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8th Grade ASK Test Practice

Jorge figured out his age, in days. He says he is 46 days old today. If he is correct, how many days old is he?

A. 16,384 days B. 4.096 daysC. 1,294 days D. 1,024 days

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b. 4,096

1 - 200 Mia wants to create a graph to show the number of students in each eighth-grade homeroom. Which type of data display would be best to show the data?

A. Bar graphB. Circle graph

C. Histogram

D. Line graph

A. Bar Graph

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What is the 10th term in this arithmetic sequence?

3, 12, 21, 30, 39A. 66 B. 75

C. 78 D. 84

D. 84

What fraction is equivalent to 0.8 (repeating)

A. 8/9 B. 1/8C. 8/10 D. 8/99

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C. 8/9

1 – 500 A bag has only four colors of tiles in it.

There are 7 blue tiles, 9 orange tiles, 16 green tiles, and 8 red tiles in the bag. If Darla reaches into the bag and picks a

tile without looking, what is the probability that she will choose a red

tile?

A. 0.2% B. 0.4%

C. 20% D. 40%

C. 20%

What is the value of this expression?(3 x 10 – 33) + 2(5 + 3)

A. 19 B. 97C. 148 D. 1,045

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A. 19

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Solve for n:

8n -21 = 83

A. 7.75 B. 13C. 496 D. 832

B. 13

Floyd’s money market account earns 0.6% interest. How would 0.6% be expressed as a decimal?

A. 6.0 B. 0.6C. 0.06 D. 0.006

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D. 0.006

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Point A has the coordinates (3,8). What are the coordinates of its

image pinot if it is translated 6 units to the left?

A. (3,14) B. (3,2)C. (-3, 8) D. (-6, 8)

C. (-3, 8)

2 - 500 A rectangular prism and a rectangular pyramid each have the same length,

width, and height. The volume of the prism is 210 cubic centimeters. What

is the volume of the pyramid?

A. 70 cubic cm B. 105 cubic cmC. 420 cubic cm D. 630 cubic cm

A. 70 cubic centimeters

Look at the equation below.Y = 2x + 1

Which is the correct table of this equation?

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x y

1 2

2 3

3 4

4 5

x y

1 2

2 4

3 6

4 8

x y

1 3

2 4

3 6

4 9

x y

1 3

2 5

3 7

4 9

Y = 2x + 1x y

1 3

2 5

3 7

4 9

Barbara is making identical beaded bracelets to sell at a craft show. She can make 12 beaded bracelets in 90 minutes. At that rate, how many beaded bracelets

can she make in 15 minutes?

A. 2 B. 3C. 72 D. 113

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A. 2 bracelets

What is the value of this expression if a = 3, b = 2, and c = -5

3a x (b3+c) - 4

A. 113 B. 27C. 23 D. -31

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C. 23

A box contains cards with the letters “PATERSON” written on them. Suppose you

randomly draw a card from the box, do not replace it, and then draw a second card. What

is the probability of drawing the letter T followed by the letter P?

A. 1/4 B. 1/8C. 1/56 D. 1/64

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C. 1/561/8 x 1/7

Stefan is buying pens and a notebook for school. The notebook he chose costs $2.75 and each pen costs $0.25. He wants to spend less than $4.00 in total on these items. Which mathematical sentence represents p, the number of pens he could buy?

A. 2.75 + 0.25 p < 4.00 B. 2.75 + 0.25p > 4.00C. 2.75 + 0.25p = 4.00 D. 3.00p < 4.00

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A. 2.75 + 0.25 p < 4.00

A caterer arranges 213 assorted cookies on several trays for a graduation party. If approximately 11% of the cookies are chocolate chip, which is the best estimate of the number of chocolate chip cookies

at the party?A. 11 B. 21

C. 31 D. 200

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b. 21

Mina’s cat Fluffy weighs 4.5 kilograms. Which is the best estimate of Fluffy’s weight in pounds?

(1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds)

A. 2 ½ pounds B. 4 ½ poundsC. 9 pounds D. 10 pounds

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D. 10 pounds

For an experiment, Mary Beth will toss a fair coin, roll a number cube with faces numbered 1 to 6, and

draw a card from a deck of 3 cards labeled X, Y, and Z. How many possible outcomes are there for her

experiment?

A. 48 B. 36C. 18 D. 15

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B. 36

The temperature at midnight was -7ºF. By noon, the temperature had risen by 8ºF, and by 6:00 p.m., it had dropped 3ºF from what it was at noon. What

was the temperature at 6:00 p.m.?

A. -18ºF B. -12ºFC. -2ºF D. -1ºF

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C. -2ºF

4 - 500 Edgar registered for a website and was randomly

assigned a password. The password is made up of 6 letters. Edgar remembers that the letters are

b,c,d,f,g, and h, but he does not recall the correct order. How many different 6-character passwords

are possible using those 6 letters?

A. 21 B. 120C. 144 D. 720

D. 720

The planet Mars is about 228,000,000 kilometers from the sun. What is this distance

expressed in scientific notation?

A. 2.28 x 10-8 kilometersB. 2.28 x 10-7 kilometersC. 2.28 x 107 kilometersD. 2.28 x 108 kilometers

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D. 2.28 x 108 kilometers

A shoe store manager wants to create a graph to show the number of shoes sold each month last year. The manager is hoping to see how shoe sales at the store change from month to month. Which type of

data display would be best to show this data?

A. bar graph B. circle graphC. histogram D. line graph

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D. Line graph

What is the value of this epxresion?

[ 92 – 2 (6) ] + 6 3

A. 5 B. 25

C. 71 D. 160

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C. 71

A survey found that 7/8 of the students at Fairfield Middle School want to change the school mascot.

What percent of the students want to change the school mascot?

A. 0.875% B. 87.5%C. 8.75% D. 875%

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B. 87.5%

The ratio of girls to boys in a statewide chess competition is 6 to 7. If there are a total of

117 participants in the chess competition, how many girls are in the competition?

A. 15 B. 54C. 63 D. 100

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6 girls = x 13 total 117

B. 54 girls