Grade 4 Here are some hints to help you when you take the ISTEP+. Use these hints as you try to answer the questions on the. Take your time and read each problem carefully. Think about how you might solve the problem before you try to choose an answer. If you are not sure how to answer a question, skip it. Answer the questions that are easier for you first. Then go back and work on the harder questions you skipped. Circle each letter choice clearly. Watch for questions that do not have letters. Make sure you read carefully to see what response is required. Don t worry if there are some questions that are too hard for you. Take your time and think about them carefully. After you have answered a question, go back and reread the problem. Make sure the answer you chose makes sense. Almost everyone gets a little nervous when taking a test. Do not worry. The most important thing is to do your best. This test contains 42 questions. It should take you about 80 minutes to answer all the questions. Grade 4 27
1. A bookstore is selling posters for $4 each. Siteen posters were sold on Monday, and 14 were sold on Tuesday. a. Using an equation, represent the amount of money the bookstore took in from the sale of the posters for these 2 days. 2. Each of 7 classes of fourth graders collected 84 pictures for their end-of-the-year collage. How many pictures will they have altogether? A. 12 B. 91 C. 568 D. 588 b. Solve the equation using the Distributive Property. 28
3. School notebooks are made in 4 colors: red, green, blue, and yellow. Each color comes in 2 styles: striped and plain. 4. Daryl has a picture frame that is 3 in. by 5 in. a. How many different varieties of notebooks are available? 3 in. 5 in. b. Draw a picture or an organized list to represent all the possible outcomes. Which of the following size photos will fit inside the frame? A. 3 in. by 4 in. B. 3 in. by 6 in. C. 4 in. by 6 in. D. 6 in. by 2 in. 29
5. Squares are quadrilaterals. What is true about all squares? A. All squares are rectangles. B. All rectangles are squares. C. All squares have eactly 1 pair of parallel sides. D. All squares are nonconve. 6. The data represent the weights of various dogs. 37, 82, 56, 44, 18, 29, 35, 61, 73, 40 a. Create a stem-and-leaf plot for the data. b. What is the difference between the greatest and least dog weights? 30
7. During January, the average low temperature in Rensselaer, Indiana, is 12 F. The average high temperature is 18 warmer than that. In the equation, h represents the average high temperature. h - 12 = 18 What is the average high temperature? A. 40 F B. 36 F C. 30 F D. 6 F 8. Nadine s room is planned as shown. 4 ft 2 ft 3 ft 5 ft 3 ft 7 ft What is the perimeter of her room? A. 17 ft B. 24 ft C. 28 ft D. 35 ft 31
9. Some streets in Carmel, Indiana, are shown. Ashville Drive W 156th Street Greenville Drive Lockport Drive Portland Drive Middlebury Drive Smithfield Drive 10. Mrs. Ling orders 100 pencils each month for 6 months. a. Find the number of pencils she orders in all for 6 months. Eplain your strategy. Ditch Road Pawtucket Drive Bowie Drive Lewiston Drive Liberty Drive b. Suppose Ms. Ling orders 1,000 pencils per month for 6 months. Find the number of pencils she orders in 6 months. Eplain your strategy. Valdosta Place Which street is parallel to Smithfield Drive? A. Greenville Drive B. Valdosta Place C. Ditch Road D. Pawtucket Drive 32
11. A number line is shown. 0.5 0.7 0.9 W X Y 1.4 What decimal is represented by W? A. 0.2 B. 1.0 C. 1.1 D. 1.2 12. The following measurements are heights in inches of flowers planted in pots at school. 18, 15, 10, 12, 15, 13, 12, 17, 13, 12 a. Display the heights of the flowers using a line plot. b. Eplain which height is the second tallest. 33
13. Leticia wrote 6 8 = on her paper. Which epression can her friend write on the line to make a true number sentence? 14. Leonardo has created a design for a window pane. A. 4 12 B. 4 6 C. 6 + 8 D. 48 8 What type of angle is represented most often? A. acute B. obtuse C. right D. straight 34
15. In 2006, Indiana farmers produced 167 bushels of corn per acre. If a farmer has 5 acres of corn fields, how many bushels of corn did that farmer produce? 16. Trish drew a kite and a rhombus. A. 172 B. 505 C. 835 D. 1002 Eplain how Trish knows the difference between a kite and a rhombus. A. A kite and a rhombus each have all sides equal. B. A kite and a rhombus each have 4 congruent angles. C. A kite has 2 pairs of equal sides, and a rhombus has all 4 sides equal. D. A kite has acute and obtuse angles, and a rhombus has all right angles. 35
17. The softball team at Colgate Elementary celebrated their championship season with a picnic. Each team member was asked to bring a food item to the picnic. The following food items were brought: 18. Wayne has 2 sets of crayons with 8 different colors in each set. a. Draw an array that represents 2 8. 8 Colgate Elementary Picnic Number of Team Members 6 4 2 b. Draw an array that represents 8 2. 0 Fruit Drinks Salad Food Hot Dogs Pizza What fraction of the team members brought fruit and salad? A. B. C. D. 3 10 9 20 6 10 8 20 c. Eplain how an array that represents 8 2 is the same as one that represents 2 8. 36
19. Look at the figure. Which shows a reflection of the letter? A. 20. Mariko challenged a classmate to find the value of this epression. 8 + 4 (6-2) What is the correct value for this epression? A. 24 B. 30 C. 48 D. 70 B. C. D. 37
21. The floor plans for the first floors of two houses are shown below. 20 ft Indiana House 16 ft 40 ft 16 ft 24 ft 36 ft 22. The Indianapolis marathon has a relay event. The fourth leg of the relay is 7.15 mi. What is the epanded form for that distance? A. 7 + 10 + 5 B. 7 + 0.1 + 0.5 C. 7 + 0.1 + 0.05 D. 7 + 0.01 + 0.5 16 ft 42 ft 18 ft 24 ft Wisconsin House 24 ft 40 ft a. Find the area of each first floor. b. Eplain how you found each area. c. Which first floor has the greater area? 38
23. The attendance at an amusement park was 5,617 people. What is that attendance rounded to the nearest ten? A. 5,700 B. 5,620 C. 5,610 D. 5,600 24. The annual average precipitation in Indiana is about 41 in. About how much precipitation does Indiana receive per month? A. 4 in. B. 12 in. C. 20.5 in. D. 41 in. 39
25. The population of the state of Indiana was 6,376,792 in 2008. What is the value of the leftmost digit 7? 26. Measure the length of the key to the nearest 1 of an inch. 8 A. 70 B. 7,000 C. 70,000 D. 700,000 A. 2 in. B. 2 1 8 in. C. 2 1 4 in. D. 2 1 2 in. 40
27. The players in the Soccer Camp drank 444 bottles of water. If each player received 6 bottles of water, how many players were in the camp? A. 70 B. 74 C. 338 D. 2,664 28. 6 8 = 8 6. Which of the following is related to this fact family? A. 6 + 8 B. 7 8 C. 42 6 D. 48 8 41
29. Aaron earned $13.75 for delivering newspapers and $21.45 for mowing lawns in his neighborhood. Which amount is the most reasonable for the total Aaron earned? 30. Measure the length of the eraser to the nearest centimeter. A. $7 B. $21 C. $35 D. $40 A. 2 cm B. 3 cm C. 4 cm D. 5 cm 42
31. The heagon represents one whole. a. Write a number sentence with fractions to show that the sum of all the parts is equal to 1. 32. West Elementary had a Family Fun Day. They started with 6,000 tickets. Each hour the number of tickets decreased by 1,000. How many tickets were left after 4 hr? A. 3,000 B. 2,000 C. 1,000 D. 0 b. Eplain how you know that the sum is equal to 1. 43
33. The trapezoid below covers one-half of a heagon. 34. The average attendance at an Indianapolis Colts game in 2008 was 66,378. a. Round the attendance to the nearest thousand. Which of the following covers 1 6 of the same heagon? A. b. Draw a number line to show the eact number between the rounded number and 70,000. B. C. D. 44
35. Remy rode his bicycle 3 mi on 4 Sunday, 2 5 mi on Monday, 1 mi on 2 Tuesday, and 4 mi on Wednesday. 5 Order the distances Remy rode from least to greatest. A. 1 2, 2 5, 3 4, 4 5 B. 2 5, 1 2, 3 4, 4 5 C. 2 5, 1 2, 4 5, 3 4 D. 4 5, 3 4, 1 2, 2 5 36. Josie spent about 24 min reading each day for 7 days. The net week she read 95 min over the entire week. About how much more did she read for one week than the net week? A. 75 min B. 100 min C. 175 min D. 275 min 45
37. Kelly attends 6 hr of school 5 days a week. How many hours of school does Kelly attend in 9 weeks? Solve the problem and eplain how you solve it. 38. Mr. Kendall s garden is shown. 6 ft 12 ft What is the area of the garden? A. 18 ft 2 B. 36 ft 2 C. 72 ft D. 72 ft 2 46
39. 0.25 is represented as shown. 40. Which angle is an obtuse angle? A. B. How is 1.25 represented? A. C. B. D. C. D. 47
41. Look at Figure A and Figure B. 42. The line plot represents the number of states outside of Indiana that each family living on one block has visited. A B Are the figures congruent? Use what you know about transformations to prove whether the figures are congruent. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Number of States Visited Outside of Indiana a. How many families have visited 4 or more states outside of Indiana? b. Eplain how the number of families that have visited 4 or more states compares to those visiting less than 4 states. 48