6th Grade Math STAAR "Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities"

Answer explanation

Complete the operation inside the Parentheses. Solve for the Exponent.

After 4 new students joined a class, the class had 32 students.

Which equation can be used to find n, the number of students in the class before the 4 new students joined?

Ms. Gallegos burns 236 calories riding her bike each hour. She wants to burn more than 590 calories riding her bike at the same rate.

Which inequality represents all possible values for t, the number of hours Ms. Gallegos must ride her bike to burn more than 590 calories?

The are of a rectangle is 45.5 square inches. The base of the rectangle is 7 inches.

What is the height of the rectangle in inches?

• 318.5 in.

• 6.5 in

• 15.75 in

• 38.5 in.

Which inequality is true if p = 3.4?

Answer explanation

Plug the value of p into the inequality and decide if the equation is TRUE.

• Ricardo ran 5.5 miles.

  He ran each mile in 10.75 minutes.

  What is n, the total number of minutes it took Ricardo to run 5.5 miles?

• Ricardo ran a total os 10.75 miles on Monday.

  He ran 5.5 miles in the morning and the rest of the miles inthe evening.

  What is n, the number of miles Ricardo ran in the evening?

• Ricardo ran a total of 10.75 miles.

  He ran 5.5 miles each hour.

  What is n, the number of hours Ricardo ran?

• Ricardo ran 10.75 hours one week and 5.5 hours the next week.

  What is n, the total number of hours Ricardo ran during these weeks?

• None of these