Read the Directions:
* Type your answers in the boxes provided. You will need scratch paper and a pencil to do your computations.
* Don't worry about using dollar signs ($) in your answers that deal with money.
* In your answers that deal with money, make sure to use a decimal (.) to separate dollars from cents! If the answer has dollars and zero cents, for example: (47.00), make sure to include the decimal and zeroes.
* If one of the answers deals with thousands, make sure to include a comma to separate the place value from the hundreds place. For example: (23,467).
Grade 1
1.) Dan has 5 yellow cars. He also has 3 red cars. How many cars does he have in all?
cars
2.) There are 9 birds in a tree. Five fly away. How many birds are left?
birds
Grade 2
3.) Carl had 5 dimes in his pocket. He had 3 dimes in his hand. He gave Mary 2 dimes. How many dimes does he have left?
dimes
4.) Amy Read 25 minutes each day. She has read 14 minutes. How many more minutes does she need to read?
minutes
Grade 3
5.) Sue has $25.00 She wants to buy a shirt that costs $14.00 and a gift that costs $15.00. How much more money does she need to buy the shirt and gift?
6.) Tony had $17.00. He bought 3 baseball cards that cost $4.00 each. How much money did he have left?
Grade 4
7.) Maria bought 3 T-shirts for $900 each. Then she bought a hairbrush for $4.50. She had $2.50 left. How much money did she have before she went shopping?
8.) The class was divided into 4 teams. Each team had 5 players. The remaining class members - Ty, Keesha, and Sam - served as scorekeepers. How many students wer in the class?
Grade 5
9.) It takes 40 minutes to get ready for school. One-half of this time is needed for eating breakfast. One-fourth of this time is needed for dressing. How many minutes are left for other things?
10.) Tom bought 3 pairs of socks and a shirt. The total cost was $21.00. The socks cost $2.50 for each pair. How much did the
shirt cost?
Grade 6
11.) Juan paid $25.75 on a loan. Then he borrowed $12.00. He now owes $19.80.
How much did he owe before making the payment and borrowing the $12.00?
12.) Nikki spent one-half of her money for a shirt. Then she spent one-half of what she had left on a gift. She has $7.00 left. How much money did she spend?
Grade 7
13.) Jan wants to swim 1 day each week for 8 weeks. She can buy a season pass for $24.50 or pay $3.75 each time she swims. How much will she save by buying the season pass?
14.) Each of 1,500 homes has at least 1 phone. One-half of the 1,500 homes have only 1 phone. Two-fifths have 2 phones. How many of the 1,500 homes have 3 or more phones?
homes
Grade 8
15.) Carl paid $1,500 cash as a down payment for his car. He now has to make payments of $424.50 for 36 months. How much will his car cost him?
16.) If your dinner costs $11.60 and the restaurant adds a tip of 15%, what will the total cost be?
