Mystery #1

There are 24 students in my class. 15 of them are boys. How many girls are in my class?

• 10 girls

• 7 girls

• 9 girls

• 9

Brenna is at the spelling station. There are 60 letters at the spelling station. She used 24 of them to spell words. How many more letters does she have to use?

• 36 letters

• 36

• 42 letters

• 12

4,876 -1,382 = ?

• 3,384
• 3,672
• 6,238
• 3,494

The warmest day of this year was 105 degrees. The coldest day of the year was 18 degrees. What is the difference between the warmest and coldest days of the year? 

• 97 degress
• 77 degrees
• 123 degrees
• 87 degrees 

After two games of the 5th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game? 

• 19 points
• 39 points
• 29 points 
• 49 points 

A zoo has two new baby giraffes. The younger baby giraffe is a boy. The older baby giraffe is a girl. The girl giraffe 625 lbs. The boy giraffe weighs about 580 lbs. How much do the two giraffes weigh? 

• 1,105 lbs
• 3,155 lbs 
• 1,385 lbs
• 1,205 lbs

An airline pilot wants to measure how many miles they fly in a day. The pilot will make three trips in a day. The first trip is 675 miles. The second trip is 680 miles. The last trip will be 685 miles. How many total miles will the pilot fly that particular day? 

• 1,040 Miles
• 2,040 Miles 
• 2,240 Miles
• 2,480 Miles

Megan has 27 seashells. How many more seashells does she need to find to have 64 seashells in her collection?

• 37

• 91

• 81

• 47

There are 38 books on the shelf. Marta put 26 more books on the shelf and her mom put 4 more books on the shelf. How many books are on the shelf now?

• 64

• 12

• 42

• 68

29 birds were sitting in a tree. Some more fly up to the tree. Then there were 100 birds in the tree. How many more flew up to the tree?

• 29

• 100

• 129

• 71