MSA Review

Grade 6
Week 1

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1. Evaluate the following numeric expression: (15 – 3) • 4 + 2

A. 1
B. 5
C. 50
D. 72

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2. Esmeralda has completed of her homework. How would this fraction be written
5
as a decimal?

A. 0.20
B. 0.25
C. 0.50
D. NH

3. Marcellus is at the farmers market. He would like to purchase 3.12 pounds of

bananas. The bananas cost $0.75 a pound. How much will Marcellus need to pay for
the bananas?

A. $2.34
B. $2.37
C. $3.87
D. $234.00

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4. Look at the shapes below. Which geometric figure has a diagonal drawn inside of
it?

A. B. C. D.

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5. Find the area of the triangle at the right.

A. 25 cm2
B. 30 cm2 12 cm
C. 50 cm2
10 cm
D. 60 cm2

5 cm
6. Yuma is learning how to do a card trick. In order to do the trick, he does not need
to use the whole deck. He does need to use the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of hearts, spades,
diamonds, and clubs. What is the probability that the first card he picks is the 5 of
any suit?

A. 0.10
B. 0.20
C. 0.25
D. 0 .40
7. Chayton has kept track of the number of baskets he made during his last 20
basketball games. The numbers and frequency tables are shown below. Which of the
following shows the information correctly in a frequency table?

7 12 9 15 2 6 18 4 13 16

10 8 11 7 10 8 5 12 5 9

A. Range of baskets Frequency B. Range of baskets Frequency

0–5 4 1–4 2
6 – 10 9 5–9 9
11 – 15 4 10 – 14 6
16 – 20 3 15 – 19 3
C. Range of baskets Frequency D. Range of baskets Frequency
0–4 2 0–4 2
5–9 9 5–9 9
10 – 14 6 10 – 14 6
15 – 18 3 15 – 19 3

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8. Which answer represents 10, 000 in exponential form?

A. 102
B. 103
C. 104
D. 105

9. What point is at –3?

A. M M P –1 0 1 R S
B. P
C. R
D. S

10. Look at the circle drawn below. Which line segment is the diameter of the circle?

A. BF B
B. AC F C
A
C. CF D
D. ED E

11. The drawing to the right is of Brandon’s bedroom floor. How many square feet of
carpet are needed to replace his old carpet?

A. 38 ft2 12 ft
B. 80 ft2
C. 96 ft2 6 ft
8 ft
D. 112 ft2
8 ft

4 ft

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12. Devon conducted a survey to find out what the most popular pet in her
neighborhood is. She asked all of the neighbors what kind of pets they had.
According to her circle graph below, which of the following statements is not true?

Pets in the Neighborhood

Cats Hamsters
25 % 20%

Reptiles 10% Dogs

Birds 30 %
15%

A. More people have reptiles or birds than cats.

B. Dogs are the most popular pet in the neighborhood.
C. More people have reptiles or cats than dogs.
D. Reptiles are the least popular pet in the neighborhood.

13. Which of the following statements means the same as the integer –56?

A. a deposit of fifty-six dollars

B. a gain of fifty-six steps
C. a dive of fifty-six feet
D. an increase of fifty-six pencils

14. Which of the following number lines shows the star correctly at –8?

A. –10 0 10

B.
–10 0 10
C.
–10 0 10
D.
–10 0 10

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15. Look at the triangles drawn below. Which appear to be obtuse triangles?

N
J K L M

A. Triangles J and K
B. Triangles L and M
C. Triangles K and N
D. Triangles J and N

16. Look at the ray on the coordinate plane below.

y

-1 1
-1 x

Which situation is best represented by the line?

A. The amount of ice that is in your glass if you leave it out on a hot day.
B. The more time you spend on your homework, the more problems you get done.
C. The amount of money in your lunch account from the beginning of the week, when
you put money in it, to the end.
D. The cost of a pencil at the school store from 8 am to 8:30 am.
E. NH

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17. Amena is measuring the angles of a right triangle. She measures one of the
acute angles and it is 46˚. What is the measure of the third angle?

A. 44˚
B. 46˚
C. 54˚
D. 136˚

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. In triangle DEF, angle D measures 38˚, and angle E measures 103˚.

Part A:

What is the measure of angle F?

Part B:

Use what you know about the measure of the angles in a triangle to explain why your
answer is correct. Use words, numbers and/or symbols to support your explanation.

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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. The trainer at Monica’s gym recorded how many calories she burned at each
workout in the last 3 weeks, as shown below.

227 195 249 204

238 202 192 217
226 239 220 248

Monica begins a stem-and-leaf plot to keep track of the data.

Part A:

Complete the stem-and-leaf plot for Monica.

Calories Burned

Part B:

• Explain why the stem-and-leaf plot you completed is correct. Use what you
know about stem-and-leaf plots in your explanation. Use words, numbers,
and/or symbols to support your explanation.

• Suppose that on the next workout, Monica burns 172 calories. Explain how
the stem of the stem-and-leaf plot will change. Use words, numbers, and/or
symbols in your explanation.

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