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REVIEW HANDBOOK 2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● Multiplying 3 digit numbers. Answer: 1. multiply the first number all
the way
2. zero, then multiply all the way
3. 2 zeroes, then multiply all the way
● Multiply the following
367 x 251
A. 87,993
B. 92,117
C. 87,009
D. 91,234
E. 92,155. Answer: B
● At sea level, water boils at what temperature?
A. 212 degrees Fahrenheit
B. 200 degrees Fahrenheit
,C. 100 degrees Fahrenheit
D. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
E. 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Answer: A
● If you were to flip a coin five times, what would be the probability
that you would flip tails all five times?
A. 1/5
B. 1/10
C. 1/25
D. 1/32
E. 1/50. Answer: D
● A bag of assorted candy contains 11 peppermints, 8 chocolates, 13
gumdrops, and 9 licorices. Amy randomly takes a gumdrop from the bag
and eats it. What is the probability that the next candy she takes from the
bag will be a gumdrop or a peppermint?
A. 23/40
B. 13/20
C. 24/41
D. 1/3
E. 1/5. Answer: A, don't forget to subtract the piece(s) eaten
, ● Percentile. Answer: a point on a ranking scale of 0 to 100. The 50th
percentile is the midpoint; half the people in the population being
studied rank higher and half rank lower.
● Raw score. Answer: A test score that has not been transformed or
converted in any way
● Stanine Scores. Answer: whole number scores from 1 to 9, each
representing a wide range of raw scores
● grade equivalent score. Answer: Test score indicating the grade level
of students to whom a test taker performed most similarly.
● Kim is in the tenth grade and take a standardized science test. Use his
test scores below to answer the question that follows.
Raw score: 72
Percentile: 88
Stanine: 8
Grade Equivalent: 12.1
Kim's test scores indicate that:
A. he scored as well as or better than 72 of the test takers.
B. 28% of the test takers scored better than he did.
C. he would perform adequately in a twelfth grade science class.
REVIEW HANDBOOK 2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● Multiplying 3 digit numbers. Answer: 1. multiply the first number all
the way
2. zero, then multiply all the way
3. 2 zeroes, then multiply all the way
● Multiply the following
367 x 251
A. 87,993
B. 92,117
C. 87,009
D. 91,234
E. 92,155. Answer: B
● At sea level, water boils at what temperature?
A. 212 degrees Fahrenheit
B. 200 degrees Fahrenheit
,C. 100 degrees Fahrenheit
D. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
E. 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Answer: A
● If you were to flip a coin five times, what would be the probability
that you would flip tails all five times?
A. 1/5
B. 1/10
C. 1/25
D. 1/32
E. 1/50. Answer: D
● A bag of assorted candy contains 11 peppermints, 8 chocolates, 13
gumdrops, and 9 licorices. Amy randomly takes a gumdrop from the bag
and eats it. What is the probability that the next candy she takes from the
bag will be a gumdrop or a peppermint?
A. 23/40
B. 13/20
C. 24/41
D. 1/3
E. 1/5. Answer: A, don't forget to subtract the piece(s) eaten
, ● Percentile. Answer: a point on a ranking scale of 0 to 100. The 50th
percentile is the midpoint; half the people in the population being
studied rank higher and half rank lower.
● Raw score. Answer: A test score that has not been transformed or
converted in any way
● Stanine Scores. Answer: whole number scores from 1 to 9, each
representing a wide range of raw scores
● grade equivalent score. Answer: Test score indicating the grade level
of students to whom a test taker performed most similarly.
● Kim is in the tenth grade and take a standardized science test. Use his
test scores below to answer the question that follows.
Raw score: 72
Percentile: 88
Stanine: 8
Grade Equivalent: 12.1
Kim's test scores indicate that:
A. he scored as well as or better than 72 of the test takers.
B. 28% of the test takers scored better than he did.
C. he would perform adequately in a twelfth grade science class.
