Test

Vocabulary
ANTONYM
- a word opposite in meaning to another

The antonym of hot is cold.

SEQUENCE
– a related or continuous series; a
following of one thing after another

The numbers were arranged in sequence from

smallest to largest.

1, 4, 8, 13, 19, 26 34 ,
EVENTS
– things that happen or occur

There were many important events leading up

to the Civil War.
CHARACTERISTIC
– a feature that helps to identify, tell
apart, or describe recognizably

One characteristic of a rabbit is its twitchy

nose.
COMPARISON
– noting similarities and differences after
examining something

After making a comparison of the two poems,

Shannon could see that one poem described
rain better than the other one.
METAPHOR
– an indirect comparison used to suggest
similarities (does NOT use “like” or “as”)

The author used the metaphor, “The ship plowed

the seas,” to suggest how the ship went through
the water like a farmer’s plow goes through dirt.
PROBABILITY
– the chance that something will occur
(usually expressed as a ratio (1:4), a
percentage (24%), or a fraction (1/4)

The probability of pulling 1 red marble out of a

bag of 1 red and 3 blue marbles is 1 out of 4 (1:4
or ¼ or 25%).
SYNONYM
– a word having the same meaning as
another
In England, a “mobile” is a synonym for a “cell
phone.”
PERSUASIVE
having the power to prove something is
credible (worthy of belief)

Her well-written book report was a persuasive

way of getting me interested in reading the
book.
IDENTIFY
– to find a characteristic or similarity in a
reading selection

A hero in a book is easy to identify because he

usually does good deeds.
NUMBER LINE
– a straight line, usually with arrow points on
either end, divided into equally spaced
numbered parts

She learned to add with a number line by

counting up for each number she added.
FICTIONAL
– not real; made-up; make-believe

The babysitter told the child a fictional story

about a baby dragon and a wizard.
CONTRAST
– highlighting the differences rather than the
similarities

She was asked to contrast the different heroes

in the story.
PERIMETER
– the boundary (edges) of a figure; the
measure of the distance around a figure or
space

The perimeter of the small garden was 12 feet

around.
INFERENCE
– a conclusion that can be drawn from
available evidence

He made an inference that the dog would bite

after he heard it growl, bark, and show its
teeth.
NARRATOR
– someone who tells or recites the
happenings of a story

The play was in French so the theater hired an

English-speaking narrator to tell the audience
what was happening.
AVERAGE/MEAN
– having an intermediate value between two
extremes

The average of the four grades, 95, 88, 83, and

74, was 85 because I added the four scores and
divided the total by four.

95 + 88 + 83 + 74 = 340
340 ÷ 4 = 85
PROFIT
– the excess (left over) money earned after
deducting (subtracting) the cost of providing
or manufacturing goods

After spending $40 on supplies, Tammy sold all

of her hand-made bracelets for $140 and made
a profit of $100.
RELATIONSHIP
– a connection between two things

The two friends cared a lot for each other and

had a great relationship.
PERCENT
– one part of a hundred

Half of the class, or fifty percent, usually

remembers to bring a pencil to class.

50%
HYPOTHESIS
– a proposal that is assumed in order to
prove or disprove it through scientific
investigation
Ed’s experiments proved his hypothesis that
plants cannot live without water.
EFFECTIVELY
– efficiently or successfully

Dr. Seuss effectively used rhyming words in his

books.
PREFIX
– an affix (attachment) placed before a base
word

The words “unknown” and “unnamed” have the

same prefix.

Our new baby is still unnamed.

CONCLUSION
– a final summing up; a reasonable end or
conclusion

Her scientific conclusion was that plants need

water to live because the watered ones lived and
the water-starved plants died.
DESCRIPTIVE
– referring to things, events, parts, or
characteristics in an informative way

Charles used descriptive words to tell how the

characters looked and sounded.

Hint:
Descriptive
words most
often
involve
using the
five senses.
VIEWPOINT
– a place or attitude from which something is
seen

After reading about the awful accident from the

driver’s viewpoint, you could understand why he
was always so upset.
CIRCUMFERENCE
– the line or distance around a circle

To win the cake at the cakewalk, the students

had to walk around the circumference of the
circle drawn on the playground.
PRIME
– a prime number is a whole number that is
greater than 1, and has exactly 2 factors:
itself and 1
Cierra knows the numbers 3, 5, 7, and 11 are
examples of prime numbers.

3, 5, 7, 11
RANGE
– the difference between the greatest and
the least numbers in a set of data

The lowest test score was 72 and the highest

was 96 so the range was 24.

96 – 72 = 24
FEWER
– a smaller number of things; less

Tiffany ate 3 fewer cookies than John and was

still hungry.
DIFFERENCE
– the result from subtracting one number
from another

Jill knows the difference between 37 and 15 is

22.

37 – 15 = 22
IMAGINATIVE
– the result from subtracting one number
from another

Every day, Jerome was able to give a different

and imaginative story about his missing
homework.
Now, let me see. I
think it might be
in my other shoes!
EXPLAIN
– to make clear; to make known in detail

Mike was able to explain his answer by including

many descriptive details.
DETAILS
– additional facts, explanations, ideas,
and/or descriptions

Jonathan included details in his story to explain

things better.
RESOLVED
– decided or settled

The problem was resolved when Shana

apologized for being mean.
LINE GRAPH
– a drawing using lines to show
information in an organized way

The line graph of temperatures in November

had a line that kept going lower and lower.
November Average Daily
Temperatures

40

35
Degrees F

30

25

20

15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Date
UNIDENTIFIED
– not known; not described; an unknown

Kim knew the previously unidentified bird was a

blue heron after looking it up in a bird book.
FACT
– something known to exist or to have
happened

It is a fact that Earth is not flat.

OPINION
– a belief or judgment that is not certain

“The school bus is a zoo,” is an opinion.

EXCERPT
– a passage selected from something
written

Before answering the questions, he carefully

read the short excerpt from the book.
SIMILE
– a figure of speech in which two dissimilar
things are compared using “like” or “as”

A good example of a simile is, “Raquel lit up the

room like sunshine.”
LITER
– a liquid metric measurement equal to
about 1.06 quarts

Celia and Jerry were so thirsty that they each

quickly drank a liter-sized bottle of water.

1 L
NARRATIVE
– having the form of a story

Nathan included many details in his personal

narrative so people would know a lot about him.
RESPONSE
– a reaction or answer to written material

Jarrod wrote a long response to the test

question because he had many things to say.
GRID
– a picture of evenly spaced horizontal and
perpendicular lines—usually used for
locating things (looks like graph paper).
Ronnie used the grid on the city map to locate
the downtown museum.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
A B C D E F G H I J
INVESTIGATION
– a detailed examination; study; research

Jessica’s investigation into her family’s history

uncovered a famous Underground Railroad
conductor.
EDITING
– looking over something written in order
to correct or improve

James made sure he did a good job of editing

his narrative because he wanted it to be
perfect.
EXTENDED
– longer; lengthened; stretched out

Ron checked his extended response to make

sure he had written enough.

!
EVEN
– describing a number that is divisible by 2
with no remainder

Rochelle knew that even numbers could be

divided by 2.

10 ÷ 2 = 5 24 ÷ 2 = 12
16 ÷ 2 = 8 28 ÷ 2 = 14
20 ÷ 2 = 10 34 ÷ 2 = 17
EXERCISE
– a task or problem done to develop skill

Brittany completed the first writing exercise in

one hour and had another hour and a half to
finish the second writing exercise.
SELECT
– choose; pick out; take by preference

On the multiple-choice questions, Karen had to

carefully select the right answer.
COORDINATES
 
– a set of numbers used to locate a point
on a graph or plane
The coordinates of the hidden treasure were
(4, 5) on the map.
6
5
 
                              

4
3
2
1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
TIME LINE
– events of an age or era shown on a scale
(in order)

The time line showed what important events

came before the Declaration of Independence
and what events happened afterwards.
EQUIVALENT
– equal in value

The decimal 0.75 is equivalent to the fraction ¾.

0.75 = ¾
BAR GRAPH
– a drawing using rectangles of equal
width to show information (data) in an
organized way
By looking at the bar graph, Jill was able to tell
that it rained more in April than in March or
May.
Rainfall
10

8
Inches of Rain

0
JUN
FEB

JUL
JAN

APR
MAR

AUG

Month
ROUNDED
– stated a number in a briefer or less exact
form by dropping a number on the right
and raising or lowering the number on the
left (based on the dropped number)

Kanisha rounded 6.5 up to 7 and rounded 6.4

down to 6.

6.5 → 7 and 6.4 → 6

OMIT
– to leave out; to fail to include

Gayle checked over her narrative to make sure

she didn’t omit any details that were asked for
in the directions.
ESTIMATE
– (verb) to give the best guess based on
available data; (noun) the best guess
based on available data
(verb) Reginald estimated he could afford the
three shirts because he had $22 and each
shirt cost $6.29.
(noun) The estimate Reginald made for the cost
of the three shirts was $19.00.
FACTOR
– any number that divides evenly into
another (with no remainder)

Nate found out that 4 was a factor of 12 when

he evenly divided 4 into 12.

12 ÷ 4 = 3
LINE SEGMENT
– a line that has a beginning and an end

Ms. Walton drew a line segment on the board

that started at point A and ended at point B.

A B
PATTERN
– a math formula that repeats

Gregory found the number pattern was to

multiply by two and subtract one.

( ___ × 2 ) – 1 = ____

(3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 65)

YARD
– a measure of 3 feet or 36 inches

The size of Mrs. McQueen’s room is

approximately 8 yards by 14 yards.
OUNCES
– small units of weight and measure (16
ounces in a pound and 8 ounces in a cup)

If Mark sold 10 cups of lemonade at the

carnival, he sold a total of 80 ounces.

(10 cups x 8 ounces = 80 ounces)

VOLUME
– the space occupied or enclosed by cubic
units

The cake was a 2” by 6” by 10” rectangle and

Katrina figured out its volume was 120 cubic
inches.
10 "
6"

2"
AREA
– the space occupied or enclosed by
square units

The garden was a 6’ by 10’ rectangle and

Charley figured out its area was 60 square
feet.
ACUTE ANGLE
– an angle whose measurement is less
than 90°

Sally drew an acute angle that looked like the

hands of the clock when it was 3:05.
OBTUSE ANGLE
– an angle whose measurement is more
than 90°

Tiffany drew an obtuse angle that looked like

the hands of the clock when it was 2:50.
PARALLEL LINES
– lying in the same direction but always
the same distance apart

Railroad tracks are a great example of parallel

lines.
PERPENDICULAR
– meeting another line at a right angle

The grounds crew set up the goals posts

perpendicular to the ground.
RIGHT ANGLE
– an angle whose measure is 90°

At 3:00, the hands of the clock form a right

angle.
ORDER
– to arrange or rank in a special way

She arranged the set of numbers in order from

lowest to highest.

{ 3, 7, 10, 11, 15 }
SUMMARIZE
– to state or express in a brief, concise
form
After reading the entire, long passage, Jackie
was able to summarize it into just two
sentences.
INFORMATION
– knowledge communicated; facts

Dave checked all the information provided

before attempting to answer the question.
PASSAGE
– a portion or section of a written work

Read the entire passage carefully and look for

clues.
SOURCE
– original or basic materials used in
research or to find answers

Two sources you might use to find the capital

of a state are an encyclopedia or an almanac.
ENCYCLOPE
MA-ME

ALMANAC
DIA
CAREFUL
– cautious; thorough

Jennifer was being extremely careful when she

thoughtfully read each question before writing
her answers.
CHECK
– to inspect for accuracy

Devon knew he had to check every answer in

order to pass the test.