MAST Grade 8 Construct Functions Practice

What the test measures

Construct Functions skills

Construct a function.
Interpret and analyze function components.
Standards: 8.F.4

Standards basis

Montana PK-12 Mathematics Content Standards / Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M)-aligned Montana standards — Montana

How the MAST reports it

Montana’s MAST is a state-specific through-year assessment built by New Meridian and aligned to Montana’s academic content standards, not a Smarter Balanced-style claims/targets framework. The math blueprints organize content into grade-level strands/testlets that map directly to CCSS-M-derived Montana standards.

Blueprint & weighting

The blueprint publishes a through-year design of 12 strands/testlets per grade, with 1 strand per testlet, 2 reporting attributes per strand, and 9–13 items per testlet. It also specifies approximate item-type and DOK distributions, but does not publish percentage weighting by domain in the captured blueprint text.

Official sources

Montana OPI MontCAS
Montana OPI - MasteryGuide Mathematics Assessment Specifications and Blueprints
Montana OPI - Montana MAST Math Testlets

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Practice playeasy

What is the slope of the line $y = \dfrac{1}{2}x - 1$ ?

In $y = mx + b$ , the slope is $m = \dfrac{1}{2}$ .

Practice playmedium

In the rule $g(x) = 8x + c$ , the value of $c$ is a constant. Given that $g(3) = 10$ , find $g(5)$ .

Substitute $x = 3$ : $8(3) + c = 10$ , so $24 + c = 10$ and $c = -14$ . The rule is $g(x) = 8x - 14$ , so $g(5) = 8(5) - 14 = 40 - 14 = 26$ .

Practice playeasy

A print shop already has $64$ posters ready for an event and prints an average of $3.5$ more posters each hour. Let $x$ be the number of hours of printing and $y$ be the total number of posters ready. Which equation models the situation?

The shop starts with $64$ posters (intercept) and adds $3.5$ posters each hour (slope), so $y = 3.5x + 64\textsf{.}$

Practice playeasy

What is the slope of the line through $(-2, -1)$ and $(2, 1)$ ?

Slope $= \dfrac{1 - (-1)}{2 - (-2)} = \dfrac{2}{4} = \dfrac{1}{2}\textsf{.}$

Practice playeasy

What is the $y$ -intercept of the line $y = \dfrac{1}{4}x - 6$ ?

In $y = mx + b$ , the $y$ -intercept is $b = -6$ .

Practice playmedium

Let $p(x) = kx - 6$ for some constant $k$ . If $p(2) = 10$ , what is the value of $p(5)$ ?

Substitute $x = 2$ : $2k - 6 = 10$ , so $2k = 16$ and $k = 8$ . The rule is $p(x) = 8x - 6$ , so $p(5) = 8(5) - 6 = 40 - 6 = 34$ .

Practice playeasy

A gym charges a $\text{\char36}30$ monthly membership plus $\text{\char36}5$ for each fitness class. Let $x$ be the number of classes and $y$ be the total monthly cost in dollars. Which equation models the situation?