TIMSS Sample

Middle School
Mathematics Test (Grades 7 and 8)
Instructions

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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?
A)When the clerk counted Prabhu's change
B) When the clerk entered each amount into the cash register
C) When Prabhu was told how much he owed
D)When Prabhu tried to decide whether $5 was enough money

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2) Divide:

A) 1/2
B) 6/7
C) 32/525
D) 7/6
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3) Divide:

4) One centimeter on the map represents 8 kilometers on the land.

About how far apart are Oxford and Smithville on the land?
A) 4 km

B)16 km

C)35 km

D)50 km

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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
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?
A)3
B)4
C)5
D)6
E)7
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7) A quadrilateral MUST be a parallelogram if it has __________
A) one pair of adjacent sides equal.
B)one pair of parallel sides.
C)a diagonal as axis of symmetry .
D)two adjacent angles equal .
E) two pairs of parallel sides.
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8) Which of the following are most likely to be the coordinates of point P?

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?

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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11) If m represents a positive number, which of these is equivalent to
m+ m + m + m?
A)m +4
B)4m
C) m x 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
What does the n stand for?
A)The least of the three whole numbers.
B)The middle whole number.
C) The greatest of the three whole numbers.
D)The difference between the least and greatest of the three whole numbers.
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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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15) Which of these is the longest time?
A)15 000 seconds
B)1 500 minutes
C) 10 hours
D)1 day
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16) Which of these is equal to y3?
A) y + y + y
B) y x y x y
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_________?

20) What is the weight (mass) shown on the scale?

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.
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?
A) There are more girls than boys.
B)There are the same number of girls as there are boys.
C)There are more boys than girls.

D)You cannot tell whether there are more girls or boys from the information given
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