10. FIFTH GRADE QUESTION # 1
Chef Dennis needs 12 pieces
of fruit to make 3 glasses of
juice. How many pieces of
fruit does he need to make 10
glasses of juice?
12. SIXTH GRADE QUESTION # 1
Mrs. Powers multiplied a number by 2
and got 60 as her answer. However
she was supposed to divide the number
by 2 to find the correct answer. What
is the correct answer?
14. SEVENTH GRADE QUESTION # 1
Once upon a time, Roger’s age
was three times Rose’s age.
Persaud was six years older than
Rose. Roger and Persaud are
twins. How old was Rose?
16. EIGHTH GRADE QUESTION # 1
It cost Dr. Juhel $200,000 to build a house.
He sold it to Mrs. Wong at a 10% profit.
Later Mrs. Wong sold it to Mrs. Lyons at a
10% loss. What is the positive difference
between the amount Mrs. Wong bought the
house for and the amount Mrs. Wong sold
the house for?
28. SIXTH GRADE QUESTION # 2
A square and a triangle
have equal perimeters.
The lengths of the three
sides of the triangle are
6.1 cm, 8.2 cm, and 9.7
cm. What is the area of
the square?
30. SEVENTH GRADE QUESTION # 2
Mr. Hall opened a new bag of jelly beans
and ate three-fourths of the jelly beans in the
bag. Then Ms. Solosky ate two-thirds of the
remaining jelly beans. Finally, Mr. Parker ate
the ten jelly beans that were left. How many
jelly beans were in the unopened bag of jelly
beans?
32. EIGHTH GRADE QUESTION # 2
Mrs. Wisnewski counts by 20, Mrs.
Gulbransen counts by 55 and Mrs. Thomas
counts by 60. What is the smallest number
that the three of them will meet?
44. SIXTH GRADE QUESTION # 3
Betty Buckley scored either a
100 or a 90 on each of her 5
math tests. The average of her
math tests was 98. On how
many tests did Betty score a
90?
46. SEVENTH GRADE QUESTION # 3
Mrs. Jenne scored 29 points in the basketball
playoff game. She made a combination of 2-
point baskets and 3-point baskets during the
game. If Mrs. Jenne made a total of 11 baskets,
how many 3-point baskets did she make?
48. EIGHTH GRADE QUESTION # 3
In a certain year, the 8th
graders wanted to
decorate their hallway, and the students
wanted to collect the money to fund the
decorating. If every student gave $1.50, then
the class would be 95¢ short. If every
student gave $1.60, then the class would
have $1.15 left over. How many students
were in the 8th
grade that year?
58. FIFTH GRADE QUESTION # 4
Mrs. Uhr walked halfway from her
house to Buckley. Then she
decided to run the rest of the way.
She ran 3 times as fast as she
walked. It took Mrs. Uhr 6 minutes
to walk half way to Buckley. How
many minutes did it take her to get
from home to Buckley?
60. SIXTH GRADE QUESTION # 4
Big Al, the ape, ate 100
bananas in 5 days. Each day
he ate 6 more bananas than
on the previous day. How
many bananas did Big Al eat
on the fifth day?
62. SEVENTH GRADE QUESTION # 4
The 10 leaves of Mrs. Sipley’s 20-page book are
numbered 1 through 20. The first and last leaves
are ripped out. What is the sum of the remaining
pages?
64. EIGHTH GRADE QUESTION # 4
Ms. Chieng visited Japan and the currency used
in Japan is Yen. She bought 325 stamps for 729
Yen each, 225 cups for 729 Yen each and 729
bowls for 450 Yen each. How many Yen did Ms.
Chieng spend?
