MSA Review

Grade 6
Week 2

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1. Evaluate the following numeric expression: 100 ÷ (4 + 6) – 3 • 2.

A. 4
B. 25
C. 31
D. 56

2. Keith is making sugar cookies for a school bake sale. He has two different recipes
1 2
to try. One recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, and the other needs 3 cups of sugar.
2 3
How much sugar does he need, if he is going to make one batch of each recipe?
1
A. 5 cups
6
7
B. 5 cups
12
3
C. 5 cups
5
1
D. 6 cups
6

3. Quynh had a huge science test at the end of the semester. There were 150
questions. If she got 20% of the question incorrect, how many questions did she get
wrong?

A. 15 questions
B. 20 questions
C. 30 questions
D. NH
4. Anna spent $23.20 on four pairs of socks. If each pair of socks cost the same
amount, how much did one pair cost?

A. $27.20
B. $19.20
C. $5.80
D. $5.00

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5. If ∠ 1 is equal to ∠ 2, how can AC be described?

C ●

1 2
A

A. perpendicular bisector
B. angle bisector
C. altitude
D. parallel bisector

6. Look at the figure below. What is the greatest number of diagonals that can be
drawn from any one vertex?

A. five
B. four
C. three
D. two

7. Latoya is the stage manager for her school’s drama department. She needs to
paint the front of several triangles for the fall production. If each triangle has a base
of 15 in. and a height of 20 in., how many square inches of paint will be needed to
cover each triangle?

A. 70 in2
B. 140 in2
C. 170 in2
D. 300 in2
E. NH

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8. Nakeisha was asked to make a frequency table for the number of times she raised
her hand in math class each day for 15 days. Below is her frequency table.

Raised Frequency
0–2 3
3–5 6
6–8 4
9 – 11 2

Which of the following could have been her list of data?

A. 1, 3, 7, 8, 1, 10, 5, 3, 3, 6, 9, 7, 1, 4, 3
B. 1, 3, 7, 8, 3, 4, 1, 7, 12, 6, 3, 3, 5, 9, 0
C. 2, 3, 7, 10, 10, 8, 0, 5, 3, 3, 6, 7, 4, 3
D. 2, 3, 7, 10, 9, 8, 3, 4, 7, 6, 3, 3, 5, 0, 3

9. Vincent answered 20 out of 30 multiple choice questions correct on a practice

test. What is the experimental probability that he will get the next multiple choice
question correct?

1
A.
4
1
B.
3
1
C.
2
2
D.
3

10. Which of the following inequalities is true?

3 7
A. <
5 20
1 2
B. >
2 5
17 19
C. <
50 100
2 1
D. >
25 10

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11. The graph at the right shows which type of change?

y

A. No change
B. Increase
C. Decrease 1

D. Increase and decrease -1 1

-1 x

12. Adrienne wants to put a garden around the trunk of a tree in her front yard. She
wants to put some bricks around the base of the tree to enclose the garden. Since
the trunk is a circular shape, she plans on putting the bricks in a circular shape. If
the tree is the center of the circle garden, what part of the circle garden are the
bricks?

A. diameter
B. circumference
C. radius
D. chord

13. What is the area of the hexagon at the right?

A. 41 ft2 12 ft
B. 93 ft2 4 ft
C. 108 ft2
3 ft
D. 120 ft2
2 ft
20 ft

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14. Brandon made a triangle in math class. He made it out of three pencils, which he
placed from end to end. If two of the pencils are new, and are 12 cm. long each, and
the third pencil is 8 cm. long, what kind of triangle did he make?

A. Scalene
B. Equilateral
C. Isosceles
D. He can not make a triangle with those three pencils.

15. Rhonda and Molly went to the movies. They each bought a small popcorn, and a
medium drink. A small popcorn costs $3 and a medium drink costs $2. Which of the
following shows how to calculate the total cost for both girls using the distributive
property?

A. 2 (3 + 2) = 2 • 3 + 2 • 2
B. 2 (3 + 2) = 2 • 3 + 2
C. 2 (3 + 2) = 2 + 3 + 2
D. 2 (3 + 2) = 2 • 3 • 2

16. Which of the following groups of degree measurements could not be the three
angles of a triangle?

A. 60˚, 60˚, 60˚

B. 30˚, 90˚, 60˚
C. 110˚, 35˚, 45˚
D. 45˚, 75˚, 60˚

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17. Paula made the following stem and leaf plot based on the data in the box. What
mistake did she make?
809 843 798 843 858 819 814 853 829 819

793 859 813 840 841 793 822 853 821 820

Stem Leaf

79 3, 3, 8

80 9

81 3, 4, 9, 9

82 0, 1, 2, 9

84 0, 1, 3, 3

85 3, 3, 8, 9
Key 79 3 = 793
A. This is correct. She did not make a mistake.
B. There should be more leaves for the 80 stem.
C. There should be a stem of 83.
D. There should not be any repeating leaves for a stem.

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Week 2

Brief Constructed Response

Directions: For problem 18, show all the work in the space provided. Your work and
answers will be scored on a 3-point rubric.

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18. The area of Tyrese’s yard is 192 ft2. The width of the yard is 12 feet.

Part A:

What is the length of Tyrese’s yard?

Part B:

Use what you know about the area of rectangles to explain why your answer is
correct. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.

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Grade 6
Week 2

Extended Constructed Response

Directions: For problem 19, show all the work in the space provided. Your work and
answers will be scored on a 4-point rubric.

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19. Erin received a box of candy for her birthday. There are 20 pieces of candy in the
box. There are 10 pieces of candy with a caramel center, 3 with a nougat center, 5
with a cream center, and 2 with a coconut center.

Part A:

What is the probability that Erin will choose a piece of candy with a cream center?
Express your answer as a fraction.

Part B:
• Use what you know about probability to explain how you determined your
answer. Use words, numbers, and/or symbols to support your explanation.

• If Erin did get a cream center for her first piece of candy, what is the
probability that her second piece of candy will be coconut? Use what you
know about probability to explain how you determined your answer. Use
words, numbers, and/or symbols in your explanation.

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