A grid has 400 equal squares, and 3 of them are shaded. What percent of the grid is shaded?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.1a
What is the value of 2⁵?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.3a
Which fraction is equal to 85%?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.1c
Which integer has the greatest absolute value?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.2d
Which list orders 3/5, 0.58, 62% and 7/12 from least to greatest?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.1e
Which list orders the integers −9, 4, −2, 0 and −11 from least to greatest?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.2b
Which number is a perfect square?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.3c
Which percent is equal to 0.375?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.NS.1b
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Computation and Estimation 9
A ribbon is 7 1/2 feet long. It is cut into pieces that are each 5/8 foot long. How many pieces are there?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.1e
At 6 a.m. the temperature was −8°F. It rose 3 degrees each hour for 5 hours. What was the temperature at 11 a.m.?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.2d
Tess hiked 3 5/6 miles on Saturday and 2 3/4 miles on Sunday. How much farther did she hike on Saturday?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.1d
What is 3 1/2 ÷ 1 3/4?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.1b
What is 5/6 × 3/10 in simplest form?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.1b
What is the value of −|4 − 11|?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.2c
What is −6 × (−9)?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.2b
What is −18 − (−7)?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.2b
Which product is less than 12?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.CE.1c
Measurement and Geometry 10
A circular garden has a radius of 6 meters. What is its area? Use 3.14 for π.Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.1e
A parallelogram has a base of 12 feet, a height of 7 feet and slanted sides of 8 feet. What is its area?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.2b
A rectangle has vertices at (−2, 1), (5, 1), (5, −3) and (−2, −3). What is its perimeter?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.3f
A round table has a diameter of 20 inches. What is its circumference? Use 3.14 for π.Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.1e
A triangular sail has a base of 16 feet and a height of 11 feet. What is the area of the sail?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.2b
About how many times as long as its diameter is the circumference of any circle?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.1b
In which quadrant of the coordinate plane is the point (−5, 3)?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.3b
Point A is at (−4, 6) and point B is at (−4, −3). How long is segment AB?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.3e
Rectangle R is 4 centimeters by 6 centimeters. Which rectangle is congruent to R?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.4d, with the department's Instructional Guide to Support the 2023 Grade 6 Mathematics Standards of Learning
Which statement about a chord of a circle is true?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.MG.1a, with the department's Instructional Guide to Support the 2023 Grade 6 Mathematics Standards of Learning
Probability, Statistics, Patterns, Functions, and Algebra 17
A bag holds 6 red marbles and 10 blue marbles. What is the ratio of red marbles to all the marbles, in simplest form?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.1c
A circle graph shows the lunch choices of 120 students: pizza 40%, salad 25%, sandwich 20% and soup 15%. How many more students chose pizza than soup?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PS.1e
A line plot shows the data 2, 4, 4, 6 and 9. Where is the balance point of the data?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PS.2a
A number line has an open circle at −5 and an arrow pointing left. Which pair of inequalities both describe the graph?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.4a
A paint color uses 2 cups of white for every 5 cups of blue. Which amounts make the same color?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.1e
A printer prints 45 pages in 3 minutes at a steady rate. How many pages does it print in 8 minutes?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.2b
A school has 600 students. Which sample is most likely to represent what all of them think about a new lunch menu?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PS.1c, with the department's Instructional Guide to Support the 2023 Grade 6 Mathematics Standards of Learning
A table shows the cost of pecans: 3 pounds cost $7.50, 5 pounds cost $12.50 and 8 pounds cost $20.00. What is the unit rate?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.2a
The data are 12, 14, 15, 15, 16 and 48. The outlier 48 is removed. What happens to the mean and the median?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PS.2c
Four quiz scores are 70, 80, 80 and 90. A fifth score of 100 is added. How does the mean change?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PS.2b
In a class of 25 students, 8 chose soccer as their favorite sport. What percent of a circle graph of the class is the soccer section?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PS.1d
In which table of x and y values is y proportional to x?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.2c
Kim had some stickers. She gave away 15 and has 27 left. Which equation can be used to find s, the number she started with?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.3e
Riders on a roller coaster must be at least 48 inches tall. Which inequality shows the heights h, in inches, that are allowed?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.4b
What is the solution of (1/4)n = 9?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.3c
What is the solution of x − 12 = −5?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.3c
Which number is in the solution set of x ≤ −3?Virginia Department of Education, 2023 Mathematics Standards of Learning, Grade 6, SOL 6.PFA.4e
Unofficial practice for Virginia's grade 6 mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) test. The 44 questions were written for this site from the 2023 standards; none is a released or state practice item. Not affiliated with the Virginia Department of Education.
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What the 6th grade math SOL covers
The 44 questions keep the counts of the state blueprint's four reporting categories. Probability, Statistics, Patterns, Functions, and Algebra is the largest, 16 to 18 items: circle graphs, the mean as a balance point, ratios, unit rates, one-step equations and inequalities. Measurement and Geometry, 9 to 11, is circles, triangles, parallelograms, the coordinate plane and congruence. Computation and Estimation, 8 to 10, is fractions and integers. Number and Number Sense, 7 to 9, is percents, absolute value and exponents.
How the answers are checked
Each answer names the Standard of Learning it practices, such as 6.PFA.2 for unit rates, and shows the steps. Circle graphs, number lines and figures are put into words.
Ordering fractions, decimals and percents, multiplying and dividing fractions, and operations with two integers are tested without a calculator. Practice them by hand.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the 6th grade math SOL test?
Online, 44 items count toward the score and 5 field-test items do not; the test is computer adaptive. The paper version has 45 items that count, plus 5 field-test items.
Is there an online SOL practice test for 6th grade math?
This page is one: answer on screen and each answer is marked at once. The Virginia Department of Education also publishes practice items for grade 6 mathematics, and the box under the questions links to them.
Can you use a calculator on the 6th grade math SOL?
On most of it. Calculator-active items come with the Desmos Virginia Scientific calculator. On the online test, 3 to 5 number sense items and 4 to 6 computation items are assessed without one.
What is a passing score on the 6th grade math SOL?
A scaled score of 400 on the 0 to 600 scale, the minimum for Pass/Proficient. Pass/Advanced starts at 500. Under 400 the levels are Fail/Basic and Fail/Below Basic. A percent on this page cannot be turned into a scaled score.