Free Practice STAAR Test Questions

The correct answer is A.

To solve this problem, you first need to determine the total number of carrots. Since Daisy bought three packs of carrots, and each pack contains 10 carrots, you need to multiply 10 by 3, or add 10 three times: 3 x 10, or 10 + 10 + 10, equals 30. The question says Daisy wanted to give each rabbit six carrots. Thus, to find the total number of rabbits, you need to divide 30 by 6. In other words, 3 x 10 / 6 is the correct answer.

The correct answer is D.

Option d is the correct answer because it is the only option that describes an activity (baking cakes for local events) that directly results in earning income ($50 per cake). This statement covers both activities (the action of baking cakes) and earnings (the earnings from selling those cakes). The other options describe activities that either do not generate income or are related to spending money, not earning it.

The correct answer is C.

To calculate the answer, reduce the amount of each of the fruits from the original amount, one at a time:

650 – 166 = 484

484 – 291 = 193

193 – 108 = 85

An easier way to eliminate options is to add the hundreds of the given fruits (2+1+1 = 4) and deduct from the original number's hundreds digit (6 – 4 = 2). You can immediately eliminate options A and D. Next, add the ten digits (9 + 6 + 0 = 15), add to the previous 4 (which is now 40 in tens (40 + 15 = 55), and deduct again from the tens of the overall number (65) (65 – 555 = 10), You can now eliminate option B, and you remain with option C which is correct.

The correct answer is C.

The text specifically mentions that in a garden, you can grow flowers, vegetables, or even fruits, making it clear that these are things you can cultivate in a garden. The other options (A, B, D) are unrelated to gardening.

The correct answer is B.

Gardening is beneficial because it involves being outdoors in fresh air and sunshine, and it teaches about nature and the growth process of plants, as mentioned in the text. The other options (A, C, D) are not supported by the information in the passage.

The correct answer is B.

These are the necessities for starting a garden as outlined in the text. The other options (A, C, D) do not provide the essential elements needed for plant growth and are not mentioned in the context of gardening.

The correct answer is C.

The easiest way to solve this problem is to try and draw it. If you start with a straight line and form an obtuse angle at each end of the line, this means that the new lines extend outward from the straight line and away from one another, as opposed to acute angles, in which the lines extend inward toward each other. After drawing two connected obtuse angles, one will see that none of the shapes above can be formed besides the trapezoid.

You can also solve the problem mathematically: An obtuse angle is an angle that is greater than 90°. Since all the angles in both a rectangle and a square are equal to 900, you know these figures cannot be the right ones.

An obtuse triangle contains one obtuse angle, but its other two angles are always acute—less than 90°. This is because the sum of a triangle's angles must always equal 1800. Thus, if one angle is greater than 90°, the sum of the other two angles must be less than 90°. Therefore, there can only be one obtuse angle in an obtuse triangle. Once you’ve ruled these three options out, you can know for certain that the answer is a trapezoid. A trapezoid can have two obtuse angles, so it fits the question's description.

The correct answer is 9.58.

The answer requires addition with decimals. To answer this question, add each digit to the corresponding digit in the second number:

6.38 + 3.20 → 0.08 + 0.00 = 0.08

6.38 + 3.2 → 0.3 + 0.2 = 0.5

6.38 + 3.2 → 6 + 3 = 9

9 + 0.5 + 0.08 = 9.58.

The correct answer is B.

Find the rule that connects the number of children with the number of pencils. Going from left to right, it cannot be an addition, because each pair has a different amount added on. Therefore, check the multiplication options. To get from each number of children to the number of pencils, you must multiply by three: 3 x 3 = 9 5 x 3 = 15 8 x 3 = 24, and so on. Therefore, if there were just one child, you can multiply by three to find the number of pencils: 1 x 3 = 3. So, each child must have three pencils each. Therefore, the correct answer is (B).

The correct answer is B.

Emma explicitly states in Scene 1 that her cookie, which she had been looking forward to, is gone. The other options are incorrect because they do not match the information provided in the text.

The correct answer is C.

In the context of Mrs. Green's statement in line 13, "misplaced" suggests that the cookie might have been put somewhere unexpected or incorrect, rather than being lost or stolen. Option A is incorrect because there's no implication that Emma forgot it at home.

Option B is too extreme as "misplaced" doesn't necessarily imply permanent loss. Option D is incorrect because "misplaced" doesn't suggest theft.

The correct answer is D.

This line directly reflects Emma's realization and relief that the disappearance of her cookie was due to an unexpected event (a crow taking it) rather than a person intentionally taking it. The other options (A, B, C) do not clearly support the idea that Emma realized her cookie wasn't stolen by a person.

The correct answer is B.

To solve this question, you must use long division. You want to divide 31.76 by 8.

8 ⟌ 31.76

First, try to divide 8 into 3. 8 cannot go into 3 since it is larger than 3, so you put a 0 as your first digit in the answer on top, above the 3.

0

8 ⟌ 31.76

3

Since 8 did not go into 3 at all, you must bring the 3 down together with the next digit, 1, and try to divide 8 into 31.

0

8 ⟌ 31.76

31

The number 8 goes into 31 three times, so you must put a 3 above as your next digit in the answer. When 8 went into 31 three times, it only reached 24, so it still had 7 left to reach 31. Therefore, you must bring down that 7 and put it before the next digit, and that forms the next number that 8 needs to divide into: 77.

03

8 ⟌ 31.76

77

The number 8 goes into 77 nine times, reaching 72, with 5 left to reach 77. So put the 9 on top as your next digit and bring the 5 down with the 6, forming the last number you need to divide 8 into: 56. Remember to keep your decimal point in the same place above.

03.9

8 ⟌ 31.76

56

The number 8 goes into 56 exactly 7 times. So put the 7 on top as your final digit in the answer, and there is no remainder to bring down. You are left with your final answer.

03.97

8 ⟌ 31.76

56

Or: 3.97

The correct answer is D.

The setting of a story is the place, time, and duration the story takes place in. The only relevant detail that is mentioned in the story is the forest. Therefore, answer (D) is correct. Answers (A) and (B) are incorrect because even though they contain details from the story, those details are not the setting of the story. Answer (C) is incorrect because the passage does not mention that the story happens in late evening.

The correct answer is C.

Explanation: The process of freezing involves a liquid turning into a solid as its temperature drops below its freezing point. In the context of water, freezing occurs when liquid water cools down enough to become ice. This is why option C is correct, as it accurately describes the process of freezing where liquid water turns into ice. Option A is incorrect because it describes the behavior of gases, not the freezing process. Option B describes melting, which is the opposite of freezing. Option D describes vaporization or boiling, where a liquid turns into a gas due to heat, not the process of freezing.

The correct answer is D.

To solve this question, you must set up a fraction of 28 over 700.

28/700

To get the percentage, you must make sure the denominator is equal to 100, since all percentages measure the value out of 100. In order to get the denominator from 700 to 100, we must simply divide by 7, as 100 goes into 700 seven times.

700/7=100

To make sure the fraction remains the same proportion, we must also divide the numerator (28) by 7.

28/7=4

After dividing each by 7, we are left with:

4/100

This is equal to 4%, so we know that is the correct answer.

The correct answer is A.

The passage describes the city of Genoa and uses many adjectives to create a mental image of the city; it appeals to the senses and describes the sights, smells, and sounds of the city. One technique that the author uses in the text is personification—assigning the qualities of a person to something that is not human.

The two examples of personification that can be found in the text are: "…the water waltzing in the light wind" and "the whisper of the waves." Water cannot waltz; this verb is used to describe the movement of the water. Similarly, waves cannot whisper; this verb is used to describe the sound of the waves. Therefore, the correct answer is (A).

Answer (B) is incorrect because a simile is a comparison, saying one thing is like another, often with the word "like" or "as." The passage does not contain similes. Answer (C) is incorrect because an irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of their literal meaning, for example, saying "It will be just fine" when you actually mean "It will be terrible." The passage contains no irony. Answer (D) is incorrect because an alliteration is a series of words that begin with the same sound. The passage contains no alliteration.

The correct answer is A.

The formula used to calculate the volume of a cylinder is the area of the base times height. To find the height of a cylinder, you need to divide the volume by the area of the base. First, find the area of the circular base.

Since you know the radius of the base is 9, you need to multiply 9 squared by π, which is 81π. Now that you have the area of the circular base, you need to divide the volume of the cylinder, 162π, by the area of the base, 81π. The result of 162π / 81π is 2, which is the correct answer.

The correct answer is D.

The correct meaning of "play devil's advocate" is "present counter arguments to a cause, even while agreeing with it." Even if you do not know this phrase, you can understand its meaning from the paragraph: the narrator and her friend want a Black History class, and the narrator must argue the case in front of the school board.

She is nervous about what she will be asked and asks Laura to help her practice; therefore, Laura probably presented arguments against the cause to help the narrator see what she might be asked.

You know from the context that, even though she presented counter arguments, Laura agrees with the cause because she helped organize the petition. Therefore, the correct answer is (D).

Note that answer (C) is incorrect because Laura helped the narrator organize the petition, so it is unlikely that she disagrees with the cause.

The correct answer is B.

• The mean is the average of a data set (exam scores in this case). To find it, you add up all the data set items and divide the sum by the number of items.
• In this question, you are given most of the data set and its mean, so you can find the missing value by creating an equation and marking David's score with a variable (x):

• Using the formed equation, you could discover the missing item of the data set, David's score on the exam (70), and therefore (B) is the correct answer.
  
  
• Another way of solving is by using the mean's property- the sum of the distances from the mean must be zero. If you then add the differences of all scores, including David's, from 75, it should be equal to zero.
  

   

• You can create an equation of the distances of all scores from 75 and mark David's score difference from 75 as x:

88 is 13 points higher than 75 (+13), 62 is 13 points lower than 75 (-13), 100 is 25 points higher than 75 (+25), 49 is 26 points lower than 75 (-26), and 81 is 6 points higher than 75 (+6).
Now you can create the equation to find David's difference and discover his score:

• David's score should be 5 points lower than 75 (-5): 75 - 5 = 70 → David's score in the exam is 70 and (B) is the correct answer.

The correct answer is A.

Imagery is a literary device used to help the reader better visualize what things look like, and it is accomplished through descriptive language of appearances. The passage uses imagery when it describes the eggs as “perfectly round white things” and states that they are “a trifle smaller than an English walnut.” This indeed helps the reader visualize the eggs as it describes their color and size, painting a vivid image in the mind of the reader. Option B is incorrect because there is no hyperbole in the passage. Hyperbole is a literary device in which authors exaggerate the truth in order to emphasize something or create a strong impression.

Though the words used in hyperbole are not meant to be taken literally, the idea behind the impression they create is accurate. One might get confused and think that the author uses hyperbole when he writes, “Sometimes they would take fifty or sixty eggs out of one hole.” However, there is no reason to believe that this is an exaggeration.

It does emphasize that a lot of eggs can be found in one hole, but not through hyperbole. The author seems to be giving an estimate of the actual number of eggs, not emphasizing a point by exaggerating.

If it had said that there were a million eggs, that would clearly be an exaggeration because it would be impossible, or at least highly improbable, if understood literally. Since there is no exaggeration, this is not an example of hyperbole. Option C is incorrect because there are no metaphors in the passage.

The eggs are described by comparing their size to that of English walnuts, but this is not a metaphor. A metaphor compares two things by saying figuratively that one thing is the other, such as saying, “That man is a tank,” meaning that he is a powerful force. However, saying that a certain aspect of something is similar or equivalent to that of something else, such as an egg being the same size as a walnut, is not a metaphor.

Option D is incorrect because the passage is not an allegory. An allegory is a literary work or passage that, in addition to its literal meaning, has a deeper level (or levels) of understanding. Each character or event in the work (or anything else found in the story) represents either a different character or event, or some kind of broader idea.

For example, an animal that leads its peers could be representing the leader of a country in real life, the jungle they live in could represent the country that he leads, and doves that fly around in the story could represent the idea of peace in that country.

This is clearly not taking place in the passage. Note: If you chose allegory, it is possible that you confused it with the literary device “alliteration.” This is when there are words close together that begin with the same sound. Alliteration is, in fact, used in the passage, with the phrase “famous fried-egg feast.” However, alliteration is not one of the answer choices.

Imagery is a literary device used to help the reader better visualize what things look like, and it is accomplished through descriptive language of appearances. The passage uses imagery when it describes the eggs as “perfectly round white things” and states that they are “a trifle smaller than an English walnut.” This indeed helps the reader visualize the eggs as it describes their color and size, painting a vivid image in the mind of the reader. Option B is incorrect because there is no hyperbole in the passage. Hyperbole is a literary device in which authors exaggerate the truth in order to emphasize something or create a strong impression.

Though the words used in hyperbole are not meant to be taken literally, the idea behind the impression they create is accurate. One might get confused and think that the author uses hyperbole when he writes, “Sometimes they would take fifty or sixty eggs out of one hole.” However, there is no reason to believe that this is an exaggeration.

It does emphasize that a lot of eggs can be found in one hole, but not through hyperbole. The author seems to be giving an estimate of the actual number of eggs, not emphasizing a point by exaggerating.

If it had said that there were a million eggs, that would clearly be an exaggeration because it would be impossible, or at least highly improbable, if understood literally. Since there is no exaggeration, this is not an example of hyperbole. Option C is incorrect because there are no metaphors in the passage.

The eggs are described by comparing their size to that of English walnuts, but this is not a metaphor. A metaphor compares two things by saying figuratively that one thing is the other, such as saying, “That man is a tank,” meaning that he is a powerful force. However, saying that a certain aspect of something is similar or equivalent to that of something else, such as an egg being the same size as a walnut, is not a metaphor.

Option D is incorrect because the passage is not an allegory. An allegory is a literary work or passage that, in addition to its literal meaning, has a deeper level (or levels) of understanding. Each character or event in the work (or anything else found in the story) represents either a different character or event, or some kind of broader idea.

For example, an animal that leads its peers could be representing the leader of a country in real life, the jungle they live in could represent the country that he leads, and doves that fly around in the story could represent the idea of peace in that country.

This is clearly not taking place in the passage. Note: If you chose allegory, it is possible that you confused it with the literary device “alliteration.” This is when there are words close together that begin with the same sound. Alliteration is, in fact, used in the passage, with the phrase “famous fried-egg feast.” However, alliteration is not one of the answer choices.

The correct answer is C.

Mitochondria and chloroplasts are both involved in energy conversion processes within plant cells. Mitochondria are known as the "powerhouses" of the cell because they convert glucose into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) through cellular respiration, which is a form of chemical energy that cells can use for various functions.

Chloroplasts, on the other hand, are involved in photosynthesis, a process that converts light energy from the sun into chemical energy stored in glucose molecules. Therefore, option D is correct as it accurately describes the common function of converting energy into forms that the cell can use.

Option A is incorrect because mitochondria and chloroplasts do contain their own DNA, but their primary role is not storing genetic information for the cell.

Option B is incorrect because providing structure and support is a function of the cell wall and cytoskeleton, not mitochondria and chloroplasts. Option C is incorrect because breaking down waste materials is primarily the role of lysosomes and peroxisomes in the cell.

The correct answer is C.

The system of checks and balances is a fundamental principle in the U.S. Constitution that ensures no single branch of government (executive, legislative, or judicial) can dominate or control the others. This system is a direct reflection of the separation of powers, where each branch has its own distinct responsibilities and powers, and the ability to check the powers of the other branches. This is to prevent any abuse of power and to maintain a balance within the federal government, making option C the correct answer.

Option A, popular sovereignty, refers to the idea that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives. While related to the broader concepts of democracy and governance, it does not directly pertain to the system of checks and balances.

Option B, federalism, describes the division of power between the national (federal) government and the individual state governments. While federalism is a key feature of the American political system, it does not specifically relate to the checks and balances between the branches of the federal government.

Option D, judicial review, is the power of the courts to declare laws and actions of the executive and legislative branches unconstitutional. While judicial review is an important part of the checks and balances system, it is not the overarching principle that encompasses the entire system of checks and balances.