School Improvement in Maryland

Public Release Items: Mathematics Grade 6

Public release items have appeared on MSA forms and then are released for public viewing and use. Releasing items is one step to ensuring that schools, districts, and other stakeholders understand how the content standards are assessed on the MSA.

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Paula used the following rule to make this function table.

multiply x by 2 and then subtract 4

x 6 8 18 20
y 8 12 32 ?


What is the value of y when x = 20?

  1. 36
  2. 44
  3. 52
  4. 60

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Look at these congruent semi-circles.



Which of these line segments represents a diameter of one of the semi-circles?

  1. RU
  2. RV
  3. ST
  4. SU

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Look at this figure.



What triangle in this figure is obtuse?

  1. triangle VWX
  2. triangle VWY
  3. triangle VXZ
  4. triangle VXY

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Look at this figure.



What is the total area of this figure?

  1. 72 square centimeters
  2. 76 square centimeters
  3. 391 square centimeters
  4. 463 square centimeters

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Look at this rectangular sheet of wrapping paper.

The perimeter of the wrapping paper is 200 inches.



What is the length (L) of this sheet of wrapping paper?

  1. 37 inches
  2. 64 inches
  3. 72 inches
  4. 128 inches

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Mr. Logan made this frequency table to organize his students' test scores.

Mr. Logan wants to add these test scores to his frequency table.

95   65   80   75   100   65



Which frequency table displays all of Mr. Logan's test score data?





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Which integer is greater than -32 and less than -17?

  1. -40
  2. -35
  3. -20
  4. -15

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Taylor divided a spinner into four equal sections. He labeled each section with the name of an animal. This table shows the results of Taylor spinning the arrow 25 times.

TAYLOR'S SPINNER

Animal Number of Spins
Elephant 7
Lion 4
Tiger 5
Zebra 9


Based on the data in the table, what is the probability that on Taylor's next spin the arrow will land on the zebra section?

  1. 25%
  2. 36%
  3. 64%
  4. 90%

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What is 27% written as a ratio?

  1. 27:1,000
  2. 27:100
  3. 27:10
  4. 27:1

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