Math Competition

There are 12 forks in the cutlery drawer. There are 3 more knives than forks, and there twice as many spoons as knives. How many pieces are in the cutlery drawer in all?

• 17

• 75

• 27

• 57

Fernando made strawberry jam and raspberry jam. He made enough strawberry jam to fill 1/2 of a jar. If he made 4 1/3 times as much raspberry jam as strawberry jam, how many jars will the raspberry jam fill?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

• 2 1/6

• 14/6

• 2 1/2

• 5/2

In preparation for a picnic, Jim made a salad with 3  1/5 bags of iceberg lettuce and 1  7/10 bags of Romaine lettuce. How many bags of lettuce did Jim use in all?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

• 4 8/10

• 4 9/10

• 4 8/5

• 48/10

Patty's drive to work is 16  1/4 hours, whereas Franklin's is 6  3/8 hours. How much longer is Patty's drive than Franklin's?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

• 9 7/8

• 10

• 9 7/4

• 9

Mrs. Jefferson had 1/3 of a cherry pie left over. She split the leftover pie evenly between her children, and each child got 1/6 of a pie. How many children does Mrs. Jefferson have?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

• 3

• 1

• 1/18

• 2

During a movie, Deion ate 2  1/2 handfuls of snack mix, and Philip ate 1  1/4 handfuls. How much more did Deion eat?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

• 1 1/2

• 1/4

• 1 1/4

• 1

A radio station has $632 to buy new CDs. Each CD costs $10. How many CDs can the radio station buy?

Write the answer as a whole number or a mixed number.

• 63

• 63 2/10

• 63 1/5

• 63 1/2

Last year, a chewing gum company produced 7585 packs of gum. The company produced the same number of packs of each flavor of gum. How many different flavors of gum could the company have produced?

Hint: use your knowledge about divisibility rules.

• 10

• 9

• 2

• 5

Dominic tried to evaluate the expression

17–2 x 3 +2

His answer was 13

Is Dominic's work correct?

• No, Dominic made a mistake. Dominic should have subtracted first. The order of operations says to work from left to rig

• No, Dominic made a mistake. Dominic should have added before he subtracted. The order of operations says to add before you subtract.

• Yes, Dominic's work is correct.

Kimberly saved up $46. Then she got $13 for her allowance. Kimberly spent $8 on a pair of gloves, $7 on a winter hat, and $42 on a scarf. How much money does Kimberly have left?

• $59

• $57

• $1

• $2