Name________________________________Class_______________Date_____________
8th Grade Basic Education Academic Skills Test – A
Solve all problems. Be sure to reduce answers to simplest form. Label all answers
completely, including units when appropriate.
1. 3.7
0.4
+ 2.5
2. 700
x 80
5. 10.00
- 8.42
8.
•
•
•
•
-3 = ______
– 42 + (-30) = ______
433
- 297
12. 56
14.
6.
3. –15
9.
5.2
- 1.8
-8 = ______
10.
4. 348
+ 455
7. –10 – (-3) = ______
1
2
3
+8
11. $1.49
x6
13. 16 - 4 5/12 = ______
5477 + 1999 = ______
16. 1/2 - 1/10 = ______
15. 28,000
•
•
400 = ______
17. 1000 x 0.416 = ______
18. 6 x 2 2/3 = ______
19. –7 x –14 = ______
20. 16 x 50 = ______
21.
22. 3 1/2
+ 2 5/8
23.
$24.48
•
•
6 = ______
5 - 2 5/6 = ______
24.
4.77
+ 2.26
25. 75% of $120 = _____
26. 10
27. 5 x 19 x 4 x 5 = ______
29.
-15
x 4
31. 2424
•
•
28. 3/4
1/5 = ______
•
•
1/3 = ______
30. 110% of $70 = ______
•
•
4 = ______
33. 5/8 of 40 = _____
35. Solve for x
32. 1.37 = _____%
34. 15% tip on $30 = _______
7 = 21
9
x
36. Solve for x
5 = 35
x
49
6 cm
37. Find the area: __________
2 cm
c
38. Find the length of c: ___________
5
12
39. Find the volume: _________________
3 in.
4 in.
6 in.
40.
Evaluate. 49 – 6(4 + 1) + 5 = _______
41.
Evaluate 4(x – 7) when x = 10.
42.
Solve for x. 3x - 4 = 20
43.
Solve for x. x – 5 = 18
44.
Graph the inequality. x > 6
-10
0
45. Solve for x.
5x < 20
46. Write the equation that represents the information
in the table to the right.
47. Theo has $18 in his savings account. He will
deposit the same amount of money each week for the
next 8 weeks in order to save for a new snowboard that
costs $74.00. Which expression represents the amount
of money Theo would need to deposit in his bank
account each week in order to have enough money to
buy the snowboard?
a)
74 – 18
8
b)
74 + 18
8
c)
8(74 – 18)
d)
8( 74 + 18)
10
x
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
y
-3
-1
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
48.
e)
f)
g)
h)
Identify the graph that represents the equation y = x – 4.
Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4
49. Use the following set of numbers and make a stem and leaf plot
of the data:
18, 15, 27, 39, 43, 46, 48, 18, 32, 10, 7, 18, 43, 48, 8, 19, 20, 34, 18
50. Give the five number summary for the data set above.
51. To the nearest whole number, which of the following would be the
best estimate for the mean of the data set in problem 49?
a. 18
b. 43
c. 20
d. 25
52. Give the mode for the data set in problem 49.
53. Which of the four box and whisker plots below matches the data
set for problem 49?
a.
0
10
20
30
40
50
10
20
30
40
50
10
20
30
40
50
10
20
30
40
50
b.
0
c.
0
d.
0
Use the histogram to answer the following questions
54. What is the range of the mass
of fish?
55. What is the interval used for
the mass of fish?
56. What is the frequency for the
12-14 interval for the mass of fish?
57. Which interval has the greatest
frequency?
10
12
14
16
18