TEK 5.9C- STAAR Release Questions (2023-2017)

The students in a class measure and record their heights in inches. The stem and leaf plot shows their results. What is the difference in height between the tallest student and shortest student?

• 8 in.

• 10 in.

• 3 in.

• 5 in.

The scatterplot shows the scores that students in a 5th-grade class earned on a reading test and on a science test. What fraction of the 5th-grade students earned a score higher than 80 on both the reading test and the science test?

• 4/18

• 11/18

• 7/18

• 10/18

The frequency table shows the numbers of visitors in different age ranges who visited a children's museum on Saturday. What is the difference between the number of visitors who were younger than 20 and the number of visitors who were 20 and older?

• 75

• 52

• 18

• 23

The stem and leaf plot shows the number of laps around a track that several teams walked as part of a fund-raiser for the library. The teams that walked more than 50 laps raised an extra $100 for the library. What fraction of the teams raised this extra money?

• 1/4

• 5/12

• 5/7

• 1/3

The dot plot shows the number of tickets needed for each ride at a carnival. What is the difference between the number of rides that need fewer than 4 tickets and the number of rides that need 4 or more tickets?

• A) 7

• B) 2

• C) 9

• D) 4

The scatterplot shows the number of minutes each student in a book club read during a week and the number of years the student has participated in the book club. What is the total number of minutes read by the students who have participated in the book club for 4 or 5 years?

• A) 450

• B) 390

• C) 90

• D) 80

The fifth-grade students at Oakwood Elementary School recorded their favorite ice-cream flavor on the graph shown. How many students did not pick strawberry as their favorite ice-cream flavor?

• 55

• 120

• 125

• 115

The stem and leaf plot shows the numbers of sit-ups a group of students did in P.E. What is the difference between the number of students who did more than 36 sit-ups and the number of students who did fewer than 25 sit-ups?

• 11

• 6

• 18

• 1

The students in a class were each given a set of letters and asked to make words. The dot plot shows the numbers of students who made from 1 to 7 words. What fraction of the students in the class made 5 or more words?

• 1/20

• 1/4

• 3/10

• 3/4

The stem and leaf plot shows Ryan's math scores so far this year. What is the sum of Ryan's greatest math score and least math score?

• 169

• 187

• 176

• Not here