Number Sense
Pat/Alg/Geo
Measure/Data
Math Vocab
Test Taking Strategies
100
Which of the following numbers has the GREATEST value? A. 58.125 B. 5.8125 C. 58.15 D. 5.815
C 58.15
100
What kind of angle has a measure of 130 degrees?
Obtuse angle
100
Ariel recorded the number of e-mails she received for 7 days. The results are listed below: 15, 17, 17, 19, 24, 24, 24 What is the mode of the numbers of e-mails Ariel received for the 7 days?
24
100
What math term describes straight lines that remain a constant distance from each other and never intersect?
Parallel
100

What should you do the night before your math MCAS test?

Go to bed early and get a good nights sleep.

200
Book covers cost $0.15 each, including tax. Ms. Larkin bought 25 of them. What is the total amount of money that she spent on the book covers?
$3.75
200
What is the value of the expression below when x = 3? 7x - 4
17
200
A triangle has a base of 5 feet and a height of 4 feet. What is the area, in square feet of this triangle?
10 squared feet
200

Define prime number

A whole number greater than 1 whose only factors are 1 and itself.

200

What should you do the morning of your math MCAS test?

Eat a good breakfast.

300
Which of the following is equivalent to 6.25? A. 6 1/5 B. 6 1/4 C. 6 2/5 D. 6 3/4
B. 6 1/4
300

What is an angle that measures 15 degrees called?

An acute angle.

300
Julius has a bag with some marbles in it. The marbles are all the same size and shape. There are 6 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 12 blue marbles. Without looking, what is the probability that Julius will take EITHER a red marble OR a white marble?
14/26 or 7/13
300

When you list a set of numbers in order from least to greatest and find the middle number you are finding the: A. Mean B. Mode C. Median D. Range

C. Median

300

What is the mnemonic we use in math to remember the order of operations?

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (PEMDAS)

400
Mary bought a box of 30 cookies. She ate 1/3 of them. What is the total number of cookies Mary ate?
10 cookies
400

A carton contains 12 eggs. Which of the following expressions represents the total number of eggs that are contained in c cartons? A. c - 12 B. c +12 C. c/12 D. c x 12

D. c x 12

400

What shape do we use this formula for - 

A= 1/2 h (b1 + b2)

trapezoid

400

What is the name of a polyhedron with two triangular bases and three rectangular sides?

triangular prism

400
What should you NEVER do on a multiple choice question?
Leave it blank - even if you guess you have a 25% chance of getting it correct. If you leave it blank you will definitely get it wrong.
500
Luke spent 2 1/2 hours reading on Saturday and 1 3/4 hours reading on Sunday. What was the total time, in hours, that Luke spent reading on Saturday and Sunday?
4 1/4 hours or 4 hours and 15 minutes
500
What is the value of n that makes the equation below true? n/3 = 12
36
500

A triangle has an area of 15.5 meters squared and a base of 4 meters. What is its height?

7.75 meters

500

What does IQR stand for and how do you find it?

It is the interquartile range and you solve it by subtracting Q1 from Q3.

500

When answering short answer questions what should you remember?

Label your answer. For example, put units, dollars, squared units, etc.

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