STAAR Review 2019

Which of the following is a correct comparison?

• 4.3 < 4.033

• 4.033 > 4.303

• 4.003 = 4.3

• 4.33 > 4.303

Denny buys 2.5 ounces of bird seed. Each ounce of bird seed costs $0.18. How much does Denny spend for the bird seed?

• $0.36

• $0.45

• $4.50

• $0.43

Cody's dog, Frisky, eats 242.4 pound of dog food each year. If he eats the same amount of food each month, how many pounds of dog food does Frisky eat each month?

• 22

• 12.12

• 20.2

• 121.2

Mr. Brown bought 2 2/3 pounds of bananas and 3.5 pounds of peaches at the grocery store. How many more pounds of peaches than bananas did Mr. Brown purchase?

• 1 1/6 lb

• 5/6 lb

• 1/6 lb

• 1 1/2 lb

Celia solved a problem using this equation: 1/3 ÷ 3 = 1/9 Which could have been Celia's problem?

• Sarah finished 1/3 of her homework before dinner. If she had 3 pages of homework, how many pages did Sarah complete before dinner?

• The Poff family plans to rake 1/3 of their yard on Saturday. If each of the 3 family members rakes an equal area, what fraction of the yard will each member of the Poff family rake?

• Dan had 3 bags of erasers. He gave 1/3 of a bag to his friend. How many bags of erasers does Dan have now?

• Mia has 3 cups of cherries for tarts. She uses 1/3 cup of cherries for each tart. How many tarts can Mia make?

Jamon plans to save the same amount of money each week for 8 weeks. He wants to use the money to buy 2 used video games that cost $15 and $9. Jamon correctly writes and solves an equation to find a, the amount he must save each week. Which could show Jamon's equation and solution?

• a ÷ 8 = 15 + 9

  a = $24

• a x 8 = 15 + 9

  a = $3

• a x 8 = 15 + 9

  a = $16

• a x 8 = 15 - 9

  a = $3

Guy and Tara assemble fishing lures for their father's shop. Because she has more responsibility, Tara earns $4 more than Guy earns each day. Tara writes the rule y = x + 4 to describe her earnings. She creates this table of values to show her earnings for 1 week. Which graph could show Guy's and Tara's earnings?

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Corvian's teacher challenged the class to create a numerical expression equal to 1. Corvian wrote a correct expression. Which could NOT be Corvian's expression?

• (7 + 4) - 10(0.5 + 0.5)

• 2 ÷ (2/3 + 1 1/3)

• [3 - (1.25 + 1.75)] x 1

• 16 ÷ 4(5 - 1)

June packs her suitcase for a slumber party. The length of the suitcase is 22 inches. The width is 8 inches, and the height is 15 inches. What is the volume of June's suitcase?

• 2,640 cubic inches

• 45 cubic inches

• 1,056 cubic inches

• 2,746 cubic inches

Rosendo drew a special rectangle with 4 congruent sides and 4 congruent angles. What other labels correctly name Rosendo's rectangle?

• square only

• rhombus only

• square and parallelogram only

• square, rhombus, and parallelogram