MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5
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1. Marissa wants to know how much money is in her bank account. Her mother is a math teacher and tells her that if she can solve the following equation, she will know how much money she has in the bank. The equation is: m – $13.56 = $90.90. How much money does Marissa have in the bank? A. $77.34 B. $77.44 C. $104.46 D. $104.56 2. Which of the following is not a true statement? A. 7% = 0.07 3 B. = 75% 4 1 C. 0.20 = 5 D. 3% = 0.3 3. Janelle has four brothers and sisters. They are all pooling their money to buy their favorite uncle a present. They have picked out a present that costs $37.45 including tax. Solve the equation below to find out how much money each of the children needs to save. 5 • c = $37.45 A. $6.49 B. $7.49 C. $9.36 D. $187.25 E. NH
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MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5 4. Molly works for a large department store. She received two shipments of 1 merchandise on Tuesday. The first shipment had 42 crates filled with board 2 5 games. The second shipment had 58 crates filled with baseball gloves. How many 6 crates did Molly receive in all?
2 3 3 B. 100 4 1 C. 101 3 2 D. 101 3 A. 100
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5. If t = 137, then what does t – 28 equal? A. 108 B. 109 C. 111 D. 165 6. Emil is tiling his kitchen floor. The area of his floor is 128 square feet. If the tile costs $1.23 per square foot, how much will it cost to tile the floor? A. $129.23 B. $157.44 C. $251.00 D. $768.00
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MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5
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7. Thomas and Alex are comparing how much they have read in the last month for the school reading contest. They discover that they have both read the same amount of pages, but Alex has read three times as many books as Thomas. What equation below correctly represents the relationship between the number of books (b) Alex read when compared to Thomas, if Thomas has read 5 books? A. 5 = b ÷ 3 B. 5 = b • 3 C. 5 = b + 3 D. 5 = b 8. Brice and Jamie went to a water park. Brice rode the longest water slide they had 3 at the park. It was 175 feet long. Jamie rode the next longest slide which was 4 1 167 feet long. How much longer was the slide Brice rode? 6 7 A. 8 12 2 B. 8 5 1 C. 8 8 7 D. 7 12 3 in. long to complete an art project. Which 16 of the following lines is the same length as the piece of yarn she needs?
9. Huong needs a piece of yarn that is 2
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MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5 10. Find the volume of the rectangular prism below.
12 ft.
5 ft. 60 ft. A. 77
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B. 312 ft3 C. 2160 ft3 D. NH
11. During their study of circle graphs, Antoine made the following graph about lunch orders at his school. Which of the following statements about his circle graph is true?
Lunch Choices
Pizza 45%
Chicken 30% Tacos PBJ 15% 10%
A. More students chose pizza than all other choices combined. B. More students chose chicken than PBJ and tacos combined. C. Fewer students chose pizza than chicken and tacos combined. D. Fewer students chose chicken than tacos and PBJ combined.
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MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5 12. Measure the pencil below with your ruler. Choose the correct measurement to 1 the nearest if an inch. 16 1 A. 1 in. 2 5 B. 1 in. 8 11 C. 1 in. 16 D. 2 in. 13. Eric is saving money to buy a present for his sister. So far, he has $11.32 saved up. He plans on spending no less than $30.00 on his sister’s present. Which inequality below represents how much money (m) he still needs to buy his sister a present? A. m – $11.32 ≤ $30.00 B. m + $11.32 ≥ $30.00 C. m – $11.32 ≥ $30.00 D. m + $11.32 ≤ $30.00 14. Sakani’s parents bought her a sandbox for her birthday. The sandbox is a rectangular prism, and has the following dimensions: 48 inches long by 72 inches wide by 6 inches high. How many cubic inches of sand will her parents need to fill the sandbox? A. 126 in3 B. 3,456 in3 C. 8,352 in3 D. 20,736 in3 15. Marcellus is camping in the Blue Ridge Mountains. When he leaves his campsite to go fishing, he travels -23 feet. Which of the following does not mean the same as –23 feet? A. Descend 23 feet B. Go down 23 feet C. 23 feet lower D. Ascend 23 feet Copyright © 2006 National Training Network
MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5 16. Ms. Collins began the school week with P number of pencils in her pencil box. When she looked in her pencil box at the end of the week, there were only 2 pencils left. Which of the following algebraic expressions represents the number of pencils that have been used this week? A. P – 10 B. P – 2 C. 2 + P D. 10 + P 17. Which of the following explains how to find the ordered pair (7, –4), if you began at the origin? A. Move seven spaces up along the y-axis, then move four spaces right. B. Move seven spaces up along the y-axis, then move four spaces left. C. Move seven spaces to the right along the x-axis, then move four spaces up. D. Move seven spaces to the right along the x-axis, then move four spaces down. Brief Constructed Response Directions: For problems 18 and 19, show all the work in the space provided. Your work and answers will be scored on a 3-point rubric Calculator Inactive 18. Look at the equation below: x + 32.44 = 76.21 Part A: Solve the equation for x.
Part B: Use what you know about equations to explain why your answer is correct. Use words, numbers and/or symbols to support your explanation.
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MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5 Calculator Inactive 19. Josiah is buying a leather jacket with his birthday money. The jacket originally cost $90. The store is having a sale of 20% off all leather jackets. Part A: How much money will Josiah subtract from the cost of the jacket? Part B: Use what you know about the percent of a number to explain how you determined your answer. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.
Extended Constructed Response Directions: For problem 20 and 21, show all the work in the space provided. Your work and answers will be scored on a 4-point rubric.
Calculator Active 20. Two sides of a triangle measure 4 cm and 7 cm. One of the angles in the triangle is 50˚. Part A: Draw the triangle described above. Part B:
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Use what you know about constructing triangles to explain how you drew your triangle. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.
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How would your triangle change if the sides were 8 cm and 14 cm, but the angle measure remained 50˚? Use what you know about constructing triangles to explain why your answer is correct. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.
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MSA Review Grade 6 Week 5 Calculator Active 21. A rectangular prism has the following dimensions: l = 48 cm, w = 13 cm, and h = 38 cm.
Part A: What would be a good estimate for the volume of the rectangular prism? Part B: •
Use what you know about calculating volume and estimating to explain how you determined your answer. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.
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What is the actual volume of the rectangular prism? Use what you know about calculating volume and estimating to explain how you determined your answer. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.
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