This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthesis – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthesis Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Simplify:9(x + 2)-4(x-3) A) 5x-1. B) 5x + 6. C) 5x + 30. D) 5x-18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5x + 30. 2. Solve the expression:5 x (7-3) + 12 = A) 32. B) 10. C) 22. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32. 3. (3/8 x 16) x 2/3 A) 9. B) 6. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 4. Mrs Bettney says "I use brackets in my writing to give my sentences extra information" . Is she correct? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 5. What does the 'O' in BODMAS stand for? A) Object. B) Operation. C) Order. D) Octagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Order. 6. Solve this expression:( 8 + 4) x 3 + 7 = A) 28. B) 30. C) 43. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 43. 7. We had many different foods at the luncheon:pies, salads, and cookies with ice cream. A) The colon is in the correct place. B) The colon is not in the correct place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The colon is in the correct place. 8. What is C$_{3}$H$_{8}$ (methane) made up of? A) 11 carbons & 11 hydrogen. B) 1 carbon & 1 hydrogen. C) 3 carbons & 8 hydrogens. D) 8 carbons & 3 hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 carbons & 8 hydrogens. 9. Nancy (a student in my art class) is a wonderful artist. A) The parenthesis are in the correct place. B) The parenthesis are not in the correct place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The parenthesis are in the correct place. 10. Simplify:3(p + 4) + 5(2p + 1) A) 13p + 17. B) 13p + 5. C) 8p + 5. D) 5p + 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13p + 17. 11. Is this sentence punctuated correctly?Bob (who had no training) was in charge of driving the forklift. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. Solve the following questionx (23 + 17) A) 8. B) 10. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 13. How many Magnesium are in 10MgCl$_{2}$? A) 10. B) 5. C) 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 14. Of the product of 3/8 and 16 A) 2/3 x (3/8 x 16). B) 2/3 + (3/8 x 16). C) 2/3 + 3/8 + 16. D) 2/3 x 3/8 x 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2/3 x (3/8 x 16). 15. How many Hydrogen atoms are in 4H$_{2}$O? A) 2. B) 4. C) 8. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 16. Find the sum (-3x + 7) + (2x-5). A) -5x + 2. B) -6x-35. C) -x + 2. D) -2x + 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -x + 2. 17. Evaluate the following expression:100-25 + (75-25) A) 75. B) 150. C) 125. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 125. 18. What are the dashes doing in the following sentence?The sandwich was mediocre-hardly a surprise, given the lack of mustard-but I ate it regardless. A) Indicating a change of thought. B) Interrupting a sentence and providing a change of voice. C) Defining what mediocre means. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrupting a sentence and providing a change of voice. 19. Which of the following chemical formulas contains exactly 4 hydrogen atoms? A) CH$_{3}$CHO. B) CH$_{3}$COONa. C) NH$_{4}$OH. D) CH$_{3}$CH$_{2}$Cl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CH$_{3}$CHO. 20. Simplify:4(7x+5) A) 28x+5. B) 11x+9. C) 28x+20. D) 7x+20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28x+20. 21. As the rain fell on the tin roof, Alice had an odd expression (like she was constipated). A) The parenthesis are in the correct place. B) The parenthesis are not in the correct place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The parenthesis are in the correct place. 22. Tomorrow the supervisor will come to our shift meeting ..... and listen to the complaints of the kitchen staff. What punctuation should be added where the line is located? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) No punctuation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No punctuation. 23. Simplify the expression:3x + 2x A) 6x. B) X. C) 5. D) 5x. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5x. 24. How many atoms are there TOTAL in:H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$ A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 25. Solve.25-14 + 3 = A) 14. B) 8. C) 10. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 26. Which of the following is a compound? A) C. B) CO$_{2}$. C) Co. D) O$_{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CO$_{2}$. 27. 42 x 6 + 3$^{2}$ + (9-12)The first thing to solve is ..... A) (9-12). B) 6 + 3. C) 3$^{2}$. D) 42x6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (9-12). 28. Mary, my best friend ..... Jasmin, my cousin ..... and Sally, my neighbor like riding bikes. What punctuation should be added where the lines are located? A) Semicolon needed for both. B) Comma needed for both. C) No punctuation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon needed for both. 29. 15 times as much as 1 fifth of 12 A) 15 + (1/5 + 12). B) 15 x 1/5 x 12. C) 15 + 1/5 + 12. D) 15 x (1/5 x 12). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15 x (1/5 x 12). 30. Simplify:6(7 + x) + 5x A) X + 42. B) 6x + 42. C) 6x + 13. D) 11x + 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11x + 42. 31. Simplify the expression by combining like terms.8a+4b+2c-3b+a A) 13abc. B) 18abc. C) 10a+7b+c. D) 9a+b+2c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9a+b+2c. 32. Simplify the Expression.-2 + x-4y + 3x A) 3x-2 + 4y. B) -2x + 4y + 3x. C) Simplified. D) -2 + 4x-4y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -2 + 4x-4y. 33. What are the dashes doing in the following sentence?The pizza-cold and devoid of cheese-was hardly an adequate lunch. A) Setting off a parenthetical phrase (describing the pizza). B) Defining what the author means by the word pizza. C) Interrupting the sentence by providing a change of voice. D) Interrupting the sentence by providing a change of thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting off a parenthetical phrase (describing the pizza). 34. (9+10-4) + 16The first thing to solve is ..... A) 10-4. B) 9 x 16. C) (9+10). D) 4+16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (9+10). 35. Select the expression that is equivalent (equal) to (7$^{6}$)$^{4}$. A) 7$^{27}$. B) 7$^{24}$. C) 7$^{10}$. D) 7$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7$^{24}$. 36. How many atoms of oxygen are in the formula HOOCCOOH? A) 2. B) 8. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 37. Simplify $\left(x^2y^3\right)^4$ A) $x^8y^{12}$. B) $x^6y^7$. C) $x^6y^{12}$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x^8y^{12}$. 38. Which of the following uses parenthesis correctly? A) All of my life (all 10 years) has been in the Netherlands. B) All of my life (all 10 years has) been in the Netherlands. C) Ll (of my life) all 10 years has been in the Netherlands. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of my life (all 10 years) has been in the Netherlands. 39. What does the subscript in a chemical formula tell you? A) How many neutrons are present. B) How many molecules are present. C) How many atoms are present. D) How many elements are present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How many atoms are present. 40. Are the parentheses used correctly in the sentence? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 41. Alice (and Mary) are siblings. A) The parenthesis are in the correct place. B) The parenthesis are not in the correct place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The parenthesis are not in the correct place. 42. What equation is equal to 2x + 8 = 16 A) 2(x + 2) = 16. B) 2(x + 4) = 16. C) 4(x + 2) = 16. D) 2(x + 4) = 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2(x + 4) = 16. 43. 4 friends work together to mow lawns in their neighborhood. It costs them each $ 15 to use their parents mowers. Choose and equation that helps you find how much the friends need to earn to make $ 200 in total.Let m be how much money each person needs to earn. A) $15\left(m+4\right)=200$. B) $15\left(m-4\right)=200$. C) $4\left(m-15\right)=200$. D) $4\left(m+15\right)=200$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $4\left(m-15\right)=200$. 44. When multiplying powers with the same base, you ..... the exponents. (the product rule) A) Divide. B) Multiply. C) Subtract. D) Add. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add. 45. (34x$^{5}$y$^{6}$z$^{-7}$)$^{0}$ A) 0. B) 34x$^{5}$y$^{6}$ / z$^{7}$. C) 34x$^{5}$y$^{6}$ / x$^{-7}$. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 46. Which sentence correctly uses a parenthesis? A) The burrito (which had been overstuffed with rice and beans) fell to pieces. B) The burrito which had been overstuffed with rice (and beans) fell to pieces. C) The burrito which had been overstuffed with (rice and beans) had fallen to pieces. D) The burrito which had been overstuffed with rice and beans (had fallen to pieces). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The burrito (which had been overstuffed with rice and beans) fell to pieces. 47. Solve the following question.(1/6 x 42)-4 A) 4. B) 10. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 48. Simplify(2a$^{2}$b$^{4}$z)(6a$^{3}$b$^{2}$z$^{5}$) A) 8a$^{6}$b$^{8}$z$^{5}$. B) 12a$^{6}$b$^{8}$z$^{5}$. C) 8a$^{5}$b$^{6}$z$^{6}$. D) 12a$^{5}$b$^{6}$z$^{6}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12a$^{5}$b$^{6}$z$^{6}$. 49. How many Sodium (Na) are in 6NaCl? A) 1. B) 12. C) 6. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 50. True or False?2 + (4 x 5-2) + 8 = 28 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Solve this expression:7 x (6 + 3 + 2) = A) 77. B) 67. C) 10. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 77. 52. Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor ..... in fact, he should win an Oscar. "In fact" is a conjunctive adverb-add it to your list. What punctuation should be added where the line is located? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) No punctuation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 53. What elements are represented in this chemical formula? $Fe_2O_3$ A) Berylium, Oxygen. B) Iron, Oxygen. C) Ferrium, Oxygen. D) Francium, Europium, Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron, Oxygen. 54. 9-(6 + 3) = ..... A) 6. B) 12. C) 18. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 55. True or false:Parenthesis can be used to add humor to a sentence. A) A) True. B) B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) True. 56. Element or compound?O$_{2}$ A) Element. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Element. 57. Is this washer correct:5 x ( 4-2) + 10 = 20 A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 58. In order to multiply powers with the same base, we add their exponents. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. After Louse finished her homework (an essay about Shakespeare), she played some computer games.Does this use parenthesis correctly? A) Yes, definitely!. B) I think so. C) No, this is wrong!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, definitely!. 60. Simplify:9z-21-3z + 10 A) 12z-31. B) 6z-11. C) 6z-31. D) 12z-11. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6z-11. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParenthesis Quiz 1Parenthesis Quiz 3Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive QuizApostrophes With Plural Possessives QuizApostrophes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books