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  • There are 6 horses in a field. Each horse has a horseshoe on each foot. How many horseshoes do the horses have in all?
    24 horseshoes
  • Write the equivalent fraction.
    6/10
  • Name two equivalent fractions shown on the number.
    1/3 & 2/6 or 2/3 & 4/6
  • Hudson and Ivy have some stuffed animals. Hudson has 8 dogs, 11 cats, and 2 monkeys. Ivy has 12 monkeys and 8 elephants. Who had more stuffed animals?
    Hudson
  • A, B, D
  • A blue jacket has a price tag that says $84. A sign above the rack says: SALE TODAY All Jackets $45 off. What is the price of the blue jacket?
    $39
  • Kobe played 16 games of basketball in 5 days. He scored 35 points in each game. How many points did he score each day?
    112
  • Write the fraction for the shaded part?
    2/7
  • Samantha had thirty-two almonds and twenty-four cashews in her lunch. She shared 22 of the nuts with five of her friends. How many nuts did she have left for herself?
    34
  • First game ... 25 > 21
  • Addison collects coins from the United States and Canada. She has 8 Canadian coins in her collection. She has four times as many U.S. coins. How many coins are in Addison’s collection?
    40 Coins
  • Write the fraction for the shaded part?
    5/11
  • Hannah picked out 33 roses and twenty-one tulips for a large flower arrangement. When she was done, she had used only thirty-eight of the flowers. How many flowers did she have left over?
    16
  • Matthew wants to put a mirror and 4 posters on his bedroom walls. The mirror costs $20, and the posters are $8 each. How much will Matthew spend in all?
    4 x $8 = $32 ... $32 + $20 = $50 in all
  • C, E
  • A teacher has a total of 2 pencils and 6 markers in his desk. The teacher buys 9 packages of new markers. If each package has 4 markers, how many markers does the teacher now have in all?
    9 x 4 = 36 ... 36 + 6 = 42 markers total
  • B, D, E
  • Martin, Wyatt, and Adeyla were having a contest to see who could throw a softball the farthest.
    30 Feet
  • B, D
  • C
  • There are 720 cars in a parking lot. The table below shows the colors of the cars in the lot. How many red cars are in the parking lot?
    36 Red Cars
  • Find the fraction that is represented by the length marked on the number line.
    3/4
  • Ms. Frizzle’s classroom has 5 tables, with 4 seats at each table. Miss Liz’s classroom has 7 tables, with 3 seats at each table. How many seats do Ms. Frizzle and Miss Liz have in all?
    41 seats
  • C
  • A, D, E
  • Vanessa, Carl, and Brook are celebrating their birthdays. Vanessa is 27 years old. Carl is 14 years younger than Vanessa. Brooke is 2 years older than Carl. How old is Brooke?
    15 Years Old
  • Identify the missing fraction on the number lines.
    2/4
  • Mr. Haley bought a total of 36 pictures. There pictures are sold in packages. Each package came with 4 small pictures, 3 medium pictures, and 2 large pictures. How many packages did he buy?
    4 packages (9 pictures in each package - 36 / 9 = 4)
  • B, C, E
  • Dennis made three dozen picnic tables. He painted 13 of them red, 15 blue, and the rest yellow. How many picnic tables did Dennis paint yellow?
    8 Picnic Tables
  • Identify the missing fraction on the number lines.
    2/3
  • Gabriella drove 347 miles on Wednesday. After 3 days, she had driven 639 miles. How many miles did Gabriella drive on Thursday and Friday?
    639 - 347 = 292 miles
  • There were 64 penguins at the zoo. Then 18 baby penguins were born. Then 14 penguins were sent away to another zoo. How many penguins does the zoo have now?
    68 penguins
  • It takes Andre 26 min. to walk from his house to the library. He stays at the library for 45 min. His mother then drives him home, which takes 15 min. How many more minutes does Andre spend at the library than traveling to/from the library?
    26 + 15 = 41 ... 45 - 41 = 4 minutes more
  • Megan and sophie needed sheets of paper for decorations. They had a total of 3 packages to share between them. Each package had 480 sheets. How many sheets did each get?
    720
  • Violet bakes 7 dozen cookies. She ate 2 cookies. She gave 2 dozen cookies to her brother. She gave 9 cookies to her mother. How many cookies did Violet have left?
    49 Cookies
  • Madison made brownies for the 8 classes in school. She had 26 boxes to make and each box made 64 brownies. How many brownies will each class get if they share them equally?
    208
  • Write the fraction for the shaded part?
    4/6
  • The new school bought 18 boxes of pencils for 6 classes. If each box had 54 pencils, how many pencils will each class get?
    162
  • 1/4 < 1/2
  • Mrs. Simpson asked each of her students to vote for their favorite sport. The graph below shows how students voted. But, on the day of this survey, five students were absent from class. How many total students are in Mrs. Simpsons class?
    31 students
  • There are 30 cars in a parking lot.How many red cars are in the parking lot?
    3 red cars
  • How many grocery bags did Karen use?
    12 bags with 4 oranges in each
  • Elena has 5 boxes of donuts. Each box has 10 donuts in it. She gives one box to her bus driver. She gives two boxes to her principal. She takes the rest to her classroom to share with her class. How many donuts does she have left to share?
    20 donuts
  • 2/3 > 2/6
  • 28 + 36 = 63 ... 25 + 12 = 37 ... 63 - 37 = 26 points
  • How many students have birthday in June?
    20
  • Tom had 8 boxes of candy. Each box contained 96 bars. He wants to share them equally between him and his 3 friends. How many bars will each person get.
    192
  • Who recieved the maximum number of votes?
    Shane
  • A, B, D
  • Jen is going to the fair with 8 of her friends. She has 36 tickets from her last visit and buys 27 more tickets during this visit. If she splits her tickets evenly between herself and her friends, how many tickets will each person receive?
    36 + 27 = 63 ... 63 ÷ 9 = 7 tickets per person
  • Macy and Boone each have a garden with bean plants. Macy’s garden has 4 rows of bean plants, with 4 plants in each row. Boone’s garden has 3 rows of bean plants with 5 in each row. How many bean plants do Macy and Boone have altogether?
    31 bean plants
  • Ella and her five friends made bracelets for each other. They bought 35 kits with 72 items in each kit. If they distribute the items equally, how many items does each friend get?
    420
  • A, C, E
  • How many students like orange?
    4
  • Write the fraction for the shaded part?
    2/5
  • Emily has 7 photos on one page of an album. She has 3 photos on each of the other 9 pages. How many photos are in Emily’s album?
    34
  • There are 8 vases. Each vase has 3 white flowers and 3 orange flowers in it. What is the total number of flowers in all of the vases?
    48 Flowers
  • Write the fraction for the shaded part?
    2/8
  • Mark, Tommy, Brandon and Taylor have pokemon cards. Together they bought 8 boxes of cards. Each box contains 250 cards. How many cards will the boys get if they share them equally?
    500
  • Is this True or False?
    True
  • There are 127 students at Maple School. 68 are boys. How many students are girls?
    59 girls
  • What is the total number of votes as per the information represented by the following bar graph
    124
  • Nancy has 6 company parties next week. She has to make tacos for the party next week. She plans on making 3 types of tacos. Each batch will be 450 tacos. How many tacos will be at the parties?
    225
  • Huan works at a pizza restaurant. In the morning, he made 23 pizzas to sell. At noon, he had 5 pizzas left. How many pizzas did he sell?
    18 pizzas
  • The 4th grade classes need glue for their project. The principal bought 17 boxes with 32 sticks in each box. If she gives an even number to the 4 classes, how many sticks will each class get?
    136
  • C
  • Which flowers are greater in number?
    Purple
  • Taylor bought 4 packs of football cards. Each pack had 5 cards in it. When he got home he gave 5 to his brother. How many cards does he have left?
    15 cards
  • Write the equivalent fraction.
    6/8
  • Which fraction names point J on the number line?
    4/4
  • A store sells bags of beads. Each bag has 23 red beads and 17 blue beads. A teacher buys 7 bags of beads. How many total beads did the teacher buy?
    7 bags x 40 beads in each = 280 beads
  • Lionel has 2 dogs. Every day, he gives 3 biscuits to each dog. How many biscuits will he give his dogs on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday?
    18 Biscuits
  • Which letter represent this fraction?
    C
  • A
  • There were 64 penguins at the zoo. Then 18 baby penguins were born. Then 14 penguins were sent away to another zoo. How many penguins does the zoo have now?
    68 Penguins
  • Hunter was selling chocolate candy for his baseball teams fundraiser. He was given 3 boxes to sell with 5 different kind of chocolate. Each box contained 350 chocolates to sell. How many chocolates were for each type of chocolate he had?
    210
  • Miss Becker baked a dozen chocolate chip cookies. She also made 10 sugar cookies. Miss Becker ate 1 cookie and her son ate 2 cookies. How many cookies does Miss Becker have now?
    19 cookies
  • A, D, E
  • Oscar has a dime, a nickel, and a penny. Isaac has 2 quarters, a nickel, and 3 pennies. How much more money does Isaac have than Oscar?
    $0.42
  • Summer needed string to tie balloons for her party. She had a total of 7 rolls and each roll contained 250 feet of string. She wanted to place the balloons in 5 different locations of the party. How many balloons are in each section?
    350
  • Hadley buys 7 boxes of markers with 8 in each box. Delaney buys 6 boxes of markers with 12 markers in each box. How many markers did Hadley and Delaney buy in all?
    128 Markers
  • C
  • 45 + 30 + 10 = t ... t = 85 feet
  • Chris has to make 7 batches of cookies for his 4th grade classes. There are 5 classes in the 4th grade. If each batch makes 35 cookies, how many cookies will each class get?
    49
  • Write the fraction for the shaded part?
    10/12
  • 36 + 51 + 42 = 129 ... 129 - 103 = 26 milk cartons
  • 427 - 352 = 75
  • The snack booth at a baseball game sold 128 drinks on Wednesday, 354 drinks on Tuesday, and 391 drinks on Friday. What was the total number of drinks sold, rounded to the nearest hundred?
    800
    700
    600
    900
  • There are 7 boats bringing cars to be sold. 250 cars are on each boat. These cars will be placed equally on 5 lots to sell. How many cars will each lot have?
    350
  • 3/8
  • 2 ... 90 ... 560
  • Vanessa, Carl, and Brook are celebrating their birthdays. Vanessa is 27 years old. Carl is 14 years younger than Vanessa. Brooke is 2 years older than Carl. How old is Brooke?
    15 years old
  • Oscar has a dime, a nickel, and a penny. Isaac has 2 quarters, a nickel, and 3 pennies. How much more money does Isaac have than Oscar?
    42¢
  • B
  • B
  • Write the equivalent fraction.
    3/9
  • D
  • Find the fraction that is represented by the length marked on the number line.
    5/6
  • Emilio and his 7 friends all collect baseball cards. They bought 24 new packages with 57 cards in each package. If all the kids share equally, how many cards can each kid get?
    171
  • Ken draws a rectangle with an area of 35 square inches. The width of the rectangle is 5 inches. What is the length, in inches, of Ken's rectangle?
    5 x ? = 35 ... 35 ÷ 5 = 7 inches
  • There are 350 paper clips in Mrs. Johnson’s desk drawer. She gives 120 paper clips to Mrs. Kendra. She also gives 180 paper clips to Mr. Wilson. How many paper clips does Mrs. Johnson have left?
    50 paper clips
  • Marco played his new Xbox game where he got 275 points for each level. He completed 6 levels in 3 hours. How many points did he get each hour?
    550
  • Samuel has 5 parties to decorate this weekend. He bought 6 packages of balloons for the party. Each package contains 300 balloons. How many balloons will each party get?
    360