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STAAR Review – Music Map
Listen to the clip played by your teacher. Find the song name that matches the clip below. This is the problem you will work. Your teacher will play the whole song to serve as your “timer.” At the end of the song be prepared to discuss your strategy and answer with the class. Repeat this process until time runs out or until you complete all problems.
1. Just the Way You Are
In the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, approximately 28% of the medals the United States won were bronze, 0.38 were silver, and were gold. Write these values in order from greatest to least.
2. Home
A recipe for 12 waffles calls for 1 cups of milk, 2 cups of flour, and 1 cups of other ingredients. How many cups of milk, flour, and other ingredients are needed to make 36 waffles?
3. I Will Wait
A software company employs 450 workers. It plans to increase its workforce by 8 employees per month until it has doubled in size. Which equation can be used to determine m, the number of months it will take for the company’s workforce to double in size?
A. 8m + 450 m = 900C. 2(8m + 450) = 900
B. 2m + 450 = 900D. 8m + 450 = 900
4. Drive By
The Sundown Parking Garage charges $5.00 to park a car for the first hour and $0.75 for each additional hour or part of an hour after the first hour. What is the total charge for parking a car for 4 hours 42 minutes in this garage?
5. Heartbeat
Mai earns a salary of $200 per week plus an additional 5% commission on her sales. If Mai’s weekly salary increases by $25 and her commission increases to 6%, how much will she earn if her weekly sales are $2,500?
A. $325.00C. $525.00
B. $375.00D. $700.00
6. 22
Mr. Flores ran 26.1-mile marathon last year. He completed the race in 5 hours 6 minutes. This year Mr. Flores would like to run the same marathon in 4.5 hours. How many miles per hour should Mr. Flores run to complete the marathon in 4.5 hours? [D = rt]
A. 5.8 mphC. 6.2 mph
B. 11.8 mphD. 5.6 mph
7. Ho Hey
Mrs. Micelli placed a picture of an equilateral triangle on an overhead projector in her math class. The overhead projector dilated the triangle’s image on the screen by a scale factor of 3.5. If the length of each side of the actual triangle is 5 centimeters, what is the length of each side of the dilated triangle on the screen?
A. 175 cmC. 8.5 cm
B.17.5 cmD. 3 cm
8. Give Me Everything
A cylindrical candle has a diameter of 2 inches and a height of 6 inches, as shown below.
Which is closest to the total surface area of the candle?
A. 75 in2C. 44 in2
B. 38 in2D. 100 in2
9. What Makes You Beautiful
Two similar quadrilaterals are shown below. The ratio of the lengths of the corresponding sides MN and ST is 2:3 respectively.
What is the measure of RS?
10. Cruise
Deb has a rectangular storage box with a height of 18 inches, as shown below.
If Deb cuts off a 2-inch strip around the top of the box, what will be the new volume of the box in cubic inches?
A. 1,600 in3C. 1,024 in3
B. 1,440 in3D. 1,800 in3
11. Identity
Joan has a garden in the shape of a trapezoid, as shown in the drawing below.
Joan wants to fence the triangular portion of the garden where the herbs grow. How many feet of fence will she need?
A. 6 ftC. 22 ft
B. 12 ftD. 26 ft
12. Good Morning
LMN is similar to XYZ. Which procedure can be used to find the number of degrees in
N?
A. Subtract 100 from 360C. Divide 100 by 2
B. Subtract 100 from 180D. Divide 180 by 3
13. Haven’t Met You Yet
The Venn diagram shows how many of the 400 students at Smith Middle School have a scooter only, a skateboard only, or both a scooter and a skateboard.
Use the information in the diagram to find the probability that 1 student chosen at random has neither a scooter nor a skateboard.
A. C.
B. D.
14. Little Talks
The graph below shows the results of a survey about the animal that people prefer as a pet.
According to the graph, which statement is true?
A. Twice as many people prefer dogs to fish.
B. Most people do not prefer horses as pets because they are too big to care for.
C. Many people prefer fish as pets because they are easy to care for.
D. Five more people prefer cats to birds.
15. Someone Like You
The table below shows how many pounds of certain types of tropical fruit were sold at a store during a 3-month period. If the store uses only these data to order fruit, which conclusion is most reasonable?
A. The store should order half as many pounds of guava as papaya.
B. The store should order twice as many pounds of guava as papaya.
C. The store should order half as many pounds of mango as papaya.
D. The store should order half as many pounds of mango as pineapple.