1.A map of the made-up island of Temeru has lines of latitude and longitude drawn every 2 degrees. The equator crosses the island. North is at the top of the map, and a legend shows towns as dots and rivers as blue lines. The island's towns are at these locations.
Port Alma: 4°N, 30°E
Kesh: 2°S, 34°E
Rilo: 6°S, 28°E
Vanto: 0°, 36°E
Doru: 4°N, 26°E
The Sela River begins in the hills beside Doru and flows southeast to Kesh.
Which town is farthest from the equator?
(A)Rilo
(B)Port Alma
(C)Doru
(D)Kesh
2.
1,947 + 2,144 = ?
(A)4,091
(B)4,090
(C)4,092
(D)4,081
3.
Use the graph to answer: How many for Grapes?
(A)10
(B)8
(C)9
(D)5
4.
a candid answer
Candid means about the same as —
(A)quick
(B)long
(C)clever
(D)honest
5.
Which word is spelled wrong?
(A)independant
(B)athlete
(C)separate
(D)calendar
(E)(No mistakes)
6.
Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?
(A)On April 14 our class
(B)will visit the science
(C)museum in Chicago with
(D)Mr. Osei and two parents.
(E)(No mistakes)
7.
Twenty-Six Miles of Strategy
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.
"Hitting the wall" happens when —
(A)a runner trips over a barrier
(B)glycogen runs out and the body burns fat
(C)spectators block the road
(D)the course becomes sandy
8.What does DNA carry?
(A)genetic instructions for living things
(B)sound waves
(C)oxygen molecules
(D)electric current
9.A map of the made-up island of Temeru has lines of latitude and longitude drawn every 2 degrees. The equator crosses the island. North is at the top of the map, and a legend shows towns as dots and rivers as blue lines. The island's towns are at these locations.
Port Alma: 4°N, 30°E
Kesh: 2°S, 34°E
Rilo: 6°S, 28°E
Vanto: 0°, 36°E
Doru: 4°N, 26°E
The Sela River begins in the hills beside Doru and flows southeast to Kesh.
A traveler walks in a straight line from Port Alma to Doru. In which direction does she travel?
(A)north
(B)east
(C)south
(D)west
10.
87 × 7 = ?
(A)610
(B)609
(C)696
(D)608
11.
Use the graph to answer: Which had the MOST?
(A)Mon
(B)Tue
(C)Thu
(D)Wed
12.
verify the results
Verify means about the same as —
(A)confirm
(B)announce
(C)record
(D)predict
13.
Which word is spelled wrong?
(A)restaurant
(B)definately
(C)separate
(D)government
(E)(No mistakes)
14.
Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?
(A)The students wrote letters
(B)to Mrs. Lopez thanking her
(C)for the field trip on
(D)October 15 to the museum.
(E)(No mistakes)
15.
Robot Geologists
The rovers that explore Mars are often called robot geologists, and the nickname is earned. Like a field scientist, a rover studies layers of rock to read the planet's history. When one drilled into a dry lakebed and found clay that forms only in calm, fresh water, scientists concluded that Mars was once far friendlier to life than it is today. A rover's day is planned to the minute by engineers on Earth, yet the machine must handle surprises alone: a signal takes many minutes to cross the distance between the planets, so no one can steer a rover around a rock in real time. Each evening, the rover reports what it found; each night, humans write tomorrow's plan.
Why can't engineers steer a rover in real time?
(A)Signals take minutes to travel between planets
(B)The rovers move too quickly
(C)Mars blocks all radio waves
(D)Rovers have no cameras
16.Which is the correct order of levels of organization from smallest to largest?
(A)tissue, organism, cell, organ
(B)organism, cell, tissue, organ
(C)organ, cell, organism, tissue
(D)cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
17.A map of the made-up island of Temeru has lines of latitude and longitude drawn every 2 degrees. The equator crosses the island. North is at the top of the map, and a legend shows towns as dots and rivers as blue lines. The island's towns are at these locations.
Port Alma: 4°N, 30°E
Kesh: 2°S, 34°E
Rilo: 6°S, 28°E
Vanto: 0°, 36°E
Doru: 4°N, 26°E
The Sela River begins in the hills beside Doru and flows southeast to Kesh.
Which statement about the Sela River is supported by the description?
(A)It crosses the prime meridian before it reaches the town of Kesh.
(B)It flows from the east side of the island toward the west side.
(C)It begins in the Southern Hemisphere and ends in the Northern Hemisphere.
(D)It begins in the Northern Hemisphere and ends in the Southern Hemisphere.
18.
63 × 16 = ?
(A)945
(B)1,007
(C)1,008
(D)998
19.
Use the graph to answer: How many for Birds and Fish TOGETHER?
(A)11
(B)5
(C)10
(D)12
20.
reluctant to answer
Reluctant means about the same as —
(A)unwilling
(B)slow
(C)unable
(D)eager
Answer Key — Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Grade 6
1. A — Rilo is 6 degrees south of the equator. Port Alma and Doru are only 4 degrees north, and Kesh is 2 degrees south.
2. 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.
3. C — Read each bar against the scale: Apples = 10, Pears = 6, Grapes = 9, Plums = 5. So the answer is 9 — C.
4. D — "candid" means honest — D. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "candid".
5. A — "independant" is wrong; the correct spelling is "independent" (A).
6. A — Line A has the mistake: a comma is needed here. It should read "On April 14, our class".
7. B — Defined in the passage — B. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
8. A — The correct answer is: genetic instructions for living things. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
9. D — Both towns are at 4°N, so she stays on the same latitude. Doru's longitude (26°E) is closer to the prime meridian than Port Alma's (30°E), so Doru is to the west.
10. B — 87 × 7 = 609 (B). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
11. D — Read each bar against the scale: Mon = 6, Tue = 3, Wed = 11, Thu = 8. So the answer is Wed — D.
12. A — "verify" means confirm — A. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "verify".
13. B — "definately" is wrong; the correct spelling is "definitely" (B).
14. B — Line B has the mistake: a comma is needed here. It should read "to Mrs. Lopez, thanking her".
15. A — The delay is stated — A. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
16. D — The correct answer is: cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
17. D — The river starts near Doru (4°N) and ends at Kesh (2°S), so it crosses the equator going south. It moves from 26°E to 34°E, which is eastward, and never reaches 0° longitude.
18. C — 63 × 16 = 1,008 (C). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
19. A — Read each bar against the scale: Cats = 2, Dogs = 5, Fish = 3, Birds = 8. So the answer is 11 — A.
20. A — "reluctant" means unwilling — A. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "reluctant".