Math STAAR Review #18

The figures shown can be sorted into groups.

Which list shows a correct way to group the figures?

• 2 prisms, 1 cone, 2 cylinders, and 1 pyramid

• 3 prisms, 1 cone, and 2 cylinders

• 2 prisms, 2 cylinders, 1 sphere, and 1 cube

• 3 prisms, 1 cylinder, and 2 cones

Hakeem received 13 phone calls on Tuesday. This expression can be used to show the number of phone calls he received on Saturday.

13 X 4

Which statement is true?

• Hakeem received 4 more phone calls on Saturday than he received on Tuesday.

• Hakeem received 4 more phone calls on Tuesday than he received on Saturday.

• Hakeem received 4 times as many phone calls on Saturday as he received on Tuesday.

• Hakeem received 4 times as many phone calls on Tuesday as he received on Saturday.

Ava drew the figures shown on her paper.

Which statement about these figures is true?

• They are all hexagons.

• They are all pentagons.

• They are all quadrilaterals.

• They are all polygons.

Kevin and his two brothers ate a bowl of grapes. There were 27 grapes in the bowl. Each boy at the same number of grapes.

What is the number of grapes each boy ate?

• 54

• 81

• 7

• 9

Answer explanation

Carefully read the question.

Do we have a total?

If yes, then we know that we will most likely be dividing or subtracting something.

Make sure that you count ALL the people... trick!!

Create your equation and solve.

What is the relationship between the thousands place and the hundreds place in the number shown.

971,111

• The thousands place is two times greater than the hundreds place.

• The thousands place is ten times greater than the hundreds place.

• The thousands place is seven times greater than the hundreds place.

• The thousands place is zero times greater than the hundreds place.

Answer explanation

Remember, each time you move from right to left equals X 10.

So, if we have a digit in the ones place and a digit in the tens place... the number in the tens place is X 10 greater than the ones place.

In this question, it is asking about the thousands place and the hundreds place. We are moving from the hundres left one place value which means that the thousands place is X 10 greater than the hundreds place.

A classroom currently contains 6 rows of chairs with 5 chairs per row. On parents' night, the classroom had twice as many chairs.

Which number sentence can be used to find the number of chairs in the classroom on parents' night?

The list shows three clues about a number.

*The number is greater than 85,629.

*The number is less than 88,231.

*The number has a digit greater than 6 in the hundreds place.

Which of these could be the number described?

• 88,165

• 85,625

• 88,930

• 87,720

Freddie had $256 in his bank account.

*On Monday he put $50 more into his account.

*On Tuesday he took out $87 to buy a bicycle.

Which equation can be used to find the amount of money Freddie had in his bank account after he took out money on Tuesday?

Rita had two boxes of ribbons.

*She had 37 large ribbons in the first box.

*She had 56 small ribbons in the second box.

*She gave 28 of the large ribbons to her sister.

Which number sentence can be used to find the number of ribbons Rita had left in the two boxes?