Drawing Conclusions

Drawing Conclusions

Read "Noticing Numbers" before answering the questions!

Multiple Choice

What can you infer from the first paragraph?

• Mr. Reyman is a new teacher in the school.

• The kids need to practice for the school musical.

• There’s an important math test coming up soon.

• Most of the kids don’t understand meteorology.

Multiple Choice

Why might you infer that the narrator’s father is bald?

• He likes to wear hats.

• He said he used to have more hair.

• The narrator said he had a shiny head.

• The hat fit the narrator.

Multiple Choice

What can you infer about the fraction find?

• Some kids couldn’t find anything with a fraction on it.

• Raquelita found the most interesting item.

• Paco brought in his whole team.

• The Beatles record was the most interesting thing.

Multiple Choice

 From the story, what can you infer about the narrator’s family?

• They get along well together.

• They argue a lot.

• They live in a trailer.

• They don’t have time to do things together.

Read "Ancient Animals" before answering the questions!

Multiple Choice

From the first paragraph, you can infer that

• You can see dinosaurs only in museums.

• All dinosaurs were very tall.

• The author doesn’t like dinosaurs.

• People of all ages are interested in dinosaurs.

Multiple Choice

Scientists found a rare blue lizard in Colombia, so you can infer that

• The scientists were looking for missing people.

• Some dinosaurs might have been blue.

• No dinosaurs had ever lived in Colombia.

• The lizards built nests near the top of a volcano.

Multiple Choice

Since scientists are always discovering new things about dinosaurs, you can infer that

• They still might not have found the smallest or biggest dinosaurs.

• Science is no longer interested in looking for fossils.

• Prehistoric people left written records with descriptions of dinosaurs.

• When scientists make inferences, they are always right.

Multiple Choice

What can you infer from the fact that Stegosaurus has just one row of plates?

• Stegosaurus wasn’t as old as scientists thought.

• Old pictures and museum models of Stegosaurus had to be changed.

• Someone stole the other row of plates from a museum.

• Stegosaurus means “roof lizard.”

Multiple Choice

What can you infer about lizard eggs?

• Cooler temperatures should produce more female lizards.

• Hot weather should produce female lizards.

• Cold temperatures will produce more male lizards.

• Hot weather will produce more orange lizards.

Multiple Choice

What can you infer about scientists?

• They never watch TV.

• All scientists study about dinosaurs.

• They don’t always agree.

• They never make mistakes.

Read "Toadstool or Mushroom" before answering the questions!

Multiple Choice

Which can you infer about mushrooms?

• They are all poisonous.

• They grow on soil.

• They are all yellow.

• They are all toadstools.

Multiple Choice

After reading the article, what can you infer about blue mushrooms?

• They are extremely poisonous.

• They are always safe to eat.

• They will upset your stomach.

• I don’t have enough information to infer anything.

Multiple Choice

Which can you infer about mushrooms? 

• They are very expensive.

• They are all flat.

• People cook them.

• They only grow under the ocean.