The main idea is..
The central idea
Bits and pieces that back up the main idea.
Supporting details
Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.
Metaphor
Find the prime number.... 4, 7, 9, 10
7
A nail used for a bookshelf must be between 1.25 inches and 1.75 inches. Which number is greater than 1.25 inches and less than 1.75 inches?
1.5
The order in which things happen
Sequence
Find the preposition in the sentence.
There is milk in the fridge.
in
An action that makes something else happen
Cause
Weather delayed 4/6 of the 24 flights departing from an airport. All the departing flights are listed in the chart.
How many flights departing from the airport were delayed by weather?
16 airplanes
Write the following numbers in standard form of 4 x 1,000 + 8 x 10 + 1 x 0.01 + 2 x 0.001?
4080.012
A reasonable guess using what the author said and your common knowledge is...
You sat so nicely and raised your hand.
What point of view is used?
Second
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
She gets really angry.
The base of a rectangular prism has a length of 15 inches and a width of 13 inches.
What is the area of this base of the prism in square inches?
195 square inches
The length of a rectangle is 3 times as long as its width. The perimeter is 48 yards. What is the length and width of the rectangle?
length is 18 yards and width is 6 yards
Maddox and Jonathan went fishing after school.
What point of view is used in this sentence?
third person
The events that make up a story.
plot
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Lisa knew all of the seven dwarfs except one. She remembered Grumpy, Sleepy and Bashful. And of course she couldn't forget Doc and Dopey. Dopey was her favorite. But there was one she just could not remember. Let's see. There's also Sneezy, and that's six. But she could not remember that last one. What was his name?
1. Dopey was Lisa's dwarf.
2. There were 7 dwarfs in all.
3.Lisa had a good memory.
4. Lisa could not remember the name of the dwarfs.
Lisa could not remember the name of one of the dwarfs.
Lisa made 22.80 quarts of soup. She wants to keep the same amount of soup into each of the 15 containers. How much soup will be in each container?
1.52
[ 36 + (3×2) ] ÷ 6
7
What is the author's purpose?
An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone.
Persuade
After Christopher robbed the store, he did not understand the enormity of the crime.
What does enormity mean?
thankful situation, negative impact, confusing accident
negative impact
What is the major difference between an ocean and a sea? Seas are smaller than oceans. They are usually located where the land and ocean meet. For example, the Bering Sea is part of the Pacific Ocean and located between Alaska and Russia.
What text structure is being used?
Compare/contrast
Malia had 15 lb of birdseed. She fed her birds 1/5 lb of birdseed every day until all the birdseed was gone. For how many days did Malia feed the bird seed to her birds?
75 days
An airplane is loaded with 98 suitcases in the cargo department. Each suitcase weighs about 47 pounds. What is a reasonable estimate of the total weight?
5,000