Operations
If 2x+8=16, what is the value of x+4?
8
On Saturday afternoon, Armand sent m text messages each hour for 5 hours and Tyrone sent p text messages each hour for four hours. Write an expression to represent the total number of messages sent by Armand and Tyrone on Saturday afternoon.
5m + 4p
Every question has how many right answer(s)?
BONUS 100 points: All the questions are multiple choice EXCEPT for some math questions that require you to do what?
one right answer
BONUS: write in your answer and fill in the corresponding bubbles (Student-produced response or gridded response)
"Species today are vanishing in such great numbers-- many from hunting and habitat destruction--that the trend has been called a sixth mass extinction."
The word "great" most nearly means
A. large.
B. wonderful.
C. lofty.
D. intense.
A. large.
"The goal is to digitize all the manuscripts, making them available to anyone with access of a computer and the Internet."
A. NO CHANGE
B. access to
C. excess of
D. excess to
B. access to
Write in slope-intercept form.
6x - 9y > 12
y < 2/3x - 4/3
Lani spent 15% of her 8 hour workday in meetings. How many minutes of her workday did she spend in meetings?
72 minutes
Is it recommended that you answer the questions in order, or do the ones you find easier first?
BONUS 100 points:
What should you do in the last couple minutes of the test if you still have any unanswered questions?
Answer easier questions first.
BONUS:
Guess on all leftover questions before time is up!
"Bigger fat stores mean a greater chance of survival for the animals until spring."
"Stores" most nearly means
A) preservations
B) reserves
C) stacks
D) shelters
B) reserves
"The project enlists volunteers to transcribe recipes: working from there home computers, the volunteers type up the scanned handwritten recipes."
A. NO CHANGE
B. his or her
C. their
D. one's
C. their
2(5x - 20) - (15 + 8x) = 7
31
To make a bakery's signature chocolate muffins, a baker needs 2.5 ounces of chocolate for each muffin. How many pounds of chocolate are needed to make 48 signature chocolate muffins? (1 pound = 16 ounces)
7.5 pounds
On the Writing & Language test if you aren't sure which answer option is worded most effectively, one strategy is to pick
A) the longest, wordiest option.
B) the option that is redundant (repetitive).
C) the most precise and concise (shortest) option.
D) the option that uses overly sophisticated or complicated wording that doesn't seem to fit the context.
C) the most precise and concise (shortest) option
"Thanks to new developments in genetic technology, DNA may eventually bring extinct animals back to life. Only species whose DNA is too old to be recovered, such as dinosaurs, are the ones to consider totally extinct, bodily and genetically."
In these sentences, the author suggests that the usefulness of de-extinction technology may be limited by the
A. amount of time scientists are able to devote to research
B. relationship of an extinct species to contemporary ecosystems
C. complexity of the DNA of an extinct species
D. length of time that a species has been extinct
D. length of time that a species has been extinct
"Due to the astonishing size and range of Szathmary's cookbook donation, making this cornucopia of information available to readers was a challenge."
A. NO CHANGE
B. huge donation of lots of cookbooks
C. donation of so many culinary artifacts
D. massive donation of cookbooks
A. NO CHANGE
Find the sum of the solutions.
y = (x - 5)(x + 3)
2
A local television station sells time slots for programs in 30 minute intervals. If the station operates 24 hours per day, every day of the week, what is the total number of 30 minute time slots the station can sell for Tuesday and Wednesday?
96
Which sentence, in a math question, usually tells you what you need to do?
100 point BONUS:
When the answers to a math or grammar question all look very similar, what visual strategy can you use to find/"see" their differences? (Name the strategy or describe how to do it.)
the last sentence
BONUS:
a vertical scan (splitting the the answer options into visual columns and scanning down, top to bottom, to quickly see small differences)
"For example, extinct versions of genes could be reintroduced into species and subspecies that have lost a dangerous amount of genetic diversity, such as the black-footed ferret and the northern white rhino."
The reference to the "black-footed ferret and the northern white rhino" serves mainly to
A. emphasize a key distinction between extinct and living species.
B. provide examples of species whose gene pools are compromised.
C. account for types of animals whose numbers are dwindling.
D. highlight instances of animals that have failed to adapt to new habits.
B. provide examples of species whose gene pools are compromised.
"The gift included more than 100 manuscript recipe books collections of recipes handwritten by the people who used them."
A. NO CHANGE
B. books. Collections of recipes,
C. books; collections of recipes
D. books-- collections of recipes
D. books-- collections of recipes
2p + 2 + 8p - 8 = 5p
6/5
Tickets for a school talent show cost $2 for students and $3 for adults. If Chris spends at least $11 but no more than $14 on x student tickets and 1 adult ticket, what are the possible values of student tickets that can be purchased?
4 or 5 student tickets
Identify at least 4 reading strategy steps you can use to save time on the reading passage questions.
1. Skim intro for title, date, background info, etc.
2. Skim questions for key words & highlight.
3. Read a chunk (1-3 paragraphs) of passage, highlight and/or briefly annotate.
4. Answer questions related to that chunk only.
5. Repeat reading chunks/answering questions until you finish the passage.
Identify a favorite drink, treat or snack for both Mrs. Lambert and Ms. Zobrosky
100 point BONUS if you name more than one!
coffee, chocolate, healthy snacks, pickles
"Librarians were happy to show the collections to people who were able to visit the library, the manuscripts too delicate to be checked out by library patrons remained largely unexplored."
A. NO CHANGE
B. library, the manuscripts--too delicate to be checked out by library patrons--
C. library, but the manuscripts, too delicate to be checked out by library patrons,
D. library; but the manuscripts: too delicate to be checked out by library patrons
C. library, but the manuscripts, too delicate to be checked out by library patrons,