Source A: 62% of learners in one town who sleep under six hours failed the term quiz. Source B: Short sleep in that town rose from 20% to 45% after free Wi-Fi arrived. What follows only from combining them?

Source A: A coastal town collected 340 sacks of plastic waste in April, up from 210 in January. Source B: Visitor numbers in that town tripled between January and April. Which conclusion needs both sources?

Source A: A 2024 survey of one city's Grade 10 learners reports 4.1 hours of daily screen time. Source B: A 2024 survey of the same learners reports 6.3 hours. Both counted all screens. What should a synthesis say?

Source A: Grade 7 learners at one school commute 25 minutes on average. Source B: Grade 12 learners at the same school commute 48 minutes on average. Why do these two figures not really conflict?

A paragraph reports Reyes on canteen prices, then Lim, then Cruz, each in its own sentence and none joined to the next. All three found prices rose fastest for rice meals. What would make the paragraph a synthesis?

A literature review lists three sleep studies in turn. Two report that later start times help; one reports no change. The paragraph mentions all three without comment. Which single move turns the list into a synthesis?

Research question: why do flood drills work in some schools? A paragraph summarizes six studies one by one. Three looked at schools that practice drills and three at schools that do not. What would make this a synthesis?

Source A: Only 1 of the 12 meals sold in a school canteen includes a vegetable serving. Source B: Learners who eat vegetables daily miss fewer school days. Which conclusion rests on both sources?

Source A: Rooftop gardens lowered classroom temperature by 2 degrees Celsius in a trial. Source B: Three of the 40 schools in one division have rooftop gardens. What follows from putting the two together?

Source A: A river met the safe coliform limit at the town bridge in June. Source B: The same river failed that limit at the same bridge in June. Both used the same test. How should a synthesis handle this?

Source A: 70% of learners at a school buy lunch in the canteen. Source B: 30% of learners at that school buy lunch in the canteen on days when classes end at noon. Why is there no real disagreement here?

Source A: Learners with part-time jobs study 40 minutes less each night than those without. Source B: Studying under one hour a night is linked to lower term grades at the same school. What do the two together support?

Source A: In one barangay, 8 of 10 households own a go-bag. Source B: In that same barangay, 3 of 10 households know the route to the evacuation center. Taken together, what do the two sources show?

Source A: Learners who read for pleasure weekly scored higher on a reading test. Source B: Borrowing at one school's library fell by half after the library moved off campus. What follows only from both?

A paragraph gives what Study 1 found, then Study 2, then Study 3, with nothing linking them. Which added sentence would turn the paragraph into a synthesis?

A review paragraph reports six sources in turn and then stops. Every sentence in it is accurate. What is the paragraph still missing if it is meant to be a synthesis?

Two sources can both be reported accurately and still disagree, and a synthesis should state what they disagree about.

Two paragraphs draw on the same three sources. Paragraph 1 reports each source in turn. Paragraph 2 says the three agree on cost but split on travel time. What makes Paragraph 2 a synthesis?

Source A: A town's night market opened in March. Source B: Reports of lost sleep among nearby Grade 10 learners rose in March and April. What is the most careful conclusion from both sources?

Source A: A study of one school reports that free breakfast raised attendance by 6 points. Source B: A study of that same school reports no change in attendance after free breakfast began. What does a synthesis state?