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100

Simplify: 1,248 ÷ 24 + 7

59

100

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A farmer sold 125 baskets of apples for $28 each. What was the total amount earned?

125×28

100

Last month Jim drove his car for 2,718 miles. That brought the cars total mileage to 87,416 miles. What was the car's total mileage before last month? 

A. 84,698

B. 85,302

C. 89,124

D. 90,134

A. 84,698

100

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Mia buys 5 packs of markers. Each pack has 12 markers. She gives 8 to her friend. Write an equation to find how many she has left.

5 x 12 - 8

200

Which expression has the same value as 12+3×(8−5)?
A. (12+3)×(8−5)
B. 12+(3×3)
C. 12×3−5
D. 12+3×8−5

B. 12+(3×3)

200

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A bakery sold 342 cakes on Saturday and 468 on Sunday. If each cake costs $15, how much money was collected in total?

(342 + 468) x 15

200

A factory produces 648 toys each day. How many toys are produced in 17 days?

11,016

200

Simplify: 

200 − ( 25 × 4 ) + 36 ÷ 6

106

300

Identify the first incorrect step if a student solved:
85 -[ 4 + 3 x ( 2 x 5)]
Step 1: 85 - [ 4 + 3 x 10 ]
Step 2: 85 - [ 7 x 10 ]
Step 3: 85 - 70 

Step 4: 5


 Step 2: Because 3 x 10 should be simplified before adding 4

300

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A town library has 420 chairs. During an event, 8 groups of 36 people each use the chairs. How many chairs remain?

420−(8×36)

300

Tickets for a school event were sold for $18 each. A total of $4,554 was collected from these ticket sales.

How many tickets were sold at this event?

A. 253

B. 254

C. 268

D. 230

A. 253

300

The table shows the population of 4 cities in California.

CityPopulation

Los Angeles: 3,889,456

Fresno: 545,329

Anaheim: 352,187

San Diego:   ?

The population of San Diego is 1,204,600 less than Los Angeles.
What is the combined population of all 4 cities?

A. 7,991,572
B. 6,991,828
C. 6,987,572
D. 7,471,828

D. 7,471,828

400

Simplify:

90−18+[4+(12−10)×5]

86

400

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A café has 48 laptops. It lends 4 laptops every hour for 6 hours, and 12 laptops are returned at the end of the day.  

48−(4×6)+12

400

A 900-page book is read by Sofia. She reads 245 pages the first week, 278 pages the second week, and 192 pages the third week. How many pages remain?

185

400

Carlos added the product of 146 and 32 to the product of 214 and 59.
What is this sum?

A. 15,250
B. 19,842
C. 17,654
D. 20,314

 

C. 17,654

500
  1. Which expression does not equal 24?
    A. 6×(2+2)6
    B. 30−(3×2)
    C. 12+12
    D. 100÷5−4

D. 100÷5−4

500

Which equation models: “Maria had 60 pencils, gave away 12 to each of her 4 friends, then bought 25 more”?
A. 60−12+4+25
B. 60−(12×4)+25
C. 60+(12×4)−25
D. 60−12−4+25

B. 60−(12×4)+25

500

The population of City A is 1,250,600. City B has 210,350 fewer people than City A. What is the total population of both cities?

2,290,850

500

The school library has 48 tablets available for students to borrow.

  • The library lends out 5 tablets each hour for the first 4 hours.

  • The library lends out 3 tablets each hour for the next 2 hours.

  • At the end of the day, 10 tablets are returned.

Which equation represents the number of tablets, ttt, the library has at the end of the day?

A. t=48−(5+4)−(3+2)+10
B. t=48−(5×4)−(3×2)+10
C. t=48−(5×4)−(3×2)−10
D. t=48−(5+4)−(3+2)−10

B. t=48−(5×4)−(3×2)+10