Free Printable 6th Grade Math Pretest

1.

What is the GCF of 18 and 24?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

8

d)

9

2.

What is the greatest factor of 28 and 49?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

7

d)

12

3.

What is the GCF of 20 and 30?

a)

5

b)

2

c)

10

d)

20

4.

What is the LCM of 2 and 14?

a)

28

b)

7

c)

14

d)

2

5.

What is the LCM of 6 and 15?

a)

15

b)

30

c)

3

d)

10

6.

What is the LCM of 4 and 6?

a)

12

b)

6

c)

2

d)

24

7.

Eason is making activity baskets to donate to charity. She has 12 coloring books and 36 crayons. What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets?

a)

2

b)

12

c)

36

d)

6

8.

Maya had 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers. She wants to make bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet. What is the greatest number of bouquets that she can make?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

48

d)

8

9.

A radio station is giving away a $100 bill to every 30th caller and movie tickets to every 40th caller. Which caller will be the first to win both prizes?

a)

5

b)

2

c)

10

d)

120

10.

The school cafeteria serves tacos every sixth day and cheeseburgers every eight day. If tacos and cheeseburgers are both on today’s menu, how many days will it be before they are both on the menu again?

a)

14 days

b)

24 days

c)

34 days

d)

44 days

11.

What is the opposite of -3?

a)

3

b)

0

c)

-1/3

d)

1/3

12.

What is the opposite of the integer on the number line?

a)

0

b)

-7

c)

7

d)

1

13.

Which letter on the number line represents -1?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

What is the value of E?

a)

-1

b)

-2

c)

1

d)

2

15.

The opposite of a negative is always a ___________

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

absolute value

d)

inequality

16.

Find the Absolute Value of -18

a)

18

b)

-18

c)

36

d)

-36

17.

The absolute value of |3| is -3.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is the ratio of sharks to fish?

a)

2 to 10

b)

2 to 8

c)

8 to 2

19.

What is the ratio of circles to triangles?

a)

2 to 4

b)

3 to 4

c)

1 to 3

20.

What 3 ways can you write a ratio?

a)

$1\ to\ 4$ Using the word "to"

b)

$1:4$ Colon

c)

fraction $\frac{1}{4}$

d)

$1\ -\ 4$ Dash

21.

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form.
4 inches of snow in 9 days

a)

9/4

b)

4/9

c)

4/7

d)

9/2

22.

Thinking of equivalent ratios, 1 : 4 is equal to:

a)

2 : 9

b)

4 : 16

c)

6 : 26

d)

8 : 40

23.

If there are 5 boys and 7 girls, write the ratio of girls to boys.

a)

5 to 7

b)

7 to 5

c)

5 to 12

d)

7 to 12

24.

Ten soccer players were going to a soccer tournament with their three coaches. What is the ratio of coaches to players?

a)

10 : 3

b)

10:13

c)

3 : 10

d)

3:13

25.

You spend $40 on 5 pounds of concrete. What is the unit rate in dollars per pound?

a)

$8 per pound

b)

$5 per pound

c)

$35 per pound

d)

0.125 pounds per dollar

26.

What number is missing?

a)

12

b)

3

c)

11

d)

13

27.

If Justin can type 408 words in 4 minutes, how many words can he type per minute?

a)

102 words per minute

b)

100 words per minute

c)

400 words per minute

d)

412 words per minute

28.

How do you write 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 with an exponent?

a)

4²

b)

2⁴

c)

2²

29.

What is 3³?

a)

6

b)

9

c)

27

d)

54

30.

Which is equivalent to 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 ?

a)

7⁵

b)

7⁶

c)

6⁷

d)

7⁷

31.

Which is equivalent to 2⁴?

a)

8

b)

20

c)

16

d)

12

32.

A scientist reports that a bacteria culture contains 3⁴ bacteria. How many bacteria is that?

a)

12

b)

81

c)

7

d)

95

33.

Which operation would you do first in the following equation?

10 - 4 ÷ 1 x 5

a)

Subtraction

b)

Division

c)

Multiplication

d)

Addition

34.

15 + 7 × 2 – 11 + 35=

a)

38

b)

251

c)

53

d)

50

35.

What does 3² mean?

a)

3 x 2

b)

3 x 3

c)

2 x 2 x 2

36.

18 + (6 – 2) × 2

a)

26

b)

29

c)

44

d)

40

37.

What is the algebraic expression for "the sum of n and 9"?

a)

n - 9

b)

n + 9

c)

n/9

d)

9n

38.

y + y + y =

a)

3y

b)

3 + y

c)

y + 3

d)

y/3

39.

5x - 2x =

a)

3 - x

b)

3x

c)

x + 3

d)

3 - x

40.

If a = 4 b = 6, what is 3a + 5b?

a)

40

b)

42

c)

44

d)

46

41.

If x=5,find the value of 7x-1

a)

34

b)

36

c)

35

42.

Find the PERIMETER of this figure.

a)

20 square feet

b)

20 cm

c)

25 square feet

d)

20 cm sq.

43.

What is the area?

a)

35 cm

b)

30 cm

c)

35 sq cm

d)

12 cm

44.

Area

a)

12 in sq

b)

12 in

c)

24 in sq

d)

6 in sq

45.

area?

a)

108 cm sq

b)

60 cm

c)

432 cm sq

d)

216 cm sq

46.

What is a requirement of a statistical question?

a)

one set answer

b)

a variety of answers

47.

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many cars are in the parking lot?

a)

Statsitical

b)

Non Statistical

48.

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many siblings does each student have?

a)

Statistical

b)

Non Statistical

49.

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How tall are the students in our class?

a)

Statistical

b)

Non Statistical

50.

Choose the statistical question:

a)

How many sixth graders ate breakfast on Monday?

b)

How many sixth graders eat breakfast each school day?

6th Grade Math Pretest

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

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