Paragraph 1
Which word best summarizes the topic of this text?
A. player
B. scorekeeper
C. game
D. job
B. scorekeeper
What does the first sentence tell about this text?
A. It is about number patterns.
B. It is about averages and statistics.
C. It is about hating math.
D. It is about geometry.
B. It is about averages and statistics.
Which picture would tell a reader more about this text?
A. a picture of a baseball and bat
B. a picture of a number
C. a picture of a trophy
D. a picture of a base
A. a picture of a baseball and bat
Which is the best summary of the text?
A. It is about the importance of statistics in sports.
B. It is about how to calculate statistics.
C. It is about which players have the best statistics.
D. It is about what coaches do to get better statistics.
A. It is about the importance of statistics in sports.
What book series features a boy with a lightning scar?
Harry Potter
Which title best describes the main idea of this text?
A. A Number’s Game
B. Watching Closely
C. Adding It Up
D. A Scorekeeper’s Job
D. A Scorekeeper’s Job
Which chapter title would help a reader find this information in a table of contents?
A. Adding Numbers
B. Finding Averages
C. Typical Values
D. Challenging Word Problems
B. Finding Averages
How many innings are played in baseball?
9
How does this author likely feel about math?
A. Math makes baseball boring.
B. Math is important in baseball.
C. Statistics are not relevant to our daily lives.
D. Math should only be studied in school.
B. Math is important in baseball.
What story features a boy who never grows up?
Peter Pan
What is the meaning of "tallied" as it is used in the text?
add together
Which word has the same root word as divided?
A. video
B. dive
C. division
D. dove
C. division
Which word from the text makes a new word by adding the prefix pre–?
A. game
B. follow
C. stop
D. nine
A. game
Which topic is not covered in this text?
A. what an RBI is
B. why statistics are interesting to baseball fans
C. who has the best statistics on today’s baseball teams
D. why people pay close attention to certain stats when records might be broken
B. why statistics are interesting to baseball fans
What building is the U.S. president’s home?
White House
What is the definition of tracks as it is used in this text?
A. path
B. rail
C. follows
D. songs
C. follows
Which word is a synonym for claim?
A. demand
B. state
C. receive
D. win
B. state
What is the best a player can do when they are up to bat?
make a home run
What is the main idea?
A. Being in first place is important to all fans.
B. Statistics tell us more about the game of baseball.
C. Statistics distract people from the action of the game.
D. Math has no place in sports.
B. Statistics tell us more about the game of baseball.
What item did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
Telephone
What type of text would have language similar to this text?
A. an autobiography
B. a history book
C. a sports magazine
D. a newspaper
C. a sports magazine
What type of text would include language similar to this text?
A. an encyclopedia
B. a book of poetry
C. a letter
D. a math textbook
D. a math textbook
What is the tone of this text?
A. romantic
B. angry
C. persuasive
D. informative
D. informative
What is an RBI?
A. run by inning
B. run batted in
C. real batting incident
D. run by incident
B. run batted in
How many continents are there?
Seven