Free Iowa Assessments (ITBS) practice test — Grade 6
10 original Iowa Assessments (ITBS)-style questions for Grade 6, with answers and full explanations. No signup needed.
These free Iowa Assessments™ (ITBS) practice questions match the formats your child will actually see — picture-based vocabulary, listening, and word analysis at K–2, and reading, language, and math through grade 8.
Every question is original with a full explanation. Younger levels mirror the real test's three-choice picture format; upper levels use the four-choice format with 'No mistakes' language items.
Spectators often imagine a marathon as a simple test of speed, but experienced runners describe it as a banking problem. Every runner starts with a limited store of easily burned fuel called glycogen — enough for roughly twenty miles at a strong pace. Spend it too fast, and the body must switch to burning fat, a slower process that feels like running through sand; runners call this hitting the wall. The winners are rarely the fastest sprinters. They are the best accountants: athletes who spend their glycogen so evenly that the account runs empty only a few steps past the finish line.
Glycogen is described as —
- Aa slow-burning fat
- Ba kind of sports drink
- Ceasily burned fuel the body stores
- Da running shoe design
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Correct answer: C
Stated definition — C. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
- Amelting and cooling
- Bcompaction and cementation
- Ccondensation
- Dphotosynthesis
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Correct answer: B
The correct answer is: compaction and cementation. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
2,790 + 1,884 = ?
- A4,675
- B4,673
- C4,674
- D4,684
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Correct answer: C
2,790 + 1,884 = 4,674 (C). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
Use the graph to answer: How many for Dara?
- A8
- B9
- C3
- D10
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Correct answer: B
Read each bar against the scale: Ana = 3, Ben = 8, Cole = 4, Dara = 9. So the answer is 9 — B.
the jubilant team
Jubilant means about the same as —
- Ayoung
- Boverjoyed
- Cexhausted
- Dfamous
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Correct answer: B
"jubilant" means overjoyed — B. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "jubilant".
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Start free diagnosticWhich word is spelled wrong?
- Alibrary
- Bdefinately
- Cprivilege
- Dcalendar
- E(No mistakes)
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Correct answer: B
"definately" is wrong; the correct spelling is "definitely" (B).
Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?
- AMy cat loves to chase
- Ba ball around the yard
- Cuntil the sun goes down
- Dand dinner is ready.
- E(No mistakes)
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Correct answer: E
Every line is written correctly, so the answer is E (No mistakes).
Spectators often imagine a marathon as a simple test of speed, but experienced runners describe it as a banking problem. Every runner starts with a limited store of easily burned fuel called glycogen — enough for roughly twenty miles at a strong pace. Spend it too fast, and the body must switch to burning fat, a slower process that feels like running through sand; runners call this hitting the wall. The winners are rarely the fastest sprinters. They are the best accountants: athletes who spend their glycogen so evenly that the account runs empty only a few steps past the finish line.
The author compares a marathon to —
- Aa mountain climb
- Ba sprint race
- Ca swimming lesson
- Da banking problem
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Correct answer: D
The comparison opens the passage — D. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
- Aprotein and fat
- Bnitrogen and salt
- Coxygen and sugar
- Dcarbon dioxide and water
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Correct answer: D
The correct answer is: carbon dioxide and water. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
1,947 + 2,144 = ?
- A4,091
- B4,090
- C4,092
- D4,081
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Correct answer: A
1,947 + 2,144 = 4,091 (A). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
Iowa Assessments (ITBS) FAQ
What does the Iowa Assessments test?
Depending on level: Vocabulary, Word Analysis, Listening, Reading, Language, and Mathematics — with Science and Social Studies joining from grade 1 and Computation at grades 3+.
Is the ITBS the same as the Iowa Assessments?
Yes — the Iowa Test of Basic Skills was renamed the Iowa Assessments (Form E and later). Schools use both names for the same battery.
What is a good Iowa Assessments score?
Scores are reported as national percentile ranks; many schools flag the 90th+ percentile for advanced programs, but each school sets its own bar.
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