STAAR grade 6 math practice test
A free practice set in the style of grade 6 math on the STAAR: 12 questions in the online formats state tests use, marked as soon as you finish. Nothing is stored.
Grade 6 practice set
12 questions, with no clock. A new set every time, marked when you finish, with the marks by STAAR’s categories.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
What’s on grade 6 math
The STAAR reports grade 6 math in 4 categories. The practice set covers each of them:
Numerical Representations and Relationships
- Fractions, decimals and percents that are equal
- Greatest common factor and least common multiple
- Negative numbers, ordering and absolute value
Computations and Algebraic Relationships
- Ratios and equivalent ratios
- Unit rates, including unit prices and speed
- Finding a percent of a number, and the whole from a part
- Dividing fractions by fractions
- Multiplying and dividing multi-digit decimals
- Exponents, and the value of an expression for a given number
- Equivalent expressions and the distributive property
- Solving one-step equations
- Two quantities that change together: tables and equations
Geometry and Measurement
- The coordinate plane in all four quadrants
- Area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids
- Surface area from nets
- Volume of prisms with fraction edge lengths
Data Analysis and Personal Financial Literacy
- Statistical questions, which expect answers that vary
- Mean, median and range of a data set
- Dot plots and what they show
- Money: saving, balances and paying back a loan
- The STAAR checks the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills).
- Calculators: Not allowed in grades 3-7 unless the student qualifies for a calculator accommodation. Required in grade 8.
How to help at home
Do one set, then talk
After a set, look at the ones they missed together. Ask how they got their answer before saying what the right one is.
Little and often
A short set a few times a week does more than a long session the week before.
Use real life
Prices at the store, recipes, distances and times on a trip: grade-level math is everywhere.
Keep it calm
The test checks how the year went. A good night’s sleep helps more than cramming.
For the real test’s screens and tools, try the state’s official practice.
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See Thena explain the ones they missed
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