4th- Measurement & Data

A marathon runner completed a race that was 42,000 meters long. How many kilometers did the runner complete?

• 4.2 km

• 42 km

• 420 km

• 4,200 km

Mr. Smith wants to build a rectangular pen for his chickens. He has 24 feet of fencing. Which of the following dimensions would give his chickens the largest possible area?

• A pen 1 foot by 11 feet

• A pen 3 feet by 9 feet

• A pen 4 feet by 8 feet

• A pen 6 feet by 6 feet

A recipe calls for 300 grams of flour and 100 grams of sugar. If you make 3 batches of the recipe, how many kilograms of flour and sugar will you use in total?

• 400 grams

• 1,200 grams

• 1.2 kg

• 10.2 kg

A survey question asks, "What is your favorite color?" Will this question yield categorical or numerical data, and why?

• Numerical data, because people can count colors.

• Categorical data, because the answers are categories, not numbers.

• Numerical data, because you can graph the results.

• Categorical data, because it is about personal preference.

A large rectangular playground is 20 meters long and 15 meters wide. A smaller square sandbox, 5 meters on each side, is built inside the playground. What is the area of the playground not covered by the sandbox?

• 75 square meters

• 275 square meters

• 300 square meters

• 325 square meters

An unknown angle is part of a straight line. If one part of the angle is 65 degrees, what is the measure of the unknown angle?

• 105 degrees

• 115 degrees

• 125 degrees

• 245 degrees

Maria used 350 milliliters of water from a 1-liter bottle. How much water is left in milliliters?

• 349 mL

• 650 mL

• 1,350 mL

• 1 L

A gardener wants to put a border around a rectangular flower bed that has an area of 36 square feet. Which of the following sets of dimensions would require the least amount of border?

• 1 foot by 36 feet

• 2 feet by 18 feet

• 3 feet by 12 feet

• 6 feet by 6 feet

A group of students recorded the number of minutes they spent on their homework each night. Which type of graph would best show the change in homework time over the week?

• Bar graph

• Line plot

• Frequency table

• Line graph

Three angles meet at a point on a straight line. Two of the angles measure 40 degrees and 75 degrees. What is the measure of the third angle?

• 65 degrees

• 115 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 25 degrees