Grade 8 Assessment Topics OMS Students Complete in Grade 7
Name: ______Date: ______
Mr. Art & Mrs. Pagano Section: ______
Grade 8 Assessment Topics OMS Students Complete in Grade 7
Directions: Write the best answer for each question on the paper and on the scantron.
_____ 1) Which number is irrational?
A. B. C. D. 9.31307...
_____ 2) Which number is the best approximation for ?
A. 7 B. 7.41 C. 7.42 D. 8
_____ 3) Which of the following points on the provided number line below would best represent ?
_____ 4) The thickness of a human hair can be about cm. Which shows the thickness in standard form?
A. 0.06 B. 0.060 C. 0.006 D. 0.0006
_____ 5) The speed of light is about 300,000,000 meters per second. Which expression shows this speed in scientific notation?
A. B. C. D.
_____ 6) Simplify the following expression
A. B. C. D.
_____ 7) What is the sum of and ?
A. 18 B. 20 C. 26 D. 44
_____ 8) If and y = 6, what is the value of the expression ?
A. 18 B. 30 C. D.
_____ 9) Which situation is best represented by the expression ?
A. Annabel spends 4 hours babysitting and 2 hours traveling.
B. Juli spends 4 hours babysitting and receives $2 in travel expenses.
C. Isabella will be paid $4 for babysitting and spends 2 hours traveling.
D. Taylor will be paid $4 for every hour of babysitting plus $2 for travel costs.
_____ 10) The cost of one burrito, b, and one taco, a, is less than the cost of two burritos. Which inequality represents this relationship?
A. B. C. D.
_____ 11) Solve the equation for x
A. 8 B. 10 C. D.
_____ 12) What value of x makes the equation true?
A. 1 B. 5 C. 13 D. 19
_____ 13) The school auditorium was full for OMS Factor 2012. What percent of the auditorium was full?
A. 7.8% B. 37.5% C. 62.5% D. 87.5%
_____ 14) The distance between two cities on a map is 2 inches. The map was drawn using the scale,
1 inch = 344 miles. What is the actual distance, in miles, between the two cities?
A. 86 B. 344 C. 688 D. 1,032
_____ 15) Sarah went on a one-day bus tour from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. The cost of the bus ticket was $80. She also paid 15% of the cost of the ticket as a tip to the bus driver. What was the amount of the tip that Sarah paid the bus driver?
A. $5 B. $12 C. $15 D. $19
_____ 16) A 20-ounce bag of popcorn costs $2.80. If the unit price stays the same, how much does a 35-ounce bag of popcorn cost?
A. $3.60 B. $4.00 C. $4.50 D. $4.90
_____ 17) Which expression is a trinomial?
A. B. C. D.
_____ 18) What is the name of the expression shown?
A. term B. equation C. coefficient D. polynomial
_____ 19) Simplify the expression
A. B. C. D.
_____ 20) Which expression is equal to ?
A. B. C. D.
_____ 21) Simplify the expression
A. C.
B. D.
_____ 22) Which expression represents the difference when is subtracted from ?
A. C.
B. D.
_____ 23) Which line segment represents the hypotenuse on right triangle ABC?
A. B. C. D.
_____ 24) In triangle ABC, <ACB is a right angle. If the length of is 8cm and the length of is 10cm, what is the length, in centimeters, of ?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6
_____ 25) Calculate the slope of the line which contains the points and
A. B. C. D.
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