GRAMMAR
When a bear invades a campsite, it will often open ______ and feast on their food.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) camper's coolers
B) campers coolers
C) campers' coolers
D) campers' cooler's
C) campers' coolers
Students at schools in different states calculated the volume of snow that it took to fill one cup of water after the snow had melted. Their results, in cups, were:
3.7, 3.0, 3.9, 2.5, 2.5, 2.2
To the nearest tenth of a cup, how much greater was the mean than the median of their calculations?
0.2
A high school principal surveyed a random sample of 200 students regarding their preferred extracurricular activity. The data is summarized in the table below, which features the number 67 in three different categories:
Grade | Sports | Music | Art | Total |
9th | 67 | 15 | 18 | 100 |
10th | 11 | 67 | 22 | 100 |
Total | 78 | 82 | 40 | 100 |
According to the table, if a student is chosen at random from those whose preferred activity is Music, what is the probability that the student is in 10th Grade?
67/82
In the system of equations below, k is a constant.
(2/3)x - (1/2)y = 5
kx - 3y = 30
If the system has infinitely many solutions, what is the value of k?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 9
B) 4
Jean Toomer’s 1923 story “Kabnis” focuses on Ralph Kabnis, a schoolteacher experiencing a crisis of identity. Throughout the story, Kabnis is described in ways that suggest he feels disconnected from his own humanity: ______
Which quotation from “Kabnis” most effectively illustrates the claim?
A) “Night winds in Georgia are vagrant poets, whispering. Kabnis, against his will, lets his book slip down, and listens to them.”
B) “He totters as a man would who for the first time uses artificial limbs. As a completely artificial man would.”
C) “His gaze drifts down into the vale, across the swamp, up over the solid dusk bank of pines, and rests, bewildered-like, on the court-house tower. It is dull silver in the moonlight.”
D) “His hand strokes the slim silk of his mustache. His thumb, pressed under his chin, seems to be trying to give squareness and projection to it.”
B) “He totters as a man would who for the first time uses artificial limbs. As a completely artificial man would.”
Since the discovery of China's Terracotta Army in 1974, archaeologists have studied the 7,000 ______ they have not yet determined if each statue was based on an actual person.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) statues, but
B) statues,
C) statues but
D) statues
A) statues, but
Crop Yield
A 46,400
B 75,000
C 75,930
D 53,130
E 42,530
A farmer recorded the total fresh yield, in kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), of several varieties of onion crops. The table gives the results. If the farmer tried a new variety, with a 57,930 (kg/ha) yield, how would it affect the median and mean of the crop yields?
D) The median will increase, but the mean will decrease.
Solve this system of equations
67x + 21y= 23
x - 13y = 67
(2, -5)
Raymond just got done jumping at Super Bounce Trampoline Center. The total cost of his session was $43.25. He had to pay a $7 entrance fee and $1.25 for every minute he was on the trampoline. How many minutes did Raymond spend on the trampoline?
29 minutes
Optical tweezers are specialized scientific tools—particularly useful in biology and medicine—that use high-powered beams of light to trap and manipulate minuscule particles for study. Use of the tool has led to several scientific and medical breakthroughs over the last few decades, but the particles are often under prolonged exposure to the intense heat of the light beams. To overcome the risk of overheating, and thereby damage, researchers sometimes attach nano-sized glass beads to particles, allowing the light to focus on the beads instead of the particles.
Based on the text, what is one advantage of attaching glass beads to particles when using optical tweezers?
A) It adds a material to which particles can transfer any heat absorbed from the optical tweezers’ light beam.
B) It decreases the time it takes for the optical tweezers to locate and capture the particles.
C) It allows researchers to use weaker light beams to manipulate particles.
D) It facilitates the maneuvering of particles without directly heating the particles themselves.
D) It facilitates the maneuvering of particles without directly heating the particles themselves.
In order to retrieve and study the bones of the early ______ paleoanthropologist hired a team of explorers who were thin enough to fit through the cave's extremely narrow chute.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) hominids. The
B) hominids; the
C) hominids, the
D) hominids the
C) hominids, the
Number of Hours Volunteered
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1 2 3 4 5
Based on the data shown, what is the median number of hours volunteered by the 20 students?
A) 2
B) 2.5
C) 3
D) 3.5
A) 2
What is the range, mean, median , and mode for this data set?
84, 60, 67, 94, 35, 68, 102, 53, 67, 46, 95, 36, 67, 81, 50
67, 67, 67, 67
Each student in Mr. Ricardo's class has one camera that holds 320 pictures. He asks each student to delete 1/4 of the pictures and turn in the rest. Which of the following functions best represents the number of pictures, p , that Mr. Ricardo will collect depending on the number of cameras, c , that his students have?
p = 240c
In a study of new technology adoption, Davit Marikyan et al. examined negative disconfirmation (which occurs when experiences fall short of one’s expectations) to determine whether it could lead to positive outcomes for users. The team focused on established users of “smart home” technology, which presents inherent utilization challenges but tends to attract users with high expectations, often leading to feelings of dissonance. The researchers found that many users employed cognitive mechanisms to mitigate those feelings, ultimately reversing their initial sense of disappointment.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
A) Research suggests that users with high expectations for a new technology can feel content with that technology even after experiencing negative disconfirmation.
The variety of flowers in the garden that bloom in spring, summer, and fall ______ truly remarkable.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) are
B) is
C) were
D) have been
B) is
A high school robotics club consists of 12 seniors and 8 juniors. Within the club, 9 seniors have completed safety training, and 3 juniors have completed safety training. The club advisor randomly selects one student to lead a project, and then randomly selects a second, different student to assist.
If the first student selected is a senior, what is the probability that both selected students have completed safety training?
A) 9/95
B) 11/40
C) 27/95
D) 33/95
D) 33/95
Biologist Dr. Elena Vance recently published a comprehensive survey documenting the nesting habits of green sea turtles along the coast. Her team analyzed a total of _______ that human intervention, specifically beachfront light pollution, directly correlated with a decrease in successful hatchling sea-finding behavior.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
C) sixty-seven beaches, concluding
A park shaped like a pentagon has four equal length sides and one unequal side whose length is 35 feet. The perimeter of the park is 195 feet. What is the length in feet of one of the equal length sides?
40 feet
The Analects is the most influential collection of sayings and teachings attributed to Confucius, the founder of Confucianism. Compiled by his disciples over the centuries following his death in 479 BCE, the Analects shows remarkable internal consistency and coherence in its themes and principles, such as filial piety, ritual, humaneness, and loyalty. Moreover, many of the anecdotes in the Analects match those found in other historical texts that record the words and deeds of Confucius. However, some passages refer to events and ideas that emerged much later in Chinese history, such as the unification of the empire by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BCE, and reveal the influence of other philosophical schools, such as Legalism and Daoism, which arose after Confucius's time. Therefore, scholars have concluded that while its core reflects the original teachings of Confucius, the Analects ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) also reflects the changing historical and intellectual circumstances of its compilers.
B) was probably not compiled by Confucius's disciples, but rather by scholars of Legalism and Daoism.
C) was likely completed before the unification of the empire by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BCE.
D) was not consistent with other historical texts that recorded Confucius's sayings and deeds.
A) also reflects the changing historical and intellectual circumstances of its compilers.
Although interpretations of its meaning differ, ______ is both a great work of art and a powerful political statement.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) Guernica, Picasso's famous wartime painting,
B) Guernica Picasso's famous wartime painting
C) Guernica, Picasso's famous wartime painting
D) Guernica, Picasso's famous wartime painting—
A) Guernica, Picasso's famous wartime painting,
An automated quality control system at a manufacturing plant uses two sequential sensors, Sensor A and Sensor B, to check products for defects.
If a defective product is passed through the system, what is the probability that both sensors fail to detect the defect?
A) 0.02
B) 0.10
C) 0.18
D) 0.28
A) 0.02
A manufacturing company, Hampter Co. operates two machines, Machine Six and Machine Seven, to produce components.
On Monday, the total production from both machines combined was 950 components. On Tuesday, the manager attempted to replicate the run times, but a software error caused the production rates to glitch. On Tuesday, the system of equations representing the hours worked (x, y) and the total components produced had infinitely many solutions. If Tuesday's total production was 1,900 components, and Machine Six's glitched rate was 48 components per hour, what was Machine Seven's glitched production rate, in components per hour?
134
M = 8(4.5 - C)
The magnetic field, M, in microtesla, at the center of a loop with a current of C milliamps clockwise is given by the equation. By how many microteslas does the magnetic field change for a 1 milliamp increase in the current?
-8
The following text is adapted from The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) by Ann Radcliffe. Aubert and his family had moved years earlier from Paris, the capital city of France, to a house in a rural province.
On the pleasant banks of the Garonne, in the province of Gascony, stood, in the year 1584, the house of Monsieur St. Aubert. From its windows were seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony stretching along the river, cheerful with luxuriant woods and vine, and plantations of olives. Aubert loved to wander, with his wife and daughter, on the margin of the river, and to listen to the music that floated on its waves. He had known life in other forms than those of pastoral simplicity, having mingled in the busy scenes of the world; but the flattering portrait of mankind, which his heart had delineated in early youth, his experience had too sorrowfully corrected. Yet, amidst the changing visions of life, his principles remained unshaken, his benevolence unchilled; and he retired from the multitude “more in pity than in anger,” to scenes of simple nature, to the pure delights of literature, and to the exercise of domestic virtues.
Based on the text, why did Aubert leave the city and move to the countryside?
A) He was primarily interested in pursuing a quieter life to focus on his reading.
B) He moved to provide his family with a healthier environment, free from the pollution of the city.
C) He sought to return to the simplicity and natural beauty that he cherished in his youth.
D) His life experiences caused him to stop idealizing humanity, as he had in his younger years, and retire away from the crowds.
D) His life experiences caused him to stop idealizing humanity, as he had in his younger years, and retire away from the crowds.