False River Academy
New Roads, LA
6th Grade Math
Summer Packet
2014-2015
Name _____________________________________________
June 2014
Dear Parents and Guardians:
Attached are the summer curriculum review materials for 6th grade math. This
booklet was prepared by the False River Academy Math Department and
contains topics reflecting content learned in prerequisite courses. These
materials must be completed and brought to class during the first full week of
school in August 2014.
Your child is required to complete this booklet over the summer. A test based on
the material in the packet will be given to your child during the third week of
school. It will count as a test in the first nine weeks period and the grade will be
determined as follows:
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Completion of the packet on time will count as 20% of the grade.
Performance on the test will count as 80% of the grade.
Students will not be permitted to use calculators on this test therefore this packet
should be completed without the use of a calculator.
If your child’s score falls below 80%, he or she will be placed on a mathematics
intervention plan during school until the necessary skills have been mastered.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Dr. Melanie Ezell
Ashley Allen
Complete all of the problems in this packet without a calculator. Circle your
answers on these pages. Show your work on loose-leaf paper and staple it to
the packet.
Number and Number Relations
1. Which is a prime number?
A. 39 B. 41 C. 27 D. 64
2. What is the prime factorization of 12?
A. 2 x 2 x 3 B. 4 x 3 x 3 C. 12 D. 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
3. What are all the factors of 9?
A. 1, 2, 3 B. 2, 3, 6, 9 C. 1, 3, 9
D. 1, 2, 3, 6, 9
4. What is the greatest common factor of 4 and 8?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8
5. What is the least common multiple of 10 and 20?
A. 1 B. 5 C. 10 D. 20
6. At a party, the cheese pizza is cut into 5 slices and the veggie pizza is cut into
15 slices. If the host wants to serve identical platters that contain the same
combination of cheese and veggie slices, with no slices left over, what is the
greatest number of platters the host can prepare?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 90 D. 180
7. Which shows 7 as a decimal?
A. 6.85
B. 7.25
C. 7.375
D. 7.5
8. How do you write 0.1 as a fraction?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9. Sunview Middle School uses 12.36 boxes of computer paper each day in its
computer lab. Write this amount as a mixed number in simplest form.
A. 12
B. 12
C. 12
D. 12
10.
Which fraction is greater, or ?
A.
B.
C. neither; they are equal
11. Which sign makes the sentence true? 0.498  0.495
A. > B. < C. =
12. Which sign makes the sentence true? -3  3
A. > B. < C. =
13. How do you write 0.09 in words?
A. nine hundredths B. nine tenths C. nine thousandths
14. Which represents a loss of $3?
A. -3
B. 0
C. 3 D.
15. Joey put 0.7 grams of salt in a recipe of soup. Then, he let the soup cook for
an hour. Before he served the soup, Joey added 0.2 grams of salt. How much
salt did Joey add to the soup in all?
A. 1.2 grams B. 1.0 gram C. 0.9 grams D. 1.1 grams
16. William filled a bucket with of a gallon of water. Later, he poured out
of a
gallon of the water. How much water is left in the bucket? Simplify your answer.
A.
B.
C.
D.
17. Estimate 3.45 x 6.99 (round each to nearest whole number, then multiply).
A. 24 B. 28 C. 18 D. 21
18. Multiply: 900 x 9000 = ?
A. 81,000,000 B. 810,000,000
C. 8,100,000
19. Divide: 842.4 ÷ 0.5 = ?
A. 1684.8 B. 1674.9 C. 1683.9 D. 1675.8
D. 8,100,000,000
20. What is the ratio of grey ducks to black ducks?
A. 5:3 B. 3:5 C. 3:2 D. 2:3
Algebra
21. What is the square root of 64?
A. 9 B. 32 C. 8 D. 64
22. Luis has x small spoons and 94 big spoons. Choose the expression that shows
how many spoons Luis has.
A. x - 94 B. 94 - x C. 94 D. v + 94
23. Find the value of the expression 13 – n for n =4.
A. 9 B. 8 C. 10 D. 7
24. Solve for u. 6 x (u + 13) = 162
A. u = 14 B. u = 24 C. u = 13 D. u = 27
Measurement
25. Which figure below has a greater area?
A.
B.
26. If the triangle’s perimeter = 30 miles. What is the length of m?
A.10 miles
B. 50 miles C. 20 miles D. 3 miles
27. Which is the better buy?
A. 5-pound bag of candy for $16.50
B. 6-pound bag of candy for $19.44
28. Which is the better estimate for the weight of an egg?
A. 46 grams B. 46 ounces C. 46 pounds
29. Find the area of a rectangle with length 14 feet and width 9 feet.
A. 46 square feet B. 126 square feet C. 23 square feet D. 252 square feet
Geometry
30. Bryan built a 3-dimensional figure that had a square base. Which figure
could Bryan have built?
31. Which net will make this figure?
32. Is the angle acute, obtuse, right or straight?
A. acute B. obtuse C. right D. straight
33. Which angles are supplementary
angles?
A. SRO and
B. SRO and
C. SRO and
D. SRO and
NOR
QRT
POM
QRO
34. In which quadrant is (-2, -3)?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV
Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Math
35. The frequency table shows the favorite colors
selected by a class of preschool children. What do
you think is the most commonly selected color?
A. red
B. blue
C. yellow
D. pink
Favorite Color
Color
Tally
Frequency
red
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8
blue
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3
pink
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7
yellow
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5
orange
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2
36. When did Karla receive the fewest
text messages?
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday
37. How many yards equal 24 feet?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 12 D. 72
38. What is the mode for the following set of data? 22, 37, 26, 22, 31, 34
A. 22 B. 26 C. 27 D. 33
39. 6 of the children in Lauren’s class like
spelling. 8 children like reading, and 2
children like both spelling and reading.
How many children like spelling but not
reading?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
40. How many sandwiches are possible from a choice of white, wheat, or rye
bread and a choice of turkey, ham, or roast beef?
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
41. A number cube is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling an odd.
A. 20% B. 30% C. 40% D. 50%
Patterns, Relations, and Functions
42. What number is missing in the function table?
A. 37 B. 38 C. 39 D. 40
Function: b = 3a + 10
6
28
7
31
8
34
9
?
43. Joseph read 2 pages on Tuesday, 6 pages on Wednesday, 18 pages on
Thursday, and 54 pages on Friday. If this pattern continues, how many pages will
Joseph read on Saturday?
A. 80 B. 163 C. 82 D. 162