Provincial assessment · Prince Edward Island
Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics
- Grade 6
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- Total time
- 2 h 30 min
- Marked questions
- 40
- Parts
- 2
- Calculator
- Not allowed
- Format
- On paper
PEI Grade 6 Math Assessment practice test
The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.
The exam in the app
Its parts, and what you can use in each
A question, timed, with the exam’s tools
The marked result, part by part
A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.
Free with a MapleMind account
When
June 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred from the spring 2024 sitting and the old June design)
- June 1 to June 18, 2027School day · Grade 6 Mathematics provincial assessment, two classroom sessions (the school sets the days)
The dates are Prince Edward Island’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (princeedwardisland.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 · 30 skills
- Angle sums of triangles and quadrilaterals
- Angles in the environment
- Area of rectangles
- Classifying angles by measure
- Classifying triangles by angles
- Classifying triangles by sides
- Comparing experimental and theoretical results
- Drawing angles of a given measure
- Estimating angles with reference angles
- Experimental probability
- Finding factors and multiples
- Graphing and analysing data
- Improper fractions and mixed numbers
- Line graphs
- Measuring angles in degrees
- Multiplying and dividing decimals
- Order of operations
- Outcomes of a probability experiment
- Patterns with graphs and tables
- Perimeter of polygons
- Place value past millions and thousandths
- Preservation of equality
- Prime and composite numbers
- Regular and irregular polygons
- Relationships in tables of values
- Solving problems with multiples
- Theoretical probability
- Understanding integers
- Understanding percent
- Volume of right rectangular prisms
How it’s built
Multiple-choice questions, numerical-response questions and written answers.
- Day 1
- Time
- 75 min
- Questions
- 20
- Marks
- 20
- Of the marks
- 50%
- Multiple choice
- Numerical response
- Written answers
Multiple choice with four choices, fill in the blank, and questions where you draw or graph your answer, on number, patterns, shape and space, and data and chance. No calculator.
- Day 2
- Time
- 75 min
- Questions
- 20
- Marks
- 20
- Of the marks
- 50%
- Multiple choice
- Numerical response
- Written answers
The same kinds of questions as Day 1, on the rest of the four areas. No calculator.
How it’s marked
There's no pass mark for you: a random sample of papers from across the province is marked for the province's data.
On the day
- Day 1The first half of the questions, about 75 minutes.
- Day 2The second half, about 75 minutes.
Two classroom sessions on two days. No calculator, multiplication chart or wall charts, but you may use a protractor, a metric ruler and tracing paper. Your work and answers go in the booklet.
Getting ready
1 official document to practise with, and 5 tips.
Official practice
Tips from the people who write it
- Review all the math you learned in class this year.
- Come well rested and ready to take part.
- Read each question carefully; you may need to read it more than once.
- Try every question, even if you're not sure how to do it.
- Look carefully at pictures, graphs and charts, and draw your own pictures if they help.
More for you
Students
Read what’s on it, then write full practice exams under the real time limit.
Practise itParents
Put the dates on the family calendar. The Parent Dashboard shows each practice exam’s result and the skills that need another look.
See the Parent DashboardEducators
The official practice above makes a review plan. Students can practise each skill on its own in MapleMind, free with daily limits.
For schools
Questions about this exam
When is the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics in 2026–27?
The next sitting is June 1 to June 18, 2027.
How long is the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics?
It takes 2 hours 30 minutes in all, over 2 parts.
How many questions are on the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics?
It has 40 marked questions: 20 in Day 1 and 20 in Day 2.
Can you use a calculator on the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics?
No. Calculators aren’t allowed.
Where can I find practice tests for the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics?
Prince Edward Island publishes Elementary Mathematics Assessment Samplar (the old Grade 6 assessment's sample questions and answer key; Internet Archive copy). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.
Practise for the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics
Every skill on the Provincial Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.
