TCAP Blitz Pre-Assessment
8th Grade

	1.	The driving distance between Pensacola and Key West is 792 miles. Bus A leaves Pensacola at 6:00 A.M. traveling at an average speed of 42 miles per hour. Bus B leaves Key West at 7:00 A.M. traveling at an average speed of 33 miles per hour. At what distance from Key West will the two buses meet?

A	10 miles	
B	75 miles	
C	330 miles	
D	462 miles	

	2.	Mr. Ramirez drove 360 kilometers from Nashville to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 4.5 hours. What was his average speed?

F	8 km/hr	
G	9 km/hr	
H	80 km/hr	
J	90 km/hr	

	3.	A car traveled  hour at a speed of 50 miles per hour. It then slowed to 40 miles per hour and traveled at that speed for the next  hour. What is the total distance the car traveled during this hour?

A	40 miles	
B	 miles	
C	45 miles	
D	50 miles	

	4.	The graph shows Carlota’s expenses for lunch last week. Which of the following conclusions would be true?

F	Carlota spent more for lunch each day.	
G	Carlota spent the most on Tuesday.	
H	Carlota spent the least on Wednesday.	
J	Carlota spent the same amount on Monday and Thursday.	

	5.	Which situation describes the function pictured below?

A	a person driving on a street with several stop signs	
B	a rock falling from a cliff	
C	a hiker hiking up and down mountains	
D	a runner jumping hurdles	

	6.	Which situation is most likely represented by the graph?

F	amount of tip money earned by a waiter every night	
G	price of a stock on the stock market	
H	wages paid to an hourly employee at a factory	
J	daily commissions earned by a real estate agent	

	7.	Naresh and Lela are comparing baby food brands to see which is the most affordable. Which brand costs the least?

A	Healthy Start	
B	Sweet Peas	
C	Tiny Tummies	
D	First Meals

	

	8.	Cassie needs to order office supplies. She looks through advertisements of four different stores that are having a sale on pens. Which store offers the best unit price for pens?

F	Office Stop sells 35 pens for $2.80.	
G	Corporate Supplies sells 95 pens for $8.55.	
H	Paper Clips-n-Things sells 50 pens for $6.00.	
J	Desk Depot sells 10 pens for $1.00.	

	9.	Which point best represents –p on the number line?

A	Point W	
B	Point X	
C	Point Y	
D	Point Z	

	10.	The value of  is between 10 and 11. Which of the following is a possible value of x?

F	10.5	
G	90	
H	115	
J	125	

	11.	Which of the following numbers is located between 7 and 8 on a number line?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	12.	Which list is in order from least to greatest?

F	, , 0.3, 41%	
G	41%, , , 0.3	
H	, 41%, 0.3, 	
J	0.3, , , 41%	

	13.	Which of the following numbers is irrational?

A		
B		
C		
D	0	

	14.	Which number is rational?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	15.	Which of the following numbers is rational?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	16.	What is the value of ?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	17.	Simplify: 

A		
B		
C		
D		

	18.	Simplify: 

F		
G		
H		
J		

	19.	The maximum eruption rate of the volcano Mount St. Helens during the last century was  cubic meters per second. At this rate, how many cubic meters of volcanic lava and ash would erupt in a 5-second span?

A	 m3	
B	 m3	
C	 m3	
D	 m3	

	20.	In 1986, Halley’s Comet came within  miles of Earth. In 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp was as close as  miles. How much closer to Earth was Halley’s Comet than Comet Hale-Bopp?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	21.	Look at the table below. What is the difference between the population of the city with the greatest population and the population of the city with the least population?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	22.	What is the solution of the system of equations shown?

F	(–5, –7)	
G	(–7, –5)	
H	(5, 7)	
J	(7, 5)	

	23.	What is the solution of this system of equations?

A	(5, 1)	
B	(7, 0)	
C	(1, 3)	
D	(3, 2)	

	24.	What is the solution of the following system of equations?

F	(4, 7)	
G	(2, 3)	
H	(3, 5)	
J	(3, 2)	

	25.	If  and , what is the value of x when ?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	26.	If  and , what is the value of x when ?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	27.	If , what is the value of x when  and ?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	28.	The graph shows the total cost C to buy b bananas. Which equation represents the relationship shown in the graph?

F	C = 0.25b	
G	C = 0.50b	
H	C = 2.00b	
J	C = 2.50b	

	29.	What equation represents the line shown in the graph?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	30.	The graph shows the relationship between C, the cost to rent a car, and d, the number of days the car is rented. Which equation represents the relationship shown in the graph?

F	C = d + 25	
G	C = 30d	
H	C = 50d	
J	C = 5d + 150	

	31.	The following table illustrates the average rate for a Web designer to design a Web site. Which equation best represents this function?

A	t = 21.87 + 50n	
B	t = 40n + 51.87	
C	t = 57.29n	
D	t = 60n – 9.13

	32.	The line segment on the graph shows the distance traveled by a sightseeing trolley during one minute of its route. Which of the following best describes the slope of the line segment?

F	The trolley travels at a rate of 29.5 feet per second.	
G	The trolley travels at a rate of 19.5 feet per second.	
H	The trolley travels at a rate of 9.5 feet per second.	
J	The trolley travels at a rate of 5.5 feet per second.

	

	33.	What is the slope of the line shown?

A		
B		
C		
D		

	34.	What is the slope of the line that contains points (7, 8) and (15, 30)?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	35.	The graph shows the cost C of hiring a plumber for x hours. What does the point (2, 100) on the graph indicate?

A	The plumber charges $50 per hour.	
B	The service charge for the plumber is $100.	
C	The plumber charges $100 for 2 hours.	
D	The plumber charges twice as much for 2 hours as for 1 hour.	

	36.	Which of the following ordered pairs is a solution of the equation represented by the line shown on the graph?

F	(4, 7)	
G	(7, 4)	
H	(6, –2)	
J	(–2, 6)	

	37.	What are the x- and y-intercepts of the function shown in the graph?

A	(0, 3) and (6, 0)	
B	(0, 3) and (0, 6)	
C	(3, 0) and (6, 0)	
D	(3, 0) and (0, 6)	

	38.	Which of the following graphs shows a nonlinear function?

F		
G		
H		
J		

	39.	Which of the following functions is not linear?

A	y = x2 + 4	
B	y = 2 + (3 – x)	
C	y = 3 + x	
D	y = 5x + (2 – x)	

	40.	Which function is not linear?

F	y = 2x	
G	y = 2x	
H	y = 3 – x	
J	y = x + 4	

	41.	For right triangle PQR, which of the following best represents the length of ?

A	8	
B	12	
C		
D	18	

	42.	To the nearest millimeter, what is the length of the diagonal of rectangle ABCD?

F	13.4 mm	
G	21.6 mm	
H	180 mm	
J	468 mm	

	43.	Lucy is making a flag like the one shown. She wants to buy ribbon for the four edges and for the diagonal. How much ribbon does she need to buy?

A	10 inches	
B	28 inches	
C	38 inches	
D	40 inches	

	44.	A farmer has a square field with a perimeter of 150 meters. A fence will run diagonally from one corner of the field to the other. About how much fencing does the farmer need?

F	37.5 m	
G	53 m	
H	67.5 m	
J	75 m	

	45.	The grid shows Lamar’s favorite places in town. On the grid, each unit represents 1 mile. About how far will Lamar walk if he travels in a straight line from his grandma’s house to the movie theater?

A	2.2 miles	
B	3.1 miles	
C	3.6 miles	
D	5 miles	

	46.	The triangle below has side lengths as shown. What is the length of the missing side?

F	8.4 inches	
G	31.3 inches	
H	50.5 inches	
J	70 inches	

	47.	Lines x and y are parallel. What is the measure of Ða?

A	45°	
B	55°	
C	75°	
D	125°	

	48.	If angle 3 measures 110°, then what is the measure of angle 8?

F	70°	
G	110°	
H	180°	
J	220°	

	49.	In the figure shown, lines  and m are parallel. If the measure of Ð2 is 76°, what is the measure of Ð6?

A	14°	
B	76°	
C	104°	
D	166°	

	50.	For 10 locations in Tennessee, the scatterplot shows elevation x in feet in relation to the total precipitation y in inches for one year. What does the scatterplot show about a correlation between elevation and precipitation?

F	There is a negative correlation.	
G	For elevations above 500 feet, the precipitation is below 40 inches.	
H	There is a positive correlation.	
J	There is no correlation.

	

	51.	The table shows the number of digital cameras sold each year of business. The scatterplot shows the relationship between the year x and the number of digital cameras sold y. Which of the following lines best fit the data?

A	y = 133x + 200	
B	y = 300x - 700	
C	y = 50x	
D	y = 135x – 70

	52.	On a scatterplot, the x-axis represents the latitude from the equator to the North Pole and the y-axis represents the average temperature. Which type of relationship is represented?

F	positive relationship	
G	negative relationship	
H	no relationship	
J	fractional relationship	

	53.	The circle graph represents the brands of blue jeans preferred by a group of high school students. What is inaccurate about the graph?

A	The title is misleading.	
B	The scale is wrong.	
C	The degrees do not add up to 360.	
D	The sections are not clearly labeled.	

	54.	Thomas surveyed students in his class about their favorite type of shoes. He displayed his results in the bar graph. What is misleading about the graph?

F	The values are not in numerical order.	
G	No student chose clogs, yet this category has a value.	
H	The bars are not to scale.	
J	Both B and C	

TCAP Blitz Pre-Assessment 8th Grade
Answer Key

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