MAP Growth practice, Grade 7

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MAP Growth practice test, Grade 7

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Math

Circle the letter of the best answer. Where a question has no choices, write the answer on the line. No time limit.

  1. 1.

    A candle gets 5 millimeters shorter for each hour it burns. Which is the independent variable?

    1. Athe 5 millimeters it burns each hour
    2. Bboth the number of hours the candle burns and the height of the candle
    3. Cthe height of the candle
    4. Dthe number of hours the candle burns
  2. 2.

    20 students each said how many pets they have at home. The table shows the results. How many pets do the 20 students have in all?

    1. A20
    2. B16
    3. C34
    4. D6
  3. 3.

    The ratio of fiction books to nonfiction books on a shelf is 1:3. There are 36 books in all. How many nonfiction books are there?

    1. A9
    2. B18
    3. C3
    4. D27
  4. 4.

    The library wants to know how many books its cardholders borrow each month. Which sample is most likely to represent all the library's cardholders?

    1. A200 people in the library on one Saturday morning
    2. B200 members of the library's teen book club
    3. CThe 200 cardholders who borrowed the most books last year
    4. D200 cardholders picked at random from the library's list
  5. 5.

    The right rectangular prism is packed with cubes whose edges are 1/2 foot long. How many of these cubes fill the prism?

    Answer

  6. 6.

    On a made-up planet, 5 fens equal 1 brask, and 6 brasks equal 1 tulo. How many tulos equal 150 fens?

    1. A30
    2. B25
    3. C5
    4. D4,500
  7. 7.

    The formula A = (1/2)bh gives the area of a triangle. A triangle has an area of 18 square inches and a base of 6 inches. What is its height, in inches?

    1. A6
    2. B1.5
    3. C12
    4. D3
  8. 8.

    Two angles together make a straight line. One measures (3x + 15)° and the other measures 78°. What is the value of x?

    1. A102
    2. B44
    3. C34
    4. D29
  9. 9.

    As a decimal, 2/21 = 0.095238095238..., where the digits 095238 repeat forever. What is the 20th digit after the decimal point?

    Answer

  10. 10.

    For what value of k does the equation 6(x − 4) + 8 = 6x + k have infinitely many solutions?

    1. A16
    2. B−16
    3. C4
    4. D−24

Reading

Circle the letter of the best answer. No time limit.

  1. 1.

    Our goalie is vital to the team, and we rarely win without her.

    What does the word vital mean in this sentence?

    1. Asmall and cute
    2. Bharmful and unsafe
    3. Cbrand new
    4. Dvery important and needed

  2. Lola's Hands

    My grandmother's hands are maps, and I am still learning to read them. Blue veins branch across their backs like rivers searching for the sea. Her knuckles rise in a ridge of small brown hills, worn soft by seventy-eight years of weather. Here, along her left thumb, runs the pale road of a scar from the summer she was seventeen, cleaning salmon in a cannery in Alaska, an ocean away from Manila. Here, on her wrist, is a shiny island where a pot of rice boiled over in a kitchen in Stockton, California, the first winter she had a kitchen of her own. Her palms are crossed with paths I cannot follow yet: night shifts at a sewing machine, three children carried on one hip and then the other, a garden of bitter melon and tomatoes coaxed out of hard ground. When I hold my hand beside hers, mine looks like a blank page, a country no one has explored. "Don't hurry," Lola says, folding my fingers into my palm the way you fold a map to keep it safe. "Go places. Do things. Your roads will come."

    2.

    How does the poet develop the metaphor in the first line, "My grandmother's hands are maps"?

    1. AEach stanza turns marks on her hands into map features, such as rivers, roads and an island.
    2. BThe poet drops the comparison after the first stanza.
    3. CThe poet shows that Lola draws maps as her job.
    4. DThe poet uses it only to show how large her hands are.
  3. 3.

    The poet says the garden was "coaxed out of hard ground." What does the word "coaxed" suggest about Lola?

    1. AShe forced the plants to grow overnight.
    2. BShe grew it through patient, gentle effort.
    3. CShe gave up on the garden after a year.
    4. DShe found the garden already growing when she moved in.
  4. 4.

    What does Lola's advice in the last stanza reveal about her?

    1. AShe is impatient for her grandchild to grow up.
    2. BShe regrets the places she has been.
    3. CShe is patient and wants her grandchild to live a full life.
    4. DShe worries that her grandchild will get lost if they travel far from home.
  5. 5.

    The guide words on a dictionary page are rigid and robust.

    Which word would you find on that page?

    1. Arow
    2. Brigorous
    3. Crock
    4. Droll
  6. 6.

    After the loss, Malik sat alone to think about the game.

    Which word could take the place of think to make Malik sound better, without changing what the sentence means?

    1. Abrood
    2. Bremind
    3. Creflect
    4. Dgaze
  7. 7.

    The lord lived in a stone house at the center of the manor, surrounded by farmland.

    This sentence is from a history book. What does manor mean?

    1. Aa ship that carried spices
    2. Ba church where monks lived
    3. Ca market in a big city
    4. Da lord's large estate, with its fields, house, and village

  8. A Safer Crossing on Elm Street

    To the Editor:

    Every school morning, more than 300 students cross Elm Street at Fifth Avenue to reach Lincoln Middle School, and the only thing protecting us is a set of faded white stripes painted on the pavement. I am asking the city to add flashing warning lights and a crossing guard at that corner before someone gets hurt.

    The most serious problem is that drivers do not stop. Elm Street is wide and straight, and many drivers treat it like a highway, even though the speed limit near the school is 20 miles per hour. Last Tuesday, my dad and I stood at the corner from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and counted the cars that drove through the crosswalk while someone was waiting at it or crossing, and in that single hour there were 14. Last spring, a sixth grader had to jump back onto the curb when a delivery van sped through the crosswalk without slowing down.

    Lincoln is also the oldest middle school in the county, and our marching band won first place at the county fair this summer. A school like ours deserves a street that looks as good as we do.

    Some people will say that warning lights and a crossing guard cost too much. But a flashing light costs far less than a trip to the emergency room, and no one can put a price on a student's safety.

    Please do not wait for a serious accident before making this dangerous corner safe.

    Sincerely,
    Hana Sato, seventh grade, Lincoln Middle School

    8.

    Which reason in the letter is irrelevant to the writer's claim?

    1. AFourteen cars drove through the crosswalk in one hour.
    2. BA delivery van sped through the crossing without slowing down.
    3. CMore than 300 students cross Elm Street each morning.
    4. DLincoln's marching band won first place at the county fair.
  9. 9.

    How does the writer respond to people who say lights and a guard cost too much?

    1. AShe says that the school band will pay for the lights.
    2. BShe argues that a light costs far less than an injury would.
    3. CShe claims that crossing guards would be happy to work for free.
    4. DShe says the county fair should raise the money.
  10. 10.

    Which detail best supports the writer's point that drivers do not stop at the crossing?

    1. ALincoln is the oldest middle school in the county.
    2. BShe counted 14 cars that drove through the crosswalk in one hour.
    3. CElm Street is wide and straight.
    4. DMore than 300 students cross there each morning.

Language

Circle the letter of the best answer. No time limit.

  1. 1.

    All of the students in the seventh grade must each bring their own personal water bottles with them on the hike.

    Which revision says the same thing most clearly and with no extra words?

    1. AAll seventh graders must bring their own water bottles on the hike.
    2. BAll seventh graders must bring their own personal water bottles on the hike.
    3. CSeventh graders, grab your own water bottles for the hike, okay?
    4. DAll seventh graders may bring their own water bottles on the hike.
  2. 2.

    Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

    1. Awe drove along the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego in early spring.
    2. BWe drove along the West coast from Seattle to San Diego in early spring.
    3. CWe drove along the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego in early Spring.
    4. DWe drove along the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego in early spring.
  3. 3.

    The students finished their science experiment. Then the students cleaned the lab tables.

    Which sentence best combines the two sentences without changing what they mean?

    1. AThe students finished their science experiment, they cleaned the lab tables.
    2. BAfter finishing their science experiment, the students cleaned the lab tables.
    3. CAfter finishing their science experiment, the lab tables were cleaned by the students.
    4. DBefore finishing their science experiment, the students cleaned the lab tables.
  4. 4.

    Principal Hayes, I believe our school should start a student newspaper this year. Writing news stories teaches students to ask good questions, check facts, and meet deadlines. Some staff members point out that a newspaper would need an adult adviser and a lot of extra time. However, Ms. Rivera, an eighth-grade English teacher, has already offered to advise the newspaper after school. ______

    Which sentence would be the best concluding sentence for this paragraph?

    1. AMy cousin raises chickens and sells their eggs at a farm stand on weekends.
    2. BA survey by our English teachers found that more than eighty students would like to write for a school paper.
    3. CSaturn is so light for its size that it would float in a bathtub big enough to hold it.
    4. DPlease give our students the chance to start a school newspaper this year, Principal Hayes.
  5. 5.

    Which sentence is written correctly?

    1. AEthan sold the bike to a classmate that had squeaky brakes.
    2. BOur science teacher showed us a snake in a glass tank who loves reptiles.
    3. CStanding on the summit of the mountain, the whole valley spread out below the hikers.
    4. DWhile Kenji was eating breakfast, the smoke alarm went off in his kitchen.
  6. 6.

    We ate lunch in the gym because the cafeteria floor was being waxed.

    Which choice best describes the words in bold?

    1. Aan independent clause
    2. Ba phrase that tells why
    3. Ca dependent clause that tells why
    4. Da dependent clause that tells which one or what kind
  7. 7.

    In which sentence should the words in bold NOT be set off with commas?

    1. ALake Superior the largest of the Great Lakes holds more water than the other four lakes combined.
    2. BThe dog that lives next door barks every time the mail carrier walks by.
    3. CJuneau the capital of Alaska cannot be reached by road from the rest of the state.
    4. DThe National Air and Space Museum which is part of the Smithsonian is free to visit.
  8. 8.

    Which group of words is a complete sentence?

    1. ARunning across the parking lot to catch the last bus home after basketball practice.
    2. BThe tall brick clock tower in the center of town with its four bright white faces.
    3. CBefore the orchestra played its first note at the spring concert in the auditorium.
    4. DThe bald eagle became the national symbol of the United States in 1782.
  9. 9.

    Members of the school board, our district should install solar panels on the roofs of its schools. According to the US Department of Energy, the cost of installing solar panels has fallen sharply since 2010. Electricity from the sun would lower the district's energy bills and free up money for teachers, books, and equipment. Some board members argue that the panels would cost too much to install in the first place. However, the savings on monthly electric bills would gradually pay back the cost of the panels. Solar panels would be a smart, money-saving investment for our district, and I urge the board to approve them.

    Who is the writer most likely writing this paragraph for?

    1. Athe crew of a fishing boat
    2. Ba class of first graders
    3. Cthe members of the school board
    4. Dthe fans at a professional baseball game
  10. 10.

    Which sentence uses commas correctly?

    1. AMs. Okafor has a warm, friendly, smile that puts new students at ease.
    2. BMs. Okafor has a warm friendly smile that, puts new students at ease.
    3. CMs. Okafor has a warm friendly smile that puts new students at ease.
    4. DMs. Okafor has a warm, friendly smile that puts new students at ease.

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