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Sheet # 804


1. There are 3 brown eggs and 9 white eggs in the basket. What is the ratio of white eggs to brown eggs?

A. 12:9

B. 12:3

C. 3:9

D. 9:3


2. There are four times as many boys as girls at the park. Which of the following statements could be true?

A. There are 32 boys and 16 girls.

B. There are 40 boys and 30 girls.

C. There are 45 boys and 15 girls.

D. There are 48 boys and 12 girls.


3. If it takes 20 minutes to walk 12 blocks how long will it take to walk 36 blocks?

A. 32 minutes

B. 56 minutes

C. 60 minutes

D. 80 minutes


4. There are 25 students in the fifth grade. If 3/5 of the students are girls, how many boys are in the class?

A. 10

B. 12

C. 13

D. 15


5. In a survey 7 out of 8 students chose pizza as a favorite food. If 96 students were surveyed how many chose pizza?

A. 82

B. 84

C. 86

D. 88


6. There were 12 rabbits and 8 chickens. What is the ratio of chicken legs to rabbit legs?

A. 8:12

B. 12:8

C. 3:1

D. 16:48


7. If cookies are 6 for $1.80 how much would you expect to pay for 15 cookies?

A. $2.70

B. $3.60

C. $3.75

D. $4.50


8. Shop Rite stores sells 3 candy bars for $0.99. Smart Shoppers sells the same kind of candy at the price of 4 for $1.56. You plan to buy 12 candy bars. How much can you save if you get the lower price?

A. $0.57

B. $0.72

C. $1.71

D. $2.28


9. Ben answered 8 out of 10 questions correct on the review assignment. If there are 30 questions on the test, how many questions will he need to answer correctly to have the same success?

A. 8

B. 16

C. 24

D. 28


10. Mrs. King plans to serve punch at the piano recital. Her recipe calls for 1/ 2 a bottle of gingerale for every 1 can of fruit punch mix. How many bottles of gingerale will Mrs. King need if she uses 8 cans of fruit punch mix?

A. 2

B. 4

C. 8

D. 16


11. Sara's teacher has a jar of hard candy on her desk. In the jar, there are 18 pieces of red candy, 12 pieces of green candy, and 6 pieces of orange candy.What is the probability of Sara pulling out an orange piece of candy from her teacher's jar?

A. 1/ 2

B. 1/ 5

C. 1/ 6

D. 6/ 1


12. What is the ratio of vowels to consonants in the word , "MATHEMATICS"?

A. 4/7

B. 4/11

C. 7/4

D. 7/11


13. Ray is planning a trip from Champaign-Urbana to Chicago. On the state map, he sees the scale is 1 inch equals about 12 miles. He measures the straight-line distance between cities and sees it measures about 10 ½ inches. How many miles will he travel on this trip?

A. 1.5

B. 22.5

C. 100

D. 126