Grade 6 Math · Variables and Algebraic Expressions
Build Grade 6 Math skills with five 10-question practice tests on variables, coefficients, constants, terms, expressions, substitution, simplification, and equations.
These Grade 6 Math practice tests help students read, write, simplify, and evaluate algebraic expressions. Students practice variables, coefficients, constants, terms, translating words into expressions, equivalent forms, distributive property, substitution, and one-step equations.
Read the wording carefully and identify which quantity is the variable. Translate operations in the correct order, combine only like terms, distribute multiplication across every term inside parentheses, and substitute values with parentheses when needed. Check an equation by placing the solution back into both sides.
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A 10-question Grade 6 Math practice test on variables, coefficients, constants, terms, algebraic expressions, equivalent forms, substitution, and equations.
Identify each algebraic part, translate phrases carefully, combine like terms, substitute values, and check equations.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is .
Subtract 7 from both sides: .
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is .
Add 4 to both sides: .
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is .
Divide both sides by 3: .
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Correct answer: D
The correct answer is .
Multiply both sides by 5: .
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is .
Subtract 3 and divide by 2: , so .
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Adding 8.
Addition and subtraction are inverse operations, so adding 8 undoes subtracting 8.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Yes, because .
Substitute 6: , so the equation is true.
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Correct answer: D
The correct answer is .
Three more than n is , and it equals 18.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Combining unlike terms as if they were like terms..
x terms and y terms are unlike, so cannot be combined into a single term.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Variables and expressions use symbols, coefficients, constants, operations, and properties to represent and solve quantity relationships..
A complete summary connects algebraic vocabulary, translation, simplification, substitution, and equations.
The page covers variables, coefficients, constants, terms, verbal expressions, equivalent expressions, like terms, substitution, the distributive property, and simple equations.
Like terms have the same variable parts with the same exponents, so their coefficients can be combined.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 6 Variables and Algebraic Expressions questions in total.
