STAAR Texas Questions Supporting 8.2B 8.2C 8.11.B

Paula Completely covered a square wall using 87.5 ft of wallpaper without any overlap. Which measurement is closest to the side length of this wall in feet?

• 22ft

• 44 ft

• 9 ft

• 7 ft

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Which point on the number line best represents the location of the square root of 92

• M

• N

• P

• O

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CCSS.8.NS.A.2

The mass of a textbook is approximately 0.00165 metric ton. How is this number written in scientific notation?

• 165 X 10^{- 5}

• 1.65 X 10^{- 3}

• 16.5 X 10^{- 4}

• 0.165 X 10^{- 2}

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

The list shows the heights of 6 students in inches. What is the mean absolute value for these numbers?

• 24

• 66.5

• 4

• 67.5

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CCSS.6.NS.C.8

Carlos has a square tablecloth with a total area of 48 square feet. Which measurement is closest to the length of each side of the tablecloth?

• 9.8 ft

• 5.0 ft

• 12.0 ft

• 6.9 ft

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

Point Q is shown on the number line. Which value is best represented by point Q?

• square root of 5.4

• Square root of 29.5

• Square root of 35.5

• Square root of 5.9

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CCSS.8.NS.A.2

Jamie used a microscope to measure the diameter of a hair. She found that the diameter of the hair was 0.000072 meter. How is this number written in scientific notation?

• 7.2 X 10^-5

• 7.2 X 10⁶

• 7.2 X 10 ⁵

• 7.2 X 10^-6

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

The list shows the number of songs that five students each downloaded last week. 32,43,38,28,51 What is the mean absolute deviation in the list?

• 34.4

• 6.88

• 38.4

• 7.68

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The table shows the number of contacts six people each have stored in their cell phone. What is the mean absolute deviation for this set of data?

• 71

• 24

• 4

• 13

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C