• 45 questions

STAAR Practice Test 6th Grade Math

Grade 6 math in the four reporting categories of the STAAR blueprint, with the steps shown for each answer.

What is −9 + 4?

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The real test: STAAR math, grade 6

Questions
36
Points
43: 29 one-point questions and 7 two-point questions that are not multiple choice.
Largest category
Computations and Algebraic Relationships, 13 to 15 questions.
Other categories
Numerical Representations and Relationships 8 to 10, Data Analysis and Personal Financial Literacy 6 to 8, Geometry and Measurement 5 to 7.
Standards
Readiness standards make up about 55 to 70% of the points and supporting standards about 30 to 45%.
Calculator
Not permitted on grades 3 to 7 mathematics, except as an accommodation for an eligible student.
Scores
Four levels: Did Not Meet, Approaches, Meets and Masters Grade Level. Approaches or higher is passing.

Checked October 8, 2026 against the STAAR Grade 6 Math Blueprint, the STAAR Calculator Policy and the STAAR Performance Standards page, Texas Education Agency. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Numerical Representations and Relationships 11

  • On a 10 by 10 grid, 45 squares are shaded. What fraction of the grid is shaded, in simplest form? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(E), Supporting Standard
  • What is the value of 3 + 2³ × 5? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.7(A), Readiness Standard
  • Which decimal is equal to 7%? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(G), Readiness Standard
  • Which expression is equivalent to 4(x + 7)? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.7(D), Readiness Standard
  • Which is the prime factorization of 90? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.7(A), Readiness Standard
  • Which list shows −2.5, 1/2, −3 and 0.75 in order from least to greatest? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.2(D), Readiness Standard
  • Which number has the same absolute value as −12? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.2(B), Supporting Standard
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Numerical Representations and Relationships, continued

  • Which number is an integer but not a whole number? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.2(A), Supporting Standard
  • Which number is between −1 and 0 on a number line? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.2(C), Supporting Standard
  • Which of these is a rate, a comparison of two quantities with different units? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(D), Supporting Standard
  • Which percent is equal to 3/5? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(G), Readiness Standard

Computations and Algebraic Relationships 17

  • 18 is 20% of what number? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.5(B), Readiness Standard
  • A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. At that rate, how far can it travel on 8 gallons? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(B), Readiness Standard
  • A grade of 80 students voted on a field trip, and 45% of them chose the zoo. How many students chose the zoo? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.5(B), Readiness Standard
  • A recipe uses 2 cups of rice for 5 servings. How many cups of rice are needed for 20 servings? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.5(A), Supporting Standard
  • Dan had d dollars. After he spent $12, he had $30 left. Which equation represents this? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.9(A), Supporting Standard
  • In a table, the x-values are 1, 2, 3, 4 and the matching y-values are 6, 7, 8, 9. Which equation fits the table? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.6(B), Supporting Standard
  • Rosa earns $9 for each hour she works. Which equation gives her pay y for x hours? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.6(C), Readiness Standard
  • Store A sells 4 notebooks for $6.00. Store B sells 6 of the same notebooks for $8.40. Which store has the lower price per notebook? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(B), Readiness Standard
  • The total cost of movie tickets depends on the number of tickets bought. Which is the dependent quantity? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.6(A), Supporting Standard
  • What is 3/8 × 4/9? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.3(E), Readiness Standard
  • What is 5/6 ÷ 1/3? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.3(E), Readiness Standard
  • What is −8 × (−9)? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.3(D), Readiness Standard
  • What is −9 + 4? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.3(D), Readiness Standard
  • What is −36 ÷ 4? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.3(D), Readiness Standard
  • What value of x makes x + 17 = 42 true? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.10(A), Readiness Standard
  • Which product is less than 20? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.3(B), Supporting Standard
  • Which shows all the solutions of x − 4 > 10? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.10(A), Readiness Standard

Geometry and Measurement 8

  • A board is 3.5 feet long. How many inches is that? (1 foot = 12 inches) TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(H), Readiness Standard
  • A bottle holds 2,500 milliliters. How many liters is that? (1 liter = 1,000 milliliters) TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.4(H), Readiness Standard
  • A box shaped like a rectangular prism is 4 in. long, 2.5 in. wide and 3 in. tall. What is its volume? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.8(D), Readiness Standard
  • A trapezoid has bases of 6 m and 10 m and a height of 5 m. What is its area? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.8(D), Readiness Standard
  • A triangle has a base of 14 cm and a height of 9 cm. What is its area? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.8(D), Readiness Standard
  • In which quadrant of the coordinate plane is the point (−3, 5)? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.11(A), Readiness Standard
  • Two angles of a triangle measure 52° and 71°. What is the measure of the third angle? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.8(A), Supporting Standard
  • Which three side lengths can form a triangle? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.8(A), Supporting Standard

Data Analysis and Personal Financial Literacy 9

  • A check register shows a balance of $240. Then come a deposit of $75, a withdrawal of $110 and a transfer of $40 out to savings. What is the new balance? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.14(C), Supporting Standard
  • A stem-and-leaf plot of ages has stem 2 with leaves 1, 4, 4, 8 and stem 3 with leaves 0, 5. How many of the ages are greater than 25? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.13(A), Readiness Standard
  • In a survey of 40 students, 14 chose pizza as their favorite lunch. What percent of the students chose pizza? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.12(D), Readiness Standard
  • One job pays $40,000 a year and another pays $55,000 a year. Over 30 years of work, how much more does the second job pay in all? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.14(H), Supporting Standard
  • What is the interquartile range (IQR) of this data set? 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.12(C), Readiness Standard
  • What is the mean of this data set? 2, 6, 9, 10, 13 TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.12(C), Readiness Standard
  • What is the median of this data set? 12, 5, 9, 20, 7, 11 TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.12(C), Readiness Standard
  • Which question would give data with variability? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.13(B), Supporting Standard
  • Which statement describes a debit card? TEA, STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, TEKS 6.14(B), Supporting Standard; card facts: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, How are prepaid cards, debit cards, and credit cards different?

How this list was compiled: Outline: STAAR Grade 6 Math Blueprint, effective as of school year 2022-23, Texas Education Agency, https://tea.texas.gov/data-reports/staar/staar-grade-6-math-blueprint.pdf, linked from STAAR Resources, https://tea.texas.gov/data-reports/staar/staar-resources, read 2026-10-08. Each question names the student expectation it practices in TEA's Grade 6 Mathematics Assessment, Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, https://tea.texas.gov/data-reports/staar/2014-6-math-assessed-curriculum.pdf, read 2026-10-08. The answers are arithmetic on the numbers in the question, worked out twice; the one fact about debit and credit cards rests on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau page named under that answer, read 2026-10-08. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a STAAR test, a released test, a TEA practice set or another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial practice for grade 6 mathematics on STAAR, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. Each question was written for this site from the TEKS, and none is a released question. Not affiliated with the Texas Education Agency.

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What the 6th grade math STAAR covers

The blueprint has 36 questions in four reporting categories. Computations and Algebraic Relationships is the largest: integer operations, fractions and decimals, ratios, rates, percents, and one-step equations and inequalities. Numerical Representations and Relationships covers ordering rational numbers, equivalent fractions, decimals and percents, exponents and prime factorization. Data Analysis and Personal Financial Literacy covers mean, median, interquartile range and bank accounts. Geometry and Measurement covers unit conversions, triangles, area, volume and the four quadrants.

How the answers are checked

Under each answer is the TEKS student expectation it practices, marked readiness or supporting as TEA marks it. Every answer was worked out again from the numbers in the question. The one fact about bank cards rests on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau page named under it.

  • Readiness standards carry most of the points: integers, fractions and decimals, percents, ratios and one-step equations.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the 6th grade math STAAR test?

36, worth 43 points. The blueprint counts 29 one-point questions and 7 two-point questions that are not multiple choice. This page has 45 questions, all multiple choice.

Is there a 6th grade math STAAR study guide?

The free one is TEA's list of eligible TEKS for grade 6 mathematics. It names every skill the test may ask and marks each one readiness or supporting. Use it as a checklist beside these questions, one reporting category at a time.

What makes a good 6th grade math STAAR test practice warm up?

Five questions from one reporting category, before class or homework. Take a different category each day, and return to the questions you missed at the end of the week.

Can you use a calculator on the 6th grade math STAAR?

No. Under TEA's calculator policy, mathematics in grades 3 to 7 is taken without one. A student who meets the eligibility criteria may use a calculator as an accommodation.

What is a passing score on the 6th grade math STAAR?

TEA sorts results into four performance levels. Approaches, Meets or Masters Grade Level means the student passed; Did Not Meet Grade Level means not passed. The levels sit on a scale score, so a percent here is not a STAAR result.

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