Pre-Assesment Mathematics for Elementary Educators III

A food company is testing new cookie recipes and would like feedback from consumers to determine which, if any, of the new cookies to market nationwide.If A, B, and C represent the new cookie recipes, what is a fair question to ask? 1-Would you buy one of these cookies, and if so, which one? 2-Do you think Cookie A is too dry? 3-Would you agree that Cookie B smells better than Cookie C? 4-Which of these brand new, innovative recipes should replace the old recipe that has been in use for decades?

1-Would you buy one of these cookies, and if so, which one?

What is the distance between centers of two circles given the centers are (5, −4) and (−4, 2)?Round to the nearest tenth. 10.8 6.1 5.8 1.7

10.8

A park ranger has a flag pole that is 12 ft tall. Every winter the ranger decorates the flag pole with two strands of lights that are 18 ft long. The ranger attaches one end of each strand to the top of the pole and stakes the other ends to the ground all around the flag pole, creating a tree-like structure of lights. How far from the base of the flag pole does the park ranger need to stake the strands of lights in the ground? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot. 12.8 ft 13.4 ft 13.8 ft 14.2 ft

13.4 ft

Each grid space in the figure below is 2 units in length: Using the Pythagorean Theorem, find the length of the line segment above .Round your answer to the nearest tenth. 7.2 12.2 14.4 20

14.4

Given the exterior angles in the triangle below, what is the measure of angle x? 85° 125° 145° 215°

145°

12 o 14' 13" − 3 o 27' 09"What is the solution in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds? 15 o 51' 22" 8 o 47' 04" 2 o 27' 04" 9 o 30' 14"

15 o 51' 22"

What is the estimated area of this figure? 10.5 sq. units 15.5 sq. units 19.0 sq. units 17.5 sq. units

15.5 sq. units

Refer to the image. What is the height of the tree? 45 m 40.5 m 20 m 18 m

20 m

What is the arc length in terms of pi? 23 π 6.4 π 3.2 π .64 π

23 π

A shopper is visiting an outdoor market and finds a rug to buy. The shopper does not have a measuring tape to measure the rug. Instead, the shopper takes steps across the rug to determine the dimensions. The shopper's shoes are approximately 12 inches long. The steps are shown below superimposed in blue. What is the estimated area of the rug? 27 ft 2 45 ft 2 52 ft 2 60 ft 2

27 ft 2

What is the area of the shape? Round answers to the nearest tenth. 34.5 cm 2 42.0 cm 2 46.0 cm 2 48.5 cm 2

42.0 cm 2

A traffic officer uses radar to patrol speeding on a highway.The officer records the following speeds in miles per hour:58, 67, 63, 59, 53, 51, 65, 52, 54, 56, 55, 59 What is the median observed speed? 54 mph 57 mph 58 mph 59 mph

57 mph

Two sides of a triangle measure 12 units and 5 units in length.Which number represents the length of the third side of the triangle? 5 units 7 units 8 units 18 units

8 Units

The mean shoe size of the players on a high school basketball team is 11.5.Which data could potentially represent the shoe sizes of the basketball players? 9, 11.5, 12.5, 14, 10.5 9, 10.5, 10.5, 12, 14 10, 11.5, 10.5, 13, 12 11, 9.5, 12, 13.5, 10.5

9, 11.5, 12.5, 14, 10.5

A person wants to paint an accent wall in a bedroom with a cathedral ceiling. Before painting, the person needs to know the area of the wall.The diagram below shows the dimensions of the wall: What is the area of the wall? 91 ft 2 147 ft 2 164 ft 2 182 ft 2

91 ft 2

The table below represents the number of wins per season by a professional baseball team between 1963 and 2012. What is the most frequent number of games won in a season? 54 85 95 99

95

Which sampling method provides a random sample to determine the average number of pets per family in a particular area? Asking every 10th person entering a local grocery store Asking every 10th person entering a local pet storeAsking every 10th student entering the local high school Asking every 10th person entering a local apartment complex

Asking every 10th person entering a local grocery store

Which of the solids above can intersect a horizontal plane in the form of a rectangle? Match each polygon to the right shape.

C A B

Refer to the equation of a circle.(x−4) 2+y 2=40Find the coordinates of the center and the radius in simplest form. Center (4,0); radius 2√ 10 Center (0,4); radius 2√ 10 Center (-4,0); radius √ 40 Center (-4,0); radius 2√ 10

Center (4,0); radius 2√ 10

Which two of the following capital letters have two or more lines of symmetry? Choose 2 answers: H I M T B

H I

Which two terms describe right triangles? Choose 2 answers Isosceles Equilateral Scalene Obtuse Rhombus

Isosceles Scalene

Which transformation takes the figure back to itself? Reflection about a horizontal line Reflection about a vertical line Half-turn 90° rotation

Reflection about a horizontal line

The United States takes a census every 10 years to determine the population.The double-bar graph below shows the populations for each of the New England states in 2000 and 2010: Which state had the smallest population change between 2000 and 2010? Rhode Island Vermont Connecticut Maine

Rhode Island

When conducting a survey, which survey would yield the most random results? Survey 100 dentists about a new toothpaste Survey 250 athletes about steroid use Survey every 10 th person at a mall entrance regarding their eating habits Survey every 20 th person at the check-out counter in a book store about their taste in non-fiction books

Survey every 10 th person at a mall entrance regarding their eating habits.

Which triangle is congruent to the given triangle? (Figures are not drawn to scale.)

The first one shown

The graph below shows Δ ABC: Δ ABC goes through the following sequence of transformations:1) a translation determined by the slide arrow A(0,0) to A´(-1,3)2) a half-turn about point A.Which image shows Δ ABC after it undergoes these transformations?

The first one.

A researcher asks 50 people the average number of hours of sleep they get each night.The scatter plot below shows the researcher's results: Based on these data, which statement is true? There is a negative association between age and the amount of time spent sleeping. There is a positive association between age and the amount of time spent sleeping. There is no association between age and the amount of time spent sleeping. There is not enough data available to determine if there is an association.

There is a negative association between age and the amount of time spent sleeping.

A survey is performed to determine which fast food restaurant people enjoy the most.The table below displays the results of this survey: RestaurantNumber of votesA54B48C62D51E49 Which graph displays the results of the survey in a manner that is not misleading?

This graph

Which type of transformation is shown below from Triangle XYZ to Triangle X'Y'Z'? Rotation Translation Reflection Glide reflection

Translation