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• Read each question carefully and think about the answer before choosing your response.
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1 Which number is the same as two hundred seven ?
A 27
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3 Dolores bought an apple for $0.52. Which set of coins shows $0.52 ?
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4 There are 143 trees in a park. What is 143 rounded to the nearest 10 ?
F 100
G 140
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5 Lee wrote the number sentence below.
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What number belongs in the box to make the number sentence correct ?
A 66
B 40
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Use your ruler to help you solve this problem.
Ms. Sanchez has the three keys shown below.
How many inches long is the longest key?
F 1
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H 3
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7 A number is missing from the pattern below.
25, 50, 75, 100, , 150, 175
What is the missing number from the pattern ?
A 101
B 105
C 125
D 140
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How many inches long is the picture of the comb shown below ?
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9 Which shape is a hexagon ?
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10 Sarah writes the number pattern below.
15, 20, 25, 30, 35,
How would Sarah find the next number in the pattern ?
F add 5 to 35
G subtract 5 from 35
H multiply 35 by 5
J divide 35 by 5
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11 Dan bought the two boxes of paper clips shown below.
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375 pap er clips
What is the total number of paper clips in the two boxes ?
A 440
B 450
C 540
D 550
12 Students in Sophie’s class made 721 paper flowers. They gave 413 paper flowers to another class. How many paper flowers did Sophie’s class have left ?
F 208
G 308
H 312
J 318
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13 Ali wants to give 27 baseball cards to 3 of his friends. He gives the same number of baseball cards to each friend. How many baseball cards does Ali give to each friend ?
A 3
B 7
C 8
D 9
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14 Beth bought two of the stickers shown below. She spent about 60¢ in all.
13¢ 21¢ 38¢
What are the prices of the two stickers Beth bought ?
F 13¢ and 38¢
G 21¢ and 29¢
H 21¢ and 38¢
J 29¢ and 38¢
29¢
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15 Anna drew the butterflies shown below.
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16 Val writes the number sentence below.
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Which number belongs in the box to make the number sentence correct ?
F 428
G 438
H 439
J 449
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17 By how much would the value of 23 change if the digit 2 were replaced by the digit 6 ?
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B 6
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D 60
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19 On Saturday, it started snowing at 12:30. Which clock shows the time it started snowing ?
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20 Which number is the same as 1 thousand ?
F 1 hundred
G 10 ones
H 10 hundreds
J 100 ones
21 Mandy has 4 rows of tomato plants in her garden. There are 8 plants in each row. What is the total number of tomato plants in Mandy’s garden ?
A 12
B 28
C 32
D 36
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22 Darnell painted 1 of his door gray. Which picture could be Darnell’s door ?
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23 Which unit of measure is best for measuring the length of a toothbrush ?
A foot
B yard
C inch
D pound
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24 What is the shape of the basketball shown below ?
F cone
G cube
H prism
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25 Rachel and her friends swam laps in a pool. The bar graph below shows the number of laps each friend swam.
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How many more laps did Jorge swim than Rachel ?
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B 4
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D 8
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