Math Problem Solving Pre-Test

Kareem will use beads to make bracelets. He has 475 beads and needs to use 9 beads for each bracelet. What is the greatest number of bracelets Kareem can make with 475 beads?

• 52

• 49

• 45

• 53

Eric has 158 action figures to put in display cases. Each display case can hold 8 action figures. How many cases does Eric need to hold all his action figures?

• 18

• 20

• 19

• 21

Diane worked 18 hours each week during the summer. She worked a total of 8 weeks and earned $9 an hour. How much money did Diane earn during the summer?

• $306

• $1,296

• $156

• $1,386

Mr. Conrad makes chess pieces. A chess club ordered a set of chess pieces for each of its members. - Each set has 32 chess pieces. - There are 27 members of the chess club. - Mr. Conrad put these chess pieces in 6 boxes with the same number of pieces in each box. How many chess pieces did Mr. Conrad put in each box?

• 864

• 192

• 354

• 144

The coaches at Xavier Elementary School bought cases of sports drinks for a field day. They bought 76 cases of drinks. Each case contained 24 drinks. All the drinks were given out to students. Each student received 3 sports drinks. How many students received sports drinks?

• 5,472

• 300

• 1,824

• 608

Valerie had a jug that contained 128 fl oz of salsa to put into bowls at a restaurant. She filled each bowl with 6 fl oz of salsa until there was not enough salsa left in the jug to completely fill another bowl. How many fluid ounces of salsa were left in the jug?

• 22 fl oz

• 21 fl oz

• 122 fl oz

• 2 fl oz

A factory makes 400 refrigerators every day. The factory makes 125 more stoves per day than refrigerators. Which equation can be used to find x, the total number of refrigerators and stoves the factory makes in one day?

• x = 400 + 400 + 125

• x = 400 + 125

• x = 400 + 400 -125

• x = 400 - 125

Sabra read a total of 185 pages in three days.

• On the first day, she read 85 pages.
• On the second and third days, she read the same number of pages.

Which diagram shows a way to find p, the number of pages Sabra read on the third day?

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Mark had 45 football cards. Josh had twice as many football cards as Mark. Josh then bought 5 more football cards. Which equation can be used to find f, the number of football cards Josh has now?

• 2 + 45 + 5 = f

• 2 x 45 - 5 = f

• 2 + 45 x 5 = f

• 2 x 45 + 5 = f

It took Ian three years to collect 20,413 aluminum cans to recycle. In the first year he collected 8,917 cans, and in the second year he collected 87,639 cans. Which equation can be used to find x, the number of cans Ian collected in the third year?

• x = 25,413 - 8,917 - 7,639

• x = 25,413 + 8,917 + 7,639

• 8,917 + 7,639

• 8,917 - 7,639