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100

The result when you subtract the integers

(-5) - (-62)

-67

100

Mr. Richey bought 56 pounds of pizza dough and used it equally over 7 days.  How much pizza dough did he use each day?

8 pounds

100

Choose the synonym of the italicized word in each paragraph.  

 “I’d like to register for the art history course!” said Anna with enthusiasm. Picasso was Anna’s         favorite artist, and she was excited to enroll in a class she was passionate about. 

 enroll

100

This type of word describes a noun

A.  Noun

B. Adjective

C. Verb

D. Adverb

B. Adjective

100

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

an echo

200

Find the sum:  -55.34 + 25 =

-30.34

200

Simplify the fraction:

6/8

3/4

200

This type of word links or shows action

A.  Noun

B. Adjective

C. Verb

D. Adverb

C. Verb

200

This type of word describes a verb

A.  Noun

B. Adjective

C. Verb

D. Adverb

D. Adverb

200

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter: "M"

300

Order the numbers from least to greatest:

5.010  

5.100

5.001

5.001

5.010

5.100

300

What is the definition of mode?

The number that appears the most in a dataset.

300

What is inference?

An educational guess 

(Often referred to as reading between the lines)

300


Tell how many nouns are in this sentence, and identify which ones are proper and which ones are common.

Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.




4

Boyer (proper noun)

Shayna

store

Chipotle 

300

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

Silence

400

True or False? 

x = 1x

true

400

2(g + 4) = 10 + g

g = 2

400

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence:

"I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!"

hyperbole - This is an exaggeration because the speaker hasn’t literally said it a million times, but it emphasizes how often the request has been made.

400

The text structure what put events in order is know as...

Sequencing (sequential order)

also known as chronological order

400

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

Bookkeeper

500

Carla is a waitress at Daybreak Diner, and she earns $5 for each hour she works. Last week, she earned $148 total, including $68 in tips. How many hours did Carla work last week?

5x + 68 = 148 x = 16 

Carla worked 16 hours.

500

Mr. Olin bought 6 sketchbooks for the students in his art class. Each sketchbook was on sale for $3 off. If the sketchbooks cost $18 total before tax, what was the original price of each sketchbook?

6(x - 3) = 18 x = 6 

The original price of each sketchbook was $6.

500

The wind whispered secrets through the trees,
Dancing softly in the evening breeze.
The moon wore a silver crown so bright,
Watching over the world at night.

Question: What is the figurative language used in this poem, and what does it mean?

Personification—The wind is given the human trait of whispering, which creates an image of gentle movement and sound.

500

I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. The idiom "bending over backwards" means...

trying hard to please

500

Wednesday, Bill and Jim went to a restaurant. They ordered and ate their food. Then they paid the bill, but neither Bill nor Jim paid. Who did?

Wednesday

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