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