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1. There are 4 people in each car. There are 6 cars altogether. How many people are there in all?

A. 10

B. 12

C. 18

D. 24

2. A tomato plant produces 4 tomatoes. Lisa has 5 tomato plants in her garden. How many tomatoes can she

expect to grow?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 9

D. 20

3. Mario sells 8 pencils each day from his supply of 75 pencils. When will he run out of pencils?

A. in 8 days

B. in 10 days

C. in 67 days

D. in 83 days

4. During the basketball game, Kendra scored 12 points, Tara scored 16 points, Louisa scored 24 points, and Mari

scored 7 points. What were the total points Kendra and Louisa scored?

A. 28

B. 36

C. 40

D. 59

5. Use the number sentence below to answer this question.

34 + 15 + = 90 Which number belongs in the box to make the sentence true?

A. 64

B. 56

C. 49

D. 41

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11. Gerri receives $6 each month. If she puts $2 in savings each month, how much does she save in one year?

A. $12

B. $24

C. $48

D. $72

12. Max bought 50 plants for his garden. He plans to put 8 plants in each row. How many COMPLETE ROWS of

8 can he plant?

A. 6 rows

B. 7 rows

C. 8 rows

D. 16 rows

13. Chang bought a pad of paper for $0.30, a pen for $0.80, and a ruler for $0.50. How much did Chang spend?

A. $160

B. $16

C. $1.60

D. $0.16

14. Jos had 35 stamps in his collection. He bought 42 more. How many does he now have?

A. 7

B. 35

C. 42D. 77

15. Lee delivers 63 papers a day. Which of the following represents the number of papers Lee delivers in 5 days?

A. 63 5

B. 63 5

C. 63 + 5

D. 63 5

16. Jake needs 43 Crunchy Cereal box tops to order a toy. He has saved 17 so far. How many more box tops doesJake need?

A. 23

B. 26

C. 34

D. 60

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17. Sue collects shells and keeps them in boxes. She has 3 shells in each box. Then she finds 6 more shells. How

many does she have altogether?

A. 9

B. 12

C. 18

D. You can't tell.

18. Use the chart below to answer this question.

Jennifer spent $24.00 on school supplies during the first three weeks of school. The chart shows how much she

spent in the first two weeks. How much did she spend in Week 3?

A. $ 8.00

B. $16.00

C. $18.00

D. $40.00

19. Bill and Gary prepared fliers telling about a car wash at their school. They handed out 350 fliers at the grocery

store, 250 fliers at the basketball game, and 650 at the shopping mall. How many fliers did Bill and Gary hand out?

A. 1050

B. 1150C. 1200

D. 1250

20. Mr. Ono has 20 chairs in his classroom. He wants to make sure that he has enough chairs for everyone. What else

does he need to know?

A. the number of boys he has in class

B. the number of chairs in the school building

C. the number of erasers he has in the classroom

D. the number of students in the class

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Answer Key

1. D) 24

2. D) 20

3. B) in 10 days

4. B) 36

5. D) 41

6. C) There are 7 teachers in the school.

7. C) 87

8. A) 1962 + 20 + 5

9. A) add

10. D) 4

11. B) $24

12. A) 6 rows

13. C) $1.60

14. D) 77

15. A) 63 5

16. B) 26

17. D) You can't tell.

18. A) $ 8.00

19. D) 1250

20. D) the number of students in the class

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