MAP Test Practice: Boost Your Child's Academic Success

The correct answer is D (?). ​

The sign in answer D is a question mark, which is used to end a question sentence. The sentence above is a question sentence because it starts with the word “what”, which is a question word, followed by a “to be” verb - “is”.  ​

Therefore, a question mark should come at the end of this sentence. ​ The sign in answer A is an exclamation mark, which is used to express strong feelings or to show emphasis, so this answer is incorrect. ​The sign in answer B is a period, which is used to end a sentence that makes a statement, so this answer is incorrect.​

The sign in answer C is a comma, which is used to separate different parts of a sentence, so this answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is (C)

In this bar graph, the height of each bar shows how many students chose the food written at the bottom of the bar. The higher the bar, the greater the number of students who chose this food. The lower the bar, the smaller the number of students who chose this food. The lowest bar in this graph is the bar of the “Hamburger” choice, and therefore, the fewest students chose "hamburger" as their favorite food.

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The correct answer is (C).

The narrator is the person telling the story, and this person says directly in the third sentence, “...my class went to help serve lunch in a home for the elderly,” so we know that answer (C) is correct. (A) is incorrect because while all of the kids helped out in the community, different ones did different things, and only some of them cleaned the library. (B) is incorrect because the narrator’s group was not the one that went to plant flowers, as the narrator writes, “...another class went to plant flowers...” (D) is incorrect because Jenna did not make the pizza—her brother did—and we do not even know if Jenna went to the school that helped out in the community.

The correct answer is (B). 

The front view, side view, and top view are 2D representations of a 3D solid when viewed from the front, side, or above. Start with one of the views and try to eliminate incorrect answers. The side view shows you how many layers the shape has. This side view is only one square across, so the 3D solid is only one layer deep. Therefore, it cannot be solid (A) or (E).Look at the top view next. You can see how many layers deep the shape has. In this shape, all the cubes lie in one layer when viewed from above. Therefore, it cannot be solid (D), as this is two layers deep. The front view should match the front of the 3D shape in the position it is on the page. You can therefore see that it matches solid (B) and none of the other options left. Therefore, the correct answer is (B).

The correct answer is (B).

An incomplete sentence does not express a complete thought. It is usually missing a subject or a verb. An incomplete sentence is also called a sentence fragment.
The only incomplete sentence is in answer (B), as it does not express a complete thought. The word "after" usually connects between a dependent clause and an independent clause. In this case, there is only a dependent clause, so the sentence does not express a complete thought. Therefore, the correct answer is (B).

Answers (A), (C), and (D) are incorrect because these are complete sentences, while you were asked to find the incomplete sentence.

The correct answer is (C).

The main idea sums up the passage. To figure out the main idea of a passage, ask yourself questions like:

• What is the passage mostly about?
• What is being said about the topic?

The main idea can sometimes be found by looking at:

• The first sentence in the passage
• The last sentence in the passage

This passage discusses peanut allergies and how the human body reacts to them.

Answer (A) is incorrect because itchiness, sneezing, and asthma are only mentioned as allergic reactions to peanuts and are not the main idea of the passage.

Answer (B) is incorrect because the passage does not discuss how the body reacts to severe allergies in general, but only to peanut allergy.

Answer (D) is incorrect because the passage states peanut allergy is recognized as "one of the most severe food allergies," but not that is it the most severe of all food allergies.

The correct answer is (D).

Angles in a triangle add to 180 degrees. To find a missing angle in any triangle, find the total of the two angles given and subtract this from 180.

The angles add up to: 25 + 42 = 67 degrees.
To find the remaining angle: 180 – 67 = 113 degrees.

Therefore, the correct answer is (D).

Solving Tip:
The angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees, which is the same amount as the angles in a straight angle. You can see this for yourself by cutting out a triangle from paper, ripping off the three corners, and fitting them together. They will form a straight line. This should help you to remember the sum of angles in a triangle.

See the example:

The correct answer is (A). 

Answer (A) is correct because the adjective "smaller" modifies the noun "molecule." You can figure this out by asking "What is smaller?" It is the molecule that is smaller. 

Answer (B) is incorrect because the adjective "smaller" does not modify the verb "is." An adjective can only modify a noun or pronoun. An adjective cannot modify a verb. 

Answer (C) is incorrect because the adjective "smaller" does not modify the noun "times." It does not tell us anything about "times" in the sentence. Rather, "times" is part of an adverbial phrase - "approximately one million times" - that modifies the adjective "smaller," indicating specifying how much smaller. 

Answer (D) is incorrect because the adjective "smaller" does not modify the noun "grain," as it is not telling us anything about the grain of sand directly. It is the molecule that is said to be "smaller" than the grain, not the grain that is said to be smaller than the molecule.

The correct answer is A. Imagery.

Imagery is a literary device used to help the reader better visualize what things look like, and it is accomplished through descriptive language of appearances. The passage uses imagery when it describes the eggs as “perfectly round white things” and states that they are “a trifle smaller than an English walnut.” This indeed helps the reader visualize the eggs as it describes their color and size, painting a vivid image in the mind of the reader.

Option B is incorrect because there is no hyperbole in the passage. Hyperbole is a literary device in which authors exaggerate the truth in order to emphasize something or create a strong impression. Though the words used in hyperbole are not meant to be taken literally, the idea behind the impression they create is accurate. One might get confused and think that the author uses hyperbole when he writes, “Sometimes they would take fifty or sixty eggs out of one hole.” However, there is no reason to believe that this is an exaggeration. It does emphasize that a lot of eggs can be found in one hole, but not through hyperbole. The author seems to be giving an estimate of the actual number of eggs, not emphasizing a point by exaggerating. If it had said that there were a million eggs, that would clearly be an exaggeration because it would be impossible, or at least highly improbable, if understood literally. Since there is no exaggeration, this is not an example of hyperbole.

Option C is incorrect because there are no metaphors in the passage. The eggs are described by comparing their size to that of English walnuts, but this is not a metaphor. A metaphor compares two things by saying figuratively that one thing is the other, such as saying, “That man is a tank,” meaning that he is a powerful force. However, saying that a certain aspect of something is similar or equivalent to that of something else, such as an egg being the same size as a walnut, is not a metaphor.

Option D is incorrect because the passage is not an allegory. An allegory is a literary work or passage that, in addition to its literal meaning, has a deeper level (or levels) of understanding. Each character or event in the work (or anything else found in the story) represents either a different character or event, or some kind of broader idea. For example, an animal that leads its peers could be representing the leader of a country in real life, the jungle they live in could represent the country that he leads, and doves that fly around in the story could represent the idea of peace in that country. This is clearly not taking place in the passage.

Note: If you chose allegory, it is possible that you confused it with the literary device “alliteration.” This is when there are words close together that begin with the same sound. Alliteration is, in fact, used in the passage, with the phrase “famous fried-egg feast.” However, alliteration is not one of the answer choices.

The correct answer is (A).

• To solve this question, start by finding the probability that one non-yellow ball is chosen. Then find the probability that a second non-yellow ball chosen from the remaining, and finally the same with a third ball (Note that there is no replacement- a ball that has been chosen is not returning to the box and cannot be chosen again).
  
  
• Since there is a total of 10 balls in the box (3 yellow + 5 green + 2 red = 10) and three yellow balls, the probability to randomly choose a ball that is not yellow is:

          7÷10 (number of non-yellow balls ÷ total number of balls)

• After one (non-yellow) ball is chosen, the box still has 9 balls, 3 of which are yellow. The probability of choosing another ball that is not yellow is:

          6÷9=2÷3

• After two non-yellow balls are chosen, the box still has 8 balls, 3 of which are yellow. The probability of choosing another ball that is not yellow is:

          5÷8

• Finally, multiply all the probabilities you have found together to discover the probability that none of the chosen balls from the box is yellow:

          (7÷10)x(2÷3)x(5÷8)=(7x2x5)÷(10x3x8)=70÷240=7÷24

→Therefore, (A) is the correct answer.