PARCC Measurement Practice Problems

Question 1

1. What will it cost to carpet a room with indoor/outdoor carpet if the room is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long? The carpet costs 12.51 per square yard.

Accepted Answer

$166.80

Answer

Liters are a standard metric unit for measuring liquid volume, and they are an appropriate scale for the amount of water typically found in a bathtub. Milliliters are too small for a bathtub, while kilograms are a unit of mass and volts measure electrical potential, neither of which is suitable for measuring liquid volume.

Question 2

2. If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 44 yards, and the length is 36 feet, what is the width of the house?

Accepted Answer

10 yards

Answer

First, convert the length of the matchbox from feet to inches. Since 1 foot equals 12 inches, 0.17 feet is 0.17 * 12 = 2.04 inches. Now, compare this decimal value to the fractional inch values in the options. 2 3/16 inches is 2 + 3/16 = 2 + 0.1875 = 2.1875 inches, which is the closest value to 2.04 inches among the choices.

Question 3

3. What is the volume of the following cylinder?

Accepted Answer

226.20

Answer

First, calculate the area of the room in square yards: Area = W * L square yards. Since the cleaning charge is per square foot, convert the area to square feet. There are 3 feet in 1 yard, so 1 square yard = 3 feet * 3 feet = 9 square feet. Thus, the area in square feet is (W * L) * 9. The cost is 10 cents ($0.10) per square foot, so the total cost is (W * L * 9) * $0.10 = $0.90 * W * L, or 0.9WL dollars.

Question 4

4. What is the volume of a cube whose width is 5 inches?

Accepted Answer

125 cubic inches

Answer

4. E: The volume of a cube is represented by the equation, V=s3, where s represents one side length. Substituting 5 for s gives V=53, or V = 125. The volume of the cube is 125 cubic inches.

Question 5

5. Sally has three pieces of material. The first piece is 1 yd. 2 ft. 6 in. long, the second piece is 2 yd. 1 ft. 5 in long, and the third piece is 4 yd. 2ft. 8in long. How much material does Sally have?

Accepted Answer

9 yd. 7 in.

Answer

5. D: The sum of the material is equal to 7 yd, 5 ft, 19 in, which may also be written as 7 yd, 6 ft, 7 in, or 9 ft, 7 in.

PARCC Practice Test

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PARCC Measurement Practice Problems