EC-6 Math Practice Test UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following activities would best allow a teacher to demonstrate an appreciation for
cultural diversity in a math class? - CORRECT ANSWER Discuss the average wage and cost
of living for cities around the world
Students in Mrs. Wilson's class have mastered multiplication and have been introduced to
division. Mrs. Wilson gave a test over introductory concepts in division and found that a number
of students struggled. Which of the following strategies is best to help improve the students'
understanding of division? - CORRECT ANSWER Use manipulatives to model division and
connect it to multiplication
Students are working to solve the following question: ½ - x = ¼. The teacher then gives the
following as an example:
"If you are sharing a pizza with somebody and there is half a pizza left, how much must the other
person eat so that you only have one quarter of the pizza left?"
As the teacher engages with several students, the teacher observes students are still having
difficulty understanding the concept of fractions. The teacher then uses a pie chart to help
explain the concept. Which of the following types of assessments has the teacher used? -
CORRECT ANSWER formative
Whitney is packing for a week-long trip. She fills her suitcase with 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, 2
skirts, and 2 dresses. If an outfit consists of 1 shirt and 1 bottom (pant or skirt) or 1 dress, how
many different outfits can Whitney create? - CORRECT ANSWER 27
Which culture is credited with developing the use of negative numbers? - CORRECT
ANSWER **Chinese
A teacher writes the problem shown below on the board for a warm-up.
7x+4−3x+2=127x+4−3x+2=12
, She asks students to combine like terms as the first step in solving the problem. Which equation
demonstrates an understanding of the first step? - CORRECT ANSWER 4x + 6 = 12
During the week, the teacher has students use a ruler to measure various objects. They begin with
measuring straight lines and then move on to shapes and 3-D figures. At the end of the week,
students are asked to research careers in which the mathematical ideas explored during the week
could be used.
Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates how the math concept explored in class is
applied to a career context? - CORRECT ANSWER an architect drawing plans for a new
house
A math teacher wants to introduce a lesson on the use of decimals and fractions. Which of the
following strategies is most likely to increase the students' understanding of the concepts? -
CORRECT ANSWER Highlight examples of decimal and fraction use from the students lives
Juan is 5 feet tall and casts a shadow that is 10 feet long. If the flagpole casts a shadow that is 30
feet long, how tall is the flagpole? - CORRECT ANSWER 15 feet
A second-grade class has created a pictograph of what type of shoe each person is wearing. What
is the next visual representation students can make from the information given? - CORRECT
ANSWER a bar graph
Student groups are given a six-sided die, with each side labeled a number 1 through 6. Each
student group rolls the die 75 times and records the number that is rolled. If there are 8 groups of
students participating in this activity, which of the following is most likely the total number of
times a 4 was rolled? - CORRECT ANSWER 98
Task A: You have 24 meters of fence to build a rectangular area for a garden. How many
different sized gardens can you create if each side is a whole number?
Task B: The length and width of a rectangle adds up to 20 inches. What is the range of areas that
the rectangle can have if each side is a whole number?
Both Task A and Task B shown above meet the goal of students exploring the relationship
between area and perimeter. Which additional TEKS goal can be met through each of the tasks?
- CORRECT ANSWER finding multiple solutions
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following activities would best allow a teacher to demonstrate an appreciation for
cultural diversity in a math class? - CORRECT ANSWER Discuss the average wage and cost
of living for cities around the world
Students in Mrs. Wilson's class have mastered multiplication and have been introduced to
division. Mrs. Wilson gave a test over introductory concepts in division and found that a number
of students struggled. Which of the following strategies is best to help improve the students'
understanding of division? - CORRECT ANSWER Use manipulatives to model division and
connect it to multiplication
Students are working to solve the following question: ½ - x = ¼. The teacher then gives the
following as an example:
"If you are sharing a pizza with somebody and there is half a pizza left, how much must the other
person eat so that you only have one quarter of the pizza left?"
As the teacher engages with several students, the teacher observes students are still having
difficulty understanding the concept of fractions. The teacher then uses a pie chart to help
explain the concept. Which of the following types of assessments has the teacher used? -
CORRECT ANSWER formative
Whitney is packing for a week-long trip. She fills her suitcase with 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, 2
skirts, and 2 dresses. If an outfit consists of 1 shirt and 1 bottom (pant or skirt) or 1 dress, how
many different outfits can Whitney create? - CORRECT ANSWER 27
Which culture is credited with developing the use of negative numbers? - CORRECT
ANSWER **Chinese
A teacher writes the problem shown below on the board for a warm-up.
7x+4−3x+2=127x+4−3x+2=12
, She asks students to combine like terms as the first step in solving the problem. Which equation
demonstrates an understanding of the first step? - CORRECT ANSWER 4x + 6 = 12
During the week, the teacher has students use a ruler to measure various objects. They begin with
measuring straight lines and then move on to shapes and 3-D figures. At the end of the week,
students are asked to research careers in which the mathematical ideas explored during the week
could be used.
Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates how the math concept explored in class is
applied to a career context? - CORRECT ANSWER an architect drawing plans for a new
house
A math teacher wants to introduce a lesson on the use of decimals and fractions. Which of the
following strategies is most likely to increase the students' understanding of the concepts? -
CORRECT ANSWER Highlight examples of decimal and fraction use from the students lives
Juan is 5 feet tall and casts a shadow that is 10 feet long. If the flagpole casts a shadow that is 30
feet long, how tall is the flagpole? - CORRECT ANSWER 15 feet
A second-grade class has created a pictograph of what type of shoe each person is wearing. What
is the next visual representation students can make from the information given? - CORRECT
ANSWER a bar graph
Student groups are given a six-sided die, with each side labeled a number 1 through 6. Each
student group rolls the die 75 times and records the number that is rolled. If there are 8 groups of
students participating in this activity, which of the following is most likely the total number of
times a 4 was rolled? - CORRECT ANSWER 98
Task A: You have 24 meters of fence to build a rectangular area for a garden. How many
different sized gardens can you create if each side is a whole number?
Task B: The length and width of a rectangle adds up to 20 inches. What is the range of areas that
the rectangle can have if each side is a whole number?
Both Task A and Task B shown above meet the goal of students exploring the relationship
between area and perimeter. Which additional TEKS goal can be met through each of the tasks?
- CORRECT ANSWER finding multiple solutions
