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GRADE 5
Mathematics

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STAAR GRADE 5 MATHEMATICS STAAR

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REFERENCE MATERIALS
State of Texas
Assessments of
Academic Readiness

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PERIMETER

Square P = 4s

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Rectangle P = 2 l + 2w

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Square A = s ×s

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Rectangle A = l×w or A = bh

VOLUME

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Cube V = s ×s ×s

Rectangular prism V = l×w×h or V = Bh

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STAAR GRADE 5 MATHEMATICS
REFERENCE MATERIALS
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LENGTH
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Customary Metric
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1 mile (mi) = 1,760 yards (yd) 1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters (m)
1 yard (yd) = 3 feet (ft) 1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm)
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1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in.) 1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)

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VOLUME AND CAPACITY

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Customary Metric
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1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt) 1 liter (L) = 1,000 milliliters (mL)

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1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt)

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1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c)

1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz)
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WEIGHT AND MASS

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Customary Metric
1 ton (T) = 2,000 pounds (lb) 1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams (g)
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1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz) 1 gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams (mg)

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DIRECTIONS

Read each question carefully. For a multiple-choice question, determine the

best answer to the question from the four answer choices provided. For a
griddable question, determine the best answer to the question. Then fill in the
answer on your answer document.

1 A computer rounded the number 129.257 to the nearest hundredth. What is this
number rounded to the nearest hundredth?

A 100

B 129.30

C 130

D 129.26

2 Mr. Márquez had 123 eggs in a refrigerator in his restaurant. He put 32 more cartons
of eggs in the refrigerator. Each carton contained 18 eggs. Which of these is the best
estimate of the number of eggs Mr. Márquez now has in his refrigerator?

F 600

G 400

H 700

J 900

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 3 Rebekah is filling a cube-shaped box with small cubes. The volume of each of these
cubes is 1 cubic centimeter. She has already put some of these cubes into the box,
as shown in the model.

= 1 cubic centimeter

What is the total number of small cubes that will fit in the box?

A 729

B 81

C 36

D 27

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 4 A rope was 14.35 inches long. Megan cut the rope into 7 pieces of equal length. What
was the length of each piece of rope in inches?

F 2.5 in.

G 2.35 in.

H 2.05 in.

J 2.55 in.

5 A bank received a check for two thousand, six hundred nine dollars and seventy-five
cents. How is this number written in expanded notation?

A (2 × 1,000) + (6 × 100) + (9 × 10) + (7 × 0.01) + (5 × 0.01)

B (2 × 1,000) + (6 × 100) + (9 × 1) + (7 × 0.1) + (5 × 0.01)

C (2 × 1,000) + (6 × 10) + (9 × 1) + (7 × 1) + (5 × 1)

D (2 × 1,000) + (6 × 100) + (9 × 1) + (7 × 0.01) + (5 × 0.001)

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 6 Cara and Marcus shared a candy bar. The models are shaded to show the fraction of
the candy bar each of them ate.

Cara

Marcus

What fraction of the candy bar did Cara and Marcus eat altogether?

11
F
12

9
G
16

1
H
12

9
J
24

7 The lengths of two insects are given below.

• Ladybug: 10 millimeters
• Walking stick: 30 centimeters

What is the difference in length of these two insects in millimeters?

A 70 mm

B 20 mm

C 290 mm

D 2,990 mm

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 8 The table shows the time in seconds it took four swimmers to complete a race.

Race Times

Swimmer One Two Three Four

Time (seconds) 26.15 26.5 26.1 26.05

Which inequality correctly compares two of these race times?

F 26.5 > 26.05

G 26.15 > 26.5

H 26.1 < 26.05

J 26.15 < 26.1

9 Scott drank 3.5 bottles of water yesterday. Each bottle contained 1.2 pints of water.
What was the number of pints of water Scott drank yesterday?

A 4.7 pints

B 4.2 pints

C 4.1 pints

D 42 pints

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 10 Which model represents 1.2 ÷ 3?

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 11 The table shows the high temperatures and the numbers of snow cones sold at a
snack bar on seven days.

Snow Cone Sales

High Temperature
Number Sold
(°F)
92 25
85 30
90 28
87 22
95 32
93 30
92 40

Which scatterplot best represents the data in the table?

Snow Cone Sales Snow Cone Sales

y y

50 50
Number Sold

Number Sold
40 40
A 30 C 30
20 20
10 10
x x
0 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 0 84 86 88 90 92 94 96
High Temperature (°F) High Temperature (°F)

Snow Cone Sales Snow Cone Sales

y y

50 50
Number Sold

Number Sold

40 40
B 30 D 30
20 20
10 10
x x
0 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 0 84 86 88 90 92 94 96
High Temperature (°F) High Temperature (°F)

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 12 Raymond used 42 cubes to build the first layer of a rectangular prism. The edge
length of each cube was 1 inch. The finished prism had a total of 7 layers. What is
the volume of Raymond’s prism in cubic inches?

Record your answer and fill in the bubbles on your answer document. Be sure to use
the correct place value.

1
13 Cyril put a total of lb of gravel into 6 fish tanks. He put the same amount of gravel
8
into each tank. How many pounds of gravel did Cyril put into each fish tank?

6
A lb
8

1
B lb
6

1
C lb
48

6
D lb
48

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 14 Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and
stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained
40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood
Mr. Anderson made?

F p = (185 + 25) + 40

G p = (185 − 25) − 40

H p = (185 + 25) × 40

J p = (185 − 25) ÷ 40

15 The ordered pairs below represent the location of four people.

10
9
8
Nathan (6, 5) 7
N
Denise (9, 10) 6
W E
Wade (7, 0) 5
S
Urvasi (1, 1) 4
3
2
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Paula is located at (7, 7). Based on this information, which statement is true?

A Paula is located 1 unit south and 2 units east from Nathan.

B Paula is located 7 units east from Wade.

C Paula is located 3 units south and 2 units west from Denise.

D Paula is located 6 units west from Urvasi.

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 16 Which table could represent the equation y = 0.1x ?

x y x y

5 50 5 5.1
10 100 10 10.1
F H
15 150 15 15.1
20 400 20 20.1
40 400 40 40.1

x y x y

5 0.5 5 0.5

10 1.0 10 0.6
G J
15 1.5 15 0.7

20 2.0 20 0.8

40 4.0 40 1.2

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 17 Phoebe divided her rectangular vegetable garden into three sections, as shown in the
drawing below.

Corn

Potatoes
Carrots

• The potato section is a square with a side length of 7 meters.

• The carrot section is a square with a side length of 5 meters.

What is the area, in square meters, of the corn section of Phoebe’s garden?

A 10 square meters

B 14 square meters

C 84 square meters

D 35 square meters

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 18 Last month Jim drove his car 2,718.3 miles. That brought the car’s total mileage to
87,416 miles. What was the car’s total mileage before last month?

F 84,697.7 mi

G 85,302.7 mi

H 89,124.3 mi

J 90,134.3 mi

19 The stem and leaf plot shows the scores of eight people at a dance contest.

Dance Contest Scores

Stem Leaf
6 899
7 5
8 27
9 57

6 8 means 6.8.

What is the difference between the highest score and the lowest score?

A 2.8

B 2.7

C 2.9

D 2.6

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 20 Seth’s homework assignment is to write factor pairs that contain only composite
numbers. Seth wrote four factor pairs for the number 132, as shown below.

6 × 22
11 × 12
3 × 44
2 × 66

Which of Seth’s factor pairs contains only composite numbers?

F 6 × 22

G 11 × 12

H 3 × 44

J 2 × 66

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21 Which number line best models the expression 3 ÷ ?
3

A
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

B
0 1 2 3

C
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

D
0 1 2 3

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 22 So far this month Nancy has the expenses and income shown in the chart.

Nancy’s Current Budget

Expenses Income
Clothes .........................$40 Lawn mowing ................$30
Food ............................$60 Babysitting ...................$50
Movie tickets .................$30 Car washing ..................$25
Garage sale ...................$35

Nancy wants to buy some music online but also have a balanced budget. Based on
Nancy’s current budget, what is the greatest amount of money she can spend on
music?

F $10

G $35

H $140

J $5

23 Joshua compared the values of these decimals.

0.06 0.6 0.006 0.060

Which statement correctly compares two of these numbers?

A 0.6 < 0.06

B 0.006 > 0.6

C 0.6 = 0.06

D 0.060 = 0.06

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 24 The table shows the population of three Texas counties. The population of Gray
County is missing.

Population

County Population
Anderson 58,308
Dallas 2,416,014
Brazos 197,632
Gray

The population of Gray County is 35,553 less than the population of Anderson
County. What is the combined population of these four counties?

F 2,694,709

G 2,707,507

H 2,695,209

J 2,765,815

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 25 At a clothing store, Zoey bought 2 shirts for $7.25 each and 2 pairs of jeans for $24
each. She used a coupon for $10 off the total price of the clothes. The discounted
price of the clothes Zoey bought can be found using this expression.

>2(7.25) + 2(24)@  10
What is the discounted price in dollars and cents of the clothes Zoey bought?

Record your answer and fill in the bubbles on your answer document. Be sure to use
the correct place value.

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 26 A table of ordered pairs is shown.

1 1 1 1 1
x 2 3 4 5 6
2 2 2 2 2

y 5 7 9 11 13

Which graph represents these ordered pairs?

y y

14 14
12 12
10 10
F 8 H 8
6 6
4 4
2 2
x x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

y y

14 14
12 12
10 10
G 8 J 8
6 6
4 4
2 2
x x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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 27 A company makes 625 cell phone cases each day. How many cell phone cases does
the company make in 31 days?

A 18,375

B 1,490

C 2,500

D 19,375

28 Rachel classified shapes based on the types of angles they had. The table shows her
classifications.

Angle Types
Right Angles Acute Angles Obtuse Angles Both Acute and
Only Only Only Obtuse Angles

Shape 1 Shape 3 Shape 5 Shape 7

Shape 2 Shape 4 Shape 6 Shape 8

Which shape was not classified correctly?

F Shape 4

G Shape 5

H Shape 7

J Shape 8

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 29 The dot plot shows the numbers of pets that the students in a class own.

Numbers of Pets Owned by Students

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Pets

What fraction of the students in this class have two or more pets?

1
A
3

7
B
24

2
C
3

3
D
8

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 30 The table shows the number of hats made at a factory during three weeks in
February. The number of hats made in Week 4 is represented by n.

Hats
Number
Week
of Hats
1 562,937
2 607,822
3 492,375
4 n

The total number of hats made at the factory in February was 2,148,431. Which
equation represents this situation?

F 2,148,431 = (562,937 + 607,822 + 492,375) + n

G 2,148,431 = (562,937 + 607,822 + 492,375)  n

H 2,148,431 = (562,937 + 607,822 + 492,375) × n

J 2,148,431 = (562,937 + 607,822 + 492,375) ÷ n

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 31 Duane packed some books in a box shaped like a rectangular prism. The volume of
the box is 168 cubic inches. Which model could represent Duane’s box?

8 in.
14 in.
A C

16 in.

10 in. 6 in.
6 in.

10 in. 8 in.
B D

7 in. 7 in.
3 in.
4 in.

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 32 Customers at a gift shop receive free stickers for every T-shirt they buy. The graph
shows the relationship between x, the number of T-shirts customers buy, and y, the
number of stickers customers receive.

Gift Shop
y

10
9
8

Free Stickers
Number of
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of T-Shirts Bought

Which table also represents this relationship?

Gift Shop Gift Shop

Number of Number of Number of Number of

T-Shirts Bought Free Stickers T-Shirts Bought Free Stickers
F 6 6 H 6 3
7 7 10 5
8 8 14 7
9 9 18 9

Gift Shop Gift Shop

Number of Number of Number of Number of

T-Shirts Bought Free Stickers T-Shirts Bought Free Stickers
G 6 12 J 6 18
7 14 10 30
8 16 14 42
9 18 18 54

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 33 Tara has a box of 908 beads for making bracelets. She wants to put 15 beads on
each bracelet she makes. What is the greatest number of bracelets Tara can make
with these beads?

A 61

B 70

C 60

D 68

34 Books in a library are arranged by their Dewey decimal number. The Dewey decimal
numbers for five books are shown in the picture.

419.018 417.309 418.63

417.97 418.537

Lana will put these five books in order from the least number to the greatest number.
Which book will be in the fourth position?

F 419.018

G 417.97

H 418.537

J 418.63

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 35 Marsha bought a birthday card for $2.86 and a pen for $1.57. She paid with a
$20 bill. How much change should Marsha have received?

A $15.57

B $24.43

C $17.77

D $16.57

36 The ordered pairs below represent three vertices of a rhombus.

(4, 9), (6, 7), (4, 5)

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Which ordered pair could represent the fourth vertex of this rhombus?

F (7, 2)

G (9, 7)

H (2, 9)

J (2, 7)

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37 Amy cut 32 feet of chain into pieces that were each ft long. How many of these
4
pieces did Amy have after cutting the chain?

Record your answer and fill in the bubbles on your answer document. Be sure to use
the correct place value.

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 38 The bar graph shows the numbers of bags of two brands of dog food that were sold
at a store. One bar for Day 5 is missing from the graph.

Dog Food

50

Number of
Bags Sold
40
30
KEY
20
Brand X
10
Brand Y
0
1 2 3 4 5
Day

The number of bags of Brand Y dog food sold on these five days was 175. Which bar
represents the data for Day 5 for Brand Y?

50 50
40 40
30 30
F H
20 20
10 10
0 0
Day 5 Day 5

50 50
40 40
30 30
G J
20 20
10 10
0 0
Day 5 Day 5

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 39 Freddy exercised 2.5 hours per day on 4 days last week. He burned 330 calories per
hour while exercising. How many calories did Freddy burn by exercising last week?

A 2,640 calories

B 26,400 calories

C 3,300 calories

D 33,000 calories

40 A student graphs a point that is represented by the ordered pair (3, 0). In this
ordered pair, what does the number 3 indicate?

F The point is 3 units above 0 on the x-axis.

G The point is 3 units above 0 on the y-axis.

H The point is 3 units to the right of 0 on the y-axis.

J The point is 3 units to the right of 0 on the x-axis.

41 This equation can be used to find b, the number of dollars Mrs. Colton earned as a
sales bonus last week.

b = 429  (39 × 9)

What was the amount of Mrs. Colton’s bonus?

A $20

B $78

C $158

D $138

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 42 Marisela used this model to represent 1 whole.

Which model represents 1.8 × 4?

F H

G J

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 43 A square has a perimeter of 20 centimeters and an area of 25 square centimeters.
Use the ruler provided to measure the line segments below to the nearest
centimeter. Which line segment could represent a side of this square?

44 What is the quotient when 0.75 is divided by 5?

F 4.25

G 0.15

H 3.75

J Not here

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 45 A definition of a financial term is shown in the box.

A tax on retail products based

on a set percentage of retail cost

Which term best fits this definition?

A Income tax

B Payroll tax

C Property tax

D Sales tax

46 The points on the graph represent a numerical pattern.

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Which statement about the pattern represented on the graph is true?

F It is a multiplicative pattern because each y-coordinate has a higher value than

the corresponding x-coordinate.

G It is a multiplicative pattern because each x-coordinate is multiplied by 5 to create

the corresponding y-coordinate.

H It is an additive pattern because each y-coordinate has a higher value than the
corresponding x-coordinate.

J It is an additive pattern because each x-coordinate is increased by 4 to create the

corresponding y-coordinate.

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 47 In which table are the check marks placed in all the correct boxes?

Quadrilateral Rhombus Polygon

Quadrilateral Rhombus Polygon

Quadrilateral Rhombus Polygon

Quadrilateral Rhombus Polygon

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 48 Students earned extra points on a science test for correctly answering a bonus
question. The relationship between the students’ original test score and their final
test score, including the extra points, can be represented by the equation y = x + 25.
Which table could represent this relationship?

Science Test Science Test

Original Test Final Test Original Test Final Test

Score, x Score, y Score, x Score, y
F 65 90 H 72 97
70 95 80 105
78 103 83 98
85 110 91 106

Science Test Science Test

Original Test Final Test Original Test Final Test

Score, x Score, y Score, x Score, y
G 70 45 J 70 25
79 54 80 50
81 56 90 75
85 60 100 100

49 What is the value of this expression?

>45  (6 + 3)@ × 27
A 1,134

B 972

C 198

D 1,206

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50 Which model represents of 15?
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Mathematics
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