Number Sense
Patt/Alg/Geom
Measure/Data
STARR Vocab
Test Taking Strategies
100
Every Saturday Jessica runs 2 and 1/6 of a mile. If Jessica runs for three months, how many miles did she run? A. 32 B. 26 C. 19 and 1/3 D. 44
What is B. 26 miles
100
Kayla wants to know if a photograph is dilated by a scale factor of 2 and the original photograph is 3 by 7. What will the new photograph perimeter be? A. 14 B. 40 C. 18 D. 30
What is B. 40
100
Hunter swam 30 laps per day for the first 6 days of swim practice. He swam 40 laps per day for the next 4 days of practice. What was the mean number of laps that Hunter swam per day for these ten days? A. 22 laps B. 44 laps C. 34 laps D. 43 laps
What is C. 34 laps
100
To make a fraction easier to work with by taking out the common factors.
What is to simplify
100
What should Mathew do the night before the math STAAR test? A. Play video games B. Go to bed early C. Text your friends until 2 am
What is B. Go to bed early
200
Colby wants to calculate the following. What should his answer be? 8-(-5+3×7)= A. 46 B. 12 C. 34 D. -8
What is D. -8
200
Noah knows two of the angle measures of triangle PQR. Angle Q is 75 degrees and angle R is 51 degrees. What is the measure of angle P?
What is 54 degrees
200
In Ms. Johnnie McGowan class, there are 8 boys and 12 girls. If Ms. McGowan selects 1 student from her class at random, what is the probability that the student will be a girl? A. 4/5 B. 3/5 C. 2/3 D. 12/22
What is B. 3/5
200
An equation stating that two ratios are equal.
What is a proportion
200
What should Jaqueline do the morning of the math STAAR test? A. Wake up late B. Miss the bus C. Eat a good breakfast
What is eat a good breakfast
300
Lilli owed her brother $200. Her brother told her just pay me 30% of 600. How much should she give him? A. $250 B. $180 C. $190 D. $200
What is B. $180
300
A treadmill at a fitness center can calculate the target heart rate most effective for burning calories by using the following equation. t=0.7(220-a) In this equation, a represents the person age in years and t represents the target heart rate. What is the target heart rate of a person who age is 14 years old?
What is t= 144.2
300
The area of a square is 49 square inches. What is the length of one side of the square?
What is 7 inches **Must have your answer labeled inches or it will be incorrect!!
300
What is a two-dimensional plan that can be folded to make a three-dimensional model of a solid? A. sphere B. rhombus C. net D. diagram
What is a net
300
When bubbling in answers in the open ended questions do we need the zero to the right of the decimal?
What is No
400
Tanya spent $166.25 on office supplies for 3 of her employees, her assistant Bill, and herself. Each person was responsible for an equal share of the expenses. Both Tanya's and Bill's supplies were charged to Tanya's account. How much money was charged to Tanya's expense account? A. $33.25 B. $41.60 C. $66.50 D. $83.20
What is C. $66.50
400
For each food order Jose delivers, he is paid $1.00 for gas, plus 15% of the cost of the food order. If x represents the cost of the food order, which equation can be used to find y, the amount in dollars that Jose is paid for each delivery? A. y=0.15x-1 B. y=0.15x+1 C. y=1-0.15x D. y=0.15(x+1)
What is B. y=0.15x+1
400
Tori wrote a set of three numbers: The mean of her set is 8 and the range of her set is 14. Which of the following could be Tori's set of numbers? A. 2, 8, 14 B. 2, 6, 16 C. 4, 6, 18 D. 6, 8, 10
What is B. 2, 6, 16
400
What do we call the set of all numbers that cannot be expressed as finite or repeating decimals? A. all real numbers B. negatives C. decimals D. irrational numbers
What are irrational numbers
400
What should you NEVER do on a multiple choice question you do not know the answer for? A. answer B. leave it blank
What is B. leave it blank
500
Tom bought skates marked $69.95. The rate of sales tax is 5%. How much will Tom have to pay to purchase the skates?
What is $73.45
500
Joe has a rectangular field that has a length of 30 feet and a width of 40 feet. What is the length of a diagonal of the field? A. 70 feet B. 50 feet C. 60 feet D. 85 feet
What is B. 50 feet
500
Ricardo has a shipping box is in the shape of a rectangular prism. It has a length of 12 inches. A width of 6 inches and its volume is 288 cubic inches. What is the height, in inches, of the shipping box? A. 5 inches B. 3 inches C. 4 inches D. 7 inches
What is C. 4 inches ** must label answer with inches or it will be incorrect!!
500
Define hypotenuse A. the longest side B. leg labeled "a" C. shorter leg of a triangle
What is A. The side of a right triangle that is opposite the right angle. It is also the longest side of a right triangle.
500
What should you always remember to do at the end of your STAAR test? A. raise your hand B. read a book C. sleep D. review your answers
What is D. review your answers
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