6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

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Test-Taking Tips

• Reread the item.


• Use the Test-Prep strategy.


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


• Analyze your answers.

Sample Test Item

If the pattern continues, how

many squares will make up

the eighth figure?

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Test Prep: Gridded-Response Questions

Strategy: Apply Mathematical Reasoning

Some tests require that you fill in your answers on a

gridded-response answer sheet. For a question that seems

complex, you can first try to solve a simpler problem.

Read the whole test item carefully.

• Underline important words.
  If the pattern continues, how many squares
  will make up the eighth figure?
  Patternsuggests that the figures will keep
  changing in a predictable way.


• Restate the question in your own words.
  How many squares will the eighth figure have?

Solve the problem.

• Solve a simpler problem by looking for a pattern.

Continue the pattern.

There will be 36 squares in the eighth figure.

Record your answer on the grid.

• Print your answer in the answer boxes.


• Print only one number or symbol in each answer box.


• Fill in one bubble for every answer box you have written in.
  Do not fill in a bubble under a blank answer box.

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Check your work.

• Analyze your answer. Does it make sense? Sketch the eighth
  figure and count the squares.

Record your answer on the gridded-response answer sheet provided
in the Practice Book. Explain how you used strategies.

1.What is the slope of a line that contains a

point located at (3, 2) and another point

located at (2, 1)?

2.Drew is wrapping a box 8 inches long,

3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is the

surface area of the box in square inches?

The number of squares

added each time is

equal to the position

of the figure.