Name ________________________ Class ____________
Elizabeth Blackwell MS 210Q- Accelerated 7th Grade Winter Recess Assignment
The following assignment has been provided for students for the Winter Recess. Please assist your
child in completing this assignment and have him/her bring it to school on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.
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Show all work on loose leaf paper and attach to this page
1. Zachary spent $61.50 for 15 gallons of
premium gasoline. What was the price
per gallon?
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2. A used car is on sale for $3,600. Eric
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offered the owner of the car
of the
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asking price. How much was Eric’s
offer?
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3. A bank pays 3% annual simple interest
on CDs (certificates of deposit) of
$25,000. The Branson family invests in
3 of the $25,000 CDs. How much
interest does the family make in one
year?
6.The temperature outside was 3F at
midnight. During the next hour the
temperature fell 7. What was the
temperature at 1 A.M.?
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7.
Simplify 0.3(x  2y)  0.5x  y.
A 0.8x  3y
C 0.8x  y
B 0.8x  1.6y
D 0.8x  0.4y
8. Carlos showed a problem on a number
line.
b
a
Which of the following is not shown by
Carlos’ drawing?
A a  (b)
B a  (b)
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4. The water level in the tank changes by
x inches every hour. In 4 hours, the
tank’s water level decreased at least 22
inches. Sue wrote 4x  22. What is the
solution to the inequality?
A x  5.5
C x  5.5
B x  5.5
D x  5.5
5. One gallon of polyurethane covers
350 square feet. How many square feet
will 2.5 gallons cover?
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C ab
D |a|  |b|
9. A magazine has 172,500 subscribers.
The records of the magazine show that
each year 12% of readers fail to renew
subscriptions. How many readers can
the magazine expect to lose this year?
A 870 subscribers
B 17,250 subscribers
C 20,700 subscribers
D 36,792 subscribers
10. Evaluate 18  (9).
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11. Jakob is tiling a newly finished room.
He estimates that he tiles about 9
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square feet every
hour. About how
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many square feet can he tile per hour?
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12. Mittens are marked down 25%. The
sale price is $3.15 a pair. What was the
original price of a pair of mittens?
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13. Which of the following numbers is
15
equivalent to  ? Select Yes or No.
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15
A
Yes
No
3
B
15
3
Yes
No
C
15
3
Yes
No
D 5
Yes
No
14. Which graph represents the relationship
shown below?
y  4x
A
B
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pounds. What is the
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weight of Al’s cat written as a decimal?
15.Al’s cat weighs 6
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16. At his job Lee earns $400 per week plus
a 6% commission on his sales s. He
wants to earn at least $550 this week.
Which of the following represents this
situation?
A 400  0.06s  550
B 400  0.06s  550
C 400  0.06s  550
D 400  0.06s 550
17. At the museum, you can buy 3
postcards for $5.40, 6 postcards for
$10.80, or 9 postcards for $16.20. What
is the constant of proportionality for
buying postcards?
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18. Jordan bought 9 pounds of fruit. He
paid
$2.39 a pound for 5 pounds. He paid
$1.99 a pound for the rest. How much
did
Jordan spend on fruit?
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C
D
19. Which expression is equal to 0?
Select Yes or No.
A 2n  3m  (2n  3m)
No
Yes
B 6(x  y)  2(3x  3y)
No
Yes
C 15p  15p  3
No
Yes
D 4a(2  3)  4a
No
Yes
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20 Keighlee has at most 60 minutes to
finish her homework. She knows math
will take 20 minutes. The rest of the
time she will spend writing the final
version of her science report. If it takes
8 minutes to write each page, which
graph shows the number of pages she
can write?
21. What is the sum of the integers below?
9, 4, 10, 4, 8, 4
23. A museum has 639 pieces of African
art in its collection. This is 55 fewer
pieces of art than one-third of the art
pieces the museum has from Europe.
Which equation can you use to find n,
the number of European art works in
the museum’s collection? Select Yes or
No.
A
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n  55  639
3
Yes
No
B
1
n  55  639
3
Yes
No
C 3n  55  639
Yes
No
D 3n  55 639
Yes
No
24. Which inequality is represented by the
number line below?
A 5x  15  85
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22. Which graph represents a proportional
relationship?
A
B
B 5x  15  85
C 5x  15  85
D 5x  85  15
25. A pet store has 15 puppies, 12 kittens,
and 6 rabbits. Which animals are in a
ratio of 5:2?
A puppies to kittens
B kittens to rabbits
C puppies to rabbits
D kittens to puppies
C
D
26. Which shows the solution to the
inequality
4x  36
A x  9
C x9
B x9
D x  9
27.Christopher earned $153.20. He saved
$34.50. He spent the rest on 2 new
pairs
of shoes. How much did Christopher
spend on new shoes?
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yards of material for costume for the city pageant. She will use 1
2
4
yards of the material to make each costume. How many costumes can Destiny complete?
28. Destiny bought 10
A 8
B 8
C 9
4
10
D 9
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29. The superspeedway at Daytona International Speedway is 2.5 miles long. The road course
there is 1.4 times as long as the superspeedway. Select Yes or No for the correct length of
the road course.
A 1.1 mi
Yes
No
B 1.8 mi
Yes
No
C 3.5 mi
Yes
No
D 3.9 mi
Yes
No
30. A car rental company charges $29.95 a day plus $0.40 per mile. How much will a two-day
rental and 185 miles cost?
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31. An animal clinic charges $40 for vaccinations of kittens and $55 for vaccinations of puppies.
Last week, the clinic earned $1,450 from vaccinations, including 14 puppies. How many
kittens were vaccinated at the clinic last week?
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32. Josh simplified 4x  8x  2 and said the answer was 2x. What was Josh’s error? What
should his answer have been?
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33. Four students put their game scores on the number line below. Which pair of students have
a combined score of 0?
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34. On the school trip, Margie spent $12.40 on 2 souvenirs, including tax. Each souvenir cost the
same amount. The amount of tax was $0.72. How much did each souvenir cost?
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35. The lowest elevation in Louisiana is 68 feet. The lowest elevation in California is 214 feet
lower than the lowest elevation in Louisiana. What is the lowest elevation in California?
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36. What is 64.4  (3.22)?
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37. The table shows the amount of flour needed to make dough for a certain number of dog
treats.
Dog Treats
30
45
105
Flour (c)
2
3
?
How many cups of flour does it take to make 105 dog treats?
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2
times
3
higher than the highest elevation in Florida. To the nearest meter, what is the highest
elevation in Florida?
38. The highest elevation in Minnesota is about 700 meters above sea level. That is 6
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39.The price of a share of stock increases $45.69 over 3 days. What was the average rate of
change in its price in dollars per day?
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40. Jenna has 3.375 yards of rope. Write 3.375 as a fraction in simplest form.
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41. Mo graphed a proportional relationship about speed. Describe Mo’s graph
by telling where the graph crosses the
x-axis, where the graph crosses the
y-axis, and whether the line of the graph is straight, curved, or broken.
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