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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. 

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

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

 2. 

An outdoor grill sells for $157.45, plus sales tax. What is the total cost of the grill if you purchase it in the state of Florida?
STATE SALES TAX
State
Sales Tax Rate
Florida
6.0%
Oklahoma
4.5%
Indiana
6.0%
North Carolina
4.5%
Alabama
4.0%
a.
$9.45
b.
$133.88
c.
$166.90
d.
$203.67
 
 
Add or subtract.
 

 3. 

5.44 + 4.1
a.
1.34
b.
9.54
c.
9.5
d.
585
 

 4. 

5 – 1.035
a.
4.964
b.
3965
c.
3.965
d.
3.97
 
 
Divide.
 

 5. 

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a.
104
b.
10.4
c.
0.104
d.
1.04
 
 
Write the percent as a decimal.
 

 6. 

5%
a.
0.5
b.
5
c.
0.05
d.
0.005
 
 
Solve the equation.
 

 7. 

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a.
–18
b.
–10
c.
6
d.
–2
 
 
Use a calculator, paper and pencil, or mental math to write the decimal or fraction as a percent. Round to the nearest percent.
 

 8. 

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a.
12%
b.
127%
c.
22%
d.
117%
 

 9. 

A recipe to make cucumbers into pickles requires mc009-1.jpg cups of vinegar. Bonnie 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.
7 times
b.
8 times
c.
9 times
d.
14 times
 

 10. 

Pedro collected 2.22 pounds of aluminum cans. His school collected 100 times more than Pedro collected. How many pounds of cans did the school collect?
a.
2.22 pounds
b.
22.2 pounds
c.
222 pounds
d.
2,220 pounds
 

 11. 

Linda was hiking on a trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. She passed the trail marker shown below. Solve the equation mc011-1.jpg + d = mc011-2.jpg to find how many miles Linda had left to complete the trail.
Trail Length: mc011-3.jpg miles
You have hiked: mc011-4.jpg miles
a.
mc011-5.jpg mi
b.
mc011-6.jpg mi
c.
mc011-7.jpg mi
d.
mc011-8.jpg mi
 

 12. 

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.
2,400 ft
d.
800 ft
 
 
Write an algebraic expression for the given phrase.
 

 13. 

7 inches less than 11 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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Solve the proportion.
 

 14. 

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a.
20
b.
40
c.
23
d.
46
 

 15. 

An office building has 5 floors below street level. Damon boarded an elevator 4 floors below street level. The elevator ascended 6 floors where Damon exited. On what floor did Damon exit?
a.
Street Level
c.
Floor 2
b.
Floor 1
d.
Floor 3
 

 16. 

Payton 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.
45%
b.
50%
c.
55%
d.
60%
 

 17. 

A waiter prepares bowls of salsa for appetizers. He puts mc017-1.jpg cup of salsa in each bowl. How many bowls can the waiter prepare with 16 cups of salsa?
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a.
31 bowls
b.
27 bowls
c.
24 bowls
d.
mc017-3.jpg bowls
 

 18. 

A van travels 280 miles on 7 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
 

 19. 

A bread recipe calls for mc019-1.jpg cups of white flour and mc019-2.jpg cup of whole wheat flour. What is the total amount of flour needed?
a.
mc019-3.jpg cups
b.
mc019-4.jpg cups
c.
mc019-5.jpg cups
d.
mc019-6.jpg cups
 

Gridded Response
 

 20. 

Alice 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 Alice need?
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