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100

What is the value of x when 2x + 3 = 3x – 4 ?

  1. -7

  2. 1

  3. 7

E. 7

100

The antara has its origins in the Incan civilization, once the more richer and more powerful empire in South America.


Choose the best answer.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. one of the richest and most

  3. the richest and most

  4. the richer and more

G

The correct adjective form in this context is the superlative: richest and most powerful. The superlative form is needed because the comparison involves more than two items.

100

Question 7

C

100

Question 1

B

100

Special triangles 

5-4-3

12-13-5

200

What is the greatest common factor of 42, 126, and 210 ?

  1. 2

  2. 6

  3. 14

  4. 21

  5. 42

J. 42

200

Wynne began including a word-cross in his section every week. Usually one he wrote himself but sometimes a reader's submission. 

A. NO CHANGE

B. week and usually 

C. week—usually 

D. week; usually 

C. week—usually 

; = . = ,and

200

Question 8

F

200

Question 2

J

200

Boy's bats vs. boys' bats represents what?

Plural vs. Singular Possessive

300

Given a right triangle with a leg length of 4 and a hypotenuse length of 5, what is the height of the triangle?

  1. 13

  2. 4.5

  3. 12

  4. 3

  5. 9.1

I. 3


a = 4

c = 5

300

He produced language CDs and created an online Coastal Athabaskan "talking dictionary," of words that had previously existed only in the few speakers' heads.

A. NO CHANGE

B. online Coastal Athabaskan, "talking dictionary"

C. online Coastal Athabaskan "talking dictionary"

D. online, Coastal Athabaskan "talking dictionary,"

C. online Coastal Athabaskan "talking dictionary"


Comma question!

300

Question 9

A

300

Question 3

A

300

Area of a trapezoid

.5(b1+b2)h

400

If h(x) = x³ + x and g(x) = 2x + 3, then g(h(2)) = ?

  1. 7

  2. 10

  3. 17

  4. 19

  5. 23

J. 23

400

In fact, scientists in 1934 recorded a surface wind speed (of 231 mph): one of the fastest ever recorded.

A. NO CHANGE

B. speed of 231 mph—

C. speed of 231 mph; 

D. speed, of 231 mph, 

B. speed of 231 mph—

The dash is like a colon. Remember:    . = ; = ,and

400

Question 11

C


400

Question 4

G

400

What's another way to think of the science test?

A matching game

500

Ms. Hernandez began her math class by saying:

I’m thinking of 5 numbers such that their mean is equal to their median. If 4 of the numbers are 14, 8, 16, and 14, what is the 5th number?

What is the 5th number Ms. Hernandez is thinking of?


  1. 13

  2. 14

  3. 15

  4. 16

  5. 18

E. 18

500

One day, in 1913 the section's editor Arthur Wynne, was asked by his superior to create a new puzzle. \

A. NO CHANGE

B. One day in 1913, the section's editor, Arthur Wynne,

C. One day, in 1913 the section's editor Arthur Wynne,

D. One day in 1913 the section's editor Arthur Wynne

B. One day in 1913, the section's editor, Arthur Wynne,


500

Question 10

F

Look at key and line and percent glycerol by mass.

500

Question 5 

D

500

What should you not hesitate to do when assessing all sections?

Annotate and mark-up the paper