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VIRGINIA
STANDARDS OF LEARNING ASSESSMENTS
Spring 2003 Released Test
GRADE 8MATHEMATICS
Property of the Virginia Department of Education� 2003 by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education, James Monroe Building, 101 N. 14th Street,Richmond, Virginia, 23219. All rights reserved. Except as permitted by law, this material may not be reproduced orused in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by anyinformation storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. Commonwealth ofVirginia public school educators may photocopy or print any portion of these Released Tests for educational purposeswithout requesting permission. All others should direct their requests to the Commonwealth of Virginia Departmentof Education at (804) 225-2102, Division of Assessment and Reporting.
Vicki had $228 in her checkingaccount. She used $37 to buy abirthday gift for her grandmother.After that, how much did she have leftin her checking account?
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4 The diagram shows how some of thesubsets of the set of real numbers arerelated. The letters represent membersof the sets.
Terrie wants to replace the letters withactual numbers. Which letter could bereplaced with �3?
F nG r �
H uJ x
5 Which is not equivalent to203
?
A 623
B 6.6
C 6623
% �
D406
6 Peggy is stocking boxes of cereal on ashelf in the supermarket. She has48 boxes of corn flakes and 72 boxes ofbran flakes. The boxes are to bearranged so each row has the samenumber of boxes and only one kind ofcereal. What is the greatest number ofboxes that can be in each row?
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On the map shown, 1 inch represents50 miles. The distance betweenSommerville and Linden is 2.5 inches.What is the actual distance betweenthese towns?
F 2.5 milesG 20 milesH 52.5 milesJ 125 miles �
11 Marti wants to buy a dress priced at$89.75. If the sales tax is 8%, what isthe total amount she must pay for thedress?
A $71.80B $82.57C $96.93 �
D $97.75
12 Just before sunrise, the temperature indegrees Fahrenheit was 13 degreesbelow zero. By 10 a.m. the temperaturehad risen 19 degrees. Which shows howto find the temperature in degreesFahrenheit at 10 a.m.?
F 13 � 19
G 13 � 19
H �13 � 19
J �13 � 19 �
13 What is the value of x � (3x � 5) whenx � �2?
A �1 �
B 1C 5D 9
14 Between what two consecutive wholenumbers does �61 lie?
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What is the length of AC?
F �85 cm �
G �13 cmH 8 cmJ 10 cm
27 Use your inch ruler to help you answerthis question. Which is closest to thelength of AB?
A 2 inches
B 214
inches �
C 212
inches
D 314
inches
Note that due to varying printer properties,measurement items may not appear in exactproportions.
28 What must the value of x be in orderfor the figures below to be similar?
F 16 cmG 14 cmH 12 cm �
J 10 cm
29 Margo is designing a band formationfor a halftime ceremony at a footballgame. This drawing shows where theband members will stand during theceremony.
How many yards apart are the bandmembers standing at points A and C?
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32 In a random survey, 25 out of 150people were able to give a correctanswer to the question asked. If 500people are surveyed, about how manywould be expected to answer thequestion correctly?
F 4G 20H 83 �
J 325
33 The stem-and-leaf plot shows thenumber of home runs hit per year bythe leading hitter of the major leaguesover a 10-year period.
What is the mode for the data?
A 37B 44C 48 �
D 58
34 The graph shows the heights of fourfriends.
Based on the graph, which statementis false?
F James is 4 feet tall.G Bob is 5 feet 3 inches tall.H Meg is taller than Ann.J Ann is 4 feet 1 inch tall. �
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What is the mean height of the playersin the starting lineup of the AltonTigers?
A 67.4 in.B 68.8 in. �
C 72 in.D 74 in.
38 These are the sides of a number cubeused in a game.
Sam will win the game he is playing ifhe gets a number less than 3 the nexttime he rolls the number cube. What isthe probability that Sam will win thegame on his next roll?
F16
G13
�
H12
J23
39 An ice-cream parlor makes sundaeswith chocolate or vanilla ice creamand strawberry, chocolate, or carameltopping. Which tree diagram shows allpossible combinations of sundaes withone flavor of ice cream and onetopping?
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40 During an experiment, Roscoe tossed afair coin 10 times and got 6 “heads”.What is the probability the coin willland showing heads on Roscoe’s nexttoss?
F12
�
G610
H46
J64
41
According to the graph, which wasmost likely the number of farms in1955?
A 5,000,000B 4,500,000 �
C 4,000,000D 3,750,000
42 Darrell had biology test scores of
76, 78, 76, 82, 62, and 100.
For this data, which measure isgreatest?
F Mean �
G MedianH ModeJ Range
43 A taxi company based its fares on thefollowing chart.
If the pattern continues, what wouldbe the fare for a trip of 6 miles?
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If the line containing these points isplotted on a coordinate plane, whatshould the graph look like?
45 Mona’s bank charges a $10 fee permonth plus a $0.12 fee per check. Theformula below gives f, the total fee indollars for a month in which Monawrites n checks.
f � 10 � 0.12n
How many checks did Mona writeduring a month in which her total feewas $12.52?
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47 Last season, Ellen and Janet togetherwon 32 tennis matches. Ellen won 6more matches than Janet. How manymatches did Ellen win?
A 13B 16C 19 �
D 25
48
Which equation is true for all pairs ofvalues in the table?
F y � 2x � 1 �
G y � 2x � 1H y � x � 4J y � x � 2
49 The basketball concession stand sold327 drinks in two games. Whichproportion could be used to make thebest estimate for the number of drinksthat will be sold for 10 games?
A32710
�2x
B102
�327
x
C2
327�
x10
D2
327�
10x
�
50 Which of the following ordered pairsrepresents a point in the thirdquadrant of a coordinate plane?
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57 The table shows the relationshipbetween j, Jerry’s age and t, Tara’s age.
Which of the following describes therelationship?
A t � j � 6 �
B t � 2j � 1C t � 2j � 2D t � 6j
58 Which is a solution for
5(x � 3) � 15?
F 0
G125
H185
J 6 �
59 Mr. Kitran’s age is 4 years less than 3times Henry’s age. If Henry is h yearsold, which of the following representsMr. Kitran’s age?
A 3h � 4B 3h � 4 �
C 4h � 3D 3(h � 4)
60 At the same time that a 60-foot tallbuilding casts a shadow that is21.5 feet long, a nearby tree casts ashadow that is 18 feet long. Whichmeasure is closest to the height of thetree?