Distrib & Op
How Much
Grab Bag
Ready, Set, Read!
Bits o' Language
100
-3(-x-10)
3x+30
100
What is 25% of 80
20
100
Every question has how many right answers?
BONUS 100 points: What types of wording in the question can seem misleading, so you can ignore it?
one right answer
BONUS: ignore subjective wording (such as "the best", "most nearly", "primarily", etc.)
100
"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.
100
"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
200
x + 10 -6(x-3x) +4
13x+14
200
What is 15% of 120
18
200
What is the recommended number of passes you should make through the questions during each section of the test? (In other words, how many times should you look through the questions/answers before you are done?)
BONUS 100 points:
Is it recommended that you answer the questions in order, or do the ones you find easier first?
3 to 5 passes through the questions
BONUS: answer easier questions first
200
"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
200
"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
300
45
300
Balia knows that 6 cups of rice will feed 15 people. How many cups of rice are needed to feed 135 people?
54 cups
300
On the Writing & Language test when you are asked to decide which answer option is worded most effectively, if you aren't sure, one strategy is to pick
A) the longest, wordiest option.
B) the option that is redundant (repeats itself in different wording).
C) the most precise and concise (shortest) option.
D) the option that uses sophisticated words that you don't know.
C) the most precise and concise (shortest) option
300
"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
300
"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
C. donation of so many culinary artifacts
D. massive donation of cookbooks
A. NO CHANGE
400
-2(3x - 2.4) = -3(3x - 2.4)
Find the value of 'x' that satisfies problem.
0.8 or 4/5
It is a positive number.
400
An ice skater covered 1500 meters in 106 seconds. What is her unit rate in meters per second
14.15 m per second
400
Which sentence, in a math question, usually tells you what you need to do?
the last sentence
400
"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.
400
"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
500
3 + 10x - 5 = (a + 1) * x - 2
a = 9
500
Arrange from most expensive to least expensive if they buy lunch 5 days per week:
Alice spends $3 per day; Betty spends $25 every 2 weeks; Cindy spends $75 per month (assume 4 weeks in a month)
Cindy, Alice, Betty
500
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.)
a vertical scan (splitting the the answer options into visual columns and scanning down, top to bottom, to quickly see small differences)
500
Identify a favorite drink, treat or snack for both Mrs. Lambert and Mr. Kesler.
100 point BONUS if you name more than one!
coffee, chocolate, healthy snacks
500
"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,