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Grade 6
Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Junior Division

Student Booklet
Mathematics
Spring 2014

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Mathematics
Section 1
Grade 6, Spring 2014 Section 1: Mathematics

1 A pattern is shown below. 4 A list of numbers is shown below.

1, 2, 4, 8, … 11, 5, 11, 9, 4
Which rule best describes the pattern? What is the mean of these numbers?
Start with 1 and a 7
a add 1 to get the next term. b 8
b add 2 to get the next term. c 9
c divide by 2 to get the next term. d 11
d multiply by 2 to get the next term.
5 Which two equations are true if n = 2?
2 The parallelogram below will be cut into Equation 1: 41n13=5
two congruent triangles.
Equation 2: 42n13=5
Equation 3: 43n13=5
6 cm 5 cm
Equation 4: 4÷n13=5
14 cm a Equation 2 and Equation 4
b Equation 2 and Equation 3
What is the area of one of the triangles?
c Equation 1 and Equation 4
a 35 cm2
d Equation 1 and Equation 2
b 42 cm2
c 70 cm2
d 84 cm2

3 A store sells 12 oranges for $3.96.

How much does one orange cost?
a $3.84
b $3.03
c $0.39
d $0.33

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Section 1: Mathematics Grade 6, Spring 2014

6 Dylan rotates the triangle below 908 c y

M counter-clockwise about Point Q. 10
A y 8
T 6 Q
R 10
4
I 8
2
X 6 Q x
4 0 2 4 6 8 10
2
x
0 2 4 6 8 10
d y
Which of the following triangles shows the 10
result of this transformation? 8
a y 6 Q
4
10
2
8
x
6 Q 0 2 4 6 8 10
4
2
x
0 2 4 6 8 10

b y
10
8
6 Q
4
2
x
0 2 4 6 8 10

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Grade 6, Spring 2014 Section 1: Mathematics

7 Which of the following shows a rectangle and

a triangle that have the same area?
a

8 cm 8 cm

5 cm 10 cm

8 cm
4 cm

6 cm 12 cm

8 cm
4 cm

10 cm 10 cm

d
4 cm 4 cm

6 cm 12 cm

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Section 1: Mathematics Grade 6, Spring 2014

8 Two patterns are shown below.

Pattern A Pattern B
y
Start with 7 and add 2 to get the next term.
24
22
20
18
16
14
Term

12
10
8
6
4
2
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Term number

If both patterns continue in the same way, which pattern will reach a term with a value of
23 first?
Justify your answer.

Pattern ______ will reach a term with a value of 23 first.

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Grade 6, Spring 2014 Section 1: Mathematics

9 A Canadian television station shows 16 minutes of commercials every hour between 8:00 a.m.
M and 11:00 p.m. every day.
A How many minutes of commercials are there on the station between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
T in 365 days?
R
I Show your work.
X

There are __________ minutes of commercials on the station between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
in 365 days.

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Section 1: Mathematics Grade 6, Spring 2014

a0 Toby has a bag of 40 coloured blocks. Without looking, he reaches in and pulls one block out.
Complete the table below to determine the probability of choosing a red, green, purple or
yellow block.

Colour Number in bag Probability of choosing a block of this colour

Red 6

Green 10

Purple

Yellow 0.2

Show your work.

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aa The grid below shows a triangle that has been moved using transformations from position A
to position B, then from position B to position C and finally from position C to position D.

C D

Complete the chart below with descriptions of the transformations needed to move the triangle.
Be sure to include all units and directions in the chart. Show points of rotation and lines of
reflection on the grid.

Transformation Type of transformation Description of transformation

A to B

B to C

C to D

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Section 1: Mathematics Grade 6, Spring 2014

as The pattern shown below is made of triangles. ag A spinner is shown below.

2 3

1 2
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
3 3
The pattern continues. 3 7
Which of the following represents the
number of triangles in Terms 4, 5 and 6?
On which of the following number lines does
a 2, 4, 6
the point represent the probability of spinning
b 6, 8, 10 an even number?
c 8, 10, 12 a
0 1
d 10, 12, 14

b
ad What is the value of 0.730 2 0.156? 0 1
a 0.083
b 0.426
c
0 1
c 0.574
d 0.626
d
0 1
af The quadrilaterals shown below are ordered
from smallest to largest based on a geometric
property.
ah A fire truck has a ladder measuring 3 units
in length.
Which unit would be most appropriate to
parallelogram trapezoid rectangle square
measure the ladder?
a kilometre
Which geometric property was used?
b decimetre
a number of acute angles
c decametre
b number of lines of symmetry
d centimetre
c number of pairs of equal sides
d number of pairs of parallel sides

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Grade 6, Spring 2014 Section 1: Mathematics

aj Each beaker of water below has a capacity

of 2 L.
Which beaker appears to have about
500 mL of water in it?
a

ak Mrs. Garrett sends surveys to 120 students,

and 78 students return the survey.
Which statement best describes the percent
of students who return the survey?
a exactly 50%
b exactly 75%
c between 50% and 75%
d between 75% and 100%

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Mathematics
Section 2
Grade 6, Spring 2014 Section 2: Mathematics

After each assessment, EQAO makes approximately half of the test items (questions) public. This allows
EQAO to build a bank of assessment material that can be used in the future.
Items that are not published in this booklet are replaced by their description.
Test booklets and examples of student answers from the past five years are available at www.eqao.com.

1 identify decimal numbers represented on a grid 10 describe a polygon

(Knowledge and Understanding) (Knowledge and Understanding)

2 solve problems involving the addition of 11 construct a polygon (Application)

decimal numbers (Application)
12 identify and extend a growing pattern
3 determine a ratio (Thinking) (Thinking)

4 solve a problem involving fractions, decimal 13 solve an algebraic equation involving variables
numbers and percents (Thinking) (Application)

5 estimate the area of a shape (Application) 14 identify a pattern given the rule (Application)

6 describe the net of a figure 15 determine the theoretical probability of an

(Knowledge and Understanding) outcome in a probability experiment (Thinking)

7 compare the areas of two polygons (Thinking)
8 calculate the area of polygons (Application)
9 describe a location in the first quadrant of a
graph (Application)
16 select an appropriate graph for given data
(Knowledge and Understanding)
17 interpret data between graphs (Application)
18 solve problems involving data in graphs
(Thinking)

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