Mass and Weight Quiz

A balloon with a mass of 5 grams is blown up and popped. If all the pieces are weighed, what would be their total mass?

• A. 2.5 grams

• B. 5 grams

• C. 7.5 grams

• D. 10 grams

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Maya adds 6 grams of sugar to a bottle containing 14 grams of warm water. What is the total weight of the sugar and water?

• A. 6 grams

• B. 8 grams

• C. 14 grams

• D. 20 grams

Elsa is making a grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich. She uses a 20-gram slice of cheese, 40 grams of sliced ham, and two 15-gram slices of bread. After she heats the sandwich on a griddle, the cheese is melted. What will be the mass of her sandwich?

• A. 55 grams

• B. 60 grams

• C. 75 grams

• D. 90 grams

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A 100 kg rock is broken into five smaller rocks for a garden. What is the total mass of all five smaller rocks?

• 20 kg

• 50 kg

• 100 kg

• 500 kg

Barb has a bucket of snow with a mass of 20 kg. After the snow melts, what will most likely be the mass of the bucket of water?

• 15 kg

• 20 kg

• 35 kg

• 40 kg

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Johnny tore a sheet of paper into pieces. How does the mass of all the pieces compare to the mass of the sheet before it was torn?

• The total mass of the pieces would be greater than the mass of the whole sheet.

• The total mass of the pieces would be less than the mass of the the whole sheet.

• The total mass of the pieces would be more than twice the mass of the whole sheet.

• The total mass of the pieces would be the same as the mass of the whole sheet.

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Sam built a rocket using a full set of blocks. How would taking the rocket apart affect the total mass of the blocks?

• The total mass of the blocks would double.

• The total mass of the blocks would be the same apart as together.

• The total mass of the blocks would decrease because they are together.

• The total mass of the blocks would increase because the blocks are apart.

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John, Jacob, and Jamian were creating figures with modeling clay. They divided a 90-gram bar of clay. John and Jamian combined their clay to make one large figure, then Jacob added his. What happened to the mass of the figure they created?

• The resulting figure’s mass would be about 180 grams, since John and Jamian’s figure had twice as much clay.

• The resulting figure’s mass would be about 90 grams, since the divided clay was formed back together.

• The resulting figure’s mass would be about 30 grams, since the original bar was divided into thirds.

• The resulting figure’s mass would be about 270 grams, since all three boys combined their clay.

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Jack can split logs without any chips falling from them. He cuts a tree stump into four logs. He then splits each log into two smaller pieces, making a total of eight pieces of wood. Which best explains the mass of the eight pieces of split wood?

• The split wood’s mass is less than the mass of the original stump.

• The split wood’s mass is the same as the mass of the original stump.

• The split wood’s mass is more than the mass of the stump because there are more pieces.

• The mass of the four logs is the same as the original tree stump, but the final mass of the eight pieces is less than the original tree stump.

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The mass of a piece of copy paper is 10 grams. Katie tears the paper into 4 equal sections. What is their combined mass?

• 5 grams

• 10 grams

• 20 grams

• 40 grams