Ten free 6th grade word problems about music, 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 music.
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Music Math
6th Grade · Unit rates · Ratio tables · Percent of a number · Mean (average) · Median · Subtracting decimals
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Sam practiced 28 minutes over 8 days. That is the same amount for each day. How many minutes per day?
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Sam programs drum beats and hand claps in a ratio of 3:3 in a beat maker. Today Sam programs 6 drum beats. How many hand claps does Sam need to keep the same ratio?
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Sam has 185 songs on a playlist. 80% of them are acoustic. How many songs on a playlist are acoustic?
A. 14800
B. 148
C. 2.31
D. 105
Over five shows, Sam sold this many tickets: 8, 13, 2, 6, 1. Find the mean (the average) number of tickets per show.
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Here is how many songs Sam played at each of five shows: 4, 14, 3, 6, 18. What is the median number of songs per show?
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Sam had $13 and spent $2.50 on a pack of guitar picks at the music shop. How much money does Sam have left?
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Sam practiced a total of 24.5 minutes over 7 days. Split evenly, how many minutes is that for each day?
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Sam programs drum beats and hand claps in a ratio of 6:7 in a beat maker. Today Sam programs 18 drum beats. How many hand claps does Sam need to keep the same ratio?
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Sam has 25 songs on a playlist. 80% of them are upbeat. How many songs on a playlist are upbeat?
A. 2000
B. 20
C. 0.31
D. -55
Here is how many tickets Sam sold for each of five shows: 6, 7, 2, 1, 14. What is the mean number of tickets per show?
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Answer key
Music Math · 6th Grade
3.528÷8=3.5minutesperday.
6Thescalefactoris2(since3×2=6).Applyitto3:3×2=6.
B. 148Turn80%into0.8,thenmultiply:0.8×185=148.
68+13+2+6+1=30,and30÷5=6.
6 Sorted, the values are 3, 4, 6, 14, 18. The middle value is 6.
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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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