STAAR Math Challenge!

Mrs. Darden had 736 crayons.

She threw away 197 broken crayons.

Then she bought 150 more crayons.

Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

• 736 - 197 - 150 = ____

• 736 - 197 + 150 = ____

• 736 + 197 + 150 = ____

• 736 + 197 - 150 = ____

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• 8 square units

• 15 square units

• 12 square units

• 16 square units

Miranda did laundry. She found $6.47 in the pocket of her dad’s pants. Which of the following could NOT represent the amount of money Miranda found?

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William will place 99 towels on a shelf. He will make 9 equal stacks. How many towels will be in each stack?

• 11 towels

• 10 towels

• 108 towels

• 90 towels

• 10, 21, 25, 33

• 21, 25, 33

• 21, 50, 52

• 10, 33, 50, 52

Erika’s goal is to practice playing her guitar for 300 minutes this week.

On Sunday she practiced for 117 minutes.

On Tuesday she practiced for 58 minutes.

How many more minutes does Erika need to practice in order to meet her goal?

• 125 minutes

• 235 minutes

• 475 minutes

• 175 minutes

• All the figures in Group X are cylinders.

• All the figures in Group X are cones.

• All the figures in Group Y are prisms.

• All the figures in Group Y are rectangular prisms.

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Maya had a bag of tiles. Each tile was labeled with a number. Maya pulled one tile out of the bag and recorded the number on that tile. She repeated this 18 times. The numbers on the tiles Maya pulled are shown in the list.

8, 7, 12, 1, 8, 9, 12, 0, 7, 8, 10, 4, 5, 8, 12, 4, 0, 8

Which dot plot represents the numbers on the tiles Maya pulled out of the bag?

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