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Sheet # 855


1. Which number goes in the missing area to make this number sentence true?

6 + (1 + 5) = (4 + __ ) + 5

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6



2. Complete this pattern: 121, 133, 146, ______, ______.

A. 157, 168

B. 160, 175

C. 159, 172

D. 158, 169



3. In the following expression, if y = 4, then what is x?

x + y = y

A. x = 0

B. x = 1

C. x = 2

D. x = 3



4. Juan is 7 years older than Maria. In 4 years he will be twice as old as Maria. How old are they now?

A. Juan = 10, Maria = 3

B. Juan = 14, Maria = 7

C. Juan = 7, Maria = 14

D. Juan = 3, Maria = 10



5. What two numbers come next in the sequence?

5, 10, 7, 12, 9, 14, _____, _____

A. 16, 12

B. 3, 5

C. 14, 9

D. 11, 16



6. Chris cuts grass for spending money. This week he earned $18 on Tuesday, $15 on Wednesday, and $12 on Thursday. His lawn mower blade needed sharpening, so he spent $14 on that. Choose the correct answer to show the way find out how much money he now has.

A. n = (18 + 15 + 12) – 14

B. n = (18 + 15 + 12) + 14

C. n = (18 + 15 + 12) x 14

D. n = 18 (15 + 12) + 14



7. There are 168 cookies for 42 campers. What happens to the number of cookies per camper if 14 more campers arrive today and no more cookies are baked?

A. The number of cookies per person stays the same.

B. The number of cookies per person increases by 1.

C. The number of cookies per person decreases by 1.

D. The number of cookies per person decreases by 2.


8. If this block pattern continues for three more rows, what will be the total number of blocks?


A. 18 blocks

B. 30 blocks

C. 36 blocks

D. 54 blocks


9. What two letters come next in this pattern?

A a a B b b A a __ __

A. a b

B. b b

C. a B

D. b a


10. Mark is half as old as his brother. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is Mark?

A. 10 years old

B. 7 years old

C. 14 years old

D. 11 years old



11. The table below shows what happens when I drop a number into my “magic function machine.” It shows the number that goes in and the number that comes out after the magic has been applied. What is happening inside the machine?


A. multiply by 5 then add 2

B. multiply by 4, then add 4

C. multiply by 6

D. multiply by 5, then subtract 1


12. Emily was making a fruit drink in a blender. She put in three more strawberries than cherries and two more cherries than peaches. She put in four peaches. How many pieces of fruit went into the blender?

A. 9 pieces of fruit

B. 14 pieces of fruit

C. 19 pieces of fruit

D. There is not enough information to answer this question.


13. There are eighteen cubes in a bag. Some are purple, and some are green. There are two times more green than purple. How many green cubes are in the bag?

A. 10 green cubes

B. 12 green cubes

C. 14 green cubes

D. 16 green cubes


14. Julio and Jason are setting up water stations for the bike race this weekend. The first station will be 2 miles from the start of the race. The second station will be 3.25 miles from the start. The third station will be 4.5 miles from the start. The remaining stations will continue this pattern. How far will the sixth station be from the start of the race?

A. 8.25 miles

B. 7.0 miles

C. 10.5 miles

D. 9.25 miles



15. Jasmine shopped for supplies for the picnic. She bought 2 boxes of napkins for $3.44 each and some tablecloths for $2.88 each. Altogether, she spent $18.40. How many tablecloths did she buy?

A. 4 tablecloths

B. 5 tablecloths

C. 6 tablecloths

D. 7 tablecloths



16. I am thinking of a number. If I double the number and then subtract 4, my answer is 10. What is the mystery number?

A. 5

B. 6

C. 7

D. 8



17. AJ stayed home from school with the flu. At 7:00 a.m. he had a temperature of 100.2°. By 8:00 a.m., it had risen 0.2°, and it continued to rise by that amount each hour for the next 7 hours. What was his temperature by 3:00 p.m.?

A. 101.2°

B. 101.6°

C. 101.8°

D. 102.0°