8 Math STAAR Readiness
Some questions (c) 2012 by CSCOPE.
Some questions (c) 2012 by NWEA.
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1 Mrs. Nevin is making a costume for a
school play. She needs a piece of fabric
4 Miranda donated a box of food items to her
local food bank. Her box contained 3 boxes
of macaroni that weighed 5.5 oz, 1 jar of
that is greater than of a yard but less
peanut butter that weighed 40 oz, and 2
cans of soup that weighed 10.75 oz. What
than of a yard. Which length of fabric
listed below could she use?
A
yard
B
yard
is the total weight of the box?
F
56.25 oz
G
235.5 oz
H
117 oz
J
78 oz
C
yard
5 Jennifer is standing at a position that is
D
25 feet above sea level. Lisa is standing
yard
directly below Jennifer at a location
that is 7 feet below sea level. What is
the difference in height between their
positions?
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What point represents on the
number line?
A 18 ft
B
25 ft
C
32 ft
D 39 ft
F
E
G
F
H
G
J
H
6 The East Junior High School gym needs to
be painted. The painters estimated that it
would take about 20 hours for them to
paint the entire gym. If they have already
worked for four hours, what percent of the
entire job have they completed?
F
15%
wide, and 36 inches high. Which is the
G
20%
closest to the volume of the toy box?
H
25%
A 10 ft3
J
30%
3 A toy box is 60 inches long, 24 inches
B
15 ft3
C
25 ft3
D 30 ft3
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7 A number pattern is shown.
9 Jorge had to pay $8.00 to get into the
amusement park. Once in the park, the
rides cost him $.50 each. Which graph
What would be the twelfth number in
would be used to represent this
this pattern?
relationship?
A 6
A
B
7
C
36
D 49
8 Leslie purchased a concert ticket from a
friend at a 25% discount. Which order
should she perform the following steps
to find the amount of money she will
B
spend for the ticket?
Step L: Calculate the product of the
original ticket price and the percent
discount
Step M: Record the original price of the
concert ticket Step N: Subtract the discount from the
original price C
Step O: Change 25% to a decimal value
F
L, M, N, O
G
M, O, L, N
H
O, N, M, L
J
N, O, M, L
D
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The chart below represents a mathematical relationship between x and y.
x y 3 8
6 14 4 10
9 20 12 ? Which number is missing from the chart?
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F
24
G
26
H
28
J
30
Mr. Summer’s total monthly charge for
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Yung Jinn had 50 trading cards. He gave
data and cable service, r, can be found
20 trading cards away and kept the rest.
using the equation r = 55 + 0.12d, where
d represents the amount of data in
What proportion could be used to
megabytes accessed during a month. Find
determine the percent of the trading
the total charge for a month during which
cards that he kept?
Mr. Summer accessed 400 megabytes of
data. F
Record your answer and fill in the bubbles
on your answer document. Be sure to use
G
the correct place value.
H
J
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The object in Figure 2 is a dilation of the object in Figure 1.
Which scale factor was used to create the object in Figure 2?
A
B
C
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D 5
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and shown below are similar triangles.
What is the length of 15
F
13 inches
G
17 inches
H
21 inches
J
23 inches
Daniel has a cylindrical container with
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One face of a cube­shaped package has
a diameter of 10 inches. He fills it with
sand to a depth of 6 inches. What is
an area of the volume, to the nearest cubic inch,
closest to the total surface area of the
of the sand in Daniel’s container?
package?
A 188 cubic inches
F
24 square inches
B
246 cubic inches
G
36 square inches
C
377 cubic inches
H
48 square inches
D 471 cubic inches
J
64 square inches
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square inches. What is
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Don works with his grandfather repairing
roofs. The diagram below shows the side
view of a roof they plan to repair.
Based on the measurements shown, what
is l, the length of the roof?
A 169 feet
B
13 feet
C
29 feet
D 15 feet
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What is x, the missing length in the triangle shown below?
F
9 cm
G
15 cm
H
19 cm
J
25 cm
A ladder is leaning against the side of a house. The base of the ladder is 8 feet away
from the wall, and the top of the ladder reaches a point on the house that is 15 feet
above the ground. The ladder is x feet long.
What is the value of x?
A 7
B
13
C
17
D 23
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Triangle MNO is similar to Triangle PQR.
What is the measure of Angle R?
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F
49°
G
55°
H
104°
J
235°
The ratio of width to length of the United
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If you draw two cards from a deck of 52
States flag is 10:18 as shown in the scale
cards without replacing the first card,
drawing below.
what is the probability that you will draw
a spade and another spade?
F
G
H
If the width of the flag at Emersen's
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school is 4 feet, what is its length in
feet? (Round your answer to the nearest
tenth.)
Record your answer and fill in the bubbles
on your answer document. Be sure to use
the correct place value.
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Listed in the table are the average prices of a gallon of gas for six months.
Average Price of Gas
Month
Price Per Gallon Jan.
$2.14
Feb.
$2.26
Mar.
$2.34
Apr.
$2.75
May
$2.31
Jun.
$2.19
Which headline about these gas prices could be misleading?
A Gas Prices Do Not Change
B
Gas Prices are Down in June From May
C
Price of Gas Jumps 61 Cents in 3 Months
D Price of Gas About the Same Now as 6 Months Ago
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Company A used the data in the table to claim it has the best product because it won
three times as many awards as Company B.
Why is this claim misleading?
F
The claim should say 5 times as many awards.
G
The claim should say 33% more awards.
H
Company A won more awards per year.
J
Company B won more awards per year.
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Harold has a container of 3 purple, 10
yellow, and 12 red wooden blocks. He
removes one red block from the
container and places it on the floor. If
he selects another block at random,
what is the probability that the second
block he takes out of the container is
also red?
A
B
C
D
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