STAAR DAY 6

Mary is drawing below shows a side of a picture frame on Mary's desk. Which of the following is the correct support?

• 20 cm

• 15 cm

• 12 cm

• 17 cm

Gwendolyn placed a 10-foot ladder against the side of her house so that the base of the ladder was 3 feet from the base of the house, as shown in the diagram below. Which measurement in feet is closest to d, the distance from the top of the ladder to the ground?

• 104 ft

• 7.0 ft

• 6.5 ft

• 9.5 ft

To get from home to work, Felix can either take a bike path through the rectangular park or ride his bike along two sides of the park. How much farther would Felix travel by riding along two sides of the park?

• 1.7 mi

• 0.6 mi

• 2.5 mi

• 0.1 mi

In the diagram below, RSTU is a rectangle, and the two shaded regions are squares. If the length of SR is 4 m and the length of ST is 8 m, what is the length of PQ in meters?

• √80 m

• √24 m

• √68 m

• √144 m

In the diagram below, the dashed line segment represents the distance across a pond. What is the actual distance, in yards, across the pond?

• 12

• 16

• 20

• 21

Two motorcycles start at the same point. One motorcycle travels 15 km due north and stops. The second motorcycle travels 32 km due west and stops. Which value is closest to the distance between the motorcycles when they stop?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Leland swam from the dock east 26 meters. He turned and swam another 10 meters, as shown in the diagram below. How far did Leland swim in total?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Plot the two points on the coordinate plane below: X (-8, -8) and Y (4, 8). What is the distance between points X and Y?

• 12

• 16

• 20

• 21

The coordinates of the vertices of the triangle shown are P (2, 13), Q (7, 1), and R (2, 1). What is the length of segment PQ in units?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Which set of lengths might be used to represent the sides of a right triangle?

• 6,7,10

• 9,12,16

• 7,15,17

• 7,24,25