Basic Standards Practice Test in Mathematics
!!!!!!Do not use a calculator for numbers 1 through 8!!!!!!
 

1A can of pop contains 12 ounces. Estimate how many ounces of pop are there in a case of 24 cans of pop?
100 ounces
200 counces
300 ounces
400 ounces

2Katie is going to buy a notebook for $1.98, two pens that cost 99 cents each, four candy bars that cost 49 cents each, and a pack of pencils for $1.49. Which is the best estimate of how much money she will spend at the store?
$5.00
$6.00
$6.50
$7.50

3Mr. Towne drove from Minneapolis to Albany, New York, a distance of 1257 miles. If he averaged 50 miles per hour, about how long did the trip take?
15 hours
25 hours
50 hours
1,200 hours

4A restaurant used 11 boxes of frozen hamburgers in one week. Each box contained 196 hamburgers. Which is the best estimate for the total number of hamburgers used?
20 hamburgers
200 hamburgers
2,000 hamburgers
20,000 hamburgers

5Trine bought 5 CDs by the Swinging Swirleys for $11.89 each. What is the approximate cost of the 5 CDs?
$5.00
$12.00
$50.00
$60.00

6A sports store sold 39 jerseys. Each jersey costs $81.00. The best estimate for the total sales is
$2,400
$2,700
$3,200
$3,600

7Mr. Jazzy's income last year was $30,276.91 last year. What was his approximate salary per month?
$2,500
$2,800
$3,000
$3,200

8Mr. Jones travels to Chicago from Minneapolis 19 times a year. Each time he pays $198 for travel expenses. What is the approximate yearly cost of his trips to Chicago?
Less than $2,000
Between $2,000 and $4,000
Between $4,000 and $6,000
More than $6,000.
You may use a calculator for numbers 9-68

9Mr. Wild bought 15 hockey tickets for the season at a cost of $24.25 each. What was the total cost of the tickets?
$39.25
$360.25
$360.75
$363.75

10Mr. Mebecold keeps his thermostat on 60 degrees. Which thermometer below shows exactly 68 degrees?


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Thermometer A
Thermometer B
Thermometer C
Thermometer D

11Which combination would balance the scale?


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12Use the table below to answer questions #12 and #13


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Based on the table above, what do you think the population of Dullsville will be in the year 2000?
541
550
575
590
13Based on the table above, between what two years did the population increase the least?
Between 1950 and 1960.
Between 1960 and 1970.
Between 1970 and 1980.
Between 1980 and 1990.

14The senator read that the population of her state was 4,930,718. In a speech, she rounded the population to the nearest ten-thousand. What did she say the population of her state was?
4,930,000
4,930,100
4,940,000
5,000,000

15Mr. Taylor had $398.93 in his checking account then deposited $124.90. He then wrote a check for $231.93. How much is left in his account?
$42.10
$291.90
$505.96
$755.76

16Of the people surveyed 3tenths.gif prefer Fizz pop to Orangestuff pop. What is the probablility that one of the people chosen for the survey liked Orangestuff pop better?
1 out of 10
3 out of 10
5 out of 10
7 out of 10

17Using the map below, what are the coordinates of Golden Stadium?
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(-2,1)
(1,2)
(-1,2)
(2,-1)

18Bob has installed 16 phone lines in the past 5 days. How many phone lines can he install per day?
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19In the number 935,614,647 what place value is represented by the digit "1"?
thousands
ten-thousands
hundred thousands
ten hundred

20At 7:00 am it was -5 degrees, and at noon it was 13 degrees. By how much did the temperature rise?
5 degrees
8 degrees
13 degrees
18 degrees

21Billy Bob has two discs by the Seatles and three discs by the Tumbling Rocks. If one is chosen randomly, what is the probablity that it is a Seatles disc?
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22Sue owns stock that is valued at $4,000. If the value of stock increases 6% over the next year, what will it be worth at the end of the year?
$4,000.06
$4,006.00
$4,024.00
$4,240.00

23A car travels 45 miles in 40 minutes. How far will the car travel in sixty minutes?
40 miles
45 miles
67.5 miles
85 miles

24The graph below lists what percent each of the six candidates received for mayor of McCheese County. Use this graph to answer the questions #24 and #25.


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Which candidate received one-fourth of all votes?
Mr. Abbott
Ms. Beard
Ms. Chowan
Dr. Drew
Mr. Ewing
Miss France

25According to the graph, which candidate won the most votes?
Mr. Abbott
Ms. Beard
Ms. Chowan
Dr. Drew
Mr. Ewing
Miss France

26A circlular lake has a diameter of 4 miles. What is the radius of the lake?
2 miles
4 miles
8 miles
12.42 miles

27The ratio of boys to girls in Mr. Swenson's class is 3:2. There are 12 boys. How many girls are there in his class?
2 girls
5 girls
8 girls
12 girls

28During a presidential campaign, a local newspaper conducted a telephone survey of 80 registered voters. The results are shown in the table.

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If 4000 voters actually cast their ballots on election day, according to the survey results about how many votes would candidate Gush get?
500
1,000
2,000
4,000

29Some landmarks of Notrealtown are shown in the coordinate system below. Use this coordinate system to answer questions 29 and 30.

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What are the coordinates of Green Forest?
(4,5)
(-4,5)
(5,-4)
(-4,-5)

30Billy Bob and Bobby Joe live 3 units west of the Meltdown Energy plant. What are the coordinates of their home?
(0,-8)
(3,-8)
(6,-8)
(3,-5)

31A rectangular field has a perimeter of 500 feet. If one side of the field is 100 feet long, then the other three sides have to be:
100 feet, 100 feet, & 200 feet.
200 feet, 150 feet, & 50 feet
100 feet, 150 feet, & 150 feet
100 feet, 400 feet, & 400 feet

32Janie drove 405 miles on 15 miles of gas. What was her gas milage in miles per gallon?
15 miles per gallon
20 miles per gallon
27 miles per gallon
390 miles per gallon

33According to the graph below, what percent of students have failed Mr. Einstein's class?
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0%
5%
15%
50%

34When folded a certain way, the figure below could be a:

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pyramid
cone
rectangular prism
cylinder

35Fullofjuice brand batteries lost 5% of its original power each week. How long will it take the batteries to be 50% dead?
5 weeks
10 weeks
20 weeks
45 weeks

36The value of all good and services purchased in the United States in 1996 was 6.8 × 1012. Which number below is represented by 6.8 × 1012 ?
$6,800
$680,000,000,000
$6,800,000,000,000
$68,000,000,000,000

37The following baseball players had a contest to see who could get the highest percent of hits. Who won the contest?
Al: 3 hits out of 10 tries
Betty: 45%
Carlos: 6 out of 11 were hits
Dave: half of his tries were hits

38If you spin the spinner below, what is the probability of the arrow landing on an even number?
1 out of 3
1 out of 6
3 out of 3
3 out of 6

39The following table shows how many dolphins are normally seen upon various sightseeing tours. Use the table below to answer questions #39 and #40.

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Which tour saw 30 dolphins?
Atlantic Tours
Baltic Tours
Castaway Tours
Dolphin Tours

40How many more dolphins did Atlantic Tours see compared to Castaway Tours?
0 more
10 more
70 more
140 more

4188.2% of Mr. Franklin's class was on time to class. What is this number rounded to the nearest percent?
80%
88%
89%
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