2016 STAAR Questions Part 1

Frank had $65. He spent $2 per day for 7 days. Then he was given $9 to divide equally between himself and his 2 brothers. The following expression can be used to find the amount of money Frank had after that.

65 - 2 ⋅ 7 + 9 ÷ 3

Based on this expression, what is the amount of money Frank had remaining?

• $150

• $54

• $20

• $444

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

A baby weighed 7.25 lb at birth. At the end of 8 months, the baby weighed 2 and half times its birth weight. How many pounds did the baby weigh at the end of 8 months?

• 14.5 lb

• 9.75 lb

• 18.125 lb

• 14.125 lb

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Hector surveyed all the sixth graders at his school about their favorite after-school activity. The table shows the results that were used to make a bar graph.

Which percentage bar graph best represents the data?

• 
• 
• 
• 

A barrel contained 60 gallons of water. Water leaked out of the barrel at a rate of 5 gallons every 3 days.

At this rate, how many days did it take for all 60 gallons of water to leak out of the barrel?

• 20 days

• 12 days

• 100 days

• 36 days

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Four points are graphed on the coordinate grid.

Which ordered pair does not appear to be represented by one of these points?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6C

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

The shoe box has a base area of 20 square centimeters. What is the volume of the shoe box if the height is 12 centimeters.

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.6

• Half the students drank from 78 to 114 fluid ounces.

• The greatest number of students drank from 30 to 78 fluid ounces.

• The data represent 78 student responses.

• The mean number of fluid ounces that the students drank is 78.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

Which two expressions are equivalent?

• 4 + (3 ⋅ y) and (4 + 3) ⋅ y

• (18 ÷ y) + 10 and 10 + (y ÷ 18)

• 12 - (y ⋅ 2) and 12 - (2 ⋅ y)

• (10 - 6) ÷ y and 10 - (6 ÷ y)

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.4

Mr. Smith has a maximum of $50 to spend at a museum. A ticket to the museum costs $7. He can spend p dollars to buy other things at the museum. Which inequality can be used to find the possible values for p?

• p - 7 > 50

• p - 7 < 50

• p + 7 ≥ 50

• p + 7 ≤ 50