Ten free 6th grade word problems about dinosaurs, with an answer key. Type your kid's first name and every problem is about them; press "New problems" for a fresh sheet as often as you like.
This sheet mixes unit rates, ratio tables, percent of a number, mean (average), median, and subtracting decimals. Each problem is built from a checked math template, so the numbers change every time but the answers are always right; only the story is about dinosaurs.
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Dinosaur Math
6th Grade · Unit rates · Ratio tables · Percent of a number · Mean (average) · Median · Subtracting decimals
Name Date
Sam's dig team dug 39 centimeters deeper in 6 hours. That is the same amount for each hour. How many centimeters per hour?
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Sam displays plaster casts and real fossils in a ratio of 6:8 in a museum case. If Sam displays 36 plaster casts, how many real fossils go with them?
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Sam has 165 dinosaur stickers. 80% of them show meat eaters. How many dinosaur stickers show meat eaters?
A. 13200
B. 132
C. 2.06
D. 85
Over five days, Sam cleaned this many fossil bones: 2, 3, 5, 1, 9. Find the mean (the average) number of fossil bones per day.
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Here is how many specimens Sam labeled on each of five days: 1, 18, 18, 17, 16. What is the median number of specimens per day?
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Sam had $15 and spent $9.25 on a pack of dinosaur stickers at the museum gift shop. How much money does Sam have left?
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Sam's dig team dug 40 centimeters deeper in 8 hours. That is the same amount for each hour. How many centimeters per hour?
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Sam collects plant-eater cards and meat-eater cards in a ratio of 6:9. Today Sam collects 12 plant-eater cards. How many meat-eater cards does Sam need to keep the same ratio?
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Sam has 145 dinosaur stickers. 40% of them show plant eaters. How many dinosaur stickers show plant eaters?
A. 5800
B. 58
C. 3.63
D. 105
Here is how many fossils Sam found on each of five dig days: 4, 13, 6, 5, 12. What is the mean number of fossils per dig day?
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What does the 6th grade sheet cover?
Unit rates, Ratio tables, Percent of a number, Mean (average), Median, and Subtracting decimals. You can also pick a single topic for a focused sheet.
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