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Total questions: 45

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Name
Class
Date
1.
A teacher bought 12 packets of crayons. Seven of the packets had 9 crayons and the other five packets had 10 crayons How many crayons did the teacher buy in all?
a)
113
b)
50
c)
63
d)
120
2.
Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 
a)
24
b)
4
c)
17
d)
5
3.
The temperature was 80 degrees in the afternoon.  It was 50 degrees in the evening.  How much did the temperature change?
a)
25 degrees
b)
30 degrees
c)
130 degrees
d)
20 degrees
4.
Sunrise Goat Farm has 5 pens.  
Each pen has 9 goats.  How many goats are on the farm?
a)
59
b)
45
c)
15
d)
96
5.
Maddie, Hayley, Lexi, and Alyssa each brought 6 guests to the school play.  How many guests were at the school play?
a)
6
b)
18
c)
10
d)
24
6.
A basketball team has 9 players.  Each player has a white shirt and a blue shirt.  How many shirts does the basketball team have?
a)
18
b)
11
c)
16
d)
14
7.
Vanessa has a ribbon that is 36 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?
a)
156 inches
b)
36 inches
c)
4 inches
d)
9 inches
8.
Jeff had sixteen dollars. For his birthday he got twenty-eight more dollars but spent twenty-five on a new game. How much money does he have now?
a)
19
b)
44
c)
3
d)
12
9.
Pop Pop has 25 posters.  He bought 15 more.  How many does he have now?
a)
10 posters
b)
30 posters
c)
15 posters
d)
40 posters
10.
Danny has 297 marbles. He bought 468 more marbles. How many marbles does Danny have now?
a)
765 marbles
b)
655 marbles
c)
764 marbles
d)
171 marbles
11.
Crystal has 25 lollipops.  Angie has 12 more lollipops than Crystal.  How many lollipops do the girls have all together?
a)
37
b)
62
c)
49
d)
13
12.
44 flowers bloomed in the front garden. 26 flowers bloomed in the back garden. How many flowers bloomed in all? 
a)
80
b)
71
c)
50
d)
70
13.
The bakery has 381 chocolate cupcakes and 346 vanilla cupcakes. How many total cupcakes does the bakery have?
a)
727 cupcakes
b)
725 cupcakes
c)
720 cupcakes
d)
729 cupcakes
14.

Brad and his two brothers shared a plate of cookies. There were 24 cookies on the plate. Each boy ate the same number of cookies.

What is the number of cookies each boy ate?

a)

8

b)

12

c)

72

d)

48

15.

Joseph counted the square tiles on the ceiling of his rectangular closet. The areaof each tile is 1 square foot. The ceiling has 5 rows of tiles with 4 tiles in eachrow. What is the area of the ceiling of Joseph’s closet in square feet?

a)

20 square feet

b)

10 square feet

c)

18 square feet

d)

9 square feet

16.
There are 53 regular pencils and some colored pencils in the bin. There are a total of 91 pencils in the bin. How many colored pencils are in the bin?
a)
124
b)
37
c)
144
d)
38
17.

The shirt shack has 438 shirts. Then they receive more shirts. The shirts come in 4 different colors. There are 8 shirts of each color. How many shirts does the store now have?

a)

450

b)

438

c)

446

d)

470

18.

Tim is saving money to buy a pair of hockey skates that cost $289. For the past 6 weeks, he has saved $7 each week. How much money does Tim still need to save?

a)

247

b)

276

c)

302

d)

283

19.

Nima is training for a bike race. During the first three weeks in April she rode a total of 176 miles. During the last week in April, she rode 9 miles each day for 7 days. How many miles in all did Nima ride in April?

a)

239

b)

192

c)

591

d)

160

20.

Joan earned $136 last week and $215 this week. She used some of her earnings to buy a jacket. Joan has $273 left after buying the jacket. How much did she spend on the jacket?

a)

351

b)

78

c)

137

d)

58

21.

While on vacation, Megan took 15 pictures at the zoo and 18 pictures at the museum. Later, she deleted 31 pictures. How many pictures from her vacation did she still have?

a)

31

b)

23

c)

16

d)

2

22.

Seth grows 9 carrots. Seth also grows 7 tomatoes. If each vegetable can sell for $2 each, how much money can Seth make?

a)

$18

b)

$14

c)

$32

d)

$16

23.

Lacy has 5 watermelons. Each watermelon has 9 seeds. If each seed can grow 2 watermelons, how many watermelons can Lacy grow?

a)

45 watermelons

b)

90 watermelons

c)

10 watermelons

d)

18 watermelons

24.

Blaine bought 5 shirts. Each shirt costs $4. Blaine also bought 3 hats. Each hat costs $3. How much money did Blaine spend altogether?

a)

$29

b)

$8

c)

$9

d)

$20

25.

Alan paints 4 pictures. Each picture sells for $10. If one of the paintings was on sale and sold for $8, how much money did Alan make on all of his paitings?

a)

$40

b)

$32

c)

$80

d)

$38

26.

Gabe adopts 2 puppies. Each puppy has 2 black spots and 2 white spots. How many black spots do the puppies have altogether?

a)

4 black spots

b)

8 black spots

c)

16 black spots

d)

6 black spots

27.
Mom sliced a cucumber into 24 slices. She put 5 slices in Jared’s lunch, 6 slices in Kacee’s lunch, and she snacked on 7 slices. How many slices will she have left for tomorrow’s lunches?
a)
6
b)
7
c)
10
d)
11
28.
Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $4 per lap. Her grandparents donated $2 per lap. Her aunt donated $1 per lap. She ran 25 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?
a)
165
b)
175
c)
180
d)
190
29.
Mike and Courtney love to go fishing. Mike caught 20 fish this month. Courtney caught 3 times as many fish as Mike. How many fish did Mike and Courtney both catch this month?
a)
60
b)
63
c)
80
d)
23
30.
Donny went to the store and bought 9 shirts for $7 each. He also bought 5 hats for $9 each. How much money did Donny spend on shirts and hats?
a)
$63
b)
$45
c)
$108
d)
$30
31.

April's discount flowers was having a sale where each flower was five dollars. If Rachel bought eight roses and two daisies, how much did she spend?

a)

16

b)

50

c)

45

d)

10

32.

At Kaleb's Restaurant a group with six adults and two children came in to eat. If each meal cost six dollars, how much was the bill?

a)

14

b)

36

c)

48

d)

42

33.

A worksheet had 4 problems on it. If a teacher had 13 worksheets to grade and had already graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?

a)

21

b)

12

c)

20

d)

25

34.
Angela had 18 Pokemon cards. Her brother gave her 45 more Pokemon cards. She then divided her cards into 9 equal groups. How many Pokemon cards are in each group?
a)
18 Pokemon cards
b)
54 Pokemon Cards
c)
7 Pokemon Cards
d)
9 Pokemon Cards
35.
Allison is reading a book with 99 pages.  She read 37 pages on Monday.  Then she read 42 pages on Tuesday.  How many pages does she still have to read?
a)
178
b)
79
c)
20
d)
62
36.

The school bus can seat 64 students. At the first stop, 22 students got on the bus. Then 23 more students got on the bus at the second stop. How many empty seats are on the bus?

a)

19

b)

21

c)

11

d)

109

37.

A store had 40 oranges in a bin. If they threw away 25 of the old ones and put 21 new ones in the bin how many would be in the bin now?

a)

65

b)

46

c)

61

d)

36

38.

Travis had 17 cookies and then he bought 25 more cookies. He wants to share them between himself and 6 friends. How many cookies will each friend get?

a)

9 cookies

b)

7 cookies

c)

6 cookies

d)

8 cookies

39.

Norris and Andrew went fishing. They each caught 11 fish. For dinner, they each ate 2 fish. How many fish do Norris and Andrew have now?

a)

22 fish

b)

20 fish

c)

18 fish

d)

9 fish

40.

Mr. Day is collecting canned foods to help the homeless. He received 31 cans on Monday and 25 cans on Tuesday. If Mr. Day wants to divide the total cans evenly among 8 families, how many cans would each family receive?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

7

d)

9

41.

A store sells bananas in bunches of 6. Sait buys 5 bunches and Daniel buys 4 bunches. How many bananas did Sait and Daniel buy all together?

a)

15

b)

20

c)

30

d)

54

42.

Michael is preparing for an upcoming bike race. His goal is to bike a total of 48 miles this week.


In the first 4 days, he biked 5 miles each day.


In the next 2 days he biked 8 miles each day.


How many more miles does he need to bike on the last day to reach his goal?

a)

8

b)

11

c)

12

d)

14

43.

At the fair Billy rode the ferris wheel 7 times and the bumper cars 3 times. If each ride cost 5 tickets, how many tickets did he use?

a)

10

b)

50

c)

105

d)

26

44.

Mrs. De Leon had 21 students in her class. 2 students moved away. Then 6 new students joined the class. How many students are in Mrs. De Leon's class now?

a)

29 students

b)

18 students

c)

27 students

d)

25 students

45.

Alaura has 3 bags of Cheetos. Each bag of Cheetos has 25 chips in it. If she has already eaten 28 Cheetos, how many chips does she have left to eat?

a)

48

b)

103

c)

9

d)

3

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