5th-6th Grade 2019 STAAR Questions

Rebecca bought air filters at a store. • She bought 8 air filters. • Each air filter cost $16.95. • Rebecca used a coupon for $7.50 off her total cost of the air filters. The total cost in dollars that Rebecca paid for these 8 air filters can be represented by this expression. (8 16.95) 7.50 × − How much did Rebecca pay for these 8 air filters?

• 80.70

• 143.10

• 128.10

• 75.60

Ms. Jaffey had a total of 428.5 ounces of pretzels to put into 5 bowls for a party. She put an equal number of ounces of pretzels into each bowl. How many ounces of pretzels did Ms. Jaffey put into each bowl?

• 85.7 oz

• 97.7 oz

• 80.0 oz

• 85.3 oz

Jacob wrote the expression shown. 10 / 5 + 4( 72 - 6) What do these parentheses indicate in the expression?

• Divide 10 by 5 before adding 4

• Multiply 4 by 72 before subtracting 6

• Add 5 and 4 together before subtracting 6 from 72

• Subtract 6 from 72 before multiplying by 4

The owner of a snow-cone stand used 1/4 gallon of syrup to make 16 cherry snow cones. She used the same amount of syrup in each snow cone. How much syrup in gallons was used in each cherry snow cone?

• 1/4 gal

• 4 gal

• 1/64 gal

• 64 gal

Cheyenne works 15 hours a week at the movie theater. She earns $8 an hour. Which statement about her weekly income is true?

• Her net income is more than $120.

• Her gross income is less than $120.

• Her net income is less than $120.

• Her gross income is more than $120.

Three friends rode their bikes last week.

• Christine rode her bike 27 kilometers.

• Philip rode his bike 12 kilometers less than Christine.

• Nathan rode his bike 3 times as far as Philip.

Which equation represents n, the distance in kilometers Nathan rode his bike?

• (27 + 12) ÷ 3 = n

• (27 - 12) x 3 = n

• (27 - 12) ÷ 3 = n

• (27 + 12) x 3 = n

Dion ran 3.75 kilometers each day to prepare for a race. What was the number of kilometers that Dion ran during 28 days?

• 10.5 km

• 105 km

• 1,875 km

• 18.75 km

Yvonne is using a coordinate grid for the first time. She wants to find the location of the ordered pair (3, 7) on the grid. Starting at the origin, which movement should Yvonne do first?

• Move right along the x-axis to 3

• Move up along the y-axis to 3

• Move right along the y-axis to 7

• Move up along the x-axis to 7

Mr. Wilfred used a full 2-liter bottle of liquid soap to fill two soap containers.

• He put 0.475 liter of soap in the first container.

• He put 0.35 liter of soap in the second container.

How many liters of liquid soap remained in the bottle?

• 0.825 L

• 0.625 L

• 1.175 L

• 1.49 L

Mr. Nolan paid $36.95 for each adult shirt and $23.95 for each youth shirt he bought. Mr. Nolan bought 2 adult shirts and 5 youth shirts. How much money did he spend on these shirts?

• $167.35

• $258.65

• $232.65

• $193.65