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100

Mrs. Z wants to take her 8 students from her ESY class on a field trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. If each student  ticket costs $30, and Mrs. Z had budgeted $ 225 for the cost of the trip, does she have enough money? 

No, 8 times $30= $240, $225 is less than $240, so Mrs. Z does not have enough money for the field trip

100

Jhony wakes up at 8:00 am and wants to play Roblox on his tablet for 45 minutes before ESY begins at 9:45 am. Jhony also has to eat breakfast and get showered and dressed for the day which takes 45 minutes all together. Will Jhony have enough time to play Roblox for 45 minutes before ESY? 

Yes! 

100

The table shows the numbers of puzzle pieces in four puzzles. Derek put together the two puzzles that had the greatest numbers of pieces. 

Which two puzzles did Derek put together? What is the total number of pieces in these two puzzles?

A 961 

B 900 

C 861 

D 971

D 971

100

What is the answer to an addition problem called? 

a sum

100

Scott has 28 toy cars to put on 4 shelves. He wants to put the same number of cars on each shelf. How many toy cars should Scott put on each shelf?

A 32, because 4 + 28 = 32 

B 112, because 28 × 4 = 112 

C 7, because 4 × 7 = 28 

D 24, because 28 - 24 = 4 

200

Ms. Sim has $12 and she wants to buy some fruit and vegetables at the Giant food store. She would like to buy 3 mangoes and 2 containers of strawberries, along with one bag of salad for $1.99. If mangoes cost $.99 each and each container of strawberries sells for  $2.50 , will Ms. Sim will have enough money? 

Yes! 

How much will Ms. Sim's fruit and vegetables cost altogether? 


200

Jamie would like to make dog treats for his dog, CeCe. The recipe says it takes 15 minutes prep work and 20 minutes to bake the treats. If Jamie starts making the treats at 8:00 pm, when will he be finished? 

8:35 PM 

200

Erika’s goal is to practice playing her guitar for 300 minutes this week.

 • On Sunday she practiced for 117 minutes. 

• On Tuesday she practiced for 58 minutes.

How many more minutes does Erika need to practice in order to meet her goal?

125 minutes

200

What is the answer to a subtraction problem called? 

The difference

200

Thomas put a ham in the oven at 4:45 P.M. After 15 minutes he put a cake in the oven. The ham and the cake were in the oven together for 60 minutes. Then Thomas took them both out of the oven. 

At what time did Thomas take both the ham and cake out of the oven? 

A 5:45 P.M. 

B 6:30 P.M. 

C 5:15 P.M. 

D 6:00 P.M.

D. 6:00 PM 

300

Ryan would like a new headset for his Xbox. The one he wants costs $49.99. If Ryan saves $5 per week, how many weeks will it take him until he has enough money to buy the new headset? 

5 weeks


300

Daniel is going spear fishing with friends at 4:15 PM. His Dad tells him to be home by 6:00 PM. How much time does Daniel have to spend spear fishing if he comes home on time?  

1 hour and 45 minutes

300

An art teacher had 736 crayons. 

• She threw away 197 broken crayons. 

• Then she bought 150 more crayons. 

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

A    736 -197 - 150 = 

B    736 - 197 + 150 =

C     736 + 197 + 150 = 

D     736 + 197 ? 150 =

B 736-197 + 150 =

300

In the fraction 4/5, what is the name we use for the number 4, or the top number of a fraction? 

The numerator

300

There are two different vegetables in a garden.

 • There are 5 rows that have 8 carrot plants in each row.

 • There are 72 spinach plants.

 How many vegetable plants are there in the garden? 

A 152 

B 88 

C 112

D 122

C 112

400

Jaheim would like to get a new baseball bat. The bat that he likes costs $ 99.99. Jaheim wants to earn the money to pay for the bat by doing chores such as vacuuming and laundry. If Jaheim makes $20 every week for doing the chores, will he have enough money to buy the bat in 4 weeks? 

No, 4 x 20= $80, which is less than $99.99

400

Michael wants to watch the game show "The Wall" at 9:00 PM, but first he wants to out to get ice cream.  It will take Michael and his family approximately 50 minutes to drive to the ice cream shop, order and eat their ice cream and return home. What time should Michael leave for the ice cream trip if he wants to be sure to be home in time to watch his show? 

8:10 pm at the latest

400

Rita had two boxes of ribbons.

 • She had 37 large ribbons in the first box.

 • She had 56 small ribbons in the second box.

 • She gave 28 of the large ribbons to her sister. 

Which number sentence can be used to find the number of ribbons Rita had left in the two boxes? 

F 56 + 28 + 37 = 

G 37 - 28 + 56 = 

H 37 + 28 - 56 = 

J 56 + 28 - 37 =

G 37 - 28 + 56 =

400

In the fraction 2/3, what do we call the bottom number of the fraction, or in this case, the number 3? 

the denominator


400

A triangle has a perimeter of 18 units. Each side of this triangle is the same length. What is the length of one side of the triangle in units? 

F 3 units 

G 6 units 

H 19 units 

J 54 units

G 6 units

500

Josh and his brother Zachary went to Dairy Queen to get some ice cream. Their Mom and Dad gave them  $10 to spend. If Josh orders a large Blizzard that costs $4.69 and Zachary orders a chocolate coated waffle cone for $4.36, will they have enough money? 

Yes, we can estimate to quickly find out if we have enough money. In this case we would round $4.69 to $5, and $4.36 to $4, for a total of $9 

500

Conner is saving up to buy a new lego set which costs $45. If Conner saves $5 per week, how many weeks will it take him to be able to buy his new Lego set? 

9 weeks

500

A classroom currently contains 6 rows of chairs with 5 chairs per row. On parents’ night the classroom had twice as many chairs. 

Which number sentence can be used to find the number of chairs in the classroom on parents’ night?

B 6x5x2= 


500

What property of multiplication means that a x b equals the same as b x a? 

The Commutative Property, the order of the factors does not change the product 



500

Kevin and his two brothers ate a bowl of grapes. There were 27 grapes in the bowl. Each boy ate the same number of grapes. What is the number of grapes each boy ate?

A 54 

B 81 

C 7 

D 9

D 9