Can you solve these Real World math problems? Questions taken from Study Island J. Hicks – ITRT - 2010 5th grade CPS Review #1
Can you solve these Real Worldmath problems?
Questions taken from Study IslandJ. Hicks – ITRT - 2010
5th grade
CPS Review #1
1. A store ordered 231 shirts from a factory. The factory sent 62 one day
and 81 the next. How many more shirts do they still need to send?
A. 150
B. 169
C. 88
D. 78
2. Lisa baked a cherry pie. Jared ate 2/3 of the pie and Joey ate ¼ of the pie. How
much of the pie is left?
A. 1/12
B. 7/12
C. 1/2
D. 1/4
3. Bryce has a total of 45 candies to divide up among his 6 friends. If Bryce distributes the candies evenly so each friend has the same number of candies, how many extra
candies will Bryce have left over?
A. 3 candies
B. 10 candies
C. 5 candies
D. 7 candies
4. Nick has 9 boxes of chocolate bars. Each box holds 6 bars. If 3 of the boxes are
full and 6 of the boxes are half full, how many chocolate bars does Nick have?
A. 54
B. 45
C. 27
D. 36
5. Steven swam 200 meters in 26.3 seconds while Marcus finished in 27.9
seconds. How much faster did Steven swim than Marcus?
A. 0.8 seconds
B. 0.6 seconds
C. 1.6 seconds
D. 2.1 seconds
6. Erin is on a trip of 2,050 miles. She has already traveled 250 miles. She has 4 days
left in her trip. How many miles does she need to travel each day to complete the trip ?
A. 400
B. 600
C. 450
D. 550
7. A volunteer group is helping to clean up the baseball stadium. They picked up 1,675 cans, 2,722 plastic bottles, and 1,975 glass bottles off the street. How many cans and
bottles did they pick up altogether?
A. 6,272
B. 6,372
C. 5,372
D. 6,362
8. A recipe for sugar cookies calls for ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup flour.
Altogether, how much sugar and flour does the recipe call for?
A. 0.75 cups
B. 0.5 cups
C. 0.25 cups
D. 0.6 cups
9. Jacob bought 4 sodas for him and his friends to share. If he spent $4.40
for all 4 sodas, how much did each soda cost?
A. $1.10
B. $0.40
C. $8.40
D. $17.60
A. 23 years old
B. 18 years old
C. 10 years old
D. 26 years old
10. Pete is 4 years older than Jordan. Jordan is 8 years younger than Josh. If Pete is 22 years old, how old is Josh?