Keystone National Middle School Math Level 8 Placement Exam

1) A cookie recipe calls for the following 2) In the quadrilateral below, find the
ingredients: measurement in degrees for x?

1 ¼ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
½ cup chocolate chips
¼ cup peanuts

What is the total amount of all four

ingredients?

a) 1 ¾ cups
b) 2 ½ cups a) 70°
c) 2 ¾ cups b) 80°
d) 3 ¼ cups c) 90°
d) 100°

3) The temperature on the planet Mars varies 4) You borrow $500 from a local bank to
widely during the course of a day, from about, purchase your first car. The loan has a rate of
-17.2° C just before dawn to about -107° C in 12% simple interest. If you do not make any
the afternoon. Approximately what would the payments that year, how much interest will
temperature be in Fahrenheit? you owe at the end of the year?

a) 1° F and -161° F a) 30
b) 11° F and 117° F b) 60
c) 27° F and -77° F c) 90
d) 32° F and 98° F d) 120

5) 7.3 x 10-5 is written in scientific notation. 6) What is the value of the expression:
How would it be written in standard form? 5 + 2[(4 + 2)2 – (33 + 2)]

a) .000073 a) 8
b) .0000073 b) 14
c) 730,000 c) 19
d) 7,300,000 d) 49

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7) Using the values below, calculate the 8) According to the graph below, what
volume of the rectangular prism. percent of the people pick dark blue as their
favorite color?

a) 18
b) 56 a) 14%
c) 59 b) 15%
d) 168 c) 16%
d) 17%

9) A spinner has 4 equal sectors colored 10) For lunch today, you spent $5.89 on a
yellow, blue, green and red. When spinning combo meal and $2.13 on a milk shake at a
the spinner, what is the probability of landing local restaurant. Estimate the cost of today’s
on each color? lunch?

a) 1/4 a) $4
b) 1/2 b) $6
c) 1/8 c) $8
d) 2/3 a) $10

11) Dan is buying sweatshirt that regularly 12) What is the next number in the pattern?
cost $40. It is on sale for 10% off. If the tax
rate is 5%, which of the following is closest to 13, 16, 19, 22, ____
sale price of the sweatshirt including tax?
a) 24
a) $25.00 b) 25
b) $32.00 c) 26
c) $38.00 d) 27
d) $40.00

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13) What is the square root of 36? 14) For which equation is (7, 5) a solution?

a) 2 a) x–y=3
b) 4 b) x+y=8
c) 6 c) 2x - y = 9
d) 8 d) x + y = 11

15) The number .00000641 is written in 16) To get to school you need to walk 9 block
standard form. How would it be written in south on Main Street and then 12 blocks east
scientific notation? on Penn Street. What is the diagonal
distance from your starting point?
a) .641 x 10-6
b) .641 x 105 a) 15
c) 6.41 x 106 b) 24
d) 6.41 x 10-6 c) 28
d) 135

17) There are 250 people at the mall and 148 18) Solve the following equation
have brown hair, approximately what percent
of the people have brown hair? R + 9 = 15

a) 20% a) 6
b) 60% b) 24
c) 70% c) 33
d) 100% d) 45

19) Frank bought a pair of sneakers on sale 20) How many centimeters are equal to 1
for 50% off the original price; the store had an foot?
additional discount of 25% off all items. If the
sneakers originally cost $80.00, what was the a) 17.32 centimeters
final sale price that Frank paid? b) 25.40 centimeters
c) 30.48 centimeters
a) $25.00 d) 40.52 centimeters
b) $30.00
c) $35.00
d) $45.00

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21) The graph below shows the average 22) Name the coordinate of point E on the
temperature for the last four days. Given this graph below
data, what is a reasonable estimate for
Friday's temperature?

a) (5, -2)
b) (5, 2)
c) (-5, 2)
d) (-5, -2)
a) between 80 and 84 degrees
b) between 83 and 85 degrees
c) between 87 and 89 degrees
d) between 89 and 91 degrees

23) Find the measure in degrees, of the 24) The stem-and-leaf plot below reflects the
smallest angle in this triangle? grades received on a recent math test. Two
students received the same grade, what was
that grade?

Stem Leaf
4 1, 2
5 4, 7, 9
6 3, 8
7 7, 7, 9
8 5, 7
a) 20° 9 1, 4, 9
b) 30° a) 42
c) 40° b) 54
d) 50° c) 68
d) 77

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25) To change a distance from meters to 26) What is the cube root of 27?
millimeters, you will need to
a) 2
a) divide by 100 b) 3
b) divide by 1,000 c) 4
c) multiply by 100 d) 5
d) multiply by 1,000

27) Find the missing value in the example 28) Which activity took up almost one-half of
below Richard’s summer?

a) 10
b) 13
c) 17
d) 19

a) summer class
b) family vacation
c) work
d) time with friends

29) In a triangle, one of the angles measures 30) A rectangular prism has a length of 4, a
70°. If the measure of a second angle is 80°, height of 6, and a width of 3. What is the
what is the measure of the remaining angle? surface area of the prism?

a) 30° a) 54
b) 35° b) 72
c) 40° c) 108
d) 45° d) 120

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31) If 3x – 4 = 8, what is the value of x? 32) The Statue of Liberty is 305 feet tall.
How many inches is that?
a) 3
b) 4 a) 2540 inches
c) 5 b) 3660 inches
d) 6 c) 4250 inches
d) 5130 inches

33) A family’s monthly income is $3800 a 34) Simplify (4 x 105) (3 x 102) and write in
month. One parent makes $1500 per month scientific notation
and you want to find what the other parent’s
income. Write an equation to solve this a) 7 x 107
problem. b) 12 x 107
c) 7 x 1010
a) x + 1500 = 3800 d) 12 x 1010
b) x ÷ 3800 = 1500
c) 500x = 3800
d) 1500 – x = 3800

35) Solve the following equation 36) If you flip the same coin five times, what
is the probability that it will result in the
1 1 following combination: heads, heads, tails,
k+ 2 =1 tails, tails?
9 3
2
a) 1
3 a)
5 2
b) 1
8 b)
7 8
c) − 1
9 c)
8 16
d) − 1
11 d)
32

37) Each morning Dillon walks to the bus 38) What is the perimeter of a pentagon in
stop before school. It takes him 120 seconds which each side measures 4 inches?
to get there. Over the course of the school
year (180 days), how many hours does Dillon a) 12
spend walking to the bus stop in the morning? b) 16
c) 20
a) 3 hours d) 24
b) 6 hours
c) 13 hours
d) 36 hours

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39) What is the value of the expression 40) George bought 14.2 gallons of gasoline
3[10 – (5 + 2)] priced at x dollars per gallon, 2 quarts of oil
priced at y dollars per quart, and a wiper
a) 6 blade at $3.79. Which expression represents
b) 9 the total cost of these items?
c) 21
d) 27 a) 14.2x + 2y + 3.79
b) 14.2x + 2y - 3.79
c) 14.2y + 2x + 3.79
d) 14.2y + 2x + 3.79

41) The sum of the interior angles of a 42) Brian went to the grocery store to buy
polygon is 540°, how many sides does it apples and oranges. He brought $35 with
have? him. He bought 10 oranges for $15. If apple
cost $2 each, how many apples can Brian
a) 3 buy?
b) 4
c) 5 a) 8
d) 6 b) 9
c) 10
d) 11

43) If a gallon of paint will cover 300 square 44) You will be traveling from your home in
feet. How many gallons of plant will be Los Angeles, California to New York City,
needed to paint the wall shown below? New York. You will be flying by plane. The
pilot tells you the air miles between the two
cities is 2375 miles and you will be traveling
500 miles per hour. Approximately how long
will it take to get to New York City?

a) 3 hour 30 minutes
b) 4 hours 45 minutes
c) 4 hour 75 minutes
d) 5 hours

a) 1 gallon
b) 2 gallons
c) 3 gallons
d) 4 gallons

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45) There 275 students enrolled in 8th grade 46) Which statement is false?
at Roosevelt Middle School. They were each
asked what they would like to have for dessert
today. According to the graph below, how
many students wanted ice cream for dessert?

a) ∠ D and ∠ E are alternate interior

angles
a) 30 b) ∠ F and ∠ G are vertical angles
b) 46 c) ∠ D and ∠ H are corresponding angles
c) 52 d) ∠ A and ∠ D are alternate exterior
d) 70 angles

47) On what day did Allison and Pat run the 48) What are the coordinates of vertices A
same number of laps? and C?

a) 1
b) 2 a) A (-2, 4) and C (3, 1)
c) 3 b) A (2, -4) and C (-3, 1)
d) 4 c) A (2, 4) and C (3, -1)
d) A (-2, -4) and C (3, 1)

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49) Using the box-and-whisker plot determine 50) Which equation represents the graph
the greatest height? below

a) 60 inches
b) 62 inches
c) 64 inches
d) 66 inches

a) y = 3x + 2
b) y = -1/3x + 2
c) y = 3x - 2
d) y = 2x - 1

51) The data in the table below represents a 52) Given the function y= 3x – 1, which set of
liner function. Write the function rule? numbers completes the table?

x 0 1 2 3 4 x y
y 2 5 8 11 14 -1
0
a) f(x) = 3x + 2 1
b) f(x) = 3x + 1
c) f(x) = 2x + 3 a) {-4, -1, 2}
d) f(x) = 2x + 1 b) {2, 1, -4}
c) {4, 1, -2}
d) {-2, -1, 4}

53) Solve for x 54) What is 6050.287 rounded to the nearest

3x – 7 = 14 tenth?

7 a) 6050
a) - b) 6100
3
7 c) 6050.29
b) d) 6050.3
3
c) -7
d) 7

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55) On the scatter plot below the variables 56) What is the measurement of angle 2 +
can be described as having angle 3?

a) 60°
b) 90°
a) no relationship c) 120°
b) a positive correlation d) 180°
c) a negative correlation
d) a quadratic relationship

57) Triangles are classified according to their 58) Erica has $100 to spend at the mall. She
angle measurements. What is the sum of the bought one pair of jeans for $30 and would
angles of a triangle? like to buy some shirts that are $10 each.
How many shirts can Erica buy?
a) 100°
b) 180° a) 5
c) 250° b) 6
d) 360° c) 7
d) 8

59) Jeremy has the choice of soda or 60) What are the total possible outcomes of
lemonade and one snack to go with his drink: tossing a coin 4 times?
candy, popcorn, or a pickle. How many
choices does Jeremy have? a) 8
b) 12
a) 4 c) 14
b) 5 d) 16
c) 6
d) 7

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61) For which of the following shapes can the 62) The cable company estimates that a cable
circumference be determined by measuring line repair job will take a total of 22 person-
the distance around the edge? hours. If 3 workers are assigned to the job,
approximately how long will it take them to
a) Circle complete the job according to this estimate?
b) Square
c) Triangle a) 6 hours
d) Pentagon b) 8 hours
c) 10 hours
d) 12 hours

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