6th grade PSSA Review

Divide: 58 1/3 by 6 2/3.

• 7 3/8

• 8 3/4

• 9 2/3

• 10 1/6

Aaron wants to buy 2 concert tickets that cost $25.50 each. If his grandfather pays him $4.25 per hour to rake leaves, how many hours must Aaron work to afford the tickets?

• 1.2

• 6

• 12

• 16.5

Multiply: 2.5 x 3.5 x 0.01

• 0.0625

• 0.0875

• 0.625

• 0.875

Emily has two pieces of ribbon, one is 23 yards long and the other is 4 1/4 yards long. She needs 1 5/6 yards of ribbon to make each bow. What is the greatest number of bows Emily can make?

• 12

• 14

• 15

• 19

Izara built a fence for her horses. The fence was 210 feet long. She put a fence post in the ground at the start of the fence and another fence post every 3 1/2 feet. Izara paid $8.50 for each fence post. How much did Izara pay for all the fence posts she used?

• A. $297.50

• B. $518.50

• C. $595.00

• D. $765.00

Gracie is rewriting the expression (24 + 40) as an integer times the sum of two integers. By factoring out a 2, she knows she can rewrite the expression as 2 times the sum of two integers. What are all the other numbers greater than 2 that Gracie can factor out of (24 + 40) to rewrite the expression as an integer times the sum of two integers?

• A. 4, 8

• B. 4, 6, 8

• C. 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 20

• D. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20

Quincy and Ray keep track of their scores in a game. The person with the greater score is winning the game. Quincy has a score of -70, and Ray has a score of -60. Which statement best explains who is winning and how many points away from 0 that person is?

• Ray is winning and needs to lose 60 points to get to 0.

• Ray is winning and needs to gain 60 points to get to 0.

• Quincy is winning and needs to lose 70 points to get to 0.

• Quincy is winning and needs to gain 70 points to get to 0.

At a factory, a machine tests 1 out of every 75 items produced for quality. The machine requires a safety check after testing 450 items. The factory produces 303,750 items each month. How many safety checks does the machine require each month?

• 6

• 9

• 50

• 54

The ratio of the number of giraffes to the number of monkeys in a zoo is 2 to 5. Which statement about the giraffes and monkeys could be true?

• A. For every giraffe in the zoo, there are 10 monkeys.

• B. For every 10 giraffes in the zoo, there is 1 monkey.

• C. For every 4 giraffes in the zoo, there are 10 monkeys.

• D. For every 10 giraffes in the zoo, there are 4 monkeys.

The ratio of the number of children's life jackets to the number of adult life jackets in each package is constant. Based on the information shown in the table, which two ratios could also be included in the table?

• A. 28 : 32, 31 : 35

• B. 11 : 22, 16 : 32

• C. 13 : 27, 22 : 36

• D. 10 : 30, 17 : 51