Your STAAR Questions
Do your best
work!
Remember you
have as much
time as you
need!
Check your answers and
read carefully
Understand the Problem
•Read each problem carefully…
•What do you know?
•What do you need to find out?
•Highlight,Underline or circle key words, numbers or
phrases.
•Place a large star or circle problems that give you
difficulty and go back to check or solve later
Develop a Plan
•Have you solved a similar problem?
•Decide on a strategy •
•Choose an operation
•Make a table
•Guess and check
•Look for a pattern
Use logical reasoning(Does it make
sense?)
•
Estimate an answer
•
Make an organized list
•
Draw a picture
•
Solve a simpler problem
Solve and Look Back
Check
Solve
•What is the solution?
•Did it work? You may need to try another strategy.
Look Back:
•Did you answer the right question?
•Does your answer make sense?
•Is your answer reasonable?
FRACTIONS
Mixed Fractions/Improper Fraction
2
3
7
=
17
7
Equivalent Fractions/ Common Denominators
5
8
=
10
2
16
3
=
8
12
Number Sentences
4+x=9+4
Commutative Property
Changes Order
Check to see what number
sentence matches the answer
you know is correct!
For Reasonable Results/ Answers
remember to use high and low estimates
I’m going to buy
5 gifts for my
friends. What is
a reasonable
total I will
spend?
$8.00
$12.00
Most
expensive
Least
expensive
Add and Subtract decimals by
lining up the decimal
12.34
6.8
+
.486
.
17.1
__
.58
.
Use the formula chart to
help you with conversions
48 hours = ________ days
8 pints = _________ quarts
15 feet = _______yards
3 feet = _______ inches
3 pounds = _______ounces
THINK about patterns and
draw tables to help you*
2 pairs of jeans cost $30
so how much would 8
pairs of jeans cost?
Jeans
Cost
2 pair
30
60
6 pairs 8 pairs
90
???
GEOMETRY
Appropriate Measure of Angles
Parallel //
Congruent
Perpendicular +
Intersecting X
Similar
90 degrees / 180 degrees
Right /Obtuse/Acute/Equilateral
Trapezoid/Parallelogram/Rhombus/Rectangle/Square/
Pentagon/Hexagon/Octagon/Cylinder/Sphere/Triangle
Strip Diagrams
DIVISION
23 R 6
7 167
14
27
21
6
How many are
needed?
How many are
left over?
How many
complete/full?
Estimation
Remember to ESTIMATE BEFORE YOU SOLVE
176 + 24 =
180 + 20 =
OR
376 – 54 =
380 – 50 =
Use Compatible Numbers – Easy on the Brain
356 =
400
X 58 =
x 60
368 ÷ 9 = 360 ÷ 9
or
223 ÷ 6 = 240 ÷ 6
Graphing
Data can be represented as whole
numbers, decimals or fractions…
Fraction Decimal (Break up
a ruler into parts)
.10 = 1/10
.25 = 25/100 = ¼
.50 = .5 = 50/100 =5/10 =1/2
Use Formula chart for perimeter, area, weight,
capacity, & time relationships (conversions).
4 in
7in
3
4
4
8
3
6
P=3+4+3+4+6+8
P=28
Patterns/Charts/Tables/Diagrams/
2,3,5,8,12,17,__,__
Jerry had a job counting
boxes being sent out of the
factory. On his 1st day he
counted 18 boxes, his 2nd
day 24 boxes, the 3rd day 30
boxes. If this pattern
continues, how many boxes
will he have counted on the
7th day on the job?
1
2
3
4
5
6
18
24
30
36
42
48
Boxes Number
of
of
crayons crayons
7
2
16
3
24
4
32
5
?
Place (Underlined)
.000
.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000
100,000,000,000
100,000,000,000
P
L
A
C
E
V
A
L
U
E
Name of Position
Tenths
Hundredths
Ones
Tens
Hundreds
Thousands
Ten Thousands
Hundred Thousands
Millions
Ten Millions
Hundred Millions
Billions
Ten Billions
Hundred Billions
933,458 = 30,000 is 10 times 3,000 and 3,000 is 1/10 of 30,000
FRACTIONS
Order Fractions:
Draw pictures,
Same denominator (lesser numerator is
less) Same numerators (lesser
denominator is greater)
Other stuff
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Elapsed time – mountains and hills / SEE
G  l or l  G
Area = Array
peRIMeter
Lay an egg
Pentagon
Meter
Crazy uncles
Fixed/ Variable expenses
Profit, spend, save, and sharing
Financial Institutions – keep money safe,
borrow money, and lend money
Look at Your Answer
Choices
Cross out answers that do not fit
Select the answer choice that matches your answer.
(Remember if the answer has decimals or fractions
as remainders, then work your problem the same way.)
If the answer is not there, work the problem again.
CHECK YOUR MATH (+, - , x, /) CAREFULLY