2006 Grade 6 Math SOL

Melissa Rollosson

One hundred sixth-grade students were asked to name one favorite color. The table shows the results. What percent of the students named blue?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 28%

B. 29%

C. 50%

D. 57%

Jamal walked ¾ mile yesterday morning and 1/8 mile yesterday afternoon. What was the total distance walked by Jamal?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 1 mile

B. 7/8 mile

C. ½ mile

D. 1/3 mile

Mrs. Dinato remembered the area of the top of her rectangular table was between 1,500 and 2,000 square inches. Which could be the dimensions of her table?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 72 in. 36 in.

B. 60 in. 30 in.

C. 40 in. 30 in.

D. 18 in. 32 in.

One batch of Derrick's pancake recipe takes 2¾ cups of milk. If Derrick makes3 batches of his pancake recipe, howmany cups of milk will he need?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 8 ¾ cups

B. 8 ¼ cups

C. 6 ¾ cups

D. 6 ¼ cups

0.084 ÷ 0.6 =

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 7.14

B. 1.4

C. 0.714

D. 0.14

Based on this table, what is the cost tobuy 10 of each different type of reed?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. $18.50

B. $26.92

C. $71.47

D. $98.35

What would be the least amount of money Jeremy’s dad could spend if he bought one of each type of sign?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. $512

B. $761

C. $816

D. $819

Maria has a piece of ribbon 5/6 foot long. She cuts ¾ foot off of the piece of ribbon. What is the length of the remaining piece of ribbon?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 1/12 foot

B. 1/8 foot

C. 1/6 foot

D. ¼ foot

Harry worked 1¾ hours on Friday and 3½ hours on Saturday. What was the total amount of time Harry worked on those two days?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 4 ¼ hours

B. 4 5/8 hours

C. 5 ¼ hours

D. 5 ½ hours

6.596 ÷ 0.04 =

1 2 3 4 516

4.9

16.4

96.

060.

61

25% 25%25%25%A. 164.9

B. 16.49

C. 6.06

D. 0.61

Cody was paid $15.00 for washing his mother’s car. If he spends $5.75 on amovie, $1.50 on candy, and $2.00 for asoda, which is closest to the amount hewill have left?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. $10.00

B. $8.00

C. $5.00

D. $0

There are 30 red marbles and 150 bluemarbles in a box. What is the ratio of blue marbles to red marbles?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 180/30

B. 30/80

C. 150/30

D. 30/150

What is the least common multiple of 6and 10?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 20

B. 30

C. 60

D. 90

Which statement is true?

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-599

> -3

85

4,1

19 <

-3,5

13

-56,

803

> -6

4,12

2

-85

> 89

25% 25%25%25%A. -599 > -385

B. 4,119 < -3,513

C. -56,803 > -64,122

D. -85 > 89

Which group contains only primenumbers?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 5, 13, 29, and 47

B. 7, 11, 27, and 43

C. 7, 19, 33, and 41

D. 11, 17, 37, and 39

What is the greatest common factor of30, 42, and 48?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 2

B. 3

C. 6

D. 8

The picture shows the number of stars Angie received from her piano teacher for practicing. What is the ratio of the number of striped stars to black stars?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 4 to 3

B. 3 to 4

C. 4 to 10

D. 6 to 10

Which statement is true?

1 2 3 4 5 A B C D

25% 25%25%25%

A.

B.

C.

D.

Which represents the part of the 10-by 10 grid that is shaded?

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25% 25%25%25%A. ½

B. 3/5

C. 7/10

D. ¾

A wall in Kelly’s house is diagrammed below. Which is closest to the width of the wall?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 6 window widths

B. 4 window widths

C. 2 door widths

D. 4 door widths

What is the sum of the measures of all the interior angles of any quadrilateral?

1 2 3 4 5 9

0° 1

80°

360

° 4

50°

25% 25%25%25%A. 90°

B. 180°

C. 360°

D. 450°

Which two figures always have fourcongruent sides?

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Rhom

bus a

nd squar

e

Rec

tangl

e an

d rhom

bus

Squar

e an

d eq

uila

tera

l...

Par

alle

logra

m a

nd re

...

25% 25%25%25%A. Rhombus and square

B. Rectangle and rhombus

C. Square and equilateral triangle

D. Parallelogram and rectangle

If the diameter of a circle is 7 inches,which is closest to the circumference?

1 2 3 4 5 2

1.98

in.

38.

47 in

.

43.

96 in

.

153

.86

in.

25% 25%25%25%A. 21.98 in.

B. 38.47 in.

C. 43.96 in.

D. 153.86 in.

The glasses shown each hold 12 fluid ounces when full. The shaded portions show how much water Robert drinks on average every morning. Which is closest to the amount of water Robert drinks on average every morning?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 3 fluid ounces

B. 18 fluid ounces

C. 22 fluid ounces

D. 34 fluid ounces

Six points are shown on the grid. Which three points can be connected in the order shown to form an acute angle?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. Points M, N, and R

B. Points M, N, and P

C. Points N, R, and S

D. Points N, P, and S

What is the area of the large rectangleshown if each small square is 4 incheswide and 4 inches long?

1 2 3 4 5 480

sq in

.

120

sq in

.

80

sq in

.

30

sq in

.

25% 25%25%25%A. 480 sq in.

B. 120 sq in.

C. 80 sq in.

D. 30 sq in.

Which solid could not have two parallel faces?

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Cube

Rec

tangu

lar p

rism

Pyr

amid

Cyl

inde

r

25% 25%25%25%A. Cube

B. Rectangular prism

C. Pyramid

D. Cylinder

The measure of the angle shown is —

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25% 25%25%25%

A. between 0° and 45°

B. between 45° and 90°

C. between 90° and 180°

D. greater than 180°

Which measurement represents thegreatest volume?

1 2 3 4 5 1

7 pi

nts

2 g

allo

ns

35

cups

9 q

uarts

25% 25%25%25%A. 17 pints

B. 2 gallons

C. 35 cups

D. 9 quarts

Which picture appears to show Steve’s body at an angle congruent to the angle shown?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. B.

C. D.

Which shape is not a quadrilateral?

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Squar

e

Par

alle

logra

m

Pen

tagon

Tra

pezoid

25% 25%25%25%A. Square

B. Parallelogram

C. Pentagon

D. Trapezoid

Chrissy has 4 white towels, 2 yellow towels, and 3 blue towels in a bag. What is the probability that the first towel chosen at random from the bag will be white?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. ¼

B. 1/9

C. 4/5

D. 4/9

What is the range of the numbers listed?76, 59, 91, 22, 43, 57, 89, 76, 31

1 2 3 4 543 45 60 69

25% 25%25%25%

A. 43

B. 45

C. 60

D. 69

Which stem-and-leaf plot correctly displays this data?

15 32 21 13 36 10 2330 15 11 27 42 33

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25% 25%25%25%

A. B.

C. D.

76, 79, 75, 77, 74For the data listed, the value 76.2

represents the —

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25% 25%25%25%A. median

B. mode

C. range

D. mean

There are 6 songs on Jane’s new CD. If her CD player plays the songs randomly, what is the probability that the song Mongoose Omelette will play first?

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25% 25%25%25%A. -0.6

B. 0

C. 0.6

D. 1

Look at the graph below. Which type of clothing appears to have had 5 times the sales of dresses?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. Shorts

B. Pants

C. Shirts

D. Skirts

The number of pages Jane read in a book each day for one week are listed below.{12, 18, 19, 11, 12, 15, 18}Below is the box-and-whisker plot of this data. To which number is the arrow most likely pointing?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 11

B. 12

C. 15

D. 18

Mr. Warren requires his students to read 2 books: 1 book from list #1 and 1 book from list #2. What is the total number of different combinations for the 2 books?

1 2 3 4 5 9 6 2 1

25% 25%25%25%A. 9

B. 6

C. 2

D. 1

Based on the geometric pattern shown,what is the value of 85?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 13

B. 40

C. 20,480

D. 32,768

Which represents the variable in thefollowing number sentence?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 3

B. v

C. =

D. 45

2.3 x 107 =

1 2 3 4 523

0,00

0,00

0

23,0

00,0

00

2,30

0,00

0

230,

000

25% 25%25%25%A. 230,000,000

B. 23,000,000

C. 2,300,000

D. 230,000

Which method could be used to solvethe number sentence shown?

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25% 25%25%25%A. Subtract 4 from 4x, and

subtract 4 from 16

B. Subtract 4 from 4x, and subtract 16 from 16

C. Divide 4x by 4, and divide 16 by 16

D. Divide 4x by 4, and divide 16 by 4

What value of y makes the numbersentence shown true?

y – 3 = 15

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25% 25%25%25%A. 5

B. 12

C. 18

D. 45

Use the representations shown to answer the question.

If the scale is balanced, which numbersentence does it best represent?

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25% 25%25%25%A. 5w = 30

B. w + 5 = 30

C. 5 – w = 30

D. w ÷ 5 = 30

The number 514 in scientific notation is written as --

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.14

x 10

1

5.1

4 x

102

51.

4 x

101

514

x 1

02

25% 25%25%25%

A. 5.14 x 101

B. 5.14 x 102

C. 51.4 x 101

D. 514 x 102

Which is an equation?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. x + 6

B. 5 > 7

C. x

D. x + ½ = 9

Kale wrote the number pattern shown.1, 2, 4, 7, 11, . . .

He noticed another pattern when he found that the differences between the numbers increased by 1 as shown.

If the differences continue to increase by 1, what will be the 7th term in Kale's original pattern?

1 2 3 4 515 19 21 22

25% 25%25%25%

A. 15

B. 19

C. 21

D. 22

Using the representations shown,which model best represents thefollowing?

r + 2 = 18

1 2 3 4 5

25% 25%25%25%

A. B.

C.

D.

The first four figures in a pattern are shown below. If the pattern continues to double the number of dots, what will be the total number of dots in the 6th figure in the pattern?

1 2 3 4 5

25% 25%25%25%

A. 128

B. 64

C. 32

D. 14

Gracie's pattern of increasing perfect squares is shown below.

25, 36, __, 64, 81, 100What number does Gracie need to square to find the missing term?

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25% 25%25%25%

A. 5

B. 6

C. 7

D. 8