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When it comes to math skills, Grade 6 students in Ontario are falling behind.

Half of them failed to meet provincial standards, according to the latest test results released Wednesday from Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).

How do you think you'd do? Take this quiz to get an idea.

The questions are taken from the EQAO assessment package for Grade 6 mathematics.


1A pattern is shown below.

64, 32, 16, 8, 4, ...

Which rule describes how to find the next term in the pattern?

a. divide the previous term by 2
b. divide the previous term by 4
c. subtract 16 from the previous term
d. subtract 32 from the previous term

Answer: a. divide the previous term by 2

2 Two rectangular prisms are shown below.

How much larger is the volume of Prism M than that of Prism T?

a. 5000 cm3
b. 7000 cm3
c. 12 000 cm3
d. 17 000 cm3

Answer: b. 7000 cm3

3 Mr. Adams buys juice boxes for 384 students.

The juice boxes are sold in cases of 24.

If each student receives one juice box, how many cases has Mr. Adams bought?

a. 12
b. 16
c. 360
d. 408

Answer: b. 16

4 Mr. Scott plans a class trip for the 30 students in his class. He must pay the following costs per student:
  • admission: $3.80
  • bus: $10.40
  • snack: $5.55
  • supplies: $7.31

Round the costs to the nearest dollar and use them to estimate the total cost for the 30 students.

a.$810
b.$812
c.$850
d.$912

Answer: a. $810

5Darren starts with a triangle and creates a pattern.

Each term in the pattern is a polygon with one more side than the term before it.

How many sides will Term 8 have?

a. 6
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10

Answer: d. 10

6 How many millilitres are there in 0.56 litres?
a. 5.6 mL
b. 56 mL
c. 560 mL
d. 5600 mL

Answer: c. 560 mL

7 Betsy has a bakery. She uses 128.4 g of flour to make 6 muffins.

How much flour does it take to make 72 muffins?

a. 21.4 g
b. 770.4 g
c. 1540.8 g
d. 9244.8 g

Answer: c. 1540.8 g

8 Which of the following numbers has the greatest value?
a. 0.4
b. 0.25
c. 0.089
d. 0.304

Answer: a. 0.4

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