Expressions and Equations PSSA Review

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

A club plans to spend no more than 85% of the $1,200.00 in its activity budget to buy as many radio-controlled helicopters as possible. The price of a helicopter is $110.99 plus sales tax of 6%. What is the greatest number of helicopters the club can buy?

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Simplify:   4x – 5.2y + 6y + 7.9x – 8x

• 4.7xy

• –1.3x + 6y

• 3.9x + 0.8y

• 19.9x + 11.2y

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

The perimeter of a square is 28x – 4. What is the length of one side of the square?

• x – 1

• 7x – 1

• 14x – 2

• 24x – 4

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Kelly has a savings account with a beginning balance of $800. 

• She earns $340 a week at her job. 

• For 8 weeks, she puts 15% of her weekly earnings into the savings account. 

• Kelly makes 3 withdrawals of $45 each. 

What is the account balance at the end of 8 weeks?

• $785

• $848

• $1,073

• $1,163

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

• 2.4(1.95 + 2.20)

• 2.4 • 1.95 • 2.20

• (2.4 + 2.4)(1.95 + 2.20)

• (2.4 • 2.4) + (1.95 • 2.20)

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A group of adults and students buy tickets for a dance performance. 

• Each ticket costs $4.65. 

• The total cost of the tickets for the group is $93.00. 

• There are exactly 3 adults in the group. 

What is the number of students in the group?

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

An author receives $0.75 for each hardcover book or paperback book that is sold. There were x hardcover books and 42,000 paperback books sold of her most recent book. The author received a total of $60,000 for the book sales. The equation below can be used to determine the number of hardcover books that were sold. 

0.75(x + 42,000) = 60,000

 How many hardcover books were sold?

• 18,000

• 24,000

• 28,500

• 38,000

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Walter is buying strawberries and grapes. 

• The total amount he spends on the fruit must be less than $14.00. 

• He spends $5.25 on a basket of strawberries. 

• Grapes cost $1.75 per pound. 

Which graph best represents all the numbers of pounds of grapes Walter can buy?

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Tasha sells gift boxes and cookies at her bakery. 

• Gift boxes sell for $26.00 each. 

• Cookies sell for $1.50 each. 

• Tasha would like her total sales to be at least $50.00 from the sale of one gift box and some cookies. 

Which inequality describes all the numbers of cookies (x) that Tasha needs to sell?

• x ≥ 2

• x ≥ 8

•  x ≥ 16

• x ≥ 24

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B