NJSLA Grade 6 Math Unit 3 Practice Test

This diagram shows a number line.

PART B

Write an equation using division that represents how James can find the number of pieces he can cut from the board.

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An advertising company is designing a new logo that consists of a shaded triangle inside a parallelogram.

PART A

What is the area, in square units, of parallelogram ABCD?

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An advertising company is designing a new logo that consists of a shaded triangle inside a parallelogram.

PART B

In the new logo, what fraction of the parallelogram is shaded?

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The number of blueberry muffins that a baker makes each day is 40% of the total number of muffins she makes.

PART A

On Monday, the baker makes 36 blueberry muffins.

What is the total number of muffins that the baker makes on Monday?

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The number of blueberry muffins that a baker makes each day is 40% of the total number of muffins she makes.

PART B

On Tuesday, the baker makes a total of 60 muffins.

How many blueberry muffins does the baker make on Tuesday?

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Sam’s two new aquariums each hold exactly 200 gallons of water. One aquarium will hold small fish and the other will hold large fish. Now he needs new fish for his aquariums.

He will buy 5 small fish for every 10 gallons of water in the aquarium.

He will buy 8 large fish for every 40 gallons of water in the aquarium.

What is the total number of fish Sam will have? What will be the ratio of Sam’s small fish to large fish? Show or explain the steps you used to solve this problem.

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Janet surveyed a class of students. She recorded the number of hours that each student volunteered. This line plot shows the results of the survey.

PART A

How many students did Janet survey?

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