MCAS PREP

Simplifying Expressions

100

3*5

What is 15?

200

3x(4+5)

What is 27x?

300

-2(x-6)

What is -2x+12

400

-2x(-7+5) -8x +4

What is 4x+4

500

-(3x-3²)+x-9

What is 2x?

Solving Equations

100

2x=8

What is x=4?

200

2x-2=10

What is x=6?

300

13-2x=29

What is x= -16

400

-2x+12=-6x-8

x=-5

500

2/3x – 3/2x = 1/12

What is x=-10

Solving Word Problems

100

Shawn had 18 ounce Gatorade bottle. There were 14 ounces left. How many ounces did Shawn drink?

What is 4 ounces?

200

A peach pie is divided into eight equal slices, with 280 calories in each slice. How many calories are in the entire pie?

What is 2240 calories?

300

Andrea has a $25 gift card to the art store. She buys 4 canvases that are the same price. She now has $2.20 on the gift card. Write an equation to display this situation?

What is 25-4x=2.20?

400

Priya was busy studying this week and ran 7 fewer miles than last week. She ran 9 times as far as Elena ran this week. Elena only had time to run 4 miles this week. How many miles did Priya run last week?

What is 43 miles?

500

Dontae has $25 in his account. If Dontae has $2.20 less than 4 times the amount of Nina, how much money does Nina have in her account?

What is $6.80?

Number Sense

100

Find 2-5.

What is -3

200

Find |-11|-11

What is 0

300

Find 40 ÷ 1/8

What is 320?

400

Simplify the following expression: 2²-4(3-5)+0.5

What is 12.5?

500

The first number in a pattern is 8. Each following number is found by subtracting 9 from the previous number. What is the fifth number in the pattern?

What is -28?

MCAS Prep

100

Simplify the following expression |-18| +|12|

What is 30?

200

Brayden adds 1/3 cup of flour into a mixture every 1/2  minute. What is the rate, in cups per minute, at which Brayden adds flour to the mixture?

What is 2/3 cups of flour?

300

The scale on a map shows that 5 centimeters = 2 kilometers. The store and the house are 8 kilometers apart in real life, how far part are they on the map?

What is 20 centimeters?

400

The computer teacher at a middle school spent $12,950 to buy a storage cart and 25 laptop computers. The total purchase is represented by this equation, where c stands for the cost of each laptop computer purchased.
                         25c+450=12,950
What was the cost of each laptop computer that the teacher purchased?

What is $500?

500

Jessica rented 1 video game and 3 movies for a total of $ 11.50. The video game cost $ 4.75 to rent. The movies cost the same amount. How much did each movie cost?

What is $2.25?