Practice Question
The Great Graphics Skateboard Kit contains all materials to design a skateboard
as specified above. Complete the chart by writing the fraction of the kit that
each item represents.
Team Name: ___________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q1 Time Based
A. Joseph pours liquid from Pitcher A into Pitcher B until both have the same
amount of liquid. Then he pours liquid from Pitchers A and B into Pitcher
C until all three pitchers have the same about of liquid. How many liters
of liquid will be in each pitcher?
B. Garett pours juice from Pitcher A into Pitcher B until it has 2 more liters
of juice than Pitcher A. Then he pours juice from Pitcher A into Pitcher C
until A has one-half as much juice as Pitcher B. How many liters of juice
does Garett pour into Pitcher C?
Answer:
A. ________________
B. ________________
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q2 Time Based
A. The weight of an object on Earth is about 6 times as great
as the object’s weight on Earth’s moon. What is the
weight of an object on Earth’s moon if it weighs 42
kilograms on Earth?
B. The weight of an object on Earth is about 8 times as great
as that object’s weight on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter.
What is the weight of an object on Callisto with the weight
of 48 kilograms on Earth?
C. If the weight of an object is 6 kilograms on Castillo, what is
the weight on the Earth’s moon?
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q3 Time Based
Samantha is riding her mountain bike to school the morning after a heavy
rainstorm. Just before she gets to school, there is a grassy slope she usually
rides up easily. Today, when she gets to the slope, she keeps pedaling, but her
bike doesn’t go up the hill.
A. What force usually makes her bike move forward when she pedals?
B. Explain why her mountain bike wouldn’t go up the slope.
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q4 Performance Task
A. You are an architect and you were given the challenge to design a rectangular
park that has an area of 24 square yards. The customer wants four options
with different perimeters to choose from. Find the length and width of four
rectangles that have different perimeters and record in the table below.
Park with an area of 24 sq. yards
Length
Width
Perimeter
Park A
Park B
Park C
Park D
B. The customer has 25 yards of fencing. What is the largest Park (A, B, C, or D)
for which he can use the fencing? _______________
C. Can they build a square park with the area of 24 square yards where all
lengths are whole numbers? ___________
Explain.
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Team Name: __________________________________
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Q5 Mini-Design Task
You have been charged with laying tile for a new office building. The customer wants
to see a scaled down model of the floor before he commits to the project.
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The area of the floor is 16 sq. feet.
The perimeter is 20 feet.
The customer wants to use three different color tiles in the design.
1/4 of the floor will be the same color.
1/8 of the floor will be a different color.
The rest of the floor will be the third color.
Your task is to sketch the new tile floor, using graph paper and crayons.
1 square unit= 1 sq. foot
Write your team name on the graph paper and pass it to your proctor.
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q6 Time Based
The bar graph represents the number of servings a person should have in one day of
each in order to keep their body healthy and strong.
In the course of a calendar week, how many servings of each should a person eat, if
they are following the guidelines identified above?
Fruits_____________
Vegetables___________
Dairy_____________
Meat____________
Bread______________
Team Name: _________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q7 Time Based
The organisms shown below live in or near bodies of water. Some are classified
as vertebrates and some as invertebrates.
A. Classify the organisms above into vertebrates and invertebrates below.
B. Write to explain what characteristics make an organism a vertebrate or an
invertebrate.
Answer:____________________________
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q8 Time Based
Carla started an exercise plan to prepare to run a marathon. She ran
one mile on the first day. She ran two miles on each of the next two
days. Carla ran three miles a day for three days.
A) If Carla continues this training schedule, on what day will she
first run 6 miles a day?
B) What were the total miles ran when she completed her first 6
mile run?
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q9 Performance Task
Lisa needs to do her homework using a table of numbers and their sums
and differences. Unfortunately, she got caught in the rain and some of the
numbers were washed away. Help Lisa recreate the table.
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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Q 10 Design Task
You have 15 minutes to build the tallest structure. You are provided with 20
sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow.
Your structure will be measured by the distance from the table top to the
marshmallow. (You must use the whole marshmallow at the top of your
structure)
Once the 15 minutes is over or your team feels you are ready to test, the
proctor will observe you while you place the marshmallow on the top, and
measure your structure. Follow the procedure below.
 One person holds the measuring tape.
 Another person places the marshmallow on top while the proctor starts
the time. Your structure must remain standing, with the marshmallow
on top for 10 seconds.
 While the timer is going, measure the height to the nearest inch.
Your team will receive 1 point for every inch of height your structure
measures.
Team Name: _________________________________________
Structure remained standing for 10 seconds:
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Height of Structure: _________________________
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N
Tie Breaker
It is very difficult to get animals to stand on a scale to get their weight. It is,
however, important that a veterinarian knows the weight of each animal in order to
provide the proper amount of medication.
A. A 6 foot 2 inch tall veterinarian who weighs 185 pounds gets on a scale holding
a large cat. The scale reads 201 pounds. How much does the cat weigh?
B. Patrick owns the cat whose weight you found in question A. Patrick is 4 feet 3
inches tall and weighs 70 pounds. If he were to get on his scale at home with
the cat, what would the weight be?
C. Patrick’s sister weighs half as much as Patrick. If she were to get on the scale
with the cat, what would the scale say?
Team Name: _________________________________________
Time Completed: 1st min. 2nd min. 3rd min. 4th min. 5th min.
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