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Provincial assessment · Newfoundland & Labrador

Provincial Reading and Mathematics Assessment: Mathematics, Grade 6 (PRMA)

  • Grade 6

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Total time
2 h
Marked questions
40
Parts
2
Calculator
Not allowed
Format
On paper

NL Grade 6 Math Assessment (PRMA) practice test

The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.

  • Provincial Reading and Mathematics Assessment: Mathematics, Grade 6 (PRMA) in the MapleMind app: the exam in the appThe exam in the app
  • Provincial Reading and Mathematics Assessment: Mathematics, Grade 6 (PRMA) in the MapleMind app: its parts, and what you can use in eachIts parts, and what you can use in each
  • A multiple-choice question in a practice exam in the MapleMind app, with its timer and toolsA question, timed, with the exam’s tools
  • A practice exam’s marked result in the MapleMind app: the score, how the real exam reports it, and each part’s pointsThe marked result, part by part

A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.

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When

Last week of May and first week of June

The dates are Newfoundland & Labrador’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (gov.nl.ca)

What’s on it

  • Number
  • Patterns and relations
  • Shape and space
  • Statistics and probability

Each topic’s share of the marks isn’t published.

The skills it tests · 42 skills
  • Angle sums of triangles and quadrilaterals
  • Choosing a data collection method
  • Choosing an appropriate graph
  • Classifying and estimating angles
  • Classifying triangles
  • Combining successive transformations
  • Comparing and ordering integers
  • Comparing theoretical and experimental probability
  • Congruence in a regular polygon
  • Converting and placing fractions
  • Creating and interpreting line graphs
  • Describing relationships in a table
  • Describing transformations on the plane
  • Drawing and replicating triangles
  • Estimating to place the decimal point
  • Factors and multiples
  • Improper fractions greater than one
  • Integers and the number line
  • Large and small numbers around us
  • Listing outcomes and theoretical probability
  • Measuring and drawing angles
  • Modelling and recording percents
  • Multiplying and dividing decimals
  • Order of operations
  • Part-to-part and part-to-whole ratios
  • Percent means out of 100
  • Performing transformations and finding the image
  • Perimeter and area formulas
  • Plotting points in the first quadrant
  • Preserving equality across operations
  • Prime and composite numbers
  • Reading and building graphs of patterns
  • Regular and irregular polygons
  • Shapes and distances on the plane
  • Solving percent problems
  • Solving ratio problems
  • The commutative property
  • The place-value pattern
  • Using tables to predict and solve
  • Volume of right rectangular prisms
  • Writing a pattern as an expression
  • Writing ratios in many forms
From the courseMathematics, Grade 6Its Course CompanionMathematics, Grade 6

How it’s built

Multiple-choice questions and written answers.

  1. Part 1
    Time
    60 min
    Questions
    20
    Marks
    20
    Of the marks
    50%
    • Multiple choice
    • Written answers

    Multiple-choice questions with four choices, and questions where you write your answer and show your reasoning, on number, patterns and equations, shape and space, and data and chance. No calculator.

  2. Part 2
    Time
    60 min
    Questions
    20
    Marks
    20
    Of the marks
    50%
    • Multiple choice
    • Written answers

    More questions of the same kinds, across the same areas of math. No calculator.

How it’s marked

  1. Not Meeting Expectations
  2. Approaching Expectations
  3. Meeting Expectations

A computer marks the multiple-choice answers, and teachers on a provincial panel mark your written answers. There's no individual result: your school gets the share of students at each level, and Meeting Expectations is the expected level.

On the day

  1. Session 1Part 1, up to an hour.
  2. Session 2Part 2, up to an hour, later the same day after a break or on another day.

Two classroom sessions of up to an hour each, on one day with a break or over two days. No calculator, but you may use counters, cubes, base ten blocks and geometric solids, and working paper is provided. You may ask to have a question read aloud. Extra time is available for everyone.

Getting ready

6 official documents to practise with, and 4 tips.

Official practice

Tips from the people who write it

  • You don't need to prepare: the results don't affect your marks or report card, so just do your best.
  • Practise working with decimals, area and volume without a calculator.
  • If you're not sure, cross out the wrong choices first, and answer every question.
  • For a written answer, show your reasoning: explain how you got your answer.

After the exam

Results

There are no individual results: schools receive the provincial results and their own overall results.

Marks

The province says no preparation is needed.

If you miss it

Every Grade 3 and 6 student on the provincial curriculum is expected to take part.

From The Provincial Reading and Mathematics Assessment (PRMA): questions and answers (gov.nl.ca), read on October 27, 2026.

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Questions about this exam

When is the PRMA in 2026–27?

The next sitting is May 25 to June 4, 2027.

How long is the PRMA?

It takes 2 hours in all, over 2 parts.

How many questions are on the PRMA?

It has 40 marked questions: 20 in Part 1 and 20 in Part 2.

Can you use a calculator on the PRMA?

No. Calculators aren’t allowed.

How are PRMA results reported?

At 3 levels: Not Meeting Expectations, Approaching Expectations and Meeting Expectations.

Where can I find practice tests for the PRMA?

Newfoundland & Labrador publishes Provincial Reading and Mathematics Assessment Framework (sample items in Appendix 4). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.

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Practise for the PRMA

Every skill on the PRMA, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.