2nd Grade STAAR Readiness

    Mrs. Abel asked her students to fold paper shapes into fourths. The picture shows the work of three students. Which of the students correctly folded the shape to show fourths?

• Sandra only

• Jalon only

• Sandra and Dakota

• Jalon and Dakota

The students in Ms. Rowe’s class attend different clubs after school. The pictograph shows the clubs the students attended last week. Which is the best conclusion that can be made from the information on the graph?

• More students enjoy cooking than sports.

• Students who attend the drama club do not enjoy cooking.

• The art club is the most popular after-school club.

• Only boys are able to attend the sports club.

Tam thinks of an attribute. She uses the attribute to sort polygons into two groups. The picture shows the way Tam sorts the polygons. Which of these also belongs in Tam’s group?

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Evan collects pennies. She places the pennies in a coin folder. Evan's pennies are arranged in rows. This picture shows one page in Evan's coin folder. Which statement is true about the pennies on this page of Evan’s coin folder?

• If all the coin slots were full, there would be an odd number of coins.

• Evan has an even number of pennies because all the coins can be paired.

• The number of empty coin spaces on this page is an odd number.

• If Evan had one more penny, there would be an even number of coins.

Margo’s family went to the circus. They saw these clowns. Each clown held 6 balloons. Which shows two ways to find the total number of balloons the clowns held?

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24 and 4 × 6 = 24

• 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 25 and 5 × 5 = 25

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 36 and 6 × 6 = 36

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 30 and 5 × 6 = 30

Grandpa tells Leland that he can keep all the change on the table if he counts it correctly. These are the coins on Grandpa’s table. What is the value of the coins?

• 75¢

• 73¢

• 83¢

• 78¢

Ryan has some baseball cards and some football cards. The difference between the number of baseball cards and the number of football cards is 7. Which fact could NOT represent Ryan’s sports cards?

• 16 – 9

• 14 – 8

• 13 – 6

• 11 – 4

The students at Jaycee's school voted for their favorite school lunches. The results are shown in this table. How many more students prefer nachos than tacos?

• 35

• 65

• 45

• 75

The art teacher places these crayons on a table. Some crayons are in tubs of 100. Some crayons are in boxes of 10. Some crayons are by themselves. How many crayons does the art teacher place on the table for her students?

• 5,158

• 558

• 658

• 758

Andrew divides a shape into 8 equal parts. He colors five eighths of the shape. Which of these could NOT be Andrew’s shape?

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