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MATH 8 TEST
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While touring Australia, Patrick visited 7 crocodile farms, one farm each day for one
week. The table shows the number of crocodiles he saw each day. Use the table to
answer questions 1-3.
Crocodiles
Day
Number
Monday
36
Tuesday
42
Wednesday
28
Thursday
24
Friday
32
Saturday
41
Sunday
35
1) What is the mean number of crocodiles that Patrick saw each day?
(A) 41
(C) 34
(B) 28
(D) 32
2) What is the median number of crocodiles that Patrick saw?
(A) 35
(C) 36
(B) 28
(D) 32
3) Approximately what percent of the total number of crocodiles that Patrick saw did
he see on Thursday and Saturday ?
(A) 36%
(B) 29%
(C) 31%
(D) 27%
4) What is the solution to the inequality 6 + y  11 ?
(A) y = 5
(C) y  5
(B) y  5
(D) y  --5
5) At the Puritan Clothing Shop, about 84% of the 124 employees participate in the
401K savings plan. How many employees do not participate in the plan ?
(A) 20 employees
(B) 65 employees
(C) 16 employees
(D) 105 employees
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6) Given the diagram to the right:
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About what percent of the segmented rectangle is shaded?
(A) 66.7%
(B) 44.4%
(C) 33.3%
(D) 55.6%
7) Which of these shows 285 as a product of prime factors ?
(A) 285 X 1
(C) 19 X 5 X 3
(B) 95 X 3
(D) 19 X 15
8) Which fraction is nearest to the value of 1 ?
(A) 7/8
(B) 23/26
(C) 9/11
(D) 13/15
9) What is another way to write: thirty and twenty-six thousandths?
(A) 30,000.26
(B) 302.6
(C) 30.26
(D) 30.026
10) How would you write 42.69 billion in scientific notation?
(A) 4.269 X 10 9
(B) 4.269 X 107
(C) 4.269 X 108
(D) 4.269 X 1010
11) You have been asked to estimate addends by rounding each to the nearest
Hundredth. Which numbers would you use to estimate the sum of 24.678 and
4.013?
(A) 24.68 and 4.01
(B) 24.67 and 4.02
© 24.67 and 4.01
(D) 24.68 and 4.02
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12)Which arrow points to the nearest approximation of √ 11 ?
(A) A
(C) C
(B) B
(D) D
13) How many meters are there in 12 kilometers?
(A) 1,200 meters
(B) 12,000 meters
(C) 120 meters
(D) 1,600 meters
14) A bag contains black marbles and green marbles. The probability of selecting
a black marble, without looking, is 7/11. If there are 21 black marbles in the bag,
how many total marbles would be in the bag?
(A) 33 marbles
(C) 58 marbles
(B) 24 marbles
(D) 46 marbles
15) Study the pattern of the numbers in the box. What is the rule?
24, 12, 6, 3, 1.5, .75
(A) add negative 12
(C) subtract ½
(B) multiply by 2
(D) multiply by .5
16) What is the total number of seconds in 1 week?
(A) 604,800
(B) 10,080
(C) 640,008
(D) 460,800
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17) To date, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Center City is
Which of these arrows indicates __11O F?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
11O F.
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18) How many four digit permutations can be formed using the four digits below:
4 2 5 8
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 10
(D) 14
19) There are 6 fractions in the list below. Which one is not equivalent to all the
others?
25/40,
10/16,
(A) 25/40
(B) 15/25
(C) 10/16
(D) 30/48
45/72,
55/88,
15/25,
30/48
20) Of the 120 teenagers who participated in a movie survey, 5/8 were female. Of
the males surveyed, 3/5 indicated that action movies were their number-one
choice. How many males favored action movies?
(A) 72 males
(B) 45 males
(C) 27 males
(D) 37 males
21) Glen bought a scanner for his computer that was originally priced at $246. The
sale price was 15% off. What was the sale price of the scanner?
(A) $270.60
(B) $209.10
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(C) $282.90
(D) $221.40
22) To evaluate the following expression, what is the result of the first operation
that you must perform ?
98 – 2( 5 + 2 )2
(A) 4
(B) 96
(C) --10
(D) 7
23) The pledge Of Allegiance was written in Rome, New York, by Francis Bellamy.
It was intended to be recited only once for the Columbus Day celebration of 1892.
It is estimated that more than 107 schoolchildren recited it that day. What is the
standard form of that number?
(A) Ten Thousand
(B) One million
(C) One hundred thousand
(D) Ten million
24) Some historians think that kite flying began in China in approximately
1200 B.C. If this is correct, for about how many years have people been
flying kites?
(A) 800 years
(B) 2,800 years
(C) 3,200 years
(D) 1,200 years
25) Which of these are ordered correctly from least to greatest?
(A) 14 , 41 , 32
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(C) 41, 14, 23, 32
(B) 14 , 41 , 23 , 32
(D) 14, 23, 32, 41
26) Which is not a prime factor of 84?
(A) 7
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 21
27) What is the value of (1/3)3 ?
(A) --27
(B) –18
(C)
(D) 1/9
1/27
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28) What is the value of the expression x2 + (3y)3 + z0 when x = 8,
y = 2, and z = 6 ?
(A) 281
(B) 280
(C) 89
(D) 35
29) The prices of apples in four different stores are noted in the choices below.
Which is the most economical?
(A) 10 apples for $2.30
(B) 6 apples for $1.26
(C) 12 apples for $2.76
(D) 8 apples for $1.76
30) The attendees at a jazz concert numbered 4,086 last year. This year, the
attendance was 35% higher. About how many people attended the concert this year?
(A) 5,516 people
(B) 5,108 people
(C) 1,430 people
(D) 6,210 people
31) If 15% of n = 45, what is the value of n?
(A) 60
(B) 51.75
(C) 300
(D) 6.75
32) Which value of y would satisfy the inequality?
3y + 7  --10
(A) 4
(B) –8
(C) –5
(D) 7
33) If 3.5 standard size apples weigh 1 pound, how many standard
size apples will weigh about 6 pounds?
(A) 21 apples
(B) 18 apples
(C) 19.5 apples
(D) 20.5 apples
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34) This diagram shows the number of students in the drama club, the debating
club, and both clubs. What percent of the students are in the drama club?
Drama Club
(A) 48%
(B) 52%
(C) 32%
(D) 26%
35) Alma saves nickels, dimes and quarters. Last week, she
saved 2 dozen coins, with a value of $3.00. Which of these
combinations could she have saved?
(A) 10 nickels, 10 dimes, 4 quarters
(B) 12 nickels, 4 dimes, 8 quarters
(C) 3 nickels, 12 dimes, 9 quarters
(D) 8 nickels, 6 dimes, 8 quarters
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