TKS Practice Test 1 Which of the choices is the base plan for the 3- figure shown? 2 The length of a picture frame is 2.5 times the width. Which equation expresses the relationship between the length l and the width w? w 2.5l l 2.5 w l 2.5 w l 2.5w 3 room is to be carpeted with carpet that costs $15.99 per square yard. If the room is square and has an area of 40 square yards, what is the approximate length of the room? 6.3 yd 8.9 yd 12.8 yd 20 yd 4 Which group of fractions is in order from least to greatest? 1 2, 3 5, 3 4, 7 10 3 4, 1 2, 3 5, 7 10 3 4, 7 10, 3 5, 1 2 1 2, 7 10, 3 5, 3 4 O ON TKS Practice Test 39
5 Which ordered pairs are shown on the coordinate plane? 7 Which of these rates is the same as 3 pizzas for $18.99? 5 y 1 pizza for $8.50 2 pizzas for $12.66 4 pizzas for $24.66 x 5 pizzas for $30.99 5 (2, 1), ( 2, 2), ( 1, 3) (1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 1) (1, 2), (2, 2), ( 3, 1) (2, 1), (2, 2), ( 3, 1) 6 The table below describes the mean daily temperature for one of the hottest locations on Earth raouane, Mali, in frica. ased on the data, what is a reasonable estimate of the mean annual high temperature? MEN ILY TEMPERTURE ( ) anuary pril uly October Low 48 67 79 70 igh 81 110 111 103 8 Which ordered pairs represent the vertices of the figure below if it is reflected across the y-axis? 5 y E x 5 ( 1, 1), ( 3, 2), ( 5, 0), ( 3, 2), E ( 1, 1) (1, 1), (3, 2), (5, 0), (3, 2), E (1, 1) ( 1, 1), ( 3, 2), ( 5, 0), ( 3, 2), E ( 1, 1) (1, 1), (3, 2), (5, 0), (3, 2), E (1, 1) 66.00 99.75 100.50 101.25 9 Which number most closely approximates 5 0? 7 7.1 7.9 25 O ON 40 TKS Practice Test
10 If the trapezoid below is dilated by a factor of 2, what is the perimeter of the new trapezoid? 4 cm 3.5 cm 7.5 cm 19.5 cm 24.5 cm 34 cm 39 cm 4.5 cm 12 dmission to a state park is $2.25 for a car plus $1.10 for each passenger older than 6. Which equation represents the cost of admission for a carload with x passengers older than 6? 1.10x 2.25 1.10x 2.25 2.25x 1.10 2.25x 1.10 11 The two rectangles in the figure below are similar. What is the length x? 13 game consists of spinning a giant wheel. If you spin it twice, what is the probability of it stopping on yellow on the first spin and blue on the second spin? lue lue 3 in. 4 in. 1.5 in. x Yellow Red Red Yellow 1 in. lue Yellow 2 in. 2.5 in. 3 in. 3 3 2 9 6 4 9 5 6 3 4 O ON TKS Practice Test 41
14 The circle graph shows the percentage of government spending, by category, in 1995. Law enforcement and general government 2% Social programs 18% If an artist was asked to draw the circle graph by using the given percents, which method could be used to find the number of degrees in each central angle? 1995 EERL SPENIN Physical, human, and community development 8% Social Security, Medicare, and other retirement 36% Net interest on the debt 15% National defense, veterans, and foreign affairs 21% Multiply each percent by 100. 16 One gallon of milk is approximately equal to 0.003785 cubic meters. Which is another way to express this measure? 37.85 10 3 m 3 3.785 10 4 m 3 3.785 10 3 m 3 3.785 10 3 m 3 17 n architect drew the following floor plan for a room. 9 ft (width) Multiply each percent by 360. dd each percent to 360. ivide each percent by 360. 12 ft (length) If the client asks that the area of the room be doubled, how could the architect change the plan to meet the request? 15 The diagram shows the plan for a small park. If a person runs directly from point to point, how far will the person run? 30 yd ouble both the length and the width. Increase the length by 6 feet and the width by 3 feet. Increase the length by 3 feet and the width by 6 feet. Increase both the length and width by 6 feet. 35 yd 40 yd 50 yd 70 yd 1,250 yd O ON 42 TKS Practice Test
18 If a random sample of 1,000 people revealed that 21% of them prefer dark green cars, how many of the estimated 4,000,000 new cars purchased would be expected to be dark green? 210 21,000 84,000 840,000 19 The graph shows the mean predicted price of a U.S. stock in dollars beginning in the year 2002. Mean Value of U.S. Stock (in dollars) PREITE VLUE O U.S. STOK IN OLLRS 6.20 6.10 6.00 5.90 5.80 5.70 5.60 5.50 5.40 5.30 5.20 5.10 5.00 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year In what year is the stock price expected to be the highest? 2003 2004 2005 2006 O ON TKS Practice Test 43
20 circular flower garden has a radius of 5 meters. It will be expanded so that its radius will be increased by 2 meters. bout how much greater will the expanded area be? Use 3.14 for π. 12.6 m 2 50.3 m 2 75.4 m 2 Not ere 22 The eighth-grade class at East unior igh is electing class officers. poll is to be taken to see who the leading candidates are. questionnaire is handed out during school to 20 people. Which would be the best sample to determine the leading candidate? 20 people from the entire school 20 eighth-grade teachers 20 eighth-grade students entering the cafeteria 20 seventh-grade students 21 The equation y 25x 5x 2 describes a ball kicked at an upward velocity of 25 feet per second, where y is the height in feet of the ball and x is the time in seconds since the ball was kicked. Which table represents the equation? x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 0 20 30 30 20 0 x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 0 20 30 40 50 60 x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 25 30 35 40 45 50 23 In presidential election years, polls are taken almost weekly to determine the current leaders among the candidates. If 10,000 people are to be surveyed, which of the following would be the best sample? 5,000 emocrat and 5,000 Republican registered voters selected at random 10,000 non-registered voters 2,500 registered voters of each party: emocrat, Republican, Libertarian, and Independent 10,000 registered voters selected at random x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 0 20 40 60 80 100 O ON 44 TKS Practice Test
24 sales make up a large percentage of the total music sales. The table shows the percentage of sales. Year 1992 1994 1996 26 The chart shows the sources for Texas public elementary and secondary school funds. TEXS SOOL UNS Percentage of Sales ased on the table, what is the best estimate of the percentage of sales in 1995? 63.4 46.5 58.4 68.4 State funding 43.6% ederal funding 9.1% Local and intermediate funding 48.3% 60 55.4 50.6 Which fraction of the total funding is closest to the amount made up by the two largest funding sources? 1 1 0 25 elow is the floor plan of a new medical center. What is its area? 1 3 3 4 50 m 9 1 0 9 m 14 m 14 m 20 m 700 m 2 802 m 2 874 m 2 Not ere 27 T-shirts cost $12 each. The soccer coach has $90 to spend on T-shirts. If n represents the number of T-shirts, which inequality must be solved in order to determine the number of shirts the coach can buy? n 12 90 12n 90 12n 90 Not ere O ON TKS Practice Test 45
28 box with a length of 15 centimeters and a width of 4 centimeters has a volume of 300 cubic centimeters. What is the height of the box in centimeters? 10 cm 6 cm 5 cm Not ere 29 canned food company has redesigned the can it uses for low-fat soup. The old can had a base diameter of 4 inches and a height of 6 inches. The new can has a base diameter of 3 inches and a height of 7 inches. What are the areas of the labels for the old and new cans? Old: 24 in. 2 ; New: 21 in. 2 Old: 24 in. 2 ; New: 42 in. 2 Old: 48 in. 2 ; New: 21 in. 2 Not ere 30 The chart shows the number of U.S. Marine orps personnel on active duty. U.S. MRINE ORPS PERSONNEL ON TIVE UTY 280 240 260 Number of marines (in thousands) 200 160 120 171 188 197 80 40 0 28 1940 74 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Year Which decade showed the biggest change, either an increase or a decrease? 1940 1950 1950 1960 1960 1970 1970 1980 O ON 46 TKS Practice Test
31 Ms. onzalez earns $350 a week plus a 3% commission on sales she makes that week. If s represents the amount of her sales and y represents her weekly earnings, which expression shows her earnings for the week? y 350 3s y 350 0.3s y 350 0.03s Not ere 34 Owen s Taxi Service charges $6 plus $1 per mile. Which equation represents the total charge y for the service and the number of miles x of the trip? y 6x y 6 x y 6 x Not ere 32 Molly works at a hardware store. She knows that the total amount a customer owes, after sales tax, can be found using the equation y 1.08x, where x is the cost of the items and y is the amount the customer must pay. What will a customer who buys $41.50 worth of items owe? $44.82 $44.08 $43.68 Not ere 35 ladder is placed 5 feet from the base of a building. The ladder is 13 feet tall. ow far up the building does the ladder reach? 10 ft 12 ft 14 ft Not ere 33 rew made a score of 29 out of 35 points on a recent assignment. bout what percentage score did he receive? 80% 70% 60% 29% 36 armen bought 6 items at the grocery store that ranged in price from $0.89 to $3.29. What is a reasonable total for her purchases? $4.18 $5.40 $12.00 $19.50 O ON TKS Practice Test 47
37 If 4 sweatshirts cost $54.76, how much would 3 sweatshirts cost? $27.38 $39.69 $41.07 Not ere 40 fruit juice punch is made of 32 ounces of pineapple juice, 16 ounces of orange juice, and 67 ounces of lemonade. ow many ounces of punch does the recipe make? 32 oz 83 oz 105 oz Not ere 38 ohn wants to find the height of a tree in his yard. e measures a vertical stick and finds it is 1.4 meters long. The stick casts a shadow 2.45 meters long. t the same time, the tree casts a shadow that is 38.5 meters long. Which of the following is the best estimate for the height of the tree? 10 m 20 m 30 m 40 m 41 Peter worked 9 1 hours last weekend. 4 e gets paid $7.25 per hour. ow much did he earn? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $63.25 $64.06 $67.06 Not ere 39 Lauryn and iana dined at a restaurant. Their bill totaled $18.37. If they wish to leave a tip of about 15%, which of these is the most reasonable tip? $0.50 $1.90 $2.80 $3.50 42 Tyler played soccer for 1 1 hours on 2 Saturday and 2 2 3 hours on Sunday. ow much longer did he play soccer on Sunday than he did on Saturday? 1 1 6 h 1 1 3 h 1 7 6 h Not ere O ON 48 TKS Practice Test
43 metal sculptor has 24 meters of steel cable. ow many pieces will she have if she cuts the cable into 8-centimeter lengths? 300 3,000 30,000 Not ere 46 There are 144 square inches in one square foot. ow many square inches are there in 40 square feet? 5760 in. 2 1728 in. 2 288 in. 2 Not ere 44 harlotte measured the height of a plant every week as part of an assignment for science class. Last week the plant was 11.2 centimeters high, and this week the plant is 14.1 centimeters high. ow much did the plant grow? 2.1 cm 2.9 cm 3.1 cm Not ere 47 One package of 12 ounces of rice costs $1.50. package of 16 ounces of rice costs $1.75. What is the cost per ounce for each? 12.5 per ounce, 10.9 per ounce 15 per ounce, 17 per ounce 18 per ounce, 28 per ounce Not ere 45 The population of Marshall, Texas, decreased by 1,239 people from 1980 to 1990. If the 1990 population was 23,682, what was the 1980 population? 35, 472 24, 921 22, 443 Not ere 48 car travels 1 1 miles, then turns and 2 drives 3 1 4 miles, turns again and travels 5 1 miles. ow many miles did the car 2 travel? 10 1 mi 4 10 1 mi 2 10 3 mi 4 Not ere O ON TKS Practice Test 49
49 In 1996 car companies spent $1,445,581 on magazine advertisements and $3,990,466 on local newspaper ads. ow much more did they spend on newspaper ads? $2,543,845 $2,544,125 $2,544,885 Not ere 52 jogger runs 9 miles per hour. Which equation represents the distance d she has run after t hours? d t 9 d t 9 t 9d Not ere 50 12-foot board is being cut into 2 3 -foot sections. ow many sections will there be? 8 12 2 3 18 Not ere 53 If a hamburger that weighs w grams is 31% fat, which equation represents the amount of fat in the hamburger? 0.31 w 0.69w 0.31w Not ere 51 Isaac is building a cabinet for his woodworking class and needs to determine the length of a side of the cabinet. One piece of wood is 33 1 4 inches. To this piece he will add pieces of trim 3 4 inches long to each end. ow long is the finished piece? 34 3 in. 4 35 1 in. 4 54 The temperature at noon was 20. y midnight, it had dropped to 4. What was the difference in temperatures? 24 16 16 Not ere 35 1 in. 2 Not ere O ON 50 TKS Practice Test
Questions 55 60 are open-ended griddable items. 58 health club offers memberships for various lengths of time. Some are shown in the table. 55 If the box shown below is dilated by a scale factor of 1, what is the resulting 2 volume in square inches? ELT LU MEMERSIP Number of months 3 6 9 ost $95 $140 $185 24 in. 40 in. 20 in. What would you expect to pay for a 12-month membership? 56 If a survey revealed that 57% of people in a town voted for the current mayor in the last election, how many people in a random survey of 500 residents would be expected to have voted for the mayor? 59 Mark bought several types of fruit at the supermarket. e bought 2.43 pounds of bananas, 1.07 pounds of pears, 0.52 pounds of kiwi fruit, and 1.64 pounds of grapes. ow many pounds of fruit did he buy? 57 photograph that is 2 inches wide and 3 inches long is to be enlarged so that the width is 5 inches. What is the length of the enlarged photo in inches? 60 ennie worked 52 hours last week and was paid $429. ow much was she paid per hour? E SURE YOU VE REORE LL O YOUR NSWERS ON TE NSWER OUMENT STOP TKS Practice Test 51