Grade 8 PSSA MC Item Scoring & Sampler (2019)

•  $\frac{1}{4^6}$  

•  $\frac{1}{4^3}$  

•  $4^{11}$  

•  $4^{30}$  

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

• The value of x is zero, and the value of y is an integer less than zero.

• The value of x is the square root of an integer, and the value of y is an integer greater than zero.

• The value of x is an integer less than zero, and the value of y is an integer greater than zero.

• The value of x is a square root that can be simplified to an integer, and the value of y is an

  integer less than zero.

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CCSS.8.NS.A.1

3.  Which number is positive, rational, and has a value between 0 and 1?

•  $-0.\overline{2}$  

•  $\pi-3$  

•  $\sqrt{\frac{1}{4}}$  

•  $\frac{3}{2}$  

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CCSS.8.NS.A.1

CCSS.7.NS.A.2D

• The number is rational and equivalent to  $\frac{56}{99}$  .

• The number is rational and equivalent to  $\frac{56}{100}$  .

• The number is irrational and equivalent to  $\frac{1}{56}$  .

• The number is irrational and cannot be represented as a fraction written with integers.

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CCSS.8.NS.A.1

CCSS.7.NS.A.2D

• 0

• 1

• $\frac{1}{9^{2c}}$

• 9

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

6.  Fran buys used DVDs. She pays $2.75 for each DVD she buys. She graphs a line to show the
total amount (y), in dollars, she pays to buy x used DVDs. Which equation correctly describes
Fran’s line?

•  $y=2.75$  

•  $y=2.75x$  

•  $y=x+2.75$  

•  $y=2.75x+2.75$  

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

• The two companies charge the same amount to rent a bicycle for $\frac{3}{5}$ hour.

• The two companies charge the same amount to rent a bicycle for 3 hours.

• The two companies never charge the same amount to rent a bicycle for the same number of hours.

• The two companies always charge the same amount to rent a bicycle for the same number of hours.

8. Which statement describing a function of x is true?

• The graph of y = 3x + 9 is linear and has a y-intercept of 9.

• The graph of y = 3x is nonlinear and passes through the origin.

• The graph of y = 3x2 is linear and passes through the point (0, 0).

• The graph of y = 32x + 9 is nonlinear and passes through the point (0, 9).

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CCSS.8.F.A.3

• $-3$
  

• $-\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $3$
  

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

• a reflection across the x-axis, followed by a dilation centered at the origin with a scale factor of 0.5

• a dilation centered at the origin with a scale factor of 0.5, followed by a reflection across the y-axis

• a translation 4 units to the right, followed by a dilation centered at the origin with a scale factor of 0.5

• a rotation of 180° about the point (0, –0.5), followed by a dilation centered at the origin with a scale factor of 0.5

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CCSS.8.G.A.4

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2