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TE S T pr ep d octor
Correlation
Standard
Items
CC.7.RP.1
6,15,16
CC.7.NS.1
10
CC.7.NS.1c
3
CC.7.NS.2
1, 5–7, 9, 14–16
CC.7.NS.2c
4, 12
CC.7.NS.2d
2, 11, 13
CC.7.NS.3
Selected Response: Item 7
• Students who answered B added $52.71 to
$172.90 and then divided by 4.
• Students who answered C divided $172.90 by 4
and then added $52.71.
• Students who answered D found 4 times his
beginning balance.
Constructed Response: Item 12
• Students who answered 32 may have multiplied
128 by ​ __14 ​instead of __​ 34 ​.
• Students who answered 384 may have multiplied
128 by 3 but did not divide by 4.
1, 4–6, 9–10, 12,
15–16
• Students who answered 512 may have multiplied
128 by 4.
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ASSESSMENT READINESS
Name
Class
Date
SELECTED RESPONSE
1. Misha has a board that is 17 _21 inches long
that he has to cut into 3 equal pieces. How
long should each piece be?
6. Sean bought 4.8 pounds of beef. His total
was $11.76 before tax. How much did Sean
pay per pound of beef?
A. 5 __23 inches
B. 5 __56 inches
C. 8 __34 inches
D. 14 __12 inches
B. $56.41
J. 4.95
C. $95.94
3. A girl is snorkeling 1 meter below sea level
and then dives down another 0.5 meter.
How far below sea level is the girl?
D. $120.20
8. Tim and Todd are twins. At birth, Todd
weighed 1 _16 pounds more than Tim’s
weight. If Todd weighed 7 _23 pounds at
birth, how much did Tim weigh at birth?
A. 0.5 meter below sea level
B. 1 meter below sea level
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J. $56.45
A. $30.05
H. 4.875
G. 4.8
H. $16.56
7. At the end of the year, Juan has $52.71
more than 4 times his balance at the
beginning of the year. If his ending
balance is $172.90, what was his balance
at the beginning of the year?
2. Jenni buys a piece of fabric that is 4 _78 yards
long. What is the decimal equivalent of
4 _78 ?
F. 0.875
F. $2.45
G. $6.96
C. 1.5 meters below sea level
F. 4 __13 pounds
D. 2 meters below sea level
G. 6 __12 pounds
H. 7 __16 pounds
4. A mountain climber climbed up a cliff
_1 mile at a time. He did this 5 times in one
4
day. How many miles did he climb up?
J. 8 __56 pounds
9. Jody is cutting wood to make picture
frames. How many pieces of wood that are
10 _34 inches long can she cut from a board
that is 75 _14 inches long?
F. __14 mile
G. __34 mile
H. 1 mile
A. 7 pieces
J. 1 __14 miles
B. 10 pieces
5. Uma’s salad dressing recipe calls for __21 cup
of yogurt. She wants to triple her recipe.
How much yogurt does she need?
A. 1__12 cups
B. 2 cups
C. 65 pieces
D. 85 pieces
C. 3 cups
D. 3__12 cups
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10. Jim raised $43.64 for the community
food bank. Rina raised $165.23 for the
food bank, and Everett raised $23.09 for
the food bank. How much did they raise
together?
14. Is the rectangular room shown below a
square? Explain your answer.
Area
1 2
ft
4
110
1
ft
2
10
H. $208.87
J. $231.96
1
1 21___
21
21
Yes; 110 _
÷ 10 _
= 441 · __
= ___
9
of all students
11. A new poll shows that __
11
9
as a
like to eat pizza. Jan wants to write __
11
9
__
decimal. What is 11 in decimal form?
4
24
2
211
2
length
A. 0.8
B. 0.81
15. Mr. Carrara has a red car and a blue car.
He measured the volume of each car’s
gas tank and each car’s mileage. Find the
distance each car can travel on a single
tank of gas. Which car travels farther on a
single tank? Explain.
C. 0.8181…
D. 0.90
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE
12. Sheila has to pack 128 baskets of apples.
She has packed _14 of the baskets. How
many baskets are left for her to pack?
128
96
_3 of the baskets are left; _3 × ___
= __
;
4
2
1 ; so both sides are the same
= 10__
4
1
Car
Gas Tank Volume
Highway
Mileage
Red
19 gal
25.3 mi/gal
Blue
16 gal
28.4 mi/gal
1
she has 96 baskets left to pack.
Red: 19 · 25.3 = 480.7 mi;
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F. $66.73
G. $165.23
Blue: 16 · 28.4 = 454.4 mi;
13. Leanne was asked on a math test if the
number 0.58 is a rational number. She
says it is not a rational number. Is she
correct? Why or why not?
Leanne is not correct. 0.58 is rational
The red car travels farther on one
tank because 480.7 > 454.4.
16. A grocery store advertises cherries on sale
for $2 per pound. At a different store Millie
paid $11 for 2_34 pounds of cherries. How
much more did Millie pay per pound for
cherries than if she had bought them on
sale? Explain.
Amount Millie paid per pound:
58
.
because it can be written as ___
100
3
= 4, $4 per pound; $4 - $2 = $2;
11 ÷ 2_
4
Mille paid $2 more per pound.
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