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Class
Date
1.

There are 22 children in the classroom, each student will get 43 pencils. How many pencils will the teacher have to give out?

(a)  

2.

There were a total of 3 hockey games a month. The season is played for 4 moths. How many hockey games are in the season?

(a)  

3.

Jason has 3 dozen golf balls. How many golf balls does he have?

(a)  

4.

Tom bought 9 dozen eggs from the grocery store to bake some cakes. How many eggs did Tom buy?

(a)  

5.

Fred has saved 44 quarters from washing cars. How many cents does Fred have?

(a)  

6.

Sandy has 10 books. Tom has 9 times more books than Sandy. How many books does Tom have?

(a)  

7.

There are 20 calories in a candy bar. How many calories are there in 40 candy bars?

(a)  

8.

Jessica has 22 violet marbles. Keith has 9 times more violet marbles than Jessica. How many violet marbles does Keith have?

(a)  

9.

Sandy, Benny, Mike, and Alyssa each have 45 baseball cards. How many baseball cards do they have in all?

(a)  

10.

Mary earns $12.50 an hour cleaning houses. If she works from 8:00 Am-5:00 pm, how much money will she make?

(a)  

11.

The 4th grade class at Uplift Luna Primary sold more chocolate bars than any other class. They ordered 576 boxes of chocolate. Each box held 24 chocolate bars. How many chocolate bars did they sell?

a)
13,818
b)
3,456
c)
13,824
d)
13,248
12.
A banana contains 105 calories. Last week, Nate and Haley ate a total of 14 bananas. How many calories did they eat?
a)
525
b)
1,450
c)
1,470
d)
4,305
13.

Which choice has an estimated product of 2,000?

a)

108 x 2

b)

301 x 77

c)

203 x 12

d)

405 x 45

14.

A theater can seat 460 people at one time. If a movie in the theater fills every seat, every day for 3 weeks, how many tickets were sold?

a)

1,380

b)

9,660

c)

9,200

d)

13,800

15.

Estimate the numbers to the nearest hundred and then solve.

927 x 516

a)

4,500

b)

45,000

c)

450,000

d)

45

16.

What partial product is missing from the multiplication problem?

24 x 59


9 x 4

9 x 20

50 x 4

________

a)

5 x 4

b)

50 x 4

c)

5 x 2

d)

50 x 20

17.

What answer goes in the box in the top left (green box)?

a)

54,000

b)

36,000

c)

3,600

d)

5,400

18.

An office needs to buy 20 new printers and 100 packages of paper. Each printer costs $300. Each package of paper costs $25. What is the cost of the printers and paper combined?

a)

$8,000

b)

$445

c)

$8,500

d)

$325

19.

TJ is drawing an area model to find 44 x 14. What should he write in the shaded rectangle?

a)

40 x 4 = 160

b)

4 x 10 = 40

c)

14 x 4 = 56

d)

4 x 4 = 16

20.

Tom is solving 75 x 9. First he multiplied 75 x 10 and got 750. What does he still need to do to get the final result?

a)

Add a group of 9

b)

Subtract a group of 10

c)

Add a group of 75

d)

Subtract a group of 75

21.

Chandler is finding partial products to solve 82 x 42. Here is what he has done so far: What should Chandler do next?

a)

Multiply 40 x 80

b)

Multiply 42 x 80

c)

Add 4 + 160 + 80

d)

Multiply 2 x 80

22.

A company sells jerseys for $50 each. In October they see 32 jerseys. In April, they sold 55 jerseys. What is the total amount of money they earned by selling jerseys in October and April combined?

a)

$1,600

b)

$4,350

c)

$2,750

d)

$4,000

23.

Jodie had a summer job as a veterinarian. She worked a total of 326 hours and made $13 per hour. How much money did Jodie make over the summer?

(a)  

24.

Angel is making a blanket that will be 28 inches x 42 inches. What will be the area of the blanket.

(a)  

25.

Farmer Tyler planted 638 corn stocks in a field. If each corn stock produces 6 ears of corn, how many ears of corn will he have?

(a)  

26.

There are 22 children in the classroom, each student will get 43 pencils. How many pencils will the teacher have to give out?

(a)  

27.

There were a total of 3 hockey games a month. The season is played for 4 moths. How many hockey games are in the season?

(a)  

28.

Jason has 3 dozen golf balls. How many golf balls does he have?

(a)  

29.

Tom bought 9 dozen eggs from the grocery store to bake some cakes. How many eggs did Tom buy?

(a)  

30.

Fred has saved 44 quarters from washing cars. How many cents does Fred have?

(a)  

31.

Sandy has 10 books. Tom has 9 times more books than Sandy. How many books does Tom have?

(a)  

32.

There are 20 calories in a candy bar. How many calories are there in 40 candy bars?

(a)  

33.

Jessica has 22 violet marbles. Keith has 9 times more violet marbles than Jessica. How many violet marbles does Keith have?

(a)  

34.

Sandy, Benny, Mike, and Alyssa each have 45 baseball cards. How many baseball cards do they have in all?

(a)  

35.

Mary earns $12.50 an hour cleaning houses. If she works from 8:00 Am-5:00 pm, how much money will she make?

(a)  

36.
Richard finished his homework at 10:50. If he started working on it at 6:55, how long did it take him to finish?
a)
4 hours and 5 minutes
b)
3 hours and 55 minutes
c)
4 hours
d)
3 hours and 50 minutes
37.
Jerry started playing video games at 3:20. If he took a break at 7:15, how long had he been playing?
a)
3 hours and 55 minutes
b)
3 hours 50 minutes
c)
4 hours
d)
4 hours and 5 minutes
38.
Edward woke up from a nap at 2:35. If he originally went to sleep at 1:30, how long was his nap?
a)
1 hour
b)
1 hour and 30 minutes
c)
1 hour and 5 minutes
d)
30 minutes
39.
Janet was helping her mom cook dinner. They finished the meal at 6:25. If they started cooking at 2:35, how long did it take them?
a)
3 hours and 50 minutes
b)
3 hours and 55 minutes
c)
4 hours and 10 minutes
d)
3 hours and 10 minutes
40.
Megan took a train from her house to the state capitol. The train left at 2:50 and got to the capitol at 4:35. How long was the train ride?
a)
1 hour and 45 minutes
b)
1 hour and 50 minutes
c)
2 hours and 15 minutes
d)
2 hours and 20 minutes
41.
Carol finished washing clothes at 5:50. If she had started at 3:35, how long would she have spent washing clothes?
a)
2 hours
b)
2 hours and 20 minutes
c)
2 hours and 15 minutes
42.
Oliver started exercising at 6:40. If he stopped at 8:35, how long did he spend exercising?
a)
2 hours and 5 minutes
b)
3 hours and 5 minutes
c)
1 hour and 55 minutes
43.
Debby went to the movies at 5:35. If the movie was over at 9:10, how long did the movie last?
a)
3 hours and 30 minutes
b)
3 hours and 35 minutes
c)
4 hours and 25 minutes
44.
Faye started watching TV at 1:20. If she stopped watching at 4:05, how long did she spend watching TV?
a)
2 hours and 45 minutes
b)
3 hours and 15 minutes
c)
2 hours and 15 minutes
45.
Frank was invited to birthday party that started at 3:15. If the party ended at 6:20, how long did the party last?
a)
2 hours and 5 minutes
b)
3 hours and 10 minutes
c)
3 hours and 5 minutes
46.

The distance around a shape is its _____________.

a)

Area

b)

Perimeter

47.

The space inside a shape is its _______________.

a)

Area

b)

Perimeter

48.

A professional football field is 120 yards long and 53 yards wide. How far will you run if you go all the way around it?

a)

346 square yards

b)

173 yards

c)

240 yards

d)

346 yards

49.

The president wants the carpet in the East Room of the White House replaced. The East Room is 79 feet long by 36 feet wide. How much carpet should the decorator order?

a)

8,248 square feet

b)

2,848 square feet

c)

4,288 square feet

d)

2,844 square feet

50.

The decorator replacing the carpet in the East Room also wants to replace the molding or trim that goes around the room. The East Room is 79 feet long by 36 feet wide. How much molding does she need to order?

a)

2,844 square feet

b)

2,848 feet

c)

230 feet

d)

230 square feet

51.

When finding the area of a square or rectangle, the answer should be labeled as ________________

a)

inches, feet, yards, meters, etc.

b)

square units (square feet, square meters, etc.)

52.

Which has the greater area: a square with a side that measures 7 meters, or a 6-by-8 meter rectangle?

a)

the square

b)

the rectangle

53.

The nervous swimmer walked around the pool twice before his race. How far did he walk?

a)

300 m

b)

250 m

c)

170 m

d)

330 m

54.

Kayla wants to build a fence in her backyard. The length of her backyard is 30 feet and the width is 45 feet. How many feet of fence will she need to buy?

a)

75 feet

b)

1,350 feet

c)

1,000 feet

d)

150 feet

55.

Alicia's garden is 50 square feet. Inside of her garden she plants a section of tomatoes that is 3 feet by 4 feet. How much more space does she have left in her garden to plant other crops?

a)

62 square feet

b)

38 square feet

c)

12 square feet

d)

43 square feet

56.

Farmer John walks his pet pig around his barn every day. The barn is 25 meters by 12 meters. If we walks the pig around the barn three times, how many meters did farmer John and his pig walk?

a)

300 meters

b)

222 meters

c)

74 meters

d)

37 meters

57.

The Pacers' basketball court is 94 feet by 50 feet. How much space do the players have to play their game?

a)

4,100 square feet

b)

288 square feet

c)

144 square feet

d)

4,700 square feet

58.

Jenny's room is 13 feet long and 12 feet wide. Ruth's room is 14 feet long and 11 feet wide. Whose room has the greater perimeter?

a)

Jenny's

b)

Ruth's

c)

They are the same

59.

A living room wall is 20 feet long and 12 feet high. How much paint do you need to cover this wall?

a)

32 square feet

b)

24 square feet

c)

240 square feet

d)

40 square feet

60.

Calvin paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $56 for a large painting. He charges $25 for a small painting. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much did he make in all?

a)

$401

b)

$405

c)

$410

d)

$411

61.

Cynthia buys school lunch every day. She can either pay $495 the first day of school for the entire year, or pay $3 each day for 180 days. How much money will Cynthia save if she pays for the entire year at once?

a)

$40

b)

$41

c)

$43

d)

$45

62.

Bella went to a carnival and played a game that involved throwing a basketball into a moving basket.  She made 43 baskets before time ran out.  When she was done, she earned 2 points for each basket she made.  At the prize counter, Bella was able to buy one prize for every 5 points she earned.  How many prizes was Bella able to buy? 

a)

15

b)

16

c)

17

d)

18

63.

An adult ticket to the movie is $16.  A child’s ticket to the same movie is $9.  How much will it cost 3 adults and 6 children to go to the movie? 

(a)  

64.

Jack has a goal of earning $500 by mowing lawns over the summer.  In June he earned $72.  He earned 3 times as much in July.  How much does Jack need to earn in August to reach his goal?

(a)  

65.

Jack wants to buy the same number of hats for 3 of his friends. He has $57 dollars, and each hat costs $5. What is the greatest number of hats that Jack can buy for each friend?

(a)  

66.

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

a)

80

b)

113

c)

47

d)

68

67.
Belle bought 5 packs of white T-shirts and 3 packs of blue T-shirts for her basketball team. The white T-shirts come in packs of 2, and the blue T-shirts come in packs of 6. How many T-shirts did Belle buy in all?
a)
28
b)
16
c)
18
d)
10
68.

Mike had 15 video games but 9 of them weren't working. If he wanted to sell the working games for $5 each, how much money could he earn?

a)

25

b)

45

c)

29

d)

30

69.

April's discount flowers was having a sale where each flower was $3. If Emily bought 4 roses and 8 daisies, how much did she spend?

a)

$15

b)

$36

c)

$7

d)

$30

70.
Kevin has $1,498 in his savings account. He has $529 more than Albert. How much money do the have altogether?
a)
$969
b)
$2,027
c)
$3,525
d)
$2,467
71.
It takes Tristan 15 minutes to mow the front lawn. It takes him 17 more minutes to mow the back lawn than the front lawn. What is the total amount of time Tristan spends mowing the lawns?

What does the key word tell you to do?
a)
add 
b)
subtract 
c)
mowing
72.

Mr. Green’s sunflower grew 31 centimeters in one week. The next week it grew 4 centimeters more than the previous week. What is the total number of centimeters the sunflower grew in 2 weeks? 


What words tell us what to do?

a)
grew
b)
more than
c)
total
d)
number of centimeters 
73.
Max was 48 inches tall in 1st grade, and 67 inches in 10th grade. How much taller is he now?
a)
19 in
b)
21 in
c)
115 in
74.
Ashten has 120 suckers. If there are 10 students in class, how many suckers does each student get?
a)
10 suckers
b)
130 suckers
c)
12 suckers
75.
Ben has 12 boxes. Each box has 7 books. How many books are there?
a)
84 books
b)
19 books
c)
94 books
76.
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)
77.
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
78.
Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?
a)
21 games
b)
3 games
c)
7 games
d)
99 games
79.
Natalie picked thirteen flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making bouquets with four flowers in each one. If five of the flowers wilted before the wedding, how many bouquets could she still make?
a)
9 bouquets
b)
5 bouquets
c)
2 bouquets
d)
3 bouquets
80.
The cafeteria had fifty-one apples. For lunch they handed out forty-one to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes five apples, how many pies could they make?
a)
51 pies
b)
41 pies
c)
10 pies
d)
2 pies
81.
Jacob was selling his old games. He started out with sixty-eight but sold four of them. He packed the rest up putting eight games into each box. How many boxes did he have to use?
a)
9 boxes
b)
10 boxes
c)
7 boxes
d)
8 boxes
82.
Tyler is at the library helping put away books. There are fifty book to put away total but Mrs. Grant takes twenty-six of them and leaves Tyler with the rest. If he can fit six books on a shelf, how many shelves will he need?
a)
2 shelves
b)
3 shelves
c)
4 shelves
d)
5 shelves
83.
(12) Mr. Andrews spends $36 on one violin lesson for his son, Scott.  If Scott has four lessons each month, which of the following equations can be used to find C, the total cost of one month of violin lessons?
a)
A. 36 x 4 = C
b)
B. 36 ÷ C = 4
c)
C. C + 4 = 36
d)
D. 4 x C = 36
84.
Diana wrote 3 math problems on 12 pages in his math journal. How many math problems did Diana write in his journal?
a)
24
b)
15
c)
32
d)
36
85.
McKelvey, Kayleigh, Jaslynn and Jalen each have 15 pencils at their desks.  How many pencils do they have altogether?
a)
30 pencils
b)
45 pencils
c)
15 pencils
d)
60 pencils
86.
Carlos and his seven friends went to IHOP to each breakfast.  They all ordered pancakes.  Each person had three pancakes on their plate.  How many pancakes were there in all?  
a)
11
b)
24
c)
21
d)
27
87.
Charlie wants to buy a bike that costs $150. He has already saved $102. He earns $8 each hour working as a lifeguard and saves all of it for the bike. How many more hours does Charlie need to work in order to have enough money to buy the bike?
a)
40
b)
$6
c)
12 hours
d)
6 hours
88.

Paco just learned how to make homemade macaroni and cheese. He decided to make a big batch for his family reunion. The original recipe calls for 2 pounds of pasta and serves 8 people. Paco's family reunion will have 40 people. How many pounds of pasta does Paco need to buy?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

10

d)

40

89.

A crayon company recently changed its labels. It currently has 751 crayons with the old label and 802 crayons with the new label. How many crayons does the company have in stock?

a)

2354

b)

98

c)

51

d)

1553

90.
Kenny sold 8 boxes of oranges for his school fundraiser on Saturday and 13 boxes on Sunday.  Each box contains 10 oranges.  How many oranges did Kenny sell in all?
a)
110 oranges
b)
200 oranges
c)
210 oranges
d)
130 oranges
91.
Jamie has 20 nickels and 8 quarters.  How much money does she have?
a)
$3.00
b)
$2.50
c)
$3.20
d)
$3.25
92.
Miriam has $35.28.  She spends $5.25 for lunch and $10.82 for dinner.  How much money does she have left?
a)
$20.21
b)
$19.21
c)
$51.35
d)
$24.46
93.
Matthew earns $12.50 raking leaves for his neighbor, $10.25 washing the family car, and $11.75 weeding his grandmother's garden.  How much does he earn in all?
a)
$34.50
b)
$33.25
c)
$33.00
d)
$34.75
94.
Kayla went shopping with $43.  She bought a puzzle for $6.50 and a DVD for $9.75.  How much money did she have left after she bought the puzzle and the DVD?
a)
$27.75
b)
$27.25
c)
$16.25
d)
$26.75
95.
Kelly needs a new pair of laces for her cheerleading shoes. Her mom gave her 3 quarters, 1 nickel, and 4 pennies. The laces are $0.90. Does she have enough money to buy the laces for her shoes?
a)
No- She only has 84 cents 
b)
Yes-She has 94 cents
96.
Richard has 83 cents. Which coin amount equals the amount he has? 
a)
2 quarters, 2 dimes, and 3 pennies
b)
8 dimes and 1 nickel
c)
3 quarters, 1 nickel, and 3 dimes
d)
7 dimes and 1 nickel and 3 pennies
97.

Jason got fast food for lunch. Jason spent $4.84 on a sandwich and $4.04 on a hotdog. What was the total of the lunch bill?

a)

$8.88

b)

8.888

c)

4.00

d)

$15.00

98.

Fred bought some toys. He bought a skateboard for $7.78, and spent $11.05 on a football. In total, how much did Fred spend on toys?

a)

1.83

b)

$44

c)

$18.83

d)

55

99.

Jessica went to the mall on Saturday to buy clothes. She spent $12.32 on a jacket and $7.77 on a shirt. In total, how much money did Jessica spend on clothing?

a)

20.07

b)

$14.09

c)

$20.09

d)

$20

100.
Sally spent $5.40 on a dog toy, and a cage cost her $11.16. What was the total cost of Sally's purchases?
a)
$16.56
b)
$12.78
c)
$22.32
d)
$12.87
101.

Dan paid $2.48 on a sandwich and $5.23 on a hamburger. He paid with a $10 bill. What was the change from the purchase?

a)

$3.66

b)

$1.34

c)

$2.14

d)

$2.29

102.

How much money is this?

a)

82 cents

b)

32 cents

c)

62 cents

d)

76 cents

103.

How much money is this?

a)

$1.55

b)

$1.25

c)

$1.35

d)

$1.45

104.

Cody bought a game at the game store. If the game cost $2.35 and he paid with a $20 bill, how much change should he get back?

a)

$17.75

b)

$16.65

c)

$17.65

d)

$22.35

105.

Janet bought a soda at the grocery store. If the soda cost $3.75 and she paid with a five dollar bill, how much change should she receive?

a)

$2.75

b)

$1.25

c)

$8.75

d)

$1.35

106.

Haley bought 1 hamburger, 1 hotdog, and 2 sodas at the state fair. The hamburger cost $5.40, the hotdog cost $3.50, and the sodas were each $2.55. If she paid with a $20 bill, how much change should she get back?

a)

$0.06

b)

$6.21

c)

$5

d)

$6

107.

If you paid for the items above with a 20 dollar bill, how much change would you receive?

a)

$4.12

b)

$4.16

c)

$6.12

d)

$4.01

108.

Haley had $5.00 when she went to the grocery store. If she brought 1 bag of chips, what is the most expensive item she can buy with the money she has left?

a)

bag of chips

b)

$2.05

c)

bag of plates

d)

bag of cups

109.

Ellie bought a sweater for $22.75 and a pair of pants for $18.89. How much money did Ellie spend?

a)

$40.54

b)

$40.64

c)

$41.54

d)

$41.64

110.

Paisley earns $6 each time she walks her neighbor's dog. She also earns $10 each time she dog sits. How much money would Paisley earn for 5 walks and dog-sitting twice?

a)

$62

b)

$50

c)

$42

d)

$40

111.

Rosa had $7.42. She bought a magazine for $4.85. How much money does Rosa have left?

a)

$2.57

b)

$2.67

c)

$3.57

d)

$3.67

112.

Sanjay bought 4 pencils and a pen. The pencils cost $0.75 each and the pen cost $1.79. How much money did Sanjay spend?

a)

$2.54

b)

$4.79

c)

$5.54

d)

$7.91