Minnesota 1997 Basic Standards Practice test

1. The fuel cost of driving a truck is about 12 cents a mile. Approximately how much does it cost to drive a truck 96 miles?

$ 0.90

$ 6.00

$ 8.00

$12.00


This drawing shows the city boundaries of Dalmar		2. Estimate the area inside the city boundaries from the diagram. Each square equals one square mile. Formula Sheet			10 square miles 20 square miles 30 square miles 40 square miles


		3. The height of most eighth-grade boys is about ... Ruler			1.6 meters. 16 meters. 160 meters. 1600 meters.


		4. Sergyi is buying a car and takes out a loan to make 45 monthly payments. About how long will it take him to finish paying for the car?			3 years 4 years 4 1/16 years 45 years


		5. Carla's daily workout at a gym lasts for 30 minutes. She looks at her watch and sees that she has exercised for 9 minutes. About what fractional part of her workout has she completed?			4/5 1/3 3/12 1/9


		6. A regular can of pop holds about ...			1 ounce. 1 pint. 1 quart. 1 gallon.


		7. The problem shown below has been solved on the calculator but the decimal point is missing. 98.23 divided by 5.2 = 18890385 Estimate to choose the correct answer.			1.8890385 18.890385 1,889.0385 18,890.385


		8. A gallon of asphalt paint will cover about 250 square feet of surface area. This is sold in gallon cans only. About how many gallon cans are needed to paint a driveway with an area of 490 square feet?			2 gallon cans 3 gallon cans 250 gallon cans 480 gallon cans


		9. Helen made the following deposits into her bank account: $12.00, $10.60, $35.18. What is the total of the deposits?			$35.18 $45.78 $57.78 $59.78


		10. Jacinta's mother bought 2 1/2 feet of gold chain at $21.98 a foot. How much did she pay for the chain?			$5.50 $24.48 $43.96 $54.95


		11. Stuart drove 93 miles and used 3.75 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon did he get?			18.5 miles per gallon 19.6 miles per gallon 21.5 miles per gallon 24.8 miles per gallon


		12. The local sports shop gives team players a 20% discount on equipment. Mike bought a tennis racket that regularly sells for $23.50. How much did Mike pay for the racket on sale, not including sales tax?			$3.50 $4.70 $11.75 $18.80

Read Questions 13-16. Then choose the answer that makes the most sense in each of the blanks shown below.

Washington Middle School has about ______ students and ______ teachers. They held their fall Parent-Teacher conference on November ______. The conference started at ________


		13. The best answer for blank 1 is			5th 8:00 600 30


		14. The best answer for blank 2 is			5th 8:00 600 30


		15. The best answer for blank 3 is			5th 8:00 600 30


		16. The best answer for blank 4 is			5th 8:00 600 30


		17. How many hours did Sarah sleep if she went to bed at 9:00 p.m. and woke up at 7:00 a.m.?			2 9 10 7


		18. Using the ruler on the page marked 'ruler' below, measure the length of the pencil in the picture and pick the answer which is closest to your measurement. Ruler			3 inches 3 1/2 inches 4 inches 4 1/2 inches

Johnson school had an "Olympics Day." The following chart shows the number of students in various events for each grade.

Event	Number of Contestants
Event	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9
Rope Skipping	16	10	6
High Jump	8	14	18
100-Meter Dash	10	22	20
Shot Put	10	14	16


		19. How many eighth-graders entered in the events?			50 58 60 70


Joe measured temperatures at various times of the day. A graph of his temperature information is given above.		20. Using the graph of Joe's information, how much did the temperature fall between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.?			6� 2� 8� 9�


		21. You have two tickets in a school raffle. There are 600 tickets altogether in the raffle. If one ticket is drawn, what is the probability that it will be one of your tickets?			one out of 600 two out of 600 two out of six 600 out of two


In the spinner game you win if you spin an odd number, and you lose if you spin an even number.		22. What is the probability of winning? (read text at left below the spinner first)			1 out of 4 5 out of 15 3 out of 4 2 out of 4


After Anne connected the tips of the tentacles of this picture of a starfish, she got the dotted-line drawing.		23. What is the name of the figure she drew? (read text at left below the diagram first)			quadrilateral hexagon octagon pentagon

Figure 1	Figure 2	Figure 3	Figure 4
Angelo saw the figures above on his way to school.


		24. In which figure did he see the shape of a pyramid?			Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4


		25. How many ribbons 2/3 yards long can be cut from 3 1/2 yards of ribbon?			4/21 ribbons 2 1/2 ribbons 3 5/6 ribbons 5 1/4 ribbons


		26. How many students are going on a field trip if 2/3 of the 690 students are participating in the field trip?			230 students 345 students 460 students 500 students


		27. Andrea spent $4.50 out of an allowance of $15.00. What percent of her allowance did she spend?			0.3% 3.3% 30% 33%


		28. Sam can run 1000 yards in 4 minutes. At the same rate, how long will it take him to run 2250 yards?			1.7 minutes 7.5 minutes 9 minutes 12 minutes


		29. Maria needed to fix a 3-inch by 4-inch rectangular area on the bathroom floor. How many 1-inch square tiles will she need? Formula Sheet			6 7 12 14


This speedometer shows the speed at which Helen's car is traveling.		30. How many miles per hour faster must she go to be traveling 65 miles per hour? (read text at left below the speedometer first)			20 miles per hour 45 miles per hour 65 miles per hour 25 miles per hour


The circle graph shows how every dollar could be spent from the family budget.		31. How much money is spent for clothing out of every dollar of income?			$1.00 10 cents 1 cent 156 cents


	Helen measured temperatures at various times of the day and night.


		32. Helen's graph shows that the hottest time of the day was:			4 a.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m.


		33. School cooks at Central Middle School know that when pizza is served, 3 out of 5 students eat hot lunch. Pizza is being served for hot lunch today. If 200 students are in school today, about how many students will eat pizza?			about 40 students about 100 students about 120 students about 150 students

DAY	TEMP
Monday	58 degrees
Tuesday	73 degrees
Wednesday	57 degrees
Thursday	69 degrees
Friday	83 degrees

John took the following temperature readings

34. What was the average (mean) temperature for this period?

57 degrees

68 degrees

59 degrees

83 degrees


Joe is standing at the corner of Green Street, Deli Street, and Main Street.		35. The shortest distance for Joe to take to school would be ...			along Green Street. along Main Street. Along Deli Street. along Main and Deli Streets.

Figure 1	Figure 2	Figure 3


		36. Henry cut three pairs of triangles in Industrial Technology class. Which of the following pairs of triangles are not congruent?			Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 They are all congruent.


		37. Ping pong balls are packed in boxes each containing 12 balls. The boxes are packed in crates containing 12 boxes. If a sports store orders 100 crates, how may ping pong balls will it receive?			1,200 balls 1,440 balls 12,000 balls 14,400 balls


		38. The temperature on Sunday was 12 degrees. Monday the temperature was -8 degrees. How much colder was Monday?			4 degrees 6 degrees 20 degrees 30 degrees


		39. The population of Friendly City is 150% of what it was 10 years ago. If its population was 25,000, what it its population now?			29,500 35,500 36,600 37,500


		40. Since 1932, no batting champion has had an average over .400 except Ted Williams in 1941. How many hits must a player have to achieve an average of .400 if he has been at bat 550 times?			137 hits 220 hits 250 hits 400 hits


		41. Information from a bottling plant showed that 0.5% of their bottles are flawed. What decimal portion is this?			0.005 0.05 50 500


		42. Barb measured a line segment starting at zero. It measured 7/16 inch. Which mark on the ruler was it closest to? Ruler			1/4 inch 1/2 inch 3/4 inch 1 inch


		43. Which unit of measurement would be most appropriate if you were to measure an angle?			degrees inches pounds feet


Farmer Bill is fencing in the corner of his yard as shown in the picture.		44. How much fencing will he need? (read text at left first) Formula Sheet			9 yards 10 yards 12 yards 24 yards

Menu
Hamburger $.85	Milk $.20
Hot Dog $.70	Soft Drink $.15
Grilled cheese $.55 sandwich	Milk Shake $.45
French Fries $.40	Ice Cream $.40


		45. Sue had a hot dog, french fries, and milk. How much did she spend (not including sales tax)?			$1.20 $1.30 $1.40 $1.50


The students in Mrs. Smith's class made a chart to show how they come to school. Each student made a mark beside the word to show how he or she comes to school.		46. Sally is a student in Mrs. Smith's class. Which one of the following statements is correct? (read text at left first)			It is more likely that Sally rides a bike than that she walks to school. It is more likely that Sally walks than that she takes the bus to school. It is more likely that Sally takes the bus than that she walks to school. It is more likely that Sally rides her bike than that she takes the bus to school.

Read the text below, then answer Questions 47-48.
A real estate agent surveyed the market values on 5 houses in a city block as listed below
	House A:	$ 73,000
	House B:	$100,000
	House C:	$ 50,000
	House D:	$ 62,000
	House E:	$ 65,000


		47. Find the median market value of the houses listed.			$50,000 $65,000 $70,000 $80,000


		48. Find the mean market value of the houses listed.			$50,000 $65,000 $70,000 $80,000


Sally has made a cake (as shown above) and frosted the top and all sides but not the bottom of the cake. She cuts the cake into 9 pieces		49. How many pieces are frosted only on one side? (read text at left below the cake first)			1 2 4 6


		50. Which geometric figure has a shape most like a baseball?			cone cylinder pyramid sphere


		51. Sally is 65 3/4 inches tall. Jake is 64 1/2 inches tall. How much taller is Sally?			3/4 inch 1 1/4 inches 1 1/2 inches 1 3/4 inches


		52. XYZ stock sold for 13 1/8 on the stock market. The stock went up 3 1/2 points. What does the stock sell for now?			16 1/16 16 2/10 16 2/16 16 5/8


		53. Jackie bought a CD for $11.50. The sales tax is 6%. How much did Jackie pay for the CD, including sales tax?			$10.74 $11.79 $12.19 $20.15


		54. 1,700 trees grew when 2,500 were planted. What percent of the planted trees grew?			14.8% 47% 56% 68%


The graph above shows the attendance for the school year of two groups of students.		55. About how many days were the students in Group A in attendance? (read text at left below the graph first)			50 days 60 days 100 days 150 days

Four boys measured their height.

Julio was 1.66 meters
Yang was 155 centimeters
Leonard was 1.7 meters
Sam was 160 centimeters


		56. Which boy was the tallest? Ruler			Julio Yang Leonard Sam


		57. Spooner township is 6 miles long and 6 miles wide. What is the area of the township?			12 square miles 6 square miles 24 square miles 36 square miles


		58. A car is 4 meters long. The car is _____ millimeters long?			400 millimeters 3600 millimeters 4000 millimeters 8000 millimeters


	Sam earned money by baby-sitting during the summer. The graph above shows how much he earned and spent for 4 weeks.


		59. According to the graph, during which week did Sam spend more than he earned?			first week second week third week fourth week

AIRPORT	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	TOTAL
BAY CITY	9	3	5	7	2	4	30
CAMDEN	6	8	1	5	8	2	30
DOOVER	8	5	9	6	6	3	37
FISKE	5	6	6	1	3	7	28
GRANGE	1	2	3	6	7	10	29
TOTAL	29	24	24	25	26	26	154


		60. How many passengers used the Grange airport for the six months shown in the table? (Please note that numbers in the chart show hundreds of passengers.)			29 290 2900 29000


		61. John's bowling scores were: 106, 203, and 171. What was his average (mean) for the 3 games?			160 170 477 480


		62. John has nine socks in his drawer. Four of the socks are blue and five are white. If he reaches into the drawer without looking, what is the probability that he will pick a white sock?			5 out of 9 4 out of 4 9 out of 9 6 out of 9

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4


A picture of a new bank building.		63. If you were to look at the figure at left from the air, then you would see a building that looks like which one of the following figures above.			Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4


		64. The school cook bought 89 pounds of hamburger at $1.46 a pound. What was the total bill?			$57.00 $90.46 $129.94 $146.00


		65. Dora traveled 20 miles in one hour. How many miles did she travel in 4 hours?			4 miles 5 miles 80 miles 100 miles


		66. Betty had 40,000 cubic centimeters (cc) of water. How many tanks like this can she fill? Formula Sheet			1/2 1 1 1/2 2


		67. If a total of 400 students eat lunch, how many go home for lunch? Formula Sheet			25 100 200 300

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