Let’s Have a Chess Club

What is the definition of the base word in systematic ?

• an organized method

• random guessing

• problem solving

• a memorization approach

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In paragraph 3, what does the narrator mean by, “Is there any one of us who couldn’t improve his or her math skills?”

• No one needs to practise math

• Everyone could use practise with math

• Math skills are easy to learn

• Only students need to practise math skills

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

In the phrase “Memorizing worked for us when we learned the multiplication tables . . . ” what is the meaning of the word tables ?

• furniture designed for serving food

• lists arranged in a particular order

• broad, flat, elevated area of land

• to put off for a period of time

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CCSS.L.5.5C

What is the correct analogy?

• Chess is to thinking as multiplication is to memorizing.

• Chess is to reading as multiplication is to memorizing.

• Chess is to computing as multiplication is to memorizing.

• Chess is to playing as multiplication is to memorizing.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Approximately how long did the Kasparov vs. The World chess match last?

• 24 hours

• 62 days

• 4 months

• 5 years

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

What is the main idea of Let’s Have a Chess Club?

• Garry Kasparov is rated one of the highest-scoring chess players in the world.

• Chess raises math scores because it helps to teach problem solving.

• It is not difficult to learn chess, and it can be played online.

• Because chess teaches a variety of skills, it would be beneficial to have a chess club.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

For what purpose might the author have written the passage?

• as an editorial for a newspaper

• as an essay for English class

• as a speech to classmates

• as a letter to principal

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Who might find the information in the passage most useful?

• an opponent who explains why Kasparov is a good chess player

• a child who wants his parent to buy a new computer game

• a student who is asking a teacher to allow chess in the classroom

• an athlete who is showing the differences between chess and basketball

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4