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Mathematics, Grade 8
Test Sessions
The grade 8 Mathematics test included two separate test sessions. Each session included multiplechoice, short-answer, and open-response questions. Approximately half of the common test items are
shown on the following pages as they appeared in test booklets.
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Grade 8 Mathematics
Session 1
You may use your reference sheet and MCAS ruler during this session.
You may not use a calculator during this session.
DIRECTIONS
This session contains eight multiple-choice questions, two short-answer questions, and one
open-response question. Mark your answers to these questions in the spaces provided in your
Student Answer Booklet.
ID:296756 B Common
26
22
A. 8
B. 16
C. 256
D. 4096
B.
F
C.
F
D.
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Mathematics
Session 1
ID:297514 A Common
ID:296751 D Common
A. 4 inches
B. 8 inches
A. (2,2)
C. 21 inches
B. (4,10)
D. 32 inches
C. (10,2)
D. (20,7)
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2y
8y
6
4
Mathematics
Session 1
Juan purchased one binder for $3.50 and f folders for $1.25 each. The total cost, C, in dollars,
of Juans purchase is represented by the equation below.
C
1.25 f
Which of the following graphs represents C, the total cost of Juans purchase if he buys
different numbers of folders?
A.
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4
Number of Folders
Juans Purchase
Juans Purchase
Total Cost (in dollars)
D.
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4
Number of Folders
B.
Juans Purchase
C.
Juans Purchase
3.50
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4
Number of Folders
1 2 3 4
Number of Folders
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Mathematics
Session 1
Question 6 is a short-answer question. Write your answer to this question in the box provided in your
Student Answer Booklet. Do not write your answer in this test booklet. You may do your figuring in
the test booklet.
ID:296085 Common
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Mathematics
Session 1
Mark your answer to multiple-choice question 7 in the space provided in your Student Answer
Booklet. Do not write your answer in this test booklet. You may do your figuring in the test booklet.
ID:304573 D Common
What is 4
notation?
A. 0.0000000004
B. 0.000000004
C. 400,000,000
D. 4,000,000,000
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Mathematics
Session 1
Question 8 is a short-answer question. Write your answer to this question in the box provided in your
Student Answer Booklet. Do not write your answer in this test booklet. You may do your figuring in
the test booklet.
ID:253790 CMH085_intersecting_lines Common
Triangle PQR, triangle RST, and two angle measures are shown below.
Q
70
60
P
S
R
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Mathematics
Session 1
Mark your answers to multiple-choice questions 9 and 10 in the spaces provided in your Student
Answer Booklet. Do not write your answers in this test booklet. You may do your figuring in the test
booklet.
ID:304577 D Common
ID:283272 A Common
10
3x 2
B. y
C. y
D. y
1
2
25
6
x
x
x
6
3
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A.
67
B.
48
C.
24
D.
32
23
Mathematics
Session 1
A principal surveyed 75 seventh-grade and eighth-grade students. She asked them if they
prefer to obtain the news from the Internet or to obtain the news from television. She
created a table to display the data, as shown below.
News Preference
Students
11
Internet
Television
Seventh Grade
16
34
Eighth Grade
10
15
a. How many seventh-grade students responded to the survey? Show or explain how you got
your answer.
b. What is the relative frequency of seventh-grade students who prefer to obtain the news
from the Internet to all the seventh-grade students surveyed? Show or explain how you
got your answer.
c. What is the relative frequency of eighth-grade students who prefer to obtain the news
from the Internet to all the eighth-grade students surveyed? Show or explain how you
got your answer.
d. Is there evidence in the principals survey that eighth-grade students prefer to obtain the
news from the Internet more than seventh-grade students do? Explain your reasoning.
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Grade 8 Mathematics
Session 2
You may use your reference sheet and MCAS ruler during this session.
You may use a calculator during this session.
DIRECTIONS
This session contains eight multiple-choice questions, one short-answer question, and one
open-response question. Mark your answers to these questions in the spaces provided in your
Student Answer Booklet.
ID:298200 C Common
12
13
Temperature (F)
Heating Experiment
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
B. 6 ounces
C. 6.5 ounces
5m
C. 10 m
D.
10 m
9 10
Minutes
D. 13.5 ounces
40
40
40
40
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Mathematics
Session 2
14
15
2 feet
4 feet
4 feet
90
80
70
60
(5, 60)
50
40
30
20
10
0
9 10
C. 3.5 feet
D. 2.4 feet
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Mathematics
Session 2
ID:297521 A Common
16
3k
Distance from
Home
y
Distance from
Home
Time
Distance from
Home
Time
y
Distance from
Home
D.
k)
Time
B.
A.
C.
17
Time
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Mathematics
Session 2
18
B.
C.
D.
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Mathematics
Session 2
Question 19 is a short-answer question. Write your answer to this question in the box provided in
your Student Answer Booklet. Do not write your answer in this test booklet. You may do your figuring
in the test booklet.
ID:301703 WTJ032tableremove.eps Common
19
The table below shows a relationship between x and y that is not a function.
x
3
4
5
5
6
10
11
y
6
6
7
8
10
9
11
Write one ordered pair that can be removed from the table to make the relationship
between x and y a function.
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Mathematics
Session 2
20
Q
P
R
S
T
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Mathematics
Session 2
Mark your answer to multiple-choice question 21 in the space provided in your Student Answer
Booklet. Do not write your answer in this test booklet. You may do your figuring in the test booklet.
ID:297518 CMC207_salad.eps D Common
21
Salad Cost
10
8
6
4
2
0
(0.5, 2)
0.5
1.5
2.5
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VOLUME FORMULAS
PERIMETER FORMULAS
square . . . . . . . . . . . P
rectangle. . . . . . . . . P
P
triangle . . . . . . . . . . P
rectangular prism . . . . . . V
4s
2b
OR
V Bh
(B = area of a base)
2h
OR
2l 2w
a
lwh
s3
cube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V
(s length of an edge)
r2 h
cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . V
AREA FORMULAS
sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . V
square . . . . . . . . . . . A
s2
rectangle. . . . . . . . . A
bh
CIRCLE FORMULAS
OR
A lw
parallelogram . . . . . A
bh
triangle . . . . . . . . . . A
1
bh
2
trapezoid. . . . . . . . . A
1
h ( b1
2
circle. . . . . . . . . . . . A
4
3
2 r
OR
b2)
r2
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM
r2
2 ( lw )
2 ( hw )
cylinder . . . . . . . . . SA
2 r2
2 rh
sphere . . . . . . . . . . . SA
4 r2
a
2 ( lh )
b
a2
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b2
c2
r3
Grade 8 Mathematics
Spring 2014 Released Items:
Reporting Categories, Standards, and Correct Answers*
Standard
Correct Answer
(MC/SA)*
EE.1
Geometry
G.2
221
EE.2
221
EE.8
222
Functions
F.4
223
NS.2
224
EE.4
225
Geometry
G.5
50 or 50
226
Functions
F.3
10
226
EE.2
11
227
SP.4
12
228
Functions
F.4
13
228
EE.8
14
229
Geometry
G.7
15
229
Functions
F.4
16
230
Functions
17
230
18
231
19
Item No.
Page No.
220
220
Reporting Category
, 5,
F.5
EE.7
Functions
F.3
232
Functions
F.1
(5, 7) or (5, 8)
20
233
Geometry
G.3
21
234
EE.5
*Answers are provided here for multiple-choice and short-answer items only. Sample responses and scoring guidelines for
open-response items, which are indicated by the shaded cells, will be posted to the Departments website later this year.
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Grade 8 Mathematics
Spring 2014 Unreleased Common Items:
Reporting Categories and Standards
Item No.
Reporting Category
Standard
22
NS.2
23
Geometry
G.5
24
EE.6
25
EE.3
26
EE.7
27
EE.5
28
Functions
29
EE.8
30
Geometry
G.5
31
NS.2
32
Geometry
G.9
33
Functions
F.1
34
Geometry
G.9
35
Geometry
G.4
36
SP.1
37
SP.3
38
Geometry
G.7
39
Geometry
G.7
40
Geometry
G.4
41
Geometry
G.5
42
Functions
F.4
F.4
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