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Grade 6 Math SOL Study Guide

Practice for the Grade 6 Math Virginia SOL test across all 15 standards and 5 strands. SOL Prep turns every standard into a diagnostic, guided notes, flashcards, and SOL-style practice questions — so you drill what you’re actually weak on instead of re-reviewing what you know.

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Grade 6 Math SOL practice tests

Practice Grade 6 Math with 216 free questions from official Virginia Department of Education released tests, or drill standard by standard with SOL Prep.

What Grade 6 Math covers

Number and Number Sense

  • 6.NS.1 — Express equivalency, compare, and order numbers written as fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents using multiple strategies.
  • 6.NS.2 — Represent, compare, and order integers using multiple strategies.
  • 6.NS.3 — Recognize and represent patterns with whole number exponents and perfect squares.

Computation and Estimation

  • 6.CE.1 — Estimate, solve, and justify solutions to problems using operations with fractions and mixed numbers, including contextual problems.
  • 6.CE.2 — Estimate, solve, and justify solutions to problems using operations with integers, including contextual problems.

Measurement and Geometry

  • 6.MG.1 — Identify characteristics of circles and solve problems involving circumference and area.
  • 6.MG.2 — Solve problems involving the area and perimeter of triangles and parallelograms.
  • 6.MG.3 — Describe characteristics of the coordinate plane and graph ordered pairs.
  • 6.MG.4 — Determine congruence of segments, angles, and polygons.

Probability and Statistics

  • 6.PS.1 — Apply the data cycle with a focus on circle graphs.
  • 6.PS.2 — Represent the mean as a balance point and determine the effect on statistical measures when a data point is added, removed, or changed.

Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

  • 6.PFA.1 — Use ratios to represent relationships between quantities, including contextual problems.
  • 6.PFA.2 — Identify and represent proportional relationships between two quantities, including contextual problems.
  • 6.PFA.3 — Write and solve one-step linear equations in one variable, including contextual problems.
  • 6.PFA.4 — Represent a contextual situation using a linear inequality in one variable with symbols and graphs on a number line.

Frequently asked questions

What is on the Grade 6 Math SOL test?

The Grade 6 Math Virginia SOL test is organized into 5 reporting strands: Number and Number Sense, Computation and Estimation, Measurement and Geometry, Probability and Statistics, Patterns, Functions, and Algebra. It assesses the 15 Standards of Learning listed on this page.

How many standards does Grade 6 Math cover?

Grade 6 Math covers 15 individual Virginia SOL standards across its 5 strands.

Where can I find Grade 6 Math SOL practice tests?

The Virginia Department of Education publishes official released tests and practice items at doe.virginia.gov — see our Virginia SOL practice tests guide for direct links. SOL Prep adds standard-by-standard practice for each of the 15 Grade 6 Math standards below.

How should I study for the Grade 6 Math SOL?

Start with a diagnostic to find which of the 15 Grade 6 Math standards you're weakest on, then focus practice there instead of re-reviewing what you already know. Work each standard's skills, then take a mixed practice check.