Welcome to Immaculate HSHSPT Test Prep Session

September 16, 2017

What is going to happen today• 9:00 – 9:10 What is HSPT?

• 9:10 – 9:40 Verbal Skills section practiceQuantitative skills practiceReading section

• 9:40 – 9:45 Break

• 9:45 – 10:10 Mathematics Section practiceLanguage Section practice

• 10:10 – 10:15 Break

• 10:15 – 10:45 Mini- practice test

• 10:45 – 11:00 Review and Wrap up

Why do we take the HSPT?

• Don’t stress!

• This isn’t the only thing that matters in getting into IHS– Most important is how you’ve

done in the past

• Gives us an overall idea of what your strengths and areas of improvement are with so many different schools represented

HSPT Test Structure

• 300 Total MC Questions• 2.5 hours total testing time• Broken down into 5 sections

– Verbal Skills– Quantitative Skills– Reading – Mathematics– Language Arts

Section I: Verbal Skills Section

• Contains 60 questions • 16 min total• About 15 sec per question• RELAX…not a lot of reading

– Synonyms and Antonyms– Grouping words questions

(analogies)– Verbal reasoning (decide

whether conclusion is T/F/U)

Quantitative Skills

Section II: Quantitative Skills

• Contains 52 questions • 30 min total• About 30 sec per question

– Sequence questions– Comparing values– Creating equations

Section III: Reading Section

• Contains 62 questions • 25 min total• Approximately 40 questions

are based on 5 or 6 reading passages, the rest are vocab

TEST TIP ALERT!!!

Because the reading comprehension questions take more time to answer, you might want to skip ahead and answer the vocab first.

Section IV: Mathmatics Section

• Broken into two sections– Concepts (24 questions)– Problem Solving (40

questions)

• Problem Solving questions are mainly Word Problems

• 45 min total

Section V: Language Section

• Contain 60 questions • 25 min total• 50 questions ask you to find

errors in:– Punctuation– Capitalization– Usage– Spelling

• 10 questions in Sentence Construction and Written Composition

HSPT Test Tips - General

• Your score is based on the number of answers you get correct, so don’t leave any blank

• If you only have a couple of minutes left on a section and more than 5 questions remain, spend the remaining time marking an answer for each question…choose the same letter answer for each one (A, B, C, D) the percentage is going to be in your favor

• Make sure:– You don’t have any stray marks on your answer sheet– Only one bubble per question– Answers should match up to the question…be careful if you skip a

question!

HSPT Test Tips How to Attack the Questions

1. Read the question quickly but thoroughly2. Examine each answer choice3. Use your pencil to cross out any answers that are obviously

incorrect4. If you can eliminate 3 choices (and therefore know the correct

answer mark that answer on your sheet and put a big X next to that question in the test booklet)

5. If you can eliminate 2/4…choose one of the remaining and put a big “2” next to it in booklet

6. If you can eliminate 1/4…choose one of the remaining and put a big “3” next to it in booklet

7. If you can eliminate 2/4…choose one of the remaining and put a big “4” next to it in booklet

HSPT – How to Attack the Questions

• If you have extra time at the end of the test go back and review your work…– Start with all the questions that have a “2” next to them– Then go to the ones that have “3”s– Finally the ones that have “4”s

• Only change an answer if your pretty sure another answer is better• Also…

– cross out answers you’re sure are wrong so you don’t re-read them– Use common sense– Rely on what you do know– Avoid choices with debatable words like (only, all, always, completely,

never, must, every and none)…but think if a question asks you to choose an answer that is NOT true a choice with a debatable word may be the right answer

– Pick the more specific choice…especially when asked for the “best” answer

Verbal Skills Practice

Verbal Skills

Conservative is to liberal as pepper is to:a. Sodab. Saltc. Seasoningd. Spice

Which of the others does not belong with the othersa. Restaurantb. Housec. Condominiumd. apartment

Verbal skills

Genial most nearly meansa. Intelligentb. Amiablec. Distantd. Slow

No tibbles are mammals. No mammals fly. All tibbles fly. If the first two statements are true, the third statement isa. Trueb. Falsec. Uncertain

Quantitative Skills Practice

Quantitative Skills

What is the next number in this sequence 33, 37, 41…?a. 44b. 47c. 45d. 43

What number is 5 less than 20% of 100a. 5b. 10c. 15d. 20

Quantitative Skills

Examine (a), (b) and (c) choose the best answer

(a) Three quarters(b) Two quarters, two dimes, and one nickel(c) One quarter, four dimes, one nickel and five pennies

(A) (a) is greater than (b) or (c)(B) (b) is greater than (a)(C) (c) is greater than (a)(D) (a), (b), and (c) are equal

Reading Section

Reading – Vocab

Choose the answer that is closest to the same meaning as the underlined word.

A paltry sum of money(A) Substantial(B) Insignificant(C) Fat(D) Clean

A foul smell(a) Musty(b) Repulsive(c) Fresh(d) floral

Mathematics

Mathematics

What is 54.673 written to the nearest tenth?(a) 55(b) 54.7(c) 54.67(d) 54.6

Simplify 2(-5)2

(a) 50(b) -50(c) 25(d) -25

Mathematics

The square root of 95 is between which of these two numbers(a) 8 and 9(b) 81 and 100(c) 5 and 6(d) 9 and 10

Royce spent 30% of his allowance on baseball cards. If Royce’s allowance is $20, how much did he spend on baseball cards(a) $6(b) $7(c) $8(d) $9

Language

Choose the answer with the sentence that has an error in punctuation, capitalization, or usage. If no sentence contains an error, choose Answer D.

(a) Andy swims in the Snake River when we go camping.(b) Our school always has a party on Valentine’s day.(c) My dad and I have seen The Wizard of Oz 20 times(d) No mistakes

(a) Every year my family summered at the beach.(b) Belinda was born on October 21 1995(c) Do you know the way to the airport?(d) No mistakes

Language

(a) Mother has been wondering where you have been.(b) Correct me, if I’m wrong.(c) Isn’t Bridget your sister?(d) No mistakes

(a) The tortoise married the hare, and they lived happily ever after.(b) There’s no place like home.(c) I figured out where you were hiding.(d) No mistakes

HSPT Prep

Mini – Practice test

HSPT STUDY RESOURCES

• www.study.com• HSPT Study Guide: Amazon.com• sts.testing.com• www.testprepreview.com/hsptlinks.htm