Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Problem Solving – RIT 191 – 200
What operation do the underlined words tell you to do?
Tom
has 6 less CD’s than Marty. What is the difference between the number of
CD’s Tom and Marty have?
a. | add | d. | divide | b. | subtract | e. | use a fraction | c. | multiply |
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If a movie ticket costs $5.00,
how much does it cost for 3 people to go to a
movie?
a. | $15.00 | d. | $2.00 | b. | $12.00 | e. | $23.00 | c. | $8.00 |
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Estimate.
If a student is told to return to the library in about 1 hour, and it is 10:07
A.M.,
about what time should the student return to the library?
a. | 10:30
A.M. | d. | 11:00
P.M. | b. | 11:00 A.M. | e. | 10:00 P.M. | c. | 10:00 A.M. |
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What operation should be used
to solve the following question?
Ten students will play basketball. After school, they ask 5 more
students to play
with them. How many students will play in all
a. | 15 | d. | multiplication | b. | subtraction | e. | division | c. | addition |
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What problem solving strategy
would best solve the following problem?
Sam has $2.00 in his pocket when he got home. He spent
$2.00 at the candy
store, $1.00 at the hobby shop, and found 50 on the way home. How much
money
did Sam begin with?
a. | Guess and
check | d. | Work
backwards | b. | Look for a pattern | e. | Make a model | c. | Solve a simpler problem |
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Joel needs 20 box tops to get a
video game. He has 10 box tops and a
friend is giving him 7. How many more box tops will he need
before he
can get the video game?
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Which number sentence will
correctly solve this problem?
The children ate 8 slices of a pizza. The pizza was cut into 12
slices.
How many slices were left?
a. | 12 – 8 =
4 | d. | 20 – 8 =
12 | b. | 8 + 12 =
20 | e. | 20 – 4 = 16 | c. | 8 + 4 = 12 |
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Two brothers can share the
money from selling the apples picked from
their grandmother’s apple tree. They pick 100
pounds of apples and sell
them for $.50 a pound. How much money will each brother
get?
a. | $10.00 | d. | $100.00 | b. | $25.00 | e. | $5.00 | c. | $50.00 |
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 The
table shows the number of pages students read during silent reading
time. How many students read 5
or more pages?
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Which ratio represents the
number of circles to squares?
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Trea has 11 sisters. They have
all been asked to help their
Grandmother. Their Grandmother has a list of 12 things she needs the
girls to
do. If each girl does her equal share, how many tasks will each girl
do?
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Problem Solving – RIT 201 – 210
Estimate the answer.
If there are 10 slices in a pizza, and 23
children want to order enough pizzas
so they can each have 2 slices, about how many pizzas should
they order?
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Trina went to the mall. She
bought a sweater for $15.00, a pair of shoes
for $25.00, and an ice cream cone for $2.00. How much
money did she
spend?
a. | $32.00 | d. | $47.00 | b. | $42.00 | e. | $52.00 | c. | $37.00 |
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What are the prime numbers
between 20 and 30?
a. | 27, 29 | d. | 23, 27 | b. | 21, 23 | e. | 21, 29 | c. | 29, 23 |
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 What are the 2 missing
integers ion this number line?a. | 16, 9,
1 | d. | 13,
9 | b. | 16,
13 | e. | 8, 12 | c. | 1, 9 |
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 How much more of the dog food sold is dry than
canned? a. | 40% | d. | 43% | b. | 30% | e. | 70% | c. | 33% |
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Johnny’s shoelaces are 1
foot long. Suzie’s shoelaces are 8 inches long.
How much longer are Johnny’s shoelaces
than Suzie’s?
a. | 2
inches | d. | 9
inches | b. | 4 inches | e. | 12 inches | c. | 6 inches |
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If a car is traveling 60 miles
per hour and does not change speed or make any
stops, how long will it take to go 300
miles?
a. | 5 hours | d. | 7 hours | b. | 6 hours | e. | 3 hours | c. | 4 hours |
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John has 4 coins totallying
85¢. He has only quarters and dimes. How many
dimes does John have?
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If it rains 2 inches every 30
days, how much rain would fall in 90 days?
a. | 6
inches | d. | 45
inches | b. | 30 inches | e. | 3 inches | c. | 15 inches |
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Which figure has parallel
lines?
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40 candy canes come in a box.
10 candy canes were broken. How many
candy canes were not broken?
How would you find the
answer?
a. | addition | c. | multiplication | b. | subtraction | d. | division |
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