MSSA Practice 1

Alex brought this amount of punch to the class party. Alex's classmates drank 3 liters of punch at the party. How many liters of punch were left after the party?

• 2 liters

• 3 liters

• 5 liters

• 8 liters

Kato sees 2 colors of paper plates at the store. There are 4 packs of plates of each color. Each pack has 50 plates. Kato knows to find the total number of paper plates on the shelf he needs to multiply 2 × 4 × 50. Select two other ways that can be used to find the total number of paper plates.

• 2 × 4 × 5 × 10

• 2 × 4 × 5 + 10

• 2 + 4 × 5 + 10

• 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300

• 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400

A pet store has 150 fish in tanks. Each tank has 30 fish. Which multiplication equation finds the number of fish tanks at the pet store?

• 30 x 5 = 150

• 5 x 30 = 150

• 150 x 30 = 5

• 150 / 5 = 30

A pet store has 150 fish in tanks and each tank has 30 fish. Calculate the number of fish tanks at the pet store.

• 5

• 4

• 6

• 7

Since 3 × 6 = 18, what is 6 × 3?

• 9

• 18

• 36

• 81

Danielle is going to add 312 + 285. Which plan should Danielle use to add the numbers?

• She should add 15 to both numbers. Then find the sum.

• She should subtract 12 from both numbers. Then find the sum.

• She should subtract 12 from the first number and add 15 to the second number. Then find the sum.

• She should subtract 12 from the first number and add 12 to the second number. Then find the sum.

Which expression shows another way to find 4 × 3 × 2?

• 4 × 5

• 12 × 2

• 7 × 2

• 12 × 5

Look at this problem. Cami made a bracelet one week. Each week after that, she made 1 more bracelet than the week before. How many bracelets did Cami have after 6 weeks? To solve this problem, Maretta decided to make a table. Maretta’s answer to the problem was 20 bracelets. Maretta made a mistake. What mistake did Maretta make?

• A) Maretta needed to add 1 bracelet each week, so Cami made 6 bracelets in all.

• B) In week 2, Maretta added 1 instead of 2 to the total from the week before.

• C) Each week Maretta needed to add 6 bracelets to the total number of bracelets.

• D) In week 5, Maretta needed to double the number of bracelets from week 4.

Jacob bought red balloons, white balloons, and blue balloons. He bought 8 red balloons and 12 white balloons. He bought 2 times as many blue balloons as red balloons. How many balloons did Jacob buy in all?

• 24

• 30

• 36

• 44

There are 7 shelves in a bookcase. Each shelf has 8 books. How many books are in the bookcase?

• 15

• 16

• 54

• 56