Grade 5 Mathematics—Sample Questions

Jeremy reads 3 books each week. How many books will Jeremy read in 5 weeks?

• 8

• 12

• 15

• 20

What is 2.0 + 0.7? Only 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ., and / are allowed in your answer. Answers that are mixed numbers must be entered as an improper fraction or decimal.

• 2.7

• 2.9

• 1.7

• 3.7

What fraction of the circle is shaded? (Only 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ., and / are allowed in your answer. Answers that are mixed numbers must be entered as an improper fraction or decimal.)

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 2/3

A supermarket has 238 large boxes of cereal. Each large box holds 32 small bags of cereal. How many small bags of cereal are in the supermarket?

• 6,506 bags

• 6,616 bags

• 7,506 bags

• 7,616 bags

Richard walked 15.74 miles and James walked 12.98 miles. How many more miles did Richard walk than James?

• 2.76

• 2.86

• 3.76

• 3.86

After basketball practice, 8 players equally shared 3 large bottles of water. What fraction of a bottle did each player get?

• 1/8

• 1/3

• 3/8

• 8/3

Joan went to the bookstore. At this bookstore, 3/4 of the books are fiction. Of the fiction books, 1/3 are mystery books. What fraction of the books at the bookstore are mystery fiction books?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 4/7

• 4/5

A school painted 1/2 of a wall in its gym with 3 colors. Each color takes up the same amount of space on the wall. What fraction of the wall does each color occupy?

• 2/5

• 1/3

• 1/5

• 1/6

Tracie ran a total of 5 3/4 miles on Saturday and Sunday. She ran 1 5/8 miles on Saturday. How many miles did Tracie run on Sunday?

• 3 7/8

• 4 1/8

• 4 1/4

• 4 1/2

A sports store has 468 golf balls. They will be put into boxes that hold 18 balls each. What is the minimum number of boxes needed for all of the golf balls?

• A. 26

• B. 27

• C. 28

• D. 29