Grade 6 Math practice sheet
Alberta Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Which integer belongs at the ? on the number line?
- −9
- −8
- 0
Show answer
−8
Hint: Numbers to the right of 0 are positive. Numbers to the left are negative.
Question 2
Add.
9 + 9 = ?
answer box
Show answer
18
Hint: Use a number line. Adding a positive moves right, adding a negative moves left.
Question 3
Which number is prime?
- 13
- 35
- 51
Show answer
13
Hint: A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
Question 4
What is the greatest common factor of 72 and 16?
answer box
Show answer
8
Hint: List the factors of each number. The biggest one they share is the greatest common factor.
Question 5
Ravi buys 4 juice boxes at $4.85 each. What is the total cost in dollars?
🧃$4.85 eachanswer box
Show answer
19.40
Hint: Multiply the price by 4. It can help to work in cents: 485¢ × 4, then change cents to dollars (100¢ = $1).
Question 6
What is 3/4 + 1/5?
3/4 + 1/5
- 4/9
- 1
- 19/20
Show answer
19/20
Hint: Change both fractions to the same denominator, then add the numerators.
Question 7
A paint mix uses 3 parts blue to 7 parts white. How many parts of white go with 6 parts of blue?
answer box
Show answer
14
Hint: Multiply both parts by 2.
Question 8
Solve for k.
k + 10 = 47
answer box
Show answer
37
Hint: Undo adding 10: subtract 10 from both sides. k = 47 − 10.
Question 9
Find the pattern rule. What is the output when the input is 10?
Input and output Input (n) Output 1 4 2 8 3 12 4 16 10 ? answer box
Show answer
40
Hint: The output goes up by 4 each time, so the rule is 4 × n, plus or minus a fixed number. Check it with n = 1, then use n = 10.
Question 10
What makes two shapes congruent?
- They have the same colour
- They have exactly the same size and shape
- They only have the same perimeter
- They only have the same number of sides
Show answer
They have exactly the same size and shape
Hint: Congruent shapes match perfectly if one is placed on the other.
Answer key
- 1. −8 (Integers & Decimals)
- 2. 18 (Adding and Subtracting Integers)
- 3. 13 (Factors & Primes)
- 4. 8 (Powers and Common Factors)
- 5. 19.40 (Decimal × and ÷)
- 6. 19/20 (Fractions)
- 7. 14 (Percents & Ratios)
- 8. 37 (Equations)
- 9. 40 (Patterns & Graphs)
- 10. They have exactly the same size and shape (Symmetry and Congruence)
Want more than 10 questions?
In Gradelings the questions change every time and adjust to your child, with hints and kind feedback. See all math units.