1. Smarter Balanced Assessment Questions
Grade 6 Mathematics
Smarter Balanced Assessment Questions

2. Which number line shows the correct locate of all the given values?
Example Number One
Which number line shows the correct locate of all the given values?
1 2 , - 4, , 1 1 4

3. Answer Number One Key: A
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #1 1 NS D
6.NS.C.6c
N/A A
Key: A
Rubric: (1 point) Student selects the correct number line.

4. Example Number Two The equation shown has an unknown number.
Enter a fraction that makes the equation true.

5. Answer Number Two Key: 𝟏 𝟐 or its equivalent
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #2 1 NS B
6.NS.A.1
N/A
1 2
Key: 𝟏 𝟐 or its equivalent
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters a correct fraction.

6. Example Number Three Consider the inequality x > 7.
Determine whether each value of x shown in the table makes this inequality true.
Select Yes or No for each value.

7. Answer Number Three Exemplar: (shown at right)
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #5 1 EE F
6.EE.B.5
N/A
See exemplar
Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) Student correctly identifies if each value makes the inequality true (YNYNN).

8. Select all equations that have x=3 as a solution.
Example Number Four
Select all equations that have x=3 as a solution.

9. Answer Number Four Exemplar: (shown at right)
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #7 1 EE F
6.EE.B.5
N/A
See exemplar
Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) Student selects the first and last options.

10. A recipe requires 3 4 cup of nuts for 1 cake.
Example Number Five
A recipe requires cup of nuts for 1 cake.
Write the maximum number of cakes that can be made using cups of nuts.

11. Answer Number Five Key: 10
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #8 1 NS B
6.NS.A.1
N/A 10
Key: 10
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters the correct number of cakes.

12. Divide 16,536 ÷ 24. What is the quotient?
Example Number Six
Divide 16,536 ÷ 24. What is the quotient?

13. Answer Number Six
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #9 1 NS C
6.NS.B.2
N/A
689
Key: 689
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters the correct quotient.

14. Select all the t expressions that are equivalent to 8 (t + 4).
Example Number Seven
Select all the t expressions that are equivalent to 8 (t + 4).

15. Answer Number Seven Exemplar: (shown at right)
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key
#10 1 EE E
6.EE.A.4
N/A
See exemplar
Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) Student selects the second and last options.

16. Example Number Eight Sea level is 0 feet in elevation.
The elevation of land represents its height above or below sea level.
This table shows the lowest elevation in some states.
Determine whether each statement about the lowest elevations is correct.
Select True or False for each statement.

17. Answer Number Eight Exemplar:
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #3 1 NS D 2
6.NS.C.7b
N/A
See exemplar
Exemplar:
Rubric: (1 point) Student correctly identifies if each equation is true or false (FTT).

18. Example Number Nine
Carlos needs 1.7 meters of wire for one project and 0.8 meter of wire for another project.
Part A: Shade the model to represent the total amount of wire Carlos needs. Each full row represents 1.0 meter.
Part B: Carlos has 2.4 meters of
wire. Does Carlos have enough
wire? If he does, answer how much
wire he will have left over. If he
does not, answer how much more
he needs.
Place the value into one of the boxes.

19. Answer Number Nine Exemplar: (shown at right)
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #4 2 NS A
6.NS.B.3
2, 4
See exemplar
Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (2 points) Student correctly shades the model and answers Part B correctly.

20. Enter the unknown value that makes this statement true:
Example Number Ten
Enter the unknown value that makes this statement true:
30% of ­­­­______ is 60.

21. Answer Number Ten
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key
#12 1 RP A 2
6.RP.A.3c
N/A
200
Key: 200
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters the correct value.

22. Example Number Eleven Carl types 180 words in 2 minutes.
Write the number of words Carl types in 5 minutes at this rate.

23. Answer Number Eleven Key: 450
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key
#13 1 RP A 2
6.RP.A.3b
N/A
450
Key: 450
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters the correct number of words.

24. Example Number Twelve
Brady started to fill the box shown with some unit cubes.
Enter the total number of unit cubes needed to completely fill the box.
Include the unit cubes already shown in your total.

25. Answer Number Twelve Key: 210
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key
#17 2
NS, MD D
6.NS.B.3, 5.MD.C.5
6, 7
210
Key: 210
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters the correct number of cubes.

26. Example Number Thirteen
Micah constructs a rectangular prism with a volume of 360 cubic units.
The height of his prism is 10 units.
Micah claims that the base of the prism must be a square.
Draw a base that shows Micah’s claim is incorrect.

27. Answer Number Thirteen
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key #6 3 G B
6.G.A.2
3, 5
See exemplar
Exemplar: (shown at right) Other
rectangles with an area of 36
square units will also score
correctly and receive full credit.
Only a 6 by 6 square will not
receive credit.
Rubric:
(1 point) Student draws a rectangle with and area of 36 square units

28. Example Number Fourteen
Look at the equation.
2 3 x = n
Sarah claims that for any fraction multiplied by , n will be less than
To convince Sarah that this statement
is only sometimes true:
Part A: Write one number into each
box so the product, n , is less than
Part B: Write one number into each
box so the product, n , is not less
than

29. Answer Number Fourteen
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key
#11 3 NF A
5.NF.B.4
2, 3, 7
See exemplar
Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) Student writes one number in each box to create an equation where n is less than in Part A, and writes one number in each box to create an equation to show that Sarah’s claim is incorrect in Part B (e.g., Part A, Part B). This exemplar response represents only one possible solution. Other correct responses are possible.

30. Example Number Fifteen
Darcy likes to eat peanut butter and raisins on apple slices.
On each apple slice she puts cup of peanut butter and 8 raisins.
Darcy has cup of peanut butter and 80 raisins.
She eats a whole number of apple slices until the peanut butter is all gone.
What fraction of 80 raisins did she eat?
Write the fraction.

31. Answer Number Fifteen Key: 𝟑 𝟓 or its equivalent
Item
Claim
Domain
Target
DOK
CONTENT MP
Key
#14 4
NS, NF A 3
6.NS.A, 5.NF.B.3
1, 6
3 5
Key: 𝟑 𝟓 or its equivalent
Rubric: (1 point) Student enters a correct fraction.