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Answer!Sheet!

Number!Correct:!____!!! ! Total!Question:!50!!
To!find!your!percentage!divide!the!number!correct!by!the!total!number!of!questions.!
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Questions! Mathematical!Category! Total!Answer! Total!Questions!
Correct!
1D20! Numbers!and!Operations! ! 20!
21D35! Algebraic!Thinking! ! 15!
36D50! Geometry,!Measurement,! ! 15!
Statistics!and!Probability!
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1.! A!runner!is!running!a!10k!race.!The! 5.! Below!is!an!example!of!a!student’s!
runner!completes!30%!of!the!race!in! work:!
20!minutes.!If!the!runner!continues! !
at!the!same!pace,!how!long!will!it! 4/16!–!1/8!=!3/8!
take!to!complete!the!race?! 10/13!–!3/8!=!7/5!
! 3/5!–!2/3!=!½!
a.! 67!minutes! !
b.! 60!minutes! If!the!student!continues!making!the!
c.! 85!minutes! same!error,!the!student’s!most!likely!
d.! 62!minutes! answer!to!the!problem!9/16!–!3/4!
! would!be?!
2.! Simplify:!30!D!2!*!50!+!70! !
! a.! 12/20!
a.! 0! b.! 0!
b.! 570! c.! 3/5!
c.! D210! d.! 6/12!
d.! D70! !
! 6.! Which!of!the!following!points!on!a!
3.! If!the!number!180!is!written!as!the! number!line!is!the!greatest!distance!
product!of!its!prime!factors!in!the! from!.5?!
form!!" # " c,!what!is!the!numerical! !
value!of!a!+!b!+!c,!where!c!=!5!and!a! a.! D1.5!
and!b!do!not!equal!1?! b.! 0!
! c.! 1!
a.! 10! d.! 1.5!
b.! 16! !
c.! 17! 7.! Which!of!the!following!requires!the!
d.! 22! most!advanced!understanding!of!
! ! relationships!between!arithmetic!
4.! What!is!the!digit!in!the!hundreds! operations?!
place!in!the!product!of!63!*!31?! !
! a.! 47!+!53!=!50!+!50!=!100!
a.! 1! b.! 53!–!47!+!4!=!57!–!47!=10!
b.! 9! c.! (4!*!3)!+!(4!*!3!–!2)!=!(12)!+!
c.! 5! (12!–!2)!=!22!
d.! 3! d.! 100!–!36!=!64!
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8.! Tom!wants!to!mentally!calculate!a! 12.!A!thirdDgrade!class!begins!working!
twenty!percent!tip!on!his!bill!of!$40.! on!a!mathematics!project!at!9:50!
Which!of!the!following!is!best!for! a.m.!and!stops!working!on!the!
Tom!to!use!in!the!mental!calculation! project!at!11:10!a.m.!How!many!
of!$40?! minutes!did!the!class!work!on!the!
! project?!
a.! 40!*!.02! !
b.! 40!*!(20/100)! a.! !20!minutes!
c.! 40!*!(200/1000)! b.! !60!minutes!
d.! 40!*!.1!*!2! c.! !80!minutes!
! d.! !100!minutes!
9.! Which!of!the!following!numbers!is! !
neither!prime!nor!composite?! 13.!What!are!the!prime!factors!of!18?!
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a.! 4! a.! !2!*!(3^2)!
b.! 3! b.! !2!*!9!
c.! 2! c.! !(2^2)!*!3!
d.! 1! d.! !(2^2)!*!(3^2)!
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10.!All!of!the!following!equations,!when! 14.!After!a!lesson!on!rounding!and!
simplified,!equal!the!same!value! estimation,!a!teacher!tells!students!
except!one.!Which!of!the!following! that!the!football!concession!stand!
equations,!when!simplified,!is!NOT! has!purchased!590!candy!bars!to!sell!
equal!to!the!other!equations?! for!the!6!football!home!games!this!
! year.!The!teacher!asks!the!students!
a.! .25!*!100!–!40! to!estimate!the!average!number!of!
b.! 200!*!(1/8)!–!2(40D20)! candy!bars!that!will!be!sold!at!each!
c.! (20!/!(1/5)!)!–!(5!/!(1/23)!)! home!game.!Which!of!the!following!
d.! 2(40!*!.2)!+!5(.4!*!(1/4)!)!! would!be!the!correct!estimation?!
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11.!Which!of!the!following!is!an!example! a.! !90!
of!the!commutative!property!of! b.! !98.3!
multiplication?! c.! !100!
! d.! !105!
a.! !6!x!5!=!5!x!6! !
b.! !123!+!345!=!345!+!123! !
c.! !4(2D1)!=!2(4D1)! !
d.! !2(2+2)!=!2(2D2)! !
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15.!!Bill!mows!lawns!during!the!summer.! 17.!The!teacher!provides!a!word!
Each!lawn!that!he!mows!pays!a! problem!for!her!students:!!
different!amount!and!requires!a! !
different!amount!of!time!to!mow.! Quacky!Donald’s!Donuts!sells!glazed!
Bill!records!the!time!it!takes!to!mow! donuts!in!packages!of!six!and!donut!
each!lawn!and!how!much!money!he! holes!in!packages!of!10.!If!Quacky!
is!paid:!! Donald!Donuts!sold!the!same!
! number!of!glazed!donut!and!donut!
! Minutes! $!Earned! holes!yesterday,!what!is!the!
Lawn!1! 20! 30! minimum!amount!of!donut!holes!
Lawn!2! 30! 35! that!Quacky!Donald’s!Donuts!sold?!
Lawn!3! 35! 20! !
! Based!on!the!world!problem!above,!
Using!the!information!above,!which! which!of!the!following!concepts!is!
of!the!following!equations!could!be! the!teacher!most!likely!to!cover!in!
used!to!find!how!much!Bill!earned! the!lesson?!
per!minute!of!work?! !
! a.! Least!common!factor!
a.! !(30!+!35!+!20)!/!(20!+!30!+! b.! Greatest!common!factor!
35)! c.! Least!common!multiple!
b.! !30!+!35!+!20!/!20!+!30!+!35! d.! Greatest!common!multiple!
c.! !(30/20)!+!(35/30)!+!(20/35)! !
d.! !(30!+!35!+!20)!/!3! !
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16.!James!has!saved!$35.25.!!He!wants! !
to!save!his!money!to!buy!a!bicycle! !
that!costs!$85.00.!!His!brother’s!bike! !
cost!$92.00.!!If!sales!tax!is!8%,!about! !
how!much!more!must!he!save!to! !
purchase!his!bike,!including!tax?! !
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a.! $55! ! ! ! ! !
b.! $60! ! ! ! ! !
c.! $50! !
d.! $70! !
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18.!Bobby!is!buying!gumballs!for!7!of!his! 20.!Order!the!following!numbers!from!
friends.!There!are!51!gumballs! greatest!to!least:!!D2,!1/2,!0.76,!5,!
before!Bobby!makes!his!purchase!at! √2,!π!
the!store.!Bobby!wants!to!give!each! !
of!his!friends!the!same!amount!of! a.! 5,!π,!√2,0.76,!D2,1/2! ! !
gumballs!and!not!have!any!gumballs! b.! 5,!π,!√2,!0.76,!1/2,!D2! ! !
left.!Which!of!the!following! c.! D2,0.76,1/2,!√2,!π,!5!
approaches!can!Bobby!use!to!find! d.! D2,!½.!0.76,!√2,!π,!5!
the!greatest!number!of!gumballs!he! !
can!purchase!to!give!his!friends?! 21.!A!pancake!recipe!requires!1!
! tablespoon!of!baking!powder!per!2!
a.! Divide!51!by!7! cups!of!flour.!If!2!cups!of!flour!make!
b.! On!a!piece!of!paper!draw!51! 4!pancakes,!how!many!tablespoons!
gumballs!and!then!circle! of!baking!powder!are!needed!to!
groups!of!7!gumballs!and! make!12!pancakes?!
then!count!how!many! !
gumballs!are!left!not!circled! a.! !1!
c.! Create!a!table!where!one! b.! !3!
side!of!the!table!represents! c.! !6!
the!number!of!gumballs!and! d.! !9!
the!other!side!represents!the! !
number!of!friends! 22.!What!is!the!degree!of!the!monomial!
d.! Make!a!list!of!the!multiples! 3x2y3?!
of!7!and!then!purchase!the! !
highest!multiple!of!7!that!is! a.! !2!
less!than!51! b.! !3!
! c.! !5!
19.!Which!of!the!following!situations! d.! !6!
might!require!the!use!of!a!common! !
denominator?! !
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! ! I!Addition!of!Fractions!! !
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II!Multiplication!of!fractions!
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IV!Division!of!fractions!
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a.! I,!II! ! ! ! !
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b.! III,!IV! ! ! ! !
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c.! I,!III!
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d.! I,!II,!III,!IV!
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23.!What!equation!describes!the!linear! 26.!Mr.!Andrews!is!in!a!city!whose!street!
relationship!shown!in!the!table?! grid!can!be!represented!by!a!
! coordinate!plane.!Mr.!Andrews!
X! 2! 6! 9! 12! wants!to!walk!from!his!current!
Y! 7! 19! 28! 37! location!at!a!local!barbershop,!
! represented!on!the!coordinate!plane!
! as!(1,!2),!to!his!apartment.!Mr.!
a.! y!=!3x!+!1! Andrews!walks!5!blocks!east,!or!to!
b.! y!=!2.5x! the!right,!and!1!block!south,!or!
c.! y!+!1!=!3x! down.!Which!of!the!following!
d.! y!+!3x!=!1! ordered!pairs!correctly!depicts!the!
! location!of!Mr.!Andrews’!
24.!Use!the!table!to!answer!the! apartment?!
question:! !
! a.! (6,!1)!
X! Y! b.! (2,!7)!
1! D2! c.! (0,!7)!
3! 4! d.! (6,!0)!
5! 10! !
9! 22! 27.!Which!of!the!following!equations!is!
! written!in!slopeDintercept!form?!
Which!of!the!following!equations! !
correctly!models!the!relationship!in! a.! y!=!3x!+!5!
the!table?! b.! x!=!3y!+!5!
! c.! 3y!–!5x!=!10!
a.! !Y!=!x!–!2! d.! y!+!5!=!3x!
b.! !Y!=!2x! !
c.! !Y!=!3x!+!1! 28.!Which!of!the!following!correctly!
d.! !Y!=!3x!–!5! combines!like!terms!for!the!
! following!equation?!
25.!Which!of!the!following!is!equivalent! !
to!the!inequality:! 3x!–!4!+!6x!+!5!–!4x!–!2!=!16!
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5!>!X!D1! a.! 5x!–!1!=!16!
! b.! 13x!–!11!=!16!
a.! !X!<!4! c.! 14x!–!10!=!16!
b.! !X!>!4!! d.! (3x!–!4)!+!(6x!+!5)!–!(4x!+!2)!=!
c.! !X!<!6! 16!
d.! !X!<!7! !
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29.!A!school!fundraiser!is!selling!candy! 31.!A!small!company!employs!19!hourly!
bars!to!raise!money!for!a!new! wage!workers.!The!hourly!wage!
gymnasium.!If!Billy!sells!a!total!of! range!is!from!$10!to!$25!per!hour.!If!
$650!worth!of!candy!bars!for!$x!per! three!workers!earn!the!median!
candy!bar,!which!equation!would!be! wage!of!$13.50!per!hour,!how!many!
used!to!find!out!how!many!candy! workers!earn!more!than!$13.50!per!
bars!Billy!sold?! hour?!
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a.! 650!–!x! a.! 6!
b.! 650!/!x! b.! 8!
c.! 650!*!x! c.! 9!
d.! 650!+!3x! d.! 11!
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30.!Which!of!the!graphs!best!represents! !
the!equation!y!=%& " ?! 32.!Mrs.!McCoy!writes!two!equations!on!
! the!board!for!her!class.!!
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+5!–!5!=!0!
D20!+!20!=!0!
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Which!of!the!following!
properties!of!integers!is!Mrs.!
McCoy!most!likely!trying!to!
illustrate?!
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a.! The!associative!property!of!
addition!
b.! The!commutative!property!of!
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a.! A! addition!
b.! B! c.! The!additive!inverse!property!
c.! C! d.! The!additive!identify!
d.! D! property!
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33.!A!student!walks!into!class!and!tells! 34.!Mrs.!Fields’!science!class!takes!care!
the!teacher!that!a!local!candy!store! of!a!plant!at!school.!The!class!is!
had!a!“buy!one!candy!bar,!get!one! responsible!for!watering!the!plant!
candy!bar!free”!promotion!this! and!measuring!its!growth.!The!
weekend.!The!teacher!asks!the! students’!measurements!are!charted!
student!how!many!candy!bars!she! in!the!table.!
purchased,!but!the!student!was!only! !
able!to!remember!how!many!candy! !
bars!she!received.!The!teacher!uses! ! Number!of! Height!of!the!
this!opportunity!to!create!a!word! ! Months! Plant!(h)!in!inches!
problem!for!the!class.!She!asks!the! ! (m)!
class!to!create!an!equation!that! ! 1! 8!
would!help!the!student!find!out!how! !
many!candy!bars!a!person!would! ! 2! 13!
receive!(r)!if!for!any!candy!bar!they! !
purchased!(p),!they!received!one! ! 3! 18!
candy!bar!for!free.!!One!student,! !
Sally,!says!the!equation!would!be!2p! ! 4! 23!
+!1!=!r.!Which!of!the!following! !
activities!would!best!help!Sally! Which!of!the!following!equations!!
recognize!the!error!in!her!answer?! relates!the!height!of!the!plant,!h,!
! and!the!number!of!months,!m,!
a.! Create!a!model!of!the! assuming!a!constant!rate!of!growth?!
equation! !
b.! Create!a!function!table! a.! 5m!+!3!=!h!
c.! Graph!the!equation! b.! 4m!=!h!
d.! Sally’s!equation!is!the!correct! c.! 8m!D!5!=!h!
equation! d.! 3m!+!5!=!h!
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35.!Which!of!the!following!word! 36.!Students!are!learning!about!
problems!is!the!correct!question!to! probability.!The!teacher!explains!the!
be!written!and!solved!with!the!given! theoretical!probability!of!a!twoD
equation?! sided!coin!landing!on!any!one!side.!
! Students!then!work!in!groups!and!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!8!–!5!+!3!=!6! flip!a!twoDsided!coin!several!times.!
! The!first!group!of!students!flips!the!
a.! 8!Birds!were!sitting!on!a! coin!20!times!and!finds!the!coin!
fence.!!5!birds!flew!away!and! lands!on!side!A!13!times!and!side!B!7!
3!more!birds!landed!on!the! times.!!Which!of!the!following!
fence.!!How!many!birds!are! observations,!based!on!the!scenario,!
on!the!fence!now?! about!probability!is!accurate?!
b.! 6!children!were!sitting!at!a! !
table.!5!got!up!and!left!and!3! a.! The!theoretical!probability!of!
more!sat!down.!How!many! the!coin!landing!on!side!B!is!
children!are!now!at!the! .5,!which!is!equal!to!the!
table?! results!of!the!experiment!
c.! A!dog!named!Daisy!had!a! b.! The!theoretical!probability!of!
litter!of!8!puppies,!then!a! the!coin!landing!on!side!A!is!
litter!of!5!puppies.!3!of!the! less!than!the!experimental!
puppies!were!adopted!and! results!recorded!
taken!away.!How!many! c.! The!experimental!probability!
puppies!does!Daisy!have! of!a!coin!landing!on!side!A!
left?! was!less!than!the!theoretical!
d.! Molly’s!Mom!made!8!hot! probability!
dogs!for!the!BBQ.!5!were! d.! The!experimental!would!
eaten!by!Molly’s!cousins!and! have!produced!results!closer!
3!by!Molly’s!two!brothers! to!the!theoretical!probability!
and!Molly.!How!many!hot! if!the!number!of!trials!was!
dogs!are!left?! decreased!
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37.!Tim!rolls!a!pair!of!dice!25!times!and! 40.!Based!on!the!figure!below,!which!of!
records!the!sum!of!the!numbers! the!following!is!true?!
shown.!!How!many!different!sums!
are!possible?! !
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a.! 10! ! ! !
b.! 11! ! ! !
c.! 12! ! ! !
d.! 36!!
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38.!What!is!the!range!and!mode!of!the!
data!set!below?!
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10,!8,!5,!3,!7,!4,!5,!9,!2,!3,!7,!3,!8,!6,! a.! X!>!90!
4,!1,!2,!1,!10,!3! b.! Y!<!90!
! c.! Angle!CG!is!=!120°!
a.! Range:!9;!Mode:!3! ! d.! Lines!AB!and!EF!are!parallel!
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b.! Range:!10;!Mode!3!and!4! !
! ! ! 41.!A!student!is!instructed!to!draw!a!
c.! Range:!10;!Mode:!None! fourDpointed!geometric!shape!on!an!
d.! Range:!9;!Mode!3!and!4! xyDplane.!After!the!shape!is!drawn,!
! the!student!is!instructed!to!add!5!to!
39.!Which!of!the!following!best! each!xDcoordinate!and!add!3!to!each!
describes!the!polygon!above?! yDcoordinate.!Which!of!the!following!
! did!the!student!perform?!
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! a.! Rotation!
! b.! Reflection!
a.! !A!regular!pentagon! c.! Refraction!
b.! !A!convex!pentagon! d.! Translation!
c.! !A!concave!pentagon! !
d.! !A!hexagon! 42.!A!teacher!presents!a!right!triangle!to!
! her!class.!She!says!the!hypotenuse!
! can!be!written!as!4x!+!30!or!6x!+!14.!
! What!is!the!value!of!x?!
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! a.! 6!
! b.! 8!
! c.! 10!
! d.! 12!
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43.!Which!of!the!following!is!the!most! 46.!Which!of!the!following!geometric!
appropriate!learning!progression! objects!has!five!faces,!eight!edges,!
through!the!levels!of!geometric! and!five!vertices?!
thinking?! !
! a.! A!pentagonal!pyramid!
a.! Analysis,!Abstraction,! b.! A!rectangular!pyramid!
Deduction! c.! An!octagonal!prism!
b.! Deduction,!Visualization,! d.! A!triangular!prism!
Abstraction! !
c.! Abstraction,!Analysis,! 47.!A!student!asks!the!teacher!why!the!
Visualization! area!of!a!triangle!is!½bh?!Which!of!
d.! Analysis,!Deduction,! the!following!would!be!the!most!
Abstraction! appropriate!answer!for!the!teacher!
! to!provide!to!the!student?!
44.!Tosha!has!8!coins!in!her!pocket.!!She! !
has!a!mixture!of!pennies,!nickels,! a.! A!parallelogram!is!the!
dimes!and!quarters,!but!she!has!no! combination!of!two!
more!than!3!of!any!coin.!!What!is! congruent!triangles!and!the!
the!largest!amount!of!money!she! area!of!a!parallelogram!is!
could!possibly!have?! simply!bh,!so!taking!one!half!
! of!the!area!of!a!
a.! $1.11! ! ! parallelogram!yields!the!area!
b.! $1.07! ! ! of!a!triangle!
c.! $1.23! ! ! b.! The!base!of!a!triangle!is!
d.! $1.21!! usually!half!its!height,!so!
! dividing!the!area!by!two!
45.!Two!angles!are!complementary.!!If! gives!an!accurate!
the!measure!of!one!of!the!angles!is! measurement!of!the!area!
68°,!what!is!the!measure!of!the! c.! You!can!make!a!
other!angle?! parallelogram!a!triangle!by!
! cutting!the!parallelogram!in!
a.! 22°,!because!the!sum!of!the! half,!so!dividing!the!area!of!a!
measures!of!complementary! parallelogram!by!two!will!
angles!is!90°.! yield!the!area!of!a!triangle!
b.! 112°,!because!the!sum!of!the! d.! The!formula!½bh!applies!only!
measures!of!complementary! to!isosceles!triangles!
angles!is!180°.! !!!
c.! 68°!because!complementary! !
angles!are!congruent!to!each! !
other.! !
d.! 292°!because!the!sum!of!the! !
measures!of!complementary! !
angles!is!360°.!! !
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48.!Which!statement!about!a! 50.!Sally!and!Susie!place!30!white!
rectangular!prism!and!a!rectangular! marbles!and!9!black!marbles!in!a!
pyramid!is!true?! sack.!They!play!a!game!where!the!
! object!of!the!game!is!to!accumulate!
a.! Only!the!prism!has!a! more!white!marbles!than!the!other!
rectangular!base.! person.!On!each!turn!a!person!can!
b.! Both!the!prism!and!the! take!as!many!marbles!as!they!would!
pyramid!have!rectangular! like,!but!if!they!grab!a!black!marble!
faces.! then!they!must!return!all!their!
c.! The!rectangular!pyramid!has! marbles!taken!on!that!turn.!On!
one!more!face!than!the! Sally’s!turn!she!picks!up!3!white!
rectangular!prism.! marbles!and!no!black!marbles.!If!
d.! The!pyramid!has!triangular! Susie!grabs!one!more!marble,!what!
faces.! are!the!odds!that!she!will!grab!a!
! black!marble?!(Note:!Sally!does!not!
49.!A!teacher!tells!the!students!the! return!her!3!marbles!to!the!sack)!
mode!of!the!scores!on!the!most! !
recent!exam!was!85.!Which!of!the! a. 1!in!5!
following!is!the!most!accurate! b. 1!in!4!
interpretation!of!the!result?! c. 1!in!3!
! d. Not!enough!information!
a.! The!most!common!score!
on!the!test!is!85!percent!
b.! The!average!score!on!the!
test!is!85!percent!
c.! Half!the!students!scored!
below!85!percent!
d.! The!highest!score!on!the!
test!was!85!percent!
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