Overall Test Tips
You can get better and faster at reading for ALL sections by doing what?
Read, Read, Read!
Time allotted to the English test
45 minutes
Time allotted to the Math test
60 minutes
Time allotted to the reading test
40 minutes
Time allotted to the science test
35 minutes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow knew the Dakota word for “waterfall.” People from the Twin Cities probably should too. This is also a popular Minneapolis park that includes the Sea Salt Eatery. What is that word?
Minnehaha (mniȟáȟa)
What 2 flavors have been proven to enhance memory and concentration?
Peppermint and cinnamon
Number of questions on the English test
75 questions
Number of questions on the Math test
60 minutes
Number of questions on the reading test
35 questions
Number of questions on the science test
40 questions
This singer recently showed up at the Taylor Swift Eras Concert Film Premiere. What album, which was also released as a film, won a 2016 Peabody Award in the “Entertainment” category?
What should you do as you first look at the questions
Cover the answers; don't look at the provided answers
On average, how much time should you spend per question?
36 seconds per question
Why should you NOT plan on spending 1 minute per question on the reading test?
This won't give you enough time to answer the tougher questions if you spend 1 minute on even the easy questions.
On average, how much time should you spend per section?
9 minutes
How many reading passages are on the science test?
7 passages
. The world's most syndicated comic strip debuted in 1976 under the name “Jon” but featured an orange tabby cat. On September 1, 1977, its name was changed to... what?
Garfield
What should you NOT spend time reading on the test?
The directions!
What does preceding mean?
Before
What is the formula for the area of a circle.
A = π r²
Name at least two of the four sections on the reading test
Prose Fiction, Social Science, Humanities, and Natural Sciences
On average, how much time should you spend per passage?
5 minutes
Prairie dogs got their name because they do something that dogs also do. What is it?
Bark or yip like a dog
What is one of the most important tools you can use on the test that happens to be already on your person?
Your finger to follow along
5 passages
The number of degrees in a circle and a four-sided figure
the prose section is made up of excerpts from what kinds of texts?
Novels or Short Stories
True or False: You are allowed to use a calculator on the science test.
FALSE
What U.S. landmark, which was designed in 1921 and opened to the public in 1937, has been destroyed in such movies as “Superman,” “X-Men: The Last Stand,” “Monsters vs. Aliens,” “Pacific Rim,” “Godzilla,” “San Andreas,” and “Terminator Genisys”?
The Golden Gate Bridge
If you don't know the right answer, what should you do?
Eliminate the wrong answers first. The least wrong answer will be correct.
Over 50% of the English test is on what content?
Standard English Conventions, or Sentence Structure, Usage, and Punctuation (or Grammar)
The Pythagorean Theorem
a2 + b2 = c2
Humanities passages are usually what type of writing
Memoirs or personal essays
Easiest to most difficult per passage.
What singer’s ex-boyfriends include Warren Beatty, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vanilla Ice, and Tupac?
Madonna
One of the most important testing tips to remember for ALL sections of the test, what does the test tip ATQA stand for?
Answer The Question Asked!
"No Change" is the answer choice for about what percentage of the questions?
75% or 3/4 of the questions
What is the formula to find rate?
distance/time=rate
Two of the topics included in the Social Science section of the reading test
Education, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Biography, Business
What is one of the three primary types of questions on the science test?
Data representation, research summary, conflicting viewpoints
Ahmir K. Thompson is the given name of what drummer, DJ, documentarian, and music producer?
Questlove
The most important thing to remember about test is this:
You are more important than the scores on this test! These tests help open doors, but they don't and will never define you.
"No Change" is only correct about what percent of the time
20-25%
The formula for finding the volume of a cylinder.
V=πr2h
Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Ecology, Medicine
The science test does not test science knowledge. What is it testing?
The ability to read and interpret information displayed in tables, graphs, and charts.
What character has been played by Tom Cruise across seven films in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise?
Ethan Hunt