Mathematics

Book 1

Grade

Sample Test 2005

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• Read each question carefully and think about the answer before choosing
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 D irections
Answer sample questions A and B.

Sample A
What is the greatest common factor of 12, 18, and 24 ?

A 2
B 3
C 6
D 12

Sample B
Which expression represents four more than three times a number?

F 7x
G 12x
H 4x ⫹ 3
J 3x ⫹ 4

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 1 What is the least common multiple of 2 Anna works as a painter. She charges
3, 6, and 27? $130 for paint supplies and $25
for each hour, h, she works. Which
A 3 expression represents the total
B 27 amount of money Anna charges?
C 54
F (130 ⫹ 25)h
D 81
G 130 ⫹ 25h
H 130h ⫹ 25
J 130 ⫹ (25 ⫹ h)

3 Seven girls in Ms. Bauman’s class participate in at least one school activity. Mary and Shelly
play basketball only; Shawna and Layla sing only; and Trina, Stephanie, and Kim play
basketball and sing. Which Venn diagram correctly represents the data?

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Play Play
Basketball Sing Basketball Sing

A C
Trina Trina
Mary Shawna Mary Shawna
Stephanie Stephanie
Shelly Layla Shelly Layla
Kim Kim

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Play Play
Basketball Sing Basketball Sing

B D
Trina Trina
Shawna Mary Mary Shawna
Stephanie Stephanie
Layla Shelly Shelly Layla
Kim Kim

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 4 Last year 9.9 ⫻ 105 people attended the New York State Fair. What is this number
expressed in standard form?

F 9,900
G 99,000
H 990,000
J 9,900,000

5 A pyramid is shown below.

What shape is the base of the pyramid?

A pentagon
B square
C triangle
D trapezoid

6 Tonysha has two bags. Each bag has three objects in it. The first bag has one dime, one
nickel, and one penny. The second bag has one red button, one blue button, and one
yellow button. Tonysha picks one object from each bag. How many possible combinations
of two objects can she pick?

F 3
G 6
H 9
J 15

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 7 Which number is an irrational number?

A 3

B ⫺13.5
7
C
11
1
D
9

8 Which tool and technique is used to measure the surface area of an object?

F measure the sides of the object

G compare the object to an object whose weight is already

known

H put the object in a cup of water to see how much water it displaces

0
J 20
22 2
4 find the weight of the object
6
18
8
16
10
14 12

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 9 Eric’s mother wants to help him with his math homework. She puts 24 cookies in a
cookie jar. Twelve of the cookies are chocolate chip, 8 are oatmeal, and 4 are peanut
butter. She then has Eric select a cookie from the jar without looking. Next, without
replacing the first cookie, Eric picks a second cookie without looking in the jar. What is
the probability Eric will pick an oatmeal cookie first and a chocolate chip cookie second?
1
A
6
4
B
23
5
C
6
59
D
69

10 Simplify the expression below.

3 3 ⫺ 22

F 1
G 5
H 23
J 25

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 11 Which figure below represents a rectangle with vertices (3, 2), (⫺1, 2), (⫺1, ⫺1),
and (3, ⫺1)?
y y

6 6

4 4

2 2

A x C -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
x
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
-2 -2

-4 -4

-6 -6

y y

6 6

4 4

2 2
B D x
-6 -4 -2 x -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
0 2 4 6
-2 -2

-4 -4

-6 -6

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 12 Jacob received the following scores on his last five science tests.

81, 73, 80, 94, 97

What is the range of Jacob’s scores for these five science tests?

F 16
G 24
H 81
J 85

13 What is the greatest common factor of 12, 16, and 20?

A 2
B 4
C 6
D 12

14 How many milliliters are equal to 0.7 liters?

1 liter ⫽ 1, 000 milliliters

F 0.007
G 0.07
H 70
J 700

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 15 Derek conducts a probability experiment for his mathematics class. He uses the ten cards
shown below.

Card 1 Card 2 Card 3 Card 4 Card 5

Black Black Black White White

Card 6 Card 7 Card 8 Card 9 Card 10

White White Gray Gray Gray

Derek randomly picks one of the ten cards from a container, looks at the color, and
replaces the card. He repeats this 100 times. How many times would you expect Derek to
pick a white card?

A 20 times
B 30 times
C 40 times
D 50 times

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 16 On Friday, Extreme View Helicopter Tours flew 34 times. They flew the same number of
times on Saturday as they did on Sunday. The total number of times they flew for the
three days was 118. How many times did Extreme View Helicopter Tours fly on Saturday?

F 34
G 42
H 59
J 84

17 What is “two more than the quotient of six and a number, n,” written as an algebraic
expression?

A 6n ⫹ 2

B 6n ⫺ 2

6
C ⫹2
n
6
D ⫺2
n

18 A spinner is divided into five equal sections numbered 1 through 5. Predict how many
times out of 240 spins the spinner is most likely to stop on an odd number.

F 80
G 96
H 144
J 192

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 19 Sarah builds a dollhouse. The floor of the dollhouse is square. Sarah covers the floor with
144 square inches of tile. How long, in inches, is one side of the dollhouse floor?

A 12
B 38
C 72
D 144

20 Kevin designs a sprinkler system for his yard. One rotation of the sprinkler waters a circle
with an area of 225␲ square feet. What is the radius, r, of the circle the rotating sprinkler
waters?

r
sprinkler

A = ␲ x r2

F 15 feet
G 25 feet
H 30 feet
J 47 feet

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21 A pet store owner surveys 20 customers to determine what types of pets they own. The
survey results are shown in the table below.

TYPES OF PETS
Pet Number Owned

Dog

Cat

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Cat
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 22 Which number has the greatest value?

F 6.7 ⫻ 104
⫺4
G 7.6 ⫻ 10
H 8.9 ⫻ 103
⫺3
J 9.8 ⫻ 10

23 How many pounds is 24 ounces?

1 pound ⫽ 16 ounces

A 1
B 1.5
C 2
D 2.5

24 What is the area of the rectangle drawn on the coordinate plane shown below?

-6 -4 -2 x
0 2 4 6
-2

-4

-6

F 21 square units
G 24 square units
H 28 square units
J 32 square units

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 25 Jesse predicted that his batting average after the first 5 games of the season would be
higher than .300.

The table below records Jesse’s hits and times at bat during the first 5 games. Batting
average is equal to hits divided by times at bat.

JESSE’S HITTING DURING HIS

FIRST FIVE GAMES

Games Times at Bat Hits

1 4 0

2 5 1

3 4 2

4 3 1

5 4 2

How accurate was Jesse’s prediction concerning his batting average?

A It was lower than he predicted.

B It was higher than he predicted.
C It was equal to his predictions.
D The batting average cannot be determined.

26 What is the least common multiple of 4, 5, and 6?

F 30
G 60
H 90
J 120

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 27 The pictograph below records Vista Sunglass sales for 2004.

VISTA SUNGLASS SALES FOR 2004

Color of
Pairs Sold
Lens

Brown

Yellow

Green

Gray

KEY

= 10,000 pairs

Which color of lens had sales three times greater than one of the other color of lens?

A brown
B yellow
C green
D gray

28 Simplify the expression below.

(62 ⫺ 24) • 16

F 16
G 64
H 80
J 108
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 29 Which of the following is a metric unit for measuring mass?

A meter
B liter
C pound
D gram

30 A shipping company uses baggage tags with 3-letter city codes. The first and third letters
of each code are always consonants and the middle letter is always a vowel. The English
language uses 21 consonants and 5 vowels. How many different combinations of tag
codes are possible?

F 105
G 441
H 1,638
J 2,205

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Mathematics
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