New Paltz Middle School Mid-Year Assessment

Mathematics 7 Plus January 2017

Name ______Date ______Period ____

Part I: Multiple Choice

Place all answers on the ScanTron. NO CALCULATORS allowed. You may use the space provided for work but work will not be graded.

1) Leo bought a used car for x dollars. One year later, the value of the car was 0.88x. Which expression is another way to describe the change in the value of the car?

A) 0.12% decrease B) 0.88% decrease

C) 12% decreaseD) 88% decrease

2) Which of the following shows 0.24converted to a fraction?

A) B) C) D)

3) Find the sum:

A) B) C) D)

4) Subtract:

A) B)C)D)

5) Evaluate the expression:

A) B)C) D)

6) Which of the following is the solution for ?

A) B) C) D)

7) When added together the result of 105.02 and 50.863 is:

A) 613.65B) 61.365

C) 155.88D) 155.883

8) Find the difference: 548.02 – 22.164

A) 326.38B) 525.856

C) 526.144D) 526.162

9) When multiplied together the result of 5.12 and 6.3 is:

A) 1.18B) 32.256

C) 322.56D) 11.42

10) Find the quotient: 6.280.2

A) 3.14B) 0.314

C) 31.4D) 314

11) Find the sum: -10 + 26

A) 16B) 36C) -16D) -36

12) Evaluate -12 + (-8)

A) 4B) 20C) -4D) -20

13) When solved, the difference of 30 – (-10) is:

A) -40B) 40C) -20D) 20

14) Which is the solution to -25 – 5

A) -30B) -20C) 30D) 20

15) Find the product: (-10)(-5)

A) -50B) -2C) 50D) 2

16) Evaluate: -15 ÷ 5

A) -45B) -3C) 45D) 3

17) What is the sum of and ?

A)B)

C)D)

18) Determine the difference:

A)B)

C)D)

19) Evaluate

A) B) 11

C) D)

20) Find the quotient:

A)B)

C)D)

21) Evaluate:

A)B)

C)D)

22) David bought a computer that was 20% off the regular price of $1,080. If an 8% sales tax was added to the cost of the computer, what was the total price David paid for it?

A) $302.40B) $864.00C) $933.12D) $1,382.40

23) Which has the greatest value?

A) B) 0.4C) D) 0.39

24) A number, n, is multiplied by. The product is -0.4. What is the value of n?

A) B) C) D)

25) What is the value of the expression ?

A) B) C) D)

26) The number -8 belongs to each of the sets below except the…

A) Real numbersB) Rational numbers

C) IntegersD) Whole Numbers

27) The fee for renting a Kayak is $20.00 plus $2.00 each hour. If k represents the number of hours you rent, which expression shows the total cost of renting a kayak?

A) 20k + 2 B) 20 + 2k C) (20-2) +kD) 20 – 2k

28) The current temperature is -6 degrees. Last night was twice as cold. What was the temperature last night?

A) -12 degreesB) 12 degrees

C) -4 degreesD) -36 degrees

29) Which of the following is an irrational number?

A) -37B) 3.45 C) D)

30) Evaluate the following expression: 3 • 22 – 5 + 12 3

A) 11B)

C) 19D) 3

31) Evaluate: (-2)(-5)(6)

A) 60B) -60C) 13D) -13

32) Evaluate:

A) 1520B) -1520C) 1524D) -1524

33) Yesterday the temperature was 15° C. Today, it is 23 degrees cooler. What is today’s temperature?

A) -23° CB) -8° CC) 8° CD) 38° C

34) Which inequality could represent “Sam needs at least a 65 to pass Science”? Let s = Sam’s grade.

A) s < 65B) s > 65C) s 65D) s 65

35) Expand the expression: 6(2k-3)

A) 8k-3B) 9kC) 12k-3D) 12k-18

36) Which is equivalent to the expression: 3r + 4 + r – 12 + 3s

A) 4r -8 + 3sB) 3r + 16 +3s

C) 3r -16 + 3sD) 4r -16 +3s

37) Subtract: 5 + 5y – (3y – 9)

A) 2y + 14B) 2y -4C) -2y -4D) -2y + 14

38) Solve for x in the following proportion:

A) x = 21.6B) x = 216

C) x = 16D) x =

39) Find the quotient of and .

A) B) C) D)

40) Find the sum of and .

A) B) C) D)

Part 1: _____

Name ______Date ______Part 2: _____

Math 7 Plus Part 3: _____

Part II: SHORT RESPONSE

Directions: Answer ALL 3 questions and make sure you show all work.

Short Response Question 1S:

Explain the steps needed to determine the value of the expression shown below. Be sure to provide the correct value of the expression in your explanation.

Answer: ______

Short Response Question 2S:

The car ride from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts, is at least 200 miles. During the first 2 hours, Quinn drives 125 miles. The inequality

-d + 125 200 can be used to determine how many more miles Quinn has left to drive.

Part A: Solve the inequality to determine how many more miles Quinn still needs to drive.

Answer in a complete sentence:

Part B: Graph the solution from Part A on a number line.

Short Response Question 3S:

Part A: Order the following numbers from least to greatest.

You must show your work in the space provided.

-8- 8.23--23

Work Space:

Part B: Write your final order in the space below (use the original values).

______, ______, ______, ______, ______

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Part III: EXTENDED RESPONSE

Directions: Answer ALL 3 questions and make sure you show all work in the test packet.

Extended Response Question 1E:

Erin shops at Bargain Basement and Value Mart for a new sweater. The sweater at the Bargain Basement costs $15 more than three times the cost of a sweater at Value Mart. The sweater at Bargain Basement costs $90.

Part A: Write an equation that can be used to find the cost of a sweater at Value Mart. Be sure to define the variable you have chosen to use in the equation.

Part B: Solve the equation to find the cost of the sweater at Value Mart.

Part C: Write your final answer in a sentence.

Extended Response Question 2E:

Mrs. Teece bought pounds of ground beef for a barbecue. She also bought pounds of American cheese. How many more pounds of ground beef than American cheese did Mrs. Teece buy?

Part A: Write an expression to represent the situation.

Part B: Evaluate the expression. Show all work.

Part C: Write your final answer in a sentence.

Extended Response Question 3E:

The school is creating a garden by the playground. The garden is shown below and the side lengths are represented in feet.

3x - 1

x+1 x+2

2x+1

Part A: Write an expression to represent the perimeter of this trapezoid.

Part B: Simplify the expression.

Part C: Evaluate the expression for x=11.

Answer: ______Feet