1.   Replace the with a number so that the fractions are equivalent.
   
    A. dividing 4 by 4. B. dividing 4 by 9.
    C. multiplying 4 by 4. D. multiplying 4 by 9.
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  2.   Replace the with a number so that the fractions are equivalent.
   
    A. 7 B. 4
    C. 3 D. 6
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  3.   If Julie has x strawberries in one sack and four fewer strawberries in another sack, write an expression for how many strawberries are in the second sack.
    A. 4 - x B. x - 4
    C. x + 4 D. 4 + x
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  4.   Write 2,564,000 in scientific notation.
    A. 2.564×105 B. 2,564×103
    C. 25.64×105 D. 2.564×106
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  5.   Evaluate the expression 5n4m-2 if m = 6 and n = 3.
    A. B.
    C. -5 D. -20
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  6.   Two solid rocket boosters provide the main thrust to lift the space shuttle off the launching pad. Each booster weighs approximately 1.92 × 105 pounds. Express this weight in standard form.
    A. 0.0000192 pounds B. 19,200,000 pounds
    C. 192,000 pounds D. 19,200 pounds
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  7.   Write 0.478 in scientific notation.
    A. 4.78 × 102
    B. 4.78 × 10-1
    C. 4.78 × 10-2
    D. 478 × 101
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  8.   If 3.2z - 6 = 1.8 + 11z, what is the value of z?
    A. -2 B. 1
    C. 0 D. -1
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  9.   Solve 4h - 6 = 2.
    A. 32 B. 8
    C. -1 D. 2
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  10.   Janet was filling up a water balloon that had a tiny hole in it. The balloon can hold 12 ounces of water, but the hole leaks water out at 0.5 ounces per minute. How many ounces of water will be in the balloon m minutes after it is filled?
    A. 12 – 0.5m B. 12m – 0.5m
    C. 12m + 0.5m D. 12 + 0.5m
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  11.   Simplify (35)8.
    A. 33 B. 158
    C. 313 D. 340
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  12.   Find the number you can put in the blank to make a sum less than zero.
    A. Answer must be less than .
    B. Answer must be greater than .
    C. Answer must be less than or equal to .
    D. Answer must be less than .
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  13.   Evaluate (–3) 4.
    A. –81 B. 12
    C. 81 D. –12
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  14.   The distance-time graph below shows a race between 4 classmates. If the length of the race was 20 meters, who won the race?
   
    A. Thomas B. Randy
    C. Hector D. Chris
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  15.   What is the y-intercept of the equation y = 5x – 3?
    A. (3, 0) B. (–3, 0)
    C. (0, 3) D. (0, –3)
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  16.   Write an equation that fits the balance puzzle below
   
    A. 4n + 2 = 4n + 6
    B. 8n + 4 = 8n + 6
    C. 4n + 4 = 2n + 6
    D. 4n + 6 = 2n + 4
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  17.   What is the final answer to this Think of a Number trick?
Think of a number.
Subtract 6.
Multiply by –3.
Subtract 18.
    A. the answer is –3 times the number you started with
    B. the answer is –1.5 times the number you started with
    C. the answer is 3 times the number you started with
    D. the answer is 1.5 times the number you started with
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  18.   Find the surface area of the rectangular prism after it has been scaled by .
   
    A. 27 m2 B. 24.75 m2
    C. 6,912 m2 D. 108 m2
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  19.   At the Truman Middle School, the lunch supervisor surveyed the 110 students in the seventh grade to find which school lunch they liked best. The table below shows the results. Find the inaccurate statement.
   
    A. Tuna casserole received about 18% less of the total vote than turkey sandwiches.
    B. The number of students who voted for pizza to the number of students who voted for hamburgers is 1:2.
    C. Seventeen more students preferred hamburgers than turkey sandwiches.
    D. 44% of the students preferred hamburgers.
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  20.   Suppose biologists tagged 53 penguins in Antarctica during mating season. The next year, they caught 82 penguins and found that 11 of them had tags. Estimate the total number of penguins in the area.
    A. 405 B. 395
    C. 446 D. 353
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