NEW STUDENT BASIC ASSESSMENT TEST Date* MM slash DD slash YYYY Name* First Last Phone*Address Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands, BritishVirgin Islands, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands Country Class Session (if known) Mulitple Choice/Story Problems Please complete entire test.1. There are originally 63,168 houses in Washington County. The area was hit with a devastating tornado that destroyed 2621 houses. During a housing boom, developers built 90,179 more. About how many houses are there now in Washington County?* 105,627 102,576 150,726 153,347 2. For a school fundraiser, Trent needs to sell 57 rolls of wrapping paper. So far, he has sold 9 rolls to his grandmother, 10 rolls to his uncle, and 4 rolls to a neighbor. How many more rolls of wrapping paper does Trent need to sell?* 43 23 34 22 3. Alex can buy T-shirts in packs of 5 for $12.10 or in packs of 2 for $6.48. How much money does he save by buying 40 T-shirts at the better prices? $23.80 $32.80 $28.30 $38.20 4. Kristy wants to ride the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster, and the log ride. The Ferris wheel costs 3 tickets, the roller coaster costs 8 tickets and the log ride costs 7 tickets. Kristy has 15 tickets. How many more tickets should Kristy buy?* 3 7 10 4 5. A café has 19 indoor tables and 12 outdoor tables. Each indoor table has 4 chairs, and each outdoor table has 6 chairs. How many chairs are there in all?* 184 148 128 144 6. Titus works at a store where he earns a base salary of $73 per week plus a commission of 20% of sales. If Titus sold $70 worth of merchandise last week, what was his total pay?* $64.00 $78.00 $87.00 $103.45 7. Adam bought 6 books about plants and 5 books about fish. He also bought 3 science magazines. Each book cost $6 and each magazine cost $3. How much did Adam spend in all?* $9.00 $66.00 $75.00 $57.00 8. Teri can buy daffodil bulbs in packages of 3 for 3.48 or in packages of 2 for $3.16. How much money does she save by buying 18 bulbs at the better price?* $6.32 $10.44 $7.56 $7.65 9. Grant had 14 stickers. He bought 12 stickers from a store in the mail and got 18 stickers for his birthday. Then Grant gave 4 of the stickers to his sister and used 38 to decorate a greeting card. How many stickers does Grant have left?* 6 2 4 3 10. Ila made 4 stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 8 blocks tall. The second stack was 2 blocks taller than the first. The third stack was 4 blocks shorter than the second stack, and the last stack was 10 blocks taller than the third stack. How many blocks did Ila use in all.* 36 20 40 14 11. Alicia always takes the same route when she walks her dog. First, she walks 5 blocks to the park. Then she walks 2 blocks to the elementary school. Finally, she walks 3 blocks back home. Alicia walks her dog 4 times each day. How many blocks does Alicia’s dog walk each day?* 22 10 12 40 12. Alex and Adam went to lunch at a café. They ordered a spinach salad for $6.70, a tuna sandwich for $4.35, and 2 glasses of lemonade for $1.80 each. The tax was 6%. They gave the waiter $20.00. How much change should they receive?* $4.47 $4.50 $3.75 $6.25 13. In Tyson’s classroom there are red chairs, yellow chairs, and blue chairs. There are 7 red chairs. There are 3 times as many yellow chairs as red chairs, and there are 5 fewer blue chairs than yellow chairs. How many chairs are there in Tyson’s classroom?* 22 37 25 44 14. In Stephanie’s desk drawer there are 2 yellow highlighters. There are 11 more pink highlighters than yellow highlighters, and there are 6 more blue highlighters than pink highlighters. How many highlighters are in Stephanie’s desk drawer in all?* 43 19 28 34 Reading Comprehension Please read the paragraph and then complete the sentence with the choice that best fits. Sunset When the air is clear, the sunset will appear yellow, because the light from the sun has passed a long distance through air and the blue light has been scattered away. If the air is polluted with small particles, natural or otherwise, the sunset will be more red. Sunsets over the sea may also be orange, due to salt particles in the air. The sky around the sun is seen reddened, as well as the light coming directly from the sun. This is because all light is scattered relatively well through small angles, but the blue light is then more likely to be scattered twice over the greater distances, leaving the yellow, red and orange colors.1. As it is pointed out in the passage, the color of the sunset….* A) may be lighter than expected due to salt particles in the air B) is red if the sky is clear C) owes its blueness to the distance between the sun and the earth D) is a combination of all the colors E) depends on the weather conditions and the location where it takes place 2. One can infer from the passage that the sunset looks yellow because…* A) scattering does not play an appreciable role in determining the color of the transmitted light B) the blue light is scattered on the long way through the air at that time C) the light coming directly from the sun is blue D) the air is polluted to such a degree that the Earth’s climate is actually changing E) sunsets generally take place on the sea 3. As it is pointed out in the passage….* A) our eyes are more sensitive to light with blue frequencies B) the red light passes easily through the air without scattering at all C) when the sun sets, only the blue light is left D) the sunset is likely to look orange when small particles, such as salt from sea spray, are in the air E) by the time the light from a sunset gets to you, only red light remains Please read the paragraph and then complete the sentence with the choice that best fits. Unsinkable Ship Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry, Estonia in the Baltic, surely should have never happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of the fatal voyage. Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves. Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant number of questions about why the Estonia sank and why so many survivors were men in the prime of life, while most of the dead were woman, children and the elderly.4. One can understand from the reading that…* A) the lifesaving equipment did not work well and lifeboats could not be lowered B) design faults and incompetent crew contributed to the sinking of the Estonia ferry C) 139 people managed to leave the vessel but died in freezing water D) naval architects claimed that the Estonia was unsinkable E) most victims were trapped inside the boat as they were in their cabins 5. It is clear from the passage that the survivors of the accident…* A) helped one another to overcome the tragedy that had affected them all B) were mostly young men but women, children and the elderly stood little chance C) helped save hundreds of lives D) are still suffering from severe post-traumatic disorder E) told the investigators nothing about the accident 6. According to the passage, when the Estonia sank…* A) there were only 139 passengers on board B) few of the passengers were asleep C) there were enough lifeboats for the number of people on board D) faster reaction by the crew could have increased the Estonia’s chances of survival E) all the passengers had already, moved out into the open decks Please read the paragraph and then complete the sentence with the choice that best fits. World War I Many consider World War I to have been the first modern war, a total war where the civilian populations were deliberately endangered as a direct tactic of war, which has continued in all subsequent wars. While civilians have always died in wars, World War I made civilian casualties accepted and commonplace, from, for example, aerial bombardment. All aspects of the societies fighting were affected by the conflicts, often causing profound social change, even if the countries were not in the war zone.7. It is stated in the reading that World War I…* A) caused a major depression in countries that were against killing civilians B) introduced the killing of civilians as a method of warfare C) is the bloodiest war in history D) marked the end of the most peaceful period in modern history E) was not the first war to be fought on a worldly scale 8. It is pointed out in the passage that…* A) the war’s economic impact was felt sharply in countries that were close to the war zone B) the aftermath of World War I brought more attempts to protect civilians in war C) unlike all subsequent wars, World War I was worldwide D) more civilians than soldiers were killed in World War I E) the impact of the World War I was felt even by the countries which were not close to the war fronts 9. We can understand from the passage that…* A) very few countries had designed or built aircraft specifically for war functions before World War I B) World War I was not the first war in which civilians died C) many consider World War I the defining moment of modern life D) the aerial bombardment of civilians was, widely criticized E) deaths in World War I usually resulted from mistake, accident, or being too close to a military target Bonus Questions Correct answers to these questions are worth ½ bonus point, wrong answers will not count against your overall score. Read the tape measure and choose the correct measurement.1. 5-11/16" 5-5/8" 5-3/4" 5-7/8" 2. 9-3/4" 9-13/16" 9-1/2" 9-7/8" 3. 11-5/8" 11-1/2" 11-1/2" 11-3/4" 4. 2-1/8" 2-1/2" 2" 2-1/16" 5. 11-1/2" 11 11-1/4" 10-7/8" 6. 8-3/4" 8-1/2" 8-1/4" 8-5/8" 7. 11-7/8" 11-5/8" 11-13/16" 11-5/8" 8. 9-1/2" 9-3/8" 9-5/8" 9-3/4" Be sure to click Submit below: NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. PRACTICE QUIZ Mulitple Choice/Story Problems 1. If a turntable rotates through 720 degrees in one second, how many revolutions does it make in one minute? 180 78 120 230 2. A room in your house is 12 by 24, what are the total square feet of this room? 36 288 49.9 311 3. Chad has 18 marbles and Jason has 17 marbles. Then Chad gives half of his marbles to Jason. How many more marbles does Jason now have than Chad? 16 17 5 11 4. Carey and Pat are moving chairs to the gym. They agreed to move 74 chairs. Carey moved 28 chairs. Pat has moved 29 chairs. How many more chairs do they have left to move? 16 5 11 17 5. When Carl put the number 4 into a number machine, out came the number 9. He tried it again with the number 7; the number 12 came out that time. Carl tried again with a new number and the number 15 came out. What number had Carl put into the machine? 9 10 13 5 6. Instructor Jason formed three problem-solving teams in his class. Each team was asked to bring three colored markers, four times the number of pencils as markers, and twice the number of sheets of graph paper as pencils. How many sheets of graph paper did the class bring all together? 12 72 24 7 7. Mindy and Jeff bought a large pizza to share. Mindy ate 5/8 of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza was left for Jeff? 1/2 1/4 3/8 3/4 8. Dale sold 152 tickets to the concert. Deena sold 16 fewer tickets than Dale. How many tickets did Deena sell? 168 58 136 44 9. Susan has 8 pairs of white socks and 6 pairs of blue socks. Her sister has 12 pairs of white socks. How many pairs of socks does Susan have? 12 14 2 20 10. The Whippy Dip was really busy today. It was 98 degrees and they sold 67 ice cream cones. They sold 15 more milkshakes than ice cream cones. How many milkshakes were sold? 52 165 88 82 11. Charlene made 60 bead necklaces. She sold 16 at a craft fair. She gave 18 to her friends. How many necklaces did Charlene have left? 26 44 23 58 Please read the paragraph and then complete the sentence with the choice that best fits for Questions 12 - 15. BPA is a chemical that is put into plastics that are used as food containers. Unfortunately, some of the BPA passes from the containers into the foods that they are meant to protect. When people and animals eat those foods, BPA goes into their bodies. There are studies that have found that BPA can increase our chances of getting a number of serious diseases. Many food companies are concerned about that risk and are starting to use containers that contain no BPA. That’s good right? Not necessarily. Some scientists caution that the substitute chemicals being used might turn out to be dangerous as well. They could possibly be even worse! 12. According to this article, BPA _______. means Better Plastic Articles makes us strong leaks into food is used to make food taste better 13. Food companies are starting to _______. use containers that do not contain BPA pretend that they don’t use BPA in their containers tell people not to worry about BPA charge more for BPA 14. Some of the new food containers _______. might have chemicals that are dangerous leak all over shelves look more colorful have extra BPA at no additional charge 15. The final paragraph of the article makes the point that _______. there is no such thing as a safe food container change does not always mean improvement it’s best to just stop eating BPA might really be good for us Please read the paragraph and then complete the sentence with the choice that best fits for Questions 16 - 19. FoxNews.com reports that Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA, believes that he has found the fossils of bacteria in meteorites. In other words, he claims to have found traces of life from outer space. Not surprisingly, his claim is controversial; many scientists do not accept that Dr. Hoover has come to the correct conclusion from what he has observed. Therefore, he has invited over 5,000 scientists to review his work and to publish their comments. 16. Bacteria are a _______. group of scientists place where meteors come from form of life kind of restaurant 17. When something is controversial, people _______. have strong disagreements about it get sick from it believe it is ancient and extremely rare brush their teeth with it 18. Dr. Hoover seems confident that his research will be proven correct because _______. he has invited many scientists to look closely at his work he gets a rash when he touches meteorites he works for NASA he is named after a vacuum cleaner 19. Based on the reading selection, which statement is true? Astrobiologists are smarter than other scientists No one believes that Dr. Hoover has made an important discovery Dr. Hoover did his work without using a microscope Dr. Hoover believes he has found fossils of bacteria. Bonus Questions: Read the tape measure for questions 20 - 27 and place answer in the blank below each image.20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 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