SSAT practice, Grade 6

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SSAT practice test, Grade 6

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Quantitative

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 12 minutes.

  1. 1.

    Ruby is now 3 times as old as Zara. In 10 years' time Ruby will be 2 times as old as Zara. How old is Ruby now?

    1. A10
    2. B40
    3. C30
    4. D20
    5. E31
  2. 2.

    The table shows the lunches sold at a canteen. Some numbers are missing. Each row and each column adds up to its total. What number belongs in the cell marked ? in the table?

    1. A6
    2. B13
    3. C20
    4. D27
    5. E16
  3. 3.

    One winter night in Canberra the temperature dropped to −8 °C. The next afternoon it reached 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the afternoon than the night?

    1. A15
    2. B7
    3. C23
    4. D8
    5. E24
  4. 4.

    Liam rolls a die 11 times and gets: 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 2, 4, 5. From these results, what is the experimental probability of rolling a 1?

    1. A1/6
    2. B1/2
    3. C2/11
    4. D8/11
    5. E3/11
  5. 5.

    Find the value of x.
    4x − 16 = 12

    1. A7
    2. B8
    3. C19
    4. D6
    5. E28
  6. 6.

    The two lines with arrowheads on them are parallel. What is the size of the angle marked with a question mark?

    1. A80°
    2. B40°
    3. C30°
    4. D140°
    5. E50°
  7. 7.

    What is an eighth of a quarter of 192?

    1. A16
    2. B6
    3. C48
    4. D72
    5. E24
  8. 8.

    A rectangular vegetable garden is 7 yd long and 6 yd wide. A path 1 yd wide runs all the way around the outside of it. What is the area of the path?

    1. A14 sq yd
    2. B30 sq yd
    3. C72 sq yd
    4. D34 sq yd
    5. E26 sq yd
  9. 9.

    24% of the money in a tin is $4.80. How much money is in the tin altogether?

    1. A$15.20
    2. B$480.00
    3. C$2.00
    4. D$20.00
    5. E$1.15
  10. 10.

    Priya and Ruby share $360 in the ratio 5 : 3. How much does Ruby get?

    1. A$180
    2. B$135
    3. C$225
    4. D$120
    5. E$45

Reading

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 10 minutes.

  1. The Old Oak Remembers

    I was an acorn once, a small brown thought, Dropped by a squirrel who forgot the spot. The rain came kindly, and the dark soil, too, And I pushed upward, as small thoughts do. I watched the farmhouse rise, its paint grow thin; I watched the dirt road paved, the cars roll in. Children climbed my arms on summer days, Then grew, and left, and walked their separate ways. I've worn a hundred winters' heavy snow, And lost my leaves, and grown them back to show That losing is not ending. Every spring My branches open wide to everything. So if you sit beneath me, hot and still, And wonder how a seed becomes a hill Of leaves and shade, I'll answer, as trees do: By staying put, and growing, and coming through.

    1.

    Who is the speaker of the poem?

    1. AA child who climbs trees
    2. BAn acorn that never grew
    3. CA squirrel
    4. DAn old oak tree
    5. EA farmer
  2. 2.

    According to the poem, how did the acorn end up in the ground?

    1. AIt fell from another oak in a storm.
    2. BThe wind blew it from the farmhouse.
    3. CChildren buried it in a game.
    4. DA squirrel dropped it and forgot where.
    5. EA farmer planted it.
  3. 3.

    What does the speaker mean by saying "losing is not ending"?

    1. ALosing its leaves each winter does not stop it from growing again.
    2. BThe tree will soon be cut down.
    3. CWinter never ends for the tree.
    4. DThe children lost a game under the tree.
    5. EThe squirrel lost the acorn forever.
  4. 4.

    In the poem, the phrase "coming through" most nearly means

    1. Abeing forgotten
    2. Bsurviving hard times
    3. Cfalling down
    4. Dgrowing too tall
    5. Ewalking into a room
  5. 5.

    The second stanza mainly shows

    1. Ahow the tree first sprouted
    2. Bwhat the tree says to visitors
    3. Chow much has changed around the tree over many years
    4. Dwhy the squirrel forgot the acorn
    5. Ewhat the tree looks like in winter

  6. Why the Moon Changes Shape

    Over about a month, the moon seems to grow from a thin sliver into a bright circle and then shrink again. But the moon itself does not change shape. What changes is how much of its sunlit side we can see.

    The moon does not make its own light. Like Earth, it is a ball that is always half lit by the sun and half in darkness. As the moon travels around Earth, we see that lit half from different angles.

    When the moon is between Earth and the sun, its lit side faces away from us. We see little or nothing of it, and this is called a new moon. Over the following days, as the moon moves along its path, a thin crescent of the lit side comes into view. The visible part grows, or waxes, through first quarter, when we see half of the moon's face lit, and then through a stage called waxing gibbous.

    About two weeks after the new moon, Earth is between the sun and the moon. Now we see the entire lit side: a full moon. After that, the lit portion we can see shrinks, or wanes, back through gibbous, last quarter and crescent, until the cycle begins again with another new moon.

    The whole cycle takes about 29 and a half days. People have used it to keep track of time for thousands of years; in fact, the word "month" comes from an old word related to "moon."

    A common mistake is to think Earth's shadow causes the phases. Earth's shadow falls on the moon only during a lunar eclipse, which is much rarer.

    6.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. AThe moon changes its shape every month.
    2. BThe moon makes its own light at night.
    3. CThe moon's phases come from seeing its sunlit half from different angles.
    4. DLunar eclipses happen every month.
    5. EEarth's shadow causes the moon's phases.
  7. 7.

    What is happening during a new moon?

    1. AThe moon stops moving around Earth.
    2. BThe moon is between Earth and the sun, with its lit side facing away from us.
    3. CEarth's shadow covers the whole moon.
    4. DWe can see the entire lit side of the moon.
    5. EEarth is between the sun and the moon.
  8. 8.

    About how long after a full moon would the next full moon appear?

    1. AAbout three days
    2. BAbout 29 and a half days
    3. CAbout one year
    4. DAbout two weeks
    5. EAbout one week
  9. 9.

    In the passage, the word "wanes" most nearly means

    1. Agrows brighter
    2. Bmoves faster
    3. Cstays the same
    4. Dgrows smaller
    5. Edisappears forever
  10. 10.

    Why does the writer include the final paragraph?

    1. ATo describe the history of calendars
    2. BTo introduce a new topic about Earth's orbit
    3. CTo explain how to watch an eclipse safely
    4. DTo correct a common misunderstanding about the phases
    5. ETo prove that eclipses happen every month

Verbal

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 5 minutes.

  1. 1.

    PLACID

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Acalm
    2. Bflat
    3. Cagitated
    4. Dplain
    5. Epleasant
  2. 2.

    Inflate is to balloon as sharpen is to

    1. Apoint
    2. Bwriting
    3. Cpaper
    4. Deraser
    5. Epencil
  3. 3.

    Glacier is to ice as dune is to

    1. Abeach
    2. Bwind
    3. Cdesert
    4. Dstone
    5. Esand
  4. 4.

    CANDID

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Aeager
    2. Bclumsy
    3. Cfrank
    4. Dkind
    5. Esecretive
  5. 5.

    Anthology is to poems as album is to

    1. Asongs
    2. Bcamera
    3. Cmemories
    4. Dframe
    5. Ephotographs
  6. 6.

    LUCID

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Aclear
    2. Bbright
    3. Clucky
    4. Dlazy
    5. Econfusing
  7. 7.

    Fragile is to glass as elastic is to

    1. Astring
    2. Bbrick
    3. Crubber band
    4. Dpaper clip
    5. Estretch
  8. 8.

    ALOOF

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Awarm
    2. Bhungry
    3. Cproud
    4. Ddistant
    5. Eclumsy
  9. 9.

    UNANIMOUS

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Ain complete agreement
    2. Bvery large
    3. Cunusual
    4. Danonymous
    5. Edivided
  10. 10.

    Mason is to brick as tailor is to

    1. Asuit
    2. Bcloth
    3. Cneedle
    4. Dbutton
    5. Eshop

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