Halloween MathCounts Team

Bridgette wants to be a princess for Halloween. When she gets to the costume store, she realizes there are many options. There are five different crowns, eight different dresses and three different pairs of shoes. How many possible combinations are there for Bridgette’s costume consisting of one crown, one dress and one pair of shoes?

• 100

• 120

• 125

• 140

Before heading out to do some trick-or-treating, Molly had to choose which container to take with her to hold all of her candy. She had her plastic, spherical pumpkin with a radius of 5 inches, or a bag she found in the kitchen. The bag measured 5 inches by 9 inches by 11.5 inches and had the same shape as a rectangular prism when it was open. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the container with the greatest volume? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.

• 523.6 cubic inches

• 517.5 cubic inches

• 546.7 cubic inches

• 532.4 cubic inches

Molly’s mother started out the evening with three types of treats: candy bars, Tootsie Pops and Skittles packs in her Halloween candy bowl. The ratio “candy bars:Tootsie Pops:Skittles packs” was 8:5:7, respectively. If she had exactly 40 Tootsie Pops, how many total treats were in the bowl? (A treat is one candy bar, one Tootsie Pop or one Skittles pack.)

• 175 treats

• 200 treats

• 150 treats

• 160 treats

Molly was allowed to trick-or-treat from 6:30 p.m. until 8:45 p.m. If she averaged visiting 2 houses every 9 minutes during that time, how many houses did she visit?

• 20

• 25

• 30

• 35