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Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins

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Class
Date
1.

An art teacher had 342 paint brushes.


-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.


Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

a)

342 - 87 - 150 =

b)

342 - 87 + 150 =

c)

342 + 87 + 150 =

d)

342 + 87 - 150 =

2.

Max's goal is to practice playing drums for 300 minutes this week.


On Sunday he practiced for 127 minutes. On Tuesday he practiced for 38 minutes.


How many more minutes does Max need to practice in order to meet his goal?

a)

135

b)

465

c)

165

d)

145

3.
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
4.
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
5.

Which operation should you use when the problem has the word: "AND" in between 2 numbers.

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
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
7.
Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?
a)
1/8
b)
3/10
c)
5/8
d)
7/8
8.

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen wants to double the batch. How much oatmeal will Ellen need?

a)

3

b)

3 1/8

c)

1 1/2

d)

4 4/6

9.
Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?
a)
5.2
b)
8.7
c)
9.7
d)
5.02
10.

A local bookstore sold 342 copies of a cookbook. The book was on sale for $17.75. How much did the bookstore make on the cookbooks all together?

a)

$6070.50

b)

$607.05

c)

$60705.00

d)

$60.70

11.

If Jake had 23 marbles and his sister had 24 what is the difference. Find the key word.

a)

Each

b)

quotient

c)

product

d)

difference

12.

what are two multiplication keywords

a)

Each

b)

sum

c)

addition

d)

product

13.

What's the answer to : 4x(3+16)-18=

a)

10

b)

3

c)

23

d)

8

14.

12x12

a)

146

b)

123

c)

96

d)

144

15.
A banner measures 2.8 feet long and 1.2 feet wide. Which is a good estimate for the area of the banner?
a)
1 square foot
b)
3 square feet
c)
30 square feet
d)
7 square feet
16.

If I have 192 apples and gave out 79 to 5th grade, how many apples would I have left?

a)

113

b)

131

c)

25

d)

112

17.

Sara has 15 apples and Rosie has 7 apples. Marta has twice more than Sara and Rosies apples combined. How many apples does Marta have?

a)

34

b)

22

c)

70

d)

83

18.

Izzy has 48 notebooks to put into equal stacks. She will make 6 stacks. How many notebooks will be in each stack

a)

6

b)

8

c)

42

d)

54

19.

There are 6 markers in a box. Davis has 3 boxes of markers. How many total markers does Davis have?

a)

24

b)

18

c)

16

d)

20

20.

Lily baked 5 trays of cookies. Each tray holds 5 cookies. How many cookies did she bake altogether?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

25

d)

15

21.

If you had 3 packs of jelly beans and each pack contained 4 jelly beans, how many jelly beans would you have?

a)

14

b)

10

c)

15

d)

12

22.

Pick the correct sequence of steps for Order of Operations:

a)

Parentheses, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction, Brackets, Braces

b)

Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction, Parentheses, Brackets, Braces

c)

Parentheses, Brackets, Braces, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction

d)

Parentheses, Braces, Brackets, Addition/Subtraction, Multiplication/Division

23.
12 - 4 x 2 = 
a)
16
b)
4
c)
8
d)
18
24.

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

a)

Addition

b)

Multiplication

c)

Subtraction

d)

Division

25.

Mr. Johnson’s class is selling boxes of Washington apples to raise money for a class trip. Every student was given 24 boxes to sell. Each box had 12 apples. All 18 students sold all of their boxes. How many apples did Mr. Johnson’s class sell all together?

a)

288

b)

432

c)

4524

d)

5184

26.

Sam has 45 cat stickers, 56 dog stickers, 18 bird stickers and 21 snake stickers. He wants to share them equally with his 5 friends. How many stickers will each friend get?

a)

28

b)

140

c)

30

d)

139

27.

Mrs. Needham bought 18 bags of candy for Halloween.

12 of the bags had 56 pieces of candy each.

6 of the bags had 112 pieces of candy each.

How many pieces of candy did Mrs. Needham buy?

a)

672

b)

1.420

c)

1,344

d)

850

28.

A large math event was held for 5th grade students in North Carolina.


· 45 different schools sent students to the event.

· Each school sent 32 students.

· Students were placed into teams with 12 students on each team.

How many teams were formed?

a)

150

b)

1,440

c)

120

d)

130

29.

What is the expression that shows 14 less than 22 doubled?

a)

(22 x 2) - 14

b)

14 - (22 x 2)

c)

(22 - 14) x 2

d)

(14 x 2) - 22

30.

Solve.


34 - 4 x 5

a)

24

b)

150

c)

10

d)

14

31.

Three hundred ninety-nine fifth graders from Panthers Elementary School were attending a play at Charlotte Children’s Theater. Each row has 35 seats. If the Panthers Elementary students use the fewest number of rows possible, in how many rows will they be seated?

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

14

32.
Emma had 3 slices of pizza. If she wanted to split the pizza between her and her friend, how much do each of them get.
a)
1/2
b)
2 1/2
c)
1 1/2
d)
3 
33.
Alyssa had 3/4 of a cake. If she ate  2/3 of the 3/4, how much does she have left?
a)
6/13
b)
3/2
c)
1/3
d)
1/2
34.
Brooke had 3/4 pound of strawberries, if she eats 1/2 of the 3/4, how much does she eat?
a)
3/8
b)
1/2
c)
1/3
d)
2/8
35.
Lydia had 1/3 pound of marbles, if she wants to split them into 3 groups, how many would be in each group?
a)
1/2
b)
1/9
c)
1/3
d)
3/3
36.
Anna reads 1/4 of her book on Monday, 1/4 more on Tuesday, and 1/3 on Wednesday. How much does she have left? 
a)
1/12
b)
1/3
c)
1/4
d)
2/12
37.

Cheyenne works 15 hours a week at the movie theater. She earns $8 an hour. Which statement about her weekly income is true?

a)

Her weekly income is less than $120

b)

Her weekly income is greater than $120

c)

Her weekly income is equivalent to $120

d)

Her weekly income is greater than $150

38.

TRUE OR FALSE---The equation that represents this model is  0.72 ÷9 = 0.080.72\ \div9\ =\ 0.08  

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39.
30 people watched the soccer game last night. Tickets cost $2.75 each. Half of these fans bought a program at $1.50 each. How much money was collected altogether? 
a)
$82.50
b)
$22.50
c)
$125.00
d)
$105.00
40.
Ms. Bergin's dog, Jax, loves doggie treats. Ms. Bergin made 48 doggie treats in all. She will give Jax 1/12 of the treats each day. How many treats does Jax receive each day?
a)
8 treats
b)
3 treats
c)
4 treats
d)
12 treats
41.
Eddie has 985 songs on his iPad. If Eddie divides his songs equally into 70 albums, how many songs will be in each album?
a)
14 songs with 5 songs left over
b)
15 songs with 0 left over
c)
14 songs with 4 songs left over
d)
14 songs with 0 left over
42.
Suzy bought 2 pounds of grapes for $2.49 per pound and 3 muffins for $0.75 per muffin.  How much did she pay for the grapes and the muffins?
a)

$3.24

b)
$7.23
c)
$6.48
d)
$10.72
43.

What is 0.64 rounded to the tenths place?

a)

0.60

b)

0.70

c)

0.50

d)

0.40

44.

Ms. Jaffrey had a total of 428.5 ounces of pretzels to put into 5 bowls for a party. She put an equal number of ounces of pretzels into each bowl. How many ounces of pretzels did she put into each bowl?

a)

85.7 oz

b)

97.7 oz

c)

80.0 oz

d)

85.3 oz

45.

We will order these suitcases from GREATEST to LEAST. What position would Juan's suitcase be?

First, Second, Third or Fourth?

(a)  

46.
30 people watched the soccer game last night. Tickets cost $2.75 each. Half of these fans bought a program at $1.50 each. How much money was collected altogether? 
a)
$82.50
b)
$22.50
c)
$125.00
d)
$105.00
47.

Working alone at a constant rate, Carla can wash a load of dishes in 42 minutes. If Carla works together with Dan and they both work at constant rates, it takes them 28 minutes to wash the same load of dishes. Working at a constant rate, how long would it take Dan to wash the load of dishes by himself?

a)

50 minutes

b)

1 hour

c)

84 minutes

d)

2 hours

48.

Nicole can pick forty bushels of apples in 15 hours. Carlos can pick the same amount in 11 hours. How long would it take them if they worked together?

a)

6.35 hours

b)

6.17 hours

c)

6.09 hours

d)

6 hours

49.

Working together, Arjun and Maria can oil the lanes in a bowling alley in 4.24 hours. Had she done it alone it would have taken Maria eight hours. How long would it take Arjun to do it alone?

a)

9 hours

b)

9.02 hours

c)

9.42 hours

d)

10 hours

50.

We will order these suitcases from GREATEST to LEAST. What position would Juan's suitcase be?

First, Second, Third or Fourth?

(a)