Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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While
baking, Pedro used these amounts of flour.
How much flour did Pedro use
altogether?
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2.
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Larry
sprinted  mile, jogged  mile, and then sprinted another  . What was
his total distance?
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3.
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Matt
has  of a box of crayons. Liz gives him an additional
 of a box. What fractional part of the box of
crayons does Matt have now?
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4.
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A
carpenter needs two boards with the lengths shown. What least common denominator could he use to add
the two lengths?
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5.
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Rachel swam  of a
kilometer. Elijah swam  of a
kilometer. What is the common denominator of  and  ?
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6.
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Luanne wants to make a loaf of banana nut bread for a picnic. She decided to use  of a cup fewer nuts than in the recipe. If the
recipe called for the amount of nuts listed below, what amount of nuts did Luanne
use?
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a. |  cup | b. | 
cup | c. | 1
cup | d. |  cups | | | | | | | | |
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7.
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This
is 1.
What is the total shaded amount in the box?
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8.
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Two
ribbons have the lengths shown. How many inches longer is the first ribbon?
| 4 inches | | 1 inches | |
a. |  inches | b. | 
inches | c. |  inches | d. | 
inches | | | | | | | | |
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9.
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What
is the best estimate of the total amount of vegetables used in the soup?
VEGETABLE SOUP
RECIPE |  cups onions |  cups green
peppers |  cups cabbage | water | spices | |
a. | 11
cups | b. | 12
cups | c. | 14
cups | d. | 16
cups | | | | | | | | |
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10.
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Tommy
needs  cups of bleach for an experiment. Tommy pours off
 cups of bleach. What is a good estimate of the
total amount of bleach left? a. | 5 cups | b. | 4 cups | c. | 3 cups | d. | 1 cup | | | | | | | | |
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11.
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Steven walked  miles from
home to the school and then  miles to
his aunt’s house. What was the total distance that Steven walked?
a. |  miles | b. | 
miles | c. |  miles | d. | 
miles | | | | | | | | |
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12.
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The
following table shows how many hours Mrs. Fields worked in her garden last week.
GARDEN WORK | Day | Hours | Monday | | Wednesday | | | |
What is the total number of hours that Mrs. Fields
worked in her garden last week? a. | 
hours | b. |  hours | c. | 
hours | d. |  hours | | | | | | | | |
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13.
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Amber
plays tennis for  hours. Gina plays tennis for  hours. How much longer does Amber play tennis than
Gina? a. |  hours | b. | 
hours | c. |  hours | d. | 
hours | | | | | | | | |
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Barry
had a piece of rope similar to that shown. He cut the rope to make one piece  inches long. What was the length of the other
piece?
| 6 inches | |
a. |  inches | b. | 
inches | c. |  inches | d. | 
inches | | | | | | | | |
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Sally
read for a total of 11 hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If she read for  hours on Saturday and  hours on Sunday, how many hours did she read on Friday? a. |  hours | b. | 
hours | c. |  hours | d. | 
hours | | | | | | | | |
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16.
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The
container is  full of recycled aluminum cans. How many inches
high are the cans in the container?
a. | 6
inches | b. | 7
inches | c. |  inches | d. | 216 inches | | | | | | | | |
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17.
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Olga
and Elias each had 80 grapes. Olga ate  of her
grapes, and Elias ate  of his
grapes. How many grapes did they eat in all? a. | 60 grapes | b. | 64 grapes | c. | 124 grapes | d. | 125 grapes | | | | | | | | |
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Rachel is painting shelves. It takes  of a can of
paint to paint each shelf. ESTIMATE the number of cans needed to paint 23
shelves.
a. | 5
cans | b. | 6
cans | c. | 23
cans | d. | 92
cans | | | | | | | | |
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19.
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What
is the product of  ´  ? You can
use the model below to help.
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20.
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The
students in a wood working class are making keepsake boxes. The design requires 9 wood strips, each
 foot long. How many feet of wood strips are needed
for one box? a. | 5
feet | b. | 6
feet | c. |  feet | d. | 18 feet | | | | | | | | |
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The
fifth grade parents’ group is making beef stir-fry for the class lunch.
They need to make 5 times the recipe shown above. What amount of
carrots will they need? a. | 
cups | c. |  cups | b. |  cups | d. | 
cups | | | | |
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Neil
rides his bicycle around the red trail in the park near his home. If he rides around the red trail
 times, how many miles does he ride in
all?
| Red Trail: 2  miles | | |
a. | 
miles | b. |  miles | c. | 
miles | d. |  miles | | | | | | | | |
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A
restaurant uses  ounce of lemon juice for each serving of lemonade.
How many servings can they make from 18 ounces of lemon juice?
a. | 35
servings | b. | 36
servings | c. | 37
servings | d. | 38
servings | | | | | | | | |
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Miriam has 12 yards of fabric. She wants to sew placemats that each take  yard of fabric. How many placemats can she
sew?
a. | 15
placemats | b. | 16
placemats | c. | 17
placemats | d. | 18
placemats | | | | | | | | |
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A
recipe calls for water and milk in the amounts shown. What operation can you use to find how much
more milk than water is needed?
| |  cup
milk |  cup water | | |
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26.
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A
recipe lists  cup of margarine for the cake and  cup of margarine for the frosting. How much
margarine is needed in all for the recipe? a. | 
cup | c. |  cups | b. |  cup | d. | 
cup | | | | |
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27.
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Catalin left home and walked  mile to her
friend’s house. When she arrived, she realized that she had dropped her hat along the way and
had to walk back  mile before she found it. When she found her hat,
how far was she from her home? a. | 
mile | c. |  mile | b. |  mile | d. | 
mile | | | | |
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28.
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Two
friends ate  of a chicken pot pie for lunch. For dinner that
night they ate  of the pie. What fractional part of the pie did
they eat in all?
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Anna
was given a bag of taffy that weighed  pound. She
gave  pound to Tom. How much did she have
left?
a. |  pound | c. | 
pound | b. | 
pound | d. |  pound | | | | |
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30.
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In
order to find the answer to 7 –
3 , which of the following steps must be
used?
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31.
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Alejandro picked 4 pounds of
apples from his grandmother’s tree on Monday and 1 pounds on
Thursday. About how many more pounds did he pick on Monday than on Thursday? a. | 4
pounds | c. | 2
pounds | b. | 3 pounds | d. | 1 pound | | | | |
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32.
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How
long does it take to drive from Minneapolis to Chicago through Green Bay?
Route | Hours to
Travel by Car | Minneapolis to Green
Bay | 5 | Green Bay to Chicago | 3 | | |
a. | 9 hours | c. | 9
hours | b. | 8
hours | d. | 9 hours | | | | |
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33.
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How
much longer does it take to drive from Minneapolis to Madison than from Minneapolis to Sioux
Falls?
Travel by Car from Minneapolis | Destination | Time in Hours | Fargo | 4 | Green Bay | 5 | Madison | 5 | Sioux Falls | 4 | | |
a. | 
hour | c. |  hour | b. |  hour | d. | 
hour | | | | |
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34.
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Anthony is using the following recipe to make cookies. He only has enough sugar to
make  of a batch. How many cups of flour will he
need?
Chocolate Chip Cookies |  cups margarine
2 cups sugar
2
eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons
baking soda
3 cups chocolate
chips | |
a. |  cups | c. | 
cup | b. |  cup | d. | 
cups | | | | |
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35.
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A
school had a recycling drive, and the results are shown in the table. Which of the following can you
use to find how much the second and third graders brought in altogether?
Class | Pounds of
Aluminum Collected | Kindergarten | 143 | Grade 1 | 118 | Grade 2 | 120 | Grade 3 | 155 | Grade 4 | 122 | | |
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