6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

Sample Test Item

Bryce is making smoothies for a party. He needs a total of 60 fluid ounces

of orange juice for the smoothie recipe. He only has a 1 -cup measuring cup.

How many times must he fill the measuring cup with juice to make the smoothies?

Show all your work.

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Test Prep: Short-Answer Questions

Strategy: Show All Your Work

Short-answer questions give you an opportunity to explain your thinking.
Showing all your work demonstrates your understanding of how to solve the problem.
You should include written explanations as you work through the solution.

Test-Taking Tips

• Reread the item.


• Use the Test-Prep strategy.


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


• Analyze your answers.

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

• Analyze your answer. Does it make sense?
  Try another method.
  Convert the total amount Bryce needs from fluid ounces to cups,
  then divide by the capacity of the measuring cup.
  60  8 7 cups

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Think

There are 8 fluid ounces in

1 cup, so 1 cups equals

how many fluid ounces?

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Look at the sample test item.

Read the whole test item carefully.

• Reread the test item. Try to relate the question
  to similar problems.
  Think about relationships between units of measure.


• Make a plan to explain your thinking.

1.Use measurement conversions to find the number

of fluid ounces the measuring cup holds.

2.Divide the total amount needed by the amount

in each full measuring cup.

Solve the problem.

• Apply appropriate rules, definitions, properties, or strategies.
  Use measurement conversions.
  8 • 1 8 •
  12 fluid ounces
  Bryce needs 60 fluid ounces. Since 60  12 5, he needs
  to fill the cup 5 times.
  Answer:Bryce needs to fill the measuring cup 5 times.

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