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Section 1:

Choose one answer for each of the multiple questions below - Numbers - Questions 1 to 12

1. Louise is creating a 1-foot long comic strip. If she has marked 0.5 on her paper, what should she do to find 1 foot?

Subtract 0.5Add 0.2Multiply 0.5Add 0.5

2. Christopher rode his bike 3.15 miles on Friday and then 4.2 miles on Saturday. How many more miles did Christopher bike on Saturday than on Friday?

1.501.151.057.35

3. In 2012, the average rainfall for the month of May was 6.21 inches. In 2013, the average rainfall in the month of May was 4.67 inches. How much more rain was recorded in May 2012 than in May 2013?

1.64 inches2.54 inches2.46 inches1.54 inches

4. Angel bought 0.89 pound of strawberries and 1.50 pounds of cake batter so she could make a strawberry shortcake. How much did the strawberries and cake batter weigh in all?

0.61 pound2.49 pounds2.39 pounds1.39 pounds

5. Harmony and Milik decided to have a race at the school track. Harmony's time was 57.48 seconds. Milik's time was 48.7 seconds. How much faster was Milik than Harmony?

8.78 seconds8.59 seconds8.69 seconds9.69 seconds

6. Rebecca spent 4 hours working on a typing project for the print shop. Her boss agreed to pay her $5 for each of the first 10 pages and $1 for each of the remaining pages. Rebecca typed 18 pages. What information below is NOT needed to calculate the amount Rebecca will be paid?

4 hours18 pages$5 for each of the first 10 pages$1 for each remaining page

7. Palace, Sabrina, and Leon want to buy a pizza that costs $9.95. Palace has $4.25, Sabrina has $2.00, and Leon has $3.75. Do they have enough money to buy the pizza?

Who has the most money?Does their money total more or less than $9.95?How much does their money plus the cost of the pizza equal?What is the average contribution each person is making?

8. It is summertime and the Polk family wants to fill their pool. They want to do it with as much rain water as they can. All spring, they have been filling rain barrels, each holding 200 gallons of water. How many rain barrels will it take to fill their pool?

How many rain barrels they have.How much water they will use from the hose.How many gallons of water they need to fill the pool.How many gallons of water spilled out of the barrels.

9. During September, October, November, and December, Jeff worked after school on 32 days. He worked the same number of days each month. Find the number of days Jeff worked each month.

How many days did Jeff work each month?How many days did Jeff work during October?Did Jeff work the same number of days each month?Will Jeff work for 32 days the next four months?

10. David bought a 3-ring binder for $4.49, a package of pencils for $1.19, and two packages of paper. What information is needed to find the total amount David spent before tax?

The cost of a package of paperThe cost of a package of erasersThe colour of the binderHow much money David gave the clerk

11. Which operation should be used to solve the problem?

AdditionSubtractionMultiplicationDivision

12. Which operation should be used to solve the problem?

AdditionSubtractionMultiplicationDivision

Section 2:

Choose the correct answer for each of the equations below - Questions 13 to 25

13. Which property is used in the following equation? −14×−8=−8×−14

associativedistributiveidentitycommutative

14. Which property is used in the following equation? −55 + 0 = −55

commutativeidentitydistributiveassociative

15. Which property is used in the following equation? 8+(11+−5)=(8+11)+−5

associativedistributiveidentitycommutative

16. Which property is illustrated by the following equation? 8×(3+6)=(8×3)+(8×6)

commutativedistributiveidentityassociative

17. Which property is shown below? (7 + 4) + 6 = 7 + (4 + 6)

distributive propertyassociative propertyidentity propertycommutative property

18. What operation is always used in distributive property?

additiondivisionmultiplicationsubtraction

19. Find the equivalent of a(b−c)

(a)(b)−(c)(ab)(−c)(a)(b)(c)(a)(b)−(a)(c)

20. 3 times the quantity "m" minus 7

3(m−7)3×m−73−m3×m7

21. What value of n makes this number sentence true? 60 - n = 35

95303525

22. What is the value of b in the following equation and why? b - 32 = 46

The value of b is 88 because 46 + 32 = 88The value of b is 78 because 46 + 32 = 78The value of b is 15 because 46 - 32 = 15The value of b is 14 because 46 - 32 = 14

23. Evaluate the algebraic expression for the given value of x = 5. 8 + 6x

3848-38-48

24. Use the correct order of operations to evaluate the following expression for a= 2. a + (6 x 8) - (1 x a)

-60464862

25. Mrs. Gladstone has 4 times as many quarters as Mrs. Bowling. If q represents the number of quarters that Mrs. Bowling has, which of the following expressions represents the number of quarters Mrs. Gladstone and Mrs. Bowling have altogether?

(4 x q) + q(4 + q) x q(4 + q) + q(4 x q) x q

Section 3:

Choose the correct answer for each question - Decimals, Percentages & Decimals - Questions 26 to 43

26. Before we begin to add decimal numbers, we must

remove the decimal points.line up the decimal points.move the decimal points to the left.move the decimal points to the right.

27. 1.256 + 9.2

10.45611.4569.14510.561

28. 4.6 + 5.9 + 6.38 + 7.2

23.0823.1824.0824.97

29. What percent of 60 is 45?

133.3%85%75%63.5%

30. What percent of 7.5 is 6?

8%80%12.5%125%

31. 36 is what percent of 50?

1.388%18%7%72%

32. What percent of 70 is 14?

12%20%9%None of the above

33. Select the correct decimal for the percent: 85%

85.008.50.850.085

34. 43% of what number is 4,300?

1,84910,00018,490100,000

35. Change the decimal 0.265 into a percent.

265%0.265%26.5%2.65%

36.The bowling team's scores at last week's competition were 123, 140, 155, 143, and 167. What is the median score for the team?

44155123143

37. The apartments in a building rent for the following amounts per month: $775, $550, $900, $550, $775, $800, $950, $550. What is the mode of the rents?

$400$550$731$775

38. Sally went bowling with her friends on Saturday. She bowled 5 games and her scores were 149, 183, 149, 193, and 147. About what is the mean of Sally's bowling scores?

193147149164

39. Callie records the number of minutes she practices the trumpet each day, as shown below: Sunday - 20 minutes, Monday - 30 minutes, Tuesday - 10 minutes, Wednesday - 20 minutes, Thursday - 15 minutes, Friday - 20 minutes. What is the mode for this set of data?

10152030

40. A bakery sells 30 cupcakes at $3.00 each, 12 cakes at $20.00 each, and 40 loaves of bread at $4.00 each. What is the average price of an item sold?

$5.98$9.00$18.15$80.00

41. Alex was keeping track of his grades for history throughout the quarter. His grades were: 68, 90, 88, 77, 89, 100, 77, 74, 87, 96, 77. What is Alex’s average?

7780.943283.91

42. The following are amounts of rainfall, in inches: 36, 28, 38, 28, 30, 20, 35, 94, 37, 29. Find the median of the data.

28 in30 in32.5 in29.5 in

43. Given the following amounts of rainfall, in inches: 36, 28, 38, 28, 30, 20, 35, 94, 37, 29. Find the mode of the data.

No mode28 in32.5 in94 in

Section 4:

Choose the correct answer for each question - Geometry - Questions 44 to 50

44. Two angles are _______________ angles if the sum of their measures equals 90 degrees.

supplementarycomplementaryrightstraight

45. Two angles are _________ angles if the sum of their measures are 180 degrees

supplementarycomplementaryrightstraight
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