A pencil costs $1.03 and Alex wants to purchase 398 pencils.
Which expression gives the best estimate of the total cost of Alex's purchase in dollars?
A. 1 x 40
B. 1 x 400
C. 10 x 390
D. 130 x 400
Wind tunnel tests show that the Microraptor:
A. could fly for hours at a time at extremely high altitudes.
B. survived on a diet similar to modern-day birds.
C. probably could glide for about 100 meters.
D. had wings identical to those of modern-day birds.
What can be inferred from the last three sentences?
A. The narrator wanted to swim in the water, but she was afraid that her father would punish her if she did.
B. The narrator decided that it would be more fun to make a sandcastle because the ocean water was too cold.
C. The narrator's father was teasing her, because he knew that she is an excellent swimmer.
D. The narrator forgot that she could not swim until her father reminded her.
The graph shows the number of pies sold at a school bake sale?
How many pies were sold at the bake sale?
A. 16
B. 80
C. 160
D. 220
Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. STOICALLY
A. demonstrably
B. powerfully
C. indignantly
D. unemotionally
Select the word that best completes the sentence.
In a victory for police and law enforcement the Supreme Court __________ a lower court's ruling, which allowed officers to take DNA samples from arrested suspects.
A. proposed
B. dismissed
C. upheld
D. criticized
Select the word that best completes the sentence.
In __________ of the coming tourist season, Percy stocked his shop's shelves with souvenirs and trinkets of the sort that tourists generally buy.
A. anticipation
B. regulation
C. peril
D. consternation
Refer to the picture. An empty wine glass is shown placed upside down.
Which of the following shows all of the points where the glass touches the table?
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
Based on the pie chart showing students' cafeteria bread preferences, what percent of the students prefer whole wheat?
A. 75%
B. 40%
C. 30%
D. 25%
The bar graph below represents the temperature recorded on fourteen consecutive days.
What is the mode of the data?
A. 70
B. 72
C. 80
D. 85