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The real test: NSCAS math, grade 6
Earlier name
NeSA-Math. NSCAS mathematics replaced it beginning with the spring 2018 administration.
When
In the spring, with the NSCAS tests of grades 3 to 8.
Strands
Number 20 to 30%, Algebra 20 to 30%, Ratios and Proportions 15 to 25%, Geometry 10 to 20%, Data 10 to 20%.
Format
An adaptive test: each student gets items inside the ranges of the table of specifications.
Reference sheet
Area of a triangle, rectangle, square, trapezoid and parallelogram, volume and surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms, and unit conversions.
Calculator, paper version
A four-function calculator in grade 6, on Part 1 only.
A dive log lists a change in depth as −40 feet. Which sentence matches the entry?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
Lights on two towers flash every 14 seconds and every 21 seconds. They flash together now. In how many seconds will they next flash together?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
What is 3 1/3 ÷ 5/6?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.2.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
What is 58.5 ÷ 0.65?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.2.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
What is 7,936 ÷ 31?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.2.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
What is the absolute value of −3 5/8?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
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Number, continued
What is the prime factorization of 84, written with exponents?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
What is the value of 6 + 3² × |11 − 7|?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.2.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
Which list puts −4, −1, 0.5, 3/4 and |−6| in order from least to greatest?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.e (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
Which list shows every common factor of 28 and 70?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
Which two numbers are both 4.5 units from 0 on a number line?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.N.1.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Number strand)
Ratios and Proportions 10
45 is 60% of what number?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.1.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
A graph of a proportional relationship has weeks on the x-axis and dollars saved on the y-axis. What does the point (5, 40) mean?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.2.g (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
A paint mix uses 3 quarts of yellow for every 5 quarts of red. A ratio table lists yellow as 3, 6, 9 and 12 quarts. What are the matching amounts of red?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.2.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
A point is 2.5 units to the right of the origin and 4 units up. What is its ordered pair?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.2.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
A race is 5 kilometers long. One kilometer is about 0.62 mile. About how many miles is the race?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.1.f (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
A ratio table pairs 2 hours with 6 miles and 4 hours with 12 miles. With hours on the x-axis and miles on the y-axis, which points are plotted?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.2.f (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
A ratio table shows pounds of apples, x, and cost in dollars, y. The constant of proportionality is 1.75. What do 6 pounds cost?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.2.e (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
An office printer uses 3 ink cartridges for every 1,350 pages. At that rate, how many pages can it print with 8 cartridges?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.1.e (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
Where is the point (0, 6) on the coordinate plane?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.2.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
Which decimal is equal to 140%?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.R.1.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Ratios and Proportions strand)
Algebra 10
A shuttle bus may carry no more than 48 riders. Which inequality shows the number of riders, r, it may carry?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.2.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
Tia has d dollars. She spends $4.50 and splits what is left equally among 3 jars. Which expression shows the dollars in each jar?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.2.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
What is the solution of 3/4 n = 12?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
What is the solution of x + 2.8 = 7.1?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
What is the value of (n + 1.5) ÷ 0.5 when n = 6?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
What is the value of 2(x + 5) − x² when x = 3?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
Which describes the graph of the solutions of 4x > 20 on a number line?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.e (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
Which expression means 9 less than the product of 4 and a number k?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.2.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
Which value of n makes the inequality 2n − 3 > 10 true?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
Which value of x makes 7x − 9 = 40 true?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.A.1.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Algebra strand)
Geometry 6
A box is 7 inches long, 4 inches wide and 2.5 inches tall. What is its surface area?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.G.3.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Geometry strand)
A net is made of one square with a triangle joined to each of its four sides. Which solid does it fold into?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.G.1.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Geometry strand)
A sign is a rectangle 6 feet by 4 feet with a triangle on top. The triangle has a base of 6 feet and a height of 3 feet. What is the area of the sign?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.G.3.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Geometry strand)
A trapezoid has bases of 9 inches and 5 inches and a height of 4 inches. What is its area?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.G.3.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Geometry strand)
A triangular prism has a triangular base with a base of 8 centimeters and a height of 5 centimeters. The prism is 12 centimeters long. What is its volume?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.G.3.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Geometry strand)
The net of a triangular prism has two triangles, each with an area of 6 square inches, and three rectangles with areas of 30, 40 and 50 square inches. What is the surface area of the prism?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.G.3.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Geometry strand)
Data 8
A dot plot of books read by 10 students has 2 dots above 1, 3 dots above 2, 4 dots above 3 and 1 dot above 6. How many students read more than 2 books?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.2.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
A jar has 19 green beads and 1 white bead. One bead is picked without looking. Which describes picking a green bead?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.3.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
A number cube labeled 1 to 6 is rolled once. Which list shows every outcome that is a number greater than 4?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.3.a (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
A teacher puts 20 name cards in a hat: 8 for sixth graders and 12 for seventh graders. One card is drawn without looking. What is the probability, as a decimal, that it names a sixth grader?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.3.b (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
Five cousins are 6, 9, 9, 11 and 15 years old. What is the mean age?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.2.c (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
Team A scored 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. Team B scored 7, 8, 8, 8 and 9 points. Which statement is true?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.2.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
The theoretical probability of heads on a fair coin is 1/2. Kai flips a coin 20 times and gets 13 heads. Which statement is true?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.3.d (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
Two classes took the same quiz. Class A’s box plot has a median of 7 and a box from 6 to 8. Class B’s has a median of 7 and a box from 3 to 9. Which statement do the plots support?Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, indicator 6.D.2.e (NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Data strand)
How this list was compiled: Outline: NSCAS Math Table of Specifications, Grade 6 (Nebraska Department of Education, version 5), https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NSCAS-Math-TOS-Grade-6_v5.pdf, and the Mathematics Item Specifications for Grade 6 (draft of July 2025), https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Nebraska-Grade-6-specs_Math-DRAFT.pdf, both linked from NSCAS Mathematics, https://www.education.ne.gov/assessment/nscas-general-summative-assessment/nscas-mathematics/, read 2026-10-13. Each question names the indicator it practices as the table prints it, from Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics (2022). Only indicators the table marks for the state test are used; none of the six marked "Assessed at the local level". Every numeric answer is arithmetic on the numbers in the question, worked out a second time. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from an NSCAS or NeSA test, a sample or practice test of the state or its test vendor, a released item, an example in the item specifications or another practice test. No sample test item was read.
How it works
Unofficial practice for 6th grade math on the Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS). All 45 questions are our own, written to the state's grade 6 table of specifications. Not affiliated with the Nebraska Department of Education.
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The five strands of grade 6 NSCAS math
The state's grade 6 table of specifications weights five strands, and the questions here sit inside every range. Number, at 20 to 30 percent, covers factors and multiples, prime factorization, absolute value, and dividing decimals and fractions. Algebra has the same weight: expressions, one-step equations and inequalities. Ratios and Proportions, 15 to 25 percent, covers percents, unit rates, ratio tables and the coordinate plane. Geometry and Data each get 10 to 20 percent: nets, area, surface area and prism volume; plots, measures of center and probability.
36 indicators, one by one
Six indicators are marked "Assessed at the local level" and are left out. Every other indicator, 36 in all, has a question, and the code under each answer, such as 6.R.1.c, says which.
Division, prime factorization and order of operations come as bare numbers: the item specifications give those items no real-world context.
In probability items the specifications call a die a number cube labeled 1 to 6.
Questions and answers
What replaced the NeSA math test for 6th graders?
NSCAS mathematics. A Nebraska Department of Education news release of 22 March 2018 says it replaces the NeSA-Math exam in grades 3 to 8, beginning with that spring's test.
Do 6th graders get a calculator on NSCAS math?
A four-function one, and only for the first questions of Part 1 on the paper version; after that the calculators are collected. The same policy gives grades 3 to 5 no calculator and grades 7 and 8 a scientific one.
What is on the grade 6 NSCAS math reference sheet?
Area formulas for the triangle, rectangle, square, trapezoid and parallelogram, the volume and surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms, and conversions for length, volume and weight. The grade 6 sheet has no circle formulas.
What do grade 6 NSCAS math scores look like?
A scale score from 1000 to 1550 and one of three achievement levels: Developing, On Track or Advanced. No percent to pass appears in the state documents this page was written from, so a percent here is only practice.
Does Nebraska publish a grade 6 NSCAS math sample test?
Yes, through the portal of its test vendor, which the NSCAS Mathematics page links for grades 3 to 8. The link is in the box under the questions, and this page uses none of those items.