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Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Practice Pack — Grade 8

20 original Iowa Assessments (ITBS)-style questions · Answer key on the last page · iprepgenius.com/printables

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  1. 1.

    Use the graph to answer: Which had the FEWEST?

    Goals scored024681012AnaBenColeDara
    (A)Ana
    (B)Ben
    (C)Dara
    (D)Cole
  2. 2.

    water was scarce

    Scarce means about the same as —

    (A)warm
    (B)dirty
    (C)expensive
    (D)in short supply
  3. 3.

    Which word is spelled wrong?

    (A)beginning
    (B)receive
    (C)suprise
    (D)privilege
    (E)(No mistakes)
  4. 4.

    Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?

    (A)On April 5, our class
    (B)will visit the science
    (C)museum in Denver with
    (D)Mr. Novak and two parents
    (E)(No mistakes)
  5. 5.
    Twenty-Six Miles of Strategy

    Spectators often imagine a marathon as a simple test of speed, but experienced runners describe it as a banking problem. Every runner starts with a limited store of easily burned fuel called glycogen — enough for roughly twenty miles at a strong pace. Spend it too fast, and the body must switch to burning fat, a slower process that feels like running through sand; runners call this hitting the wall. The winners are rarely the fastest sprinters. They are the best accountants: athletes who spend their glycogen so evenly that the account runs empty only a few steps past the finish line.

    According to the passage, marathon winners are usually —

    (A)the tallest athletes
    (B)the youngest runners
    (C)the fastest sprinters
    (D)runners who pace their energy evenly
  6. 6.What does the periodic table's atomic number represent?
    (A)the number of shells only
    (B)the year of discovery
    (C)the atom's weight in grams
    (D)the number of protons in an atom
  7. 7.

    793 ÷ 13 = ?

    (A)63
    (B)780
    (C)71
    (D)61
  8. 8.

    Use the graph to answer: Which had the MOST?

    Books read this week024681012MonTueWedThu
    (A)Thu
    (B)Wed
    (C)Tue
    (D)Mon
  9. 9.

    reluctant to answer

    Reluctant means about the same as —

    (A)slow
    (B)unable
    (C)eager
    (D)unwilling
  10. 10.

    Which word is spelled wrong?

    (A)library
    (B)restaurant
    (C)neccessary
    (D)receive
    (E)(No mistakes)
  11. 11.

    Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?

    (A)The students wrote letters
    (B)to Mrs. Novak, thanking her
    (C)for the field trip on
    (D)October 12 to the museum
    (E)(No mistakes)
  12. 12.
    Twenty-Six Miles of Strategy

    Spectators often imagine a marathon as a simple test of speed, but experienced runners describe it as a banking problem. Every runner starts with a limited store of easily burned fuel called glycogen — enough for roughly twenty miles at a strong pace. Spend it too fast, and the body must switch to burning fat, a slower process that feels like running through sand; runners call this hitting the wall. The winners are rarely the fastest sprinters. They are the best accountants: athletes who spend their glycogen so evenly that the account runs empty only a few steps past the finish line.

    "Hitting the wall" happens when —

    (A)glycogen runs out and the body burns fat
    (B)the course becomes sandy
    (C)spectators block the road
    (D)a runner trips over a barrier
  13. 13.Which type of chemical bond involves sharing electrons?
    (A)a nuclear bond
    (B)a covalent bond
    (C)an ionic bond
    (D)a magnetic bond
  14. 14.

    2,761 - 998 = ?

    (A)1,773
    (B)1,762
    (C)1,764
    (D)1,763
  15. 15.

    Use the graph to answer: How many for Cats and Dogs TOGETHER?

    Pets in the class024681012CatsDogsFishBirds
    (A)5
    (B)17
    (C)16
    (D)18
  16. 16.

    supplies began to dwindle

    Dwindle means about the same as —

    (A)shrink little by little
    (B)arrive
    (C)spoil
    (D)spill
  17. 17.

    Which word is spelled wrong?

    (A)surprise
    (B)separate
    (C)independent
    (D)embarrass
    (E)(No mistakes)
  18. 18.

    Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?

    (A)My dog loves to chase
    (B)a ball around the yard
    (C)until the sun goes down
    (D)and dinner is ready
    (E)(No mistakes)
  19. 19.
    Twenty-Six Miles of Strategy

    Spectators often imagine a marathon as a simple test of speed, but experienced runners describe it as a banking problem. Every runner starts with a limited store of easily burned fuel called glycogen — enough for roughly twenty miles at a strong pace. Spend it too fast, and the body must switch to burning fat, a slower process that feels like running through sand; runners call this hitting the wall. The winners are rarely the fastest sprinters. They are the best accountants: athletes who spend their glycogen so evenly that the account runs empty only a few steps past the finish line.

    Glycogen is described as —

    (A)a running shoe design
    (B)easily burned fuel the body stores
    (C)a kind of sports drink
    (D)a slow-burning fat
  20. 20.Which describes Doppler effect?
    (A)light bending in water
    (B)waves stopping in a vacuum
    (C)echoes in caves only
    (D)the change in wave frequency as a source moves relative to an observer

Answer Key — Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Grade 8

  1. 1. B — Read each bar against the scale: Ana = 8, Ben = 2, Cole = 9, Dara = 7. So the answer is Ben — B.
  2. 2. D — "scarce" means in short supply — D. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "scarce".
  3. 3. C — "suprise" is wrong; the correct spelling is "surprise" (C).
  4. 4. D — Line D has the mistake: a sentence must end with the correct end mark. It should read "Mr. Novak and two parents.".
  5. 5. D — The best accountants, not sprinters — D. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
  6. 6. D — The correct answer is: the number of protons in an atom. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
  7. 7. D — 793 ÷ 13 = 61 (D). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
  8. 8. B — Read each bar against the scale: Mon = 4, Tue = 6, Wed = 7, Thu = 5. So the answer is Wed — B.
  9. 9. D — "reluctant" means unwilling — D. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "reluctant".
  10. 10. C — "neccessary" is wrong; the correct spelling is "necessary" (C).
  11. 11. D — Line D has the mistake: a sentence must end with the correct end mark. It should read "October 12 to the museum.".
  12. 12. A — Defined in the passage — A. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
  13. 13. B — The correct answer is: a covalent bond. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
  14. 14. D — 2,761 - 998 = 1,763 (D). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
  15. 15. B — Read each bar against the scale: Cats = 11, Dogs = 6, Fish = 7, Birds = 3. So the answer is 17 — B.
  16. 16. A — "dwindle" means shrink little by little — A. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "dwindle".
  17. 17. E — All four words are spelled correctly — E (No mistakes).
  18. 18. D — Line D has the mistake: a sentence must end with the correct end mark. It should read "and dinner is ready.".
  19. 19. B — Stated definition — B. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
  20. 20. D — The correct answer is: the change in wave frequency as a source moves relative to an observer. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.

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