© AVeryGoodTeacher.com 2007 ESL Grade 8 Semester 1Semester 2 Three daily TAKS Problems for Exemplary Ratings 3forE

© AVeryGoodTeacher.com 2007

ESL Grade 8

Semester 1

Semester 2

Three daily TAKS Problems for Exemplary Ratings

3forE


Semester 1Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 9

Week 8

Week 7

1st Semester Answers

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 18

Week 17

Week 16


Week 1Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

ThursdayFriday


Monday 1 Amanda makes four purchases during a day

out shopping. Place the four values (valores) in order from least to greatest (mas pequeño al mas grande).

$78.91, $79.81, $87.19, $89.71


Monday 2• Kelly, John, and Susan bought their friend

Cameron a new watch for his birthday. The total cost of the watch including (incluyendo) tax was $54.96. Kelly paid ¼ of the cost (costo). John paid 30% of the cost and Susan paid $24.73. Who paid the largest part (mayor parte) of the gift?


Monday 3 The area (área) of a square

(cuadrado) is 169 square feet (pies cuadrados). What is the length (longitud) of each side (lado) of the square?


Tuesday 1

A store sells 3 pounds (libras) of dog food for $2.25. What is the price per pound (precio por libra) of dog food?


Tuesday 2

Frankie bought 4 pairs (pares) of jeans for $86.38 including (incluyendo) tax (impuesto). If each pair of jeans cost $19.95, how much tax did he pay?


Tuesday 3 The table (tabla) shows the relationship

between (relación entre) x and y. Which equation best represents this relationship?

x y0 3

1 4

2 5

3 6

A. y = 3x B. y = x – 3C. y = x + 3D. y = x ÷ 3


Wednesday 1Identify (identifica) 3 points in the solution

(solución) of the graph.


Wednesday 2Draw the image (imagen) of a reflection

(reflejo) of this triangle over the x-axis (eje x).


Wednesday 3George leans a 13 foot ladder (escalera) against the side of his house 5 feet away from the base (base) of the wall. What is the maximum height (altura máxima) that George can reach?


Thursday 1On a math quiz Connie answered 7 out of 10 questions correctly. If Connie takes a 30 question test the next day, how many (cuántas) questions can she expect (espera) to answer correctly?


Thursday 2Jordan has a bag of 4 blue marbles (canicas), 6 red marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If he randomly (al azar) draws 2 marbles with replacement (con reemplazo), what is the probability (probabilidad) that both marbles are red?


Thursday 3Describe (describe) the trend (tendencia) represented in the scatter plot (diagrama)

below.


Friday 1A set of parentheses (paréntesis) is missing from the expression below.

2 x 6 + 3 ÷ 6

Place the parentheses in the proper place so that the expression is equivalent (equivalente) to 3.


Friday 2Carl builds tables and chairs. He can build 1 table and 4 chairs in 3 days. If Carl needs to fill an order for 6 tables and 24 chairs, how long (cuanto tiempo) will it take him?


Friday 3A car rental company charges $25 per day to rent a mid-size car plus (más) $0.15 per mile driven over 200 miles. If Gary rented the car for one day an drove 315 miles, how much will he pay?

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