What you need for a diploma

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What you need for a diploma
MATH WASL GAME
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Measurement for 100

• Bruce drank 12 ounces of milk from a milk
  pitcher that contained 84 ounces of milk. How
  many quarts of milk remained in the pitcher after
  Bruce finished drinking?
• 2
• 2.25
• 4
• 4.50

Answer B
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Measurement for 200
Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones both travel 18,000 miles
per year in their respective automobiles. Mr.
Smiths automobile averages 30 miles per gallon.
Mr. Jones automobile averages 25 miles per
gallon. How many fewer gallons of gasoline does
Mr. Smiths automobile use per year?
A 60 B 120 C 600 D 720
Answer B
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Measurement for 300

• Which of the following shows the number in order
  form smallest to largest?
• 3.1x103 4.8x10-2 2.9x103 6.3x10-2
• 6.3x10-2 4.8x10-2 2.9x10-3 3.1x103
• 2.9x103 3.1x103 4.8x10-2 6.3x10-2
• 4.8x10-2 6.3x10-2 2.9x102 3.1x103

Answer D
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Measurement for 400
Mr. and Mrs. Smiths yard measures 40 ft by 20
ft. Their garden in this yard measures 20 ft by
4 ft.
By how many square feet will the grass area
decrease if the Smiths increase the garden by 2
feet?
A 20 sq ft B 40 sq ft C 45 sq ft D 65 sq ft
Answer B
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Measurement for 500
Jermain drew the figure below. Line ED is half
the length of line AE. What is the length of line
BE?

• 24 cm
• 36 cm
• 40 cm
• 50 cm

Answer C
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Probability for 100
George is in the sports section of the school
library. There are 5 books on a shelf in front
of George. Two of the five books are about
baseball. Two books are about football, and one
is about tennis. George selects two of the 5
books at the same time without looking. What is
the probability that George will select on book
about baseball and one book about football? A
0.20 B 0.40 C 0.50 D 0.60
Answer A
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Probability for 200
Midori earned the following scores on her first
10 math tests. 71 85 84 86 89
77 80 91 84 88 Which of the
following measures of central tendency will be
affected if Midori earns a score of 65 on her
next test?
A median only B mean and median only C mean,
median, and range D mean, median, mode, and range
Answer C
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Probability for 300
A hat contains 5 red marbles, 4 white marbles,
and 3 blue ones. If you reach into the hat and
remove one marble without looking, what is the
probability that the marble will be white? A
1/3 B 4/4 C 4/8 D 8/12
Answer A
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Probability for 400
Oliver made the two spinner shown below. Each
have congruent sectors numbered 1 through 8.
Oliver spins both spinners at the same time.
What is the probability that the sum of the
numbers that result from Olivers spins is 13,
14, 15, or 16? Choose the answer and explain
your choice.
A 6/64 B 15/64 C 10/64 D 28/64
Answer C
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Probability for 500
Emily designed a game of chance. She played the
game 40 different times the first day and won 15
of them. She played the game 60 different times
the second day, winning 36. The last day, she
played the game 24 different times and won 11.
Based on these results, what would be the
probability of winning this game if you were to
play it? A 47 B 50 C 62 D 124
Answer B
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Algebraic Sense for 100
Franklin High School celebrated a big football
victory by throwing a party. After the party,
some students collected all the empty cans of
soda pop. The students collected 40 more 10 cent
deposit cans than 5 cent cans. Which expression
represents the monetary value of all the empty
soda pop cans collected by the students? A 0.05(
n40)0.10n B 0.05n0.10(n35) C 0.05n0.01n40
D 0.05n0.10(n40)
Answer D
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Algebraic Sense for 200
A local video store offers two pricing plans to
its customers, as shown in the chart. How many
movies would you need to rent in order to make
Plan 2 a better deal than Plan 1? Explain your
answer.
Answer 3x2x 30 x30 tapes
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Algebra for 300
Name three points of the function with the
equation written below. Then graph the function.
Explain why you graphed the function the way you
did. Y1/8x2 4
Answer parabola starting at (0, 4)
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Algebraic Sense for 400
Which expression below is equivalent to 5x2
3x-7-x(4-x)? A 6x2 - x - 7 B 5x2 x -
7 C 4x2 - x - 7 D 6x2 - 7
Answer A
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Algebraic Sense for 500
Find the rule for the table below?
A y 2x - 1 B y -2x 1 C y 2x 1 D y
-2x 1

Answer B
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Geometric Sense for 100
The flag pole at City Hall is supported by two
wires, as shown below.
What is the length, to the nearest hundredth of a
yard, of each of the flagpoles support wires?
Choose the best answer and then explain your
choice. A 6.50 B 12.10 C 17.11 D 34.22
Answer C
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Geometric Sense for 200
Leo plotted points on a coordinate grid at (-3,
-1), (-4, -4), and (-1, -1) to create a triangle
XYZ. How would Leo classify triangle XYZ? A
Triangle XYZ is an obtuse scalene triangle. B
Triangle XYZ is an acute scalene triangle. C
Triangle XYZ is a right isosceles triangle. D
Triangle XYZ is a right scalene triangle.
Answer A
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Geometric Sense for 300
The stop sign shown below is a regular octagon.
It was made by cutting it from a square piece of
metal. What is the measure of angle A? Explain
your answer.
Answer 45 degrees
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Geometric Sense for 400
Look at the triangle shown below. What is the
correct order of the lengths of the sides of
the triangle, ordered from the shortest side
to the longest side? A AC, BC,
AB B BC, AC, AB C AC, AB, BE D
AB, BC, AC
Answer A
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Geometric Sense for 500
Yesterday, Isabella was planning to put in her
new house a circular window with a radius of one
foot. Today, Isabela changes her mind and
decides to put in a bigger circular window with a
radius of two feet. By how much will the area of
the bigger window change? A It will be
double. B It will be triple. C It will be
quadruple. D It will be half.
Answer C
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Number Sense for 100
Which of the following is not equivalent to
4? A (41/2)2 B 40 C 43 42 D v16
Answer B
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Number Sense for 200
The number of students at Walnut High School
increased by 10 from 1997 to 1998, by 20 from
1998 to 1999, and 25 from 1999 to 2000. What
percent of increase over the entire three year
period? A 50 B 55 C 60 D 65
Answer D
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Number Sense for 300
The planet Neptune is approximately 2 billion,
800 million miles away from the sun, If light
travels at a rate of about 1.86 x 105 miles per
second, about how long does it take the light
from the sun to reach Neptune. A 5.2083 x 1014
seconds B 1.5053 x 105 seconds C 1.5053 x 104
seconds D 1.5053 x 103 seconds
Answer C
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Number Sense for 400
What is half of 210?
A 15 B 25 C 10 D 29
Answer D
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Number Sense for 500
Order the real numbers below from least to
greatest. Choose the best answer and then
explain your choice. 121/9 4p 1196 v111 A
4p v111 1196 121/9 B v111 1196 4p 121/9 C 11
96 v111 121/9 4p D 121/9 v111 1196 4p
Answer B
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