Math
English Language Arts
Test Taking Strategies
100

What are the side length and area of a unit square?

 Where Side length: 1 square unit and  is Area: 1 unit

A. Side length: 1 square unit      

Area: four units


B. Side length: 1 unit                

Area:  1 square unit


C. Side length: 1 unit              

 Area:  4 square units


D. Side length: 1 square unit 

 Area: 1 unit


B. Side length: 1 unit                Area:  1 square unit

100

Read the sentence from passage 1.

"So if you`re lucky enough to visit Moscow, or to have the traveling cats visit a city near you, be sure to see the Moscow Cat Theater perform." (paragraph 4)

What does perform mean as it is used in the sentence?

A) to travel to new places

B) to act in front of an audience

C) to learn new things about cats

D) to make changes while practicing 

B) to act in front of an audience 

100

When you are not sure about the answer to a question, you should…


A. Give up.

B. Make a random guess.

C. Use what you know and make your best guess.

D. Do eeny meeny miney mo.


C. Use what you know and make your best guess.

200

An expression is given. 

9x (1+7)

Select the three expressions that are equivalent to the given expression.

A.  9 x 8

B.  9 x 9

C.  9 x ( 9-2)

D.   9 x ( 10-2)

E.   ( 9x1) + ( 9x7)

F.    (9 +1) x ( 9 + 7 )

Answer: 

A.9 X 8

D.9 x (10-2)

F(9x1)+(9x7)

200

Read these sentences from the passage.

"She walked into the next room. First there was just a murmur of voices. Then the sounds were louder, as if the Harkins were arguing." (paragraph 26)

What is the meaning of murmur as it is used in the sentence?

A) chorus

B) echo

C) melody

D) whisper

D) whisper

200

It is NOT important to read the whole question before choosing an answer.


  1. True

  2. False

B. False

300

An expression is given.

63 / 7           63 divided by 7

Which situation could be modeled by the expression?

A. Malik has 7 containers. He wants to place 63 coins in each container.

B. A pet store owner has 63 fish tanks. She wants to place 7 fish in each tank. 

C. Leslie has 63 pencils. She wants to put an equal number of pencils in each of her 7 boxes.

D. A restaurant owner has 63 tables. He wants to place an equal number of chairs at each table. 

C. Leslie has 63 pencils. She wants to put an equal number of pencils in each of her 7 boxes.

300

Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

"There are over 9000 species of birds, including 300 kinds of parrots." 

What is the meaning of the word species as it is used in the sentence?

A) ages

B) doctors

C) illnesses

d) types

D) types

300

Which of the following is something you should NOT do before the test?


A. Get to bed on time.

B. Stay up late playing video games.

C. Have a healthy breakfast.

D. Focus on positive thoughts.

B.  Stay up late playing video games.

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