Problem Solving Quiz

The Florist filled 14 vases with flowers. There were 43 flowers in each vase. When the vases were finished, there were 17 extra flowers. How many flowers did the florist have in all?

• 60 flowers

• 619 flowers

• 602 flowers

• 74 flowers

Kyle collects bouncy balls. He had 473 bouncy balls in his collection. Kyle gave his brother and sister 27 bouncy balls each. How many bouncy balls does Kyle have left?

• 446 bouncy balls

• 54 bouncy balls

• 419 bouncy balls

• 527 bouncy balls

The safari park had 2,275 animals. The animals were equally separated into 5 different areas. Two of those areas contained ponds for the water animals. How many water animals were at the safari park?

• 455 water animals

• 1,365 water animals

• 910 water animals

• 11,375 water animals

The library bought 8 new bookcases. There are 584 books to put in the bookcases. The librarian wants to put the same number of books in each bookcase. How many books should go in each bookcase?

• 70 books

• 73 books

• 80 books

• 58 books

A soft drink company took a survey and found that 456,749 people preferred diet drinks and 657,890 people preferred regular drinks. How many people took the soft drink survey altogether?

• 1,114,640 people

• 1,114,639 people

• 1,114,549 people

• 1,113,639 people

The high school library has 535,678 fiction books. The librarian's goal is to increase the number to 600,000 fiction books. How many more books does the library need to reach this goal?

• 65,322 books

• 64,321 books

• 54,322 books

• 64,322 books

Jade has 4 quarters, 3 dimes, 4 nickels, and 5 pennies. Wade has 2 quarters, 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 1 penny. Who has more money?

• Jade

• Wade

• They have an equal amount of money.

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What number is 10,000 less than 926,422?

• 936,422

• 826,422

• 916,422

• 1,926,422

Nicholas wants to go on a trip with his cousins. He must pay $654 for his airfare and $553 for the hotel. Estimate the total cost of the airfare and hotel for Nicholas's trip. Solve the problem by first rounding to the nearest TEN.

• $1,100

• $1,300

• $100

• $1,200