TEST NAME: UCPS_Math_8_Term1_15­16
TEST ID: 691956
GRADE: 08
SUBJECT: Mathematics
TEST CATEGORY: District Benchmark
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Student: Class:
Date:
1.
What is the value of 73 × 7–5 ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
What is the value of the expression (3–3)(9–2)(34)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
The area of a square is 36 ft2. What is the perimeter of the square?
A.
12 ft
B.
18 ft
C.
24 ft
D.
72 ft
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4.
A football stadium can accommodate about 5.8 × 104 fans. On average,
about 4.2 × 104 fans are in attendance for each game. About how many
more fans can be accommodated for each game?
A.
16 fans
B.
160 fans
C.
1,600 fans
D.
16,000 fans
5.
Which is equivalent to the expression A.
1
B.
2
C.
3
D.
4
?
6.
A tree is about 2.95 meters high. The grass under it is about 1.45 × 10–1
meter high. About how many times shorter is the grass than the tree?
A.
2
B.
5
C.
20
D.
50
7.
In 1993, there were more than 588 million arrivals and departures at the
major United States airports. How is this number written in scientific
notation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.88 × 106
5.88 × 108
9
5.88 × 10
5.88 × 1011
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8.
What is the value of the expression ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
What is the standard form of 2.1 × 10–5?
9.
A.
0.000021
B.
0.0000021
C.
210,000
D.
2,100,000
10.
The area of a square plot of land is square acre. Mr. Alexander put a
fence around the perimeter of the land. How long is one side of the
fence?
A.
B.
C.
D.
acres
acres
acre
acre
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11.
The distance from Earth to the Sun is about 1.5 x 108. The distance from
Pluto to the Sun is about 6.0 x 109. About how many times farther away
from the Sun is Pluto than Earth?
A.
4 times farther
B.
10 times farther
C.
40 times farther
D.
100 times farther
12.
Sam stores his coin collection in a cube­shaped box that has a volume of
27 in.3 He moves the coins into a larger cube­shaped box that has a
volume of 729 in.3 What is the difference between the edge lengths of
the two boxes?
A.
6 in.
B.
9 in.
C.
22 in.
D.
27 in.
13.
Which expression is equivalent to (4 × 105)(0.0002)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2 × 10–4
2 × 10–3
7
4 × 10
8 × 101
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14.
What is the value of the expression A.
?
1 × 10–3
B.
–6
1 × 10
C.
2.5 × 10–3
D.
2.5 × 10–6
15.
What is the value of p in the equation 3p + 10 = 7p – 26?
B.
–
9
–4
C.
4
D.
9
A.
16.
Which statement is true?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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17.
Which fraction is equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
18.
Which statement is true?
A.
All integers are irrational numbers.
B.
All repeating decimals are irrational numbers.
C.
Some square roots are irrational numbers.
D.
Some terminating decimals are irrational numbers.
19.
2
A square room has an area of 210 ft . Which is the closest
approximation of the length of one side of the room?
A.
10.1 ft
B.
10.5 ft
C.
14.1 ft
D.
14.5 ft
20.
Which set of numbers contains only rational numbers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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21.
Which fraction is equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
22.
Phone Company 1 charges a flat rate of $25.00 a month for local calling,
and $0.05 per minute for each long distance call. Phone Company 2
charges a flat rate of $20.00 a month for local calling, and $0.10 per
minute for long distance calling. After how many minutes of long distance
calling do the phone companies charge an equal amount?
A.
50 minutes
B.
100 minutes
C.
200 minutes
D.
300 minutes
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23.
The area of right triangle EFG is 49 square inches.
What is the value of x?
A.
2
B.
3
C.
7
D.
11
24.
The angles in a hexagon measure 3x – 15, 4x – 2, 3x + 3, 4x – 8, 2x – 7,
and 2x + 11. The total of all the angles in a hexagon measure 720°.
What is the measure of the largest angle in this hexagon?
A.
108°
B.
120°
C.
156°
D.
162°
25.
Which number below is greater than 8 and less than 10?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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