Lily

d)

Pam, Tia, Veronica, Lily

16.

The table above shows the cost for different numbers of tickets. Based on the information in the table, which of the following statements is true?

a)

Each ticket costs $2.

b)

Each ticket costs $6

c)

The more tickets you buy the less each ticket is.

d)

The more tickets you buy the greater each ticket costs.

17.

Edmundo bought 4 trading cards yesterday. He bought some more trading cards today. Now he has 12 trading cards. If n represents the number of trading cards Edmundo bought today, which equation is correct?

a)

4 + 12 = n

b)

4 + n = 12

c)

n + 12 = 4

d)

n + 4 = 16

18.

Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 7(x + 3)?

a)

10 + x

b)

7x + 21

c)

7x + 3

d)

3x + 21

19.

What is the solution to the equation 5 + b = 18?

a)

b = 5

b)

b = 8

c)

b = 13

d)

b = 23

20.

Miguel practiced more than 5 hours for his first soccer game. Which inequality represents p, the amount of time Miguel practiced?

a)

$p\ >\ 5$

b)

$p\ <\ 5$

c)

$p\ =\ 5$

d)

$p\ \ge\ 5$

21.

A rectangular prism is shown above. What is the volume of the prism?

a)

$\frac{1}{2}yd^3$

b)

$\frac{5}{48}yd^3$

c)

$\frac{5}{24}yd^3$

d)

$\frac{7}{12}yd^3$

22.

Look at the figure above. What is the area of the figure?

a)

$12\ cm^2$

b)

$32\ cm^2$

c)

$38\ cm^2$

d)

$42\ cm^2$

23.

Lanu draws a rectangle that is 10 inches wide and 20 inches long. Which rectangle described below has the same area?

a)

5 inches wide and 25 inches long

b)

8 inches wide and 25 inches long

c)

15 inches wide and 15 inches long

d)

15 inches wide and 25 inches long

24.

A box has a square base with each side measuring 8 inches. The height of the box is 4 inches. What is the surface area of the box in square inches?

a)

96 square inches

b)

192 square inches

c)

256 square inches

d)

612 square inches

25.

On the graph above, what is the length of side AB?

a)

3 units

b)

4 units

c)

5 units

d)

6 units

26.

Mrs. Brown has a flower garden in the shape of a parallelogram. The length of the base of the garden is 9.5 feet and the height is 4.2 feet. What is the area of the flower garden?

a)

$19.95\ ft^2$

b)

$27.4\ ft^2$

c)

$30.7\ ft^2$

d)

$39.9\ ft^2$

27.

Mrs. Esperanza's math class is playing a game using two spinners. One spinner has the colors red, blue, and green. The other spinner has the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. How many possible outcomes are there?

a)

11

b)

16

c)

21

d)

24

28.

Trent has a math quiz every Friday. The table above shows his quiz scores. What is the mode of Trent's scores?

a)

97

b)

88

c)

82

d)

81

29.

Kahlid spins a spinner 10 times. The results are shown in the tally chart above. Which of the following graphs show these results?

a)

b)

c)

d)

30.

What is the median of these data?

67, 98, 78, 75, 83, 44, 98

a)

44

b)

75

c)

78

d)

98

31.

The number of points Ming scored in each basketball game this season are shown above. What is the mean number of points she scored?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

6th Grade Placement Test

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

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