Download VA DOE Released Test 2008 A

Released Test Items
Virginia Standards
of Learning
2009, 2008, 2007
Variables
and
Expressions
A Pablo has 6 more vacation days than Sandra. If s represents
the number of vacation days Sandra has, how many vacation
days does Pablo have?
B Pablo has 6 times more vacation days than Sandra. If s represents
the number of vacation days Sandra has, how many vacation days
does Pablo have?
C Pablo has 6 fewer vacation days than Sandra. If s represents
the number of vacation days Sandra has, how many vacation
days does Pablo have?
D Sandra has 6 times more vacation days than Pablo. If s represents
the number of vacation days Sandra has, how many vacation days
does Pablo have?
VA DOE Released Test
2009
VA DOE Released Test
2009
45
Terry ate 3 fewer pretzels than Susan. If p
represents the number of pretzels Susan ate, which
could be used to determine the number of
pretzels Terry ate?
VA DOE Released Test
2009
48
Nick is paid $6.00 per hour, and last week he earned $150.00.
What does the x represent in the equation
6x =150 ?
F The number of days Nick worked last week
G The number of hours Nick worked last week
H The number of days Nick worked last month
J The number of hours Nick worked yesterday
VA DOE Released Test
2009
49 William’s age is 9 times Susan’s age. If Susan’s
age is s, which expression best represents William’s
age?
VA DOE Released Test
2009
A. Fred caught 6 fish every day for 12 days. How many
fish did he catch all together?
B. Fred caught 6 fish before lunch. He caught 12 more
after lunch. What was the total number of fish he
caught?
C. Fred caught 6 fish before lunch. He caught more fish
after lunch. At the end of the day, he had 12 fish. How
many fish did he catch after lunch?
D. Fred caught 12 fish. He put them in 6 bags. If each bag
had the same number of fish, how many fish were in
each bag?
VA DOE Released Test
2009
A. Kim ate 4 times as many jellybeans as Zach. If z represents the
number of jellybeans Zach ate, how many jellybeans did Kim eat?
B. Zach made 4 fewer basketball shots than Kim. If z represents the
number of shots Kim made, how many shots did Zach make?
C. Zach made some cookies. He gave an equal number of cookies to 4 of
his friends. If z represents the number of cookies Zach made, how
many cookies did each friend get?
D. Zach and Kim collected a total of 4 insects. If z represents the
number of insects Zach collected, how many insects did Kim
collect?
VA DOE Released Test
2008
42 If k represents a number, which
represents “23 times a number”?
VA DOE Released Test
2008
45 Greg is making a math puzzle. Greg
writes, “w is an even number.” Which of
the following could represent the
variable w ?
A
B
C
D
12
15
25
51
VA DOE Released Test
2008
46 Tina has 5 more yellow flowers in her
collection than blue flowers. If b represents
the number of blue flowers in Tina’s
collection, which can be used to determine
the number of yellow flowers in her
collection?
VA DOE Released Test
2008
47 If M represents a number, which of
the following means “eight multiplied by
a number”?
VA DOE Released Test
2008
Which could be solved using this number sentence?
A Sarah bought 6 boxes of candy. Ryan also bought some boxes
of candy. If c represents the number of boxes of candy Ryan
bought, how many boxes of candy did Sarah and Ryan buy
altogether?
B Sarah has 6 boxes of candy. Each box has the same number of
candies inside. If c represents the number of candies in each box, how
many candies does Sarah have in all?
C Sarah has 6 more boxes of candy than Ryan. If c represents
the number of boxes Sarah has, how many boxes of candy does
Ryan have?
D Sarah gave 6 of her boxes of candy to Ryan. If c represents the
number of boxes Sarah had, how many boxes did she have left?
VA DOE Released Test 2008
50 If P represents a number, which of the
following expressions means 10 more than that
number?
VA DOE Released Test
2008
A Rita collected 7 more seashells than Henry. If S is the number of
seashells that Henry collected, how many did Rita collect?
B Blanche collected 7 fewer seashells than Connie. If S is the
number of seashells that Connie collected, how many did
Blanche collect?
C Amity filled 7 boxes with seashells. If S is the number of
seashells she put in each box, how many seashells did she use in
all?
D Dylan needs 7 seashells more to complete his collection. If
S is the number of seashells he has so far, how many will he
have after he gets 7 more?
VA DOE Released Test
2007
42 In the expression m − 3,the letter m
represents —
VA DOE Released Test
2007
45 Marcus had twice as many jawbreaker candies as
Lyndon. If J represents the number of jawbreaker
candies Lyndon had, which number sentence could be
used to find the number of these candies Marcus had?
VA DOE Released Test
2007
VA DOE Released Test
2007
VA DOE Released Test
2007