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1. A 28-inch ribbon was cut into four equal lengths. How long was each piece of ribbon?
(25)
A. 7 inches
B. 7 _14_ inches
2. In a class of 28 students there are 12 boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
(23)
A. _47_
B. _34_
3. In a school with 117 seventh-grade students and about 29 students per class, the number of seventh-grade classes is about
(16)
120 A. ___ 30
117 B. ___ 29
4. The number 360 is not divisible by
(21)
A. 4
B. 7
5. Jorge punted the football three times. The punts traveled 38 yd, 42 yd, and 41 yd. The average length of the three punts was
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A. between 38 yd and 42 yd
B. more than 42 yd
6. Misty used 24 tiles to form rectangles. This rectangle of 24 tiles shows that 6 and 4 are factors of 24. Which of the following numbers is not a factor of 24?
6
(19)
A. 8
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B. 10
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7. The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 24 and 18 is
(20)
A. 2
B. 6
8. Segment AB in the diagram is a
(27)
A. radius
B. diameter
A
B
9. If _56_ of a dozen pencils were sharpened, then how many were sharpened?
(22)
A. 10
B. 5
10. ( _27_ + _37_ ) – _17_
(5, 24)
A. _57_
B. _47_
11. 1 – _18_
(Inv. 2)
A. 0
B. _78_
12. One half of _34_ is (29)
B. 1 _12_
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A. _38_
13. The sum of _23_ and _23_ is
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A. 1_13_
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14. 3 _14_ + 2 _34_ equals (26)
A. 5 _48_
B. 6
15. In the box was _78_ of a pizza. David took _18_ of the pizza. Then the fraction of the pizza in the box was
(24, 29)
A. _23_
B. _34_
16. The Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 6 and 9 is (30)
A. 3
B. 18
17. The perimeter of a square is 64 cm. Each side is (8)
A. 8 cm
B. 16 cm
18. If _34_ × □ = 1, then □ equals (30)
A. _14_
B. _43_
19. The eighth number in the sequence 8, 16, 24, 32, . . . is (10)
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A. 64
B. 56
20. In triangle ABC, angle B is
A
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A. obtuse
B. acute B
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21. In the equation 4w = 320, the unknown is (4)
A. 60
B. 80
22. What percent of the circle is shaded?
(Inv. 2, 22)
A. 25%
B. 40%
23. Which fraction does not equal _12_?
(Inv. 2)
50 A. ___ 100
7 B. __ 12
24. In the basketball game Brenda made 6 of her 15 shots. What fraction of her shots did she make?
(6, 29)
B. _25_
25. The table shows the fraction of shots that Brenda’s teammates made. Which of the players made the largest fraction of her shots?
(Inv. 2)
A. Ting
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Fraction of Shots made Players Fraction Maricruz
2 5
Ting
3 8
Molly
1 2
Jasmine
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A. _69_
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1. A number cube is rolled once. The probability of rolling a number greater than 2 is
(58)
A. _16_
B. _26_
C. _23_
2. If one side of a regular hexagon is 6 inches, then the perimeter is
(8, 60)
A. 30 inches
B. 36 inches
C. 48 inches
12 cm
3. The area of this rectangle is
(31)
8 cm
A. 40 cm2
B. 48 cm2
C. 96 cm2
4. The digit in the thousandths place of 2.3456 is
(34)
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
5. 2 + 3.4 + 0.56 equals
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A. 5.96
B. 3.92
C. 3.98
B. 0.23
C. 0.76
6. 1 – 0.24 equals
(40)
A. 1.24
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7. 0.4 × 0.16 equals
(39)
A. 6.4
B. 0.64
C. 0.064
8. The diameter of the front wheel of a small bike is 20 inches. In one full turn of the wheel the bike travels about
(47)
A. 4 ft
B. 5 ft
C. 6 ft
9. All these numbers are prime except
(19)
A. 7
B. 9
C. 11
10. A team won 12 of its 18 games and lost the rest. The team’s won-lost (23) ratio was A. _21_
B. _13_
C. _23_
11. When Sam went to the sharpener his pencil was 6 inches long. When (36) he came back from the sharpener his pencil was 3 _34_ inches long. His pencil was how many inches shorter after he went to the sharpener? B. 2 _14_
C. 1 _14_
12. The five apricots weighed a total of 1.2 pounds. Each apricot weighed (45) an average of A. 2 pounds
B. 0.24 pound
C. 0.6 pound
B. 20
C. 0.05
13. 1.2 ÷ 0.06 equals (49)
A. 2
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A. 3 _14_
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14. One gallon is about 3.78 liters. Ten gallons is about (46)
A. 0.378 liter
B. 37.8 liters
C. 378 liters
B. 1 _25_
3 C. 1 __ 10
B. _18_
1 C. __ 15
15. _1_ + _4_ equals 5 2
(42, 56)
A. _57_
16. _2_ – _1_ equals 3 5
(42, 56)
A. _12_
17. Which fractions are arranged from least to greatest? (56)
A. _12_, _13_, _16_
B. _16_, _23_, _12_
C. _16_, _12_, _23_
18. For the 10-K run/walk, Monique ran about 3 _34_ miles and (59) walked about 2 _12_ miles. Altogether, Monique ran and walked about A. 6 _14_ miles
B. 5 _46_ miles
C. 6 _18_ miles
B. 4 _23_
C. 5 _16_
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A. 5 _13_
20. If the sales tax rate is 8%, the tax on a $9.29 item, rounded to the nearest cent, is
(41, 51)
A. 72¢
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C. 32¢
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21. Instead of dividing 400 by 16, Quan can find the quotient by dividing (43)
A. 100 by 4
B. 200 by 4
C. 800 by 8
22. The number of feet in a yard is 3. The number of square feet in a (38) square yard is A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
2 ∙ 3 ∙ 3 ∙ 5 equals 23. _____________ (54) 2∙2∙2∙3∙5 A. _38_
B. _34_
C. 3
24. A 60-inch square table cloth is centered on a 48-inch square table (PS) so that the same length of table cloth hangs over each edge. Which expression shows how to find the number of inches the cloth hangs down from each edge? A. _12_ (60 – 48)
B. _14_ (60 – 48)
C. _12_ (60 + 48)
25. Half of a gallon is a half gallon. Half of a half gallon is a quart. half of a (PS) quart is a pint. Half of a pint is a cup. A cup plus a pint plus a quart is what fraction of a gallon?
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B. _38_
C. _34_
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1. If _23_ of the 600 seeds sprouted, how many seeds did not sprout?
(77)
A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 400
2. The ratio of boys to girls in the class is 3 to 4. If there were 12 boys, how many girls were there?
(88)
A. 9
B. 12
C. 15
D. 16
Refer to this triangle for questions 3 and 4. 3. What is the perimeter of the triangle? (8)
A. 21 cm C. 54 cm
B. 36 cm D. 108 cm
9 cm
15 cm
12 cm
4. What is the area of the triangle?
(79)
A. 108 cm2
B. 54 cm2
C. 36 cm2
5. The lowest part of the roof is 3.08 m high. The peak of the roof is 4 m high. The peak is how many meters higher than the lowest part of the roof?
D. 90 cm2
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A. 0.92 m
4m 3.08 m
B. 1.08 m
C. 3.04 m
D. 7.08 m
B. 0.75
C. 0.075
D. 0.0075
6. 2.5 × 0.03 equals
(39)
A. 7.5
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7. 0.3 ÷ √36 equals
(38, 45)
A. 0.5
B. 0.05
C. 20
D. 120
B. 4
C. 40
D. 400
B. 4 and 5
C. 5 and 6
D. 6 and 7
7 B. __ 20
C. 1 _15_
1 D. 1 __ 10
8. 28 ÷ 0.7 equals
(49)
A. 0.4
___
9. √40 is between
(89)
A. 3 and 4
7 10. _1_ + __ equals (55) 2 10 8 A. __ 12
11. Marcie had 4 _14_ yards of material and used 2 _12_ yards for (63) pillowcases. Now how many yards of material does Marcie have? B. 1 _34_ yd
D. 3 _34_ yd
C. 1 _14_ yd
1
12. The area of the rectangle is
4 2 ft
(31, 66)
1
3 3 ft
7 2 A. 1 __ ft 20
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C. 12 _16_ ft2
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A. 2 _14_ yd
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13. 10 ÷ 3 _13_ equals (68)
A. 3
B. 3 _13_
C. _13_
D. 33 _13_
5 C. __ 12
D. 1 _57_
14. If 5y = 12, then y equals (87)
A. 1.2
B. 2.4
Refer to the circle for questions 15 and 16. 15. What is the circumference of the circle? (47)
5 cm
A. 5 cm
B. 10 cm
C. 31.4 cm
D. 78.5 cm
C. 25 cm2
D. 31.4 cm2
16. What is the area of the circle? (86)
A. 314 cm2
B. 78.5 cm2
17. If 75% of the 20 answers were correct, then what fraction were (33) correct?
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A. _14_
B. _34_
C. _13_
D. 5
18. The volume of this rectangular prism is (82)
5 in. 6 in. 12 in.
A. 23 in.3
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B. 46 in.3
C. 324 in.3
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D. 360 in.3
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19. A cube has
(Inv. 6)
A. 8 faces
B. 12 edges
C. 6 vertices
D. obtuse angles
20. The coordinates of three vertices of a rectangle are (3, –2), (3, 2), and (–1, 2). The fourth vertex is at
(Inv. 7)
A. (–3, 2)
B. (–3, –2)
C. (1, 2)
D. (–1, –2)
21. The movie is 118 minutes long. If it starts at 4:25 p.m., then it ends at (32)
A. 6:23 p.m.
B. 5:43 p.m.
C. 3:07 p.m.
D. 6:43 p.m.
22. Which set of numbers is arranged from least to greatest?
(14, 17)
A. –2, 1, _12_, 0, 3
B. 0.3, –2, _12_, 1
C. –2, 0.3, _12_, 1
D. –2, _12_, 0.3, 1
C. 32 ∙ 2 ∙ 52
D. 33 ∙ 102
23. The prime factorization of 900 is (73)
A. 32 ∙ 10
B. 22 ∙ 32 ∙ 52
24. In a bag are 8 red marbles and 2 blue marbles. What chance does Gracia have of drawing a blue marble in one try without looking? A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 50%
C. 5
D. 11
25. 3 + 3 × 3 – 3 ÷ 3 equals (84)
A. 0
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2. B
2. B
2. D
3. A
3. C
3. B
4. B
4. B
4. B
5. A
5. A
5. A
6. B
6. C
6. C
7. B
7. C
7. B
8. B
8. B
8. C
9. A
9. B
9. D
10. B
10. A
10. C
11. B
11. B
11. B
12. A
12. B
12. D
13. A
13. B
13. A
14. B
14. B
14. B
15. A
15. C
15. C
16. B
16. C
16. B
17. B
17. C
17. B
18. B
18. A
18. D
19. A
19. B
19. B
20. A
20. B
20. D
21. B
21. A
21. A
22. A
22. C
22. C
23. B
23. B
23. B
24. B
24. A
24. B
25. B
25. A
25. D
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