Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
Grand Canyon National Park has an area of approximately 1,217,403 acres. What is this number in
expanded form? a. | 1,000,000 +
2,000,000 + 10,000 + 7,000 + 400 + 3 | b. | 10,000,000 + 2,000,000 + 10,000 + 7,000 + 400 +
3 | c. | 10,000,000 +
200,000 + 10,000 + 7,000 + 400 + 3 | d. | 1,000,000 + 200,000 + 10,000 + 7,000 + 400 +
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A
middle school held a raffle to raise money for new percussion instruments for the orchestra. Isabel
drew ticket number 292,704, Sara drew ticket number 296,491, Barbara drew ticket number 292,677, and
Celia drew ticket number 293,549. Whose ticket had the largest number? a. | Barbara | b. | Celia | c. | Isabel | d. | Sara | | | | | | | | |
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In a
competition, Tyler received a score of 2.750 and Mark received a score of 2.740. Bradley received a
score between Tyler and Mark’s scores. Which of the following scores could be Bradley’s
score? a. | 2.749 | b. | 0.748 | c. | 2.758 | d. | 2.737 | | | | | | | | |
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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 “Raising Monsters” 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. | 12,680,000 | b. | 126,800 | c. | 1,268,000 | d. | 126,800,000 | | | | | | | | |
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Miriam asked 100 of her classmates for their favorite flavor of milk shake. The
following graph shows her results. How many people said their favorite flavor was either banana or
vanilla?
a. | 30
people | b. | 40
people | c. | 45
people | d. | 55
people | | | | | | | | |
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Mr.
Hurt’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 Nita do than
Reggie?
NUMBER OF SIT-UPS | Student | Number of Sit-ups | Ching-yu | 429 | Nita | 406 | Reggie | 368 | Sonia | 332 | | |
a. | 48
sit-ups | c. | 39
sit-ups | b. | 43 sit-ups | d. | 38 sit-ups | | | | |
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The
number 5.527 has been graphed on the number line below. What is this number rounded to the nearest
tenth?
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Three
singers were standing in line. Leslie was standing behind Saburo, and Saburo and Nestor 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: Nestor, Saburo, Leslie – Saburo and Nestor are next to each
other.
Try: Nestor, Leslie, Saburo – Leslie is not behind
Saburo.
Try: Saburo, Leslie, Nestor – correct
What is the name of this method? a. | Make a
table. | c. | Try, check, and
revise. | b. | Look for a pattern. | d. | Solve a simpler problem. | | | | |
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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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Ana
Maria is doing a report on the Civil War. She wants to buy a book about the Battle of Gettysburg that
costs $8.94 and a book about President Abraham Lincoln that costs $15.69. What is the total cost of
the two books?
a. | $2.46 | b. | $24.63 | c. | $24.67 | d. | $246.30 | | | | | | | | |
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Rachel is buying two posters. One poster costs $5.63 and the second costs $10.52. How
much more does the second cost than the first? a. | $0.49 | b. | $4.89 | c. | $5.38 | d. | $16.15 | | | | | | | | |
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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 Christy and Marta together work than Brenda?
HOURS
WORKED
To solve this problem, a student did the following calculation. Is the
work shown is correct? Why or why not?
30 + 25 =
55
55 – 20 = 35
Christy and Marta together worked 35 hours more than
Brenda. a. | Yes, the work is
correct. | b. | No, the student did not finish answering the
question. | c. | No, the student's work does not match the information in the
graph. | d. | No, the answer does not make sense. | | |
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In
the number 5,163,098,427, which digit is in the millions place?
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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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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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Which
decimal is equivalent to 0.70?
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Besides our sun, the star that is closest to the Earth 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
miles | c. | 240,792,500
miles | b. | 24,792.5 miles | d. | 24,792,500,000,000 miles | | | | |
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A
microscope shows an object 100 times its size. If an object measures 0.4 millimeters long, how many
millimeters long will it appear when you look in the microscope?
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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? a. | 10 boys and
girls | c. | 40 boys and
girls | b. | 30 boys and girls | d. | 60 boys and girls | | | | |
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Paul
earned $505 one week and $245 the next week. How much more did he earn the first
week?
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Which
number line shows how to round 31,745 to the nearest hundred?
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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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Which
number rounds to 30.86 when rounded to the nearest hundredth? a. | 30.9 | c. | 30.865 | b. | 30.85 | d. | 30.861 | | | | |
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Which
difference is about 10? a. | 42.5 – 16.8 | c. | 70.9 – 58.7 | b. | 33.2 –
28.4 | d. | 65.7 –
65.6 | | | | |
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In a
one year, the Coolest Computer Company earned about $70,000,000, while the Valley Video Games Company
earned about $38,500,000. How much more did Coolest earn than Valley that year? 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
airports | c. | 16,137
airports | b. | 47,370 airports | d. | 16,568 airports | | | | |
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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
cars | c. | 3,238,444
cars | b. | 420,581
cars | d. | 2,817,863
cars | | | | |
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Which
of the following is the sum of 5.206 and 47.85? a. | 99.91 | c. | 53.056 | b. | 43.056 | d. | 9.991 | | | | |
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Which
of the following has a difference of 8.703? a. | 8.425 – 0.278 | c. | 10.624 – 1.921 | b. | 16.42 –
8.717 | d. | 30 –
22.297 | | | | |
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30.
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Darlene had a daughter named Bonnie when she was 26 years old. Bonnie celebrated her
40th birthday in the year 2003. In what year was Darlene born?
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