Math 7 Review 2008 TAKS

Notes These questions were gleaned from the 2008 released TAKS items. I tried to compare the questions from their 6 th, 7 th and 8 th grade tests to our SOLs. There are many good released items that are simply “too big” to make into TurningPoint slides. You may find links to the tests here t/resources/release/taks_items/index.html. t/resources/release/taks_items/index.html

Which number line shows the points correctly labeled? A. B. C. D.

Clarissa baked 56% of her cookie dough. Exactly what fraction of the cookie dough did she bake? 7.4a A.5/6 B.14/25 C.2/3 D.1/2

A survey at Wheeler Middle School indicated that 4 out of 32 students have a stamp collection. If 560 students attend Wheeler Middle School, about how many students can be expected to have a stamp collection? A.28 B.36 C.70 D.140

Omar is getting a new rectangular rug for his room. His old rectangular rug is 5 feet wide and 7 feet long. If Omar’s new rug is 1 foot longer and 1 foot wider than his old rug, what is the area of his new rug? 7.7a A.35 ft 2 B.40 ft 2 C.42 ft 2 D.48 ft 2

Beth and her friends played a board game. Beth scored 27, 33, 18, 32, 35, 27, 31, 32, 28, and 27 points in ten games. What is the mode of Beth’s scores? A.35 B.32 C.29 D.27

Conrad had some marbles. First he gave 3 marbles to Jim, and then he bought 16 more marbles. Next he sold ½ of his marbles to Terry. He now has 12 marbles. How many marbles did Conrad start with? 7.4a A.19 B.11 C.15 D.4

What are the coordinates of point W in ΔUVW? A.(0.8, 0.9) B.(0.6, 0.4) C.(1.2, 0.6) D.(0.4, 0.6)

Which lists the numbers in order from least to greatest? 7.1 A.Choice One B.Choice Two C.Choice Three D.Choice Four

The seventh-grade students at Alaniz Middle School went on a field trip. At lunch 17 students drank lemonade. This represented 20% of the students on the field trip. How many students were on the field trip? 7.4a A.20 B.37 C.85 D.117

Cindy bought 3 pounds of candy for $2.16. At this rate, how much would the candy have cost if she had bought only 2 pounds? 7.22b A.$1.44 B.$6.48 C.$0.72 D.$4.32

Ethan wrote the equation below to solve a word problem. 3 · m = 54 Which word problem is best represented by Ethan’s equation? 7.22a A.Angela had some candies and ate 3 of them. Now she has 54 candies. What is m, the number of candies she originally had? B.A babysitter earns $3.00 each hour. One weekend she earned $ What is m, the number of hours she worked that weekend? C.Ursula has $3.00 more than Bill. Together they have $ What is m, the amount of money Bill has? D.A teacher set aside 54 minutes to spend teaching a topic. She has already used 3 minutes. What is m, the number of minutes she has left?

Which ordered pair in quadrant III is contained within the circle, triangle, and rectangle? A.(3, −1) B.(−4, −1) C.(−1, −2) D.(1, −2)

The drawing below shows the dimensions of a tennis court. The width of the singles court is ¾ of the width of the doubles court. What is the area of the singles court? 7.7b A.2,808 square feet B.3,744 square feet C.1,580 square feet D.2,106 square feet

The equation 4x + 7 = 2x + 9 is modeled below. Which value of x would make the equation true? 7.22a A.x = 1 B.x = 2 C.x = 8 D.x = 16

A company sells fruit juice in boxes shaped like rectangular prisms that are 2.5 inches long, 1.1 inches wide, and 4 inches high. What is the volume in cubic inches of 1 juice box? A.7.6 in. 3 B.11 in. 3 C.110 in. 3 D.14.4 in. 3

The number of books David read each month during the school year is shown below. 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3 Which statement about David’s data is true? A.The mean is less than the median. B.The range is equal to the mean. C.The range is greater than the median. D.The mean is equal to the mode.

In a survey, students were asked whether they play basketball or tennis. Of 34 students, 24 students play basketball, 13 students play tennis, and 4 students do not play either sport. How many students play both sports? 7.22b A.41 B.11 C.7 D.4

Mr. Flores bought 5 pounds of cheese. He used 2¼ pounds for cheese spread, 1¾ pounds for nachos, and the rest for sandwiches. Which procedure could be used to find the number of pounds of cheese he used for sandwiches? 7.22b A.Add 5 to the sum of 2¼ and 1¾ B.Divide 5 by the sum of 2¼ and 1¾ C.Subtract the sum of 2¼ and 1¾ from 5 D.Subtract 5 from the sum of 2¼ and 1¾

Mr. Hines paid $8.40 for an international phone call. He paid a fee of $1.25 plus $0.55 per minute. Which equation can be used to find x, the length of the call in minutes? 7.22a A.0.55x = 8.40 B.0.55x − 1.25 = 8.40 C.1.25x = 8.40 D.1.25x − 0.55 = 8.40

Lucy reads 450 words in 3 minutes. Which equation can be used to find w, the number of words Lucy can read in 20 minutes if she continues to read at the same rate? A.One B.Two C.Three D.Four

Steven dropped a ball from 8 feet above the ground. After each bounce the ball reached half its previous height. After which bounce did the ball reach a maximum height of 6 inches above the ground? A.2 nd B.3 rd C.4 th D.5 th

A store’s records showed that during a one-month period, 3 gallons of milk were sold for every 2 boxes of cereal sold. If 2,864 boxes of cereal were sold that month, how many gallons of milk were sold? A.8,592 gal B.5,728 gal C.4,296 gal D.1,909 gal

Steven dropped a ball from 8 feet above the ground. After each bounce the ball reached half its previous height. After which bounce did the ball reach a maximum height of 6 inches above the ground? A.2 nd B.3 rd C.4 th D.5 th

Joan went to a department store to buy a sweater that was on sale for 25% off the original price, p. Which equation can be used to determine s, the sale price of the sweater, not including tax? 7.4b, 7.22b A.s = p p B.s = p p C.s = p − 0.75p D.s = p − 0.25p