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1) Bart is buying a special comic book. It costs $6.77. If he pays with a $10.00, which combination of money is the correct change?

A. three $1 bills, two dimes, three pennies

B. three $1 bills, one quarter, one nickel, three pennies

C. three $1 bills, two quarters, one dime, four pennies

D. two $1 bills, two dimes, one nickel, two pennies

E. two $1 bills, two quarters, two nickels, three pennies


2.) Monica and Rachel are hanging a strip of wallpaper border in the kitchen.

What is the perimeter of the kitchen?

A. 30 ft.

B. 40 ft.

C. 50 ft.

D. 60 ft.

E. 70 ft.


3.) The wallpaper border is sold in 5-yard rolls . How many rolls of wallpaper will Monica and Rachel have to buy to decorate the perimeter of the kitchen?

A. 2 rolls

B. 4 rolls

C. 8 rolls

D. 12 rolls

E. 20 rolls


4.) Lisa is organizing her closet. The top shelf is 1 meter long. If Lisa's saxophone case takes up 57 centimeters, how much room will be left on the shelf?

A. 100 cm

B. 65 cm

C. 53 cm

D. 47 cm

E. 43 cm


5.) What is the most reasonable unit for measuring a pitcher of kool-aid?

A. gram

B. milliliter

C. liter

D. pound

E. centimeter


6.) Dennis has an insect collection. His largest insect is 2.5 centimeters long. How many millimeters is that?

A. 250 mm

B. 25 mm

C. 100 mm

D. 10 mm

E. 0.25 mm


7.) Allison bought sunglasses for $4.79, sandals for $3.99, and a book for $2.59. Which of the following is a correct change combination if she gives the sales clerk a twenty-dollar bill?

A. three $1 bills two quarters, one dime, three pennies

B. one $10 bill, three $1 bills two quarters, one dime, three pennies

C. one $5 bill, two $1 bills two quarters, two dimes, one nickel,
one penny

D. one $5 bill, three $1 bills one quarter, one dime, two pennies

E. one $5 bill, three $1 bills two quarters, one dime, three pennies


8.) Cam started building his model car at 11:35 am. He finished at 1:45 pm. How much time did he spend working on the car?

A. 2 hours 15 minutes

B. 2 hours 10 minutes

C. 1 hour 15 minutes

D. 1 hour 10 minutes

E. 1 hour 40 minutes


9.) Bayside School is installing some new playground equipment. The bottom base of the slide is 6 feet 5 inches tall. The platform part is 4 feet 9 inches tall. How tall will the slide be altogether when the platform is set on top of the base?

A. 11 feet 2 inches

B. 10 feet 4 inches

C. 11 feet 4 inches

D. 10 feet 2 inches

E. 11 feet 0 inches


Use your answer from problem 9 to work problem 10.

10.) The principal decided to add a lookout tower to the top of the slide. Now the whole slide, including the base, platform, and lookout tower, is 14 feet 0 inches. How tall is the lookout tower alone?

A. 3 feet 2 inches

B. 2 feet 8 inches

C. 3 feet 8 inches

D. 2 feet 10 inches

E. 3 feet 10 inches


11.) Madeline started her homework at 7:15 p.m. She worked on math for 35 minutes and social studies for 45 minutes. What time was it when she finished?

A. 8:20 p.m.

B. 8:30 p.m.

C. 8:35 p.m.

D. 8:15 p.m.

E. 7:55 p.m.


12.) If Maggie can walk 500 meters in 10 minutes, how long will it take her to walk 1 kilometer?

A. 2 minutes

B. 50 minutes

C. 20 minutes

D. 15 minutes

E. 5 minutes


13.) An empty can weighs 80 grams. When Ernie puts 5 marbles in it, the can and marbles together weigh 155 grams. How much does each marble weigh?

A. 15 grams

B. 5 grams

C. 75 grams

D. 235 grams

E. 47 grams


14.) Grace is putting new carpet in her living room. How many square feet of carpeting will she need?

A. 28 square feet

B. 36 square feet

C. 64 square feet

D. 24 square feet

E. 80 square feet


15.) Sarah is putting her paperback books in a box. Each book takes about 2 centimeters of space. If the box is 1/2 meter wide, how many books will fit inside it?

A 20 books

B. 25 books

C. 50 books

D. 75 books

E. 100 books