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11/2 Study Skills

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The numbers 1 through 15 were each written on individual pieces of paper, 1 number per piece. Then the 15 pieces of paper were put in a jar. One piece of paper will be drawn from the jar at random. What is the probability of drawing a piece of paper with a number less than 9 written on it?

a)

19\frac{1}{9}  

b)

115\frac{1}{15}  

c)

615\frac{6}{15}  

d)

715\frac{7}{15}  

e)

815\frac{8}{15}  

2.

Visual storage at the Louvre and other museums protects the sculptures, profits the community culture, and gives public access to art once kept in closed vaults.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

sculptures; profits

c)

sculpture profits

d)

sculpture it also profits

3.

With technology in the hands of so many people; we tend to forget that personal computers in the home were once rare.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

people, we

c)

people, we,

d)

people we

4.

Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 4x312x3+9x2-4x^3-12x^3+9x^2  

a)

x8x^8  

b)

7x8-7x^8  

c)

8x3+9x2-8x^3+9x^2  

d)

16x3+9x2-16x^3+9x^2  

e)

16x6+9x2-16x^6+9x^2  

5.

It meanders through the grass like a worm curving, and bending near the sidewalk.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

worm, curving and bending

c)

worm curving and bending

d)

worm, curving and bending,

6.

A fulgurite is created in one explosive second by fusion and pressure as sand heated by a lightning blast melts, and becomes glass.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

sand heated (by a lighting blast) melts

c)

sand, heated by a lighting blast melts,

d)

sand heated by a lightning blast melts

7.

When x=2,  10+3(12÷(3x))x=2,\ \ 10+3\left(12\div\left(3x\right)\right)  

a)

1212  

b)

1616  

c)

2626  

d)

3434  

e)

104104  

8.

While its origin is disputed, many people believe the expression was inspired by the inventions of a Canadian American engineer named, Elijah McCoy.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

American engineer named

c)

American, engineer named,

d)

American, engineer named

9.

6438=\left|6-4\right|-\left|3-8\right|=  

a)

7-7  

b)

3-3   

c)

33  

d)

77  

e)

2121  

10.

Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott's busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

office her

c)

office, because her

d)

office. Her

11.

She explained though that even experts are rarely able to locate a fully intact fulgurite.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

explained, though, that even experts

c)

explained though that, even experts,

d)

explained, though that even experts

12.

At his job, the first 40 hours of each week that Thomas works is regular time, and any additional time that he works is overtime. Thomas gets paid $15 per hour during regular time. During overtime Thomas gets paid 1.5 times as much as he gets paid during regular time. Thomas works 46 hours in 1 week and gets $117 in deductions taken out of his pay for this week. After the deductions are taken out, how much of Thomas’s pay for this week remains?

a)

$492

b)

$573

c)

$609

d)

$618

e)

$735

13.

Every pale tomato slice, wilted pickle, and brown lettuce leaf costs an extra 25 cents at Bernie's Burger Emporium.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

cost

c)

costed

d)

had cost

14.

Not only the Smiths but also Tonya has agreed to try one of the world-famous chocolate-broccoli muffins.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

have

c)

had been

d)

has been

15.

Even though Antonio has many friends who love their Chevrolets and Buicks, he has always believed that General Motors make lemons.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

makes

c)

made

d)

had made

16.

The expression (4c3d)(3c+d)\left(4c-3d\right)\left(3c+d\right)  is equivalent to:

a)

12c213cd3d212c^2-13cd-3d^2  

b)

12c213cd+3d212c^2-13cd+3d^2  

c)

12c25cd3d212c^2-5cd-3d^2  

d)

12c25cd+3d212c^2-5cd+3d^2  

e)

12c23d212c^2-3d^2  

17.

The Smiths, along with Tonya, ________ to avoid indigestion after eating these weird muffins

a)

hopes

b)

hope

18.

All of my important keys was now stuck in the drain pipe of my bathroom sink. Buster, my kitten, doesn't realize how much his playfulness inconveniences me.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

are

c)

is

d)

were

19.

My grandfather's immediate family came from Quebec; his distant relatives hailed from France.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

his relatives hailing from distant France

c)

hailing more distant relatives from France

d)

his relatives hailed from France distantly

20.

The number of fish ff  , in Skipper’s Pond at the beginning of each year can be modeled by the equation f(x)=3(2x)f\left(x\right)=3\left(2^x\right) , where xx  represents the number of years after the beginning of the year 20002000  . For example, x=0x=0  represents the beginning of the year 20002000  , x=1x=1   represents the beginning of the year 2001, and so forth. According to the model, how many fish were in Skipper’s Pond at the beginning of the year 2006 ?

a)

9696  

b)

192192  

c)

384384  

d)

1,4581,458  

e)

46,65646,656