2015 Released Items Math g7
2015 Released Items Math g7
2015 Released Items Math g7
Released Questions
July 2015
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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK /
ALBANY, NY 12234
Yesterday, the temperature at noon was 11.4°F. By midnight, the temperature had
decreased by 15.7 degrees. What was the temperature at midnight?
A −4.3°F
B −11.4°F
C −15.7°F
D − 27.1°F
Key: A
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,1,d
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract rational numbers.
Jared surveyed the students in his class to determine how they scored in a game. He
displayed his results in the table shown below.
GAME SCORES
Number of
Score (points) Students
0 to 4 5
5 to 9 10
10 to 14 3
15 to 19 7
10 Number of Students 10
8 8
6 6
A C
4 4
2 2
0 0
0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19
Score (points) Score (points)
Number of Students
10 10
8 8
6 6
B D
4 4
2 2
0 0
0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19
Score (points) Score (points)
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Altitude above sea level is given in positive values and below sea level is given in
negative values. Which situation describes a hiker in Death Valley stopping at an
altitude of 0 feet?
Key: A
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,1,a
Describe situations in which opposite quantities combine to make 0.
For example, a hydrogen atom has 0 charge because its two constituents are oppositely charged.
A cereal company puts a colored ring in each box of cereal. There are 6 different ring
colors. The colors of the rings in each of 50 cereal boxes are shown in the table below.
Red 7
Blue 15
Green 8
Purple 10
Yellow 5
Orange 5
Based on the data, what is the probability that the next cereal box will contain a blue
or a yellow ring?
1
A
6
2
B
5
3
C
5
2
D
3
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.SP,7,b
Develop a probability model (which may not be uniform) by observing frequencies in data generated from a
chance process.
For example, find the approximate probability that a spinning penny will land heads up or that a tossed paper
cup will land open-end down. Do the outcomes for the spinning penny appear to be equally likely based on
the observed frequencies?
The three steps shown below were used to find an expression equivalent
2 (25x − 30y)
A
5
B 6x − 12y + 10x
C 6x − 30y + 10x
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.EE,1
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with
rational coefficients.
The graph below shows the relationship between the number of people in a group and
the total cost of admission tickets for a circus.
y
Circus Admission
135
120
Total Cost (dollars)
105
90
75
60
45
30
15
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of People
A (0, 0)
B (1, 15)
C (15, 1)
D (8, 120)
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.RP,2,d
Explain what a point (x, y) on the graph of a proportional relationship means in terms of the situation, with
special attention to the points (0, 0) and (1, r) where r is the unit rate.
Evaluate.
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,3
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
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A recipe requires 1 cup of milk for each 1 cup of water. How many cups of water are
3 4
needed for each cup of milk?
A 1
12
B 3
4
C 11
12
D 11
3
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.RP,1
Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities
measured in like or different units.
For example, if a person walks 1/2 mile in each 1/4 hour, compute the unit rate as the complex fraction
1/2 / 1/4 miles per hour, equivalently 2 miles per hour.
During a sale, a store offered a 40% discount on a particular camera that was originally
priced at $450. After the sale, the discounted price of the camera was increased by
40%. What was the price of the camera after this increase?
A $252
B $360
C $378
D $450
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.RP,3
Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax,
markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
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4 ( ) ( )
What is the product of − 1 × − 3 ?
7
A − 7
12
B − 3
28
3
C
28
D 7
12
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,2,a
Understand that multiplication is extended from fractions to rational numbers by requiring that operations
continue to satisfy the properties of operations, particularly the distributive property, leading to products such
as (–1)(–1) = 1 and the rules for multiplying signed numbers. Interpret products of rational numbers by
describing real-world contexts.
Gary buys a 3 1 -pound bag of cat food every 3 weeks. Gary feeds his cat the same
2
amount of food each day. Which expression can Gary use to determine the number of
pounds of cat food his cat eats each year? (1 year = 52 weeks)
7 × 52
A
2 3
7× 3
B
2 52
C (
3 1× 3
2 52 )
D (
3 1 × 52
2 3 )
Key: A
Primary CCLS: 7.RP,1
Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities
measured in like or different units.
For example, if a person walks 1/2 mile in each 1/4 hour, compute the unit rate as the complex fraction
1/2 / 1/4 miles per hour, equivalently 2 miles per hour.
A 0.780
B 0.870
C 0.875
D 0.885
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,2,d
Convert a rational number to a decimal using long division; know that the decimal form of a rational number
terminates in 0s or eventually repeats.
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(
4 2 ) ( )
What is the value of − 1 − 1 ÷ − 4 ?
7
A −1 5
16
B −3
7
C 3
7
D 15
16
Key: D
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,3
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
The school bus Evie rides is scheduled to arrive at her stop at 8:20 a.m. each day. The
table below shows the actual arrival times of the bus for several days that were
randomly selected over the past few months.
Based on these data, what is the probability that the bus will arrive at Evie’s stop
before 8:20 a.m. tomorrow?
3
A
10
1
B
3
7
C
20
13
D
20
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.SP,6
Approximate the probability of a chance event by collecting data on the chance process that produces it
and observing its long-run relative frequency, and predict the approximate relative frequency given the
probability. For example, when rolling a number cube 600 times, predict that a 3 or 6 would be rolled roughly
200 times, but probably not exactly 200 times.
A 8
B 16
C 32
D 64
calculators allowed
Key: A
Primary CCLS: 7.G,4
Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal
derivation of the relationship between the circumference and area of a circle.
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Each sales associate at an electronics store has a choice of the two salary options
shown below.
• $115 per week plus 9.5% commission on the associate’s total sales
• $450 per week with no commission
The average of the total sales amount for each associate last year was $125,000. Based
on this average, what is the difference between the two salary options each year?
(52 weeks = 1 year)
A $4,262.11
B $5,545.00
C $10,956.90
D $11,525.00
calculators allowed
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.RP,3
Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax,
markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
Travis, Jessica, and Robin are collecting donations for the school band. Travis wants
to collect 20% more than Jessica, and Robin wants to collect 35% more than Travis. If
the students meet their goals and Travis collects $43, how much money did they collect
in all?
A $106.78
B $128.60
C $136.88
D $144.99
calculators allowed
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,3
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
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The mean radius of Earth is 6,371.0 kilometers and the mean radius of Earth’s Moon is
1,737.5 kilometers. What is the approximate difference in the mean circumferences, in
kilometers, of Earth and Earth’s Moon? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a
kilometer.
A 40,030.2
B 29,113.1
C 14,556.6
D 10,917.0
calculators allowed
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.G,4
Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal
derivation of the relationship between the circumference and area of a circle.
A dealer paid $10,000 for a boat at an auction. At the dealership, a salesperson sold
the boat for 30% more than the auction price. The salesperson received a commission
of 25% of the difference between the auction price and the dealership price. What was
the salesperson’s commission?
A $750
B $1,750
C $3,250
D $5,500
calculators allowed
Key: A
Primary CCLS: 7.RP,3
Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax,
markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
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A 8(4m + 7p)
B 8(4 + 7)mp
C 8p(4 + 7m)
D 8m(4 + 7p)
calculators allowed
Key: D
Primary CCLS: 7.EE,1
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with
rational coefficients.
calculators allowed
Key: B
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,3
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
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Ben earns $9 per hour and $6 for each delivery he makes. He wants to earn more than
$155 in an 8-hour workday. What is the least number of deliveries he must make to
reach his goal?
A 11
B 12
C 13
D 14
calculators allowed
Key: D
Primary CCLS: 7.EE,4,b
Solve word problems leading to inequalities of the form px + q > r or px + q < r, where p, q, and r are specific
rational numbers. Graph the solution set of the inequality and interpret it in the context of the problem.
For example: As a salesperson, you are paid $50 per week plus $3 per sale. This week you want your pay to be
at least $100. Write an inequality for the number of sales you need to make, and describe the solutions.
Malika and Adrian prepared containers of potato salad at a deli. Each container was
supposed to have a mass of one pound. The manager selected a random sample of
containers prepared by each employee to check the mass of each container. The results
are shown in the table below.
1.10 1.30
1.08 1.21
1.05 0.79
0.95 0.90
0.98 0.88
A Malika will produce more containers with a mass of exactly one pound than
Adrian will.
B Adrian will produce more containers with a mass of exactly one pound than
Malika will.
C Most of Malika’s containers will have a mass closer to one pound than most of
Adrian’s containers.
D Most of Adrian’s containers will have a mass closer to one pound than most of
Malika’s containers.
calculators allowed
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.SP,4
Use measures of center and measures of variability for numerical data from random samples to draw informal
comparative inferences about two populations.
For example, decide whether the words in a chapter of a seventh-grade science book are generally longer
than the words in a chapter of a fourth-grade science book.
A 5c + 4
B 5c + 8
C 11c + 4
D 11c + 8
calculators allowed
Key: A
Primary CCLS: 7.EE,1
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with
rational coefficients.
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A P = 4s
B s = 4P
C P= 4+s
D s= 4+P
calculators allowed
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Sara is playing a board game. The probability that Sara will score a point on her next
turn is 1 . Which statement describes the probability that Sara will score a point on her
3
next turn?
A likely
B certain
C unlikely
D impossible
calculators allowed
Key: C
Primary CCLS: 7.SP,5
Understand that the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood
of the event occurring. Larger numbers indicate greater likelihood. A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely
event, a probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely, and a probability near 1
indicates a likely event.
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Salid bought 35 feet of window trim at a hardware store. The trim cost $1.75 per foot,
including sales tax. If Salid paid with a $100.00 bill, how much change should he have
received?
A $20.00
B $38.75
C $61.25
D $80.00
calculators allowed
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A pile of newspapers in Ms. McGrath’s art class was 17 3 inches high. Each consecutive
4
week, for the next 5 weeks, the height of the pile of newspapers increased by
8 7 inches. What was the height, in inches, of the pile after 3 weeks?
12
A 25 3
4
B 26 1
4
C 42 1
4
D 43 1
2
calculators allowed
Key: D
Primary CCLS: 7.NS,3
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
Harper has $15.00 to spend at the grocery store. She is going to buy bags of fruit that
cost $4.75 each and one box of crackers that costs $3.50.
Write and solve an inequality that models this situation and could be used to determine
the maximum number of bags of fruit, b, Harper can buy.
calculators allowed
Guide Paper 2
Page 14
A convenience store sells two brands of orange juice. Brand A contains 8 fluid ounces
and costs $1.28. Brand B contains 12 fluid ounces and costs $1.68.
What is the difference in cost, in dollars, per fluid ounce between the two brands
of juice?
calculators allowed
Guide Paper 2
Page 34
calculators allowed
Guide Paper 3
Page 45
Last week Rachel power walked 2 3 miles per day on each of the 7 days. During the
5
3
same week, she also jogged 5 miles per day on 4 days. What was the total number of
4
miles Rachel power walked and jogged last week?
Answer_________miles
calculators allowed
Guide Paper 2
Page 54
The table below shows the prices of different numbers of cards on a web site.
COST OF CARDS
Number Price
of Cards (dollars)
20 13
40 26
60 39
100 65
For each order, the web site applies a 7.7% sales tax to the price of the cards, plus a
one-time mailing fee of $5.95. Based on the information in the table, what will be the
total cost for an order for 280 cards?
Answer $_________________________
calculators allowed
Guide Paper 2
Page 64
After this 120-second period, how much time, in seconds, will it take for the scientist to
travel back to sea level at the submarine’s maximum speed of 4.8 feet per second?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a second.
calculators allowed
Guide Paper 1
Page 102
Score Points:
2 Points A two-point response includes the correct solution to the question and
demonstrates a thorough understanding of the mathematical concepts
and/or procedures in the task.
This response
indicates that the student has completed the task correctly, using
mathematically sound procedures
contains sufficient work to demonstrate a thorough
understanding of the mathematical concepts and/or procedures
may contain inconsequential errors that do not detract from the
correct solution and the demonstration of a thorough
understanding
This response
* Condition Code A is applied whenever a student who is present for a test session leaves
an entire constructed-response question in that session completely blank (no response
attempted).
Score Points:
3 Points A three-point response includes the correct solution(s) to the question and demonstrates a
thorough understanding of the mathematical concepts and/or procedures in the task.
This response
indicates that the student has completed the task correctly, using mathematically
sound procedures
contains sufficient work to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the
mathematical concepts and/or procedures
may contain inconsequential errors that do not detract from the correct solution(s)
and the demonstration of a thorough understanding
This response
appropriately addresses most, but not all, aspects of the task using mathematically
sound procedures
may contain an incorrect solution but provides sound procedures, reasoning, and/or
explanations
may reflect some minor misunderstanding of the underlying mathematical concepts
and/or procedures
This response
may address some elements of the task correctly but reaches an inadequate solution
and/or provides reasoning that is faulty or incomplete
exhibits multiple flaws related to misunderstanding of important aspects of the task,
misuse of mathematical procedures, or faulty mathematical reasoning
reflects a lack of essential understanding of the underlying mathematical concepts
may contain the correct solution(s) but required work is limited
* Condition Code A is applied whenever a student who is present for a test session leaves an entire
constructed-response question in that session completely blank (no response attempted).
1. If a student does the work in other than a designated “Show your work” area, that work
should still be scored. (Additional paper is an allowable accommodation for a student
with disabilities if indicated on the student’s Individual Education Program or Section
504 Accommodation Plan.)
2. If the question requires students to show their work, and the student shows appropriate
work and clearly identifies a correct answer but fails to write that answer in the answer
blank, the student should still receive full credit.
3. In questions that provide ruled lines for students to write an explanation of their work,
mathematical work shown elsewhere on the page should be considered and scored.
4. If the student provides one legible response (and one response only), teachers should
score the response, even if it has been crossed out.
5. If the student has written more than one response but has crossed some out, teachers
should score only the response that has not been crossed out.
6. Trial-and-error responses are not subject to Scoring Policy #5 above, since crossing out is
part of the trial-and-error process.
7. If a response shows repeated occurrences of the same conceptual error within a question,
the student should not be penalized more than once.
8. In questions that require students to provide bar graphs,
in Grades 3 and 4 only, touching bars are acceptable
in Grades 3 and 4 only, space between bars does not need to be uniform
in all grades, widths of the bars must be consistent
in all grades, bars must be aligned with their labels
in all grades, scales must begin at 0, but the 0 does not need to be written