PARAPRO Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield PARAPRO facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. A student is skip-counting by 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20... A paraprofessional uses this activity to connect it to what future math skill? → Multiplication (specifically the 5 times table)
2. A student earns scores of 72, 85, 91, 68, and 84 on five quizzes. What is the mean (average) score? → 80
3. Solve for x: 3(x - 4) = 21 → x = 11
4. A parallelogram has a base of 12 inches and a height of 5 inches. What is its area? → 60 square inches
5. Which of the following is an example of a paraprofessional acting WITHIN her appropriate professional role? → Implementing a small-group reading lesson as directed by the classroom teacher
6. Which sentence uses a semicolon CORRECTLY? → She studied hard; therefore, she passed the exam.
7. A paraprofessional needs to convert 2 yards into feet for a craft project. How many feet is 2 yards? → 6 feet
8. A paraprofessional wants to help a student retell a story in sequence. Which tool is MOST helpful? → A story map with beginning, middle, and end sections
9. Shane spends $1.10 on nine pens. Which of the following sums up the change she would get if she used a $20 bill to buy the pens? → $20−(9)($1.10)
10. Which of the following is an example of an editing task (as opposed to a revision task)? → Correcting subject-verb agreement errors
11. Multiplication's outcome → Product
12. On the ParaPro math section, a student must evaluate: 5 + 3 × 2. Using order of operations, the answer is: → 11
13. Which of the following numbers is a prime number? → 37
14. A paraprofessional notices a student erasing and rewriting the same sentence repeatedly during drafting. What should the paraprofessional say? → 'Don't worry about making it perfect right now — just get your ideas down.'
15. A rectangle has a length of 12 feet and a width of 7 feet. What is its area? → 84 square feet
16. A student needs to find the median of: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15. What is the median? → 9
17. To the nearest hundredth, what is 317.93371? → 317.93
18. What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 4 and 6? → 12
19. A student must estimate 492 × 6. Using rounding, the best estimate is: → 3,000
20. A visual organizer for planning, making forecasts, and linking old and new information → KWL Chart
21. Which unit of measurement would be most appropriate for measuring the distance between two cities? → Miles
22. A student encounters the word 'prehistoric.' Knowing that 'pre-' means 'before,' the student determines the word means: → Before recorded history
23. Which of the following is an example of a persuasive writing technique? → Using emotional language to appeal to the reader's feelings
24. A story is told from the perspective of a child who does not fully understand what is happening around her. This narrative choice creates: → A limited point of view that may miss important context
25. A student solves the equation 2x + 3 = 11 and gets x = 7. Is this correct? What is the proper solution? → No; subtract 3 from both sides to get 2x = 8, then divide by 2 to get x = 4
26. In a compare-and-contrast passage, which signal word would most likely indicate a difference between two subjects? → However
27. Converting written symbols on a page into spoken words. → Decoding
28. A student reads the sentence: 'The exhausted hiker collapsed onto the bench.' What does 'exhausted' most likely mean based on context? → Extremely tired
29. A pie chart shows a class's favorite colors. Red = 40%, Blue = 30%, Green = 20%, Yellow = 10%. If there are 40 students in the class, how many prefer Blue? → 12
30. A student finishes his essay and says, 'I'm done!' but the paraprofessional notices several run-on sentences. What is the BEST response? → Ask him to read the essay aloud and notice where he naturally pauses