14. The fifth grade collected bottles to be recycled. They collected between 3,400 and 4,200 bottles. Which could be the number of bottles they collected?
a. 2,849 b. 3,941 c. 4,630 d. 4,635
15. Baby Benjamin weighed between 6 3 4 and 9 1 2 pounds at birth. Which could be his weight?
a. 6 1 4
b. 7 3 4
c. 9 2 3
d. 9 3 4
16. There were 8,582 people at the game. This number is CLOSEST to:
a. 6,000 b. 7,000 c. 8,000 d. 9,000
6 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6
17. J eff bought 3.7 pounds of apples. This amount rounded to the NEAREST whole number is.
a. 2 pounds b. 3 pounds c. 4 pounds d. 5 pounds
Concept 5- Operations: Models for Operations
18. J im has 31 baseball cards. Bill gave him 9 more. To find out how many cards J im has now you could
a. Divide 31 by 9 b. Subtract 9 from 31
c. Multiply 31 by 9 d. Add 9 to 31
19. J ack has 8 cars. He drove around the block three times in each car. To find out how many times he drove around the block you could
a. Divide 8 by 3 b. Subtract 3 from 8
c. Multiply 3 by 8 d Add 3 to 8
20. Write a story problem for the number sentence 48 8 =
Concept 6- Operations: Basic Facts
21. Solve this problem. 453 x 6 =
22. Solve this problem.
6 x 7 =
23. Solve this problem. 72 8 =
7 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 7- Operations: Computation with Whole Numbers and Decimals
24. $236.78 +563.64
a. $789.65 b. $801.42 c. $800.42 d. $80.42
25. Solve this problem. $96.93 - $3.26 =
26. Solve this problem. $20.00 x 10 =
27. Solve this problem. 464 4 =
Concept 8- Operations: Computation with Fractions
28. 4 6 8 +3 5 8 =
a. 8 3 16
b. 7 11 16
c. 7 7 8
d. 8 3 8
29. 12 5 6 - 3 3 6 =
a. 9 3 4
b. 9 1 3
c. 8 1 3
d. 6 3 9
8 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 9- Operations: Solve Word Problems
30. Solve this problem. A package of 15 cassette tapes cost $54.75. Each tape costs the same amount. How much did each tape cost?
31. Solve this problem. J esse's basketball card collection was organized in 4 boxes with 120 cards in each box. He hopes to have 3 times as many cards as he has now after his visit to the Basketball Card Collectors' Convention. How many cards does J esse hope to have after the convention?
32. Sally went to a tag sale and bought a book for $1.50, a sweater for $4.50 and a model of a boat for $6.75. She paid with a twenty-dollar bill. How much change should she receive?
Explain how you solved the problem.
33. The Pizza Connection delivered 4 pizzas to our house. Two cost $8.50 each. Two cost $12.95 each. We gave the delivery man $50.00. How much change should he give us?
Explain how you arrived at your answer.
Concept 10- Estimation and Approximation: Numerical Estimation Strategies
34. Manny and his friends ate 6 1/3 apples for a snack after school. Which BEST describes this amount?
a. a little more than 7 apples b. a little less than 4 apples
c. a little more than 6 apples d. nearly 7 apples
35. Mitch needs to estimate the difference between 63,759 and 14,898. Which numbers would he use? Explain how you made your ESTIMATE.
36. To ESTIMATE the product of 831 and 216, Emily multiplied 800 x 200. Will Emily's estimate be MORE or LESS than the actual sum?
a. More, because she rounded both numbers up b. More, because she rounded both numbers down c. Less, because she rounded both numbers up d. Less, because she rounded both numbers down
9 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 11- Estimation and Approximation: Estimating Solutions to Problems
37. The Smiths are going to carpet their family room. The room measures 10 1 8 feet by 21 3 4 feet. ABOUT how much carpet will they need?
a. Fewer than 200 square feet b. A little more than 200 square feet c. A little less than 300 square feet d. More than 300 square feet
38. Mrs. J ones class recycled 28 3/4 pounds of newspapers, 9 1/2 pounds of aluminum cans, and 12 7/8 pounds of clear glass. ABOUT how many pound of material did they recycle?
a. Fewer than 50 b. A little more than 50 c. A little less than 50 d. More than 60
39. Dad used 17 8/9 pounds of sand to fill in the sand box. ABOUT how many pounds of sand are left if he started with 20 pounds?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
Concept 14- Measurement: Time
40. Tommy began work on his Social Studies project at 4:35 P.M. He had to stop at 6:45 P.M. for dinner. How long had he worked on his project?
a. 1 hour 10 minutes b. 1 hour 45 minutes c. 2 hours 10 minutes d. 2 hours 45 minutes
41. It takes 120 minutes to drive to the park. How many hours in that?
a. 1 1/2 hours b. 2 1/2 hours c. 3 1/2 hours d. 2 hours
42. Allie watches television 20 minutes every day. How many hours and minutes does she spend watching television in a week?
10 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 15- Measurement: Approximating Measures
43.) ABOUT how many grasshoppers will fit on the stick?
a) 2 b) 5 c) 8 d) 20
44. Box A below is ABOUT how many times longer than Box B?
Box A Box B
Concept 16- Measurement: Customary and Metric Measures
45. A ladder is 72 inches tall. How many feet is that?
46. A piece of ribbon is 300 centimeters. How many meters is that?
a. 8 meters b. 6 meters c. 3 meters d. 2 meters
11 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 47. Use your centimeter ruler to measure the length of the line segment between points A and B to the NEAREST half-centimeter.
a. 4 1 2
A B
b. 5 c. 5 1 2
d. 6
48. Use your centimeter ruler to measure the lengths of each side of this rectangle. Label the lengths of the sides and determine the PERIMETER of the rectangle in centimeters.
49. Use your centimeter ruler to measure the lengths of each side of this rectangle. Label the lengths of the sides and determine the AREA of the rectangle in centimeters.
50. The distance between your house and your school is BEST measured in
a. feet b. miles c. yards d. quarts
Concept 17- Spatial Relationships and Geometry: Geometric Shapes and Properties
51. Construct and label the following polygons. Draw one line of symmetry on each figure. a. hexagon b. pentagon c. square d. trapezoid e. triangle f. rectangle g. parallelogram
Name the polygons from the above list that are quadrilateral.
12 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 52. Which shape is a quadrilateral?
a.
b.
c.
d.
53. Draw a parallelogram. Explain why the figure you drew is a parallelogram.
Concept 18- Spatial Relationships and Geometry: Spatial Relationships
54. Which figure does not have a line of symmetry?
a. b. c. d.
55. Draw a line of symmetry on the figure that looks like the figure below.
56. Draw 2 pentagons that are congruent.
13 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 19- Probability and Statistics: Tables, Graphs, and Charts
Class Number of Cans Collected Mr. Smith 652 Mr. Gomez 507 Ms. Castro 553 Ms. Powell 605
57. How many classes collected more than 500 cans?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
58. Use this data to make a pictograph.
Skiing Gold Medals Winners from 1896- 1992
Key O =4 medals Country Number FRA 12 ITA 12 AUT 24 SWI 16 USA 8 SWE 24 NOR 36 GER 12 FIN 28 SOV 28 GDR 8
59. Use this data to make a bar graph. Include axis labels and title.
Day Bake Sale Profit Monday $200 Tuesday $250 Wednesday $200 Thursday $150 Friday $100
14 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 20- Probability and Statistics: Statistics and Data Analysis
60. The table below shows the amount of gas each car uses on a 200 mile road trip.
CAR GALLONS OF GAS Cadillac 18 Ford Minivan 15 Honda 10 Suburban 22
J ack states that the Suburban used ABOUT twice as much gas as the Honda. Based on the table, is J ack's statement accurate? Use the data in the table to explain why or why not.
Concept 21- Probability and Statistics: Probability
61. The movie schedule below was printed in the entertainment section of the newspaper. Movie Classics Time Title Length In Minutes Year Released 6:00 Harvey 104 1950 7:00 The Front Page 106 1974 7:00 Winchester 92 1973 8:00 Super Sleuth 75 1937 9:00 A Star Is Born 111 1937 11:30 Gigi 116 1958 12:00 Paper Moon 103 1973
If one of these movies is picked at random, what is the probability that it was made before 1970? a. 1 4 b. 4 7 c. 3 4 d. 3 7
Concept 22- Patterns
62. These numbers follow a pattern:
64, 56, 48, 40, _____
What number should be next in the pattern? Explain why you think that is the next number in the pattern.
15 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 63. What is next in the pattern? Write a sentence to explain your answer.
14, 24, 32, 38, ______
a. 49 b. 48 c. 42 d. 36
64. These numbers follow a pattern:
198, 99, 90, 45, 36, _______
What number should be next in the pattern? Explain why you think that is the next number in the pattern.
Concept 23- Algebra and Functions: Algebraic Concepts
65. What is the value of x in this equation?
24 +x =78
66. What is the value of x in this equation?
58 - x =27
67. What is the value of y in this equation?
23 + y =42
a. 24 b. 20 c. 19 d. 17
Concept 24- Discrete Mathematics: Classification and Logical Reasoning
68. Clara, Stephen, J ulianne, and J eff raced from school to the park. Clara arrived after J ulianne. Stephen got there after J eff but before J ulianne. Who got to the park first?
a. Clara b. Stephen c. J ulianne d. J eff
16 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 69. Christy, Amy, Robby, and J enna collected baseball cards. Amy collected more than Christy and Robby. J enna collected the FEWEST cards. Who collected the most cards?
A recipe for fruit punch calls for the following ingredients: Orange juice 4 cups Lemon juice 1/2 cup Club soda 3 cups Serves 6
The chart below shows the ingredients you have in your kitchen. It also shows how you can purchase these ingredients, and their cost.
What you have How it's sold and what it costs Orange juice 1/2 gallon Orange juice $3.95/gallon Lemon juice 1 quarts Lemon juice $1.25/pint Club Soda 1 gallon Club Soda $1.00/2 quarts
You know that there are: 2 cups in 1 pint 2 pints in 1 quart 4 quarts in one gallon
In order to make enough fruit punch for 60 people, how much of each ingredient will you need to buy and how much will these ingredients cost? Complete a table that matches the table below.
Ingredient How much do you need to buy? What will this cost? Orange juice Lemon juice Club soda
Total Cost: _______________
17 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 71. The Bowling Alley Ginny and her 5 friends are going to Circle Lanes Bowling Alley. They have $40 to spend. They must spend more than $35, but no more than $40. Show one way they can spend their money. Determine what things they will do and what they will eat. Explain your mathematical thinking.
Circle Lanes 1 game $2.00 Video Game $.50 Pizza $1.25 Drink $.75 Candy $.80
72. Bulletin Board Border Ashley's job is to make a border for a bulletin board. She will use the following polygons:
(8 of these) (4 of these) (4 of these)
She needs to make the border in a pattern using all 3 polygons and all of the amounts listed above. Use the framework on the answer key to create a pattern. Each box should have one polygon. Explain the pattern.
18 Summer Math Packet 2013 For Students Entering Grade 6 Concept 25 C- Integrated Understanding: Statistical Mathematical Applications
73. The Jewelry Store A jewelry designer makes bracelets, necklaces, pins and earrings. The chart below show the number of items made, the cost of materials and the selling price for each type of jewelry.
Type of jewelry Number made Cost of material Selling price Bracelets 25 $4 $8 Necklaces 15 $2.50 $6 Pins 10 $5 $9 Earrings (pairs) 30 $1.50 $4
One day last week the designer made a profit (the difference between the selling price and the cost of the materials) of ABOUT $200.
Show how many of each type of jewelry could have been sold that day. Show or explain how you arrived at your solution and how you calculated the profit.
74. A Day at the Science Center The brochure for the City Science Center describes the following activities at the museum:
Demonstrations: Gravity on the Moon - 15 minutes at 10:00, 11:30 and 1:00 Physics of Light - 20 minutes at 10:30, 12:30 and 1:30 Lectures: Famous Scientists - 30 minutes at 11:00 and 2:00 The DNA mystery - 15 minutes at 9:30 and 11:00 Movies: Volcanoes - 45 minutes at 9:15 and 2:15 Whales and Dolphins - 25 minutes at noon and 1:30 Exhibits: Space Travel Dinosaurs Energy
Use the information above, including taking a 45 minutes lunch break, to plan a day at the science center that includes at least 2 hours in the exhibits and at least one demonstration, on lecture and one movie. Complete a schedule that shows your plan.