TEST NAME: Ratios and Proportions Practice Test
TEST ID: 945473
GRADE: 06 ­ Sixth Grade
SUBJECT: Mathematics
TEST CATEGORY: My Classroom
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03/11/16, Ratios and Proportions Practice Test
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Date:
Instructions
This is a practice test before the REAL Assessment. Try it and see where you stand and what you need to
study. Final test coming soon!!
1.
Sue sees 30 monkeys and 18 baby monkeys at the zoo. What is the ratio
of monkeys to baby monkeys?
A.
3:2
B.
3:5
C.
5:3
D.
5:8
2.
Emily read 24 fiction books and 2 nonfiction books. What is the ratio of
the number of fiction books she read to the total number of books
that she read?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3. The ratio of students with brown eyes in Michelle’s class to all of the students in her class is
20:25. What is another way to write this ratio?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4. Harper had fifteen animals in her field. In the field, 3 sets of 3 cows grazed together, and 2 sets
of 3 horses grazed together. What was the ratio of cows to horses in the field?
A.
3 to 2
B.
2 to 3
C.
6 to 5
D.
5 to 11
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5.
A tour bus traveled 912 miles in 16 hours. What was the average rate the
bus traveled?
A.
58 mph
B.
57 mph
C.
56 mph
D.
55 mph
6.
Apples are 5 for $1.50 and bananas are 6 for $1.20. What is the total
cost of buying 2 bananas and 2 apples?
A.
$0.40
B.
$0.60
C.
$1.00
7.
Sam bought a dozen donuts for a total of $5.76. At that rate, what was
the price of one donut?
A.
$0.48
B.
$0.53
C.
$0.58
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8.
Kendra buys three bracelets for $48. Which table shows the correct
amounts she would need to pay to buy 9 or 13 bracelets at the same
price per bracelet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9. In Mr. Rivera’s class, teams held a read­a­thon. The table below shows the teams, the number
of books read, and the points earned from reading. Number
of Points Number
of Books Red Team 150 75 Blue Team 168 84 Orange Team 97 Purple Team 216 108 Class Which is one way to find the number of points the Orange Team earned?
A.
multiply 97 by 2
B.
add 13 to 168
C.
add 18 to 168
D.
divide the sum of 216 and 168 by 2
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10. The table shows the amount of flour needed for several servings in a recipe.
Cups of Flour Servings 2
8
4
16
6
24
Based on this table, how many cups of flour are needed for 36 servings?
A.
8
B.
9
C.
12
D.
18
11.
Connor reads 28 pages of a book every 2 days. The table below shows
his progress.
If he reads at the same rate each day and finishes the book in 15 days,
how many pages are in the book?
A.
196
B.
210
C.
224
D.
280
12. Matt walked 3 blocks every 2 minutes. Ross walked 6 blocks every 13 minutes. Which
comparison of these walking rates is true?
A.
Matt walked faster than Ross.
B.
Matt and Ross walked at an equal rate.
C.
Matt walked 3 blocks per minute slower than Ross.
D.
Matt walked 0.6 blocks per minute faster than Ross.
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13. A driver notes that he has traveled 8 miles in the last 10 minutes. What is his average speed in
miles per hour?
A.
40
B.
48
C.
58
D.
80
14. A family uses 9.1 gallons of drinking water each week. What is the family’s rate of water use in
gallons per day?
A.
1.3
B.
1.8
C.
2.1
D.
13
15. If 3 workers complete a job in 1 hour, how long will it take one worker to do the job? In which
problem is the solution most similar to this one?
A.
If a child walks for 3 hours and travels 1 mile, how fast is the child walking?
B.
If a student earns $3 for working 1 hour, what is the student paid per hour?
C.
If a tank is emptied in 1 hour by 3 drains, how long will it take 1 drain to empty the tank?
D.
If 3 lemons cost $1, how much does one lemon cost?
16. A store sells pasta boxes at the price shown in the picture below.
What is the price of 6 boxes of pasta at this store?
A.
$5.70
B.
$9.90
C.
$11.40
D.
$22.80
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17. Which percent is equal to
A.
8.3%
B.
12%
C.
28%
D.
75%
?
18. Roy needs to find 20% of 200. Which of these methods will provide him the answer?
A.
multiplying 200 by 20
B.
dividing 200 by 5
C.
subtracting 20 from 200
D.
multiplying 200 by 5
19. If Bill paints 75% of his fence, which best represents the portion of the fence that he does not
paint?
A.
B.
C.
D.
20. Marsella wants a new bicycle that is discounted 30% off the regular price. Which fraction of the
regular price would be equivalent to 30%?
A.
B.
C.
D.
21.
Eva has a piece of ribbon that is 3 meters long. She cut this ribbon into 2­inch pieces.
One meter is approximately 39.4 inches.
What is the maximum number of pieces Eva can cut?
A.
6
B.
26
C.
59
D.
118
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22. Albert’s dog weighs 32.5 pounds. Which is closest to this weight in kilograms?
A.
15 kilograms
B.
68 kilograms
C.
72 kilograms
D.
140 kilograms
23.
A jar of peanut butter weighs 17.3 ounces. About how many grams does
the peanut butter jar weigh? (1 ounce ≈ 28.4 grams)
A.
100 grams
B.
200 grams
C.
500 grams
D.
800 grams
24. Abdou has two quarts of milk in his refrigerator. How many gallons of milk is this?
A.
B.
C.
2
D.
4
25. The perimeter of a hexagon is 90 inches. What is the perimeter in feet?
A.
7.5
B.
13
C.
78
D.
1080
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