This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthesis – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthesis Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a compound? A) CO$_{2}$. B) Co. C) O$_{2}$. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CO$_{2}$. 2. Which of the following sentences uses parentheses to provide additional information? A) The car (which was red) sped past. B) The car which was (red) sped past. C) The car which was red sped past. D) The car, which was red, sped past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The car (which was red) sped past. 3. 42 x 6 + 3$^{2}$ + (9-12)The first thing to solve is ..... A) (9-12). B) 6 + 3. C) 42x6. D) 3$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (9-12). 4. 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. 5. 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: B) 15 x (1/5 x 12). 6. Simplify:6(7 + x) + 5x A) X + 42. B) 6x + 42. C) 6x + 13. D) 11x + 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11x + 42. 7. Simplify the expression by combining like terms.8a+4b+2c-3b+a A) 9a+b+2c. B) 18abc. C) 13abc. D) 10a+7b+c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9a+b+2c. 8. Simplify the Expression.-2 + x-4y + 3x A) 3x-2 + 4y. B) -2 + 4x-4y. C) Simplified. D) -2x + 4y + 3x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -2 + 4x-4y. 9. What are the dashes doing in the following sentence?The pizza-cold and devoid of cheese-was hardly an adequate lunch. A) Interrupting the sentence by providing a change of thought. B) Interrupting the sentence by providing a change of voice. C) Setting off a parenthetical phrase (describing the pizza). D) Defining what the author means by the word pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting off a parenthetical phrase (describing the pizza). 10. (9+10-4) + 16The first thing to solve is ..... A) 4+16. B) (9+10). C) 10-4. D) 9 x 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (9+10). 11. Select the expression that is equivalent (equal) to (7$^{6}$)$^{4}$. A) 7$^{2}$. B) 7$^{10}$. C) 7$^{24}$. D) 7$^{27}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7$^{24}$. 12. How many atoms of oxygen are in the formula HOOCCOOH? A) 4. B) 2. C) 8. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 13. 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) $x^8y^{12}$. 14. 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. 15. 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 elements are present. D) How many atoms are present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How many atoms are present. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. What equation is equal to 2x + 8 = 16 A) 4(x + 2) = 16. B) 2(x + 2) = 16. C) 2(x + 4) = 8. D) 2(x + 4) = 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2(x + 4) = 16. 19. 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) $4\left(m-15\right)=200$. 20. When multiplying powers with the same base, you ..... the exponents. (the product rule) A) Subtract. B) Divide. C) Add. D) Multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add. 21. (34x$^{5}$y$^{6}$z$^{-7}$)$^{0}$ A) 0. B) 34x$^{5}$y$^{6}$ / x$^{-7}$. C) 34x$^{5}$y$^{6}$ / z$^{7}$. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 22. 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. 23. Solve the following question.(1/6 x 42)-4 A) 3. B) 10. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 24. Simplify(2a$^{2}$b$^{4}$z)(6a$^{3}$b$^{2}$z$^{5}$) A) 8a$^{6}$b$^{8}$z$^{5}$. B) 8a$^{5}$b$^{6}$z$^{6}$. C) 12a$^{5}$b$^{6}$z$^{6}$. D) 12a$^{6}$b$^{8}$z$^{5}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12a$^{5}$b$^{6}$z$^{6}$. 25. How many Sodium (Na) are in 6NaCl? A) 1. B) 12. C) 6. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 26. 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. 27. Solve this expression:7 x (6 + 3 + 2) = A) 10. B) 60. C) 77. D) 67. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 77. 28. 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. 29. What elements are represented in this chemical formula? $Fe_2O_3$ A) Francium, Europium, Oxygen. B) Iron, Oxygen. C) Berylium, Oxygen. D) Ferrium, Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron, Oxygen. 30. 9-(6 + 3) = ..... A) 6. B) 12. C) 0. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParenthesis Quiz 1Parenthesis Quiz 2Parenthesis Quiz 3Parenthesis Quiz 5Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books