Grade 4 math texas 08

Texas Assessment
of Knowledge and Skills

MATHEMATICS

Grade 4
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TAKS Grade 4 Mathematics

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Objective 1

1 There were 7,200,685 copies of a music
CD sold. How is 7,200,685 written in
words?

2 Which model is shaded to show a
2
fraction equivalent to ?
5

A Seventy-two thousand, six hundred
eighty-five

A

B Seven hundred twenty thousand,
six hundred eighty-five

C Seven million, twenty thousand,
six hundred eighty-five

B

D Seven million, two hundred
thousand, six hundred eighty-five

C

D

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TAKS Grade 4 Mathematics

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Objective 1

3 Which fraction represents the shaded
model below?

5 A basketball player made 64 free
throws during a 2-hour practice. About
how many free throws did he make
each hour?
A 62
B 30

A

C 66

14
6

B

12
6

C

10
6

D

8
6

D 120

4 Scott Music Store ordered 12 guitars
without strings. If each guitar needs
6 strings, how many guitar strings
does the store need to order?
Record your answer and fill in the

bubbles on your answer document. Be
sure to use the correct place value.

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TAKS Grade 4 Mathematics

1 In which number sentence does
7 make the equation true?
A 12 +
B

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Objective 2

3 A school orders cases of canned fruit
for lunch. The table shows the number
of servings made from different
numbers of cases.

= 84
− 12 = 84

Canned Fruit

C 84 × 12 =
= 12

D 84 ÷

Number of
Cases

Number of
Servings

1

96

2

192

4
7
2 Which pair of numbers best completes
the equation below?

672

What is one way to find the number of
servings that will be made from
4 cases of fruit?

ϫ 100 =

A Subtract 192 from 672

B Multiply 4 by 96
C Add 96 to 192

A

679

and

60,709

B

679

and

6,790

C

679

and

6,079

D

679

and

67,900

D Divide 672 by 4

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TAKS Grade 4 Mathematics

Objective 3

1 Angle M in the figure appears to be
which kind of angle?

K

J

L

M

A Acute
B Right
C Straight
D Obtuse

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TAKS Grade 4 Mathematics

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Objective 3

2 Which line segments appear to be perpendicular in the figure below?
L

M

N

R

Q

P

A Line segments NQ and QP
B Line segments LR and RP
C Line segments LQ and QP
D Line segments LN and RP

R&R

3 Miguel is playing with his toy train
engines.

R&R

Which transformation is represented
in the picture of the train engines?
A Rotation
B Reflection
C Translation
D Not here

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Objective 3

4 Which number on the number line does point S best represent?
S
1.0

1.2

1.4

2.0

A 0.4
B 2.4
C 3.0
D 2.5

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Objective 4

1 The community center built a
swimming pool shaped like the
figure below.

3 The thermometer below shows the
temperature of the air around a plant.

°F
70

60

20 ft
If each side is the same length, what is
the perimeter of this pool?

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A 180 feet
B 120 feet
C 140 feet

40

D 160 feet
If the plant was 25°F warmer than the
temperature shown on the
thermometer, how warm was the
plant?
A 20°F

2 Which of the following has a mass of
about 2 grams?

B 67°F

A A dime

C 70°F

B A backpack

D 71°F

C A box of cereal
D A bowling ball

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Objective 5

1 Margaret kept a record of the number
of sunny days for four months.

Sunny Days
June
July

Month
August
September
0

10

20

30

Number of Days
How many more sunny days were
there in June than in August?
A 7 days
B 5 days
C 9 days
D 2 days

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TAKS Grade 4 Mathematics

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Objective 5

2 The graph below shows the number of baseball games played by 5 players.

Baseball Games
30
25
20

Number of
Games Played 15
10
5

0

1

2

3

4

5

Player
Which statement is true about the data given in the graph?
A Player 1 played about twice as many games as Player 3.
B Player 1 played more games than the other four players from the graph combined.
C Player 2 played more games than Player 4 and Player 3 combined.
D Player 2 played about 10 fewer games than Player 1.

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Objective 6

1 Leroy has one week to read a book for
his report. He wants to find out

whether he can finish the book in one
week if he reads 10 pages every day.
What other information does Leroy
need in order to answer this question?

3 There are 5 children in the Drake
family. The oldest children are
12-year-old twins, and the youngest
child is 4 years old. If the sum of all
the children’s ages is 47, which could
be the ages of the other 2 Drake
children?

A The number of days in a month

A 8 and 11 years old

B The number of minutes he reads
each day

B 9 years old

C The number of pages in the book

C 3 and 16 years old

D The number of chapters in the
book

D 7 and 11 years old

2 Mrs. Martin bought some new pencils.
She gave 3 new pencils to each
student who had perfect attendance
for the year. After giving pencils to
18 students, she had 71 pencils left.
How many pencils did Mrs. Martin
buy?

4 Sophie bought 25 carnival tickets. She
gave 3 tickets to each of 6 friends.
What is one way to find the number of
carnival tickets that Sophie has left?
A Add 3 and 6 and 25
B Subtract 3 from 6 and then add 25
to the difference

A 54

C Multiply 6 by 3 and then subtract
the product from 25

B 99
C 143

D Divide 6 by 3 and then subtract the
quotient from 25

D 125

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