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The department of Fish and Wildlife gives each participating classroom 500 salmon eggs. When the eggs hatch, the children care for the baby salmon and learn about their lifecycle. When the salmon are big enough, the class goes on a field trip to release the salmon into a stream or river.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Students raising salmon
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Rabbits live together in burrows. Their babies are born blind and without fur. Hares live alone above ground. Their babies are born with fur and are not blind. In addition, hares are usually bigger than rabbits.
Rabbits and hares are not the same.
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How many syllables are in 'overestimated'
6
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Jake made $100 last week at work. If he has to give his cousin 25%, how much does he have left?
$75 (100 - 100/4 = 100 - 25 = 75)
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What is the prefix in the word 'overestimated'?
over
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My most _________ grades are 100, 90, and 75. The grades I made earlier aren't that good.
a. old
b. recent
c. troubling
b. recent
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(4 x 8) - 7 (3) + 80 + 6.8 + 2.2
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What does it mean if the price of something is discounted? Is the price higher or lower?
Lower
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I came home from school after a ___________ day. Immediately, I threw my bookbag on the floor and started playing X-Box. At least it wouldn't fuss at me.
a. good
b. pleasant
c. frustrating
c.
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Before toothbrushes were invented, people cleaned their teeth with small twigs. The first toothbrushes were made from bones and bristles from boars, horse hairs, or even feathers. Today the bristles on most toothbrushes are made from nylon.
Before toothbrushes were invented, people used natural items to clean their teeth.
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The Atacama Desert is located on a plateau in northern Chile. It almost never rains in the Atacama Desert, in fact there are some areas of the desert where rainfall has never been recorded. The average yearly rainfall in Atacama is just 1 millimeter. Nowhere else on earth is dryer than the Atacama Desert!
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth.
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In the word 'overestimated' the fourth syllable is what kind of syllable? (closed, open, r-controlled, schwa)
Open
o/ver/es/ti/mat/ed; the /ti/ is open because it ends in a vowel (i).
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Solar ovens use energy from the sun. When a family uses a solar oven to cook their food, they do not have to collect wood for fuel or spend money to buy fuel. Solar ovens are a good option for many families in developing countries.
In many developing countries, people are using solar ovens.
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12 x 8 = 6 (8) + ? (8)
6
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Fill in the blank.
"Jahleel always felt like he didn't quite fit in with the crowd. Since he was 8 or 9 he felt _______ almost everywhere he went." (a. mainstream, b. awkward, c. recent)
b. awkward
The best clue is that Jahleel didn't feel like he "quite fit in."
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Which is greater?
102 x .10
1002 x .01
.10 x 102
102 x .10 = 10.2
1002 x .01 = 10.02
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Incense cedar wood is used for making pencils because it does not break easily, but is soft enough to be sharpened without splintering. It also won't bend or warp in hot temperatures. Incense cedar trees are grown in California and Oregon.
Incense cedar wood is perfect for making pencils.
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Kevin is paid $8.80 per hour. He worked 7 hours. He gave his mother 1/4 of his earnings. What do you do first to solve this problem?
Multiply $8.80 x 7
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Christopher Paolini was just 15 years old when he wrote the first draft to the fantasy book Eragon. His parents helped him to self-publish and to promote the book in schools and libraries. Three years later, Knopf Bloks for Young Readers asked Christopher's family if they could publish the book. Today, Eragon is a best seller.
Christopher Paolini became an author at a young age.
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Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a giant redwood tree on December 10, 1997. She stayed in the tree, which was located in northern California, for nearly 2 years. Many people helped her by bringing her food and supplies. She did not come down until the logging company promised never to cut the tree down.
Julia Butterfly Hill lived in a giant redwood tree for 2 years to prevent it from being cut down.
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Strong magnets are put into some roller coasters. They are also put into the end of the track. As the roller coaster approaches the end of the track, the attracting forces of the magnet bring the coaster to a gentle stop.
Some roller coasters use magnets to make them stop.
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A pygmy marmoset monkey is only about 5 inches tall and weights just 4 ounces. The pygmy marmoset is smaller than any other kind of monkey. Pygmy marmosets live in the Amazon rain forest in South America.
The smallest monkey in the world is the pygmy marmoset monkey.
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Kevin is paid $8.80 per hour. He worked 7 hours. He gave his mother 1/4 of his earnings. How much money does Kevin give his mother?
$15.40
8.8 x 7 - (8.8 x 7)/ 4
61.6 - 61.6 / 4
61.6 - 15.4 = $46.20; Kevin gives his mother $15.40
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Kangaroos spend most of their time in groups called mobs. Kangaroos communicate with each other with clicks, cough, hisses, and growls. They also groom each other by picking dirt, insects, and dead skin from each other's fur.
Kangaroos are very social animals.
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What is the main idea of this article?
Smartphones can be used in both good and bad ways.