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PreAlgebra Placement Test2

The document provides a placement test for 4th through 8th grade students. It contains 57 multiple choice and short answer math problems testing skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percentages, word problems, geometry, measurement, and more. The answer key at the end provides the correct response for each question to help determine what level course is appropriate for a student based on their performance.

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PreAlgebra Placement Test2

The document provides a placement test for 4th through 8th grade students. It contains 57 multiple choice and short answer math problems testing skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percentages, word problems, geometry, measurement, and more. The answer key at the end provides the correct response for each question to help determine what level course is appropriate for a student based on their performance.

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Placement Test for 4th-8th Grade

Read First: Instructions for Placement Test 4th - 8th Grade

1. Mae-Ying bought a package of paper priced at $1.98 and 2 pens priced at $0.49 each. The
tax on the entire purchase was 18¢. What was the total cost of the items?

2. Seventy-five beans were equally divided into five pots. How many beans were in each pot?

3. Robo could run 7 miles in 1 hour. At that rate, how many miles could Robo run in 3 hours?

4. At 11:45 A.M. Jason glanced at the clock. His doctor’s appointment was in 2 __12 hours. At
what time was his appointment?

5. Find the sixth number in this counting sequence: 7, 14, 21, . . .

6. Write the number of shaded rectangles shown as a mixed number.

7. Twenty-five percent of this square is shaded.


What percent of the square is not shaded?

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8. What is the perimeter of this rectangle?  IN

9. A square has one side that is 7 inches long. What is the area of the square?

10. To what number is the arrow pointing?


  

11. 4.2 + 3.5 + 0.25 + 4.0

12. 460 13. 6)3795


× 9

14. 6 × 4 × 10 15. $4.86


+ $2.95
Find each missing number for 16–17:
16. z 17. 67
+ 179 − B
496 16
18. Use digits to write the number three hundred forty-three.

19. Which digit in 6.125 is in the hundredths place?

2 3 4

20. What is the length of ST?


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21. In 2 hours the 3 boys picked a total of 1347 cherries. If they share the cherries evenly, then
each boy will get how many cherries?

22. After paying $7.50 for a movie ticket, Salvador still had $3.75. How much money did
Salvador have before paying for a ticket?

23. When three new members joined the club, the number of members increased to 28. How
many members were in the club before the new members arrived?

1 of her dad’s age. If her dad is 36 years old, how old is Adriana?
24. Adriana’s age is __
3

25. Estimate the sum of 672 and 830 by rounding to the nearest hundred before adding.

26. Use digits to write eight hundred eighteen thousand, eighty.

27. $2.54 28. 7 × 8 × 10


5.36
+ 0.75

29. 4287 30. 3647 ÷ 6


× 5

31. 41,026 32. 30m = 6000 Find m.


− 39,543

33. $10 − ($5.80 + 28¢) 34. 1 _3


_ + 1 _3_
4 4

35. ___ ■
7 = ____ 36. Half of 100 is 50, and half of 50 is 25.
25 100
What number is half of 25?

37. A stop sign is the shape of an octagon. An octagon has how many sides?

38. What are the next three terms in this counting sequence?
. . ., 2700, 2800, 2900, ____, ____, ____, . . .

39. This rectangle is half as wide as it is long.


What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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40. The length of segment AC is 78 millimeters. If BC is 29 millimeters, then what is the length
of segment AB? ! " #

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41. Which digit is in the hundred-thousands place in the number 987,654,321?

42. Write the number twenty-one and five hundredths.

43. In an auditorium there are 25 rows with 18 chairs in each row. How many chairs are in the
auditorium?

44. The average pumpkin weighs 6 pounds. The prize-winning pumpkin weighs 324 pounds.
The prize-winning pumpkin weighs as much as how many average pumpkins?

45. What is the total price of a $45.79 item when 7% sales tax is added?

46. How many quarter-pound hamburgers can be made from 100 pounds of ground beef?

47. There were 13 original states. There are now 50 states. What fraction of the states are the
original states?

_ · _3_
48. _8
3 1 49. 3.7 × 0.25

50. 5)0.8 51. 2 _12_ + 1 _16_


___ __
52. _34_ ÷ 1 _12_ 53. 23 + √ 25 × 3 − 42 ÷ √ 4

54. What is the average of 4.2, 2.61, and 3.6?

55. The area of a square is 64 cm2. What is the perimeter of the square?

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56. What is the area of this polygon?
M

57. 26.9 + 12 + w = 49.25 Find w.

58. If d = rt, and if r = 60 and t = 4, what does d equal?

Complete the table for 59–60.

Fraction Decimal Percent


5
__
59. 8
0.625

60. 1.25 125%

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Answer Key
To determine course placement, see this: Placement Guide 4-8th Grade

1. $3.14 31. 1483 59. 62.5%


2. 15 beans 32. 200 60. 1 _1_
4
3. 21 miles 33. $3.92
4. 2:15 P.M. 34. 3 _12_
5. 42 35. 28
6. 3 _16_ 36. 12 _12_
7. 75% 37. 8 sides
8. 20 in. 38. 3000, 3100,
3200
9. 49 sq. in.
39. 12 cm
10. 286
40. 49 mm
11. 11.95
41. 6
12. 4140
42. 21.05
13. 632 R3
43. 450 chairs
14. 240
44. 54 average
15. $7.81
pumpkins
16. 317
45. $49.00
17. 51
46. 400 hamburgers
18. 343 13
47. __
50
19. 2
48. 8
20. 5 cm
49. 0.925
21. 449 cherries
50. 0.16
22. $11.25
51. 3 _23_
23. 25 members
52. _12_
24. 12 years old
53. 15
25. 1500
54. 3.47
26. $818,080
55. 32 cm
27. $8.65
56. 138 m2
28. 560
57. 10.35
29. 21,435
58. 240
30. 607 R5
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