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Three daily TAKS Problems for Exemplary Ratings

• Exit Level
• ESL Grade 11

Updated July 2009
Semester 2
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Semester 2
Weeks 1-2
Weeks 3-4
2nd Semester Answers
Weeks 5-6
Weeks 7-8
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Weeks 1-2
Weeks 1-2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Monday 1
Weeks 1-2
A city water employee is making a table showing
the relationship between (entre) the average (el
promedio) daily temperature and the citys water
usage. Which of the following is the independent
(independiente) quantity?

1. The amount of water used on a very hot day
2. The amount of water used on an average day
3. The average daily temperature
4. The citys water usage for a whole month

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Monday 2
Weeks 1-2
Connie observed and recorded the data shown in
the table (la tabla). Which equation best
represents the data?
X Y
0 2
1 4
2 10
3 20
A. B. C. D.
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Monday 3
Weeks 1-2
Susan wants to calculate the profit (la
ganancia) that she is earning by making earrings
and selling them at her school. She sells each
pair for 5.85 and it costs her 2.15 in supplies
to make each pair. Which equation represents p,
the profit, in terms of e, the number of earrings
she makes and sells?
A. P e(5.85 - 2.15) B. P 5.85e - 2.15 C. P
2.15e 5.85 D. P e(5.85 2.15)
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Tuesday 1
Weeks 1-2

• The slope (la pendiente) of the line
  is changed to and the
  y-intercept (la intersepción del eje y) is
  changed to (0, 3). What do the original line and
  the resulting line have in common?

A. x-intercept (intersepción del eje x) B.
y-intercept (intersepción del eje y) C. slope D.
Same line
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Tuesday 2
Weeks 1-2

• What is the slope (la pendiente) of the line (la
  línea)?

A. -2 B. 2 C. D.
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Tuesday 3
Weeks 1-2

• What are the coordinates (las coordenadas) of the
  x-intercept (la intersepción del eje x)?

A. (-6, 0) B. (-3, 0) C. (0, -3) D. (0, -6)
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Wednesday 1
Weeks 1-2

• The mass of an SUV is . The
  mass of a sedan is . What is
  the combined (combinada) mass of the two vehicles?

A. B. C. D.
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Wednesday 2
Weeks 1-2

• How does the graph of compare to
  the graph of ?

A. y x² 3 is wider B. y x² 3 is 3 units
higher C. y x² 3 is .5 units lower D. y
x² 3 is more narrow
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Wednesday 3
Weeks 1-2

• The graph (la gráfica) of y .5x² - 3 is
  shown. What is the equation of the function if
  it is translated (trasladada) up 5 units?

A. y .5x² 5 B. y 5x² - 3 C. y .5x² 2 D.
y 3.5x² - 3
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Thursday 1
Weeks 1-2

• Which net (red) represents the 3-dimension
  figure shown?

A.
B.
D.
C.
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Thursday 2
Weeks 1-2

• What is the approximate distance (distancia)
  between the points (-8, 3) and (9, -6)?

A. 3.16 B. 19.24 C. 17.26 D. 9.05
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Thursday 3
Weeks 1-2

• Triangle ABC is right. If the equation of the
  line (la línea) containing AC is
  what is the equation of the line containing BC?

A. B. C. D.
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Friday 1
Weeks 1-2

• The volleyball team won 6 of their last 8
  games. If they play 32 games in the whole
  season, how many can they be expected to win?

A. 43 B. 30 C. 24 D. 14
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Friday 2
Weeks 1-2

• The table below shows the results of a survey
  concerning students preferred method of
  learning. Which circle graph represents the
  information in the table.

Learning Method Number of Students
Visual 57
Auditory 19
Tactile 26
Kinesthetic 18
A.
B.
D.
C.
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Friday 3
Weeks 1-2

• The football team had a record of 82 (wins to
  losses). What percentage (porcentaje) of the
  games did they lose?

A. 400 B. 80 C. 25 D. 20
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Weeks 3-4
Weeks 3-4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Monday 1
Weeks 3-4
If a represents Speedy the turtles average
speed (la velocidad promedia), and t represents
the length of time (el tiempo que hace) he
crawls, write a function for the distance (la
distancia) that Speedy covers.
A. d 5t B. d 5a C. D. d at
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Monday 2
Weeks 3-4
Simplify (simplifica).
A. B. C. D.
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Monday 3
Weeks 3-4
What is the domain (el domino) of the
function graphed below?
A. B. C. D.
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Tuesday 1
Weeks 3-4

• Mitch is renting a car for a weekend trip.
  Company 1 rents cars for 35 a day plus 0.20 per
  mile. Company 2 rents cars for 40 a day plus
  0.10 per mile. How many miles will Mitch have
  to drive in one day in order for the cost of
  Company 2 to be less than (menos que) Company 1?

• 25 miles B. 50 miles
• C. 75 miles D. 100 miles

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Tuesday 2
Weeks 3-4

• A rectangle has width (anchura) x, length y,
  and a perimeter of 24 inches. If one leg (un
  lado), y, is 4 inches shorter (más corto) than
  the other, which system of equations (sistema de
  ecuaciones) can be used to find the length of
  each side?

• 2x 2y 24 B. 2x 2y 24
• y x 4 y x 4
• C. 2x 2y 24 D. 2x 2y 24
• y x 4 y x 4

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Tuesday 3
Weeks 3-4

• Veronica wants to change her phone company.
  Company A charges 32 per month plus 0.05 for
  each text message she sends. Company B charges
  27 per month plus 0.10 for each text message
  she sends. How many text messages must Veronica
  send in order for the cost of each plan to be
  equal (igual)?

A. 50 messages B. 75 messages C. 100 messages D.
125 messages
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Wednesday 1
Weeks 3-4

• The triangular prism (el prisma triangular)
  shown below has a base that is an isosceles
  triangle (un triángulo isósceles). What is the
  area of the diagonal rectangular portion of the
  prism?

a
A. B. C. D.
a
a
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Wednesday 2
Weeks 3-4

• The first three stages of a fractal are shown
  below. If the pattern continues, how many
  (cuántos) shaded squares (cuadrados sombreados)
  will the 5th stage contain?

A. 81 B. 243 C. 729 D. 4096
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Wednesday 3
Weeks 3-4

• Mrs. Horton has a piece of paper shaped like
  an equilateral triangle (triángulo equilátero)
  that measures 15 cm on each side. What is the
  length of the diagonal shown?

A. B. C. D.
X
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Thursday 1
Weeks 3-4

• The diagram below shows a simple lever on a
  childs toy when it is turned 30º. What is the
  arc length (la medida del arco) of the path
  traveled by the end of the lever?

A. 7.32 cm B. 3.66 cm C. 13.12 cm D. 7 cm
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Thursday 2
Weeks 3-4

• Triangle (triángulo) ABC is isosceles. If BC
  6 cm, what is the length of AD?

A. 3.75 cm B. 4 cm C. 4.33 cm D. 8.7 cm
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Thursday 3
Weeks 3-4

• Julia has a cube (un cubo) with height (altura)
  4 inches and volume (volumen) of 64 in². If the
  height is doubled (se dobla la altura), how will
  the volume be changed?

A. The volume will be 8 times as large B. The
volume will quadruple C. The volume will be
halved D. The volume will double
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Friday 1
Weeks 3-4

• If a b c and d e, which of the following
  must be true (verdadero)?

1. a b d c e
2. a b d c e
3. a b d c e
4. a b c d e

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Friday 2
Weeks 3-4

• In Mrs. Hortons Algebra 2 class 60 of your
  grade is made up from homework and 40 from
  tests. If Shantels homework average (promedio)
  is a 95 and her first 2 test grades were 78 and
  85, what must she make on the third test in order
  to have an A for the grading period?

A. 85 B. 88 C. 92 D. 107
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Friday 3
Weeks 3-4

• The formula below is used to calculate grade
  averages. If A.3, B.5 and C.2, what is the
  value (el valor) of D?

90A 85B 70C D
A. 27 B. 83.5 C. 42.5 D. 69.5
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Weeks 5-6
Weeks 5-6
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Monday 1
Weeks 5-6
Use the data in the table (la tabla) to
predict (predecir) the number of hummingbirds
present at the Ranch Preserve in the month of
October.
Month Number of Hummingbirds
March 23
April 33
May 43
June 63
July 53
A. 0 B. -8 C. 33 D. 73
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Monday 2
Weeks 5-6
Susan eats three-fourths of Julies cookies.
Which expression in terms of c, cookies,
represents how much of Julies cookies were left?
A. B. C. D.
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Monday 3
Weeks 5-6
The total amount charged c to rent ski boats s
from Robins ski boat rental for one day is given
by the equation . In
this relation, identify the independent
(independiente) variable.
A. c B. s C. 150 D. 25
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Tuesday 1
Weeks 5-6

• How does the graph (la gráfica) of
  
• compare to the graph of ?

A. The lines are parallel B. The lines are
perpendicular C. Same y intercept D. Same slope
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Tuesday 2
Weeks 5-6

• What is the y-intercept (la intersepción del
  eje y) of the linear function (la función lineal)
  described below?

X Y
-9 11
-7 7
-5 3
-3 -1
A. (0, -3.5) B. (-3.5, 0) C. (-7, 0) D. (0, -7)
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Tuesday 3
Weeks 5-6

• Burt works as a plummer. He charges a base
  fee plus an hourly rate (un tasa por hora). The
  table below shows the relationship between h, the
  number of hours he works, and c, the total charge
  for each job. If Burt decides to keep the same
  hourly rate, but increase the base fee by 10,
  how much will he make for working 4 hours?

h C
1 37
2 49
4 73
6 97
A. 152 B. 83 C. 122 D. 73
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Wednesday 1
Weeks 5-6

• What is the vertex (el vértice) of the graph
  (la gráfica) of the equation

A. (0, 5) B. (2, 9) C. (0, -5) D. (5, 0)
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Wednesday 2
Weeks 5-6

• How does the graph of differ
  from the graph of ?

A. The graph of is wider and opens
down B. The graph of is more narrow
and opens down C. The graph of is
wider and opens up D. The graph of is
more narrow and opens up
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Wednesday 3
Weeks 5-6

• Joey threw a ball and the table below shows
  the height of the ball as a function of time. At
  what times was the ball 9 feet above the ground?

Time (sec) Height (feet)
0 0
.5 5
1.5 10
2.5 5
3 0
A. Between 0 and .5 seconds B. Between 2.5 and 3
seconds C. between .5 and 1.5 seconds D. Between
2.5 and 2.7 seconds
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Thursday 1
Weeks 5-6

• Which expression could not be used to find the
  length of segment (segmento) NP?

A. NO OP B. MO OP - MN C. MN OP D. MP - MN
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Thursday 2
Weeks 5-6

• How many (cuántas) faces (caras), edges
  (bordes), and vertices does the figure shown have?

A. 10 faces, 18 edges, 10 vertices B. 7 faces,
17 edges, 10 vertices C. 10 faces, 13 edges, 10
vertices D. 9 faces, 13 edges, 10 vertices
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Thursday 3
Weeks 5-6

• Which drawing shows the top view (la vista de
  arriba) of the structure including the number of
  cubes (cubos) in each stack?

A.
B.
C.
D.
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Friday 1
Weeks 5-6

• Felix has won 3 and lost 7 basketball games
  against his brother. How many (cuántos) games
  must Felix play in order to win 9 games?

A. 21 B. 27 C. 30 D. 42
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Friday 2
Weeks 5-6

• Leticia has 135,000 hairs on her head. She
  learns that she loses about 76 hairs every 12
  hours. If she grows no new hair, how many
  (cuántos) hairs will she have after 90 days?

A. 52,920 B. 121,320 C. 128,161 D. 107,640
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Friday 3
Weeks 5-6

• Sara counts the paying customers in her store
  to determine when her store is most profitable.
  Which proportion could she use to determine how
  many degrees (grados) of a circle graph (una
  gráfica circular) of the data (la información )
  would be used for her most profitable hours?

• A.
• B.

Time of Customers
9 am 11am 3
11am 1pm 12
1pm 3 pm 9
3pm 5pm 10
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Weeks 7-8
Weeks 7-8
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Monday 1
Weeks 7-8

• Julie wants to determine the amount of paint
  it will take to paint a room in her house. She
  examines the relationship between the number of
  gallons of paint and the area of wall space she
  can cover. Identify the independent
  (independiente) variable in this situation.

A. The amount of paint she bought B. The area of
wall space she can cover C. Number of gallons of
paint D. The number of rooms she needs to paint
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Monday 2
Weeks 7-8

• Simplify (simplifica).

A. B. C. D.
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Monday 3
Weeks 7-8

• Jesse is measuring his distance from home as
  he travels on summer vacation. How far will he
  be from home on the tenth day?

A. 600 miles B. 900 miles C. 1200 miles D. 1500
miles
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Tuesday 1
Weeks 7-8

• Geezer is framing a picture of his grandson
  and must choose between two framing shops. Shop
  1 charges 150 plus 2 for each square inch of
  the picture. Shop 2 charges 125 plus 3 for
  each square inch of the picture. How many
  (cuántas) square inches must Geezer get framed in
  order to make the cost of both shops equal
  (igual)?

A. 20 in B. 20 in² C. 25 in D. 25 in²
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Tuesday 2
Weeks 7-8

• Jenny wants to spend no more than 350 on her
  teeth. Fillings cost 35 each and whitening
  costs 45 for each tooth. Which inequality
  represents this situation?

A. B. C. D.
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Tuesday 3
Weeks 7-8

• If (2, y) is a solution to the equation
• what is the value (el
  valor) of y?

A. B. 6 C. 3 D.
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Wednesday 1
Weeks 7-8

• The diagonal of a picture frame is 12 inches.
  If the picture frame is a square (un cuadrado),
  how long is each side?

A. 12 inches B. 6 inches C. inches D.
inches
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Wednesday 2
Weeks 7-8

• The regular hexagon below shows the position
  of a dial. If the nob is turned 60º clockwise
  (al sentido de las agujas del reloj) and then
  120º counter clockwise (al sentido opuesto de las
  agujas del
• reloj ), what is the ending position of the
  nob?

A. H B. I C. D D. E
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Wednesday 3
Weeks 7-8

• If the perimeter of the square (el cuadrado)
  shown is 54 inches, which of the following is
  closest to the area (la área) of the square?

A. 26 in² B. 182 in² C. 169 in² D. 2916 in²
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Thursday 1
Weeks 7-8

• According to the information in the drawing,
  what is the approximate height of the tree?

A. 31.1 ft B. 28 ft C. 28.4 ft D. 27.7 ft
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Thursday 2
Weeks 7-8

• Which of the following could represent the
  side lengths (la medida de los lados) of a right
  triangle (un triángulo recto)?

1. 2.5, 5, 4.3
2. 1.2, 2, 1.6
3. 5, 3.4, 3.8
4. 4.9, 6.4, 8

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Thursday 3
Weeks 7-8

• Celeste is making a rain rattle out of
  cylindrical tubing that has a diameter (un
  diámetro) of 2 inches. Her current rattle has a
  height (una altura) of 5 inches. If she triples
  the height of the rain rattle, how will the
  volume (el volumen) change?

A. The volume will be nine times larger B. The
volume will be six times larger C. The volume
will triple D. The volume will remain the same
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Friday 1
Weeks 7-8

• According to the information in the graph,
  what combination (combinación) of items would be
  make up 3/4 of the budget?

A. Rent, Electricity, Savings, Entertainment,
Food, Clothing, Water B. Rent, Electricity,
Savings, Entertainment, Food, Clothing C. Rent,
Water, Clothing, Car Payment, Food D. Water,
Clothing, Car Payment, Food, Entertainment,
Savings, Electricity
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Friday 2
Weeks 7-8

• Frank is riding his scooter from home to the
  grocery store. He passes a pond and a park
  before arriving at school. His house is 1.2
  miles from the park. The pond is .4 miles from
  park and 2.6 miles from the grocery store. How
  long is Franks trip to the store and back home?

A. 3.4 miles B. 6.8 miles C. 4.2 miles D. 8.4
miles
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Friday 3
Weeks 7-8

• Collin purchased a dozen (una docena) donuts
  for himself, Shane, and Kyle. If Shane ate half
  as many donuts as Collin and Kyle ate four more
  than Shane. How many donuts did Collin eat?

A. 4 B. 2 C. 6 D. 8
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Semester 2 Answers