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TIMSS Sample
Middle School
Mathematics Test (Grades 7 and 8)
Instructions
Example: cooljr/grade7/utica/ny/usa
The bullets in the bottom corner of each problem indicate the question has not been answered.
Questions left unaswered will be given a value of nr(no response).
1) Prabhu had $5 to buy milk, bread, and eggs. When he got to the shop he found that the
prices were those shown below:
At which of these times would it make sense to use estimates rather than exact numbers?
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2) Divide:
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A) 1/2
B) 6/7
C) 32/525
D) 7/6
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3) Divide:
About how far apart are Oxford and Smithville on the land?
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5) Last year there were 1172 students at Beaton High School. This year there are 15 percent
more students than last year. Approximately how many students are at Beaton High School
this year?
A)1800
B)1600
C)1500
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D)1400
E)1200
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6) Two groups of tourists each have 60 people. If 3/4 of the first group and 2/3 of the second
group board buses to travel to a museum, how many more people in the first group board
buses than in the second group?
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A)(8, 12)
B)(8, 8)
C) (12, 8)
D) (12, 12)
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9) How many triangles of the shape and size of the shaded triangle can the trapezoid above
be divided into?
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A)Three
B)Four
C)Five
D)Six
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10) What is the ratio of the length of a side of a square to its perimeter?
A)1:1
B)1:2
C)1:3
D)1:4
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A)m +4
B)4m
C) m 4
D)4(m +1)
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12) Brad wanted to find three consecutive whole numbers that add up to 81. He wrote the
equation
(n - 1) + n + (n + 1) = 81
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13) The table represents a relation between x and y. What is the missing number in the
table?
A)2
B)3
C) 4
D)5
E)6
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14) 14) Juan has 5 fewer hats than Maria, and Clarissa has 3 times as many hats as Juan. If
Maria has n hats, which of these represents the number of hats that Clarissa has?
A)5 -3n
B)3n
C) n-5
D)3n-5
E) 3(n-5)
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A) y + y + y
B) y x y x y
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C) 3y
D) y2+ y
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17) In a bag of cards 1/6 are green, 1/12 are yellow, 1/2 are white and 1/4 are blue. If someone
takes a card from the bag without looking, which color is it most likely to be?
A)White
B)Blue
C) Green
D)Yellow
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18) The graph shows the distance traveled before coming to a stop after the brakes are
applied for a typical car traveling at different speeds. A car is traveling 80 km per hour.
About how far will the car travel after the brakes are applied?
A)60 m
B)70 m
C) 85 m
D)100 m
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19) The number of 750 mL bottles that can be filled from 600 L of water is_________?
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A)153 g
B)160 g
C)165 g
D)180 g
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21) A cake is put in the oven at 7:20. If the cake takes three quarters of an hour to bake, at
what time should it be taken out of the oven?
A) 8:10
B) 8:05
C) 8:15
D) 7:50
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22) Which of these is closest to the length of the pencil in the figure?
A) 9 cm
B)10.5 cm
C)12 cm
D)13.5 cm
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23) The length of a rectangle is 6 cm, and its perimeter is 16 cm. What is the area of the
rectangle in square centimeters?
cm.
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24) To mix a certain color of paint, Alana combines 5 liters of red paint, 2 liters of blue paint,
and 2 liters of yellow paint. What is the ratio of red paint to the total amount of paint?
A) 5:2
B)9:4
C)5:4
D)5:9
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25) Three-fifths of the students in a class are girls. If 5 girls and 5 boys are added to the class,
which statement is true of the class?
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Did you check the right side bullets to make sure all questions have been answered? All bullets should be clear.
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