Free PRAXIS Core Academic Skills for Educators Exam Questions and Answers

A craft store sells ribbon on rolls that each hold 12 yards. A teacher cuts every bow from a piece of ribbon 18 inches long. If the teacher uses all the ribbon from 3 rolls, how many bows can be cut?

• AA. 24
• BB. 72
• CC. 108
• DD. 648

When the Alder Creek Grange installed a seed-lending shelf in 2019, organizers expected gardeners to borrow packets and return seeds at the end of the season. In the first year, only about a third of borrowers returned any seeds, and several varieties of heirloom beans disappeared from the shelf entirely. Rather than tighten the rules, the grange asked borrowers to attend one short workshop on saving seeds from plants such as beans and tomatoes. Within two years, returns had more than doubled, and the shelf held more varieties than it had at the start. Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage?

• AA. The original lending rules were too lenient to encourage returns.
• BB. Most first-year borrowers intended to keep the seeds permanently.
• CC. Heirloom beans are harder to grow than the other shelf varieties.
• DD. Many borrowers who returned no seeds had not known how to save them.

Exhibit: A bar graph titled "Favorite Fruit of 60 Students." The bars show Apples, 18 students; Bananas, 12 students; Grapes, 21 students; Oranges, 9 students. According to the graph, how many students chose either grapes or apples?

• AA. 21
• BB. 27
• CC. 33
• DD. 39

Orchard managers in Marlow Valley report that apple picking is usually delayed in any month with 3 inches or more of average rainfall. Exhibit: A bar graph titled "Average Monthly Rainfall, Marlow Valley (inches)." The bars show June, 2.1; July, 0.8; August, 1.4; September, 3.0; October, 4.2. According to the passage and the graph, for how many of the five months shown would apple picking usually be delayed?

• AA. 1
• BB. 2
• CC. 3
• DD. 4

Many people believe that water levels in the Great Lakes rise and fall at random. In fact, levels follow multiyear cycles driven by precipitation, evaporation, and winter ice cover. A decade of low water ended when several wet years in the 2010s pushed levels close to record highs. The last sentence of the passage serves primarily to

• AA. argue that the cycles are likely to end in the near future
• BB. give a specific instance of the cycles described in the second sentence
• CC. introduce a cause of the cycles not mentioned earlier
• DD. restate the belief described in the first sentence

A transit agency states that ridership on its new Express Route 12 has grown every week since the route opened. Exhibit: A line graph titled "Weekly Riders, Express Route 12." The points are Week 1, 420; Week 2, 510; Week 3, 585; Week 4, 560; Week 5, 640; Week 6, 700. Which of the following statements is supported by the graph?

• AA. Ridership more than doubled between Week 1 and Week 6.
• BB. The largest weekly increase occurred between Week 4 and Week 5.
• CC. One week had fewer riders than the week before it.
• DD. Ridership in Week 3 was lower than in Week 1.

Although Dana was reticent in meetings, her written reports were detailed and forceful. Colleagues often wondered why she rarely voiced the same opinions aloud. As used in the passage, the word "reticent" most nearly means

• AA. unsure of the meeting's purpose
• BB. careless in preparing work
• CC. reluctant to speak openly
• DD. quick to criticize others

A teacher surveyed 30 students about the pets they own at home. The results are shown in the table. Pet: Number of students Dogs: 12 Cats: 8 Fish: 5 Birds: 5 The teacher will display the data in a circle graph. What should be the central angle, in degrees, of the sector for cats?

• AA. 27
• BB. 60
• CC. 96
• DD. 144

A student is writing an essay arguing that the city should ban single-use plastic bags. The student's body paragraph contains this sentence: "Everyone knows plastic bags are terrible, so a ban is obviously needed." Which revision would do the most to strengthen the argument?

• AA. Replace "terrible" with "extremely harmful" and "obviously" with "clearly" in the same sentence.
• BB. Replace the sentence with a description of how frustrating it is for the writer to see bags caught in trees.
• CC. Replace the sentence with data showing that the city spent $240,000 last year clearing bag litter from storm drains.
• DD. Add a sentence stating that plastic bags are disliked by a large number of people in the community.

Maya buys 2.5 pounds of apples at $1.80 per pound and 3 pounds of pears at $2.15 per pound. She pays with a $20 bill. How much change, in dollars, should she receive? Enter your answer as a decimal.

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