Vocabulary
Reading Strategies
Fractions
Word Problems
Multiplication/ Division
100
Does the word "benevolent" sound positive or negative?

positive

100
What is the most important strategy when answering reading comprehension questions?


(Think about what you do in our Reading Detective questions.)

Support your answer with specific evidence in the passage!

100

Simplify the fraction 2/4.

1/2

100

John wants 168 cupcakes for his party. John has already made 36 cherry cupcakes, and 60 berry cupcakes. How many more cupcakes does John need to make?

72 cupcakes

100

What are the 1st through 10th multiples of 7?

7,14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70
200

What is a word that has the same prefix as "benevolent"?

Answers may vary.

Several answers could be, "benefit", "benefactor"

200

Which question is a main idea question?

A) In line 6-10, the author suggests...

B) The word, "compromise," on line 7 most likely means...

C) What is the primary purpose of the passage?

D) What is the author telling us in the second paragraph?

C

200

Which fraction is bigger and why?

3/4 and 1/4

3/4 because there are four equal parts in each fraction but there are 3 parts filled in 3/4 and 1 parts filled in 1/4. 3 is greater than 1.

200

At an amusement park, Jess wants to ride a rollercoaster that costs 29 tickets, a bumper car that costs 20 tickets, and a merry-go-round that costs 27 tickets. Jess had 15 tickets, but lost 8 of them on a ride. How many more tickets does she need?

69 tickets

200
What is 1508 divided by 4?

377

300

What does "benevolent" mean?

(adj.) "good natured, kind"

300

What is the reading strategy for inference questions?

Look for key words and find these key words in the passage.
300

Which fraction is bigger?

5/7 and 8/9


Use butterfly method.

8/9

300

Before getting to school, Mike has a few errands to run. Mike has to walk 6 blocks to the store, and 10 blocks to the library, before walking the final 9 blocks to arrive at school. If Mike has already walked 4 blocks, how many more blocks must he walk before arriving at school?

21 blocks

300

What is 3 times 5 divided by 5 plus 10?

13

400
Use "benevolent" in a sentence.
Answers may vary.


"She always has a benevolent smile when she greets her teachers every morning."

400
What is the reading strategy for supporting detail and fact questions, questions that start with "In line 6-10,..."?

Read a line above and below the stated lines.

400

Turn this improper fraction to a mixed number.

175/9

19 4/9

400

Joan made 3 different stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 6 blocks high, the second stack was 7 block(s) higher than the first, and the final stack was 6 block(s) higher than the second. In total, how many blocks did Joan use for all 3 stacks?

38 blocks

400

What is 25 times 47?

1175

500

What does "malevolent" mean?

(adj.) "having or showing a wish to do evil to others"

500

What is the reading strategy for main idea questions?

1) Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph.

2) Identify what subject is repeated the most in the passage.

3) Consider why the author wrote this passage.

500

Add these mixed numbers.


4 5/6 + 7 2/6

12 1/6

500

Some number was added to 7.9. This sum was then divided by 2.2. Finally, the quotient was multiplied by 8. The product was 64. What was the number?

9.7

500

Which can 5499 be divided by evenly?

A) 3

B) 6

C) 9 and 6

D) 3 and 9

D