Reviewing for Standardized Tests

Our state's standardized test is coming up soon. To help my students review, I'm stealing some questions from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. Their department of ed's website allows you to search previous test questions by grade level, subject, even all the way down to content strand if you want to be super specific. You can also search for multiple-choice vs. open response, calculator vs. no calcualtor etc.

Here's some sample problems from MCAS:

Hannah’s mean score on four mathematics tests is 92.75. What is the sum of the scores of Hannah’s four tests?

A. 368
B. 370
C. 371
D. 372

Ms. Gleason is opening a new restaurant.
•She has enough booths to seat up to 40 people.
•She is ordering tables to fill the rest of the seating space.
•Each table can seat up to 6 people.
a.If t represents the number of tables Ms. Gleason orders, write an expression to show the total number of people that can be seated at booths and tables.
b.Write an inequality that could be used to determine t, the number of tables Ms. Gleason needs to order so that she has enough seating at booths and tables for at least 125 people.
c.Solve the inequality from part (b) to determine the number of tables Ms. Gleason needs to order. Show or explain how you got your answer.



Check it out - it's a great resource. If only all states made it this easy to search for standardized test questions.