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The following released test questions are taken from the Grade 6 Mathematics Standards Test. This test is
one of the California Standards Tests administered as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Program under policies set by the State Board of Education.
All questions on the California Standards Tests are evaluated by committees of content experts, including
teachers and administrators, to ensure their appropriateness for measuring the California academic content
standards in Grade 6 Mathematics. In addition to content, all items are reviewed and approved to ensure
their adherence to the principles of fairness and to ensure no bias exists with respect to characteristics such
as gender, ethnicity, and language.
This document contains released test questions from the California Standards Test forms in 2003, 2004, 2005,
and 2006. First on the pages that follow are lists of the standards assessed on the Grade 6 Mathematics Test.
Next are released test questions. Following the questions is a table that gives the correct answer for each
question, the content standard that each question is measuring, and the year each question last appeared
on the test.
The following table lists each strand/reporting cluster, the number of items that appear on the exam, and the
number of released test questions that appear in this document.
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
STRAND/REPORTING QUESTIONS ON RELEASED TEST
CLUSTER EXAM QUESTIONS
Number Sense – Ratios, Proportions, Percentages,
and Negative Fractions 15 14
Number Sense – Operations and Problem Solving
with Fractions 10 11
Algebra and Functions 19 19
Measurement and Geometry 10 10
Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability 11 10
TOTAL 65 64
In selecting test questions for release, three criteria are used: (1) the questions adequately cover a selection of
the academic content standards assessed on the Grade 6 Mathematics Test; (2) the questions demonstrate a
range of difficulty; and (3) the questions present a variety of ways standards can be assessed. These released
test questions do not reflect all of the ways the standards may be assessed. Released test questions will not
appear on future tests.
For more information about the California Standards Tests, visit the California Department of Education’s
Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/resources.asp.
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This is a sample of California Standards Test questions. This is NOT an operational test form. Test scores cannot be projected
based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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The following four California content standards are included in the Ratios, Proportions, Percentages,
and Negative Fractions reporting cluster of the Number Sense strand and are represented in this booklet
by 14 test questions. These questions represent only some ways in which these standards may be assessed
on the Grade 6 California Mathematics Standards Test.
Number Sense
Standard Set 1.0* Students compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals,
and mixed numbers. Students solve problems involving fractions, ratios,
proportions, and percentages:
6NS1.1* Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed
numbers and place them on a number line.
6NS1.2* Interpret and use ratios in different contexts (e.g., batting averages, miles per
hour) to show the relative sizes of two quantities, using appropriate notations
(a/b, a to b, a:b).
6NS1.3* Use proportions to solve problems (e.g., determine the value of N if 4/7 = N/21,
find the length of a side of a polygon similar to a known polygon). Use cross
multiplication as a method for solving such problems, understanding it as the
multiplication of both sides of an equation by a multiplicative inverse.
6NS1.4* Calculate given percentages of quantities and solve problems involving
discounts at sales, interest earned, and tips.
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
G R A D E C A L I F O R N I A S TA N DA R D S T E S T
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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A 3:1
A point A B 5:1
B point B C 5:3
C point C D 8:3
D point D CSM10813
CSM02088
2 Which list of numbers is ordered from
5 + ABC is similar to +DEF . What is the length
of DF ?
least to greatest?
1 1 B
A , 2 , 0.2 , 0.02
2 2
1 1
B 0.02 , 0.2 , 2 , 8 meters E
2 2
4 meters
1 1
C 0.02 , 0.2 , , 2
2 2 A C D F
6 meters
1 1
D 0.2 , , 0.02 , 2
2 2 A 2 meters
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B 3 meters
C 5 meters
5 CSM02300
A −
12
B −
3
C
6
D
4 CSM02279
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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8 x
A =
14,
000 30
8 30
B =
14,
000 x
A B
30 x
C =
14,
000 8
30 8
D =
14, 000 x
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A 4
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B 25
C 50
A 9
B 13
C 17
D 25
CSM10532
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A 2 inches C 180
B 4 inches D 1800
C 8 inches CSM02075
D 12 inches
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14 The original price of a new bicycle is $138.00.
If the bicycle is marked down 15%, what is
the new price?
11 The vice president of sales took a client out to
lunch. If the lunch was $44 and she gave a 20%
A $20.70
A $8.80
C $123.00
B $35.20
D $153.00
C $52.80
D $53.80
CSM11365
CSM02281
15 What is
10 11
× ?
12 If 50% of a number is 20, what is 75% of
the number?
5
11 12
A
A 8
6
B 15
21
B
C 30
23
D 45
C 1
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120
D 2
CSM10821
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
G R A D E C A L I F O R N I A S TA N DA R D S T E S T
16 What is the product of
2
5
4
and ?
5
19 One morning, the temperature was
5° below zero. By noon, the temperature rose
20° Fahrenheit (F) and then dropped 8°F by
1 evening. What was the evening temperature?
A
5
A 17° below zero
B
25
C 12° above zero
1 D 7° above zero
C
2
CSM11001
D
5 20 −4 + (−3) =
CSM20782
A −7
B −1
17 A group of hikers climbed from Salt Flats
(elevation −55 feet) to Talon Bluff (elevation C 1
620 feet). What is the difference in elevation D 7
between Talon Bluff and Salt Flats?
CSM02079
A 565 feet
B
C
575 feet
665 feet
21 The price of a share of stock for company
XYZ at the beginning of the week was $24.75.
Over the next five days, the stock gained $2.50
D 675 feet
on Monday, lost $3.25 on Tuesday, lost $0.75
CSM02089 on Wednesday, gained $1.25 on Thursday,
and gained $4.75 on Friday. What was the
price of the share of stock at the end of Friday?
18 12 ÷−3 =
A $12.25
B $25.75
A 9
C $29.25
D $37.25
B 4
CSM11170
1
C −
4
D −4
CSM02078
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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1
D
23
3
+
8 12
1
=
4
CSM20746
1
A 26 What value of k makes the following
5
equation true?
1
B k ÷ 3 = 36
6
11 A 108
C
24 B 98
11 C 39
D
48 D 12
CSM00243 CSM01355
24 What is the greatest common divisor of 54, 36,
and 24?
A 2
B 3
C 6
D 9
CSM11005
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
G R A D E C A L I F O R N I A S TA N DA R D S T E S T
27 The Sojourn family went on a vacation. They
started with $2000. If they spent $150 each day,
30 If x − 3 = 6, what is the value of x?
D 2000 +150 x
CSM02288
31 What is x if 3 x = 84?
A 20
B 1.35 = m − 0.
45
A 0.05 x + 0.
12 y
29 Which algebraic equation best describes the
total growth (T) in height of pine trees over B 0.05 x − 0.
12 y
A T = 3g
B T = 3+ g
g
C T=
3
D T=
g
CSM21694
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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3m – 3 ÷ 3 when m = 8 A 25 minutes
3 ¥ 8 = 24 B 28 minutes
24 – 3 = 21
21 ÷ 3 = 7 C 30 minutes
D 40 minutes
What should Quentin have done differently
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in order to evaluate the expression?
A
B
divided (24 − 3) by (24×3)
divided (24 − 3) by (24 − 3)
37 Trish’s resting heart rate is 50 beats per
minute. For every minute she exercises,
C subtracted (3 ÷ 3) from 24 her heart rate increases 5 beats per minute.
How long will it take her to reach a heart
D subtracted 3 from (24 ÷ 3) rate of 120 beats per minute?
CSM10804
A 5 minutes
B 14 minutes
34 8 + 8 ÷2 + 2 =
C 34 minutes
A 4 D 70 minutes
B 8 CSM11181
C 10
D 14
CSM02058
38 Marcus spent $3.25 to wash his car. If one
quarter operates the car wash for 60 seconds,
how long did it take him to wash his car?
1 A 10 minutes
A 24 inches C 16 minutes
C 29 inches CSM11180
D 30 inches
CSM01773
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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39 A car gets 24 miles per gallon of gasoline
(mi/gal). How many gallons of gasoline
43 A square with a side of x is inside a square
with a side of 4, as pictured below. Which
would the car need to travel 144 miles? expression represents the area of the shaded
region in terms of x?
A 6.5 gallons
B 6 gallons
C 5.5 gallons
D 5 gallons
CSM02086
4
40 Sheila has been given 5 minutes to solve
20 arithmetic problems. What is the minimum x
rate Sheila can work in order to finish in time?
41 A water tank will hold 50 gallons. What flow
rate, in gallons per second, is required to fill
C
D
16 − 2x
16 − 4 x
the tank in 20 seconds?
CSM02302
A 0.4
B 2.5
C 16.7
D 70
CSM21699
42 Jerry read a 200-page book in 10 hours.
At that rate, how long will it take him to
read a 320-page book?
A 16 hours
B 18 hours
C 24 hours
D 32 hours
CSM01776
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52 meters
w
A P = 15 + A C = 26×π
2
B C = 52×π
B P = 15 − w
C C = 2 × 52 ×π
D C = 262 π
C P = 30 + 2 w
CSM10951
D P = 30 − 2 w
CSM00286
45 Which equation could be used to find the area
in square inches of a circle with a radius of
8 inches?
A A = 4 ×π
B A = π
×42
C A = 8
×π
D A = π
×82
CSM01329
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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47 A bicycle wheel has an inside radius of
12 inches. Which expression could be used to
48 The top part of this hat is shaped like a cylinder
with a diameter of 7 inches.
find the inside circumference of this wheel?
7 inches
A 2 × 6 ×π
B
C
2 ×12 ×π
9 × 9 ×π
49 A tank is in the shape of a triangular prism.
If the triangular base has an area of 116 square
feet, and the tank is 30 feet tall, how much
D 12 ×12 ×π
water would the tank contain when it is full?
CSM10950
A 1725 ft 3
B 1740 ft 3
C 3480 ft 3
D 6960 ft 3
CSM20796
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E
C
1
2 50º
A F B
A ∠1 is complementary to ∠2.
B ∠1 is supplementary to ∠2.
D
C Both angles are obtuse.
A 40°
CSM02081
B 50°
C 70°
51 What is the measure of angle 1 in the
D 80°
figure below?
CSM10962
53 In the figure below, + ABC is a right triangle
and m∠ A = 40°.
A
1 120° 40º
A 30°
B 40° E
C B
C 60°
D 80° D
A 40°
B 50°
C 130°
D 140°
CSM10960
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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54 Which figure is an acute triangle?
56 Wendy wants to take a survey to determine
which flavor of ice cream is the most popular
at her school. Which of the following methods
is the best way for her to choose a random
sample of the students at her school?
57 Celia has a large container in which four
different kinds of coins are thoroughly mixed.
She wants to take a sample of her coins to
B D estimate which kind of coin she has the most.
Which of the following methods is the best
way for her to select a sample?
CSM10357
55 Abe found the mean and median of this list
of numbers.
B
C
taking coins until she has one of every kind
taking ten coins of each type from the
1, 3, 3 container
If the number 6 were added to the list, then D taking thirty coins out of the container
without looking
A the mean would increase.
CSM20725
C
D
the median would increase.
58 Emil wants to find out the most popular football
team at a game between the home team and the
CSN00268
visiting team. Which of the following methods
will give him the most accurate results?
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IV $325,000
Which set shows all the possible choices of
V $300,000 two people?
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61 A store is selling USA Spirit T-shirts. The shirts
are available in red, blue, and white. Shirts of
62 The table shows how many T-shirts of each
color Paul has in his closet.
each color are available in sizes small, medium,
large, and extra large.
Color Number
Small of Shirts
Medium Green 3
Red
Large Red 4
X-Large
White 5
Small
Blue 8
Medium
Blue 20
Large Total
X-Large
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A 4%
1
A
6
B 12% 1
B
3
C 14% 1
C
2
1
D 33 % 2
3 D
CSM11016
3
CSN00272
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based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2007 California Department of Education.
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