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Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Jack and Jill had a class party for Easter. The teacher hid jellybeans around the classroom. Jack found 121 jellybeans. Jill found 119 jellybeans. How many jellybeans did Jack and Jill find altogether?
a)
230
b)
219
c)
240
d)
202
2.
Phil and Bill are rich. Phil has $537. Bill has $619. If they combine their money, how much money will they have in total?
a)
$1156
b)
$1056
c)
$1146
d)
$1046
3.
Phil and Bill each have a crush on Jill. If Phil sends Jill 47 love letters and Bill sends her 39 love letters, how many love letters will Jill have in all?
a)
87
b)
76
c)
86
d)
88
4.
Jack traveled 105 miles from Paterson, NJ to Philadelphia, PA to visit his favorite aunt. He traveled in the same direction from Philadelphia to Paterson to get back home. How many miles did Jack travel in all?
a)
210
b)
200
c)
105
d)
150
5.
A zoologist was checking the weights of three gorillas. Gorilla A weighed 559 pounds, gorilla B weighed 827 pounds and gorilla C weighed 130 pounds. What is the combined weight of all three gorillas?
a)
1,160 pounds
b)
1,516 pounds
c)
1,386 pounds
d)
957 pounds
6.
While working on his car, Phil spent 584 bucks on a new paint job, $309 on the transmission and 213 dollars on the interior. How much money did he spend? 
a)
$1,610
b)
$1,160
c)
$1,106
d)
$1,601
7.

Ben has 4 cupcakes. Mary has 6 cupcakes. How many cupcakes do they have altogether?

a)

10 cupcakes

b)

2 cupcakes

c)

9 cupcakes

d)

11 cupcakes

8.

Sammy found ten seashells. Paul found four seashells. How many seashells did they find altogether?

a)

thirteen seashells

b)

fourteen seashells

c)

four seashells

d)

fifteen seashells

9.

Kate read 12 pages in a book. Ryan read 8 pages in a book. How many pages did they read in all?

a)

4 pages

b)

21 pages

c)

20 pages

d)

19 pages

10.

Jayzon has ? boxes of plain crackers and ? boxes of cheese crackers. How many boxes of crackers does Jayzon have altogether?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

11.

Tim has 32 books and he has read 7 of them. Fred bought 14 of Tim's books. How many books does Tim have now

a)

25 books

b)

11 books

c)

7 books

d)

18 books

e)

53 books

12.

Melanie has 47 blue marbles, she gave Tim 21 of the marbles. How many blue marbles does she now have ?

a)

68 marbles

b)

86 marbles

c)

26 toys

d)

25 marbles

e)

26 marbles

13.

There are 67 bird families living near the mountain. If 32 bird families flew away for winter, how many bird families were left near the mountain?

a)

34 bird families

b)

35 robins

c)

36 bird families

d)

35 bird families

14.

At the river, 25 out of 55 salmon families went to warmer waters to avoid being frozen. They had to swim 125 miles to get there! How many salmon families were left in the river?

a)

60 salmon families

b)

30 salmon families

c)

45 salmon families

d)

80 salmon families

e)

100 salmon families

15.

The wolves, though accustomed to cold weather, also wanted to move away from the incoming winter. If there are 43 packs of wolves living in the forest and 31 packs went away, how many wolf packs were left in the forest?

a)

74 wolf pack

b)

47 wolf packs

c)

21 wolf packs

d)

15 wolf packs

e)

12 wolf packs

16.

Barry bought 20 boxes of pencils. Each box contained 75 pencils. How many pencils does Barry have in all?

a)

150

b)

1,410

c)

1,500

d)

9,500

17.

Chase mows 8 lawns every week and earns $17 for mowing each lawn. How much money does he earn in one week?

a)

$136

b)

$122

c)

$86

d)

$25

18.

Mr. Randall has 327 basketball cards. How many cards does he have rounded to the nearest ten?

a)

300 cards

b)

320 cards

c)

330 cards

d)

400 cards

19.

Mrs. Winterbottom has 406 stuffed animals. Mr. Winterbottom has 109 stuffed animals. How many more stuffed animals does Mrs. Winterbottom have?

a)

515

b)

397

c)

297

d)

207

20.

Which equation is represented by this array?

a)

3 x 4

b)

4 x 2

c)

4 x 4

d)

4 x 5

21.

The cafeteria has ? tables. ? Students can sit at each table. How many students can sit in the cafeteria and eat lunch at one time?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

22.

Anya has a basket of ? clean shirts. She wants to split the shirts up evenly into ? drawers. How many shirts will go in each drawer?

a)

Addition

b)

Multiplication

c)

Division

d)

Subtraction

23.

The Halloween party had 3 boxes of prizes to choose from.

Each box had 9 prizes.

How many prizes were there in all?

a)

12 prizes

b)

27 prizes

c)

6 prizes

d)

4 prizes

24.

Red Cross raised $20 a day for 7 days for Run for the Gold.

How much money did Red Cross raise?

a)

$27

b)

$13

c)

$140

d)

$120

25.

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 3720 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

a)

1560 inches

b)

360 inches

c)

830 inches

d)

930 inches

26.
An airplane can hold 10 passengers. If there are 5 rows of seats on the airplane, how many seats are in each row?
a)
2
b)
10
c)
5
d)
50
27.

Thomas is tiling the edge of his bathroom floor. The floor is 5 ft wide. Each tile covers 1/5 foot. How many tiles will Thomas need?

a)

1/10

b)

1

c)

25

d)

50

28.
Susan had 20 pieces of candy.  She was going to share them equally with herself and 3 friends. How many pieces will each person get?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
29.
Mr. Smith has 3 science classes.  Each group has 15 students in it.  How many students does Mr. Smith have?
a)
45
b)
30
c)
15
d)
40
30.
Mariana received twenty-six dollars for her birthday. Later she found some toys that cost five dollars each. How much money would she have left if she bought as many as she could?
a)
5 toys
b)
6 toys
c)
$4.00
d)
$1.00
31.
There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school? 
a)
15
b)
19
c)
17,100
d)
600
32.
There were a total of 252 soccer games in the season. The season is played for 14 months. How many soccer games were played each month, if each month has the same number of games? 
a)
18
b)
22
c)
3,528
d)
238
33.
Fred has 162 blue balloons. Fred has 27 times more blue balloons than Benny. How many blue balloons does Benny have? 
a)
6
b)
189
c)
4274
d)
4374
34.
Keith's shelves hold 11 books each. How many shelves will Keith need if Keith has 99 books? 
a)
110
b)
1089
c)
9
d)
12
35.
Tim bought 405 crayons that came in packs of 15. How many packs of crayons did Tim buy? 
a)
6,075
b)
27
c)
25
d)
420
36.
Alyssa earns $21 cleaning a home. How many homes did she clean, if she made 168 dollars? 
a)
147
b)
189
c)
7
d)
8
37.
Sam has 60 red marbles. Sam has 12 times more red marbles than Nancy. How many red marbles does Nancy have? 
a)
72
b)
720
c)
5
d)
600
38.
There were a total of 180 football games in the season. The season is played for 12 months. How many football games were played each month, if each month has the same number of games? 
a)
2160
b)
15
c)
25
d)
192
39.
I bought 245 packs of baseball cards.  Each pack has 16 cards in it.  How many total cards did I buy?
a)
261
b)
229
c)
3920
d)
4920
40.
Write the numerical expression for 6 less than the product of 9 and 4
a)
6- 9+4
b)
6 - (9x4)
c)
( 9 x 4) -6
d)
9 + 4- 6

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