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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.
 

 1. 

Chris was hiking on a trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. He passed the trail marker shown below. Solve the equation mc001-1.jpg + d = mc001-2.jpg to find how many miles Chris had left to complete the trail.
Trail Length: mc001-3.jpg miles
You have hiked: mc001-4.jpg miles
a.
mc001-5.jpg mi
b.
mc001-6.jpg mi
c.
mc001-7.jpg mi
d.
mc001-8.jpg mi
 
 
Write the percent as a decimal.
 

 2. 

7%
a.
0.7
b.
7
c.
0.007
d.
0.07
 
 
Write an algebraic expression for the given phrase.
 

 3. 

12 inches less than 11 times the length x of a table in inches
a.
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b.
mc003-2.jpg
c.
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d.
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Add or subtract.
 

 4. 

6 – 4.235
a.
1765
b.
1.77
c.
1.765
d.
2.764
 

 5. 

5.17 + 8.2
a.
599
b.
13.4
c.
3.03
d.
13.37
 

 6. 

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

If Lisa spent a total of $75, how much did she spend on dog toys?
a.
$18.75
b.
$19.25
c.
$20
d.
$22.50
 

 7. 

Brenda collected 6.52 pounds of aluminum cans. Her club collected 10 times more than Brenda collected. How many pounds of cans did the club collect?
a.
0.652 pounds
b.
6.52 pounds
c.
65.2 pounds
d.
652 pounds
 

 8. 

A scale drawing of a town park has a scale of 5 inches : 200 feet. What is the actual length of each foot in the drawing?
a.
240 ft
b.
2,400 ft
c.
120 ft
d.
480 ft
 

 9. 

A recipe to make cucumbers into pickles requires mc009-1.jpg cups of vinegar. Nancy has only a mc009-2.jpg-cup measure. How many times should she fill the mc009-3.jpg-cup measure with vinegar for one batch of the recipe?
a.
11 times
b.
12 times
c.
13 times
d.
22 times
 
 
Solve the proportion.
 

 10. 

mc010-1.jpg
a.
48
b.
24
c.
28
d.
56
 
 
Divide.
 

 11. 

mc011-1.jpg
a.
188.6
b.
1.886
c.
18.86
d.
0.1886
 

 12. 

A bread recipe calls for mc012-1.jpg cups of white flour and mc012-2.jpg cups of whole wheat flour. What is the total amount of flour needed?
a.
mc012-3.jpg cups
b.
mc012-4.jpg cups
c.
mc012-5.jpg cups
d.
mc012-6.jpg cups
 

 13. 

A van travels 240 miles on 6 gallons of gas. How many gallons will it need to travel 1,040 miles?
a.
26 gallons
b.
52 gallons
c.
416 gallons
d.
104 gallons
 
 
Use a calculator, paper and pencil, or mental math to write the decimal or fraction as a percent. Round to the nearest percent.
 

 14. 

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a.
85%
b.
75%
c.
18%
d.
8%
 

 15. 

A waiter prepares bowls of salsa for appetizers. He puts mc015-1.jpg cup of salsa in each bowl. How many bowls can the waiter prepare with 24 cups of salsa?
mc015-2.jpg
a.
45 bowls
b.
40 bowls
c.
32 bowls
d.
mc015-3.jpg bowls
 

 16. 

James borrowed several books from the library. Some of the books were non-fiction, but mc016-1.jpg of them were fiction. What percent of the books were fiction?
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a.
32.5%
b.
37.5%
c.
42.5%
d.
47.5%
 

 17. 

An office building has 4 floors below street level. Kalen boarded an elevator 1 floor below street level. The elevator ascended 9 floors where Kalen exited. On what floor did Kalen exit?
a.
Street Level
c.
Floor 8
b.
Floor 7
d.
Floor 9
 
 
Solve the equation.
 

 18. 

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a.
144
b.
44
c.
164
d.
264
 

 19. 

An outdoor grill sells for $235.45, plus sales tax. What is the total cost of the grill if you purchase it in the state of Oklahoma?
STATE SALES TAX
State
Sales Tax Rate
Florida
6.0%
Oklahoma
4.5%
Indiana
6.0%
North Carolina
4.5%
Alabama
4.0%
a.
$10.60
b.
$214.27
c.
$246.05
d.
$281.23
 

Gridded Response
 

 20. 

Theresa 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 Theresa need?
nr020-2.jpg
nr020-3.jpg

 



 
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