1. 5th Grade Math Challenge
Ledgeview Elementary
5th Grade Math Challenge

2. Correct Answer - D Question 1:
The Town of Clarence is developing a new park that will include some tennis courts, a basketball court, a soccer field and a playground. The land for the park is 9/12 mile wide and 5/6 mile long. What is the area, in square miles, of the new park?
A) 3 2/12
B) 1 7/12
C) 14/18
D) 45/72
Correct Answer - D

3. Correct Answer - A Question 2:
What is the value of the expression below?
¼ ÷ 8
A) 1/32
B) 1/2
C) 2
D) 32
 Correct Answer - A

4. Correct Answer - D Question 3:
A box jump in a Holiday Valley terrain park in the shape of a right rectangular prism is 12 inches high. The top of the jump has an area of 260 square inches. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the box jump?
A) 60
B) 272
C) 1,380
D) 3,120
Correct Answer - D

5. Correct Answer - B Question 4:
The Fifth grade class at Ledgeview used five identical buses to go on a field trip to a Sabres game.
There were a total of 45 seats on each bus
All of the seats on four buses were filled
The fifth bus had 4/5 of the seats filled
1/9 of all the passengers on the buses were adults
How many adults went to the Sabres game with the Fifth grade class?
A) 20
B) 24
C) 25
D) 32
Correct Answer - B

6. Correct Answer - C Question 5: Review the following equations -
Equation 1: 6/ /100 = 22/100
Equation 2: 4/ /100 = 72/100
Equation 3: 7/ /100 = 27/100
Equation 4: 6/ /100 = 87/100
Which equation or equations are true?
A) equation 1 only
B) equation 2 only
C) equations 2 and 4 only
D) equations 3 and 4 only
Correct Answer - C

7. Correct Answer - B Question 6:
Mrs. Graham filled an empty shoebox with layers of unit cubes. The shoebox had a volume of 132 cubic units. Which sentence about the shoebox must be true?
A) There were 132 unit cubes in the bottom layer
B) The shoebox was filled with exactly 132 cubes
C) There were 132 unit cubes in each layer
D) The shoebox was filled with less than 132 cubes
Correct Answer B

8. Correct Answer - C Question 7:
Which equation correctly shows the relationship between the numbers 7,150 and 715?
A) 7,150 = 1,000 x ( )
B) 7,150 = 10 x ( )
C) 7,150 = 10 x ( )
D) 7,150 = 1/10 x (700 = 10 = 5)
Correct Answer C

9. Correct Answer - C Question 8:
Mr. Kuwik and his family went to a Bandits game. Tickets cost $9.75 each and a large popcorn costs $ If the family shares one large popcorn, what is the total cost of 5 tickets and a large order of popcorn?
A) $22.00
B) $48.00
C) $56.00
D) $85.00
Correct Answer C

10. Correct Answer - A Question 9:
Mrs. Balthasar wants to make 100 bookmarks with ribbons attached to them. Each bookmark requires five centimeters of ribbon. She has 2.75 meters of ribbon. Exactly how many more centimeters of ribbon does Mrs. Balthasar still need to make 100 bookmarks?
A) 225
B) 250
C) 275
D) 775
Correct Answer A

11. Correct Answer - D Question 10:
The trail leading to Mr. Floss’s favorite rock climbing spot is 3 ¼ miles long. How far does Mr. Floss walk, in feet, to get to his climbing spot and back when finished?
A) 5,280
B) 17,160
C) 31,680
D) 34,320
Correct Answer - D

12. Correct Answer - B Question 11:
Mr. Stang is planting a vegetable garden in Ledgeview’s courtyard. He has a watering can that contains 20 cups of water. He pours one quart of water on each plant in the garden. If Mr. Stang uses all of the water in the watering can, how many plants does he water? 4 5 10 80
Correct Answer - B

13. Correct Answer - B Question 12:
In a shipment of new books Mrs. Hastings ordered for her classroom, 5/12 of the books were Star Wars related and 2/5 were Harry Potter. The remainder of the books in the shipment were poetry. What fraction of the books in the shipment were poetry?
2/12
11/60
7/17
49/60
Correct Answer - B

14. Correct Answer - C Question 13:
Which term can be put in the blank to make the statement below true?
15,000,000 = 150 _______________
Thousands
Ten-thousands
Hundred-thousands
Millions
Correct Answer - C

15. Correct Answer - B Question 14:
In a math game played during indoor recess, a player chooses two numbers, as described below.
First number: a mixed number between 3 and 12
Second number: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
Which statement describes the product of the two numbers the player chooses?
The product must be a whole number less than the second number
The product must be a value greater than the second number
The product must be a whole number greater than the second number
The product must be a value less than the second number
Correct Answer - B

16. Correct Answer - A Question 15:
Which expression shows in expanded form?
(9 x 10) + (3 x 1/10) + (5 x 1/100)
(9 x 1) + (3 x 1/10) + (5 x 1/100)
(9 x 10) + (3 x 1) + (5 x 1/100)
(9 x 10) + (3 x 1) + (5 x 1/10)
Correct Answer - A

17. Correct Answer - A Question 16:
Every month Mr. Floss gets 2¼ inches cut off his hair. If his barber finished 2/3 of his haircut before the power went out, how many inches were cut off Mr. Floss’s hair before the power went out?
A) 1 1/2
B) 1 1/3
C) 2 1/6
D) 2 11/12
Correct Answer - A

18. Correct Answer - B Question 17:
Mr. Denecke and Mr. Grabowski equally shared 1/3 of a large pizza. Which fraction of the whole pizza did each of them receive?
A) 1/5
B) 1/6
C) 2/3
D) 3/2
Correct Answer - B

19. Correct Answer - B Question 18:
Which statement is true about the product of 6/11 x 8?
A) The product is equal to one of the factors.
B) The product is greater than 6/11 but less than 8.
C) The product is greater than each factor.
D) The product is less than each factor.
Correct Answer - B

20. Correct Answer - C Question 19:
The number of miles between Buffalo and New York City is shown below -
292.73
In a different number, the 7 represents a value which is one-tenth of the value of the 7 in the number above. What value is represented by the 7 in the other number?
A) seven tens
B) seven ones
C) seven hundredths
D) seven tenths
Correct Answer - C

21. Correct Answer - C Question 20:
Approximately 24% of Ledgeview’s Fifth grade students are currently enrolled in Floor Hockey with Mr. Floss. Which decimal makes the number sentence true?
0.24 > ?
A) 0.4
B) 0.3
C) 0.23
D) 0.25
Correct Answer - C

22. Correct Answer - B Question 21:
Which expression is equivalent to 1,000,000?
A) 10 5
B) 10 6
C) 10 7
D) 10 8
Correct Answer - B

23. Correct Answer - A Question 22:
Mrs. Stevens and Mr. Grabowski were teaching a new line dance routine in gym class. They taught 3/4 of the dance on Wednesday. On Thursday they taught 1/6 of the dance, and on Friday they finished the dance. What portion of the dance did they teach on Friday?
A) 1/12
B) 2/5
C) 2/5
D) 11/12
Correct Answer - A

24. Correct Answer - C Question 23:
In which number does 3 represent a value 10 times the value represented by the 3 in 7,315?
A) 12,438
B) 21,823
C) 23,905
D) 46,317
Correct Answer - C

25. Correct Answer - A Question 24:
Mrs. Greene collected 2 rocks to add to her garden. One rock had a mass of 4 pounds 10 ounces, and the other rock had a mass of 2 pounds 7 ounces. What was the total mass, in ounces, of the rocks?
A) 113
B) 72
C) 89
D) 96
Correct Answer - A

26. Correct Answer - B Question 25:
The Ledgeview Lion was making a model of Ledgeview for a school project. The library at Ledgeview is 40 1/2 feet wide. The dimensions of the model were 1/35 the dimensions of the actual school building. What is the width, in feet, of the model of the library?
A) 1 10/70
B) 1 11/70
C) /70
D) /70
Correct Answer - B

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