Grade 6 Ohio State Test Math Practice
Grade 6 practice covers the 29 standards on Ohio’s grade 6 blueprint in four reporting categories: Ratios and Proportions; Expressions and Equations; Geometry and Statistics; and The Number System. The spring test has two parts. Part 1 without a calculator; Part 2 with one.
Designed, reviewed, and checked by Greg · 25+ years in the classroom · Updated for 2026-27439practice items
29standards
4reporting categories
322pages
Free Start with the free Grade 6 screener: 12 questions and a table that says which reporting category each student needs first.
Your testing year
Where each part fits in the 2026-27 school year.
- 1Practice by reporting categoryas you teach it
- 2Practice Test Form Amidyear, scored by category
- 320-day countdownthe last 20 school days
- 4Practice Test Form Bjust before the test
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What grade 6 covers
Short names in our own words. See Ohio’s Learning Standards for Mathematics for the official standard text.
Ratios and Proportions
- 6.RP.1Ratio language
- 6.RP.2Unit rates
- 6.RP.3Ratio tables, rates and percents
Expressions and Equations
- 6.EE.1Expressions with exponents
- 6.EE.2Writing and evaluating variable expressions
- 6.EE.3Generating equivalent expressions
- 6.EE.4Identifying equivalent expressions
- 6.EE.5Solutions to equations and inequalities
- 6.EE.6Variables in expressions
- 6.EE.7One-step equations
- 6.EE.8Writing and graphing inequalities
- 6.EE.9Dependent and independent variables
Geometry and Statistics
- 6.NS.8Graphing and distance in four quadrants
- 6.G.1Area of triangles and polygons
- 6.G.2Volume with fractional edges
- 6.G.3Polygons on the coordinate plane
- 6.G.4Nets and surface area
- 6.SP.1Statistical questions and the GAISE model
- 6.SP.2Center, spread and shape
- 6.SP.3Measures of center and variation
- 6.SP.4Dot plots, histograms, box plots
- 6.SP.5Summarizing data in context
The Number System
- 6.NS.1Dividing fractions
- 6.NS.2Long division
- 6.NS.3Decimal operations
- 6.NS.4GCF, LCM and the distributive property
- 6.NS.5Positive and negative numbers in context
- 6.NS.6Rational numbers on number lines
- 6.NS.7Ordering and absolute value
Try three items
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A pet shelter has 3 cats for every 5 dogs. Which ratio compares dogs to cats?
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Worked solutionThe question names dogs before cats, so the dogs' number is written before the cats': for every 5 dogs there are 3 cats, which is 5 : 3. The ratio 3 : 5 compares cats to dogs, and 5 : 8 and 3 : 8 compare one animal to all 8 animals in each group.
Which expression represents “square the sum of 3 and 5, then divide by 4”?
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Worked solutionThe sum of 3 and 5 is squared, so it needs grouping symbols before the exponent: (3 + 5)2. Then divide by 4: (3 + 5)2 ÷ 4 = 64 ÷ 4 = 16. Without the parentheses only the 5 is squared.
Point M is at (3, −2). Point N has the same y-coordinate as point M, is 7 units from point M, and is to the left of the y-axis. Where is point N?
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Worked solutionN has y-coordinate −2 and is 7 units left or right of M. Moving 7 units left from x = 3 takes 3 units to reach the y-axis and 4 more units past it, to x = −4. Moving 7 units right gives 3 + 7 = 10. Only −4 is to the left of the y-axis, so N is at (−4, −2). Check: |−4| + |3| = 4 + 3 = 7. (10, −2) is 7 units away but to the right of the y-axis. (−7, −2) uses 7 as the coordinate, and it is 10 units from M. (−4, 2) has the wrong sign on the y-coordinate, so it does not share M's y-coordinate.
Teacher questions
When should I use each part?
Assign each practice set as you teach its topics, then give the full-length practice test once everything has been taught.
What about calculators?
The practice follows the state's calculator rule for this grade: part 1 without a calculator; part 2 with one. Check your school's testing guidance for the current rules.
Are these actual state test questions?
No. Every item is original and aligned to the published standards. Nothing is copied from a state test, a released item or a reference sheet.
Other Ohio grades and courses
Independent practiceIndependent practice for Ohio’s State Tests in mathematics. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Standard names on this page are short summaries in our own words.