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- Read this sentence. During a nightly news segment about a cooking contest, a reporter talked to some people who did the best in the…
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7L3a
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this paragraph. (1) When coal was used to heat homes, it frequently left soot stains on the walls. (2) Brothers Cleo and Noah…
- Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this paragraph. (1) Walking dogs, cleaning kennels, hand-feeding newborn kittens, and supporting the pet-adoption process, the animal shelter is looking for volunteers to…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence should be added after sentence 5 to introduce the main topic of the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence should be added to follow and support sentence 7?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Where should sentence 11 be moved in order to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–11)?
- Type Organization
- NYS standards 7W2a, 7W2d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence presents information that shifts away from the main topic of the third paragraph (sentences 12–16) and should be removed?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which transition phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 18?
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 18 to support the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2e
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Marsh believed that the people of his time caused harm to the environment because
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- What is the most likely reason the author uses the word “surprisingly” in paragraph 1?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which evidence supports the accuracy of Marsh’s theories about nature?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which detail about Marsh provides support for the author’s statement in paragraph 5?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which of Marsh’s ideas most influenced the environmental movement of the 1960s?
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 1. In 1926 an editor at the London Daily News predicted that Gertrude Ederle, an American swimmer with eighteen…
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence is the best summary of the steps that Ederle took to prepare for her second attempt to swim across the English Channel?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Ederle knew that if she did not complete the challenge this time, she might never get the opportunity…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence best supports the idea that Ederle succeeded in swimming across the channel because of her innovative approach to the challenge?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In paragraph 4, the word “insurmountable” is used to highlight
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-and-solution in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Paragraph 7 contributes to the development of the central idea of the passage by
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Ederle’s victorious swim across the English Channel influenced American attitudes mainly by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The table contributes to the development of the topic of the passage mainly by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The phrase “those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies,… and dispute about religion” in paragraph 1 shows that the author
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The central idea that “the average ant is a sham” (paragraph 1) is conveyed mainly through the
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- In paragraph 2, how do the words “grabs,” “yanks,” and “tearing away” contribute to the meaning of the excerpt?
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this text from paragraph 2. He… comes to a weed; it never occurs to him to go around it. No; he must climb…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which of the following best explains the author’s fascination with the ants?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 2. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that sheer “leather-headedness” (paragraph 2) amounts to “ignorance” and “idiocy” (paragraph 4)?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7L4a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The two perspiring ants inspect it thoughtfully and decide that dried grasshopper legs are a poor sort of…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the presence of the friend in paragraph 3 influence the first ant’s behavior?
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What was the main way that Karl Mauch’s conclusions about Great Zimbabwe in paragraph 4 affected later archaeological investigations?
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which statement best describes Portuguese explorers’ experience searching for Great Zimbabwe?
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What was “one mystery of Great Zimbabwe” (paragraph 6) that had been solved?
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which statement about the Shona people is best supported by the passage?
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The conclusions of David Randall-MacIver and Gertrude Caton-Thompson were significant because they
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read lines 2–4 and lines 12–14 from the poem. I am what every athlete wants: to remain at the apex of the leap, up…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read line 7 from the first stanza. Swallows and ospreys nest in my trusses. How does the line contribute to the development of ideas…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read lines 18–20 from the poem. You are some tears dribbling from a mountain’s eye, running down the pavements of small towns, into the…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The comparison to sewing in lines 33–35 helps show that the structure
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The last stanza (lines 36–42) conveys a central idea of the poem by
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read lines 41–42 from the poem. Because I am, above all else, patient. I will wait for you. Which of the following supports what…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the poet develop the points of view of the structure and the water?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7L5a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the form of the poem contribute to its meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What is the most likely reason farmers persisted in replanting their crops?
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In the winter that followed the summer of 1816, New Englanders most likely experienced
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does paragraph 3 contribute to the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The author includes the details in paragraph 4 about the eruption of Mount Tambora in order to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which of the following is implied by the phrase “the global nature of weather” (paragraph 5)?
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The cold summer of 1816 was most likely caused by
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In the figure above, PQRS is a parallelogram. What is the value of x?
- Type Angles and lines
- NYS standards 7.G.5, 8.G.5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Format Grid-in
- The owner of a tree farm plants pine trees and oak trees in a ratio of 8:3. How many oak trees are planted if…
- For what value of w is 4w=2w-8?
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 8.EE.7b, 7.NS.2b
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Format Grid-in
- A survey asked students what pets they have. Based on the results, the following statements are all true. 20 students have cats. 23 students…
- Type Counting and arrangements
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Grid-in
- The sum of two consecutive integers is −15. If 1 is added to the smaller integer and 2 is subtracted from the larger integer,…
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.NS.2a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Format Grid-in
- The set of possible values of m is { 5,7,9 }. What is the set of possible values of k if 2k=m+3?
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 6.EE.7, 6.EE.5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 7+(3n+6)-(4n+8)=
- Type Algebraic expressions
- NYS standards 7.EE.1, 7.NS.1c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In a certain school, course grades range from 0 to 100. Adrianna took 4 courses and her mean course grade was 90. Roberto took…
- Type Mean, median, mode and range
- NYS standards 6.SP.5c, 6.SP.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Jenny starts a game with twice as many marbles as Keiko. Jenny gives Keiko 5 marbles, but she still has 10 more than Keiko.…
- Type Two-variable problems
- NYS standards 8.EE.8c, 7.EE.4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- In a scale diagram, 0.125 inch represents 125 feet. How many inches represent 1 foot?
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.G.1, 6.RP.3b, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- PEOPLE PER VEHICLE AT CHECKPOINT Number of People in Vehicle Percent of Vehicles 1 40% 2 35% 3 15% 4 7% 5 or more…
- Type Tables, charts and graphs, Percents
- NYS standards 6.RP.3c, 6.SP.5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- In the pyramid above, each triangular face has the same area, and the base MNPQ is a square that measures 8 centimeters on each…
- Type Volume and surface area
- NYS standards 7.G.6, 6.G.4, 6.G.1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The perimeter of a rectangle is 510 centimeters. The ratio of the length to the width is 3:2. What are the dimensions of this…
- Type Ratios, Area and perimeter
- NYS standards 7.RP.3, 7.EE.4a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which number line below shows the solution to the inequality -4< x/2< 2?
- Type Inequalities
- NYS standards 7.EE.4b, 6.EE.8
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 1 dollar = 7 lorgs 1 dollar = 0.5 dalt Kevin has 140 lorgs and 16 dalts. If he exchanges the lorgs and dalts…
- Type Unit conversion
- NYS standards 6.RP.3d, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A box of colored pencils contains exactly 6 red pencils. The probability of choosing a red pencil from the box is 2/7. How many…
- Type Probability
- NYS standards 6.SP.8a, 6.RP.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The sum of the numbers x, y, and z is 50. The ratio of x to y is 1:4, and the ratio of y…
- What is the area of the shaded region in the graph above?
- Type Area and perimeter, Coordinate plane
- NYS standards 6.G.1, 6.G.3
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In Centerville, 45% of the population is female, and 60% of the population commutes to work daily. Of the total Centerville population, 21% are…
- Type Counting and arrangements, Percents
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b, 7.RP.3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Mrs. Cranston bought five bottles of water for $0.90 each and 8 pounds of meat. She paid a total of $26.90 for these items,…
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In a sample of 10 cards, 4 are red and 6 are blue. If 2 cards are selected at random from the sample, one…
- Type Probability
- NYS standards 7.SP.8a, 7.SP.8b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 1 sind = 4 lorgs 2 plunks = 5 dalts 5 sinds = 2 harps 1 plunk = 3 harps A nation has five…
- Type Unit conversion
- NYS standards 6.RP.1, 6.RP.3d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- SCORES ON MATH QUIZ Score Number of Students 85 4 75 4 65 2 What is the mean score of the 10 students in…
- Type Mean, median, mode and range
- NYS standards 6.SP.5c, 6.SP.5a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- How many more people in Center City walk to work than ride their bicycle to work?
- Type Tables, charts and graphs, Percents
- NYS standards 6.RP.3c, 6.SP.5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which of the following numbers has factors that include the smallest factor (other than 1) of 91?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In a scale drawing of a triangular banner, one side measures 16 centimeters and the other two sides each measure 12 centimeters. On the…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.G.1, 7.RP.2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The faculty of a certain four-year college consists of 179 teachers. There are 663 first-year students. The student-to-faculty ratio for the entire college is…
- 2 1/5+3 3/10+4 2/5+5 1/2 What is the value of the expression shown above?
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.1d, 7.EE.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A car is traveling 55 miles per hour, and 1 mile = 5,280 feet. Which of the following calculations would give the car’s speed…
- Type Unit conversion
- NYS standards 6.RP.3d, 6.RP.3b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Today, Tien’s age is 1/4 of Jordan’s age. In 2 years, Tien’s age will be 1/3 of Jordan’s age. How old is Jordan today?
- Type Two-variable problems
- NYS standards 8.EE.8c, 8.EE.7b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How many positive even factors of 48 are greater than 24 and less than 48?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The least of 5 consecutive integers is l, and the greatest is g. What is the value of l+g/2 in terms of l?
- Type Number properties, Algebraic expressions
- NYS standards 7.EE.1, 7.EE.2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Johan leased a car for three years. He paid a one-time fee of $1,000, and an additional $300 per month for the full three…
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 6.EE.2c, 6.RP.3d
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- There are 6 different cookies on a plate. Aiden will choose 2 of these cookies to pack in his lunch. How many different pairs…
- Type Counting and arrangements
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- For a presentation, Deion can create 5 slides in 20 minutes, working at a constant rate. Kyra can create 3 slides in 10 minutes,…
- Type Rates and speed
- NYS standards 6.RP.3b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- On the number line above, LN = 1/8. Point M (not shown) is located between point L and point N. Which value below is…
- Type Number line and absolute value, Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.2d, 7.NS.1b, 6.NS.7a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- An unmarked straight stick will be laid end over end to measure a distance of exactly 72 feet. The same stick will be used…
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Ryan must read 150 pages for school this weekend. It took him 30 minutes to read the first 20 pages. At this rate, how…
- Type Rates and speed
- NYS standards 6.RP.3b, 6.RP.3d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Suppose M=w/x, N=y/z, and w,x,y, and z do not equal 0. What is M/N in terms of w,x,y, and z?
- Type Algebraic expressions
- NYS standards 6.NS.1, 7.NS.2c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In the set of consecutive integers from 12 to 30, inclusive, there are four integers that are multiples of both 2 and 3. How…
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The graph above shows the number of schools per city for five small cities. Cities M and N each have 500 students per school.…
- Type Tables, charts and graphs
- NYS standards 6.RP.3b, 6.SP.5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A box contains 5 strawberry candies, 3 banana candies, and 2 orange candies. If Braden selects 2 candies at random from this box, without…
- Type Probability
- NYS standards 7.SP.8a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- w/x=y/z In the equation above, w,x,y, and z are positive numbers. Which of these is equal to z?
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 8.EE.7, 6.EE.7
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- On the number line above, points W, X, Y, and Z are integers, and WX:XY:YZ = 4:2:3. What is the value of WY?
- Type Ratios, Number line and absolute value
- NYS standards 7.RP.3, 7.NS.1c
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- A metal square used in an electronic device must have a thickness of 0.02 inch, with an allowable error of 1 percent. What is…
- SCORES ON BIOLOGY TEST Section Lowest Score Range I 65 28 II 62 25 III 67 22 Mr. Blake’s biology class is divided into…
- Type Mean, median, mode and range
- NYS standards 6.SP.5c, 6.SP.3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- If 3n is a positive even number, how many odd numbers are in the range from 3n up to and including 3n+5?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.EE.2b, 6.EE.6
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 10/13=0.769230 In the infinitely repeating decimal above, 7 is the first digit in the repeating pattern. What is the 391st digit?
- Type Patterns and sequences
- NYS standards 7.NS.2d, 6.NS.2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- A car travels at 4,400 feet per minute. The radius of each tire on the car is 1 foot. How many revolutions does one…
- 100(2+0.1)^2-100=
- Type Exponents and roots
- NYS standards 6.EE.1, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A sports store has a container of handballs: 4 blue, 5 red, 8 yellow, 9 white, and 11 green. If one ball is picked…
- Type Probability
- NYS standards 6.SP.8a
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Each week, Leon has fixed expenses of $1,250 at his furniture shop. It costs him $150 to make a chair in his shop, and…
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 7.EE.3, 6.EE.2c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Using the approximation 2.54 centimeters = 1 inch, how many centimeters are in 4 feet 7 inches?
- Type Unit conversion
- NYS standards 6.RP.3d, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- On the number line above, JK=3 1/2, JM=9 3/4, and LM=1 1/8. What is the position of point L?
- Type Number line and absolute value, Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 7.NS.1b
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- If 4x-3y=12, what is x in terms of y?
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 8.EE.7b, 7.EE.1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Number of Servings of Fruits and Vegetables Number of Students 0 5 1 7 2 3 3 4 4…
- Type Mean, median, mode and range
- NYS standards 6.SP.5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A paste used to cover a billboard is made by mixing the following ingredients by weight: 4 parts powder, 3 parts water, 2 parts…
- Read this sentence. The Colosseum in Rome, Italy which is considered one of the “new” Seven Wonders of the World, is the largest amphitheater…
- Type Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this paragraph. In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence. To promote their club, a bake sale will be sponsored by members of the debate team on Wednesday. How should the…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read this paragraph. (1) Devon spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2) First he did…
- Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to best introduce the main claim of the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W1a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 8?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W1b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
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