Test Prep: Gridded-Response Questions
Strategy: Apply Mathematical Reasoning
Name
Date
Look for relationships in the given text, diagrams,
or tables in a question.
To solve a gridded-response question, try
using the following strategies.
• Underline important words.
• Restate the question.
• Apply appropriate rules, definitions, properties,
or strategies.
• Analyze your answers.
Record your answers on the gridded-response answer sheet. Explain how you used
strategies. Show all your work. TIP: Use all the time you are given.
1. What is the next term in the sequence?
2. What is the eighth term in the sequence?
⫺3, 6, ⫺18, 72, ⫺360. . .
48, 24, 12, 6. . .
ⴚ3(ⴚ2) ⴝ 6; 6(ⴚ3) ⴝ ⴚ18; ⴚ18(ⴚ4) ⴝ 72
72(ⴚ5) ⴝ ⴚ360; ⴚ360(ⴚ6) ⴝ 2160
48 • 0.5 ⴝ 24; 24 • 0.5 ⴝ 12; r ⴝ 0.5
an ⴝ a1 • rnⴚ1; a8 ⴝ 48(0.5)(8ⴚ1) ⴝ 0.375
2160
Answer:
3. How many dots will make up the fifth figure?
4. Use the function table below. What is f (4.8)?
x
f(x)
3, 3 ⴙ 4 ⴝ 7, 7 ⴙ 6 ⴝ 13; 13 ⴙ 8 ⴝ 21
Figure 5: 21 ⴙ 10 ⴝ 31
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Answer:
5. Today, Michelle puts 1 cent in a jug. Tomorrow,
she adds 2 cents. On the next day, she adds
3 cents. If she continues this pattern for
10 more days, how many cents will she have?
Cents in jar for 13 days
1, 1 ⴙ 2 ⴝ 3; 1 ⴙ 2 ⴙ 3 ⴝ 6; 1 ⴙ 2 ⴙ 3 ⴙ 4 ⴝ 10;
13 days: sum of integers from 1 to 13 or 91
91 cents
Answer:
7. Using the table, how many cups of flour are
needed for 28 servings?
servings
4
cups
2
3
6
8
10
1
1
13
2
13
2
Servings ⴜ 6 ⴝ cups; 28 ⴜ 6 ⴝ 4
3
2
4 cups
3
Answer:
0
0.5
0.1
0.8
0.2
1.1
0.3
1.4
0.8 ⴚ 0.5 ⴝ 0.3; 1.1 ⴚ 0.8 ⴝ 0.3; d ⴝ 0.3
f(x) ⴝ 0.5 ⴙ 0.3(x); f(4.8) ⴝ 0.5 ⴙ 0.3(4.8) ⴝ 1.94
31
Answer:
0.375
Answer:
1.94
6. What is the next term in the sequence?
1 3 4 2
Writing the mixed numbers as
5 , 5 , 1 5 , 5 5 . . . fractions greater than 1, examine
the numerators: 1, 3, 9, 27, . . .
27 • 3 81
The next term is:
ⴝ
5
5
81
5
Answer:
8. What is the perimeter of the sixth figure in the
sequence, if p ⫽ 42 for the first figure?
…
Side pattern: 4, 6, 8, 10; sixth figure has 14 sides
s ⴝ 42 ⴜ 4 ⴝ 10.5; P ⴝ 14(10.5) ⴝ 147
Answer:
Test Prep Lesson, page 104.
147
Chapter 4
103