Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What
is the value of 8 in 7,508,020,360? a. | 8 billion | b. | 8 million | c. | 80 million | d. | 800 billion | | | | | | | | |
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The
Big Cypress National Preserve has an area of approximately 720,566 acres. What is this number in
expanded form? a. | 700,000 + 20,000
+ 500 + 60 + 6 | b. | 700,000 + 7,000,000 + 500 + 60 + 6 | c. | 10,000,000 +
7,000,000 + 500 + 60 + 6 | d. | 10,000,000 + 20,000 + 500 + 60 + 6 | | |
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The
following table shows the years in which some popular works by Ludwig Van Beethoven were composed.
The works are listed in alphabetical order. According to this table, which of these works was
composed first?
BEETHOVEN’S COMPOSITIONS | Composition | Year | 9th Symphony | 1824 | Fidelio | 1804 | Pastoral | 1807 | Moonlight Sonata | 1801 | Piano Sonata in E flat | 1796 | | |
a. | Piano Sonata in
E flat | c. | Fidelio | b. | 9th Symphony | d. | Pastoral | | | | |
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A
middle school held a raffle to raise money for a new building. Maria drew ticket number 289,550,
Ester drew ticket number 296,653, Norma drew ticket number 300,585, and Mei-ling drew ticket number
290,916. Whose ticket had the largest number? a. | Ester | b. | Mei-ling | c. | Norma | d. | Maria | | | | | | | | |
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The
following table shows the movies with the highest attendance in one weekend. The total is in
thousands. What is the total attendance of “The Master” in standard
form?
HIGHEST MOVIE ATTENDANCE | Movie | Total
Attendance in Thousands | The Book of Knowledge | 1,318 | The Master | 1,313 | Raising Monsters | 1,268 | Sam and Ginger | 1,256 | Finding Lupe | 1,226 | | |
a. | 13,130,000 | b. | 131,300 | c. | 1,313,000 | d. | 131,300,000 | | | | | | | | |
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6.
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How
many tens are there in 7,000?
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What
are the key details and facts needed to solve this problem?
Mrs. Templeton
gave her students points for class participation throughout the year. Yu-lan received 340 points,
Erin received 387 points, and Jeff received 335 points. How many total points did Jeff and Erin
receive? a. | Jeff received
387 points and Erin received 340 points. | b. | Jeff received 335 points and Erin received 387
points. | c. | Jeff received 335 points and Yu-lan received 340
points. | d. | Yu-lan received 340 points and Erin received 387
points. | | |
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Manuel asked 100 of his classmates for their favorite flavor of milk shake. The
following graph shows his results. How many people said their favorite flavor was either chocolate or
pineapple?
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Wallace, Nicolas, and Luanne are each reading a different book of poetry.
Wallace’s book has 37 poems, Nicolas’s book has 263 poems, and Luanne’s book has 256
poems. What is the total number of poems in the three books?
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Mr.
Diaz’s class had a competition to see which student could do the most sit-ups. The following
table shows the results of the top four students. How many more sit-ups did Ching-yu do than
Nita?
NUMBER OF SIT-UPS | Student | Number of Sit-ups | Ching-yu | 385 | Reggie | 356 | Nita | 316 | Kim | 296 | | |
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Norma
bought a dictionary that contains 5,000,117 words. What is this number rounded to the nearest ten
thousand? a. | 500,000 | b. | 5,000,000 | c. | 10,000,000 | d. | 50,000,000 | | | | | | | | |
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In
1909, Miss May’s Muffins had 316 employees. Twenty years later, in 1929, the company had 790
employees. What is the difference between the number of employees the company had in 1929 and
1909? a. | about
400 | b. | about
500 | c. | about
600 | d. | about
700 | | | | | | | | |
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Three
singers were standing in line. Monica was standing behind Corey, and Corey and Ricky were not
standing directly next to each other. In what order where the singers
standing?
To solve this problem, a student used the following
method.
Try: Ricky, Corey, Monica – Corey and Ricky are next to each
other.
Try: Ricky, Monica, Corey – Monica is not behind
Corey.
Try: Corey, Monica, Ricky – correct
What is the name of this method? a. | Look for a
pattern. | c. | Write an
equation. | b. | Solve a simpler problem. | d. | Try, check, and revise. | | | | |
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Hector has 62 marbles in a can. If there are 9 black marbles in the can, how many
marbles are NOT black? Hector drew a picture to solve the problem.
How many marbles are NOT black?
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Central School is having a reading contest. The first month the students in fifth
grade read 3,462 pages. They read 4,057 pages the second month and 4,311 pages the third month. How
many pages did the fifth-grade students read in all?
a. | 8,230 | b. | 823 | c. | 11,830 | d. | 117,130 | | | | | | | | |
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Mrs.
Burrows flew 3,509 miles for business trips in one year. The following year she flew
10,347 miles. How many more miles did she fly in the second year than in the
first? a. | 7,242
miles | b. | 6,838
miles | c. | 6,242
miles | d. | 6,848
miles | | | | | | | | |
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The
following graph shows the amount of hours three employees worked last week for a company. How many
more hours did Jorge and Christy together work than Oscar?
HOURS
WORKED
To solve this problem, a student did the following calculation. Is the
work shown is correct? Why or why not?
25 + 30 =
55
Jorge and Christy together worked 55 hours more than
Oscar. a. | No, the student
used the incorrect operation. | b. | No, the answer does not make sense. | c. | Yes, the work is
correct. | d. | No, the student did not finish answering the
question. | | |
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In
the number 5,163,098,427, which digit is in the millions place?
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In
2003 the U.S. government was about four hundred fifty billion dollars in debt. What is this number in
standard form? a. | 50,000,400 | c. | 50,000,000,400 | b. | 450,000,000 | d. | 450,000,000,000 | | | | |
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Which
number is 10,000,000 less than 586,579,859,715? a. | 586,569,859,715 | c. | 586,589,859,715 | b. | 586,579,849,715 | d. | 576,579,859,715 | | | | |
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Which
sea has the greatest area?
Sea | Area in Square
Miles | Bering Sea | 876,000 | Caribbean
Sea | 1,063,000 | Mediterranean
Sea | 967,000 | South China
Sea | 1,149,000 | | |
a. | Bering
Sea | c. | Mediterranean
Sea | b. | Caribbean
Sea | d. | South China
Sea | | | | |
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The
following table shows the first cities in the United States to have subway systems. In which year did
the first subway system in the United States open?
City | Year
Opened | Boston | 1901 | Chicago | 1892 | New York | 1904 | Philadelphia | 1907 | | |
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Which
of the following numbers is greater than 896,052? a. | 869,052 | c. | 896,025 | b. | 896,051 | d. | 896,125 | | | | |
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The
Earth’s nearest star, besides the Sun, is Proxima Centauri. Its distance to Earth is 24,792,500
million miles. How many miles is Proxima Centauri from Earth? a. | 24,792,500 | c. | 240,792,500 | b. | 24,792.5 | d. | 24,792,500,000 | | | | |
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What
number is the same as 45 hundreds? a. | 45 | c. | 4,500 | b. | 450 | d. | 45,0000 | | | | |
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Which
diagram correctly shows the main idea for solving the following problem?
In their professional tennis careers, Steffi Graf won 22 grand slam
singles titles and Martina Navratilova won 18. How many more grand slam singles titles did Graf win
than Navratilova?
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Which
problem can be solved with the following key facts and details?
Bob planted 10 rows of vegetables in his garden. He planted carrots,
onions, potatoes, pumpkins, and beans. a. | How many rows of beans did Bob plant in his
garden? | b. | Did Bob plant more carrots or more pumpkins in his
garden? | c. | What is the shape of Bob’s
garden? | d. | How many different types of vegetables did Bob plant in his
garden? | | |
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Charlotte’s class has twice as many boys as girls. There are 20 boys in the
class. How many boys and girls are in Charlotte’s class?
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The
following table lists the four top medal-winning countries at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. How
many medals did these four countries win?
Country | Medals
Won | Germany | 35 | United
States | 34 | Norway | 24 | Canada | 17 | | |
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To
add 40 + 75 + 25, Crystal first added 75 and 25. Which method of mental math did Crystal
use? a. | Commutative
Property of Addition | c. | compatible
numbers | b. | Associative Property of
Addition | d. | compensation | | | | |
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In
the year 2000, there were about 168,840,000 computers in the U.S. What is this number rounded to the
nearest million? a. | 200,000,000 | c. | 169,000,000 | b. | 170,000,000 | d. | 168,800,000 | | | | |
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The
four fifth-grade classes at Morning Star School have 25, 23, 27, and 26 students. About how many
fifth-grade students are at Morning Star School?
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School T-shirts are available in red or black, and in sizes small, medium, or large.
How many different choices are there for school T-shirts?
To solve this problem, Brooke wrote the
following.
red
small | red medium | red
large | black small | black
medium | black large | | | |
What strategy did Brooke use? a. | Make an
organized list | c. | Work
backward | b. | Try, check, and revise | d. | Write an equation | | | | |
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Which
problem can be solved by finding the next number in the following pattern?
1, 2, 4, 8,
_____ a. | On Monday Jill
decided to plan a party. On Tuesday she invited two friends. On Wednesday she invited two more
friends. On Thursday she invited two more friends. On Friday she invited two more friends. How many
friends were invited on Friday? | b. | On Monday Jill decided to plan a party. On Tuesday she invited
two friends. On Wednesday she invited two more friends. On Thursday she invited two more friends. On
Friday she invited two more friends. How many friends were invited to the
party? | c. | On Monday Jill decided to plan a party. On Tuesday she invited
two friends. On Wednesday each of those friends invited two other friends. On Thursday each of those
friends invited two other friends. On Friday each of those friends invited two other friends. How
many friends were invited on Friday? | d. | On Monday Jill decided to plan a party. On Tuesday she invited
two friends. On Wednesday each of those friends invited two other friends. On Thursday each of those
friends invited two other friends. On Friday each of those friends invited two other friends. How
many friends were invited to the party? | | |
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Ron
spent $5 to get into the fair, $10 on ride tickets, and $2 on lemonade. He had $3 left in his pocket.
Work backward to figure out how much money Ron had in his pocket before he went to the
fair.
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In
the year 2000 The Beatles earned about $70,000,000, and Britney Spears earned about $38,500,000. How
much more did The Beatles earn in 2000 than Britney Spears? a. | $31,500,000 | c. | $42,500,000 | b. | $108,500,000 | d. | $32,500,000 | | | | |
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The
following table gives the countries with the most airports. How many airports are there in the United
States, Mexico, and Canada?
Country | Number of
Airports | United States | 14,720 | Brazil | 3,264 | Russia | 2,743 | Mexico | 1,848 | Canada | 1,417 | | |
a. | 17,985 | c. | 16,137 | b. | 47,370 | d. | 16,568 | | | | |
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The
following table gives the number of cars produced in 2001 by the top three countries. How many more
cars were produced in 2001 in Japan than in Germany?
Country | Car Production
in 2001 | Japan | 8,117,563 | Germany | 5,299,700 | United
States | 4,879,119 | | |
a. | 12,996,682 | c. | 3,238,444 | b. | 420,581 | d. | 2,817,863 | | | | |
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The
following table gives the first five books in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in
order, and the number of pages in each book. How many more pages does the fifth book have than the
first book?
Title | Number of
Pages | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone | 309 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets | 341 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban | 435 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire | 734 | Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix | 870 | | |
To solve this problem, Scott subtracted: 734 –
309 = 425. Then he wrote the answer: It has 425 more pages.
What is wrong with Scott’s solution? a. | Scott used the
wrong operation, subtraction. | b. | Scott’s answer of 425 pages is not
reasonable. | c. | Scott did not calculate 734 – 309
correctly. | d. | Scott used the wrong information. | | |
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