6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

Test-Taking Tips

• Reread the item.


• Use the Test-Prep strategy.


• Apply appropriate rules,
  definitions, properties, or
  strategies.


• Analyze your answers.

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Sample Test Item

The soccer team is choosing new uniforms. They can choose red, navy, or yellow jerseys;

the shorts can be navy, black, or white; and the socks can be black or white.

Part A

How many different combinations

of uniforms are possible?

Part B

The team decides on red shirts. What are the

possible choices of uniforms they could order?

Show all your work.

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Test Prep: Extended-Response Questions

Strategy: Organize Information

One way to organize the information needed to answer
an extended-response question is to make an organized list.

Check your work. Review your notes.
Make sure you have completed all parts of the item.

• Analyze your answers. Do they make sense?
  Use the counting principle. Multiply to find the total number of choices.
  Number of different uniforms: 3 • 3 • 2  18
  Number of different uniforms with red jersey: 1 • 3 • 2  6

Read the whole test item carefully.

• Reread the test item.


• Create an organized list.

1.Make a tree diagram to find all possible combinations.

2.Use the list to identify which combinations have red shirts.

Solve the problem.

• Apply an appropriate strategy.
  To solve Part A, make a tree diagram to list the possible
  combinations of jerseys, shorts, and socks. Use rfor red,
  nfor navy, yfor yellow, bfor black, and wfor white.

Answer: There are 18 different possible uniform combinations.

To solve Part B, list the combinations from the tree diagram that contain a red jersey.

Answer: red jersey, navy shorts, white socks; red jersey, navy shorts, black socks;
red jersey, black shorts, white socks; red jersey, black shorts, black socks;
red jersey, white shorts, white socks; red jersey, white shorts, black socks