Making Predictions

Mr. Jones finished his breakfast and said good bye to his family.  He grabbed his briefcase and headed out the door.
What most likely is going to happen next?

• Mr. Jones is going to work.
• Mr. Jones is coming home from work.
• Mr. Jones is buying a piano. 
• Mr. Jones will make pancakes. 

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Making a prediction is a

• guess
• my favorite band
• using a magic 8 ball
• using previous information to determine what comes next

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Pizza Hut surveyed a random sample of students to determine what pizza they prefer. Cheese pizza was preferred by 40 students. Pepperoni pizza was preferred by 28 students. Based on the results, how many of the 340 students in the 9th grade can be expected to prefer cheese pizza?

*NOTE: enter your answers as a number ONLY.

(a)  

The airport security randomly selected 36 suitcases from the security line. Of these bags, they screened 8 suitcases. Based on this information, what is the most reasonable prediction for the number of suitcases they will screen in a group of 180?

*NOTE: enter your answers as a number ONLY.

(a)  

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Good readers make predictions by

• guessing
• using text features
• asking their friends
• watching the movie first

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If you looked outside and this is what you saw, what predictions can you make about the weather?

• The rain gauge would be full of rain.
• It is winter.
• There has been very little rainfall.
• It is spring and the grass will be growing.

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Making a prediction is 

• a way to solve world hunger
• a way to use what we already know to make a logical guess about what happens in the future
• a way to use what we don't know yet to make a logical guess about what hasn't happened yet
• a new dance craze

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Towns were vital to pioneers as they journeyed West because they needed to purchase supplies. A trip into town could also be entertaining, so some pioneers wanted to extend their stay. Others, however, wanted to get back on the road West as quickly as possible. These conflicting desires caused arguments among the many travelers.

What prediction can you make about future trips of these pioneers.

• To avoid arguments, pioneers will not stop at towns.

• To avoid disagreements, pioneers will buy more supplies in order to make fewer stops in towns.

• Towns will stop providing supplies for pioneers.

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You can make predictions about

• fiction only.

• nonfiction only.

• both fiction and nonfiction.

• neither fiction nor nonfiction.

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Which of these is not an example of a text feature?

• illustrations

• chapter titles

• a photo caption

• the author's name

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