MSSA Math Practice #2

Kato sees 2 colors of paper plates at the store. There are 4 packs of plates of each color. Each pack has 50 plates. Kato knows to find the total number of paper plates on the shelf he needs to multiply 2 × 4 × 50. Select two other ways that can be used to find the total number of paper plates.

• 2 × 4 × 5 × 10

• 2 × 4 × 5 + 10

• 2 + 4 × 5 + 10

• 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300

• 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400

A pet store has 150 fish in tanks. Each tank has 30 fish. a. The multiplication equation that can be used to find the number of fish tanks at the pet store is:

• 30 × 5 = 150

• 5 × 30 = 150

• 15 × 10 = 150

• 10 × 15 = 150

A pet store has 150 fish in tanks. Each tank has 30 fish. How many fish tanks are at the pet store?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Since 3 × 6 = 18, what is 6 × 3?

• 9

• 18

• 36

• 81

Danielle is going to add 312 + 285. Which plan should Danielle use to add the numbers?

• (A) She should add 15 to both numbers. Then find the sum.

• (B) She should subtract 12 from both numbers. Then find the sum.

• (C) She should subtract 12 from the first number and add 15 to the second number. Then find the sum.

• (D) She should subtract 12 from the first number and add 12 to the second number. Then find the sum.

Which expression shows another way to find 4 × 3 × 2?

• 4 × 5

• 12 × 2

• 7 × 2

• 12 × 5

Jacob bought red balloons, white balloons, and blue balloons. He bought 8 red balloons and 12 white balloons. He bought 2 times as many blue balloons as red balloons. How many balloons did Jacob buy in all?

• 24

• 30

• 36

• 44

There are 7 shelves in a bookcase. Each shelf has 8 books. How many books are in the bookcase?

• 15

• 16

• 54

• 56

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 8

Wyatt is having a party. He bought 3 packs of stickers, a cake for $25, balloons for $18, and party hats for $10. Each pack of stickers has 8 sheets of stickers. Wyatt will put the same number of sheets of stickers into each of 6 gift bags. Wyatt wants to make 4 more gift bags with the same number of sheets of stickers as he used for the first 6 gift bags. How many more packs of stickers does Wyatt need to buy?

• 2

• 1

• 3

• 0