Sixth Grade Assessment Test Teacher’s Version

Notes for the teacher:

• This test should be given at the end of sixth Written Addition and Subtraction
grade. 21) 284 + 349
• This test does not represent the typical level of
difficulty of math problems for sixth grade. 22) 67 + 24 + 8 + 43
It should be quite easy for most of the students. 23) 728 – 253
• The primary purpose of this test is to assess the
basic skill level of the whole class, and to 24) 3604 – 764
determine which students have weak basic skills.
• After this test has been given, parents should Multiplication and Division
receive a report regarding the progress of their
child. 25) 624 x 3
• The student’s version of the test (4 pages long)
should leave plenty of room for student work. 26) 83 x 25
• It may be best to give the first half of this test on
one day, and then the second half on the 27) 749 x 286
following day.
• The first 20 problems are intended to be mental 28) 430 x 200
math and should be read orally by the teacher.
For each of these problems, the students should 29) Use short or long division
write down only the final answer. The time 27186
interval between questions should be about five
seconds per question for the easiest questions, 30) Use long division
and ten seconds per question for the hardest ones. 8242÷26
Fraction and Decimals
5
Mental Math 31) 8 + 28
1) 8+5 11) 6x9
1
2) 7+7 12) 8x7 32) 4 + 23
3) 38+7 13) 40x6
7 5
4) 12+28 14) 200x40 33) 8 – 11
5) 11-7 15) 21÷3
5 2
6) 60-3 16) 600÷3 34) 8x8
7) 53-5 17) 8000÷200
8 7
8) 72-68 18) What is ½ of 50? 35) 9x8
9) 700 – 8 19) What is ¼ of 240?
8 35
10) 304 – 298 20) What is ⅔ of 21? 36) x
25 48
1
37) 8 ÷3
 2 4 47) What is 0.025 as a reduced fraction?
38) 3÷5
19
48) What is 1000 as a decimal?
3 6
39) 55 + 17
37
49) What is 400 as a decimal?
1 2
40) 22 x 35
Word Problems
41) 74.1 + 9.24 50) A five-foot long string is cut into six
equally long pieces. How long is
42) 30.8 − 4.37 each piece?
43) 1.23 x 0.07 51) If Sally earns $60 per day in her job,
how much does she earn in 6 days?
44) 39.2 x 1.84
52) At a grocery store, 4 loaves of bread
45) 265.8 ÷ 0.06 cost $12. What would then be the
cost of 5 loaves of bread?
46) What is 0.71 as a fraction?

Answer Key
1) 13 14) 8000 27) 214,214 40) 8½
2) 14 15) 7 28) 86,000 41) 83.34
3) 45 16) 200 29) 453 42) 26.43
4) 40 17) 40 30) 317 43) 0.0861
7
5) 4 18) 25 31) /8 44) 72.128
11
6) 57 19) 60 32) /12 45) 4430
37 71
7) 48 20) 14 33) /88 46) /100
5 1
8) 4 21) 633 34) /32 47) /40
7
9) 692 22) 142 35) /9 48) 0.019
7
10) 6 23) 475 36) /30 49) 0.0925
11) 54 24) 2840 37) 24 50) 10 inches
10
12) 56 25) 1872 38) /12 or 5/6 51) $360
13) 240 26) 2075 39) 7 16/35 52) $15
Sixth Grade Assessment Test Name:______________
Mental Math Written Addition and Subtraction
1) 11) 21) 284 + 349

2) 12)

3) 13)

4) 14) 22) 67 + 24 + 8 + 43

5) 15)

6) 16)

23) 728 – 253

7) 17)

8) 18)

9) 19)

24) 3604 – 764

10) 20)
 Multiplication and Division 28) 430 x 200

25) 624 x 3

29) Use short or long division

27186
26) 83 x 25

30) Use long division

27) 749 x 286 8242÷26
 Fraction and Decimals 8 35
36) x
25 48
5
31) 8 + 28

1
32) 4 + 23
1
37) 8 ÷3

2 4
38) 3÷5
7 5
33) 8 – 11

3 6
39) 55 + 17

5 2
34) 8x8

1 2
40) 22 x 35

8 7
35) 9x8
 Fraction and Decimals 46) What is 0.71 as a fraction?
41) 74.1 + 9.24

47) What is 0.025 as a reduced fraction?

19
48) What is 1000 as a decimal?
42) 30.8 − 4.37

37
49) What is 400 as a decimal?

43) 1.23 x 0.07

Word Problems
44) 39.2 x 1.84
50) A five-foot long string is cut into six
equally long pieces. How long is
each piece?

51) If Sally earns $60 per day in her job,

how much does she earn in 6 days?

45) 265.8 ÷ 0.06

52) At a grocery store, 4 loaves of bread

cost $12. What would then be the
cost of 5 loaves of bread?