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PSSA Practice - Item Sampler

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Divide: 3/4 ÷ 2/3
a)
A. 1/2
b)
B. 8/9
c)
C. 9/8
d)
D. 2
2.
     Greg’s social studies grade is based on two quizzes, two tests, and one project. The table below shows Greg’s scores on these items, as well as each item’s weight in determining his final grade.  
     To determine his final grade, Greg’s teacher multiplies each score by its weight, adds the products together, and then divides the sum by 10.
What is Greg’s final grade?  
a)
A. 79.9
b)
B. 86.8 
c)
 C. 88.4
d)
D. 92.0
3.
     Greg’s social studies grade is based on two quizzes, two tests, and one project. The table below shows Greg’s scores on these items, as well as each item’s weight in determining his final grade.  
     To determine his final grade, Greg’s teacher multiplies each score by its weight, adds the products together, and then divides the sum by 10.
What is Greg’s final grade?  
a)
A. 79.9
b)
B. 86.8 
c)
 C. 88.4
d)
D. 92.0
4.
Kiah plotted the locations of her home and the city of Huntingdon on the number line shown below. A number line is shown. The numbers below the number line are negative 9, negative 6, negative 3, 0, 3, 6, 9. The point at 0 is labeled Kiah’s Home. The point at 6.75 is labeled Huntingdon. Williamsburg is the same distance from Kiah’s home as Huntingdon, but it is in the opposite direction. Which statement best describes how to find the location of Williamsburg on the number line?  
a)
 A. The opposite of 6.75 is –6.75, so Williamsburg is at –6.75. 
b)
B. The sum of 6.75 and 6.75 is 13.5, so Williamsburg is at 13.5.
c)
C. The numbers 6.75 and –6.75 are the same, so Williamsburg is at 6.75.
d)
D. Opposites, such as 6.75 and –6.75, sum to zero, so Williamsburg is at 0.
5.
. James measures the water level from the top of a dock twice a day. The water level in the morning is –2 feet. The water level in the afternoon is –6.5 feet. Which statement about the relationship between the two measurements is true?    
a)
A. A water level of –6.5 feet is higher than a water level of –2 feet, as –6.5 > –2.
b)
B. A water level of –2 feet is lower than a water level of –6.5 feet, as –2 > –6.5.
c)
C. A water level of –6.5 feet is the same as a water level of –2 feet, as –6.5 = –2.
d)
D. A water level of –2 feet is higher than a water level of –6.5 feet, as –2 > –6.5
6.
The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the cast of a school play is 1 : 5. Which statement must describe the cast of the play?  
a)
A. There are exactly 6 students in the cast.
b)
 B. There is 1 boy for every 5 girls in the cast.
c)
C. There are 4 more girls than boys in the cast. 
d)
D. There is 1 boy out of the 5 students in the cast.
7.
For a recipe, Harris uses 2 cups of white sugar for each cup of brown sugar. How many cups of brown sugar does Harris use when he uses 1 cup of white sugar? 
a)
A. 1/2 
b)
B. 1
c)
 C. 1 1/2
d)
 D. 2
8.
Jasmine earns $36 for 4 hours of baby-sitting. She charges a constant hourly rate. Which table
correctly shows the amount Jasmine earns baby-sitting for different numbers of hours?
a)
A. Jasmine's Baby-Sitting Earnings :
Number of Hours Amount Earned ($)
2:18
4:36
6:54
8:72
b)
B. Jasmine's Baby-Sitting Earnings :
Number of Hours Amount Earned ($)
2:34
4:36
6:38
8: 40
c)
C. Jasmine's Baby-Sitting Earnings :
Number of Hours Amount Earned ($)
2:27
4:36
6:45
8:54
d)
D. Jasmine's Baby-Sitting Earnings :
Number of Hours Amount Earned ($)
2 32
4:36
6:42
8:50
9.
Alon started in 60% of his team’s basketball games this season. He started a total of 12 games. How many games did Alon’s team play this season?  
a)
 A. 6
b)
B. 7
c)
C. 18
d)
D. 20
10.
An inequality is shown below. x + 2.5 < 20 What is the greatest value of x from the set {10.5, 12.5, 17.5, 19.5} that makes the inequality true?  
a)
A. 10.5
b)
 B. 12.5
c)
C. 17.5
d)
D. 19.5
11.
There are 150 children playing in a park.
The number of boys (x) playing in the park is greater than 50.
The number of girls (y) playing in the park is less than 100.
Which values of x and y could be the numbers of boys and girls playing in the park?
a)
A. x = 35 y = 115
b)
B. x = 50 y = 100
c)
C. x = 55 y = 85
d)
D. x = 60 y = 90
12.
Gary saves $2.50 each day. Which equation describes the relationship between the number of days (d) Gary saves money and the total amount of money (m), in dollars, that he saves? 
a)
 A. m = 2.50d
b)
B. m = d – 2.50 
c)
C. d = 2.50m
d)
 D. d = 2.50/m
13.
A trapezoid is shown below. A graphic of a trapezoid with the height labeled 3 meters, the top labeled 5 meters, and the bottom labeled 9 meters. What is the area of the trapezoid?    
a)
A. 21 sq. m
b)
B. 27 sq. m
c)
C. 34 sq. m
d)
D. 42 sq.  m
14.
The vertices of a parallelogram are plotted on the coordinate plane shown below.
A coordinate grid is shown. The numbers to the left of the y-axis are negative 10, negative 8, negative 6, negative 4, negative 2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. The numbers below the x-axis are negative 10,
negative 8, negative 6, negative 4, negative 2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. There are four points on the
coordinate grid.
What is the area, in square units, of the parallelogram?
a)
A. 8
b)
B. 9
c)
C. 12
d)
D. 24
15.
A rectangular prism is pictured below.
A graphic of a rectangular prism with the length labeled 13 centimeters, the width labeled 5
centimeters, and the height labeled 6 centimeters.
What is the surface area of the rectangular prism?
a)
A. 173 sq. cm
b)
B. 320 sq. cm
c)
C. 346 sq. cm
d)
D. 390 sqcm
16.
Rosa built a jewelry box. She first cut out all the pieces she would need by using the pattern shown below. A graphic of 6 shapes is shown. Four of the shapes are rectangles with side lengths of 3 units by 4 units. The other two shapes are squares with side lengths of 3 units. Based on the pattern, which phrase best describes the shape of the completed jewelry box?  
a)
A. a cube with a box top
b)
B. a cube with no box top
c)
C. a rectangular prism with a box top 
d)
 D. a rectangular prism with no box top
17.
Franco asked his soccer team how many glasses of milk and how many glasses of water each player drinks per day. The line plots below show his data. Two line plots are shown. The title of the first line plot is Amount of Milk Each Player Drinks. The title of the second line plot is Amount of Water Each Player Drinks. The label below each line plot is Glasses per Day. The numbers below each line plot are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. On the first line plot, there are 2 Xs above the 0, 4 Xs above the 1, 6 Xs above the 2, 5 Xs above the 3, 3 Xs above the 4, 1 X above the 6, and 1 X above the 7. On the second line plot, there is 1 X above the 1, 3 Xs above the 2, 2 Xs above the 3, 5 Xs above the 4, 3 Xs above the 5, 2 Xs above the 6, 2 Xs above the 7, 3 Xs above the 8, and 1 X above the 9. Which statement correctly describes the number of glasses of milk and the number of glasses of water each player drinks per day?  
a)
A. The mean would be a better measure of center than the median for the number of glasses of milk the players drink.
b)
 B. There is less variability in the number of glasses of milk the players drink than the number of glasses of water they drink.
c)
C. The median number of glasses of milk the players drink is greater than the mean number of glasses of milk the players drink
d)
D. The range for the number of glasses of milk and the range for the number of glasses of water the players drink are the same.