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How many meters are in 8 kilometers?


 Answer: 8,000 meters

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Emily draws a shape on her notebook. The shape has four sides, but only one pair of parallel sides. What shape did Emily draw?


Answer: Trapezoid

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Basic Maths

Which number correctly completes the subtraction sentence?

4.5 - 2.75 = ___



Answer: 1.75

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Wendy picked a basket of apples that weighed 8,500 grams. She sold 6,200 grams of apples at the market. How much weight of apples does she have left?


Answer: 2,300 grams

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The population of New York City is  is 8,257,527. What is the population of this city rounded to the nearest ten thousand?

8,260,000

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Every Saturday morning, Tommy reads for 40 minutes, plays soccer for 55 minutes, and then rides his bike. If he starts at 9:15 a.m. and finishes all his activities at 11:10 a.m., how long does he spend riding his bike?

 Answer: 20 minutes

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Which quadrilateral has four equal sides, two pairs of parallel sides, and no right angles?




Answer: Rhombus

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What is the value of n in the equation 72 ÷ n = 9?


Answer: 8

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There are twice as many boys on a school trip as there are girls. There are 18 boys on the trip. What is the total number of boys and girls?


Answer: 27 people

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Greg broke a pencil into 3 sections measuring 3 centimeters, 7 centimeters, and 2 centimeters. How long was the pencil before it was broken apart? 





12 centimeters

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Kathy has a rectangular garden that is 18 feet wide and 25 feet long. She will plant 1 flower per square foot. Each bag contains 10 flower seeds. How many bags does she need to buy?

 Answer: 45 bags

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Draw an angle that is greater than 90° but less than 180°. What kind of angle is this?


Answer: Obtuse angle

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A plant was 10 ¼ inches tall when first measured. After two years, it grew to 18 ½ inches tall. How much did the plant grow in those two years?


Answer: 8 ¼ inches

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If this pattern continues, what will the next 3 numbers be?

4, 8, 16, 32, 64, __, __, __

Answer: 128, 256, 512

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How many acute angles are in an obtuse triangle?




2

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A school has 1,875 students in total.
562 students are in 6th grade and 637 students are in 7th grade.

The rest are in 8th grade.

 How many students are in 8th grade?


Answer: 676 students

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Which shape has two pairs of parallel sides, four equal sides, and four right angles?




Answer: Square

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There are 420 students at the science center. Each tour group can have up to 6 students. What is the smallest number of tour groups needed?


Answer: 70

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Which one of the following is larger, 6 / 12 or 3/6?  

They’re the same!

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Which symbol ( >, <, =) correctly completes the number sentence?

9 + 5 ( ___ ) 18 - 5

Answer: >

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Pablo is training for a long bike ride. He rides for 50 minutes every day for 30 days. How many total minutes does he spend riding his bike?


Answer: 1,500 minutes

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A rectangle has a width of 12 in and a width of 5 in. What is the area of the rectangle?


60 in

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A school is taking 405 students on a field trip. Each bus can hold 45 students. How many buses are needed?


Answer: 9

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Maria is making a snack mix. She needs ½ cup of peanuts, ¼ cup of raisins, and ½ cup of chocolate chips. If Maria doubles the recipe, how much of each ingredient will she need in total?

10/4

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A school library has 287 books on one shelf. What is 287 rounded to the nearest ten?


Answer: 290