This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Parentheses – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parentheses Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Factorise 9x$^{2}$-6x A) 3x(3x-2). B) 3(3x$^{2}$-2x). C) 3x(6x-3). D) X(9x-6). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3x(3x-2). 2. In the Midwest Division, who is ranked higher? Cleveland State or Clemson? A) Cleveland State. B) Clemson. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clemson. 3. In a Formula 1 qualifying session, if Max Verstappen completes a sector in $s$ $(s + 2)$ A) $8s + 2$. B) $4s + 8$. C) $4s + 2$. D) $8s + 8$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $8s + 8$. 4. Expand the expression $-5(2m + 3)$ A) $-10m-15$. B) $-5m + 3$. C) $-10m + 15$. D) $10m-15$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $-10m-15$. 5. What is taxable income? A) The amount of income used to calculate payroll tax. B) The amount of income used to calculate an individual's or a company's income tax due. C) The amount of income used to calculate sales tax. D) The amount of income used to calculate property tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of income used to calculate an individual's or a company's income tax due. 6. How much total taxes will be paid on a taxable income of $ 100, 000? A) $ 20, 000. B) $ 15, 000. C) $ 24, 000. D) $ 17, 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 17, 400. 7. If the tax rate for income up to $ 50, 000 is 15%, what is the tax owed for an individual with an income of $ 48, 000? A) $ 7, 500. B) $ 8, 500. C) $ 6, 000. D) $ 7, 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 7, 200. 8. A force that slows or stops motion when objects rub together. A) Push. B) Magnetism. C) Pull. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friction. 9. [(2 + 5) + ( 5 x 2 ) ] + 3 A) 20. B) 30. C) 25. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 10. Identify the type of bracket used in the following sentence: "The results were significant [p < 0.05]." A) Curly brackets. B) Parentheses. C) Square brackets. D) Angle brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Square brackets. 11. Factorise fully. $2x^2-4x^3$ A) $2x^2\left(1-2x\right)$. B) $x^2\left(2-2x\right)$. C) $2x^3\left(1x-2\right)$. D) $2x^3\left(1-2\right)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $2x^2\left(1-2x\right)$. 12. In a video game, if a player earns $p$ $3p$ A) $4p-6p$. B) $4p-2(3p)$. C) $p-2(3p)$. D) $8p$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $4p-2(3p)$. 13. Which sentence uses punctuation correctly in the following DIRECTLY QUOTED material? A) 'The results (see Table 2) were conclusive.'. B) 'The results were conclusive.'. C) 'The results [see Table 2] were conclusive.'. D) 'The results {see Table 2} were conclusive.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'The results [see Table 2] were conclusive.'. 14. Evaluate the following question ( 9-1 ) + 4 = A) 10. B) 22. C) 20. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 15. A farmer cut a branch from his favorite, mature fruit tree, planted it in the soil, and it grew to be a new tree. The farmer's method of growing a new plant is a type of A) Asexual reproduction. B) Pollination. C) Sexual reproduction. D) Seed production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asexual reproduction. 16. Which is not a function of the ellipsis? A) Show the reader where a pause in reading happens. B) Show where extra information belongs. C) Show the reader that a change in thought happened. D) Show the reader where words were omitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Show where extra information belongs. 17. Fully factorise the following expression ..... 8x + 2 A) 2(4x + 2). B) 2(4x + 1). C) 8(x + 1). D) 8(x + 2). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2(4x + 1). 18. Which sentence uses brackets to add a definition? A) The term 'photosynthesis' (the process by which plants make food) is important. B) The term 'photosynthesis' the process (by which plants make food) is important. C) (The term 'photosynthesis') the process by which plants make food is important. D) The term 'photosynthesis' the process by which plants make food (is important). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The term 'photosynthesis' (the process by which plants make food) is important. 19. Combine like terms:2x + 3x-4 A) 6x-4. B) 2x-4. C) 5x-4. D) 5x + 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5x-4. 20. Parentheses in writing are primarily used to A) Add essential information. B) Define a difficult or foreign word. C) Add information that may interest the reader. D) Make a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add information that may interest the reader. 21. Factorise fully. $-24xy^2z-32xz$ A) $8xz\left(3y^2-4\right)$. B) $-8xz\left(2xy+3y\right)$. C) $-8xz\left(3y^2+4\right)$. D) $8xz\left(-3y^2+4\right)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $-8xz\left(3y^2+4\right)$. 22. If a comma would not normally be used in a sentence, don't add a comma to the parentheses. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. Tan (cos$^{-1}$(-5/13)) A) 13/5. B) -12/5. C) -5/12. D) 12/13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -12/5. 24. Expand and simplify $\left(x+5\right)\left(x+9\right)$ A) $x^2+45$. B) $x^2+14x+45$. C) $60x^2$. D) $x^2+59x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $x^2+14x+45$. 25. What is the highest factor or 12 and 16? A) 16. B) 2. C) 4. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 26. Factorise fully. $6a^2bc^2-10abc$ A) $3abc\left(2ac-5\right)$. B) $2ac\left(3abc-5b\right)$. C) $2a^2bc^2\left(3-5b\right)$. D) $2abc\left(3ac-5\right)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $2abc\left(3ac-5\right)$. 27. Which type of bracket is used to add information or clarification within a sentence? A) Square brackets. B) Angle brackets. C) Curly brackets. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Square brackets. 28. Mechanical advantage is a measure of how much a machine multiplies the input A) Work. B) Efficiency. C) Power. D) Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Force. 29. Find the exact value of the expression below:$\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$ A) $\frac{\pi}{3}$. B) $\frac{3\pi}{4}$. C) $\frac{\pi}{4}$. D) $0$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $\frac{\pi}{3}$. 30. $2m-\left(m-1\right)=$ A) $m-1$. B) $m+1$. C) $m-2$. D) $2m+1$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $m+1$. 31. Find the exact value of the expression below:$\tan^{-1}\left(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}\right)$ A) $-\frac{\pi}{6}$. B) $-\frac{\pi}{4}$. C) $\frac{\pi}{4}$. D) $\frac{\pi}{6}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $-\frac{\pi}{6}$. 32. Simplify the following expression:-6x + 4(-x-3) A) -2x + 12. B) -10x-12. C) -2x-12. D) 10x + 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -10x-12. 33. Define Mass Number A) How much an atom weighs. B) Number of protons in the nucleus of an atoms. C) A small dense center that has a positive charge and is surrounded by moving electrons. D) Total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus. 34. Where will the 2024 National Championship be held? A) Boston, MA. B) Los Angeles, CA. C) New York City, NY. D) Phoenix, AZ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phoenix, AZ. 35. Expand the expression $-2(3p-4)$ A) $-2p + 4$. B) $-6p + 8$. C) $6p-8$. D) $-6p-8$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $-6p + 8$. 36. Write the expression in simplest radical form. $\sqrt[]{112}$ A) $4\sqrt{7}$. B) 47 Mathematical EquivalenceOFF. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $4\sqrt{7}$. 37. Find the exact value of the expression below:$\sin^{-1}\left(-1\right)$ A) $-\frac{\pi}{2}$. B) $-\frac{\pi}{6}$. C) $0$. D) $-\frac{\pi}{4}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $-\frac{\pi}{2}$. 38. Material that transmits almost all of light striking it so that objects can be seen clearly through it A) Translucent. B) Transparent. C) Opaque. D) Transfer case. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transparent. 39. Insert bracket to make this equation true:2 x 3 + 1 = 7 A) 2 x (3 + 1) = 7. B) (2 x 3) + 1 = 7. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (2 x 3) + 1 = 7. 40. Expand and simplify:3a (2a-4a$^{2}$b) A) 6a$^{2}$-4a$^{2}$b. B) 6a-4a$^{2}$b. C) 6a$^{2}$-12a$^{3}$b. D) 3a2a-12a$^{2}$b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6a$^{2}$-12a$^{3}$b. 41. What poles seek each other on magnets? A) North and north. B) North and south. C) South and south. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North and south. 42. In this picture, the straw appears to be bent. This is because- A) Light is being refracted. B) Milk is an opaque substance. C) Light is being reflected. D) .it is a magic trick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light is being refracted. 43. What does the standard deduction do? A) Reduces your tax rate. B) Increases your tax rate. C) Increases your taxable income. D) Reduces your taxable income. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduces your taxable income. 44. If light is blocked by an object and a dark shadow is cast it is A) Translucent. B) Reflective. C) Transparent. D) Opaque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opaque. 45. If a portion of a DNA strand has the base sequence ACGACG, what will be the base sequence of the mRNA strand transcribed? A) UGCUGC. B) UCGACG. C) TGCTGC. D) TCGACG. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UGCUGC. 46. Simplify the following expression:(5 + 4x) + (2x-8) A) 6x + 3. B) 6x-3. C) 13 + 6x. D) 6x-13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6x-3. 47. Which sentence is correct?1. As you read, notice when writers use parentheses as well as other marks of punctuation.2. As you read, notice (when writers) use parentheses as well as other marks of punctuation.3. As you read, notice when writers use parentheses (as well as other marks of punctuation). A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) They all look correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 48. Why do viruses need living hosts, such as bacteria or eukaryote cells? A) The host cell is the source of food for the virus. B) Viruses depend on a host cell because they lack their own DNA or RNA. C) Viruses depend on the host cells that they infect to reproduce. D) Viruses have a cellular structure which never require a host. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viruses depend on the host cells that they infect to reproduce. 49. What kind of tax system does the USA have? A) Regressive tax system. B) Progressive tax system. C) Indirect tax system. D) Flat tax system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Progressive tax system. 50. Square brackets are used to A) Add ridiculous information. B) Always add essential information. C) Always add non-essential information. D) Clarify or define. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clarify or define. 51. Fully factorise the following expression ..... 3x-15 A) 3(x-3). B) 3(x-6). C) 3(x-5). D) 3(x-15). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3(x-5). 52. $\left(2-5y\right)\left(-4\right)=$ A) $-20y-8$. B) $20y-8$. C) $20y+8$. D) $-20y+8$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $20y-8$. 53. An animal lives in an area with cool temperatures. Climate change has caused the temperature to grow warmer. Which of these adaptations would BEST help the animal adapt to the changes in temperature? A) Drink water at least five times a day. B) Come out more at night to look for food. C) Walk and run more slowly to save energy. D) Eat only small grasses and shrubs as food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come out more at night to look for food. 54. Simplify by collecting like terms:$8z + 4z-3z$ A) $8z$. B) $z$. C) $9z$. D) $12z$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $9z$. 55. Fully factorise the following expression ..... 12x + 3 A) 12(x + 1). B) 3(4x + 1). C) 3(4x + 3). D) 12(x + 3). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3(4x + 1). 56. Simplify by collecting like terms:$12r-7r + 3r$ A) $18r$. B) $5r$. C) $8r + 3$. D) $8r$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $8r$. 57. Perubahan wujud dari padat menjadi cair disebut ..... A) Mencair. B) Membeku. C) Menguap. D) Mengembun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mencair. 58. Where are the 2021 championship being played? A) St. Louis. B) San Francisco. C) Cleveland. D) Indianapolis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indianapolis. 59. When using PEMDAS, you always, no matter what solve Multiplication before Division. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 60. Define:Atomic Number A) Number of protons in the nucleus of an atoms. B) Force that brings oppositely charged ions together. C) Particle with a positive or negative charge. D) Total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus. 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