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District Quarterly Assessment # 1 - Grade 7 (2007 - 2008)



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 
 
Use a calculator, paper and pencil, or mental math to write the decimal or fraction as a percent. Round to the nearest percent.
 

 1. 

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a.
233%
b.
33%
c.
243%
d.
23%
 

 2. 

A bread recipe calls for mc002-1.jpg cups of white flour and mc002-2.jpg cups of whole wheat flour. What is the total amount of flour needed?
a.
mc002-3.jpg cups
b.
mc002-4.jpg cups
c.
mc002-5.jpg cups
d.
mc002-6.jpg cups
 

 3. 

A van travels 180 miles on 6 gallons of gas. How many gallons will it need to travel 810 miles?
a.
27 gallons
b.
81 gallons
c.
243 gallons
d.
54 gallons
 
 
Add or subtract.
 

 4. 

4.34 + 8.6
a.
4.26
b.
520
c.
12.9
d.
12.94
 

 5. 

9 – 7.803
a.
1197
b.
1.197
c.
1.2
d.
2.196
 

 6. 

James borrowed several books from the library. Some of the books were non-fiction, but mc006-1.jpg of them were fiction. What percent of the books were fiction?
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a.
35%
b.
40%
c.
45%
d.
50%
 
 
Solve the proportion.
 

 7. 

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a.
42
b.
30
c.
21
d.
60
 

 8. 

An outdoor grill sells for $178.75, plus sales tax. What is the total cost of the grill if you purchase it in the state of North Carolina?
STATE SALES TAX
State
Sales Tax Rate
Florida
6.0%
Oklahoma
4.5%
Indiana
6.0%
North Carolina
4.5%
Alabama
4.0%
a.
$8.04
b.
$160.51
c.
$186.79
d.
$200.14
 

 9. 

An office building has 4 floors below street level. Kalen boarded an elevator 2 floors below street level. The elevator ascended 7 floors where Kalen exited. On what floor did Kalen exit?
a.
Street Level
c.
Floor 5
b.
Floor 4
d.
Floor 6
 

 10. 

The table shows how Carlos spent his money at the pet store.
Category
Percent
Dog Toys
25%
Grooming
30%
Cleaning Supplies
35%
Dog Food
10%

If Carlos spent a total of $75, how much did he spend on dog toys?
a.
$18.75
b.
$19.25
c.
$20
d.
$22.50
 
 
Write the percent as a decimal.
 

 11. 

1%
a.
1
b.
0.001
c.
0.01
d.
0.1
 
 
Solve the equation.
 

 12. 

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a.
42
b.
60
c.
48
d.
30
 

 13. 

Benjamin was hiking on a trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. He passed the trail marker shown below. Solve the equation mc013-1.jpg + d = mc013-2.jpg to find how many miles Benjamin had left to complete the trail.
Trail Length: mc013-3.jpg miles
You have hiked: mc013-4.jpg miles
a.
mc013-5.jpg mi
b.
mc013-6.jpg mi
c.
mc013-7.jpg mi
d.
mc013-8.jpg mi
 

 14. 

Jack collected 2.73 pounds of aluminum cans. His school collected 100 times more than Jack collected. How many pounds of cans did the school collect?
a.
2.73 pounds
b.
27.3 pounds
c.
273 pounds
d.
2,730 pounds
 
 
Divide.
 

 15. 

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a.
0.1415
b.
1.415
c.
141.5
d.
14.15
 

 16. 

A scale drawing of a town park has a scale of 3 inches : 200 feet. What is the actual length of each foot in the drawing?
a.
400 ft
b.
200 ft
c.
800 ft
d.
2,400 ft
 
 
Write an algebraic expression for the given phrase.
 

 17. 

6 inches more than 9 times the length x of a table in inches
a.
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b.
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c.
mc017-3.jpg
d.
mc017-4.jpg
 

 18. 

A waiter prepares bowls of salsa for appetizers. He puts mc018-1.jpg cup of salsa in each bowl. How many bowls can the waiter prepare with 8 cups of salsa?
mc018-2.jpg
a.
28 bowls
b.
23 bowls
c.
16 bowls
d.
mc018-3.jpg bowls
 

 19. 

A recipe to make cucumbers into pickles requires mc019-1.jpg cups of vinegar. Bonnie has only a mc019-2.jpg-cup measure. How many times should she fill the mc019-3.jpg-cup measure with vinegar for one batch of the recipe?
a.
7 times
b.
8 times
c.
9 times
d.
14 times
 

Gridded Response
 

 20. 

Marco is decorating a flower pot with one-centimeter-square tiles. The directions call for nr020-1.jpg tiles where x is the diameter in centimeters of the top of the pot. How many tiles does Marco need?
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