Pre-Test Assessment
Class Information
School
City _____________________________________ State ___________
Teacher (Mathematics Class)
Student Information
Grade
First Name
Last Name
Date of Birth _____ (month) _____ (day) _____ (year)
Male ❒ Female ❒
Have you attended a Ramp-Up course since the beginning of the school year? Yes ❒ No ❒
How many years have you attended this school? _____ years
Do you usually speak English at home? Yes ❒ No ❒
Does anyone in your home usually speak a language other than English? Yes ❒ No ❒
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1.
3.
Eva added up all her money using
a calculator.
Look at these numbers.
77
55
22
121
These numbers are all multiples of:
The calculator showed this amount.
How much money does Eva have?
865 cents
$86.50
$86.05
$80.65
A
B
C
D
2.
Max drew a dot on this number line.
•
–4
–2
–3
–1
0
1
2
3
What number does the dot show?
A
B
C
D
–2.1
–2.25
–1.3
–1.75
A
B
C
D
4
5
11
22
4.
10a = 4690
What is a?
A
B
C
D
46
46.9
46,900
469
4
5.
A
B
C
D
6.
Seven million, nine hundred eighty-five
thousand six can also be written as
7,900,856
7,985,006
79,856
7,009,856
2
x
=
5 20
x=?
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A
B
4
7
C
D
8
10
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7.
Tony wrote down the numbers –6, 5, –1.
Which of the following is true?
10.
y
4
3
– 6 > 5 > –1
–1 < –6 < 5
5 > –6 > –1
–6 < –1 < 5
A
B
C
D
•
2
1
x
–4
–3
–2
–1
1
2
4
3
–1
8.
–3
–4
12
24
32
36
A
B
C
D
9.
–2
Which number below has
2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 as factors?
Which one of the coordinates
below is the plotted point on the
coordinate plane?
Which one of these inequalities
is true?
A
B
C
D
0.4 ≤ 0.4
3.041 ≥ 3.14
8.7 < 7.8
5.086 > 5.20
A
B
C
D
11.
A
B
C
D
(2, 3)
(–3, –2)
(2, –3)
(–3, 2)
9
can also be written as:
100
0.09
0.009
0.9
900
P
12.
•
12.2
12.5
Which number is shown by the letter P
on the number line?
A
B
C
D
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12.4
12.45
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13. Maya gets 20 out of 25 questions
16. 6 eggs are used to make an omelet.
correct on a mathematics test.
What percentage of the questions did
she get correct?
A
B
C
D
20%
25%
75%
80%
14. A store charges 50¢ per kilogram for
oranges and 75¢ per kilogram for
peaches.
Which expression below gives the total
cost in cents of x kilograms of oranges
and y kilograms of peaches?
A
B
C
D
50x + 75y
50x • 75y
50x – 75y
50x ÷ 75y
3 eggs are used to make a
chocolate cake.
What is the ratio of the eggs in the
omelet to the eggs in the
chocolate cake?
17.
$4
$8
$54
$58
3
5
10
20
b
= 26
10
b=?
15. The sales tax on books is 8%. A book
A
B
C
D
What value of x makes 5x = 15 true?
A
B
C
D
18.
costs $50 before sales tax.
What is the sales tax on this book?
1:2
3:6
2:1
1:3
A
B
C
D
260
2.6
0.26
26
A
B
C
D
19. What is the missing side length?
?
6
8
A
B
C
D
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10
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20. 10 – (–8) =
23. Which fraction is a representation of
the ratio 7:6?
–18
–2
18
2
A
B
C
D
A
12
14
B
17
16
C
16
14
D
28
24
21. (–9 ÷ 3) –10 =
13
–7
–13
7
A
B
C
D
24. Which one of the following is
22. Which one of these is the graph of a
sometimes true?
linear equation?
y
4
A
y
4
B
2
2
x
–4
–2
2
x
4
–4
–2
2
–2
–2
–4
–4
y
4
y
4
C
25. A box of chocolates is shared equally
by a family.
Each family member receives 6
chocolates, and there are 3 chocolates
left over.
If there are n family members, the total
number of chocolates is:
2
x
2
–2
4
x
–4
2
–2
–2
–2
–4
–4
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Twice an odd number is odd.
Twice an even number is odd.
One-half of an odd number is even.
One-half of an even number is odd.
4
D
2
–4
A
B
C
D
4
A
B
C
D
6n – 3
6(n + 3)
6n + 3
6(n – 3)
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26. Simplify
30.
5z – z3
5z2 – z3
5–1
5z – z2
A
B
C
D
27.
5z2 – z3
z
a–d
+ 7 can also be written as:
3
[(a – d) ÷ 3] + 7
[(a ÷ 3) – (d + 7)]
a – [(d ÷ 3) + 7]
[(a ÷ 3) – d] + 7
A
B
C
D
Which one of the following lists
contains only composite numbers?
31. What is the y-intercept of the graph
below?
y
4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14
4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18
A
B
C
D
4
3
2
1
x
28. Which of these equations is always true?
–4
–3
–2
–1
1
2
3
4
–1
y + 3x = 1
a = 2a
b=b–1
3x – 1 = –1 + 3x
A
B
C
D
–2
–3
–4
29. The length of each side of hexagon X is
40 cm.
X
Y
A
–3
B
–
2
3
C
–
3
2
D
–2
The ratio between the sides of
hexagons X and Y is 2:5.
What is the length of each side of
hexagon Y?
A
B
C
D
40 cm
100 cm
140 cm
200 cm
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32. One of these lockers is Colin’s locker.
35. Sarah’s monthly cell-phone bill is
$10 plus $0.10 per call.
Which graph represents this
relationship?
7200 7201 7202 7203 7204 7205
7206 7207 7208 7209 7210 7211 7212
A
His locker is an odd number and a
multiple of 7.
Which is Colin’s locker?
cost
7201
7203
7207
7211
A
B
C
D
B
cost
number of calls
number of calls
C
33. Jane’s dog weighs 10 kg and her rabbit
cost
weighs 2000 g.
What is the ratio of her dog’s weight to
her rabbit’s weight?
5:1
10:1
10:2000
1:10
A
B
C
D
D
cost
number of calls
number of calls
36. What is the slope of this line?
y
5
4
34. (3 • 10 ) + (7 • 10 ) + (8 • 10 ) + (4 • 10 )
4
3
2
1
3
can also be written as
2
A
B
C
D
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x
1
2
3
4
5
A
–
3
4
B
3
4
C
–
4
3
D
4
3
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37.
A train is traveling at 120 km/hour.
39. Jimmy is driving on the interstate
at s kilometers per hour.
Let d be the distance in kilometers that
the train has traveled after t hours.
The conversion rate between kilometers
and meters is:
The equation for d is d = 120t.
1 km = 1000 m
What are the variables in the
equation d = 120t?
A
B
C
D
d only
d and t
t and 120
120 only
If d is the distance in meters that Jimmy
drives after 1 minute, what is the
correct formula for d?
60 s
1000
s
d=
60
d=
A
B
38. Mary wants to convert a
temperature F in degrees Fahrenheit
into a temperature C in degrees Celsius.
The conversion between Fahrenheit
and Celsius temperatures is:
5
C = ( F – 32)
9
C
d = 60,000s
D
d=
1000 s
60
40. Here is the graph of an equation.
y
4
This conversion is:
A
B
C
D
3
2
an increasing linear relation.
a decreasing linear relation.
a linear relation that does not
increase or increase.
not a linear equation.
1
x
–4
–3
–2
–1
1
2
3
4
–1
–2
–3
–4
If the input into the equation is 3, the
output is a number between:
A
B
C
D
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–4 and –3
–1 and 0
1 and 2
3 and 4
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