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100

If Alice turns 11 years old this year, what year was Alice born?

Answer: 2015.

100

There are 146 students going on a field trip to Splish Splash. Each bus holds 24 students. How many buses are needed?

Answer: 7 buses, because 6 buses hold only 144 students.

100

What is an animal called if it eats only plants?

Answer: A herbivore.

100

What is the complete subject in this sentence? 

“The little bird sang beautifully.”

Answer: The little bird

100

What are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution?

Answer: “We the People.”

200

Write the name of the teacher who teaches this grade!

3/4 x 8 + 6/2 - 4 =

Answer: Ellen Teacher

200

P.S. 32 orders 18 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 24 pencils. The school distributes 3/8 of all the pencils to Alice's class. How many pencils are left in Alice's class?

Answer: 324 pencils

18 × 24 = 432 pencils. Distributed: 432 × 3/8 = 162. Left: 432 − 162 = 270 pencils. Correction: the correct answer is 270 pencils.

200

What gas do plants take in from the air to make food?

Answer: Carbon dioxide.

200

What is the complete predicate in this sentence?

“The students played soccer after school.”

Answer: Played soccer after school

200

What is the capital of New York State?

Answer: Albany.

300

In argumentative writing and for our preparation for our debate, what is a claim?

Answer: A statement that the writer is trying to prove or convince others to believe.

300

A school has 240 students. Three-eighths ride the bus, one-fourth walk to school, and the rest are driven by family. How many students took the bus? How many student walked? And how many are driven by family?

Answer:

  • Bus: (3/8)x 240=90

  • Walk:(1/4)x 240=60

  • Driven: (240-90-60= 90 students.

300

If the number of predators in an ecosystem decreases, what might happen to the prey population? Explain why.

Answer: The prey population may increase because fewer predators are hunting them.


300

Identify all the proper nouns in this sentence: 

“Mr. Joseph took his students to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.”

Answer: Mr. Lee, American Museum of Natural History, New York

300

What are the three branches of the U.S. government?

Answer: Legislative, executive, and judicial.

400

Read this statement: 

“School uniforms should be required because they help students focus.” 

What is the claim, and what is the reason?

Answer: 

Claim: School uniforms should be required. 

Reason: They help students focus.

400

Sarah has 3 times as many stickers as Emma. Together, they have 48 stickers. How many stickers does Emma have?

Answer: 12 stickers.

Equation: Let (x) represent Emma’s stickers.

[ x+3x=48 ]

[ 4x=48 ]

[ x=12 ]

400

In a food chain, grass → rabbit → fox, which organism is the producer, and why?

Answer

Grass, because it makes its own food using sunlight through photosynthesis.

400

What type of figurative language is this?

 “My brother is a walking encyclopedia.”

Answer: Metaphor

400

Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?

Answer: The legislative branch.

500

Yellow petals (Y) are dominant over green petals (y). If a flower inherits one yellow trait (Y) from one parent and one green trait (y) from the other parent, what color will its petals be?

Answer: Yellow, because the yellow trait is dominant over the green trait.

500

Theo turned 9 years old yesterday. His older sister is twice his age minus 3 years. How old will his sister be 4 years from today?


Answer: 19 years old.

Explanation:

  1. Theo is 9, so his sister is (9 times 2 - 3 = 15).

  2. In 4 years, she will be (15 + 4 = 19).

500

Rocks break into smaller pieces because of wind, water, and ice. Then, the broken pieces are carried away by wind or flowing water. What are these two processes called, in order?

Answer: Weathering and erosion.

  • Weathering: Breaks rocks into smaller pieces.

  • Erosion: Moves the broken pieces to another location.

500

Correct the sentence by fixing the grammar and capitalization: 

“yesterday me and james goes to the library.”

Answer:

“Yesterday, James and I went to the library.”

500

Why does the U.S. government separate its powers into three branches instead of giving all the power to one person? (Full sentence(s))

Answer: It is to prevent any one person or branch from having too much power through checks and balances.