6th Grade Math Placement Check
A one-click placement check for a child entering 6th grade. It samples the math a child should arrive with from 5th grade: 7 skills with two items each, four stories, and a fact finder that finds the level to start fact practice at.
It prints as ten pages: a note for the teacher, four pages for the child, the answers, and a last page, "Where to start", that says which page practises each skill a child missed. It is a screen, not a score: there is no pass mark and no grade level, and nothing is stored.
What this check covers
- Answer two items on each of 7 skills from 5th grade
- Solve four stories that make the operation a choice
- Work one fact from each level of the multiplication and division ladder
What the check samples
- Double Digit MultiplicationMultiplying two two-digit numbers.
- Adding Fractions With Unlike DenominatorsAdding fractions with different denominators.
- Adding DecimalsAdding decimals to the hundredths.
- Rounding DecimalsRounding a decimal to a place.
- Multiplying FractionsMultiplying two fractions.
- Multiplying DecimalsMultiplying decimals.
- Comparing Decimals WorksheetsWhich of two decimals is larger.
- Mixed Operation Word ProblemsFour stories that use the four operations, so the child has to choose which.
- Math Fact Fluency LevelsOne fact from each level, in order. The first one missed is the level to start at.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the 6th grade check sample 5th grade math?
Because it is for a child entering 6th grade, and 5th grade is what that child should arrive with. A check of the grade's own math in September would test what has not been taught yet, and a teacher could not tell a gap from a lesson still to come.
What does "both wrong" mean on the 6th grade check?
Each of the 7 skills has two items. On this check, a child who misses both items under "Adding decimals" has math-pages.com/adding-decimals to practise; one missed is a watch, because two items cannot tell a slip from a gap. Give the child the first few problems on the practice page before you decide. A child who misses most of the check may need the one for the grade below.