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District Quarterly Assessment # 2 - Grade 6 (2007 - 2008)



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Sam bought a CD for $13.98. How much change should Sam get from a $20 bill?
a.
$6.02
c.
$16.02
b.
$7.02
d.
$13.98
 

 2. 

What must be done first to evaluate the expression?
80 – 30 ÷ 5 mc002-1.jpg 2 + 1
a.
Divide 30 ÷ 5.
c.
Multiply 5 mc002-2.jpg 2.
b.
Add 2 + 1.
d.
Subtract 80 – 30.
 

 3. 

Doug is buying two posters. One poster costs $7.52 and the second costs $12.66. How much more does the second cost than the first?
a.
$0.51
b.
$5.14
c.
$5.65
d.
$20.18
 

 4. 

Peter drank mc004-1.jpg of a quart of milk. Steve drank mc004-2.jpg of a quart. How much more did Steve drink than Peter?
a.
mc004-3.jpg qt
b.
mc004-4.jpg qt
c.
mc004-5.jpg qt
d.
mc004-6.jpg qt
 

 5. 

Your puppy weighed mc005-1.jpg lb last week. This week he weighs mc005-2.jpg lb. How much weight has he gained?
a.
mc005-3.jpg lb
b.
mc005-4.jpg lb
c.
mc005-5.jpg lb
d.
mc005-6.jpg lb
 
 
Write an inequality for the sentence. Then solve the inequality.
 

 6. 

The sum of a number and 9 is less than 26.
a.
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c.
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b.
mc006-2.jpg
d.
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 7. 

Find mc007-1.jpg Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
a.
0.52
b.
0.36
c.
2.74
d.
3.09
 

 8. 

In an election, candidate A received 0.442 of the votes and candidate B received 0.511. How much greater was the portion of votes for candidate B than for candidate A?
a.
0.059
b.
–0.031
c.
0.169
d.
0.069
 

 9. 

Ana Maria is doing a report on the Civil War. She wants to buy a book about the Battle of Gettysburg that is $11.13 and a book about President Abraham Lincoln that is $20.74. What is the total cost of the two books?
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a.
$3.19
b.
$31.87
c.
$31.89
d.
$318.70
 

 10. 

The following table shows the average price of gasoline from past years at a certain gas station. What was the cost of 8.2 gallons of gas in 1990 from this gas station?
GASOLINE PRICES
Year
Price per Gallon
1950
$0.30
1970
$0.50
1990
$0.80
a.
$6.36
b.
$65.60
c.
$0.66
d.
$6.56
 

 11. 

You are making scarves for presents. Each scarf needs mc011-1.jpg yd of fabric. How many yards of fabric do you need for 6 scarves?
a.
mc011-2.jpg yd
b.
mc011-3.jpg yd
c.
mc011-4.jpg yd
d.
mc011-5.jpg yd
 
 
Find the product.
 

 12. 

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a.
20.19
b.
23.555
c.
25.76
d.
22.295
 



 
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