PAT Part B Set A

Math 6 PAT Part A Sample Questions
1. What is 4 905 + 3 868?
Answer: __________
2. What is $1.50 + $2.45?
Answer: $__________
3. What is 27.6 – 12.3?
Answer: __________
4. What is 15 × 50?
Answer: __________
5. What is 316 ÷ 4?
Answer: __________
1
6. What is 7 + 0.9 + 1.62?
Answer: __________
7. What is 70 365 – 63 575?
Answer: __________
8. What is 40.5 × 2?
Answer: __________
Use the following information to answer question 9.
950.4 × 7 = 665 __.8
9. In the equation above, which digit could be placed in the blank space to make
the equation correct?
Answer: 665___.8
10. What is 24.6 ÷ 2?
Answer: __________
2
11. What is 3.27 ÷ 3?
Answer: __________
12. What is 9.9 – 6.45?
Answer: __________
13. What is 7 – 4.09?
Answer: __________
14. What is 78.03 ÷ 9?
Answer: __________
15. What is 58 × 72?
Answer: __________
3
Released 2013
GRADE
Achievement
Test
Mathematics
6
This document contains the test items from the 2013 Mathematics Achievement Test in Grade 6.
A test blueprint and an answer key are included in this document. These materials, along with the
program of studies and subject bulletin, provide information that can be used to inform instructional
practice.
Assessment Highlights reports for all achievement test subjects and grades will be posted on the
Alberta Education website every year in the fall. Assessment Highlights provides information about
the overall test, the test blueprints, and student performance on the 2013 Mathematics Achievement
Test in Grade 6. Also provided is commentary on student performance at the acceptable standard
and the standard of excellence on selected items from the 2013 Achievement test. This information
is intended for teachers and is best used in conjunction with the multi-year and detailed school
reports that are available to schools via the extranet.
For further information, contact
Kelly Rota, Grade 6 and 9 Mathematics Assessment Standards Team Leader, at

[email protected];
Delcy Rolheiser, Grade 6 and 9 Mathematics Examiner, at

[email protected]; or
Ken Marcellus, Director, Achievement Testing, at

[email protected], in the Assessment Sector, or call (780) 427-0010.
To call toll-free from outside Edmonton, dial 310-0000.
The Alberta Education website: education.alberta.ca.
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Contents
2013 Grade 6 Mathematics Achievement Test Blueprint ..................................................................1
Additional Information .....................................................................................................................2
Grade 6 Mathematics Achievement Test ..........................................................................................6
2013 Grade 6 Mathematics Achievement Test
Blueprint
Reporting Category: Item Complexity

Number
Program of
Low Moderate High (Percentage)
Study Strands
Complexity Complexity Complexity of Items
Items Items Items
6, 11, 14, 17,

13, 33, 37, 39, 19, 26, 28, 34,
Number 20 19 (38%)
NR2 35, 38, NR1,
NR3, NR4
Patterns and 2, 18, 32, 36,

7, 15, 24 5, 10, NR7 12 (24%)
Relations NR8, NR9
Shape and 1, 3, 4, 31, 40,

9, 22, 30, NR10 8, 12, NR5 13 (26%)
Space NR6
Statistics and 16, 21, 23, 27,

25 6 (12%)
Probability 29
Number
(Percentage) 19 (38%) 24 (48%) 7 (14%) 50 (100%)
of Questions
Alberta Education, Assessment Sector 1 Mathematics 6

Additional Information
The table below provides additional information about the items that appeared on
the 2013 Grade 6 Mathematics Achievement Test. (The results for students writing
in French are presented in a separate report.)
Correct
Response Item Specific
Item Key % Complexity Strand Outcome Item Description
Connect points to create angles and
use a protractor to determine the
MC 1 B 51.5 L SS 1
number of angles that are between two
given measurements.
Apply knowledge of preservation of
equality to determine the relationship
MC 2 D 56.3 M PR 5
between different objects on a
balanced scale.
Compare the sides and angles of a
given set of irregular polygons to
MC 3 C 61.8 L SS 5
determine which polygons are
congruent with one another.
Determine the value of a given angle
MC 4 B 46.1 L SS 2 by applying knowledge of interior
angles of triangles.
Represent a given relationship
MC 5 A 57.6 H PR 4 involving whole numbers with an
equation (Gr.5, PR.2).
Identify the common factors of a given
MC 6 C 64.6 M N 3
set of whole numbers.
Identify the equations that illustrate
MC 7 A 69.6 L PR 3
the commutative property.
Determine the area of a shaded region
MC 8 A 35.4 H SS 3 of a rectangular grid when the area of
the grid is given (Gr.4, SS.3).
Determine the area of a square given
MC 9 D 57.4 M SS 3
the area of an inscribed triangle.
equality to determine the mass of an
MC 10 B 72.5 H PR 5
object on a balanced scale when the
masses of other objects are given.
Determine the value of a numerator of
MC 11 C 35.4 M N 5 an improper fraction that is on a
number line.
Perform a combination of
transformations on a 2-D shape and
MC 12 C 39.5 H SS 7
identify the coordinates of one vertex
of the image (Gr.5, SS.9).
Identify the word statement that
MC 13 C 56.1 L N 1 represents a given symbolic value that
is less than one thousandth.
Determine the multiples for two given
MC 14 B 75.1 M N 3
numbers to solve a problem.

Correct
Graph or extend a table of values that
MC 15 C 49.8 L PR 1 represents a pattern to make a
prediction (Gr.5, PR.1).
Determine the theoretical probability
of a given outcome in a probability
MC 16 B 91.3 L SP 4
experiment involving a spinner with 6
congruent sections (Gr.5, SP.4).
Use a diagram composed of regular
and irregular 2-D shapes to determine
MC 17 A 59.8 M N 6 the percentage of the diagram that is
occupied by a specific 2-D shape
(Gr.5, N.9).
Generate values in one column of a
MC 18 B 56.6 M PR 2 table of values given a pattern rule
(Gr.5, PR.1).
Determine the mixed number that
MC 19 D 47.2 M N 4 represents a given number line value
(Gr.5, N.7).
Determine the total cost of buying 3
items when the cost of one of the
MC 20 C 64.2 H N 6
items is reduced by a given percentage
(Gr.5, N.9).
Identify the most appropriate method
MC 21 D 77.1 L SP 2 for collecting data to answer a given
question.
Apply a formula for right rectangular
prisms to determine which prism has
MC 22 A 44.9 M SS 3
twice the volume of a given prism
(Gr.5, SS.4).
Identify the line graph that represents
MC 23 D 59 L SP 3
information about an event.
From a set of formulas, identify those
MC 24 D 42.8 L PR 3 that represent the perimeter of a given
rectangle (Gr.5, SS.2).
Determine the number of equivalent
sections that a spinner must have for a
MC 25 B 34.5 M SP 4
certain theoretical probability of an
event to occur.
Determine the location of a point on a
number line based on statements that
MC 26 B 73.4 M N 7 describe its position relative to the
location of 4 other points on the
number line.
Identify the graph that represents
MC 27 D 33.4 L SP 1
given discrete data (Gr.5, N.7).
For a given ratio, match the pictorial
MC 28 A 44.9 M N 5 representation to an equivalent
symbolic representation.

Correct
Identify the data set that would be
MC 29 C 52.5 L SP 1 most appropriately represented by a
line graph.
Identify a 2-D shape and its
MC 30 A 31.2 M SS 6
transformation image (Gr.5, SS.8).
Identify the 2-D shape whose vertices
MC 31 D 70.3 L SS 8 match given coordinates in the first
quadrant of the Cartesian plane.
Determine the meaning of the variable
MC 32 A 68 M PR 4 in a given single-variable equation that
represents a given context (Gr.5, PR.2).
From a set of given decimal values,
determine which of the decimal values
MC 33 B 51.3 L N 2
are greater than a given fraction but less
than another given fraction (Gr.5, N.9).
Apply the order of operations to solve
MC 34 A 42.6 M N 9 4 equations, and then find the sum of
the 4 solutions.
Determine the number of correct
integer comparisons from a given set
MC 35 C 55.2 M N 7
of number statements containing the
< and > symbols.
Predict the missing element in a given
table of values based on the
MC 36 C 55.3 M PR 2
relationship between the two columns
of values (Gr.5, PR.1).
From a given set of whole numbers,
MC 37 D 34.3 L N 3 determine which numbers are
composite numbers.
Translate a given mixed number
MC 38 C 69.7 M N 4 between pictorial and symbolic
representations.
Determine which operation is
MC 39 C 61.8 L N 2 necessary to solve a given problem,
and solve it.
Measure a given angle using a
protractor, and/or estimate the
MC 40 B 67.5 L SS 1 measure of the angle using 90 degrees
and 180 degrees as reference angles
(Gr.5, SS.1).
Apply the order of operations to
NR 1 18 75.1 M N 9 evaluate an expression involving
whole numbers.
Determine the percent displayed in a
NR 2 25 78.8 L N 6 pictorial representation that is out of
100.

Correct
Determine the distance travelled over
a period of time using a given
NR 3 11.9 58 M N 2 relationship between distance and
time that involves whole number and
decimal values.
Solve a problem involving the
NR 4 40.5 64 M N 8 multiplication of decimals by single-
digit natural numbers (Gr.5, N.11).
Determine the area of an irregular
NR 5 12 45.3 H SS 3 polygon that is comprised of regular
2-D shapes (Gr.4, SS.3).
Classify a set of given angles
NR 6 2312 54.4 L SS 1
according to their measure.
equality to determine the mass of an
NR 7 20 66.4 H PR 5 object when given the masses of all
other objects on a balanced scale
(Gr.2, PR.4).
Predict the value of an unknown term
NR 8 6 66.6 M PR 2 using the relationship in a given table
of values (Gr.5, PR.1).
Use a pattern from a table of values to
2017,
NR 9 38.3 M PR 2 predict a value of a future term
17
(Gr.5, PR.1).
Determine the perimeter of an
equilateral triangle that is formed
NR 10 7.5 45.1 M SS 4
from wire that has been cut into equal
lengths.

Grade 6 Mathematics Achievement Test
2013
6
Gabby uses line segment AB to create 8 different angles on the diagram shown below. She
draws a straight line from point A to each dot.
1. How many of the angles that Gabby draws above are between 45° and 135°?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
7
Tom balances bottles and cans on a scale.
2. If Tom removes 2 bottles, how many cans need to be removed to keep the scale balanced?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Use the following information to answer numerical-response question 1.
In order to claim a prize, the following skill-testing question is asked.
3 × (4 + 8) ÷ 2
Numerical Response
1. The solution of the expression shown above is .
(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)
8
Zane plays a math game in which he needs to find all of the polygons that are congruent
to the black polygon, as shown below.
3. How many of the polygons shown above are congruent to the black polygon?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
9
4. The value of angle x is
A. 55°
B. 56°
C. 57°
D. 58°
Melanie, m, is four years younger than Brad, b. Rick, r, is three years older than Brad.
5. Which of the following equations could be used to represent the relationship between
Melanie’s and Rick’s ages?
A. r=m+7
B. r=m–7
C. m=r–1
D. m=r+1
10
Taylor creates the Math Game Card shown below by recording numbers in the squares.
Some of the numbers have a common factor.
6. What common factor do six of the numbers on the game card share?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 7
D. 9
Candice uses the values a = 2 and b = 3 to determine which of the following equations
demonstrates the commutative property.
I a+b=b+a
II a–b=b–a
III a×b=b×a
IV a÷b=b÷a
7. Candice determines that the equations that demonstrate the commutative property are
A. I and III
B. I and IV
C. II and III
D. II and IV
11
Science Vocabulary Word Search
Numerical Response
2. What percentage of the word search grid shown above is shaded black?
Answer: __________ %
12
8. What is the area of the shaded region on the grid shown above if the area of the entire grid
is 96 cm2?
A. 32 cm2
B. 24 cm2
C. 16 cm2
D. 12 cm2
13
The area of the shaded isosceles triangle shown below is 24 cm2.
9. What is the area of the entire square shown above?
A. 30 cm2
B. 36 cm2
C. 42 cm2
D. 48 cm2
Connie rides her bike from home to school and back 3 days a week. She travels a total
of 7.14 km in those 3 days.
Numerical Response
3. What is the total distance Connie travels if she rides her bike 5 days a week?
Answer: km
14
10. What is the mass of one ?
A. 50 g
B. 75 g
C. 150 g
D. 300 g
An improper fraction is represented on the number line below.
11. Which of the following numbers could the question mark represent in the fraction shown
above?
A. 18
B. 20
C. 23
D. 25
15
Translate quadrilateral WXYZ shown below 2 units left and 1 unit down, followed by a 90°
counter-clockwise rotation about point Y′.
12. After the transformations of quadrilateral WXYZ described above, the coordinates of Z′′
will be
A. (8, 9)
B. (3, 10)
C. (8, 14)
D. (11, 15)
16
13. Which of the following word statements represents the value of 0.012?
A. Two thousandths
B. Twelve hundredths
C. Twelve thousandths
D. Twelve ten thousandths
During ski season, Alec practises for 1 hour on Monday, 1.5 hours on Wednesday, and
2 hours on Friday.
Numerical Response
4. How many hours in total will Alec practise if the ski season is 9 weeks long?
Answer: hours
17
Heather works on all days in July that are a multiple of 3. Samuel works on all days in July
that are a multiple of 4.
14. How many times do Heather and Samuel work on the same day in July?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
18
x y
2 4
4 6
6 8
15. If the data above was plotted on the grid, and the line created was extended, then which of
the following coordinates would be on the line?
A. (7, 10)
B. (10, 8)
C. (14, 16)
D. (16, 20)
19
A game in a school fair involves a spinner. A student wins a prize if the spinner stops on an
even number. The spinner is shown below.
16. How likely is it that a student will win a prize on his or her first try?
A. About 100% likely

B. About 50% likely
C. Not very likely
D. Very likely
20
Use the following information to answer question 17
and numerical-response question 5.
The 4 black squares in the diagram below have the same dimensions. The area of each grey
rectangle is equal to 1 the area of a black square.
2
17. The percentage of the diagram shown above occupied by the black squares is
approximately
A. 44%
B. 50%
C. 56%
D. 60%
Numerical Response
5. What is the area of the white polygon in the diagram above if the area of each grey rectangle
is 2 cm2?
Answer: __________ cm2
21
Lily creates the following table to record the number of pages she will read over 5 days.
Number of pages
Day number read each day
(d) (2d + 1)
1
2
3
4
5
18. How many more pages will Lily read on day 5 than on day 2?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 11
D. 16
Below the following figure there is a number line.
19. Which of the following mixed numbers could represent the length of the figure above?
A. 1 9 units
14
B. 1 5 units
9
C. 2 4 units
14
D. 2 4 units
5
22
A candy store sells chocolate bars and lollipops at the prices shown below. If a customer
buys 2 lollipops, then the price of the second lollipop is reduced by 25%.
20. How much would it cost to buy 1 chocolate bar and 2 lollipops?
A. $2.75
B. $3.25
C. $3.75
D. $4.25
Sydney wants to determine which pizza company has the most restaurants in Alberta.
21. Which method of collecting data is most appropriate for answering Sydney’s question?
A. Sydney counts the number of restaurants for each pizza company in her town.
B. Sydney looks up last year’s reported sales for each pizza company on the Internet.
C. Sydney asks people from across the province to identify their favourite restaurant.
D. Sydney visits each pizza company’s website to find the number of restaurant locations.
23
Ginette has a compost bin with the dimensions shown below.
22. Which of the following bins has a volume that is twice the volume of Ginette’s bin?
24
A hiking trail begins at a parking lot that is 150 m above sea level. A boy walks on the
2 kilometre trail to the top of a hill. He returns to the parking lot on the same trail after
exploring a 1 kilometre path at the top of the hill.
23. Which of the following graphs could represent the boy’s hike?
25
Four students are thinking about how to decorate a rectangular poster board for a school
project.
24. The two students who correctly determined expressions for the perimeter of the
poster board are students
A. 1 and 4
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 4
D. 2 and 3
26
Each diagram shown below uses a letter to label an angle.
Numerical Response
6. Use the following code to identify the type of angle indicated in each diagram.
1= Acute
2= Obtuse
3= Reflex
4= Right
5= Straight
__________ __________ __________ __________

Angle e Angle f Angle g Angle h
27
Jacob wants to create a spinner that can be used for giving away different prizes. He wants
the theoretical probability of winning each prize to be 0.2.
25. How many sections of equal size should the spinner shown above have?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
The locations of four points are shown on the number line below.
26. Where would a point that is both 5 units from point R and 3 units from point Q be located
on the number line above?
A. Between points O and P

B. Between points P and Q
C. To the right of R
D. To the left of O
28
A catering company charges $50 and an additional fee of $15 for every person who attends a
dinner party.
27. Which of the following graphs correctly represents the cost of a dinner party with this
catering company?
29
28. Which of the following diagrams represents a 3:2 ratio of triangles to squares?
30
The diagram shown below represents masses on a balanced scale.
Numerical Response
7. What is the mass of ?
Answer: __________ kg
31
29. Which of the following sets of data is best represented by a line graph?
A. Heights of Grade 6 students

B. Shoe sizes of Grade 6 students
C. Temperatures in the playground during the day
D. Number of students who walk home for lunch
30. Which of the following diagrams shows an image resulting from a 180° rotation about the
black dot?
32
Sebastian created a 2-D shape in the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane by plotting the
points (2, 0), (2, 4), (5, 7), and (6, 0) and connecting the points in this order.
31. Which of the following 2-D shapes matches the shape that Sebastian creates?
33
Luke started with 3 full sheets of stickers for a school project. After he completed his
activity, he was left with the following sheets.
32. Based on the information above, what does the variable x represent in the equation
48 – x = 12?
A. Used stickers
B. Unused stickers
C. Stickers on a sheet
D. Total number of stickers
Decimal Numbers
0.40 0.91 0.01 0.99 0.75 0.09
33. How many of the decimal numbers shown above are greater than 1 and less than 9 ?
10 10
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
34
Interlocking posts are linked together using rods to form picture frames. The number of
rods required for each frame is displayed below.
Number of Number of Rods

Pictures Required
1 4
2 7
3 10
Numerical Response
8. How many pictures are in a frame that uses 19 rods?
Answer: __________ pictures
35
7–3×2=W
3 × (2 – 1) = X
12 ÷ (3 × 2) = Y
6+2÷2=Z
34. What is the sum of the values of W, X, Y, and Z?
A. 13
B. 17
C. 21
D. 25
Integers are compared in the statements below.
–5 > –4
10 < 16
0 > –4
–18 < –13
11 < –12
5>4
–13 > –15
7<0
35. How many of the statements in the chart above are correct?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
36
The table shown below represents a pattern rule.
n m
1 2
2 5
3 10
4 17
5 
6 37
36. The missing value of m in the table above is
A. 24
B. 25
C. 26
D. 27
Whole Numbers
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
37. How many of the whole numbers shown above are also composite numbers?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
37
Patrick fills 3 5 of the egg cartons shown below with eggs.

12
38. How many eggs in total does Patrick have?
A. 35
B. 36
C. 41
D. 43
Admission to a circus increases each year.
Circus Admission
Year Adult Ticket Child Ticket
2011 $12.00 $4.50
2012 $12.50 $5.00
2013 $13.00 $5.50
Numerical Response
9. If the pattern in the table continues, in which year will the cost of a child’s ticket be exactly
half the cost of an adult’s ticket?
Answer:
38
A stack of identical books is shown below.
39. What is the combined height of 3 of the books shown above?
A. 36 cm
B. 17 cm
C. 6 cm
D. 2 cm
39
Seats are evenly spaced around the amusement ride shown below.
40. The measure of angle y shown above is
A. 101.25°
B. 112.50°
C. 118.50°
D. 123.75°
A 10-cm-long wire is cut into 4 equal pieces. An equilateral triangle is made by using 3 of
the pieces.
Numerical Response
10. What is the perimeter of the equilateral triangle?
Answer: cm
40

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Math 6 PAT Part A Sample Questions

1. What is 4 905 + 3 868?

2. What is $1.50 + $2.45?

3. What is 27.6 – 12.3?

7. What is 70 365 – 63 575?

Use the following information to answer question 9.

10. What is 24.6 ÷ 2?

12. What is 9.9 – 6.45?

13. What is 7 – 4.09?

14. What is 78.03 ÷ 9?

15. What is 58 × 72?

For further information, contact

Kelly Rota, Grade 6 and 9 Mathematics Assessment Standards Team Leader, at

Delcy Rolheiser, Grade 6 and 9 Mathematics Examiner, at

Ken Marcellus, Director, Achievement Testing, at

The Alberta Education website: education.alberta.ca.

Reporting Category: Item Complexity

6, 11, 14, 17,

Patterns and 2, 18, 32, 36,

Shape and 1, 3, 4, 31, 40,

Statistics and 16, 21, 23, 27,

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Alberta Education, Assessment Sector 2 Mathematics 6

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Tom balances bottles and cans on a scale.

Use the following information to answer numerical-response question 1.

In order to claim a prize, the following skill-testing question is asked.

1. The solution of the expression shown above is .

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)

4. The value of angle x is

Use the following information to answer question 5.

Use the following information to answer question 7.

Science Vocabulary Word Search

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)

The area of the shaded isosceles triangle shown below is 24 cm2.

9. What is the area of the entire square shown above?

Use the following information to answer numerical-response question 3.

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)

10. What is the mass of one ?

Use the following information to answer question 11.

An improper fraction is represented on the number line below.

Use the following information to answer numerical-response question 4.

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)

A. About 100% likely

Answer: __________ cm2

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)

Use the following information to answer question 19.

Below the following figure there is a number line.

Use the following information to answer question 21.

Ginette has a compost bin with the dimensions shown below.

Each diagram shown below uses a letter to label an angle.

__________ __________ __________ __________

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)

Use the following information to answer question 26.

A. Between points O and P

The diagram shown below represents masses on a balanced scale.

7. What is the mass of ?

(Record your answer in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)