TELPAS Practice

Alicia's 3D design will take 3 hours to print. Based on the notice, what should she do?

Analyze and Evaluate Information and Ideas · TELPAS Grades 6–7 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 3: make inferences, draw conclusions, and think about why the author wrote a text and how it is built.

Read the notice. Then answer the questions.

Teen Makerspace

Pecan Grove Branch Library: Teen Makerspace

Open to students ages 11 to 17. The makerspace has a 3D printer, two sewing machines, a button maker, and laptops with design software.

Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Before your first visit: Every student must complete a 20-minute safety training. Trainings are held on the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. A parent or guardian must also sign a permission form, which you can pick up at the front desk.

3D printing: Bring your design on a USB drive or email it to the front desk. Each student may print one project per week. A print must take less than 2 hours to finish. Prints are free, but you must pick up your print within 7 days.

Questions? Ask for Ms. Carter at the front desk.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Alicia's 3D design will take 3 hours to print. Based on the notice, what should she do?

  • Pick up the print on the same day it finishes.
  • Change the design so that it prints in less time.Correct answer
  • Pay the library for the extra hour of printing.
  • Come on Saturday, when the makerspace is open longer.

Why “Change the design so that it prints in less time.” is correct

This asks the student to apply a rule to a new situation, a kind of conclusion. The notice says a print must take less than 2 hours, so a 3-hour design is not allowed as it is. The only choice that solves the problem is to change the design.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • Pick up the print on the same day it finishes. — The pickup rule is about collecting a print, not about how long it may take.
  • Pay the library for the extra hour of printing. — The notice does not offer a way to pay for longer prints.
  • Come on Saturday, when the makerspace is open longer. — The two-hour limit applies to every print, whatever day it is.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grades 6–7, or see the TELPAS practice test for 6th and 7th grade.

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