Brain Blockers
Test Taking Strategies
Testing Pitfalls
Cool Tools
Be A Math Whiz
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Name two healthy brain foods you can eat for breakfast?
What are eggs, wheat toast, fruits, pancakes without sugar, low sugar cereal?
100
The person who gives you the directions
What is the teacher?
100
True or False: It is important to look for a pattern in my answers.
What is False?
100
What is yellow and brightens what I mark?
What is a highlighter?
100
12.95 / 5=
What is 2.59?
200
How does taking a test when you are hungry impact your brain?
What is your brain says, "I need to conserve fuel so I don't have enough and I will limit what information you can access"?
200
Where your eyes should be?
What is on the computer?
200
If you see a graph, map or chart, you should ______.
What is pay attention to it or look at it?
200
What is the object that wakes me up in the morning?
What is an alarm clock?
200
Which decimal is equal to 4/5? A. .8 B. .45 C. .08 D. .045
What is A?
300
How does not getting enough sleep impact your test taking?
What is it restricts the oxygen flow to your brain, impacting your ability to retrieve information
300
The number of times you should read each question
What is 2?
300
What rushing through a test will cause me to do?
What is score below 400, the passing score?
300
This tool will remove pencil marks.
What is an eraser?
300
6 1/2 - 4 1/3=
What is 2 1/6?
400
To alert your brain about what it should look for in a reading passage, you should do this first _________.
What is look at the questions first and then read the passage?
400
If you are not sure what the answer is, you should_____.
What is skip it and come back to it?
400
I should pay very close attention to words like these because they can be tricky. What are the words?
What are words such as, "No", "Not", "Never?"
400
The name of the tool I use to mark out incorrect answers.
What is the eliminator?
400
Brad began working on a project at 10:15 A.M. He finished the project at 3:26 P.M. How long did it take Brad to complete the project? A. 4 hours 11 minutes B. 4 hours 41 minutes C. 5 hours 11 minutes D. 5 hours 41 minutes
What is C?
500
Don't let your brain be tricked with numbers. Always line up the p_______ v_______ when copying the numbers from the test onto your scratch paper.
What is place value?
500
Once you have chosen the answer you should _____
What is plug it in and see if it makes sense?
500
Should I change my answer when I review my test? If yes or no, explain your answer.
What is only change the answer if you are ABSOLUTELY sure the answer is wrong?
500
Mr. Tanner bought 4 books of stamps. Each book contained the same number of stamps. If s represents the number of stamps in each book, which of the following could be used to determine the total number of stamps Mr. Tanner bought? A. s x 4 = ? B. s/4=? C. s - 4 = ? D. s + 4 = ?
What is A?
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