Terra Nova Grade 10 Practice Tests

Tenth grade algebra, geometry, close reading and grammar for the high school levels of TerraNova3.

What value of x makes 5(x − 2) = 3x + 14 true?

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The real test: TerraNova3, grades 9 to 12

Edition
TerraNova3 Complete Battery, on paper, for kindergarten to grade 12. The newer TerraNova NEXT stops at grade 8.
Levels
Grades 9 to 12 take Levels 19 to 21/22.
Tests and questions
Reading, 46 questions. Language, 34. Mathematics, 46. Science, 40. Social Studies, 40. In all: 206.
Testing time
Reading, 1 hour. Language, 35 minutes. Mathematics, 1 hour 10 minutes. Science and Social Studies, 40 minutes each. In all: 4 hours 5 minutes.
Question kind
Selected response, on paper and pencil.
Scores
Norm-referenced achievement scores on 2024 norms, objective mastery scores and performance levels.

Checked October 13, 2026 against the TerraNova3 Complete Battery page and the TerraNova NEXT page, Data Recognition Corporation. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Math: all 18 questions

Algebra 5

  • Simplify: (6x² − 5x + 2) − (2x² + 3x − 6) Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.APR.A.1
  • What are the solutions of x² − 9x + 20 = 0? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.REI.B.4.b
  • What value of x makes 5(x − 2) = 3x + 14 true? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.REI.B.3
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Algebra, continued

  • Which is a factored form of x² − 3x − 28? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.SSE.A.2
  • Which ordered pair is the solution of the system y = 3x − 2 and x + y = 14? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.REI.C.6

Functions 4

  • A line passes through the points (2, 5) and (6, −3). What is its slope? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.IF.B.6
  • A town of 6,000 people grows by 10% each year. What is its population after 2 years? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.LE.A.1.c
  • An arithmetic sequence begins 9, 15, 21, 27. What is its 18th term? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.BF.A.2
  • For the function g(x) = 2x² − 5x − 3, what is g(−4)? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.IF.A.2

Geometry 5

  • A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 10 and a height of 9. What is its volume? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.GMD.A.3
  • A right triangle has legs of 8 and 15 and a hypotenuse of 17. Angle A is opposite the leg of length 8. What is sin A? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.SRT.C.6
  • An inscribed angle of a circle intercepts an arc of 80°. What is the measure of the inscribed angle? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.C.A.2
  • Triangle ABC has sides of 6, 8 and 10. Triangle DEF is similar to it, and its shortest side is 9. How long is the longest side of triangle DEF? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.SRT.B.5
  • What is the distance between the points (2, −1) and (22, 20)? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.GPE.B.7

Statistics & Probability 2

  • A spinner has 5 equal sections numbered 1 to 5. It is spun twice. What is the probability that both spins land on an odd number? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSS.CP.A.2
  • What is the median of 4, 9, 10, 14, 18 and 23? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSS.ID.A.2

Number & Quantity 2

  • What is the value of 243^(3/5)? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSN.RN.A.2
  • What is √147 in simplest radical form? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSN.RN.A.2

How this list was compiled: Outline: the TerraNova3 Complete Battery page of Data Recognition Corporation, https://terranovanext.com/terranova-complete-battery/, read 2026-10-13, which gives the tests, the number of items and the time for grades 9 to 12 (Levels 19 to 21/22). Each question names the Common Core high school standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/, read 2026-10-13. Every answer was worked out again. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Reading: all 18 questions

Literature 9

  • "The letter from the conservatory had been on the piano for two days, unopened. Mirela dusted around it. She practiced beside it. At dinner her father talked about the price of diesel and did not once look toward the front room, which was how she knew he had seen it too. On the third morning she found the envelope moved an inch to the left, squared neatly against the metronome. She laughed out loud in the empty room, slid a thumb under the flap, and read the first line standing up." The passage ends before the reader learns what the letter says. What is the effect of that choice? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.5
  • "The letter from the conservatory had been on the piano for two days, unopened. Mirela dusted around it. She practiced beside it. At dinner her father talked about the price of diesel and did not once look toward the front room, which was how she knew he had seen it too. On the third morning she found the envelope moved an inch to the left, squared neatly against the metronome. She laughed out loud in the empty room, slid a thumb under the flap, and read the first line standing up." What does the father's talk about the price of diesel reveal about him? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.3
  • "The letter from the conservatory had been on the piano for two days, unopened. Mirela dusted around it. She practiced beside it. At dinner her father talked about the price of diesel and did not once look toward the front room, which was how she knew he had seen it too. On the third morning she found the envelope moved an inch to the left, squared neatly against the metronome. She laughed out loud in the empty room, slid a thumb under the flap, and read the first line standing up." What is the most likely reason Mirela leaves the letter unopened for two days? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.1
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Literature, continued

  • "The letter from the conservatory had been on the piano for two days, unopened. Mirela dusted around it. She practiced beside it. At dinner her father talked about the price of diesel and did not once look toward the front room, which was how she knew he had seen it too. On the third morning she found the envelope moved an inch to the left, squared neatly against the metronome. She laughed out loud in the empty room, slid a thumb under the flap, and read the first line standing up." Which detail shows that the father has handled the envelope? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.1
  • "The letter from the conservatory had been on the piano for two days, unopened. Mirela dusted around it. She practiced beside it. At dinner her father talked about the price of diesel and did not once look toward the front room, which was how she knew he had seen it too. On the third morning she found the envelope moved an inch to the left, squared neatly against the metronome. She laughed out loud in the empty room, slid a thumb under the flap, and read the first line standing up." Why does Mirela laugh out loud? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.3
  • "They paved the orchard in the spring / and painted it with numbered lines. / Now every stall holds one bright thing / that hums and waits and shines. // But in the cracks, by late July, / a seedling apple lifts its head, / as if the ground beneath the tar / remembered what it once had said." In the last two lines the ground "remembered what it once had said". Which device is the poet using? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.4
  • "They paved the orchard in the spring / and painted it with numbered lines. / Now every stall holds one bright thing / that hums and waits and shines. // But in the cracks, by late July, / a seedling apple lifts its head, / as if the ground beneath the tar / remembered what it once had said." What does the word "But" at the start of the second stanza signal? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.5
  • "They paved the orchard in the spring / and painted it with numbered lines. / Now every stall holds one bright thing / that hums and waits and shines. // But in the cracks, by late July, / a seedling apple lifts its head, / as if the ground beneath the tar / remembered what it once had said." What is the "one bright thing that hums and waits and shines" in each stall? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.4
  • "They paved the orchard in the spring / and painted it with numbered lines. / Now every stall holds one bright thing / that hums and waits and shines. // But in the cracks, by late July, / a seedling apple lifts its head, / as if the ground beneath the tar / remembered what it once had said." Which sentence best states a theme of the poem? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.2

Informational Text 9

  • "Our district should stop ranking students by class standing. A rank turns classmates into rivals for a single number, and it punishes those who choose a demanding elective over an easy A. Supporters of ranking say colleges expect it. Yet the admissions officers who visited our school last fall told the board that they read the transcript itself, course by course. If the people for whom the rank is supposedly calculated do not need it, we are keeping a contest with no audience." How does the author answer the supporters of ranking? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.8
  • "Our district should stop ranking students by class standing. A rank turns classmates into rivals for a single number, and it punishes those who choose a demanding elective over an easy A. Supporters of ranking say colleges expect it. Yet the admissions officers who visited our school last fall told the board that they read the transcript itself, course by course. If the people for whom the rank is supposedly calculated do not need it, we are keeping a contest with no audience." What does the author mean by "a contest with no audience"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.4
  • "Our district should stop ranking students by class standing. A rank turns classmates into rivals for a single number, and it punishes those who choose a demanding elective over an easy A. Supporters of ranking say colleges expect it. Yet the admissions officers who visited our school last fall told the board that they read the transcript itself, course by course. If the people for whom the rank is supposedly calculated do not need it, we are keeping a contest with no audience." What is the author's main claim? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.8
  • "Our district should stop ranking students by class standing. A rank turns classmates into rivals for a single number, and it punishes those who choose a demanding elective over an easy A. Supporters of ranking say colleges expect it. Yet the admissions officers who visited our school last fall told the board that they read the transcript itself, course by course. If the people for whom the rank is supposedly calculated do not need it, we are keeping a contest with no audience." Which is a weakness in the evidence the author offers? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.8
  • "Three years ago the Dunmore County Library stopped charging fines for late books. Critics predicted empty shelves. The opposite happened: returns rose, because borrowers who had been hiding from old debts came back, books in hand. Circulation among teenagers nearly doubled. The library did lose the fine revenue, about two percent of its budget, and it now bills only for books missing more than sixty days. 'A fine was supposed to bring the book back,' the director told the county board. 'It turned out to be keeping the reader away.'" According to the passage, why did returns rise? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.1
  • "Three years ago the Dunmore County Library stopped charging fines for late books. Critics predicted empty shelves. The opposite happened: returns rose, because borrowers who had been hiding from old debts came back, books in hand. Circulation among teenagers nearly doubled. The library did lose the fine revenue, about two percent of its budget, and it now bills only for books missing more than sixty days. 'A fine was supposed to bring the book back,' the director told the county board. 'It turned out to be keeping the reader away.'" What does "hiding from old debts" mean in the passage? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.4
  • "Three years ago the Dunmore County Library stopped charging fines for late books. Critics predicted empty shelves. The opposite happened: returns rose, because borrowers who had been hiding from old debts came back, books in hand. Circulation among teenagers nearly doubled. The library did lose the fine revenue, about two percent of its budget, and it now bills only for books missing more than sixty days. 'A fine was supposed to bring the book back,' the director told the county board. 'It turned out to be keeping the reader away.'" What does the director's quotation add to the passage? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.5
  • "Three years ago the Dunmore County Library stopped charging fines for late books. Critics predicted empty shelves. The opposite happened: returns rose, because borrowers who had been hiding from old debts came back, books in hand. Circulation among teenagers nearly doubled. The library did lose the fine revenue, about two percent of its budget, and it now bills only for books missing more than sixty days. 'A fine was supposed to bring the book back,' the director told the county board. 'It turned out to be keeping the reader away.'" What is the central idea of the passage? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.2
  • "Three years ago the Dunmore County Library stopped charging fines for late books. Critics predicted empty shelves. The opposite happened: returns rose, because borrowers who had been hiding from old debts came back, books in hand. Circulation among teenagers nearly doubled. The library did lose the fine revenue, about two percent of its budget, and it now bills only for books missing more than sixty days. 'A fine was supposed to bring the book back,' the director told the county board. 'It turned out to be keeping the reader away.'" Which detail shows that the new policy had a cost? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.8

How this list was compiled: Outline: the TerraNova3 Complete Battery page of Data Recognition Corporation, https://terranovanext.com/terranova-complete-battery/, read 2026-10-13, which gives the tests, the number of items and the time for grades 9 to 12 (Levels 19 to 21/22). Each question names the Common Core standard for grades 9 and 10 that it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Language: all 14 questions

Conventions of Standard English 8

  • "The book that I borrowed is overdue." What kind of clause is "that I borrowed"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.b
  • "The building's maintainance crew arrives at six." Which word is misspelled? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2.c; "maintenance" read in Wiktionary
  • In which sentence do the three items share the same grammatical form? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.a
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Conventions of Standard English, continued

  • "The job requires filing reports, answering calls, and to schedule meetings." Which change makes the sentence parallel? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.a
  • "Running along the shore, the dog chased the gulls." What kind of phrase is "Running along the shore"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.b
  • "The trail was closed ___ we found another route." Which choice fills the blank correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2.a
  • Which sentence joins its two independent clauses with a semicolon correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2.a
  • Which sentence places a colon correctly before its list? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2.b

Writing 2

  • "The bridge model collapsed under its first load. ___, the students added cross braces and tested it again." Which transition fits best? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard W.9-10.2.c
  • Which sentence keeps the formal, objective tone of a lab report? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard W.9-10.2.e

Vocabulary 4

  • All four words describe a person who will not give up. Which one is the most favorable? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.5.b; "resolute" read in Wiktionary
  • "Her ___ of the data was thorough." Which form of the word fits the blank? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.4.b; "analysis" read in Wiktionary
  • "My grandfather passed away last spring." What is the phrase "passed away" an example of? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.5.a; "euphemism" read in Wiktionary
  • "The senator's candid reply surprised reporters who were used to evasions." What does candid mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.4.a; "candid" read in Wiktionary

How this list was compiled: Outline: the TerraNova3 Complete Battery page of Data Recognition Corporation, https://terranovanext.com/terranova-complete-battery/, read 2026-10-13, which gives the tests, the number of items and the time for grades 9 to 12 (Levels 19 to 21/22). Each question names the Common Core standard for grades 9 and 10 that it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-13. Spellings and word meanings were read in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial Terra Nova practice for 10th grade in mathematics, reading and language: 50 questions written for this site, none from a real test. In high school the test is TerraNova3 Complete Battery. Not affiliated with Data Recognition Corporation, the publisher.

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What the publisher lists for high school

TerraNova NEXT, the newer edition, stops at grade 8. Grades 9 to 12 take TerraNova3 Complete Battery on paper, at Levels 19 to 21/22, and the publisher gives one line of tests for all four grades: Reading 46 questions, Language 34, Mathematics 46, Science 40 and Social Studies 40. A ninth and a tenth grader face the same five tests.

How the three sets are built

The publisher lists no objectives in public for these levels, so the topics are this page's own choice of tenth grade work: algebra, functions, geometry and probability; a story, a poem, a report and an argument; grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. Each question names a Common Core standard, and the mathematics is worked out a second time.

Questions and answers

What is on the Terra Nova test in 10th grade?

Five tests: Reading, Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies, all selected response on paper. The publisher's table gives 206 questions and 4 hours 5 minutes for the whole battery in grades 9 to 12.

Is this practice for the Terra Nova 3rd edition at grade 10?

It is written for TerraNova3 Complete Battery, the only TerraNova the publisher lists for grades 9 to 12. That test reports norm-referenced scores on 2024 norms, objective mastery scores and performance levels.

Is the Terra Nova practice test the same for 9th and 10th grade?

The publisher's table has one row for grades 9 to 12, with the same tests, question counts and times, at Levels 19 to 21/22. These questions are pitched at tenth grade; a ninth grader can use them as a stretch.

How long is the 10th grade Terra Nova math test?

The publisher lists 46 mathematics questions in 1 hour 10 minutes for grades 9 to 12. Reading has 46 questions in an hour, and Language has 34 in 35 minutes.

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