Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Sally
went to a baseball card show. The show had 349,978 baseball cards divided evenly among 53 vendors.
Which is the best estimate of how many baseball cards are at each vendor?
A | 700 baseball
cards | C | 70,000 baseball
cards | B | 7,000 baseball cards | D | 700,000 baseball cards | | | | |
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What
would be the best method to solve the following problem?
There are
331,202 tulips in a garden divided evenly into 99 sections. How many tulips are in each
section?
A | Use mental
math. | C | Use place-value
blocks. | B | Use paper-and-pencil. | D | Use a calculator. | | | | |
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The
workers at a tree farm are getting ready to plant seedlings in 80 rows. How many balsam fir trees
need to be planted in each row?
Type of Tree | Number to Plant | Black
spruce | 400 | Longleaf pine | 1,500 | Red
spruce | 600 | Balsam fir | 2,400 | | |
A | 5 balsam fir
trees | C | 19 balsam fir
trees | B | 30 balsam fir trees | D | 300 balsam fir trees | | | | |
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The
Pacific Golden Plover nests in Alaska during the summer and then makes a 3,000-mile migration to
Hawaii for the winter. Flying non-stop, these birds only take 50 hours to complete the journey. How
far are they flying each hour during the trip? A | 6 miles | C | 600 miles | B | 60
miles | D | 6,000
miles | | | | |
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The
first Summer Olympics was held in 1896 and had 211 competitors. The 2000 Summer Olympic games had
10,651 competitors. About how many times more competitors were there in 2000 than when the games were
first held?
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Moshe
and Samuel were picking apples together and filled a total of 18 baskets. Samuel filled two more
baskets than Moshe. How many baskets did Moshe fill? A | 8
baskets | C | 10
baskets | B | 9 baskets | D | 11 baskets | | | | |
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To
earn money for their school’s music program, Debra and Lieu sold magazine subscriptions. Lieu
sold 8 more subscriptions than Debra. Together they sold 42 subscriptions. How many subscriptions did
Lieu sell? A | 34
subscriptions | C | 17
subscriptions | B | 8 subscriptions | D | 25 subscriptions | | | | |
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During a bike-a-thon, Pedro and Tom rode a total of 65 miles. Tom rode 7 fewer miles
than Pedro. How many miles did Pedro ride? A | 29 miles | C | 36 miles | B | 58
miles | D | 25
miles | | | | |
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At
the beginning of the school year, 238 children signed up for intramural soccer. Each team must have
at least 12 players. What is the greatest number of teams that can be formed? A | 17
teams | C | 19
teams | B | 18 teams | D | 20 teams | | | | |
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During a 50-km race, bottles of water are given out evenly to 67 bikers at checkpoints
along the route. If 312 bottles of water were purchased, how many bottles will be left
over? A | 24
bottles | C | 44
bottles | B | 12 bottles | D | 65 bottles | | | | |
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Mrs.
O’Connor is traveling to Chicago. If she drives 64 miles each hour, how many hours, to the
nearest whole hour, will it take her to reach Chicago?
Destination | miles | Chicago | 821 | Denver | 1,809 | Salt Lake
City | 2,201 | Los
Angeles | 2,824 | | |
A | 12
hours | C | 8
hours | B | 53 hours | D | 13 hours | | | | |
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A
company has decided to spend $8,190 on advertising. They will split the money evenly between 18
different radio stations. How much will they spend for advertising with each
station?
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A
basketball arena can seat 9,072 people. The seats are located in 24 different sections, with the same
number of seats in each section. How many people can be seated in one section? A | 378
people | C | 309
people | B | 336 people | D | 298 people | | | | |
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A
company makes basketballs and ships them out in cases of 12. One day they had mechanical problems and
had to shut down after making 3,187 balls. How many cases would they be able to ship out at the end
of that day? A | 264
cases | C | 266
cases | B | 265 cases | D | 267 cases | | | | |
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Which
of the following would be the best method to solve this problem?
There are 2,350 advertising leaflets to be distributed at a shopping
mall by 10 people. How many will each person distribute? A | Use place-value
blocks. | C | Use a
calculator. | B | Use paper-and-pencil. | D | Use mental math. | | | | |
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The
population of the black rhinoceros in the wild decreased dramatically during the years between 1970
and 1995. The number of black rhinos in 1970 was about how many times greater than the number in
1995?
Black Rhinoceros | Year | Population | 1970 | 65,000 | 1995 | 2,400 | | |
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The
students in Ms. Huan’s class found a painting to buy their teacher. It costs $216. How much
money should each of the 24 students contribute to pay for the painting?
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The
Western Redfooted Kestrel migrates from Eastern Europe to Southern Africa. If this type of bird flies
3,762 miles in 18 days, how many miles has the bird flown each day? A | 29
miles | C | 209
miles | B | 290 miles | D | 2,900 miles | | | | |
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Yuma
is trying to earn enough money to buy a new mountain bike that costs $972. He wants to earn the money
in 9 weeks so he will have the bike in time for a week-long trip he has planned. How much money must
he earn each week to be able to buy the bike in time for the trip?
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Mr.
Brada bought 3 bags of apples for $2.40 each and 1 bag of oranges for $3.10. If he paid with a $20
bill, what change should he receive? A | $10.30 | C | $14.50 | B | $9.70 | D | $7.20 | | | | |
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Gabriella earned $172 doing summer jobs in her neighborhood. Mr. Sobek paid her $40 to
care for his pets while he was on vacation, and Mrs. Albertson paid her $12 for trimming a hedge. She
earned the remaining amount by mowing Mr. Wheeler’s lawn 8 times. How much did she earn each
time she mowed Mr. Wheeler’s lawn?
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A
race consisted of running 5 km and then biking 4 laps around a mountainous course. If the total
length of the race was 29 km, what was the length of one lap around the bike course?
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On a
microscope, reducing the power by 10 means that an object will appear 10 times smaller. If the
current size of an object being viewed is represented by c, then c ÷ 10 gives the
size of an object after reducing the power by 10. For an object that is currently viewed as 2.3 mm
across, find c ÷ 10, which will be the size if the power is reduced by
10. A | 0.023
mm | C | 2.3
mm | B | 0.23
mm | D | 23
mm | | | | |
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A
100-year old tree is 84 ft tall. If the tree grew at an even rate, how much did it grow each
year? A | 0.84
ft | C | 84
ft | B | 8.4
ft | D | 840
ft | | | | |
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A
farmer harvested 5,846.5 bushels of wheat from a 100-acre field. How many bushels were harvested from
one acre? A | 5.8465
bushels | C | 584.65
bushels | B | 58.465 bushels | D | 584,650 bushels | | | | |
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The
parent advisory council held an art auction and raised $1,845 to buy additional art supplies for each
of the 10 classrooms in their school. How much money did each class receive for
supplies? A | $18.45 | C | $1,845.00 | B | $184.50 | D | $18,450.00 | | | | |
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A
40-pound box of apples costs $27.60. What is the cost for each pound? A | $0.69 | C | $1.45 | B | $6.90 | D | $12.40 | | | | |
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Mrs.
Monson bought a new refrigerator for $551.40. Instead of paying the whole amount at that time, she is
going to pay part of the bill each month for 12 months. If she pays the same amount each month, what
is that amount? A | $55.14 | C | $45.95 | B | $6,616.80 | D | $539.40 | | | | |
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Josiah ran 14 miles in 173.6 minutes. If he ran at a constant speed, how many minutes
did it take him to run each mile? A | 0.08 minutes | C | 10.9 minutes | B | 12.4
minutes | D | 33.6
minutes | | | | |
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Grilled salmon weighing 5.75 lb will be split equally into 23 servings. How much will
each serving weigh? A | 0.25 lb | C | 2.45 lb | B | 0.202
lb | D | 0.65
lb | | | | |
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