WorksheetsPSSA 2023 Released Items 6th Gr
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 25mins
Add without a calculator: 39.093 + 52.72
34.366
44.365
81.814
91.813
A chef made a vegetable dish. She used 63 ounces of lima beans and 18 ounces of corn in the dish. What is the ratio of lima beans to corn in the vegetable dish?
2:7
7:9
7:2
9:7
Mike makes lemonade to sell at the fair. He can sell 64 glasses of lemonade from the 3 full jugs he makes. Each jug is the same size, and each glass contains the same amount of lemonade. Which fraction represents the number of glasses of lemonade Mike sells from each jug?
3/64
3/61
61/3
64/3
All of the coins in Mr. Mateo's coin collection are either gold or silver. The ratio of the number of gold coins to the number of silver coins in his coin collection is 3:2. What percent of Mr. Mateo's collection is silver coins?
2%
20%
40%
60%
Which equation shows the value of x raised to the 4th power when x = 3?
x3 = 4 • 4 • 4 = 64
x4 = 4 • 4 • 4 = 64
x3 = 3 • 3 • 3 • 3 = 81
x4 = 3 • 3 • 3 • 3 = 81
An expression is shown below. x² + 0.5x What is the value of the expression when x is 3?
6.53
7.5
9.53
10.5
An equation is shown below. y - 2.5 = 21.5 What value of y from the set {8.6, 19, 23.5, 24} makes the equation true?
8.6
19
23.5
24
Peter measured the outdoor temperature five times on Thursday. The temperature increased throughout the day until 6 p.m. Peter's measurements, in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), are shown in the table. Which pair of inequalities represents all the possible temperatures (t), in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), at 4 p.m.?
t < 67.5 and t < 71.3
t > 67.5 and t < 71.3
t < 67.5 and t > 71.3
t > 67.5 and t > 71.3
A cook uses 32 cup of oil to make each batch of pizza dough. Which equation describes the relationship between the number of batches of pizza dough (x) the cook makes and the number of cups of oil (y) the cook uses?
y = 32x
y = 23x
y = x - 32
y = x + 32
The table shows the relationship between the amount of gas, in gallons, remaining in the gas tank of Zoey's car and the distance, in miles, she has traveled in the car.
As the distance Zoey travels in the car increases by 30 miles, the amount of gas remaining increases by 1 gallon.
As the distance Zoey travels in the car increases by 30 miles, the amount of gas remaining decreases by 1 gallon.
As the amount of gas remaining increases by 30 gallons, the distance Zoey travels in the car increases by 1 mile.
As the amount of gas remaining increases by 30 gallons, the distance Zoey travels in the car decreases by 1 mile.
Dave has an aquarium in the shape of a rectangular prism. Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the aquarium can hold 7.48 gallons of water for each cubic foot. The aquarium measures 4 feet by 1.5 feet by 1.75 feet. Which amount is closest to the number of gallons of water Dave's aquarium can hold?
14.73
17.98
54.23
78.54
A figure is shown. What is the area, in square feet, of the figure?
32
36
42
44
Triangle ABC is plotted on the coordinate grid shown below. What is the area, in square units, of triangle ABC?
14
20
28
40
Carter is making a paper lampshade. To make the shade, he first draws the net shown on a piece of paper. He cuts out the net and folds it into a three-dimensional figure. What is the shape of Carter's finished lampshade?
A triangular prism with exactly 1 base covered with paper
A triangular prism with exactly 2 bases covered with paper
A triangular pyramid with exactly 1 base covered with paper
A triangular pyramid with exactly 2 bases covered with paper
A data set has a median of 25 and an interquartile range of 6. A box-and-whisker plot is created to represent the data set. Which box-and-whisker plot could represent the data set?
Diagram A
Diagram B
Diagram C
Diagram D
The line plot shows the number of letters in each student's name for the 24 students in a class.
Which statement best describes the data displayed in the line plot?
The data are skewed to the left.
The data are symmetrical about 6 letters.
Most of the data are clustered around 3 to 6 letters.
Half of the students have 5 or fewer letters in their name.
A baseball game has two different ticket prices: - The price of each student ticket is $18.00. - The price of each adult ticket is $31.50. Christine spent $72.00 on student tickets. How many student tickets did Christine purchase?
