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6th Grade CA#3 Minor Assessment

LT 1: I can Add and Subtract Decimals Multiple Choice (1pt.)

1. Which difference is closest to ½?

a. 0.8 – 0.91 b. 0.85 – 0.1 c. 0.93 – 0.375 d. 0.6 – 0.54

2. 0.12 + 12.01

a. 12.13 b. 24.11 c. 10.13 d. 12.01

3. Find the sum for 1.045 and .6

a. 7.045 b. 1.645 c. 1.051 d. .7045

Constructed Response (2 pts)

4. Dylan has a car that averages 99.8 miles per gallon. Mya’s car averages 39.2 miles per gallon. How many times more miles per gallon does Dylan’s car average than Mya’s car? Explain

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Performance Task (5 pts)

5. Employees of Henry Ford’s Maintenance Department built a retaining wall. They used brick to make the top 0.67 of the wall.

Part A

Write an equation to represent the height of the brick portion of the wall.

Part B

What is the height of the brick portion of the Wall? LT 2: I can Estimate Products Multiple Choice (1pt)

6. Estimate the product: 352 x 21. a. 8,000 b. 7,400 c. 7,392 d. 6,000

7. Students at Henry Ford Middle School made 210 candy canes and sold them for $2.75 each. Which answer choice is the best estimate for the total amount of the candy canes?

a. $600 b. $630 c. $577.50 d. $400

8. Which show a reasonable estimate for 673 x 18? Select all that apply

a. 14,000 b. 13,500 c. 13,000 d. 10,000 Constructed Response (2 pts)

9. Jasmine is displaying a postcard collection on a bulletin board where each postcard is 5.875 inches wide. There are 7 postcards in each row. She estimates that the total width, in inches for the postcard collection is 35.75. Is this the best estimate? Explain.

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Performance Task (5 pts.)

10. A. Estimate the area of the whole retaining wall (a = l x w).

2.75 x 8.50 = ______

B. What is the actual area of the retaining wall? Compare your answers in A and B.

______LT 3: I can Multiply Decimals Multiple Choice (1 pt)

11. 12.1 x .45

a. 12.45 b. 121.45 c. 5.445 d. 1.547

12. Find the product of .60 and 1.1

a. 66 b. 0.61 c. 6.061 d. 0.66

13. 3.17 x 78 = ______

14. Which answer choice is a product of 12 x 43.01? Select all that apply.

a. Five hundred sixteen and twelve hundredths b. 516.12 c. 506.112 d. 516 3/25

Constructed Response (2 pts)

15. Mason and Keion sold 15.5 pounds of trail mix. They sold the trail mix for $3.98 per pound. How much money did they collect? Explain

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Performance Task (4 pts)

16. The people of a neighborhood are creating a community vegetable garden.

a. One part of the garden will have 6 rows of corn plants. Each row will be 11.25 feet long. Irrigation soaker hoses will be laid along each row of corn plants. How many feet of soaker hose will be needed?

b. Explain the steps you go through to solve this problem. Be sure to explain how you decide where to place the decimal point.