Free Printable Academic Challenge

1.

Solve this problem: 50 - (3 x 2) x 4

a)

26

b)

176

c)

376

2.

What is 35/5?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

3.

Name the branch of government that carries out laws.

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Administrative

4.

Solve: (20/4) + (2 x 5) - (7-3)

a)

6

b)

11

c)

25

5.

Where did the Continental Army train during the winter of 1777-1778?

a)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

b)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

c)

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

d)

Reading, Pennsylvania

6.

What would be my first step? 3 + 4 x 6 - 4 =

a)

addition

b)

multiplication

c)

subtraction

d)

exponents

7.

What does the word "setting" refer to in a story?

a)

the time and place

b)

the plot

c)

the characters

d)

the ending

8.

Identify the adjective in this sentence: "Many people went on the trip."

a)

people

b)

trip

c)

Many

d)

on

9.

In what state of matter do the particles stay in place and just vibrate?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

milk

10.

When a gas changes to a liquid, it is called ________________.

a)

compensation

b)

condensation

c)

desecration

d)

decomposition

11.

What is the volume of the rectangular prism?

a)

12 cubic units

b)

48 cubic units

c)

60 cubic units

d)

75 cubic units

12.

Which of your fifth grade teachers has three daughters?

a)

Mrs .Sigoda

b)

Mrs. Lewis

c)

Mrs. Hix

d)

Ms. Hummel

13.

What is the volume?

a)

20 cubic units

b)

32 cubic units

c)

36 cubic units

d)

48 cubic units

14.

What is something that makes a task easier by changing the size or direction of a force?

a)

a liquid

b)

a paper

c)

a solid

d)

a machine

15.

What is 72 x 8?

a)

566

b)

576

c)

568

d)

578

16.

What body system breaks down food into nutrients and gets the nutrients into the blood?

a)

nervous system

b)

circulatory system

c)

digestive system

d)

endocrine system

17.

Which teacher has bad luck with fish?

a)

Ms. Hummel

b)

Mr. Wojo

c)

Mrs. Sigoda

d)

Mrs. Duncan

18.

What is Mrs. Duncan's dog's name?

a)

Webster

b)

Bailey

c)

Rufus

d)

Jackson

19.

Which teacher has a dog named Bower?

a)

Mrs. Lewis

b)

Mrs. Duncan

c)

Mrs. Sigoda

d)

Mr. Wojo

20.

Identify the adverb in this sentence: The flag flew victoriously above the battlefield.

a)

victoriously

b)

battlefield

c)

flag

d)

flew

21.

What is the volume of the rectangular prism?

a)

17 cubic inches

b)

43 cubic inches

c)

70 cubic inches

d)

120 cubic inches

22.

What is 26 x 15?

a)

41

b)

151

c)

385

d)

390

23.

What would a story about a person but written by a different person be called?

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

poem

d)

stanza

24.

Which teacher has a son in the US Navy?

a)

Mrs. Lewis

b)

Mrs. Pisanick

c)

Mrs. Hix

d)

Mrs. Sigoda

25.

Which teacher spends a lot of time with Prince and Cy?

a)

Mrs. Pisanick

b)

Mr. Wojo

c)

Ms. Hummel

d)

Mrs. Lewis

26.

Which teacher was in the Penn State Blue Band?

a)

Mr. Wojo

b)

Mrs. Sigoda

c)

Mrs. Lewis

d)

Mrs. Hix

27.

$\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5}{8}$

a)

$\frac{5}{11}$

b)

$\frac{6}{11}$

c)

$\frac{23}{24}$

d)

$\frac{24}{24}$

28.

Juanita made a fruit salad. She put 3 7/8 (mixed #) cups of cantaloupe and 2 2/4 (mixed #) cups of honeydew melon in the salad. How may cups of melon did she put in the fruit salad?

a)

6 3/8 cups

b)

6 cups

c)

4 1/2 cups

d)

1 1/4 cups

29.

What is it called when the hours of daylight and darkness are equal?

a)

June

b)

equinox

c)

equator

d)

midnight

30.

What is the name of the chart that organizes elements?

a)

The Periodic Table

b)

The Agenda

c)

The Calendar

d)

The Glossary

31.

Whatever I do to the denominator, I must also do to the numerator when making equivalent fractions.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

What is 126/4?

a)

31

b)

$31\ \frac{1}{4}$

c)

$31\ \frac{2}{4}$

d)

$31\ \frac{3}{4}$

33.

How many people are in the House of Representatives?

a)

9

b)

435

c)

100

d)

276

34.

Where did Japan bomb the US that resulted in the US entering WWII?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

New York

c)

Florida

d)

Pearl Harbor

35.

How would you make a contraction for the words are not?

a)

arent'

b)

aren't

c)

arn't

d)

ar't

36.

Who was the second US President?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Donald Trump

37.

Change the improper fraction to a mixed number:

56/7

a)

6

b)

7 1/7

c)

10 1/7

d)

8

38.

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

General Cornwallis

39.

What holiday is used to celebrate the birthday of the United States?

a)

Memorial Day

b)

Veterans Day

c)

The Fourth of July

d)

Arbor Day

40.

Which word in the following sentence is possessive?

While jumpin' in the puddles, the boy's shoes got went but weren't ruined.

a)

jumpin'

b)

boy's

c)

weren't

d)

puddles

41.

Which teacher worked in Disney World?

a)

Mrs. Sigoda

b)

Mr. Wojo

c)

Mrs. Lewis

d)

Ms. Hummel

42.

What is 8 x 5?

a)

35

b)

40

c)

45

d)

50

43.

Which expression represents the phrase “4 times the sum of 9 and 6”?

a)

4×(9+ 6)

b)

4x9+6

c)

9+6x4

d)

9+(6X4)

44.

What is another word for opposite?

a)

synonym

b)

antonym

c)

same

d)

duplicate

45.

What part of speech is the word Orlando in this sentence: She went to visit Orlando.

a)

a verb

b)

a proper adjective

c)

a proper noun

d)

an adjective

46.

"I'm on top of the world" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

personification

47.

What is the common denominator for the following fractions? $\frac{2}{3}$ and $\frac{1}{4}$

a)

3

b)

4

c)

7

d)

12

48.

$\frac{2}{8}+\frac{4}{8}$

a)

$\frac{5}{8}$

b)

$\frac{6}{8}$

c)

$\frac{7}{8}$

d)

$\frac{6}{16}$

49.

"He's as happy as a clam" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

idiom

50.

The force that occurs when two surfaces rub against each other is called:

a)

fraction

b)

friction

c)

heat

d)

roughness

Academic Challenge

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 48mins

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