Middle Grades Practice Questions 2018-2019

In an American football game, a touchdown and a kicked extra point associated with the touchdown is worth 7 points and a field goal is worth 3 points. If only the two types of scoring previously described were done in a football game, which of these scores would be the highest score impossible to achieve?

• 8

• 11

• 22

• 29

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

What is the sum of the digits of the least positive integer, N, that when divided by 2, or 3, or 4, or 5 all leave a remainder of 1?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

What is the greatest common divisor of 2464 and 7469?

• 99

• 97

• 83

• 77

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Below are the first 6 terms of a sequence. What is the sum of the next three terms of the sequence? 5, 7, 14, 16, 32, 34, …

• 278

• 244

• 216

• 182

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

The drawing to the right shows the seating pattern at tables in a banquet hall. Each ‘X’ represents a seat for a person and each rectangle represents a table. How many people could be seated at a 9-table arrangement?

• 34

• 36

• 38

• 40

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Two terms of an arithmetic sequence are shown below. What is the value of the term that is nearest zero? …, __, __, __, 17/4, __, 27/4, __, __, __, …

• -3/4

• -1/2

• 1/2

• 3/4

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Which of the following integers has the largest remainder when divided by 17?

• A. 29

• B. 81

• C. 122

• D. 312

Tom has a string that is 6 1/4 meters long. He cuts 1 2/3 meters off one end and then cuts the remaining string into 5 equal pieces. When the length of each of the 5 equal pieces of string is expressed as a fraction, what is the numerator of this fraction?

• A. 55

• B. 44

• C. 22

• D. 11

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Evaluate the expression, j (h - |h|), when h = -1 and j = 5.

• A. -10

• B. -5

• C. 5

• D. 10

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

Including 7% tax, Sarah paid $202.22 for a bicycle that had a sticker price of $269.99 not including tax. To the nearest tenth, what was the percentage discount on the bicycle Sarah bought?

• A. 23.7%

• B. 25.1%

• C. 28.2%

• D. 30.0%

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B