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4 Look at the pattern below. 7 Brock has 112 trading cards. His

92, 90, 88, ___, 84, 82, ___ brother gives him 108 more. Brock
then gives away 130 cards to a friend.
You may not use Which numbers are missing from
How many trading cards does Brock
a calculator or manipulatives this pattern?
have left?
for questions 1–13. ● 87, 81
● 350
● 87, 80
● 110
● 86, 81
● 90
● 86, 80
1 On Monday, Charlene is given the 2 Which of the following shows ● 80
coins shown below. counting forward by 25?
5 What is 79 + 22?
8 Steve has 48 stickers and Sam has
● 575, 600, 625, 650
● 91 34 stickers.
● 325, 425, 525, 625
● 101 Which is closest to the number of
● 125, 250, 375, 500 stickers they have altogether?
● 191
● 50, 75, 125, 150
● 911 ● 90
On Tuesday, Charlene is given the
same amount of money. ● 80
3 Sara has $27 in a jar. She adds $2
How much money is she given in 6 Tony is reading a book that has ● 70
to the jar every week.
total over the two days? 182 pages. He has 143 pages left
How much money will she have in ● 50
to read.
● $1.65 the jar in 6 weeks?
How many pages has he read?
● $1.70 ● $29
● 39
● $3.20 ● $37
● 41
● $3.30 ● $39
● 45
● $41
● 49

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9 Petra reads 22 books in October 11 Which of the following does not have 13 What numbers go in the boxes,
and 39 books in November. the same value as 3 × 4? in order, to make this diagram
Which estimate is closest to the correct?
● 2×6
total number of books Petra reads Start
● 3×2
during these months?
6
● 4×3
● 40 ÷4 ×2
● 6×2
● 50

● 60
12 What is 24 ÷ 6?
● 70
● 3

● 4
10 A store has 7 tricycles. ×6 ÷3
● 18

● 30

● 3, 1, 6

● 3, 9, 54

● 12, 3, 18
How many wheels in total are on
these 7 tricycles? ● 12, 4, 24

● 3

● 7

● 14

● 21

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14 Which set of numbers is listed in 16 What value does the 2 represent in

order from smallest to largest? the number 729?

● 479, 794, 749 ● 2 ones

● 974, 794, 749 ● 2 tens

● 479, 749, 794 ● 2 hundreds

● 974, 749, 794 ● 2 thousands

You may now use 15 Look at the chart below.

a calculator and/or manipulatives. Number Word

76 Seventy-six
79 Seven-nine
93 Ninety-three
96 Nine-sixty

Which numbers are written

correctly in words?

● 76 and 93

● 76 and 96

● 79 and 93

● 93 and 96

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17 Adam has the money shown below. ● 18 Popsicle sticks are packaged in boxes Which of the following sets of
of 500. base-ten blocks combines with this
set to represent 581?

He wants to buy a book that costs Meagan needs 100 popsicle sticks to
$8.00. build 1 tower. She has 2 boxes of ●
Which of the following sets of coins popsicle sticks.
represents the amount of money How many towers can she build
●
Adam still needs to buy the book? using all of the popsicle sticks?

● 5

● 10

● 100 ●

● 200
●

19 Look at the set of base-ten blocks

pictured below.

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20 Omar buys a box of pencil crayons for 21 Karen uses the money shown below 22 There are 24 students in Mrs. Lowe’s Grade 3 class. She divides the class
$1.05 and a box of markers for $3.27. to buy crayons. into 4 equal groups.
Make a drawing to show the 24 students divided into 4 equal groups.

She is given 2 dimes in change.

How much do the crayons cost?
05 27
$1. $3.
● $4.30

Which set of coins shows exactly how ● $4.40

much Omar needs to buy both items? ● $4.50

● ● $4.70

One of these groups goes to the library.

● What fraction of the groups goes to the library?
Justify your answer.

The fraction of the groups that goes to the library is

_______________________________________________.

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23 Abdul has the 7 coins shown below. 24 A collection of coins is shown below.

Cindy has fewer than 7 coins.

Sanjeet has more than 7 coins.
Cindy and Sanjeet have the same amount of money as Abdul.
Represent this amount of money using the smallest possible number of coins
Use the chart below to show the coins that Cindy and Sanjeet could have. and bills.

Cindy’s coins (fewer than 7) Sanjeet’s coins (more than 7) Show your work.

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25 Some students at Tree Glen Public School collect items for recycling. 26 There are 3 bins of books in a classroom. The number of books in each bin is
shown in the picture below.
Information about the number of items the girls and boys collect in 2 days
is shown in the chart below.

Number of items Number of items

Day
for the girls for the boys 23 37 56
Monday 16 19

Tuesday 11 ?
Kyle takes all the books out of the bins and puts them into piles of 10.
The girls and boys collect a total of 50 items over the 2 days. How many piles of 10 can Kyle make with all the books?
Determine the number of items the boys collect on Tuesday. Justify your answer.
Show your work.

The boys collect ________ items on Tuesday. Kyle can make _________ piles of 10 books.

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27 Kathy and Michael go to a craft store to buy paint and brushes.

One bottle of paint costs $5, and 1 brush costs $3.
Kathy buys 1 bottle of paint and 4 brushes.
Michael buys 2 bottles of paint and 1 brush.
How much more money does Kathy spend than Michael?
Show your work.

Kathy spends __________ more than Michael.

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