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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. 

A recipe to make cucumbers into pickles requires mc001-1.jpg cups of vinegar. Bonnie has only a mc001-2.jpg-cup measure. How many times should she fill the mc001-3.jpg-cup measure with vinegar for one batch of the recipe?
a.
11 times
b.
12 times
c.
13 times
d.
22 times
 
 
Write an algebraic expression for the given phrase.
 

 2. 

10 inches wider than 8 times the length x of a table in inches
a.
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b.
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c.
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d.
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 3. 

James borrowed several books from the library. Some of the books were non-fiction, but mc003-1.jpg of them were fiction. What percent of the books were fiction?
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a.
45%
b.
50%
c.
55%
d.
60%
 
 
Add or subtract.
 

 4. 

0.41 + 5.1
a.
92
b.
5.5
c.
4.69
d.
5.51
 

 5. 

9 – 8.007
a.
993
b.
0.99
c.
1.992
d.
0.993
 

 6. 

Linda was hiking on a trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. She passed the trail marker shown below. Solve the equation mc006-1.jpg + d = mc006-2.jpg to find how many miles Linda had left to complete the trail.
Trail Length: mc006-3.jpg miles
You have hiked: mc006-4.jpg miles
a.
mc006-5.jpg mi
b.
mc006-6.jpg mi
c.
mc006-7.jpg mi
d.
mc006-8.jpg mi
 
 
Solve the proportion.
 

 7. 

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a.
42
b.
44
c.
22
d.
21
 

 8. 

A van travels 280 miles on 7 gallons of gas. How many gallons will it need to travel 1,200 miles?
a.
120 gallons
b.
30 gallons
c.
480 gallons
d.
60 gallons
 

 9. 

A bread recipe calls for mc009-1.jpg cups of white flour and mc009-2.jpg cup of whole wheat flour. What is the total amount of flour needed?
a.
mc009-3.jpg cups
b.
mc009-4.jpg cups
c.
mc009-5.jpg cups
d.
mc009-6.jpg cups
 
 
Write the percent as a decimal.
 

 10. 

1%
a.
0.1
b.
0.001
c.
0.01
d.
1
 

 11. 

A scale drawing of a town park has a scale of 5 inches : 100 feet. What is the actual length of each foot in the drawing?
a.
240 ft
b.
120 ft
c.
60 ft
d.
1,200 ft
 
 
Use a calculator, paper and pencil, or mental math to write the decimal or fraction as a percent. Round to the nearest percent.
 

 12. 

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a.
127%
b.
117%
c.
22%
d.
12%
 
 
Solve the equation.
 

 13. 

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a.
–96
b.
–71
c.
–36
d.
–61
 

 14. 

A waiter prepares bowls of salsa for appetizers. He puts mc014-1.jpg cup of salsa in each bowl. How many bowls can the waiter prepare with 16 cups of salsa?
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a.
33 bowls
b.
29 bowls
c.
24 bowls
d.
mc014-3.jpg bowls
 

 15. 

An office building has 4 floors below street level. Kalen boarded an elevator 1 floor below street level. The elevator ascended 10 floors where Kalen exited. On what floor did Kalen exit?
a.
Street Level
c.
Floor 9
b.
Floor 8
d.
Floor 10
 
 
Divide.
 

 16. 

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a.
1.61
b.
161
c.
16.1
d.
0.161
 

 17. 

Jack collected 8.27 pounds of aluminum cans. His school collected 100 times more than Jack collected. How many pounds of cans did the school collect?
a.
8.27 pounds
b.
82.7 pounds
c.
827 pounds
d.
8,270 pounds
 

 18. 

An outdoor grill sells for $215.45, 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.
$9.70
b.
$191.28
c.
$225.15
d.
$264.54
 

 19. 

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

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

Gridded Response
 

 20. 

Joe 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 Joe need?
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