Context Clues
Earth and Space
Operations
Reading Analysis
Division
100
Brandon uses a special golf cart... where the seat swivels around so that he can stand and make a complete swing with his club.
What is turns around
100
Our solar system is located (A) toward the center of the Milky Way (B) In the Andromeda Galaxy (C) in the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy (D) Outside of the Milky Way Galaxy
What is (C) in the spiral arms of the Milky Way
100
There are four buses that travel between City A and City B. The bus numbers are listed below. 1, 8, 61, 97 Which bus number is a composite number?
What is 8
100
Read these lines from the poem. What would it be like My feet planted tight Seeing the world shifting From day into night? Why does the author write these lines as a question? (A) To get the reader to wonder about flowers' lives (B) To show the reader that flowers are curious about the world (C) To ask the reader something about flowers (D) To tell the reader how flowers spend their days and nights
What is (A) To get the reader to wonder about flowers' lives
100
Molly's egg farm packs 12 eggs in a box. Last week 12,960 eggs were produced, but 480 eggs were found to be cracked and thrown away. How many boxes were packed last week?
What is 1040 boxes
200
They sealed the weapon ports with padded wooden covers. Which word is the best synonym for the word ports as it is used in this sentence? (A) Windows (B) harbors (C) covers (D) doors
What is (A) Windows
200
Mercury rotates once in 59 Earth-days. Jupiter rotates once in about 25 hours. Which of these planets has a day nearly like Earth? A. Mercury B. Jupiter C. neither one D. both
What is (B) Jupiter
200
What is the greatest common factor of 18 and 30? (A) 90 (B) 18 (C) 6 (D) 3
What is 6
200
The state saying of Kansas is "To the stars through difficulties." Difficulties are things that are hard. Difficulties can teach you not to give up. They can make you want to try harder and aim for the stars. According to this paragraph, what can teach you not to give up?
What is hard things or Difficulties
200
Mr. Okimoto had his car filled with gasoline and wrote down the odometer reading at 20,196. The next time he stopped fo gas, the odometer read 20,592. The gas tank took 18 gallons to fill. How many miles is the car averaging on a gallon of gas?
What is 22 miles gallon
300
Knowing the meaning of the prefix en- helps the reader understand that the word "endanger" means (A) To put into danger (B) to be against danger (C) to be beyond danger (D) to move away from danger
What is (A) to put into danger
300
Look at the planet's characteristics below. Fourth largest in diameter, has a greater mass than Uranus, Eighth planet in our solar system Which planet is described above?
What is Neptune
300
8 + (1/3)(3) - (16 - 7) = (A) 2 (B) 16 (C) 0 (D) 8
What is (C) 0
300
Read the paragraph below, then answer the question. Their room was littered with muddy shoes and unwashed clothes.Piles of newspapers were stacked in the corner and dirty dishes were hidden under the bed. The dusty windows did not let in much light. Which is the text structure used in this paragraph?
What is description
300
The science club made $476 washing cars. Each of the 12 club members received an equal amount to use toward costs for a field trip. Which equation shows one way to find the closest estimate of how much each club member received? (A) $450 ÷ 15 = $30 (B) $480 ÷ 12 = $40 (C) $480 ÷ 10 = $48 (D) $500 ÷ 10 = $50
What is $480 ÷ 12 = $40
400
Read the thesaurus entry below personal - adjective (1) private, secret, individual, own, (2) close, familiar, face - to - face If the author wanted to replace the word personal in the sentence below, which would be the best word? Volunteers should bring their own personal tools to help out with the cleaning up the beach project.
What is individual
400
Look at the asteroid data Asteroid 1 - 180 kilometers in diameter, 18 kilometers per second Asteroid 2 - 103 kilometers in diameter, 21 kilometers per second. How can asteroid 2 appear larger than Asteroid 1 when seen from a telescope on Earth.
What is Asteroid 2 is closer to Earth
400
What is the value of the expression below? 12+9 ÷ 3 - 2 =
What is 13
400
Joey lost his science book.He knew he would be in big trouble if he was unable to study for the final.What should he do?He thought for a few worried moments, and then decided to retrace his steps.He remembered putting the book in his backpack that morning.He had taken it out at school when his friend Kim askedto look something up.Now he remembered—Kim still had his book! What is the main text structure used in this paragraph?
What is Problem and Solution
400
It takes 240,000 gallons of water to fill an empty tank. Water is pumped into the tank at a rate of 800 gallons an hour. How many hours will it take to completely fill the empty tank?
What is 300 hours
500
It was a goal the scientists had worked many years to accomplish. The word accomplish comes from the latin root 'complir' which means to complete. What does the word accomplish mean? (A) to do with success (B) to tell about (C) to accept (D) to finish
What is (A) to do with success
500
The length of a revolution depends on the distance of a planet from the sun. Which planet would have the longest revolution?
What is Neptune
500
The expression below can be used to find the amount of change Tina should receive from a $20 bill if she buys 3 notebooks that cost $4 each and 3 pens that cost $2 each. 20 – 3 × (4 + 2) What should Tina do first to simplify this expression?
What is Add the 4 and the 2
500
Most other animals do not eat eucalyptus leaves. That is because the leaves are tough and somewhat poisonous. Koalas have strong teeth that help them bite and chew the leaves. Their bodies are able to adapt to the effects of the eucalyptus poison. The long, thick leaves also contain moisture. Koalas hardly ever need to drink water as long as they get enough food to eat. What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is Koalas eat moist eucalyptus leaves without being poisoned.
500
A stadium has 132 sections with an equal number of seats in each section. There are a total of 12,672 seats in the stadium. Sarah used this expression to find the number of seats in each section. 12,672 ÷ 132 What is the exact number of seats in the section?
What is 96
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