Getting STAAR Ready part 1

A pet store owner will order dog beds for his shop. The relationship between x, the number of boxes he will order, and y, the number of dog beds he will receive, can be represented by the equation y = 12x. Which table contains only values that represent the equation?

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Rebecca bought air filters at a store.

• She bought 8 air filters.

• Each air filter cost $16.95.

• Rebecca used a coupon for $7.50 off her total cost of the air filters.

The total cost in dollars that Rebecca paid for these 8 air filters can be represented by this expression.

(8 × 16.95) -7.50

How much did Rebecca pay for these 8 air filters?

Jim plotted the following ordered pairs on a coordinate grid.

(1, 3) (3, 6) (7, 6) (9, 3)

Jim connected the points with line segments to form a polygon.

Connect the points to know which points are located inside the polygon?

The fifth-grade students at Oakwood Elementary School recorded their favorite ice-cream flavor on the graph shown.

How many students did not pick strawberry as their favorite ice-cream flavor?

• 55

• 120

• 125

• 115

Darenda worked for 3 weeks. The shaded parts of the model represent the fraction of each week she worked from her home office.

Which expression can be used to determine the number of weeks Darenda worked from her home office over these 3 weeks?

• 3+ 3/4

• 3 + 3/7

• 3 x 3/4

• 3 x 3/7

What is 0.648 rounded to the tenths place?

Ms. Jaffey had a total of 428.5 ounces of pretzels to put into 5 bowls for a party. She put an equal number of ounces of pretzels into each bowl.

How many ounces of pretzels did Ms. Jaffey put into each bowl?

Jacob wrote the expression shown. 10 ÷ 5 + 4(72 -6) What do these parentheses indicate in the expression?

• Divide 10 by 5 before adding 4

• Multiply 4 by 72 before subtracting 6

• Add 5 and 4 together before subtracting 6 from 72

• Subtract 6 from 72 before multiplying by 4

The owner of a snow-cone stand used 1/4 gallon of syrup to make 16 cherry snow cones. She used the same amount of syrup in each snow cone. How much syrup in gallons was used in each cherry snow cone?

Cheyenne works 15 hours a week at the movie theater. She earns $8 an hour.

Which statement about her weekly income is true?

• Her net income is more than $120.

• Her gross income is less than $120.

• Her net income is less than $120.

• Her gross income is more than $120.