Pre-Algebra 82009–2010 Semester 2 Assessment — Released

  1. The odds in favor of a student winning a game are 2:5. What is the probability of winning the game?
  2. A student visits a buffet for dinner. She has a choice of 3 salads, 4 pastas, and
    5 desserts. How many different meals can she create consisting of 1 salad,
    1 pasta, and 1 dessert?
  3. 12
  4. 27
  5. 35
  6. 60

  1. The data shows the price of video games.

Which stem-and-leaf plot correctly displays the data?


  1. Which box-and-whisker plot has an interquartile range of 15?
  2. The box-and-whisker plot represents the test scores in a science class.

What percent of students’ scores are between 75 and 90?

  1. 15%
  2. 25%
  3. 50%
  4. 75%

  1. The chart shows prices for two different candies. The pattern of prices continues for heavier bags of each candy.

CANDY PRICES
Bag Weight / Caramels / Licorice
1 lb
2 lb
3 lb
4 lb / $3.50
$5.75
$8.00
$10.25 / $2.75
$5.25
$7.75
$10.25

What is the price of a 6-pound bag of
caramels?

  1. $12.50
  2. $12.75
  3. $14.75
  4. $15.25
  1. The stem-and-leaf plot shows the price of nine DVDs. What is the median price of the DVDs?

Stem / Leaf
0 / 9
1 / 0 0 5
2 / 5 8 9
3 / 0 2
Key: 3|2 = $32
  1. $5
  2. $10
  3. $23
  4. $25
  1. Eight students are running a race. How many different ways can they finish first, second, and third?
  2. 24
  3. 56
  4. 336
  5. 512

  1. Ten students are campaigningto be class representatives. How many different groups of three students
    could be elected?
  2. 30
  3. 90
  4. 120
  5. 720
  6. The Venn diagram represents the snacks students purchased at a movie theater.

How many students purchased both popcorn and soda?

  1. 59
  2. 21
  3. 17
  4. 4

  1. A student flips a coin and then rolls a die. What is the probability the outcomewill be tails and a number less than 5?
  2. What is 60% of 420?
  3. 2.52
  4. 25.2
  5. 252
  6. 2520
  7. A student sells 194 chocolate bars for a fundraiser. If 75% of the bars have nuts, approximately how many chocolate bars have nuts?
  8. 150
  9. 175
  10. 225
  11. 275
  12. 40% of what number is 200?
  13. 500
  14. 240
  15. 80
  16. 50

  1. Last year, a student paid $50 for a football season pass. This year, a season pass costs $60. What was the percent of increase in the cost of the season pass?
  2. 10%
  3. 20%
  4. 83%
  5. 120%
  6. A teacher buys a school sweatshirt at 35% off the original cost. The original cost of the sweatshirt was $40.00, what is the sale price?
  7. $5.00
  8. $14.00
  9. $26.00
  10. $35.00
  11. A teenager deposits $600 into his savings account at a simple annual interest rate of 3%. How many years would it take him to earn $90 in simple interest?
  12. 2 years
  13. 5 years
  14. 20 years
  15. 50 years

  1. Which relation is NOT a function?
  2. What is the range of the relation below?

x / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
y / –2 / 4 / 1 / –2

  1. Which equation matches the coordinates in the function below?
  1. Identify the ordered pairs that represent the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the graph of .
  2. and
  3. and
  4. and
  5. and

  1. What is the slope of the line graphed below?
  1. What is the slope of the line that passes through the points and ?
  2. 0
  3. undefined

  1. A skate park charges $5 to rent a skateboard plus $2 for each hour of use.

Which line best represents the cost of renting the skateboard?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

  1. Which graph represents the given equation?

  1. Identify the slope and the y-intercept of the line with the given equation:
  1. Slope is ; y-intercept is
  2. Slope is ; y-intercept is
  3. Slope is ; y-intercept is
  4. Slope is ; y-intercept is
  1. is between what two whole numbers?
  2. 11 and 12
  3. 12 and 13
  4. 13 and 14
  5. 77 and 78
  6. A right triangle is shown below.

What is the value of x?

  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 136

  1. A support wire is attached to a tree as shown below.

A wire is attached to the tree 7 feet above the ground and is staked 5 feet from the base of the tree.

Approximately how long is the wire to the nearest foot?

  1. 9 ft
  2. 12 ft
  3. 35 ft
  4. 74 ft
  1. Which correctly orders the numbers from least to greatest?

  1. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of a line segment with the given endpoints?

and

  1. What is the distance between the given points?

and

  1. 2

  1. In the diagram below, triangle ABC is congruent to triangle XYZ.

What is the measure of ?

  1. 101º
  2. 48º
  3. 47º
  4. 32º
  1. An isosceles triangle has one 30° angle and the base angles are each . Classify the triangle by its angle measures.
  2. acute
  3. equiangular
  4. obtuse
  5. right
  6. A quadrilateral has 4 congruent angles. Which name below best classifies this figure?
  7. rectangle
  8. rhombus
  9. parallelogram
  10. trapezoid

  1. What is the value of x in the trapezoid below?
  1. 30
  2. 60
  3. 90
  4. 120
  1. What is the area of the trapezoid shown below?
  1. 100 in.²
  2. 65 in.²
  3. 50 in.²
  4. 35 in.²

  1. What is the circumference of the circle shown below?
  1. cm
  2. cm
  3. cm
  4. cm
  1. The figure below is a rectangular prism.

What is the surface area of the figure?

  1. 180 in.²
  2. 126 in.²
  3. 90 in.²
  4. 63 in.²

  1. What is the volume of the swimming pool shown below?
  1. ft³
  2. ft³
  3. ft³
  4. ft³
  1. A rectangular patio has a length of 9 feet and a width of 6 feet. If the length of the patio is decreased by 2 feet, how much does the area of the patio decrease?
  2. 7 ft²
  3. 12 ft²
  4. 52 ft²
  5. 66 ft²
  1. Which expression below is a trinomial?

  1. Find the sum.
  1. Find the product.
  1. What are the next three terms in the sequence?

15, 8, 1, –6, …

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  1. What are the next three terms in the sequence below?

81, 27, 9, 3, …

  1. Two angles are complementary. The measure of the first angle is 5 times the measure of the second angle. What is the measure of the smaller angle?
  2. 15º
  3. 18º
  4. 30º
  5. 85º
  6. Parallel lines m and n are cut by transversal t. Which statement is
    always true?

  1. Parallel lines m and n are cut by transversal t. What is the measure of ?
  1. 115°
  2. 105°
  3. 95°
  4. 85°
  1. A student translates the given triangle
    5 units to the left and 2 units up. What ordered pair describes the location of point A after the triangle is translated?

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Free Response

  1. The data below shows the total points scored by two basketball teams.

Team A: 24, 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58

Team B: 28, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 50, 54, 58, 60

  1. Create a box-and-whisker plot for each set of data. Label each plot. Identify all key points by name and give their numerical values.
  2. Using the graphs you created, which team had higher scores overall? Explain your thinking.

  1. A carnival charges $5 for admission and $2 for each ride ticket.
  2. Write and graph an equation that shows the total cost C if you buy tickets forr rides. Label the graph.
  3. What is the maximum number of ride tickets you could purchase if you have $16 to spend? Explain your reasoning.

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Free Response

  1. Ship X traveled 5 miles due south then 12 miles due east. Ship X then sailed on a diagonal path directly back to its starting point.
  2. Draw and label a diagram of the ship’s route. Determine the distance of the diagonal path the ship traveled. Show your work.
  3. Ship Y followed a similarly-shaped route. If Ship Y traveled 8 miles due south:

i)Find the distance the ship traveled west.

ii)Find the diagonal distance it traveled back to its starting point.

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