Grade 4 math mississippi 08

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Mark your answers for questions 1–55 on your answer document. Mark only one answer
for each question. You may write in your test booklet, but you must mark your answers on
your answer document.

1. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is
12,831 feet long, and the Brooklyn
Bridge in the United States is
6016 feet long.

3. Robert needs to determine the area
of his garden. The garden is 12 feet
long and 9 feet wide.
Which statement explains how
Robert can correctly calculate the
area of his garden?

How much longer is the Akashi
Kaikyo Bridge than the Brooklyn
Bridge?
A.

6815 feet

B.

7000 feet

C.

18,800 feet

D.

18,847 feet

A.

Find the sum of 12 and 9.

B.

Multiply 1 by 2, multiply 1 by 9,
and find the sum of the products.

C.

Multiply 1 by 9, multiply 2 by 9,
and find the sum of the products.

D.

Multiply 10 by 9, multiply 2 by 9,
and find the sum of the products.

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2. The flower shop sold 4 of the
number of red roses on Monday and
1
of the number of red roses on
4

Tuesday.
How many of the flower shop’s roses

were sold Monday and Tuesday?
F.

1
4

G.

2
4

H.

3
4

J.

4
4

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4. Marsha needs 3 cup of sugar for her recipe.

1

Which model represents 3 ?
F.

G.

H.

J.

5. Evette saw this pattern of numbers
on a stack of note cards.
1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36
Which set of numbers appears to
follow the same rule?
A.

2, 10, 18, 26, 34, 42

B.

5, 12, 19, 26, 33, 40

C.

7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57

D.

8, 16, 28, 36, 38, 46

6. Elaine filled 64 pages in her journal.
After writing in her journal for
3 more weeks, she had filled a total
of 82 pages. She used the number
sentence below to find p, the number
of pages she filled in the 3 weeks.
64 + p = 82
Which number could replace p to
make the number sentence true?

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F.

18

G.

28

H.

136

J.

146

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7. A football team is planning a trip to the beach, where they will spend the night
in tents.
If each tent holds 3 players, which table below correctly shows the numbers of
tents needed for different numbers of players?
A.

B.

C.

Tents For Players

Tents For Players

Number of
Players

Number of
Tents

Number of
Players

Number of
Tents

12

36

12

4

18

54

18

2

21

63

21

1

33

99

33

4

D.

Tents For Players

Tents For Players

Number of
Players

Number of
Tents

Number of
Players

Number of
Tents

12

4

12

6

18

6

18

9

21

7

21

11

33

11

33

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8. Conan drew four shapes and labeled them, as shown below.

A

B

C

D

Which of Conan’s shapes has a total of 5 faces?
F.

Shape A

G.

Shape B

H.

Shape C

J.

Shape D

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9. Walter drew a map of the streets
near his home.

10. Stanley drew and shaded the shape
shown below.

O

ak

St

.

WALTER’S MAP

Adams St.

r
Pa

k

Davis Avenue

Pla

ce

Pine St.

Which drawing below shows a 90°
clockwise rotation of Stanley’s
shape?
F.

Which two streets intersect Adams
Street?
A.

Davis Avenue and Oak Street

B.

Pine Street and Davis Avenue

C.

Oak Street and Adams Street

D.

Park Place and Pine Street

G.

H.

J.

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11. Use your inch ruler to help you
answer this question.

12. Mickey made 4 gallons of
grape-flavored drink.

Which is closest to the height of the
tulip shown below?

Which measurement is equal to 4
gallons?
1 gallon ϭ 4 quarts
F.

1 quart

G.

4 quarts

H.

8 quarts

J.

16 quarts

?

13. Kadisha drew the following
rectangles.

A.

3

B.

3 1 inches

Rectangle W

inches

Rectangle Y

4

C.

3 1 inches

D.

3 3 inches

Rectangle X
Which of the following statements is
true about the rectangles Kadisha

drew?

2

4

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A.

The area of Rectangle W is
greater than the area of
Rectangle X.

B.

The area of Rectangle X is half
the area of Rectangle Y.

C.

The area of Rectangle W is equal
to the area of Rectangle X.

D.

The area of Rectangle Y is
greater than the area of
Rectangle X.

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14. Mrs. Chavez recorded the number of boys in each of her computer classes
during one day.
Boys in Computer Class

Number of Boys

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Class
According to the graph, which two classes appear to have the same number of
boys?
F.

First and Sixth

G.

Second and Fourth

H.

Third and Fifth

J.

Fifth and Sixth

15. LaRetha has the list of numbers
below.
12, 5, 4, 11, 5, 9, 13, 5

16. On Monday the rain gauge in
Jerome’s backyard contained
3.04 inches of rainwater.
How is 3.04 written in words?

What is the mode in LaRetha’s list of
numbers?

F.

Three hundred and four

A.

5

G.

Three and forty hundredths

B.

7

H.

Three and four hundredths

C.

8

J.

Three and four tenths

D.

9

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17. Tristan asked the students in his class to vote on where they most liked to play
on Saturdays. The following frequency table shows the data Tristan collected.

Favorite Places to Play
Places to Play

Number of Students

School playground
Public park
Friend’s house
Backyard
Based on the data in the table, which statement below contains both an
accurate prediction and correct justification for the prediction?
A.

If the public park closes, more students will probably play in the backyard
than at their friend’s house because the backyard received the second
highest number of votes.

B.

If the public park closes, fewer students will probably play in the school
playground than in their backyard because fewer students already play in
the school playground than in their backyard.

C.

There will probably be more students at the public park this Saturday than
at the school playground because the public park received the highest
number of votes.

D.

There will probably be fewer students playing at their friend’s house than in
their backyard this Saturday because more students like playing at their
friend’s house.

18. Which number is closest to zero?

19. Jacob has 8 marbles in each of 4 jars.
What number of marbles is in the
4 jars?

F.

0.10

G.

1
8

A.

16

B.

24

H.

0.31

C.

32

1
3

D.

36

J.

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20. Fred is planning a cookout. He needs
to order enough potato salad for
212 people to have 8 ounces each.

22. In art class Carolyn folded a piece of
paper into 10 equal sections. Carolyn
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then colored 10 of the sections gray,
as shown by the model below.

Which of the following justifies the
closest estimation to the total
number of ounces of potato salad
Fred needs to order?
F.

200 ϫ 5 ϭ 1,000 because 212
rounds to 200 and 8 rounds to 5.

G.

250 ϫ 5 ϭ 1,250 because 212
rounds to 250 and 8 rounds to 5.

H.

200 ϫ 10 ϭ 2,000 because 212
rounds to 200 and 8 rounds to 10.

J.

250 ϫ 10 ϭ 2,500 because 212
rounds to 250 and 8 rounds to 10.

Which decimal represents the part of
the paper Carolyn colored gray?

21. The table below shows the prices for
ice-cream cones at an ice-cream store.

F.

0.06

G.

0.6

H.

6.00

J.

60.0

Ice-Cream Prices
Item

Price
(in dollars)

Single-scoop cone

0.75

Double-scoop cone

1.25

Triple-scoop cone

1.75

Extra topping

0.50

23. Which statement explains the
Identity Property of Multiplication?

Chris orders 3 ice-cream cones:
1 single-scoop cone with an extra
topping and 2 double-scoop cones

without toppings.
How much change should Chris
receive if he gives the clerk $10.00?
A.

$ 3.25

B.

$ 3.75

C.

$ 6.25

D.

$ 6.75

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A.

Multiply 9 times 0 and the
product is 0.

B.

Multiply 9 times 1 and the
product is 9.

C.

Multiply 9 times 2 and the
product is the number 9 doubled.

D.

Multiply 9 times 9 and the
product is 81.

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24. Bruce made a pattern using a twostep rule in which he first multiplies
and then subtracts. He started with 5
and used the two-step rule to make
the pattern, as shown below.

26. Points M, R, T, and Z are plotted on
the coordinate grid shown.
y

5, 10, 8, 16, 14, 28, 26, ?
Which number should Bruce write
next in the pattern?
F.

24

G.

26

H.

52

J.

56

Z

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

T
M
R

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

x

Which point appears to be plotted at
(5, 3)?

25. Which of these shows how to use
inverse operations to check the
solution to an equation?
A.

36 Ϫ 18 ϭ 18
18 Ϫ 9 ϭ 9

B.

17 ϩ 9 ϭ 26
9 ϩ 17 ϭ 26

C.
D.

12 ϫ 3 ϭ 36
36 ϫ 3 ϭ 108

F.

Point M

G.

Point R

H.

Point T

J.

Point Z

27. Sue drew a two-dimensional shape
that has no vertex.
Which of the following could be the
shape Sue drew?

27 Ϭ 9 ϭ 3
3 ϫ 9 ϭ 27

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A.

Circle

B.

Octagon

C.

Parallelogram

D.

Square

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28. Emily drew a light fixture and labeled
the points, as shown below.

30. Devon’s little sister asked him to tell
her the time on the following clock.

11 12 1
10
2
3
9

A
B
H

C

8

G

D

7 6

5

4

F
What is the time on the clock?

E

Which line segment appears to be
perpendicular to line segment BF?
F.

AE

G.

CG

H.

HD

J.

FB

F.

3:20

G.

3:40

H.

4:40

J.

8:15

31. Kortez was looking at numbers that
appeared in a number puzzle. The
numbers are shown below.
29. Martha and Robert each measured
their heights. Martha’s height is
56 inches. Robert is 7 inches taller
than Martha.

99, 1, 44, 73, 53

What is the range of the numbers?
A.

53

Which is closest to Robert’s height?

B.

54

A.

4 feet 1 inch

C.

72

B.

5 feet 1 inch

D.

98

C.

5 feet 3 inches

D.

6 feet 3 inches

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32. Mr. Williams recorded the number of letters his class received during each
month of this school year.
Letters Received
May

Month

April
March
February
January
0

5

10
15
20
25

Number of Letters

According to the graph, during which month did they receive the second fewest
letters?
F.

April

G.

March

H.

February

J.

January

33. Which list shows the first five
multiples of 7?
A.

7, 8, 9, 10, 11

B.

7, 9, 11, 13, 15

C.

7, 14, 21, 28, 35

D.

7, 49, 343, 2,401, 16,807

34. The state of Mississippi consists of
46,914 square miles of dry land and
1520 square miles of land covered by
water.
What is the total area, in square
miles, of the state of Mississippi?

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F.

48,534

G.

48,434

H.

45,594

J.

45,394

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35. Which of the following groups of
statements correctly explains how to
divide 7,680 by 32?
A.

B.

C.

D.

36. Quincy’s mom had a group of
2

bananas. Quincy ate 5 of
3
the bananas and Tom ate 5 of the

Divide 76 by 32 to get 2.
Multiply 32 by 2 to get 64.
Subtract 64 from 76 to get 12.
Bring down the 8.
Divide 128 by 32 to get 4.

Multiply 4 by 32 to get 128.
Subtract 128 from 128 to get 0.
Bring down the 0.
Divide 0 by 32 to get 0.

bananas.
Which fraction describes how much
more of the bananas Tom ate than
Quincy?

Divide 76 by 32 to get 2.
Multiply 32 by 2 to get 64.
Subtract 64 from 76 to get 12.
Bring down 80.
Divide 280 by 32 to get 8.
Multiply 8 by 32 to get 256.
Subtract 256 from 280 to get 24.

F.

1
5

G.

2
5

H.

3
5

Divide 76 by 32 to get 2.
Multiply 32 by 2 to get 64.
Subtract 64 from 76 to get 12.
Bring down the 8.
Divide 128 by 32 to get 4.
Multiply 4 by 32 to get 128.
Subtract 128 from 128 to get 0.

J.

5
5

Divide 76 by 32 to get 2.
Multiply 32 by 2 to get 64.
Subtract 64 from 76 to get 12.
Bring down the 8.
Divide 128 by 32 to get 3.
Multiply 3 by 32 to get 96.
Subtract 96 from 128 to get 32.
Bring down the 0.
Divide 320 by 32 to get 10.

37. Which statement explains the
equation (6 × 3) × 2 = 6 × (3 × 2)?
A.
B.

C.

D.

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Changing the grouping of
addends changes the sum.
Changing the grouping of factors
changes the product.
Changing the grouping of
addends does not change the
sum.
Changing the grouping of factors
does not change the product.

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38. Annie made the graph below to show the number of people who attended a
play each evening for one week.
People Attending the Play

Number of People

350
300
250
200

150
100
50
0
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Saturday Sunday

Day
Which is closest to the difference between the number of people who attended
the play on Saturday and the number of people who attended the play on
Monday?
F.

100

G.

175

H.

300

J.

450

39. Last year, Phyllis ran 25 meters in
4.1 seconds. This year, Phyllis ran the

same distance in 3.4 seconds.

40. Mr. Clarency bought a car for
$10,673.

What is the difference in the amount
of time it took Phyllis to run
25 meters this year compared to last
year?

Which shows 10,673 in expanded
form?
F.

10, 000 + 6, 000 + 70 + 3

G.

10, 000 + 600 + 70 + 3

A.

7.5

H.

10, 000 + 600 + 7 + 3

B.

1.3

J.

1, 000 + 600 + 70 + 3

C.

0.7

D.

0.3

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41. Bill has 48 cows and 23 sheep on his
farm. He added 48 and 23 to find the
total number of animals on the farm.

43. Mike placed a drawing of the letter B
on one side of a line segment.

Which of these should Bill use to
check his answer?
A.

71 Ϫ 48 ϭ

B.

48 ϩ 71 ϭ

C.

48 ϩ

ϭ 23

D.

23 Ϫ

ϭ 48

Mike then moved the drawing across
the line segment, as shown below.

Which type of transformation best
describes what Mike did to his
drawing?

42. Mrs. Gunther drew angle GHI on the
board, as shown below.
G
H

I

A.

Turn

B.

Reflection

C.

Rotation

D.

Translation

What term describes the sides of
angle GHI?
F.

Lines

G.

Line segments

H.

Points

J.

Rays

44. What value of n makes this number
sentence true?
60 Ϭ n ϭ 4

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F.

12

G.

15

H.

64

J.

240

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45. Jaykob plotted Point J on the
coordinate grid, as shown below.

47. The thermometer below shows a
temperature of 68°.

y
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

75° F
70° F
65° F
J

60° F

x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

How many degrees are shown by
each mark on the thermometer?

Which of these best describes the
location of Point J?

A.

1 degree

A.

(2, 6)

B.

2 degrees

B.

(3, 9)

C.

5 degrees

C.

(6, 3)

D.

10 degrees

D.

(9, 3)

46. Tyler saw a roast that weighed
5 pounds at the grocery store.
1 pound ϭ 16 ounces
How many ounces are in 5 pounds?
F.

21 ounces

G.

50 ounces

H.

80 ounces

J.

160 ounces

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48. Dubal drew the following rectangles.

Rectangle Q
Rectangle R
Rectangle T
Rectangle S
Which two of Dubal’s rectangles have the same area?
F.

Rectangle Q and Rectangle T

G.

Rectangle T and Rectangle S

H.

Rectangle R and Rectangle T

J.

Rectangle S and Rectangle R

49. Which number expression includes
two factors with a product of 48?
A.

4×8

B.

6×8

C.

8×4

D.

8×8

50. Patrick unloaded 47 bags of potatoes
into a bin at the market. Each bag
contained 9 pounds of potatoes.
Which of the following justifies the
closest estimate of the total number
of pounds of potatoes Patrick
unloaded?

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F.

40 ϫ 5 ϭ 200 because 47 rounds
to 40 and 9 rounds to 5.

G.

50 ϫ 5 ϭ 250 because 47 rounds
to 50 and 9 rounds to 5.

H.

45 ϫ 10 ϭ 450 because 47 rounds
to 45 and 9 rounds to 10.

J.

50 ϫ10 ϭ 500 because 47 rounds
to 50 and 9 rounds to 10.

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51. The following frequency table shows the total number of cars sold by a car
dealer each month over a period of 5 months.

Cars Sold
Month

Number of Cars

January
February
March
April
May
The car dealer wants to compare the total number of cars sold during the
month of February to the total number of cars sold during the months of March
and May. Which is a true statement?
A.

The total number of cars sold during the month of February was less than
the total number of cars sold during the month of May.

B.

The total number of cars sold during the month of February was less than
the total number of cars sold during the month of March.

C.

The total number of cars sold during the month of February was greater
than the total number of cars sold during the month of May.

D.

The total number of cars sold during the month of February was greater
than the total number of cars sold during the month of March.

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53. The graph shows the numbers of
bikes sold at Brianna’s Bike Shop this
week.
Bikes Sold

Name

Age
(in months)

Allen

22

Candice

24

Franco

20

Gwen

23

0

Lila

20

Ta
h

Toddler Play Group

Raul

19

Tyrone

21

19

G.

20

H.

21

J.

22

6
4

er
us
ad

Cr

ng

Ra

pl

er
Ex

ne
ai

nt
M
ou

er

2

Type of Bike

How many more Tahoe bikes were
sold than Crusader bikes?

What is the median age, in months,
of the toddlers in the play group?
F.

8

oe

Number Sold

10

or
er

52. The ages of 7 different toddlers in a
play group are shown in the table
below.

A.

2

B.

4

C.

8

D.

10

54. The distance from Brian’s house to his
grandparents’ house is thirty-five and
nine tenths miles. How is thirty-five
and nine tenths written as a decimal?

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F.

35.9

G.

35.09

H.

3.59

J.

0.359

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55. Shelly measured the width of the business card she got from her eye doctor, as
shown below.
Dr. Mike Nelson

Optometrist

2400 South Street
Downtown near City Hall

555-2020
555-2021 fax

?
0
inches

1

2

3

4

5

6

Which is closest to the width of the business card?
A.

2 1 inches

B.

3 1 inches

C.

3 3 inches

D.

4 3 inches

2
2

4

4

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