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Grade ASK Test Practice

2. Jorge figured out his age, in days. He says he
is 46
days old today. If he is correct, how
many days old is he?
A. 16,384 days B. 4.096 days
C. 1,294 days D. 1,024 days
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3. b. 4,096

4. 1 - 200
Mia wants to create a graph to show the number
of students in each eighth-grade homeroom.
Which type of data display would be best to
show the data?
A. Bar graph
B. Circle graph
C. Histogram
D. Line graph

5. A. Bar Graph

6. 1 - 300
What is the 10th
term in this arithmetic
sequence?
3, 12, 21, 30, 39
A. 66 B. 75
C. 78 D. 84

7. D. 84

8. What fraction is equivalent to 0.8
(repeating)
A. 8/9 B. 1/8
C. 8/10 D. 8/99
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9. C. 8/9

10. 1 – 500
A bag has only four colors of tiles in it.
There are 7 blue tiles, 9 orange tiles, 16
green tiles, and 8 red tiles in the bag. If
Darla reaches into the bag and picks a
tile without looking, what is the
probability that she will choose a red
tile?
A. 0.2% B. 0.4%
C. 20% D. 40%

11. C. 20%

12. What is the value of this expression?
(3 x 10 – 33
) + 2(5 + 3)
A. 19 B. 97
C. 148 D. 1,045
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13. A. 19

14. 2 - 200
Solve for n:
8n -21 = 83
A. 7.75 B. 13
C. 496 D. 832

15. B. 13

16. Floyd’s money market account earns 0.6%
interest. How would 0.6% be expressed as a
decimal?
A. 6.0 B. 0.6
C. 0.06 D. 0.006
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17. D. 0.006

18. 2 - 400
Point A has the coordinates (3,8).
What are the coordinates of its
image pinot if it is translated 6 units
to the left?
A. (3,14) B. (3,2)
C. (-3, 8) D. (-6, 8)

19. C. (-3, 8)

20. 2 - 500
A rectangular prism and a rectangular
pyramid each have the same length,
width, and height. The volume of the
prism is 210 cubic centimeters. What
is the volume of the pyramid?
A. 70 cubic cm B. 105 cubic cm
C. 420 cubic cm D. 630 cubic cm

21. A. 70 cubic centimeters

22. Look at the equation below.
Y = 2x + 1
Which is the correct table of this equation?
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x y
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 5
x y
1 2
2 4
3 6
4 8
x y
1 3
2 4
3 6
4 9
x y
1 3
2 5
3 7
4 9

23. Y = 2x + 1
x y
1 3
2 5
3 7
4 9

24. Barbara is making identical beaded
bracelets to sell at a craft show. She can
make 12 beaded bracelets in 90 minutes.
At that rate, how many beaded bracelets
can she make in 15 minutes?
A. 2 B. 3
C. 72 D. 113
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25. A. 2 bracelets

26. What is the value of this expression if
a = 3, b = 2, and c = -5
3a x (b3
+c) - 4
A. 113 B. 27
C. 23 D. -31
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27. C. 23

28. A box contains cards with the letters
“PATERSON” written on them. Suppose you
randomly draw a card from the box, do not
replace it, and then draw a second card. What
is the probability of drawing the letter T
followed by the letter P?
A. 1/4 B. 1/8
C. 1/56 D. 1/64
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29. C. 1/56
1/8 x 1/7

30. Stefan is buying pens and a notebook for school. The
notebook he chose costs $2.75 and each pen costs
$0.25. He wants to spend less than $4.00 in total on
these items. Which mathematical sentence represents
p, the number of pens he could buy?
A. 2.75 + 0.25 p < 4.00 B. 2.75 + 0.25p > 4.00
C. 2.75 + 0.25p = 4.00 D. 3.00p < 4.00
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31. A. 2.75 + 0.25 p < 4.00

32. A caterer arranges 213 assorted cookies
on several trays for a graduation party.
If approximately 11% of the cookies are
chocolate chip, which is the best estimate
of the number of chocolate chip cookies
at the party?
A. 11 B. 21
C. 31 D. 200
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33. b. 21

34. Mina’s cat Fluffy weighs 4.5 kilograms. Which is the
best estimate of Fluffy’s weight in pounds?
(1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds)
A. 2 ½ pounds B. 4 ½ pounds
C. 9 pounds D. 10 pounds
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35. D. 10 pounds

36. For an experiment, Mary Beth will toss a fair coin,
roll a number cube with faces numbered 1 to 6, and
draw a card from a deck of 3 cards labeled X, Y, and
Z. How many possible outcomes are there for her
experiment?
A. 48 B. 36
C. 18 D. 15
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37. B. 36

38. The temperature at midnight was -7ºF. By noon, the
temperature had risen by 8ºF, and by 6:00 p.m., it
had dropped 3ºF from what it was at noon. What
was the temperature at 6:00 p.m.?
A. -18ºF B. -12ºF
C. -2ºF D. -1ºF
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39. C. -2ºF

40. 4 - 500
Edgar registered for a website and was randomly
assigned a password. The password is made up of 6
letters. Edgar remembers that the letters are
b,c,d,f,g, and h, but he does not recall the correct
order. How many different 6-character passwords
are possible using those 6 letters?
A. 21 B. 120
C. 144 D. 720

41. D. 720

42. The planet Mars is about 228,000,000
kilometers from the sun. What is this distance
expressed in scientific notation?
A. 2.28 x 10-8
kilometers
B. 2.28 x 10-7
kilometers
C. 2.28 x 107
kilometers
D. 2.28 x 108
kilometers
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43. D. 2.28 x 108
kilometers

44. A shoe store manager wants to create a graph to
show the number of shoes sold each month last year.
The manager is hoping to see how shoe sales at the
store change from month to month. Which type of
data display would be best to show this data?
A. bar graph B. circle graph
C. histogram D. line graph
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45. D. Line graph

46. What is the value of this epxresion?
[ 92
– 2 (6) ] + 6 ÷ 3
A. 5 B. 25
C. 71 D. 160
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47. C. 71

48. A survey found that 7/8 of the
students at Fairfield Middle School
want to change the school mascot.
What percent of the students want to
change the school mascot?
A. 0.875% B. 87.5%
C. 8.75% D. 875%
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49. B. 87.5%

50. The ratio of girls to boys in a statewide chess
competition is 6 to 7. If there are a total of
117 participants in the chess competition, how
many girls are in the competition?
A. 15 B. 54
C. 63 D. 100
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51. 6 girls = x
13 total 117
B. 54 girls