What kind of middle school questions could be asked on a math essay?

I have to take a math entrance exam in Jan., and I was wondering how on earth the essay portion would like, what kind of sample questions do you think a middle school math student would get in the form of a 3 paragraph essay?

Probably like, Two students are growing a plant. Katelyn’s plant grew to 5 feet in one week. Joe’s grew to 7 feet. A week later, Katelyn’s plant was 7 feet tall and Joe’s was 8 feet tall. Explain the difference of percent growth from week to week, and student to student. Try to explain it very thoroughly. Explain work and at the end repeat all data plain and simple. I don’t think you will have to make an essay rather than a short answer. It really depends what grade you are in.

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mojoabojo on February 6th, 2010 at 9:52 am

Probably like, Two students are growing a plant. Katelyn’s plant grew to 5 feet in one week. Joe’s grew to 7 feet. A week later, Katelyn’s plant was 7 feet tall and Joe’s was 8 feet tall. Explain the difference of percent growth from week to week, and student to student. Try to explain it very thoroughly. Explain work and at the end repeat all data plain and simple. I don’t think you will have to make an essay rather than a short answer. It really depends what grade you are in.
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