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EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is equivalent to 3/8? Answer: 0.375 and 37.5%.
◉ What is the result of simplifying -4 + 9 - 7? Answer: -2
◉ If x = 3, what is the value of 2x^2 - 4x + 5? Answer: 11
◉ What expression is equivalent to 3(x + 4) - 2x? Answer: x + 12.
◉ What does a scatter plot showing data points trending upward
suggest? Answer: A positive correlation.
◉ How many meters are in 3.5 kilometers? Answer: 3,500 meters.
◉ What is the length of a ladder leaning against a wall with its base
6 ft from the wall and the top reaching 10 ft high? Answer: 12 ft.
◉ What are context clues? Answer: Words and sentences
surrounding an unfamiliar word that help determine its meaning.
,◉ What are definition clues? Answer: Clues that explain or define a
difficult word in the passage.
◉ What are synonym and antonym clues? Answer: Clues that
indicate whether a word has a positive or negative connotation.
◉ What are example and explanation clues? Answer: Clues that use
examples to illustrate the meaning of an uncommon word.
◉ What are prefixes, suffixes, and root words? Answer: Parts of a
word that can provide insights into its meaning.
◉ What does the prefix 'un-' mean? Answer: Not or opposite of
◉ What does 'unprecedented' mean? Answer: Something that has
not happened before.
◉ What is a compound word? Answer: A word that combines two or
more familiar words.
◉ What is the likely meaning of 'derision' in the context of criticism?
Answer: Mockery
, ◉ What should you examine to determine the meaning of words
with multiple meanings? Answer: The immediate context and
surrounding sentences.
◉ What does 'file' mean in 'file the papers carefully'? Answer: To
organize papers.
◉ What does 'file' mean in 'file her taxes'? Answer: To submit tax
documents.
◉ What is figurative language? Answer: Expressions that convey
symbolic or emotional meaning.
◉ What is a metaphor? Answer: A direct comparison between two
unlike things.
◉ What is a simile? Answer: A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
◉ What is personification? Answer: Giving human characteristics to
non-human things.
◉ What is hyperbole? Answer: A deliberate exaggeration for
emphasis.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is equivalent to 3/8? Answer: 0.375 and 37.5%.
◉ What is the result of simplifying -4 + 9 - 7? Answer: -2
◉ If x = 3, what is the value of 2x^2 - 4x + 5? Answer: 11
◉ What expression is equivalent to 3(x + 4) - 2x? Answer: x + 12.
◉ What does a scatter plot showing data points trending upward
suggest? Answer: A positive correlation.
◉ How many meters are in 3.5 kilometers? Answer: 3,500 meters.
◉ What is the length of a ladder leaning against a wall with its base
6 ft from the wall and the top reaching 10 ft high? Answer: 12 ft.
◉ What are context clues? Answer: Words and sentences
surrounding an unfamiliar word that help determine its meaning.
,◉ What are definition clues? Answer: Clues that explain or define a
difficult word in the passage.
◉ What are synonym and antonym clues? Answer: Clues that
indicate whether a word has a positive or negative connotation.
◉ What are example and explanation clues? Answer: Clues that use
examples to illustrate the meaning of an uncommon word.
◉ What are prefixes, suffixes, and root words? Answer: Parts of a
word that can provide insights into its meaning.
◉ What does the prefix 'un-' mean? Answer: Not or opposite of
◉ What does 'unprecedented' mean? Answer: Something that has
not happened before.
◉ What is a compound word? Answer: A word that combines two or
more familiar words.
◉ What is the likely meaning of 'derision' in the context of criticism?
Answer: Mockery
, ◉ What should you examine to determine the meaning of words
with multiple meanings? Answer: The immediate context and
surrounding sentences.
◉ What does 'file' mean in 'file the papers carefully'? Answer: To
organize papers.
◉ What does 'file' mean in 'file her taxes'? Answer: To submit tax
documents.
◉ What is figurative language? Answer: Expressions that convey
symbolic or emotional meaning.
◉ What is a metaphor? Answer: A direct comparison between two
unlike things.
◉ What is a simile? Answer: A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
◉ What is personification? Answer: Giving human characteristics to
non-human things.
◉ What is hyperbole? Answer: A deliberate exaggeration for
emphasis.
