Vocabulary
Reading
Math
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Mixed
100
Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows it.
Animal Homes Animals make their homes in certain places for good reasons. Birds like the safety of living high above the ground in trees. Rabbits dig holes in the ground where they stay warm. Bears claim caves that keep them out of cold, wet weather. Bees make honeycombs that help them do different jobs. All _________ homes are chosen for the ways they help the creatures that live in them.
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
A. animal’s
B. animals
C. animals’
D. animals’s
What is C?
100
A Raft of Ants by Dan Risch
Fire ants live deep underground. But what happens when heavy rains flood their cozy homes? The fiery red insects go marching out of the nest and onto the water. There, they make a raft of their own bodies.
Floating on the surface, the first ants that come out build the raft. A layer of ants spreads across the water. They hold on to one another, using their claws and jaws and sticky feet.
What a tangle of ants! But it’s just what the ants need to save their colony from drowning. As the ants weave themselves together, they don’t even get their antennae wet.
Once the raft is in place, one by one and two by two, more ants march out of the nest and onto the ant raft. They carry ant eggs, ant babies, and, of course, the queen. (Some ants may even pack a bit of food for the trip.)
Up and out the ants march until the entire nest of ants is on the raft. An average-sized nest is made up of 100,000 fire ants.
The floodwaters carry the raft away. Every once in a while, the bottom ants change places with the ants on top. Finally, the raft touches higher ground, where the colony can make a new nest. The ants have survived by sharing all of the work. Now that’s teamwork!
One ant uses its jaws to hold on to another ant’s leg. They use claws and jaws and sticky feet!
What is A? How large an ant raft can be.
100
A baker has 159 cups of brown sugar and 264 cups
of white sugar.
How many total cups of sugar does the baker have?
What is 423 cups of sugar?
100
Which sentences uses the incorrect verb tenses.
A. Standing on the stage, I could feel my heart beating in my chest.
B. I sings my song on the stage with my friends.
C. The audience clapped loudly.
D. I take a bow and walked off the stage with a smile on my face.
.
What is B and D?
I take a bow and walked off the stage with a smile on my face.
I sings my song on the stage with my friends.
100
Tomorrow was the spelling bee. Sam was nervous, so he asked his mom to help him practice. If he worked hard, he knew he could learn all of the __________
A. word’s
B. words’
C. wordes
D. words
What is D? words
200
After it rains, little puddles of water are left all over the wet sidewalks. When the clouds clear, the sun shines onto the puddles. After a while, the puddles leave, and the sidewalks are completely dry. Where did all those puddles go? The water was taken up into the air in a process called evaporation.
Choose a word to replace leave that better describes what puddles do when they evaporate.
A. stand
B. disappear
C. happen
D. spread
What is B disappear?
200
The Old Lion and the Fox An old Lion had teeth and claws that were worn. So it was not so easy for him to get food as in his younger days. He pretended that he was sick. He took care to let all his neighbors know about it. He then lay down in his cave to wait for visitors. And when they came to offer him their sympathy, he ate them up one by one. The Fox came too, but he was very cautious about it. He stood at a safe distance from the cave. He asked politely about the Lion's health. The Lion replied that he was very ill indeed. He asked the Fox to step in for a moment. But Master Fox very wisely stayed outside, and thanked the Lion very kindly for the invitation. "I should be glad to do as you ask," he added. "But I have noticed that there are many footprints leading in. There are no footprints coming out of your cave. Tell me how your visitors find their way out again."
Which sentence from the story tells Fox that Lion wants to hurt him?
A. An old lion had teeth and claws that were worn.
B. He then lay down in his cave to wait for visitors.
C. But Master Fox very wisely stayed outside, and thanked the Lion very kindly for the invitation.
D. There are no footprints coming out of your cave.
What is D, There are no footprints coming out of your cave.
200
Which number is both a factor of 100 and a multiple of 5?
A) 4
B) 40
C) 50
D) 500
What is C, 50?
200
"The windows were all jammed together like a row of birdhouses".
This sentence is an example of a (simile, metaphor, hyperbole)
What is a simile?
200
Alex can identify over forty kinds of objects, five different shapes, five materials, and seven colors, and he can use his knowledge to solve problems and answer questions.
What is the best meaning of the word “identify” as used in the sentence?
A. Feel
B. Look at
C. Up
D. Recognize
What is D?
300
A hungry wolf spied a goat at the top of a steep cliff where he could not possibly get at her. "That is a very dangerous place for you," he called out, pretending to be very anxious about the goat's safety.
"What if you should fall? Please listen to me and come down! Here you can get all you want of the finest grass in the country." The goat looked over the edge of the cliff. "How very, very anxious you are about me," she said, "and how kind you are with your grass! But I know you! It's your own food you are thinking of, not mine!"
What does the word anxious mean in the text?
A. selfish
B. hungry
C. hopeful
D. worried
What is D. worried?
A. INCORRECT: “Selfish” might be chosen because the wolf in the text is selfishly trying to get the goat, but “selfish” does not make sense in the context of the two sentences in which the target word is used. B. INCORRECT: “Hungry” might be chosen because the wolf in the text wants to eat the goat, but “hungry” does not make sense in the context of the two sentences in which the target word is used. C. INCORRECT: “Hopeful” might be chosen because the wolf in the text is hopeful that he will get the goat, but “hopeful” does not make sense in the context of the two sentences in which the target word is used. D. CORRECT: “Worried” has the same meaning as “anxious” and makes sense in the context of both sentences in which the target word is used.
300
The Moon
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall; She shines on thieves on the garden wall, On streets and fields and harbor quays*, And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees. The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse, The howling dog by the door of the house, The bat that lies in bed at noon, All love to be out by the light of the moon. But all of the things that belong to the day Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way; And flowers and children close their eyes Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
*quay: a structure like a dock built by water
Read the first line from the poem.
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
What is the meaning of the simile used in this line?
A. The moon ticks like a clock.
B. The moon is facing the hall.
C. The moon is as round as a clock.
D. The moon moves around the hall.
What is C, The moon is as round as a clock.
300
Model Z is shaded to represent a value that is less than 1 whole.
For questions a–c, choose Yes or No to indicate whether the value is equivalent to the value of the shaded part of Model
a. □yes □ no 30 /100
b. □yes □ no 3/100
c. □yes □ no 0.03
What is yes, no , yes ?
300
Birds Make Good Pets
There are many reasons why people keep birds as pets. Canaries sing beautiful songs. Parakeets will sit on your shoulder. Parrots can talk to you. Birds fly outdoors. Pet birds can be fun.
A student is revising this paragraph and needs to take out information that does not support why birds make good pets. Which of the following sentences does not support why birds make good pets?
A. “Canaries sing beautiful songs.”
B. “Parakeets will sit on your shoulder.”
C. “Parrots can talk to you.”
D. “Birds fly outdoors.”
What is D? “Birds fly outdoors.”
This sentence states a fact about birds. It does not give a reason why someone would want a bird as a pet.
300
Danielle’s full grown dog weighs 10 times as much as her puppy. The puppy weighs 9 pounds.
How many pounds does the full-grown dog weighs?
What is 90 pounds?
400
King of the Planets
Jupiter is the fifth planet from our sun. It is named for the king of ancient Roman gods. It is the biggest planet in our solar system. More than 1300 Earths could fit inside it. This is not a nice place to visit. It is a giant ball of gas. There is nowhere to land. Any spacecraft -- or person -- passing through the colorful clouds would get crushed and melted. Remember how your head feels squeezed when you dive into the deep end of a pool? That is pressure. On Jupiter, the pressure is so strong it squishes gas into liquid. Jupiter's atmosphere can crush a metal spaceship like a paper cup.
What is the meaning of the word pressure?
A. gas B. deep C. force . D. strong
What is C. The context of the passage clarifies that “pressure” is force by giving examples of it: head feels squeezed, squishes gas into liquid, and crush a metal spaceship.
400
Election of the President
The process of electing a President was set up in the United States Constitution. The Constitution requires a candidate for the presidency to be:
• At least 35 years old
• A natural born citizen of the United States
A resident of the United States for 14 years
So how does one become President of the United States?The following steps outline the general process for presidential elections.
Step 1: Primaries and Caucuses There are many people who would like to become President. All of these people have their own ideas about how our government should work. Some of these people can belong to the same political party. That's where primaries and caucuses come in. In these elections, party members get to vote for the candidate that will represent their party in the upcoming general election.
Step 2: National Conventions At the end of the primaries and caucuses, each party holds a national convention to finalize the selection of one Presidential nominee. During this time, each Presidential candidate chooses a running mate (or Vice-Presidential candidate).
Step 3: The General (or Popular) Election Now that each party is represented by one candidate, the general election process begins. Candidates campaign throughout the country in an attempt to win the support of voters. Finally in November, the people vote for one candidate. When people cast a vote in the general election, they are not voting directly for an individual Presidential candidate. Instead, voters in each state actually cast their vote for a group of people known as electors. These electors are part of the Electoral College and are supposed to vote for their state’s preferred candidate.
Step 4: The Electoral College In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors, based on each state's total number of representatives in Congress. Each elector gets one electoral vote. For example, a large state like California gets 54 electoral votes, while Rhode Island gets only four. All together, there are 538 Electoral votes. In December (following the general election), the electors cast their votes. When the votes are counted on January 6th, the Presidential candidate that gets more than half (270) wins the election. The President-elect and Vice President-elect take the oath of office and are inaugurated two weeks later, on January 20th.
1. Which statement adds appropriate supporting detail to the information in the first paragraph?
A. For over two centuries the Constitution has remained in place to protect the rights of people.
B. Since the Constitution was written in 1787, it has changed to meet the needs of modern Presidents.
C. An amendment to the Constitution in 1804 guides the election of the President to the present day.
D. The Constitution is a statement of national principles rather than a plan for how the government works.
What C. This detail elaborates on the information that the presidential election process is detailed in the Constitution.
400
Kara wrote an expression that has a value of 12/ 5.
For letters a – c, choose whether each expression has a value of 12/ 5
a) 12 x 1/5
b) 12 x 5/ 5
c) 3x 4/ 5
What is a and c?
400
How Laws Are Made
What is a Law? So what is a law? Well, picture your family sitting down to play a board game. You need to know the rules in order to play, right? The same thing goes for your day-to-day life -- you need to know the rules or laws. Every country has its own set of laws and each is unique to that country. For example, in the United States, the law says we drive on the right-hand side of the road. In England, on the other hand, their law states they drive on the left. You could really do some damage if you didn't know that law and started driving on the wrong side of the road!
Who Makes Laws? Now that we know what a law is, who makes the laws? Well, laws can be made by the national government or by individual state governments. National laws are those laws that everyone in the country must follow. Laws made by individual states are only good in that state. National laws are made in Congress, which is part of the legislative branch and is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Congress can make laws on all kinds of matters, such as setting speed limits on highways or regulating how much radon may be found in drinking water. During each Congress, which lasts two years, senators and representatives introduce about 10,000 bills. During that time, about 650 bills are passed by Congress and then signed into law by the president.
Read this sentence from Paragraph 1.
You could really do some damage if you didn’t know that law and started driving on the wrong side of the road!
Which phrase would replace the words “really do some damage” with more specific language?
A. drive poorly
B.injure people
C. create confusion
D.get in the way
What is B? The phrase “injure people” is a more specific replacement for the words “really do some damage” because it indicates the kinds of damage a driver who doesn’t know the law could cause by driving on the wrong side of the road.
400
As she dreamed about winning her eyes became stars twinkling with possibilities?
This is an example of a (simile, metaphor. hyperbole or idiom)
What is a metaphor?
500
Opportunities at the Hull House
Jane Addams's Hull House offered many programs to the Chicago community, even music lessons. Solomon Saranoff lived near Hull House. He was the son of Russian immigrants. His father worked for a rag shop for $8 a week. "Solly," as he was called, wanted to learn to play the piano, but his family had no extra money to buy one, much less pay for lessons. One day, friends of Solly and his sister, Rosie, took them to Hull House, where, guess what? There was a piano! Can you imagine how excited Solly was when he saw the instrument? Although he had dreamed of playing one, he had never even been near a piano before. He struck a note and was thrilled with the sound. He played a few more notes. When a director of Hull House entered the room, she asked Solly if he wanted to learn to play. "Oh yes! Could I?" he asked eagerly. Solly took piano lessons at Hull House, while his parents learned to speak English in the language class. During a Hull House party, many family met Jane Addams. Solly's father told Jane that he had never heard his son play the piano. "Well, that is too bad," Addams said. "I must see that you hear him soon." A week later, Solly brought home a card announcing his piano recital at the Hull House Music School. At the concert, tears rolled down Solly's father's face as he heard his son play. The teacher proclaimed, "I think Solly will be a great musician." During a Hull House party, many family met Jane Addams. Solly's father told Jane that he had never heard his son play the piano.
What is the plural of the underlined word?
A. familys
B. familes
C. families
D. famillies
What is C, Removing “-y” and adding “-ies” to a noun ending in “-y” makes a correctly spelled plural.
500
Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart Learns to Fly
Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. In those days, airplanes were not nearly as common as they are today. Earhart was 12 years old before she ever saw an airplane, and she did not take her first flight until 1920. Amelia Earhart was so thrilled by her first airplane ride that she quickly began to take flying lessons. She wrote, "As soon as I left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly." Earhart excelled as a pilot. Her first instructor was Neta Snook, one of the first women to graduate from the Curtiss School of Aviation. Earhart borrowed money from her mother to buy a two-seat plane. She got her U.S. flying license in December 1921, and by October 1922, she set an altitude record for women of 14,000 feet. In 1923, Earhart received her international pilot's license - only the 16th woman to do so. At the same time, she was becoming famous for her aviation achievements. Amelia Earhart Flies Across the Atlantic In 1928, Amelia Earhart received a phone call that would change her life. She was invited to become the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all," she said, but she accepted the offer nonetheless. On June 17, after several delays due to bad weather, Amelia Earhart flew in a plane named Friendship with co-pilots Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and Louis "Slim" Gordon. The plane landed at Burry Port, South Wales, with just a small amount of fuel left.
Amelia said, "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all.”
What does the phrase ‘extra weight’ refer to?
a. her fame as an international pilot
b. her role as a passenger on the plane
c. her understanding of how heavy she was
d. her awareness of how she was making history
What is B? Amelia is using the phrase to describe her role as a passenger because she had the experience and the qualifications to pilot the plane herself.
500
How many inches did the plant grow during June?
What is 2 3/5 inches ?
500
Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart Learns to Fly
Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897.In those days, airplanes were not nearly as common as they are today.
Earhart was 12 years old before she ever saw an airplane, and she did not take her first flight until 1920. Amelia Earhart was so thrilled by her first airplane ride that she quickly began to take flying lessons. She wrote, "As soon as I left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly."
Earhart excelled as a pilot. Her first instructor was Neta Snook, one of the first women to graduate from the Curtiss School of Aviation.
Earhart borrowed money from her mother to buy a two-seat plane. She got her U.S. flying license in December 1921, and by October 1922, she set an altitude record for women of 14,000 feet.
In 1923, Earhart received her international pilot's license - only the 16th woman to do so. At the same time, she was becoming famous for her aviation achievements. Amelia Earhart Flies Across the Atlantic
In 1928, Amelia Earhart received a phone call that would change her life. She was invited to become the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all," she said, but she accepted the offer nonetheless.
On June 17, after several delays due to bad weather, Amelia Earhart flew in a plane named Friendship with co-pilots Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and Louis "Slim" Gordon. The plane landed at Burry Port, South Wales, with just a small amount of fuel left.
Amelia said, "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all.” What does the phrase ‘extra weight’ refer to?
A. her fame as an international pilot
B. her role as a passenger on the plane
C. her understanding of how heavy she was
D. her awareness of how she was making history
What is B? Amelia is using the phrase to describe her role as a passenger because she had the experience and the qualifications to pilot the plane herself.
500
Sarah is 12 years old.
• George is g years old.
• Sarah is 3 times as old as George.
For numbers 1a–1c, choose Yes or No to indicate whether each statement is true.
□yes □ no George’s age, in years, can be represented by the expression 12 ÷ 3.
□yes □ no George is 15 years old.
□yes □ no George’s age, in years, can be found by solving the equation 12 = 3 × g
What is yes, no yes?