Math STAAR Review #1

Nina works for a restaurant. The restaurant pays her every week for the work she does. Some weeks she works more hours than other weeks.

Which statement is most likely true?

• When Nina works fewer hours, she earns more income from the restaurant.

• When Nina works more hours, she earns more income from the restaurant.

• When Nina works more hours, the restaurant gets less labor from her.

• When Nina works fewer hours, the restaurant gets more labor from her.

Answer explanation

Carefully think about the words being used. The word "fewer" means less. If you work fewer hours, you will earn less money.

When you work MORE hours, you will EARN MORE income or money.

Hector played a game 14 times. Each time he played, he threw 4 red balls and 3 green balls at a target.

What was the total number of balls Hector threw at the target?

• 21

• 68

• 98

• 46

Answer explanation

Think about this. At EACH game Hector threw a total of 7 balls (4 red and 3 green).

Hector played the game 14 TIMES.

So this tells us 14 X 7 will answer the question.

Cassandra used all the balloons in 11 packages to decorate for a party.

* There were 6 balloons in each package.

*Half of the balloons in each package were red.

Which equation can be used to find the total number of red balloons Cassandra used?

• 11 X 6 - 3 = 63

• 11 - 6 + 2 = 7

A softball team played in 6 tournaments last year. The team paid $95 to play in each tournament.

What was the total amount the softball team paid to play in these 6 tournaments?

• $570

• $540

• $101

• $480

Which table best represents the classifications for these objects?

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The perimeter of the rectangular floor of Mr. Bryan's cabin is 46 feet. The width of the floor is 10 feet as shown.

What is the length of the floor of Mr. Bryan's cabin in feet?

Miriam had 63 flowers and 9 vases.

*She threw away 9 flowers that had broken stems.

*She put an equal number of all the flowers she had left into each vase.

What is the greatest number of flowers Miriam put into each vase?

• 2

• 3

• 8

• 6

The table shows the number of snow cones sold at a shop on each of three days.

Which answer choice is the best estimate of the total number of snow cones sold on these three days?

• 600

• 700

• 900

• 800

A group of 64 children and 24 adults will travel to a zoo in vans. There will be 8 people in each van.

How many vans will be needed to take the group to the zoo?

• 11

• 80

• 8

• 5

The bar graph shows the number of each different type of drink that was ordered in a restaurant one day.

What was the total number of drinks ordered?

• 205

• 75

• 215

• 210