Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills MATHEMATICS Grade 2008 Released Items TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective 1 There were 7,200,685 copies of a music CD sold How is 7,200,685 written in words? Which model is shaded to show a fraction equivalent to ? A Seventy-two thousand, six hundred eighty-five A B Seven hundred twenty thousand, six hundred eighty-five C Seven million, twenty thousand, six hundred eighty-five B D Seven million, two hundred thousand, six hundred eighty-five C D Page TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective Which fraction represents the shaded model below? A basketball player made 64 free throws during a 2-hour practice About how many free throws did he make each hour? A 62 B 30 A C 66 14 B 12 C 10 D D 120 Scott Music Store ordered 12 guitars without strings If each guitar needs strings, how many guitar strings does the store need to order? Record your answer and fill in the bubbles on your answer document Be sure to use the correct place value Page TAKS Grade Mathematics In which number sentence does make the equation true? A 12 + B 2008 Released Items Objective A school orders cases of canned fruit for lunch The table shows the number of servings made from different numbers of cases = 84 − 12 = 84 Canned Fruit C 84 × 12 = = 12 D 84 ÷ Number of Cases Number of Servings 96 192 Which pair of numbers best completes the equation below? 672 What is one way to find the number of servings that will be made from cases of fruit? ϫ 100 = A Subtract 192 from 672 B Multiply by 96 C Add 96 to 192 A 679 and 60,709 B 679 and 6,790 C 679 and 6,079 D 679 and 67,900 D Divide 672 by Page TAKS Grade Mathematics Objective Angle M in the figure appears to be which kind of angle? K J L M A Acute B Right C Straight D Obtuse Page 2008 Released Items TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective Which line segments appear to be perpendicular in the figure below? L M N R Q P A Line segments NQ and QP B Line segments LR and RP C Line segments LQ and QP D Line segments LN and RP R&R Miguel is playing with his toy train engines R&R Which transformation is represented in the picture of the train engines? A Rotation B Reflection C Translation D Not here Page TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective Which number on the number line does point S best represent? S 1.0 1.2 1.4 2.0 A 0.4 B 2.4 C 3.0 D 2.5 Page 2.8 TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective The community center built a swimming pool shaped like the figure below The thermometer below shows the temperature of the air around a plant °F 70 60 20 ft If each side is the same length, what is the perimeter of this pool? 50 A 180 feet B 120 feet C 140 feet 40 D 160 feet If the plant was 25°F warmer than the temperature shown on the thermometer, how warm was the plant? A 20°F Which of the following has a mass of about grams? B 67°F A A dime C 70°F B A backpack D 71°F C A box of cereal D A bowling ball Page TAKS Grade Mathematics Objective Margaret kept a record of the number of sunny days for four months Sunny Days June July Month August September 10 20 30 Number of Days How many more sunny days were there in June than in August? A days B days C days D days Page 2008 Released Items TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective The graph below shows the number of baseball games played by players Baseball Games 30 25 20 Number of Games Played 15 10 5 Player Which statement is true about the data given in the graph? A Player played about twice as many games as Player B Player played more games than the other four players from the graph combined C Player played more games than Player and Player combined D Player played about 10 fewer games than Player Page 10 TAKS Grade Mathematics 2008 Released Items Objective Leroy has one week to read a book for his report He wants to find out whether he can finish the book in one week if he reads 10 pages every day What other information does Leroy need in order to answer this question? There are children in the Drake family The oldest children are 12-year-old twins, and the youngest child is years old If the sum of all the children’s ages is 47, which could be the ages of the other Drake children? A The number of days in a month A and 11 years old B The number of minutes he reads each day B years old C The number of pages in the book C and 16 years old D The number of chapters in the book D and 11 years old Mrs Martin bought some new pencils She gave new pencils to each student who had perfect attendance for the year After giving pencils to 18 students, she had 71 pencils left How many pencils did Mrs Martin buy? Sophie bought 25 carnival tickets She gave tickets to each of friends What is one way to find the number of carnival tickets that Sophie has left? A Add and and 25 B Subtract from and then add 25 to the difference A 54 C Multiply by and then subtract the product from 25 B 99 C 143 D Divide by and then subtract the quotient from 25 D 125 Page 11 ... TAKS Grade Mathematics 2 008 Released Items Objective Which number on the number line does point S best represent? S 1.0 1.2 1 .4 2.0 A 0 .4 B 2 .4 C 3.0 D 2.5 Page 2.8 TAKS Grade Mathematics 2 008. .. Page TAKS Grade Mathematics Objective Angle M in the figure appears to be which kind of angle? K J L M A Acute B Right C Straight D Obtuse Page 2 008 Released Items TAKS Grade Mathematics 2 008 Released... hundred eighty-five C D Page TAKS Grade Mathematics 2 008 Released Items Objective Which fraction represents the shaded model below? A basketball player made 64 free throws during a 2-hour practice