Testing Tips
Geometry
Operations
Fractions and Beyond
Time, etc.
100
How many times should you read the question?
What is three times?
100
What is the distance around a figure?
What is perimeter?
100
What are the four operations in math?
What is addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?
100
If you are given the fraction 2/3. The 3 is called the denominator? What is the 2 called?
What numerator?
100
What time is a quarter past one?
What is 1:15?
200
If you come across the word NOT or EXCEPT, what should you do?
What is box it in, circle it or underline it?
200
What is the number of square units needed to cover the inside of a figure?
What is area?
200
What if a problem says: Bill went to the store and bought milk for $3.00, fruit for $2.00 and shampoo for $5.00. How much did he spend in all at the store? What operation would you use to solve?
What is addition?
200
If you have 10 pets and 2 out of the 10 pets are cats. What fraction are cats?
What is 2/10?
200
What time is half past ten?
What is 10:30?
300
If they do not give you a picture or illustration to help answer the problem what should you do?
What is draw your own?
300
What is a closed figure made up of line segments?
What is a polygon?
300
If a problem says: Paula had $5.00 and she gave her brother $0.35. How much money does she have now? What operation would you use to solve?
What is subtraction?
300
What is this called: 1,3,5, 7, _, _
What is a pattern?
300
If Jane goes to school a quarter before 8 and Joe goes to school half past 8? Who goes to school first?
What is Jane?
400
How many strategies should you use to solve a problem?
What is at least two?
400
What type of triangle has all three sides that are the same length?
What is an equilateral triangle?
400
If a problem says: Jane had a birthday party with 10 friends and she gave them each 6 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did she give away in all? What operation would you use to solve?
What is multiplication?
400
What is the term for two figures that are the same size and same shape?
What is congruent?
400
The pizza delivery guy says he will deliver your pizzas between 6:15 and 6:50. What time could he have come: 6:28, 5:40 or 6:55?
What is 6:28?
500
If you cannot answer a question, what should you do?
What is take a deep breath and come back to the problem later?
500
What type of triangle has no sides that are the same length?
What is a scalene triangle?
500
If a problem says: Joe had 48 baseball cards and he gave them to six friends. How many cards did each friend get? What operation would you use to solve?
What is division?
500
Which fraction is larger 1/2 or 1/3?
What is 1/2?
500
Your mom buys 9 sodas, 12 juice boxes and 5 Capri-Suns. If you pick a drink without looking what drink are you least likely to pick?
What is Capri-Suns?
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