TCAP Blitz Pre-Assessment 
6th Grade

	1.	Sonia noticed that 2 out of every 5 trees in an orchard were cherry trees. At this rate, how many cherry trees can she predict there will be if there are 500 trees?

A	200	
B	100	
C	50	
D	20	

	2.	An ice cream shop sold 60 snow cones one day. The table shows the flavors of the snow cones sold. If 90 customers purchase snow cones the next day, what is the best prediction for how many of the snow cones sold would be strawberry?

F	10	
G	12	
H	15	
J	18	

	3.	Sunscreen is on sale for $6.99 for each tube. Jamila has $25. She estimates that she can buy 4 tubes. Which statement is the best about her estimate?

A	The estimate is too low.	
B	The estimate is too high.	
C	The estimate is reasonable.	
D	The estimate should have been $20.	

	4.	Waleed runs 3.75 miles daily on a treadmill. What is the most reasonable estimate of the number of miles he would run by the end of a 7-day week?

F	less than 20 miles	
G	exactly 20 miles	
H	more than 20 miles	
J	more than 200 miles	

	5.	The Tennessee Titans lost Super Bowl XXXIV (34) to the St. Louis Rams by a score of 16 to 23. Which integer represents a 7 point loss?

A	7	
B	16	
C	–7	
D	–16	

	6.	A diver dives 6 feet below the surface of the water in a swimming pool. Which integer represents this situation?

F	6	
G	0	
H	–3	
J	–6	

	7.	Which equation best represents the associative property?

A	x + (y + 2) = (x + y)2	
B	x + (y + 2) = (x + x) + (y + 2)	
C	x + (y + 2) = xy + 2x	
D	x + (y + 2) = (x + y) + 2	

	8.	Which statement represents the distributive property?

F	3(1.2 + 9) = (3 + 1.2) ´ (3 + 9)	
G	3(1.2 + 9) = (3 ´ 1.2) + (3 ´ 9)	
H	3(1.2 + 9) = (3 + 1.2) + (3 + 9)	
J	3(1.2 + 9) = (3 ´ 1.2) ´ (3 ´ 9)	

	9.	Which sentence best represents the commutative property?

A	14 ´ 9 ´ 5 = 14 ´ 5 ´ 9	
B	14 ´ 9 + 5 = 14 + 9 ´ 5	
C	14 + 9 + 5 = 14 ´ (9 + 5)	
D	14 + 9 ´ 5 = (14 + 9) ´ 5	

	10.	Look at the key. Which expression is represented by this model?

F	–2x + 3	
G	–2x – 3	
H	3x + 2	
J	3x – 2	

	11.	Look at the key. Which expression is represented by the model?

A	4x + 2	
B	–4x + 2	
C	4x + (–2)	
D	–4x + 2	

	12.	What is ?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	13.	The measuring cup shown below holds  cup of milk. What is  of the amount of milk in the measuring cup?

A	 cup	
B	 cup	
C	 cup	
D	 cup	

	14.	What is the product of  and ?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	15.	Luis’s bakery specializes in miniature loaves of bread. It takes  pound of dough to make one loaf. Luis starts with  pounds of dough. How many loaves can he make?

A	 loaves	
B	 loaves	
C	 loaves	
D	30 loaves	

	16.	A piece of pipe  inches long is cut from a piece of pipe that is  inches long. How much of the original pipe is left?

F	 inches	
G	 inches	
H	 inches	
J	 inches	

	17.	Candida spent a total of $13.97 on turkey that was priced at $3.99 per pound. How many pounds did she purchase?

A	2.5 pounds	
B	3.5 pounds	
C	4.5 pounds	
D	5.5 pounds	

	18.	The Tennessee River watershed has one of the highest annual rainfall totals. The lowest annual rainfall total, 30.65 inches, occurred in 2007 and the highest, 65 inches, in 1973. What is the difference in the highest and lowest rainfall amounts?

F	33.35 in.	
G	34.65 in.	
H	34.35 in.	
J	35.65 in.	

	19.	Gazali’s car can travel 193.8 miles on 9.5 gallons of gasoline. How many miles per gallon does her car get?

A	18.4 miles per gallon	
B	20.4 miles per gallon	
C	184.3 miles per gallon	
D	203.3 miles per gallon	

	20.	Mrs. Gomez runs about 15 miles a week. She ran 3.5 miles on Monday and 4.7 miles on Wednesday. How many miles does she still need to run?

F	6.8 mi	
G	7.2 mi	
H	7.8 mi	
J	8.2 mi	

	21.	Alicia built a fence around her rectangular yard. Her yard is bordered on one side by her neighbor’s 23.8-foot long rose garden. Alicia used 197.8 feet of fencing to enclose her yard. What is the length of Alicia’s yard?

A	75.1 ft	
B	86 ft	
C	88 ft	
D	122.7 ft	

	22.	The ratio of games won to those played by The Lady Vols of the University of Tennessee is . Which best represents this fraction as a decimal?

F	0.914	
G	0.939	
H	0.969	
J	1.094	

	23.	In the 2008 election, 41.8% of the Tennessee voters voted for President Barack Obama. What decimal represents 41.8%?

A	0.0418	
B	0.418	
C	4.18	
D	418	

	24.	Tennessee has 99 state representatives and 33 state senators. The ratio of senators to representatives is . What is  written as a percent?

F	%	
G	%	
H	30%	
J	%	

	25.	The ratio of walkers to bikers on a trail is about 10 to 6. If there are 20 walkers, about how many bikers would there be?

A	10	
B	12	
C	25	
D	60	

	26.	Mr. Alton visited 16% of the 50 companies he telephoned this month. How many companies did he visit?

F	4 companies	
G	5 companies	
H	8 companies	
J	16 companies	

	27.	Darnell had 20 sheets of paper. He gave Adanna 40% of the paper. How many sheets of paper did Adanna receive?

A	2	
B	4	
C	8	
D	10	

	28.	Which point shows the location of  on the number line?

F	Point F	
G	Point G	
H	Point H	
J	Point J	

	29.	Which point best shows the location of 1.8 on the number line?

A	Point F	
B	Point G	
C	Point H	
D	Point J	

	30.	The temperature at 5 A.M. was 11 degrees. Which point best represents the integer 11 on the number line?

F	Point P	
G	Point R	
H	Point S	
J	Point V	

	31.	Which point best represents –14 on the number line?

A	Point P	
B	Point Q	
C	Point R	
D	Point S	

	32.	Ebony needs to buy 15 tickets to the school play. This is 19 fewer tickets than twice the number of tickets Imani bought. Which equation can be used to determine t the number of tickets Imani bought?

F	2t + 19 = 15	
G	(19)2 – 15 = t	
H	2t + 15 = 19	
J	2t – 19 = 15	

	33.	Jenifer bought 3 dozen cookies for a birthday party. All but 5 of the cookies were eaten. Which equation can be used to find c, the number of cookies that were eaten?

A	c = (3 ´ 12) – 5	
B	c = 3 ´ 12 – 5 ´ 12	
C	c = 3 ´ 12	
D	c = 3 ´ (12 – 5)	

	34.	There were 21,007 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Memphis in the fall of 2009. There were 4,288 graduate students. Which equation could be used to find the number of undergraduate students y enrolled at the university in the fall of 2009?

F	21,007 – y = 4,288	
G	y – 4,288 = 21,007	
H	21,007 + y = 4,288	
J	21,007 + 4,288 = y	

	35.	Amelia needs to find an expression equivalent to the expression below.

5(4 – 2x)

Which expression is equivalent?

A	4 – 10x	
B	9 – 2x	
C	20 – 2x	
D	20 – 10x	

	36.	Which expression is equivalent to 3(2x + 7y) + 4x?

F	6x + 7y	
G	10x + 21y	
H	10x + 7y	
J	(3 + 2x) + 7y	

	37.	Eight more than twice a number n is equal to 42. Which equation expresses this relationship?

A	8 + 2n = 42	
B	8 + 42 = 2n	
C	2 ´ 8 + n = 42	
D	8 + n = 2 ´ 42	

	38.	What is the algebraic expression for “12 more than the product of 5 and b”?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	39.	Josh has $10 on Friday. Over the weekend, he earns $7 per hour doing yard work. Which expression shows the total amount Josh has after h hours of yard work?

A	7 + 10h	
B	10(7) + h	
C	17h	
D	7h + 10	

	40.	Roja has to solve the equation below. What value of g makes the equation true?

4g + 8 = 20

F	3	
G	5	
H	7	
J	13	

	41.	Which value of y makes this equation true?

6 + 5y = 21

A	3	
B		
C	10	
D	75	

	42.	What are the coordinates of point G on the graph?

F	(1, –2)	
G	(–1, 2)	
H	(2, –1)	
J	(–2, 1)	

	43.	Which point has the coordinates (3, –2)?

A	Point G	
B	Point H	
C	Point K	
D	Point L	

	44.	What is the measure of the third angle in the triangle below?

F	30°	
G	40°	
H	60°	
J	140°	

	45.	What is the value of h in the figure below?

A	66°	
B	70°	
C	114°	
D	132°	

	46.	The Tennessee quarter was the 16th state quarter released.

The radius of a quarter is about 12 millimeters. Which best represents the circumference of the quarter?

F	37.68 mm	
G	75.36 mm	
H	150.72 mm	
J	452.16 mm	

	47.	Panya is putting together a circular puzzle that has a diameter of 14 inches. What is the area of the puzzle’s surface?

A	43.96 in2	
B	78.5 in2	
C	153.86 in2	
D	615.44 in2	

	48.	What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the box?

F	14	
G	19	
H	70	
J	140	

	49.	The figure below is a cylinder with a diameter of 30 feet and a height of 6 feet. Which is closest to the surface area of the cylinder?

A	753.6 ft3	
B	1,318.8 ft3	
C	1,978.2 ft3	
D	6,782.4 ft3

	

	50.	The cone and cylinder below have the same base area and height.

What is the volume of the cylinder?
.
F	29 cm3	
G	43.5 cm3	
H	174 cm3	
J	261 cm3	

	51.	The rectangular prism and pyramid below have the same base area and their heights are the same.

What is the volume of the pyramid?

A	31 cm3	
B	46.5 cm3	
C	186 cm3	
D	279 cm3	

	52.	The graph shows the number of minutes three students spend doing homework. Which feature of this graph may be misleading?

F	There is a break in the horizontal axis.	
G	The scale on the vertical axis is not consistent.	
H	There is a break in the vertical axis.	
J	The scale on the horizontal axis is not consistent.	

	53.	The graph shows the top three most popular videos. Which feature of this graph may be misleading?

A	There is a break in the horizontal axis.	
B	The scale on the horizontal axis is not consistent.	
C	The bars should be vertical.	
D	The scale on the vertical axis is not consistent.	

	54.	A restaurant’s owners would like to find out whether they should add cream of broccoli or cream of potato soup to their menu. Which method best explains how they could make sure their sample is not biased?

F	allow all customers to fill out a survey	
G	survey only female customers	
H	survey every tenth customer who orders soup	
J	survey people in another city	

	55.	Which of the following would provide the most biased sample group in a survey?

A	asking customers of a supermarket who makes the best breakfast cereal	
B	asking a group of employees from a leading car manufacturer who makes the best cars	
C	asking random people on the street who makes the best computers	
D	asking members of a gym who makes the best workout clothes	

TCAP Blitz Pre-Assessment 6th Grade
Answer Key

	1.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.1

	2.	ANS:	H	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.1

	3.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.2

	4.	ANS:	H	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.2

	5.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.3

	6.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.3

	7.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.4

	8.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.4

	9.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.4

	10.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.5

	11.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.1.5

	12.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.1

	13.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.1

	14.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.1

	15.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.2

	16.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.2

	17.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.3

	18.	ANS:	H	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.3

	19.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.3

	20.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.4

	21.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.4

	22.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.5

	23.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.5

	24.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.5

	25.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.6

	26.	ANS:	H	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.6

	27.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.6

	28.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.7

	29.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.7

	30.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.8

	31.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.2.8

	32.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.3

	33.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.3

	34.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.3

	35.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.4

	36.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.4

	37.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.5

	38.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.5

	39.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.5

	40.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.6

	41.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.6

	42.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.9

	43.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.3.9

	44.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.2

	45.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.2

	46.	ANS:	G	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.4

	47.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.4

	48.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.5

	49.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.5

	50.	ANS:	J	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.6

	51.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.4.6

	52.	ANS:	H	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.5.2

	53.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.5.2

	54.	ANS:	F	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.5.3

	55.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1	STA:	SPI 0606.5.3