What is the correct analogy?

Chess is to reading as multiplication is to memorizing.

What is the main idea of Let's Have a Chess Club?

Bec it teaches a variety of skills, it would be good to have a chess club.

Who might find this passage most useful?

a student who is asking a teacher to allow chess in the classroom

In P.3, what does the narrator mean: "Is there any one of us who couldn't improve his or her math skills?"

Everyone could use practice with math.

"Memorizing worked for us with multiplication tables..." what is the meaning of the word tables?

lists arranged in a particular order

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Pentathlon: Critical Reading Practice (Chess)

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Read the passage and answer the questions on the scantron. We will use this game to go over our answers and the reasoning.

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1
For what purpose might the author have written this passage?
as a speech to classmates
as an essay for an English class
as an editorial for a newspaper
as a letter to the principal
2
What is the correct analogy?
Chess is to computing as multiplication is to memorizing.
Chess is to playing as multiplication is to memorizing.
Chess is to thinking as multipication is to memorizing.
Chess is to reading as multiplication is to memorizing.
3
Approximately how long did the Kasparov vs the World chess match last?
5 years
24 hours
62 days
4 months
4
What is the definition of the base word in systematic?
a memorization approach
random guessing
problem solving
an organized method
5
What is the main idea of Let's Have a Chess Club?
Garry Kasparov is one of the highest-scoring chess players in the world
Chess raises math scores because it helps to teach problem solving
It is not difficult to learn chess, and it can be played online.
Bec it teaches a variety of skills, it would be good to have a chess club.
6
Who might find this passage most useful?
a child who wants his parent to buy a new computer game
an athlete who is showing the differences between chess and basketball
a student who is asking a teacher to allow chess in the classroom
an opponent who explains why Kasp. is a good chess player
7
In P.3, what does the narrator mean: "Is there any one of us who couldn't improve his or her math skills?"
No one needs to practice math.
Math skills are easy to learn.
Everyone could use practice with math.
Only students need to practice math skills.
8
"Memorizing worked for us with multiplication tables..." what is the meaning of the word tables?
furniture designed for serving food
broad, flat, elevated area of land
to put off for a period of time
lists arranged in a particular order

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