ELA
What is Main Idea/ Central Idea?
The main idea is the most important point or message that the writer wants you to understand. It’s what the paragraph or passage is mostly about.
Proportional Relationships
Q: A recipe calls for 4 cups of flour to make 10 cookies. How many cups are needed to make 25 cookies?
Set up a proportion:
410= x25 ⇒ x=4×2510 =10\frac{4} {10} = \frac{x}{25} \Rightarrow x = \frac {4 \times 25}{10} = 10104= 25x ⇒ x = 104×25=10 cups
What is a Similie?
A simile is a way to compare two different things using the words “like” or “as.”
Theoretical Probability
Q: A number cube (die) is rolled once. What is the probability of rolling an odd number?
Odd numbers on a die: 1, 3, 5 → 3 outcomes
Total outcomes: 6
P(odd) = 36=12\frac{3}{6} = \frac{1}{2}63=21
How do you say Good morning in Spanish?
What is theme? Name a typical theme we find?
Theme is the big idea or message in a story.
Friendship
Courage
Honesty
Never give up
Good vs. Evil
Percent Applications
Q: A shirt originally costs $40 and is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?
25% of $40 = 0.25×40=100.25 \times 40 = 100.25×40=10
Sale price = 40−10=3040 - 10 = 3040−10=30
Answer: $30
What are context clues?
Context clues are hints in a sentence or passage that help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Simple Probability with a Spinner
Q: A spinner has 5 equal sections labeled A, B, C, D, and E. What is the probability it lands on a vowel?
Vowels: A, E → 2 outcomes
P(vowel) = 25\frac{2}{5}52
What is Paramount’s mascot?
Goat
AC vs. DC
In the 1880s, the War of the Currents began. Thomas Edison developed direct current, or DC, a type of electricity that flows in one direction. By 1887, DC was in use around the United States. It had some drawbacks, though. Converting it to lower or higher voltages was difficult; that is, the current's force couldn't be changed easily. Transmitted at the low voltage needed for use in homes and businesses, it lost power after traveling only a mile. Meanwhile, Nikola Tesla was working with alternating current, or AC. AC reverses direction many times per second and can be changed to different voltages. At high voltage, it can be transmitted efficiently, traveling hundreds of miles with little energy loss. Because of its advantages, AC triumphed by the end of the nineteenth century.
What is the main idea/Central Idea of this passage?
A. AC has a distinct advantages over DC, so AC won the war of the Currents.
B. AC reverses the direction and can be converted to lower or higher voltage.
A. AC has a distinct advantages over DC, so AC won the war of the Currents.
Expressions & Equations
Q: Simplify the expression: 3(2x−4)+5x3(2x - 4) + 5x3(2x−4)+5x
Distribute and combine like terms:
6x−12+5x=11x−126x - 12 + 5x = 11x -126x−12+5x=11x−12
Scotch broom can damage native ecosystems in much of the United States . The flowering plant was introduced to this country from Europe, and it has flourished int he wild here. The problem is that it spreads quickly and crowds out native plants, destroying habitats for native wildlife.
FLOURISHED
Calculating Percent of a Number
Q: What is 30% of 80?
0.30×80=240.30 \times 80 = 240.30×80=24
How many total classrooms are there in the middle school wing at Paramount Brookside?
9
Fluoride is a mineral that is added to public drinking water supplies in much of the United States in order to reduce levels of tooth decay. When a tooth is forming, fluoride strengthens the enamel, or outside coating of the teeth. The fluoride mixes with the enamel, making it harder. In addition, when fluoride mixes with saliva, it can protect teeth from sugars, further reducing tooth decay. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that drinking fluoridated water provides additional protection even for people who simply brush with fluoride toothpaste. Reports on the impacts of fluoridated drinking water have concluded that it reduces tooth decay by about twenty-five percent.
Identify the text structure.
A. Comapare and contrast
B. Cause and effect
B. Cause and effect
Probability
Q: A bag contains 3 red, 5 blue, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble?
Total marbles = 10 P(red) = 310\frac{3}{10}103
There are nearly thirty thousand different species of wasps. Wasps come in myriad colors, everything from the familiar yellow-and-black to metallic blue. Some are solitary species that live without the benefit of a colony or group. Others, like yellow jackets and hornets, are social insects, meaning that they live in colonies and build large communal nests. Each species has its own unique characteristics.
One newly discovered species, a reddish-black wasp native to Thailand, is notable for the way it hunts cockroaches. First, it injects venom into a cockroach to incapacitate it. Then the wasp drags the paralyzed cockroach back to its nest and lays eggs in its body. With time, larvae hatch from the eggs and consume the cockroach's body. This disturbing practice inspired the name Ampulex dementor, reflecting the wasps' similarity to the soul-sucking dementors in the Harry Potter book series.
What is the meaning of myriad as used in the passage?
A. Beautiful
B. Bright
c. Unusual
D. Many
D. Many
Discount Price
Q: A jacket originally costs $60 and is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?
25% of 60 = 0.25×60=150.25 \times 60 = 150.25×60=15
Sale price = 60−15=4560 - 15 = 4560−15=45
Answer: $45
Name the two main characters in Moana.
Moana & Maui
Read the quatations below from Libba Bray's " A great and terrible beauty" Match each one to the theme or lesson it suggest.
QUOTATIOIN:
1. And I could only stand by...The keeper of a secret so terrible it made me afraid to speak, scare that it would pour out of me like kerosene, burning everyone.
2."Because you don't notice light without a bit shadow. Everything has both dark and light"
THEME:
A. Not being able to talk about something can be a burden.
B. Good things stand out only next to bad things.
2= B
Statistics – Mean & Median
Q: What is the mean and median of this data set?
8,6,10,4,128, 6, 10, 4, 128,6,10,4,12
Mean = 8+6+10+4+125=405=8 \frac {8 + 6 + 10 + 4 + 12}{5} = \frac{40}{5} =858+6+10+4+12=540=8
Sorted list: 4,6,8,10,124, 6, 8, 10, 124,6,8,10,12 →
Median = 8
Human Activity and Earthquakes
When Americans think of earthquakes, they tend to think of California, a state known for its frequent seismic activity. In recent years, however, people in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas have been feeling the ground shake more often. An increase in oil and gas drilling in these states has led to "human-induced" earthquakes—those resulting from human activity. When wastewater is disposed of during gas and oil drilling, the water is forced deep underground. The resulting buildup of pressure can cause fault lines (cracks in the Earth's crust) to shift. According to Mark Petersen, head of the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake hazard mapping project, "In the past five years, the USGS has documented high shaking and damage in areas of these six states, mostly from induced earthquakes."
Determine the main idea of the passage?
A. Residents of six U.S States have experienced an increase in earthquake activity in recent years.
B. An increase in oil and gas drilling has caused a corresponding increase in earthquakes in six states.
B. An increase in oil and gas drilling has caused a corresponding increase in earthquakes in six states.
Finding the Percent
Q: A student answered 18 out of 24 questions correctly on a quiz. What percent did they get correct?
1824=0.75⇒75\frac{18}{24} = 0.75 \Rightarrow 75%2418=0.75⇒75
In the new live-action remake, Lilo and Stitch’s relationship is shown to be based on this key Hawaiian concept, which means "family."
"Ohana"