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1 Summer Math Packet 2013

For Students Entering Grade 6


FAIRFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Fairfield, Connecticut









2013






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Concept 1- Number Sense: Place Value


1. J oe has $436. Chris has $100 more and Peggy has $100 less.
How much money does Chris have?
How much money does Peggy have?

2. Which means the same as 4,728?

a. 400 +70 +20 +8
b. 4000 +70 +20 +80
c. 4000 +700 +20 +8
d. 4000 +700 +200 +8

3. Which means the same as 9300?

a. 93 thousands
b. 93 hundreds
c. 93 tens
d. 93 ones

4. In which number does the 3 have the greatest value?

a. 394
b. 3,492
c. 4,932
d. 9,342


Concept 2- Number Sense: Pictorial Representations of Numbers

5. The shaded portion of this figure represents the number.
a. 2 b. .2 c. .4 d. 1.2




6. Shade in
1
8
of this shape.








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7. Shade in
2
5
of this shape.



Concept 3- Number Sense: Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percents

8. Name the equivalent fractions.

a. 3
3
8
b. 5
1
4

c. 4
5
6
d. 2
4
7


9. Bob saw that 24 of the 48 dolphins were jumping. Which is another way to describe
this?

a. 1/2 of the dolphins were jumping.
b. 2/3 of the dolphins were jumping.
c. 1/4 of the dolphins were jumping.
d. 12/36 of the dolphins were jumping.

10. Which fraction is equivalent to 3
3
5
?

a.
11
5

b.
18
5

c.
45
5

d.
12
5












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Concept 4- Number Sense: Order, Magnitude and Rounding of
Numbers

11. The Fox family will carpet their home in broadloom carpet. They created this chart
to show the prices of the different types of carpeting.

Carpet Price
Nubby $5,965
Loopy $5,690
Flat $8,962
Soft $12,695

Which shows the carpet prices from GREATEST to LEAST?

a. $5,965, $5,690, $8,962, $12,695
b. $5,965, $5,690, $12,695, $8,962
c. $8,962, $5,690, $5,965, $12,695
d. $12,695, $8,962, 5,965, $5,690

12. The table below shows some invention developed between 1800 and 1900.

Invention Date
Camera 1888
Microphone 1875
Typewriter 1867
Steamboat 1807
Sewing Machine 1846

Which shows the dates arranged from earliest to latest?

a. camera, microphone, typewriter, steamboat, sewing machine.
b. steamboat, typewriter, sewing machine, camera, microphone.
c. camera, sewing machine, typewriter, microphone, steamboat.
d. steamboat, sewing machine, typewriter, microphone, camera.












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13. The chart shows the weights of newborn babies. Which newborn baby is the
HEAVIEST?

Baby Weight
Fred
8
3
4
pounds
Ethel
8
1
4
pounds
Lucy
7
3
8
pounds
Ricky
8
7
8
pounds

a. Fred b. Ethel c. Lucy d. Ricky


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

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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 =





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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




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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


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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?



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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






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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.


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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.






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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

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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.



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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







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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. Christy b. Robby c. Amy d. J enna




Concept 25 A- Integrated Understanding: Mathematical Applications

70. Fruit Punch for a Party

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: _______________


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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


Concept 25 B- Integrated Understanding: Spatial Mathematical
Applications

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.














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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.

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