Math STAAR Review #17

The frequency table shows the results of a survey about how many days per week some families eat dessert.

Which dot plot represents the data in the table?

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Lin has a total of 36 sodas in packs. There are 6 sodas in each pack. How many packs of sodas does Lin have?

A school keeps boxes of paper of different colors in a room. The table shows how many boxes of each color are in the room.

Which answer choice does NOT represent the information in the table?

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The number lines model two different fractions.

Which comparison of these fractions is true?

Answer explanation

Fraction Facts:

If denominators (bottom numbers) are the same, compare the numerators (top number).

If the numerators are the same, compare the denominators. Remember, that in this case the smaller the denominator the larger the pieces (parts).

The table shows the relationship between the number of toy airplanes made in a factory and the number of batteries needed for the airplanes.

Based on the relationship shown in the table, which statement is true?

• The number of batteries is equal to the number of toy airplanes times 3.

• The number of batteries is equal to the number of toy airplanes times 2.

• The number of batteries is equal to the number of toy airplanes times 6.

• The number of batteries is equal to the number of toy airplanes times 5.

Yolanda made 11 sandwiches for a picnic. She used 2 pieces of bread for each sandwich.

Which strip diagram can be used to find the number of pieces of bread Yolanda used?

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The table shows the number of airplanes that landed in different numbers of hours at an airport.

The same number of airplanes landed each hour. How many airplanes landed in 9 hours at the airport?

• 80, because

  50 + 30 = 80

• 45, because

  9 X 5 = 45

• 90, because

  9 X 10 = 90

• 50, because

  100 - 50 = 50

The picture represents the trophies 3 brothers have on a shelf. Each brother won the same number of trophies.

What fraction of the trophies did each brother win?

Answer explanation

What is the total number of trophies? That number will be your denominator.

Then, the numerator will be the total number of trophies divided by the total number of brothers.

Brandon drew the two congruent squares shown.

*He divided one square into 2 congruent triangular parts.

*He divided the other square into 2 congruent rectangular parts.

Which statement is true?

• Each triangular part has an area that is greater than the area of each rectangular part.

• Each rectangular part has an area that is greater than the area of each triangular pat.

Answer explanation

When you carefully read the question and draw exactly what Brandon did, you will notice that each square was divided into halves (2 equal and congruent parts).

There are a total of 294 restaurants in a city.

*Of these restaurants, 196 are along the highways, and 49 are downtown.

*The rest of the restaurants are in shopping malls.

Which model can be used to find the number of restaurants in the city that are in shopping malls?

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