Readiness Material
Student Edition
edited by
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Shelley Fuller
Cassie Fuller
Callie Carden
April, 2012
Copyright 2012
GF Educators, Inc.
Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................1
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Introduction
Step Up to the TEKS meets the specifications published by the Texas Education Agency for the
assessable Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for the Seventh Grade. The TEKS
standard each page addresses is identified at the top of each page along with the category and
type of State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) standard.
The Readiness Book is a unique approach to increase the performance on STAAR Test. This
book focuses solely on those TEKS that comprise two-thirds of the STAAR Test and are
considered the most important (or Readiness) TEKS to master during the year.
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Each Readiness TEKS is addressed with three different types of problems. Every type of
problem has two different scenarios that are comprised of two questions. These questions focus
on incorporating the Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools problem types into the
TEKS. Though the Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools category is not tested directly
on the STAAR Test, at least 75% of the test questions will be embedded with the strands of this
category.
With the addition of more open ended questions in the STAAR Test, every scenario has a
multiple choice question and an open ended question to help ensure the student is demonstrating
those higher-level thinking skills.
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With the two similar scenarios per problem type, you are encouraged to use one of the questions
as a Teaching Model. The other scenario can be used as Independent Practice or Guided
Practice. This model helps the students begin to develop the skills necessary to work on the
higher-level thinking process without depending solely on the teacher.
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We have strived to provide the most accurate representation of the types of problems the
students may encounter on the test. In analyzing the assessed standards as related in
the TEKS, the TEA information booklet describing the types of questions for each student
expectation, and our 20+ years of developing questions for Texas Standardized Testing, we have
created these questions. We have also analyzed the types of wrong answers used on the multiple
choice answers for each assessed standard. The criteria we detected are utilized in this book,
which provides the same level of thinking as on the test.
Please honor our copyright. We do not allow the copying of this book. These books are sold as
student books. Please do not buy one copy for each campus and make copies for each
teacher. This is against our copyright. A tremendous amount of time and effort goes into
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Please allow us to stay in business and continue serving your testing needs.
Readiness Standards
Category
Supporting Standards
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Measurement
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Probability
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Statistics
Supporting
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Geometry and Spatial
Reasoning
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Patterns, Relationships,
Algebraic Reasoning
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Numbers, Operations, and
Quantitative Reasoning
Readiness
# of
Items
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"Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools" is not a separate reporting category. These skills will be incorporated
into at least 75% of the test questions from reporting categories 15 and will be identified along with the content
standards.
Category
Readiness
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C 5 8 100
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B 2 8 100
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7th grade -
B 0.40
8th grade -
C 0.04
D 0.06
Fisherman
Weight (lbs)
Chris
4 2
Nick
3.75
Jim
7 4
Gloria
5.3
Kevin
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Tuesday
Amount
of Time
Practicing
(hours)
1.25
Saturday
Sunday
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Thursday
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2 What is the approximate amount of time
Doria spent practicing the piano last week?
A 8 hours 45.5 minutes
B 10 hours 15 minutes
C 7 hours 57 minutes
D 10 hours 54 minutes
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A 2 innings
B 6 innings
C 1 innings
D 3 innings
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dd the number of rows and seats
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C D
ivide the number of seats by the
number of rows
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ultiply the number of rows by the
number of seats, then add the product to
the cost of each ticket
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D $59.91
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Category
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D t = 20 8.50 15 7.25
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A 735 minutes
B 304.5 minutes
C 325.5 minutes
D 315 minutes
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x
1 50 = 100
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hat percent of the $60 was spent on action 2 What percent of the $20 was spent on
movies?
tickets to ride the attractions?
A 2.5%
B 25%
C 50%
D 45%
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7.3A
Monica
Sampson
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8.2
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Alex
Original Height
Height after one
(inches)
month
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ubtract 4 from 8.2 then divide by 4
and multiply by 100
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he ferris wheel will rotate 30 times in
an hour.
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he ferris wheel will rotate 80 times in
45 minutes.
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he ferris wheel will rotate 30 times in
30 minutes.
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B 32
C 30
D 2,888
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7.3B
Category
Gym Prices
Gym
Rate
Jim's Gym
$225 annual
membership
Riley's Weights $18.95 monthly
membership
Sport Courts
$60 per quarter
annual
membership
Getting Big
$7.95 weekly
membership
D (3.69 2) 4
C 3.60 2
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Strawberry Prices
Fruit Stand
Strawberries
Fred's Fruit
$4.00 pt
Natal's Market
$3.60 pt
Raul's Roadside
$6.00 qt
Pete's Patio
2 pts for $5.00
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Jim's Gym
Riley's Weights
Sport Courts
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2 According to the table, which fruit stand has 2 According to the table, which gym has the
the best price per cup for strawberries?
best monthly membership rate?
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A 306.35 12
B (306.35 6.95) 12
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A 225 lbs
B 240 lbs
C 245 lbs
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7.5B
Category
Readiness
x + 4 = 12
1 Which problem situation matches the
equation above?
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im has 4 more posters than Pam. Jim
has 12 posters. How many posters does
Pam have?
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B 46
C 50
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7.5B
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sports drink for $2.75. The clerk gave
her $7.25 in change. How much money,
x, did Lara give the clerk?
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7.6D
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Readiness
30 in.
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10 + 20
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1 1/3 in.
15 in.
6 in.
8 in.
20 in.
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7.6D
Readiness
3 units
1.5 units
8 units
5 units
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rite a method that could be used to
determine if the two rectangles are similar.
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5 units
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20 units
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ivide 3 by 1.5, and 10 by 5 to see if they
are the same.
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below to create another similar triangle?
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D 25
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1 If vertex L' is at (3, 2), which best describes 1 If vertex R' is at (1, 2), describe the
this translation?
translation.
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D Translation 6 units up
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to produce the new parallelogram.
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6 cm
5 cm
10 cm
Figure I
Figure II
Figure III
5 cm
Figure I
Figure IV
Figure II
6 cm
Figure III
4 cm
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the area of Figure III.
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3 cm
8 cm
4 cm
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8 cm
4 cm
of 8
5 cm
4 cm
6 cm
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Measurement
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7.9A
Measurement
Estimate measurements and solve application problems involving
length (including perimeter and circumference) and area of polygons
and other shapes.
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A 10 yd by 50 yd
Area = 864 sq ft
Perimeter = 120 ft
Area = 1,000 sq ft
Perimeter = 130 ft
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C 24 ft by 36 ft
B 12 ft by 72 ft
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7.9A
Measurement
Estimate measurements and solve application problems involving
length (including perimeter and circumference) and area of polygons
and other shapes.
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Island
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D 416 sq ft
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B 456 sq ft
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C $18.75
D $12.50
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Measurement
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Readiness
3 ft
5 in.
20 in.
4 in.
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7.9C
Measurement
Estimate measurements and solve application problems involving
volume of prisms (rectangular and triangular) and cylinders.
A 36 inches
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C 8 inches
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7.9C
Measurement
Estimate measurements and solve application problems involving
volume of prisms (rectangular and triangular) and cylinders.
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7.11B
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Yearly Attendance
Attendance
Year
(Millions)
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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of fish
caught
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2008
2009
2010
2011
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D None of the above
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7.11B
Category
Price
$3.50
$1.10
$2.25
$3.00
$2.75
Prices
$6.00
$14.00
$9.50
$12.50
$2.50
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Socks
Sandles
T-Shirt
Shorts
Armband
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Eggs
Bread
Bacon
Milk
Cereal
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and a box of cereal for $5.00.
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7.11B
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Books Sold
2500
25000
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15000
1500
10000
500
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2012
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2010
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2008
2000
2011
30000
Books Sold
Enrollment
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2010
35000
2009
3500
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2010 and 2014 is less than the median
between 2010 and 2014.
C 3,000 to 5,000
D 14,000 to 15,000
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B 28
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D 32
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C Saturday
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Tuesday
Wednesday
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Friday
Saturday
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Value Meals
Sold
420
580
800
580
420
420
650
A Mean
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D Tuesday
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A Mean
B Median
C Mode
D Range
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