New York City SHSAT 2017

G This one calls for a diagram. You don’t have to worry about the different types of parts Tanya had; the important pieces of in ...

composed of “almost pure calcium carbonate.” D Paragraph 2 outlines the relationship between the coral and the algae. The animal ...

the DAR pressured immigrants to assimilate, (K). So these choices are mentioned as characteristic of the life that awaited immig ...

J Protective coloration is defined in paragraph 1 as an animal’s adaptation to its environment. So the only choice that isn’t a ...

are wrong because they’re only discussed in paragraphs 1 and 2. Choice (C) is too broad; this passage isn’t about the whole sola ...

G Lines 13–16 indicate that variolation, the first known immunization process, was known since the ninth century CE. Wrong choic ...

PRACTICE TEST 1 ...

Answers and Explanations ...

PRACTICE TEST 1—PART 2 1. Part 2—Mathematics E Follow the order of operations. Operations inside parentheses must be done first, ...

The number 258,546 becomes 278,746. The difference is found by subtracting the two numbers: 278,746 − 258,546 leaves you with 20 ...

This is just a division problem: How many times will 8 (eggs) go into 175 (the total number of eggs to be sold)? We calculate 17 ...

Use the Pythagorean theorem, which says that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square ...

Plug in the number 9 for each z in the problem, which will yield 9 × 12 in the numerator and 5 × 9 in the denominator. The 9s ca ...

Then Cross-multiplying and solving for x gives you x = 2, so the color is orange. J The first step is to find the midpoint betwe ...

SHSAT ...

Practice Test 2 ...

How to Take This Practice Test Before taking this practice test, find a quiet room where you can work uninterrupted for two and ...

...

SHSAT Practice Test 2 Answer Sheet (See answer key following the test when finished.) ...

...