Mathletes Halloween 2019

Mrs. O promised she would buy David 10 pounds of Halloween candy if he stopped sleeping during class. If each pound of candy costs $5.67, how much would Mrs. O have to pay for all 10?

• $567

• $56.70

• $5.67

• $0.567

Elphaba went costume shopping. She spends  $\frac{1}{4}$  of her money at Party City. Then she spends  $\frac{1}{4}$   of the money she has left at Spirit Halloween. Finally, she spends her remaining $18 at Eddy's Trick Shop. How much money did she have at the start? 

• $24

• $27

• $30

• $32

Sheryl bought two pumpkins. One weighed 12.43 pounds. The other weighed 10.63 pounds. The pumpkins cost $2.99 per pound. How much did she spend in all?

• $31.78

• $37.17

• $67.95

• $68.95

Lindsay, Danielle, and Kelsey decided to go trick-or-treating. They planned on hitting up 23 houses in Hale, 38 houses in Tawas, 39 houses in Oscoda, and 128 houses in West Branch. How many houses total will they visit?

• 228 houses

• 100 houses

• 218 houses

• 190 houses

Payton and Astrid start with the same number of candies. After Payton gives 11 of his candies to Astrid, Astrid then has two times as many candies as Payton does. How many candies did Payton have at the start?

• 30

• 33

• 35

• 37

In a recent year, consumers spent $6.9 billion on Halloween candy, costumes, and decorations. If consumers spent $2.3 billion on candy alone, what fraction was spent on candy?

• $\frac{3}{1}$

• $\frac{6.9}{2.3}$

• $\frac{6}{9}$

• $\frac{1}{3}$

Wenda the Witch multiplied the following expression:

10 x 20 x 30 x 40 x 50 x 60

How many terminal zeroes will her answer have?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

In the weeks leading up to Halloween, the Bolton family spent $25.16 on candy, $24.50 on dec-orations, and $26.22 on costumes. The Rodriguez family spent $25.46 on candy, nothing on decorations, and $51.13 on costumes. The DiLorentis family spent $42.50 on candy, $32.50 on decorations, and nothing on costumes. What was the average total amount spent on Halloween by these families?

• $227.46

• $75.82

• $63.41

• $23.86

The witches can see 88 legs in the cauldron. There is one more frog than there are spiders.

Spiders have 8 legs. Frogs have 4 legs.

How many frogs are there?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

At a Halloween sale, all Reese's pumpkins are sold at one price and all Snickers at another price. If 3 Reese's pumpkins and 2 Snickers are sold for 47 cents, while 2 Reese's pumpkins and 3 Snickers are sold for 38 cents, what is the cost of 5 Snickers?

• 20 cents

• 35 cents

• 65 cents

• 80 cents