STAAR Review- 8th Grade

Which is not a strategy that you should use on your test?

• Underline key words
• Skim the text
• Find Text Evidence
• Briefly write the main ideas/events

Write the equation of the line.

• y=-3x-4
• y=-4x-3
• y=(-3/4)x-3
• y=(-4/3)x-3

Give the y-intercept

• (2,0)
• (-2,0)
• (0,-2)
• there is no y-intercept

• Function
• Not a Function

• Function
• Not a Function

Use 3.14 for Pi

• 3617.3 cm³

• 1205.8 cm³

• 361.7 cm³

• 120.6 cm³

Find the volume of the cone. Use 3.14 for π. Round decimal answers to the nearest tenth.

radius = 4 in

height = 14 in

• 234.6 in³

• 175.8 in³

• 23.5 in³

• 17.6 in³

Find the volume of the cone. Use 3.14 for π. Round decimal answers to the nearest tenth.

radius = 4 in

height = 14 in

• 234.6 in³

• 175.8 in³

• 23.5 in³

• 17.6 in³

What is the opposite of squaring a number?

• divide
• multiply 
• fractions
• square root

Do the segment lengths 15, 12, and 9 form a right triangle?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe
• Pythagoras