No Calculator Math
What strategy involves only focusing on 1 thing or part of the question at a time so you do not get overwhelmed?
Bite Sized Pieces
If 4s = 28, what is the value of 8s + 13?
A) 7
B) 56
C) 69
D) 84
C) 69
What is the sum of the polynomials 4x2 + 3x - 2 and 2x2 - 8x + 9?
A) 6x2 - 5x - 7
B) 6x2 - 5x + 7
C) 6x4 - 5x - 7
D) 6x4 - 5x + 7
B) 6x2 - 5x + 7
"Specifically, high status individuals, motivated to maintain their elevated social positions and the benefits they bestow, are particularly likely to explain their many social advantages in terms of a fair application of effort, talent, fair."
As used above, "bestow" most nearly means
A) withhold
B) grant
C) earn
D) promote
B) grant
The agency's beginnings came in 1906, when politicians and consumer advocates began to realize how harmful unregulated food, cosmetics and drugs could be.
A) NO CHANGE
B) agency's beginning's
C) agencies beginnings
D) agencies' beginnings'
A) NO CHANGE
What strategy involves rounding your numbers to get close to the answer, without worrying about the exact number?
Ball-parking and estimating
The number of countries that were members of the European Union in 2008 was 3 times the number of countries in the European Union in 1974. If the European Union had 27 members in 2008 and m members in 1974, which of the following equations is true?
A) m+27=3
B) m/3=27
C) 3m=27
D) 27m=3
C) 3m=27
An insect crawls 30 inches in 16.3 minutes. If the insect continues to crawl at the same rate approximately how many inches will it crawl in 6 hours?
A) 200
B) 300
C) 650
D) 960
D) 960
"The present aligns with mounting evidencesuggesting that an individual's social status is a reliable predictor of support for economic inequality in society"
As used in the sentence above, "aligns" most nearly meansA) arranges
B) straightens
C) agrees
D) focuses
C) agrees
The FDA for we know it today was formally created in 1930.
A) NO CHANGE
B) how
C) as
D) DELETE the underline portion
C) as
What strategy involves reading a summary of a passage to help answer questions?
(Grid In Question) At a music school, each long session lasts 20 minutes longer than each short session. If 3 long sessions and 4 short sessions last a total of 270 minutes, how many minutes does a long session last?
50 minutes.
(Grid In Question)
If the expression (6x2 - 7x + 5) - 3(x2 - 5x + 4) is written in the form ax2 + bx + c, what is the value of a?
3
"Understanding the mechanism that power the sleepless flight of songbirds promises to unravel one of the longstanding mysteries of their improbable journey."
As used in the sentence above, "improbable" most nearly means
A) dubious
B) unconvincing
C) remarkable
D) supposed
C) remarkable
The FDA operates operates on a budget of nearly $5 billion a year, much of which is generated by user fees, which come primarily from pharmaceutical companies, whose drugs require FDA approval.
A) NO CHANGE
B) thus coming
C) those come
D) they come
A) NO CHANGE
What strategy involves crossing out answers until you have 1 left?
Process of Elimination
What strategy involves substituting a chosen number for a variable to see if that makes any of the answers match the prompt?
Plugging In