PSSA Sample 6

**WITHOUT A CALCULATOR**

Simplify: 2.6 x 8.4 - 5.4

• 2.32

• 7.8

• 16.44

• 21.3

• 4

• 5

• 7

• 8

Angelina is making flower bouquets. She has 24 tulips and 36 roses. She wants all the bouquets to be identical, containing the same number of tulips and the same number of roses, with no flowers left over. What is the MAXIMUM number of bouquets Angelina can make from these flowers?

• 2

• 3

• 12

• 24

Answer explanation

Find the greatest common factor between 24 and 36

A scientist is studying the effects of temperature variation in liquids. A liquid begins with a temperature of -4* C. After that, the scientist heats the liquid until it reaches a temperature with a value that is opposite of the value of the beginning temperature. To what temperature does the scientist heat the liquid?

• -8 *C

• -1/4 *C

• 1/4 *C

• 4 *C

Answer explanation

Opposite of -4 is....

The ratio of length to width of the official German flag is 5:3. Sandra is making 12 German flags for a culture show. Each flag she makes has a length of 20 centimeters. It takes her 4 hours to make all the flags. What is the width of each flag and the average amount of time it takes Sandra to make each flag?

• Width: 12cm

  Avg. Time: 3 minutes

• Width: 33 cm

  Avg. Time: 3 minutes

• Width: 33 cm

  Avg. Time: 20 minutes

• Width 12 cm

  Avg. Time: 20 minutes

Answer explanation

5:3 = 20:?

4 hours/12 flags = ? hours/1 flag

A baker makes two kinds of doughnuts: chocolate and plain. The table attached shows the relationship between the number of chocolate doughnuts she makes and the number of plain doughnuts she makes.

The pattern continues. When the baker makes 18 chocolate doughnuts, how many doughnuts does she make IN ALL?

• 12

• 18

• 30

• 42

At a movie theater, 360 people can see a particular movie over a period of 3 hours. At this rate, how many people can see this movie over a period of 12 hours?

• 1,080

• 1,440

• 3,240

• 4,320

Answer explanation

4, 3 hour periods in 12 hours. 360 x 4 = 1,440

An algebraic expression is described below:

two less than the product of x and four

The expression is set equal to 10 to create an equation. What value could replace x in the expression and make the resulting equation true?

• 3

• 8

• 38

• 48

Answer explanation

4x - 2 = 10

4(3) - 2 = 10

12 - 2 = 10

10 = 10

Maria works in a library. She records the number of people in the library each hour during the day. She makes a graph in which she uses the number of people as the independent variable. What could be the dependent variable in Maria's graph?

• The temperature outside the library

• The number of books checked out each hour

• The amount the library charges per day for late books

• The amount of money Maria earns each hour for working at the library

Answer explanation

Think about what would be affected by an increase or decrease in the number of people in the library.

Audrey surveyed 10 stores in a shopping mall about how many employees they have. She created a box-and-whisker plot to display her data. Which statement describes whether a line plot of Audrey's data can be created using only her box-and-whisker plot?

• A line plot of Audrey's data cannot be created because a box-and-whisker plot does not display the mean of the data set.

• A line plot of Audrey's data cannot be created because a box-and-whisker plot does not display each individual data point.

• A line plot of Audrey's data can be created because a box-and-whisker plot shows each individual data point as a vertical line segment.

• A line plot of Audrey's data can be created because knowing the minimum, maximum, and each quartile is enough information to find the individual data points.

Answer explanation

You need each individual data point to make a line plot and box-and-whisker plots only give you the minimum, maximum and each quartile.