Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the missing number?
5 + 6 = 6 + 
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2.
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Karen is reading a book that is
17 pages long. She has read 8 pages of the book. How many pages does she have left to
read?
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What number sentence is
shown?
a. | 5 + 7 =
12 | b. | 12 – 5 =
7 | c. | 12 – 7 =
5 | d. | 19 – 7 =
12 |
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4.
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Use mental math to solve. The
table below shows the number of students who are learning to play each of the instruments listed.
How many students are learning to play the flute and the piano?
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What is one way you could find
the sum of 32 + 55 using mental math?
a. | 30 + 50 and 2 +
5 | c. | 20 + 40 and 2 +
5 | b. | 30 + 40 and 2 +
10 | d. | 20 + 50 and 10 +
5 |
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A train left the terminal with
89 passengers. At the first stop, 54 passengers got off the train, and no passengers got on the
train. How many passengers were left on the train? Use mental math to solve.
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7.
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Round 79 to the nearest
ten.
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8.
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Round 849 to the nearest
hundred.
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9.
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Elsa’s class is studying
different kinds of trees. They need 1,000 leaves for a project. They collected 497 leaves last week
and 409 leaves this week. What is the best estimate for the number of leaves they have collected so
far?
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Willy read 29 pages of a book
on Saturday and 32 pages of a book on Sunday. Which is the best estimate of the total number of pages
he read on the two days?
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Tim is asking 259 students if
they want to wear a uniform to school. He questioned 128 students. Which number sentence will best
help him estimate how many students he has NOT questioned?
a. | 260 – 130 =
130 | c. | 250 – 100 =
150 | b. | 300 – 100 = 200 | d. | 300 – 130 = 170 |
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Estimate. Which two numbers
have a difference of about 400?
a. | 741 and
395 | c. | 516 and
112 | b. | 523 and 204 | d. | 611 and 285 |
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13.
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Find the value for
n that makes the equation
true.
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14.
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Bill collected 9 fewer baseball
cards than Roger. Bill collected 11 cards. How many cards did Roger collect?
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It takes Kathy 39 minutes to
walk to her grandmother’s house. If she has been walking for 27 minutes, how many minutes does
she have left to walk? Check that your answer is reasonable.
a. | 66
minutes | b. | 22
minutes | c. | 12
minutes | d. | 2
minutes |
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Joel needed to collect 25
shells for his science project. He has collected 18 shells. How many shells does he have left to
collect? Check that your answer is reasonable.
a. | 7
shells | b. | 43
shells | c. | 13
shells | d. | 9
shells |
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What is the missing number?
4 + 8 =  +
4
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Use mental math to solve. The
table below shows the number of students who are familiar with the stories listed. How many students
are familiar with “Jack and the Bean Stalk” and “The Turtle and the
Hare”?
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What is one way you could find
the sum of 52 + 36 using mental math?
a. | 50 + 30 and 2 +
6 | c. | 40 + 20 and 2 +
6 | b. | 50 + 20 and 2 +
10 | d. | 40 + 30 and 10 +
6 |
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Parker’s class is
studying nutrition. They need 1,000 food labels for a project. They collected 289 labels last week
and 506 labels this week. What is the best estimate for the number of labels they have collected so
far?
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In a school storage room, there
are 298 math workbooks and 346 vocabulary workbooks. Which number sentence shows the best way to
estimate the total number of workbooks using compatible numbers?
a. | 300 + 350 =
650 | b. | 300 + 400 = 700 | c. | 290 + 300 = 590 | d. | 200 + 350 = 550 |
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Mr. Sanders works 39 hours each
week. So far this week, he has worked 11 hours. Which number sentence shows the best way to estimate
how many more hours Mr. Sanders will work this week?
a. | 30 – 10 =
20 | b. | 40 – 10 =
30 | c. | 40 – 20 =
20 | d. | 40 – 30 =
10 |
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23.
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Find the value for
n that makes the equation
true.
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Mark delivered 12 newspapers.
Theresa delivered 3 more newspapers than Mark. How many newspapers did they deliver all together?
Check that your answer is reasonable.
a. | 21
papers | b. | 24
papers | c. | 15
papers | d. | 27
papers |
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25.
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Tony is baking a loaf of bread
for 45 minutes. The bread has been in the oven for 27 minutes. How many minutes are left for the
bread to bake? Check that your answer is reasonable.
a. | 18
minutes | b. | 28
minutes | c. | 22
minutes | d. | 12
minutes |
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