Texas TAKS Sample Quiz
We took questions from the actual TAKS Test administered to Texas Children in April of 2006. The test curriculum is designed for middles school students (6th - 8th grade). Complete the following multiple quiz and see how your score measures up.
- 1.MATH QUESTIONS: At a community center there are a total of 11 tables in the dining room. Six of the tables seat 4 people each. Five of the tables seat 8 people each. What is the maximum number of people who can sit at the tables in the dining room?
- A.
40
- B.
12
- C.
22
- D.
64
- 2.Ms. Melendez needs to replace the batteries in 20 calculators. Each calculator uses 4 batteries. The batteries are sold in packages of 16. How many packages of batteries does Ms. Melendez need to buy?
- A.
64
- B.
4
- C.
80
- D.
5
- 3.Mrs. Sandoval has 60 folders, 45 pairs of scissors, and 30 rulers. What is the greatest common factor Mrs. Sandoval can use to divide the school supplies into equal groups?
- A.
3
- B.
5
- C.
10
- D.
15
- 4.There are 6 children in Todd’s family, including Todd. Their ages in years are listed below. 1, 2, 2, 8, 9, 14 What is the median of the children’s ages?
- A.
6
- B.
5
- C.
2
- D.
13
- 5.SCIENCE QUESTIONS: Which of these is an example of a chemical reaction?
- A.
A pot of water boiling
- B.
An iron nail rusting
- C.
Corn being ground
- D.
Sugar dissolving in tea
- 6.Which of the following processes helps the body maintain chemical balance?
- A.
Tears washing away dust from the eyes
- B.
Rib bones protecting internal organs
- C.
Hair growing faster in winter months
- D.
Cells using sugar in the blood
- 7.Which of the following best represents stored potential energy?
- A.
Air leaking from a flat tire
- B.
Stress built up in a rock fault
- C.
Heat given off by a forest fire
- D.
Water flowing through a hose
- 8.SCIENCE QUESTIONS: The 13 original colonies were primarily located along the –
- A.
Atlantic Ocean
- B.
Gulf of Mexico
- C.
Mississippi River
- D.
Great Lakes
- 9.Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that –
- A.
The United States went to war with Mexico
- B.
Transcendentalists established utopian societies
- C.
The bank of the United States was established
- D.
Women organized the Seneca Falls Convention
- 10.The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution –
- A.
Brought immediate equality to Native Americans
- B.
Established a process for the admission of western states into the Union
- C.
Created new congressional districts
- D.
Granted civil rights primarily to African Americans
- 11.During the mid-1800s the expanding U.S. economy required better methods of communication. Communications were improved significantly by Samuel Morse’s invention of the –
- A.
Typewriter
- B.
Telephone
- C.
Telegraph
- D.
Phonograph
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