PSAT 2011 Wednesday Answer Thread

<p>I swear there were three no errors…damn.</p>

<p>Wasn’t it something like yoyo man, thieves and arch</p>

<p>Answers thus far that need to be added to original post:</p>

<p>Math:
Total matches in wrestling tournament: 30
Formula for lowest value when -1 < x < 0 is 1/(x^3)
CDs sold for better new job: 134
Intersection of two linear equations, y = 5.5
Formula for cylinder = 35<em>pi</em>r</p>

<p>I think for the mo question I put laughing?</p>

<p>I think I put 3 no errors as well.</p>

<p>^^golf tournament :P</p>

<p>People have said the intersection one was 7.5.</p>

<p>I’ve added all those and fixed some, would you like me to repost?</p>

<p>The X for the intersection was 7.5, but it asked for Y I thought.</p>

<p>And mine said wrestlers, some people are saying it said tennis, and some say golf now… I wonder if the tests varied in small ways that didn’t affect the final answer. Or maybe everyone just didn’t care what type of match.</p>

<p>I totally don’t remember this tournament question… =/</p>

<p>The intersection occurred at (7.5,5.5)
it asked for y value</p>

<p>Sentence Completions:

  1. deplorable-Scientists failing:
  2. unfettered- Library fostered “unfettered” thought
  3. Flamboyant, not elephantine
  4. misanthropic
  5. artifice/ruse</p>

<p>Critical Reading:</p>

<p>1) Mo and Duncan Pasage
-Tape recorder signified difference in Mo’s and Duncan’s students
-Mo’s teaching style was pompous
-Mo was mocking Duncan
-Mo was trying to limit Duncan’s ability as a teacher
-The buff class leader was embarrassed because he was asking the class’s request
-Broach: Bring up</p>

<p>2) Extraterrestrial tone question:
-Passionate</p>

<p>3) 2 short passages described urban sprawl as “homogeneous”</p>

<p>4) Bronte
-Simile and Personification, not Understatement</p>

<p>5) Not sure where these should go if someone could help…
What could be added to the 2nd paragraph (readymade):
Retraction vs. Concession: Concession
Elitist and shortsighted vs. arrogant and vindictive: elitist and shortsighted
Slippery: Unreliable
“Between”: Emphasize a different meaning to a previously used word
Odd meant infrequent (odd painting)
Serious meant considerable (had some serious literary sleuthing to do)
Sister’s actions were unfortunate by understandable
Paragraph 6 expanded on a comparison in paragraph 5 (wuthering heights passage)
boorish</p>

<p>Math:
Parallelogram: 20*68 (1360)
Arithmetic mean with a<b<c, b = 20, answer should have been 35.
Distance between the two points: .9
Car at 50 mph: 7.2 minutes
Venn diagram (10-100, inclusive, multiples of three, not perfect squares): 28
The question about k: k/2k-n
Isosceles triangle max length: 11
Equilateral and Isosceles triangle: x=15
tournament question- answer was 30</p>

<p>Writing:
Governments/violate question: error in “it violates”, should be “they violate”
Caesar salad question: “But”
Prohibit “from”
Parliament question: should have been “For those who”
Security company question about choosing a password should have been “you should not”
Thieves artwork one: No error
Two no errors: Thieves, yoyo maker.</p>

<p>Critical Reading:
Sentence Completions:
-Scientists failing: deplorable
-Library fostered “unfettered” thought
-Misanthropic
-Ruses/artifice
-Flamboyant, not elephantine
Mo and Duncan Passage
-Tape recorder signified difference in Mo’s and Duncan’s students
-Mo’s teaching style was pompous
-Mo was mocking Duncan
-Mo was trying to limit Duncan’s ability as a teacher
-The buff class leader was embarrassed because he was asking the class’s request
-Broach: Bring up</p>

<p>Extraterrestrial passages:
-Tone: Passionate
-Retraction vs. Concession: Concession</p>

<p>Bronte:
-Simile and Personification, not Understatement
-Slippery: Unreliable
-Odd meant infrequent (odd painting)
-Paragraph 6 expanded on a comparison in paragraph 5 (wuthering heights passage)
-“Between”: Emphasize a different meaning to a previously used word
-Sister’s actions were unfortunate by understandable
-Serious meant considerable (had some serious literary sleuthing to do)</p>

<p>Urban Sprawl passages:
-Elitist and shortsighted vs. arrogant and vindictive: elitist and shortsighted
-2 short passages described urban sprawl as “homogeneous”</p>

<p>Math:
-Parallelogram: 20*68 (1360)
-Arithmetic mean with a<b<c, b = 20, answer should have been 35.
-Distance between the two points: .9
-Car at 50 mph: 7.2 minutes
-Venn diagram (10-100, inclusive, multiples of three, not perfect squares): 28
-The question about k: k/2k-n
-Isosceles triangle max length: 11

  • -1<x<0 – lowest value is 1/(x^3)
    -Intersection of two linear equations, y=5.5
    -Golf tournament: 30
    -CDs to make the other job pay more: 134</p>

<p>Writing:
Sentence Errors:
-Governments/violate question: error in “it violates”, should be “they violate”
-Caesar salad question: “But”
-Prohibit “from”
-Parliament question: should have been “For those who”
-Security company question about choosing a password should have been “you should not”
-Eels have organs in their tail which (enables) <- error, should be enable
-Two no errors: Thieves, yoyo maker.</p>

<p>Artist (readymade) passage:
-What could be added to the 2nd paragraph: How a readymade could become appealing</p>

<p>@kneeridge </p>

<p>there are 6 players and each of them want to play 2 games against each other</p>

<p>Wow, did I really get another wrong due to careless mistakes.</p>

<p>This is horrible.</p>

<p>Major props to Direct Hits for including the word “misanthropic”. I never would have gotten that sentence completion without me beloved DH.</p>

<p>can someone help wtiuh this? thanks</p>

<p>Sentence Completions:

  1. deplorable-Scientists failing:
  2. unfettered- Library fostered “unfettered” thought
  3. Flamboyant, not elephantine
  4. misanthropic
  5. artifice/ruse</p>

<p>Critical Reading:</p>

<p>1) Mo and Duncan Pasage
-Tape recorder signified difference in Mo’s and Duncan’s students
-Mo’s teaching style was pompous
-Mo was mocking Duncan
-Mo was trying to limit Duncan’s ability as a teacher
-The buff class leader was embarrassed because he was asking the class’s request
-Broach: Bring up</p>

<p>2) Extraterrestrial tone question:
-Passionate</p>

<p>3) 2 short passages described urban sprawl as “homogeneous”</p>

<p>4) Bronte
-Simile and Personification, not Understatement
-Sister’s actions were unfortunate by understandable</p>

<p>5) Not sure where these should go if someone could help…</p>

<p>-What could be added to the 2nd paragraph (readymade):
-Retraction vs. Concession: Concession ( albeit)
-Elitist and shortsighted vs. arrogant and vindictive: elitist and shortsighted
-Slippery: Unreliable
-“Between”: Emphasize a different meaning to a previously used word
-Odd meant infrequent (odd painting)
-Serious meant considerable (had some serious literary sleuthing to do)
-Paragraph 6 expanded on a comparison in paragraph 5 (wuthering heights passage)
-boorish but understandable</p>

<p>The thieves question was the “That” question right? Is starting a sentence with “That” gramatically correct? Even so, it seems quite awkward…</p>

<p>overide, it is 5.5 for sure. i still have it in my calculator.</p>

<p>What could be added to the 2nd paragraph (readymade):–Writing passage editing
Retraction vs. Concession: Concession–Aliens passage CR
Elitist and shortsighted vs. arrogant and vindictive: elitist and shortsighted–Aliens CR
Slippery: Unreliable–Wuthering Heights–CR
“Between”: Emphasize a different meaning to a previously used word–Wuthering CR
Odd meant infrequent (odd painting)
Serious meant considerable (had some serious literary sleuthing to do)–Wuthering CR
Sister’s actions were unfortunate by understandable–Wuthering CR
Paragraph 6 expanded on a comparison in paragraph 5 (wuthering heights passage)</p>

<p>More math:
Intersection was 5.5 because it asked for Y coord. Not X (which was 7.5)
134 for the CD selling to make more money.
.9 for distance between X and C or something similar.
Cylinder was 35(pi)r
The first grid in was either 6, 5, or 4. There were multiple answers.
220 for the one about graduating students in 1991-1994</p>

<p>More Writing:
Editing the passage
The second to last one was B. I forgot the question and answer, but it’s B! haha</p>

<p>Critical Reading:
Sentence Completions:
-Scientists failing: deplorable
-Library fostered “unfettered” thought
-Misanthropic
-Ruses/artifice
-Flamboyant, not elephantine
Mo and Duncan Passage
-Tape recorder signified difference in Mo’s and Duncan’s students
-Mo’s teaching style was pompous
-Mo was mocking Duncan
-Mo was trying to limit Duncan’s ability as a teacher
-The buff class leader was embarrassed because he was asking the class’s request
-Broach: Bring up</p>

<p>Extraterrestrial passages:
-Tone: Passionate
-Retraction vs. Concession: Concession</p>

<p>Bronte:
-Simile and Personification, not Understatement
-Slippery: Unreliable
-Odd meant infrequent (odd painting)
-Paragraph 6 expanded on a comparison in paragraph 5
-“Between”: Emphasize a different meaning to a previously used word
-Sister’s actions were unfortunate by understandable
-Serious meant considerable (had some serious literary sleuthing to do)</p>

<p>Urban Sprawl passages:
-Elitist and shortsighted vs. arrogant and vindictive: elitist and shortsighted
-2 short passages described urban sprawl as “homogeneous”</p>

<p>Math:
-Parallelogram: 20*68 (1360)
-Arithmetic mean with a<b<c, b = 20, answer should have been 35.
-Distance between the two points: .9
-Car at 50 mph: 7.2 minutes
-Venn diagram (10-100, inclusive, multiples of three, not perfect squares): 28
-The question about k: k/2k-n
-Isosceles triangle max length: 11

  • -1<x<0 – lowest value is 1/(x^3)
    -Intersection of two linear equations, y=5.5
    -Golf tournament: 30
    -CDs to make the other job pay more: 134
    Students in 1994: 220</p>

<p>Writing:
Sentence Errors:
-Governments/violate question: error in “it violates”, should be “they violate”
-Caesar salad question: “But”
-Prohibit “from”
-Parliament question: should have been “For those who”
-Security company question about choosing a password should have been “you should not”
-Eels have organs in their tail which (enables) <- error, should be enable
-Two no errors: Thieves, yoyo maker.</p>

<p>Artist (readymade) passage:
-What could be added to the 2nd paragraph: How a readymade could become appealing</p>

<p>3 math wrong, 1 writing wrong, 2 CR wrong, and maybe one more math wrong. Cutoff for NMS in MD is 221, think I’ll make it?</p>

<p>the third no error i got was the one that had: “she and her husband” something about featuring in movies…</p>