DISTRICT Math Olympics

MATH BY MAIL 2017-2018

Event Coordinator Handbook-REVISED

IMPORTANT NOTE:
– ONLY USE THESE PROCEDURES and materials which are designed specifically for the DISTRICT level Math Olympics-
Math by Mail.
– Do not use the Area Math Olympics Coordinator Handbook for this event. It will be used for the area level events which are
organized by an Event Chair at their host site.
The Event Coordinator is:
 the only person the Regional Coordinator will be contacting at your school.
 responsible for communicating all event information/materials to the school staff.

NOTES for 2017-2018: For all handbooks, forms, and announcements:

 Go to ACSI.org.
 Select US Regional Offices at the top on the blue banner.
 Select South-Central, then select Student Activities in the Quick Link box on the left.
 Select Math Olympics-DISTRICT in the Quick Link box.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION FEE: $8.00

EVENT OBJECTIVES
Provide a regional venue for peer-to-peer competition in mathematics.
Provide an opportunity for all schools in the region to participate, regardless of geographic location and without the need to travel.
Provide for a broader pool to assess students who are eligible to compete in the Area Math Olympics competition.
AREAS OF COMPETITION
Computation: Problems will be of the computation variety (fundamental operations) and cover basic algorithms common nationally
to that grade. Accuracy and speed are the key elements in this area.
Reasoning: These problems will involve more than one operation and/or concept and could require a high level of reasoning to
solve. Following directions, decoding complex instructions, and problem solving skills (story problems, patterns, puzzles, etc.) are
the key elements in this area.

PARTICIPATION SUMMARY
Students in grades 3-8 are eligible to participate.
Each school may have three entries per category, per grade level.
Each student enters only one category.
Fee: $8.00 per entry. (Credit card payment option on the Grade Level Participation Form or copy the form and mail a check by October 14,
2016.)
Participation Forms
Step 1: Email or fax the DISTRICT Grade Level Participation Form to the regional office by October 18, 2017 – indicate on
this form which grades in each category will be participating. The form is on www.acsi.org/sc/student-activities
Step 2: Email the Excel DISTRICT Student Participation Form to the regional office by November 17, 2017 – list the students
on this form and the regional office will transfer this list to our database to accurately record scoring, tabulation, and create results
reports. The Excel form is on www.acsi.org/sc/student-activities.
Testing Procedure
Tests & Answer Sheets: The regional office emails the tests and answer sheets for each grade and category indicated on
the DISTRICT Grade Level Participation Form by mid-October.
Testing: Each school schedules testing during the month of November.
Participants and Fees: The DISTRICT Student Participation Form is submitted by November 17, 2017.
Completed Answer Sheets: The school mails them to the regional office — must be postmarked by December 1, 2017.
Scoring and Tabulation is scheduled for second Saturday in December.
Results and Awards will be sent out in early January.
Area level participation forms are due to the Area Event Chairs by 30 days prior to the event date.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Sample Problems: This handbook includes pages of sample problems which correspond with the tests for each grade and category.
Testing Overview
All registered schools receive a master copy of the tests and copy as need for the number of students participating at your school.
Tests are administered anytime during the month of November. (three tests administered consecutively at one scheduled time)
The students will record all answers on one master answer sheet — testing times for each grade are 11 minutes per round.
The Answer Sheets are to be postmarked by December 1, 2017 and sent to the regional office for scoring and tabulation.
Destroy master tests and student copies after testing. The tests are proprietary and are NOT to be kept by the school.
Scoring Procedure
All answer sheets from the entire six-state region are submitted to the regional office. The tests are scored and tabulated to
determine those top-scoring students who qualify to advance to the Area Math Olympics.

SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO PREPARE STUDENTS –The tests are based on no particular curriculum.
 Review the areas of computation and reasoning listed in the handbook to ensure that the students are aware of the
concepts that will be included in the test questions.
 Practice tests are provided in the Coordinator Handbook that consists of problems similar to the actual tests.
 Practice taking timed tests so the students will be familiar with the time frame allowed.
 Utilize resource materials for additional practice problems.
Resource List — a few options from searching for ‘math worksheets’. Share your resources 
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
http://www.kidzone.ws/math/index.htm, Purposeful Design Publications has resource links!
http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/index.html http://acsiestore.cloudapp.net/PDP/custom.aspx?id=60
http://www.edhelper.com/math.htm, Go to pdp.acsi.org > Textbook Support (tabs across the top)> Math
http://coolmath.com/ (tabs down the left side) > Scroll down to tab Math Resources
http://aaamath.com/ (middle column on bottom)

AWARDS
Score Award: Each entrant is awarded a superior, excellent, good, or participant ribbon based on their score.
District Recognition: Entrants will be awarded 1st-5th place in each category and grade level from among the participating schools in
each Student Activities district. Student Activities is divided into 11 districts — Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, Northeast Texas, Northwest Texas, San Antonio, Valley.
Area Qualifiers: Entrants who qualify to advance to the Area Math Olympics will receive a Qualifier ribbon.
6 DIVISIONS 2 CATEGORIES SCORE RIBBONS DISTRICT RIBBONS QUALIFIER RIBBON
Grade 3 Grade 6 Reasoning Superior 1st – 5th To each Area Math Olympics
Grade 4 Grade 7 Computation Excellent qualifier.
Grade 5 Grade 8 Participant

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
 Email or fax the DISTRICT Grade Level Participation Form to the regional office by October 18, 2017
 Email the Student Participation Form to [email protected] by November 17, 2017.
Save the form to your computer, complete the form on the computer and email
 List the participating computation and reasoning students for each grade level.
This listing will be transferred to the regional database to accurately record scoring and tabulation for each student.
 Calculate the fee.
 Payment: complete the credit card information on the form or mail a check along with a copy of the form to ACSI.
 Mail Answer Sheets: postmarked by December 1, 2017
To ensure all answer sheets are included:
1. Are the student name and school name neatly printed on all student answer sheets?
[Hint: complete the school name/city/state on the form before making student copies.]
2. Are all the student answer sheets organized by category and grade?
3. Are all the student answer sheets organized in the alphabetical order they are listed on the Participation Form?

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TESTING PROCEDURE
Your school may choose to administer the tests by grouping the students by grade or test all participating students as one group.
A Monitor and Timer are needed to administer the tests. The Monitor is responsible for instructing the students and oversight of
the tests and answer sheets. The Timer assists with timing and distribution of materials and oversight of students as needed.
Preparation
1. Student instructions
– Each student will need his/her own pencils (2) and erasers and scratch paper.
– Students are not permitted to bring samples of math problems.
– Calculators are not permitted in the ACSI Math Olympics testing.
2. Check lighting and ventilation in each room prior to the testing session(s).
3. Copy an Answer Sheet for each student. **Be sure to complete the school name, city, and state before making copies .
4. Make sure there is sufficient scratch paper and plenty of sharpened pencils. During the testing period, students are to
borrow a pencil from the monitor rather than stop to sharpen their own.
5. Have the following student instructions written on the blackboard prior to their arrival in the testing room:
1) Write all answers in the appropriate answer blanks on the answer sheet.
2) All answers must be exact unless stated otherwise. Say: An answer will not be considered wrong if it is carried additional
places unless a specific answer is called for. Note point 5 below: when a decimal number needs to be rounded because it
does not come to a definite answer after the ten thousandth place (4th decimal place), round it to the tenth place.
3) Label your answer if necessary.
REASONING – reasoning labels will already be on the answer sheet. (Example: _____ Shoes; _____ Apples, etc.)
4) Put commas and decimal points in the correct place.
– Decimals not placed, or improperly placed, results in a wrong answer.
– Because the lack of a comma does not change the number, a missing comma does not make the number incorrect,
however an incorrectly placed comma will result in a wrong answer.
5) If a problem is given:
- in all fractions, the answer is to be a fraction;
- in decimals, the answer is to be a decimal (when a decimal number needs to be rounded because it does not come to a
definite answer after the ten thousandth place (4th decimal place), round it to the tenth place).
- in percents, the answer is to be in percents.
- with combined components, it may be answered in any component represented, UNLESS a specific component is
requested.
6) When parentheses are used, that work must be done first.
7) All fractions must be reduced to lowest terms, and all improper fractions must be converted to mixed numbers.
8) COMPUTATION CATEGORY – REMAINDERS
Write the specific instructions that apply for each grade level regarding the expression of “remainders”:
Grade 3: No instructions are needed--there are no problems with remainders.
Grade 4: Express remainders as fractions (lowest/simplest terms), or r.
Grade 5: Express remainders as fractions (lowest/simplest term), decimal or r.
Grades 6-8: Express remainders as a fraction (lowest/simplest terms), decimal, but not with r.
Pre-Testing Procedures
1. Ease anxiety in students by being friendly and introducing yourself and the timer.
2. Take attendance marking any absences.
3. Advise students to sharpen their pencils before the test begins, if needed.
4. Advise students that there will be:
A restroom break after round 2.
There are three rounds at 11 minutes each.
5. Pass out scratch paper or students may provide their own scratch paper.
6. Remind students this is a test and any unnecessary disruptions could result in disqualification.
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7. Instruct the students of all guidelines and answer requirements.
1) Review the student instructions on the blackboard.
2) Testing instructions:
– “If you need scratch paper or pencils sharpened during the testing session, please raise your hand. Do not talk out loud
or get out of your seat, as this will disturb or distract others in the room.”
–“When there are just two minutes left in the round, we will announce it to you.”
–“Are there any questions?”
– Remind students to place their answers in the correct column of the answer sheet.
Suggestion may be to have them cover their previous answer columns with the test paper OR to fold the answer
column(s) under when time is up-that way the answer sheet can be handed out with the completed columns facing down.
8. Before testing begins, pray with the students, asking for a good day for all. Pray that the Lord will calm nerves and help
each student perform at his/her best.
Testing Procedures
 Be sure to give the same instructions to the group prior to each round.
 During the testing period, the monitor and timer are to supervise the students, circulate to answer questions, provide
supplies as needed, and to insure students do not share their answers with one another.
1. Pass out answer sheets – have students neatly print their first and last name — first round only.
2. Pass out the first test FACE DOWN instructing students to leave them face down.
3. Say “This is Round #___ for the _____ grade, ______________ category
4. Say “Turn your test over and begin”
5. Timing
1) Timer writes the starting time on the blackboard.
2) Add 11 minutes to the starting time.
3) Return to the same place in the room if using the school’s clock, to determine when there is two minutes left and when
time is up as changing positions in the room could result in inaccurate timing.
4) When there are two (2) minutes left in the round, indicate this by announcing:
“There are two minutes left in this testing period.”
5) When time is up, say: “Time. Please put your pencils down and turn your test and answer sheet over. I will pick
up your test and answer sheet.”
6. Break Procedure
1) Collect the used scratch paper along with the test papers and answer sheets.
2) When all papers are collected, allow the students to take a break:
– AT THE END OF ROUND 1
Give a 3-minute break to stand, stretch, and sharpen pencils.
STUDENTS DO NOT LEAVE THE ROOM.
– AT THE END OF ROUND 2
Give a 5-minute restroom break, reminding students to be quiet in the halls
Use this time also to sharpen pencils and pass out scratch paper.
3) When students have returned to their seats the tests and answer sheets are passed out face down on the desks.
Do not turn them over until told to begin. (determine method to instruct for covering previous answers)
4) Remind students to place their answers in the correct column of the answer sheet and NOT to make any changes in
previous answers, including blanks.
5) Repeat this procedure for each round. [3 rounds of tests / 11 minutes per round]

Post-Test Processing
After giving the tests, group the answer sheets for each category and grade in the same order as the student’s name
sequence listed on the DISTRICT Student Participation Form.
Follow submission procedures.
Destroy master tests and student copies after testing. The tests are proprietary and are NOT to be kept by the school.

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AREAS OF COMPUTATION

3RD GRADE
+ - x whole numbers

4TH GRADE
+ - x ÷ whole numbers
+- fractions
+- decimals
Express remainders as fractions (lowest simplest terms), or r.

5TH GRADE
+ - x ÷ whole numbers
+ - x ÷ fractions
+ - x ÷ decimals
Express remainders as fractions (lowest simplest terms), or decimal or r.

6TH GRADE
+ - x ÷ whole numbers
+ - x ÷ fractions
+ - x ÷ decimals
percent work
Express remainders in fraction (lowest simplest terms) or decimal, but not with r.
All fractions must be reduced to lowest terms, and all improper fractions must be converted to mixed
numbers.

7TH GRADE
All of 6th grade work plus: change common fractions to decimals; exponents; change measures; complex
fractions; other number bases; greatest common factor; least common multiple.
Express remainders in fractions (lowest simplest terms), or decimal. but not with r.

8TH GRADE
All of the above plus: proportion and rounding decimals.
Express remainders in fractions (lowest simplest terms), or decimal, but not with r.

NOTE: All grade levels will follow use of parentheses. When parentheses are used, that work must be
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AREAS OF REASONING

The Reasoning category will include “story” problems, puzzles, sequences, etc. (depending on the grade level
involved), and will incorporate one or several operations and/or concepts of math (ACSI test problems will vary,
depending on the set of tests used). Within each grade, the problems will range from routine to a high level of
difficulty.

SAMPLE COMPUTATION AND REASONING PROBLEMS

Sample tests for both categories and for each grade level can be found in this manual.

COMPUTATION CATEGORY SAMPLES

3rd Grade: Answer: REASONING CATEGORY SAMPLES
28,167 - 13,041=............................. 15,126 or 15126 3rd Grade: Answer:
14 + (13 x 3)................................... 53
Find the next number:
3, 4, 6, 9, 13, __.............................. 18
4th Grade: Answer:
4th Grade: Answer:
10 ¿
6¿ ¿ 3
Reduce ¿ ................................... 5 Find the number:
(32 x 16) + (41 x 23) =.................... 1,455 or 1455 6 19
11 24
17 30
5th Grade: Answer: 42  ___......................................... 55

(28 x 75) + (28 x 25) =.................... 2,800 or 2800

9.12 + 3.413 =................................ 12.533 5th Grade: Answer:
What is the average?
6th Grade: Answer: 135, 154, 31, 779, 266..................... 273

.27 x .38.......................................... .1026 or 0.1026

83% of 71 =.................................... 58.93 6th Grade: Answer:
One number exceeds another by 19.
The sum of the two numbers is 71.
7th Grade: Answer: What are the two numbers?.............. 26, 45
6.60825 ÷ 4.005 =........................... 1.65
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2 3¿ ¿ 7th Grade: Answer:
5 ÷ .25 =.................................... 1 ¿ or 1.6
15 times a number is 180.
What is the number?........................ 12
8th Grade: Answer:
2 3 1 8th Grade: Answer:
( 3 x 18 ) + 13 =....................... 13 9
5 13 Find 4 consecutive even
8 + .47 + 20 - 1.21 =.............. .535 or 0.535 numbers whose total is 236.............. 56, 58, 60, 62

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GRADE 3 – COMPUTATION

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. 9 x 8 - 7 1. 65

2. 1,086 - 160 2. 926

3. 8 x 7 x 7 x 7 3. 2,744 or 2744

4. 603 x 86 4. 51,858 or 51858

5. 467 + 395 + 23 5. 885

6. (46 x 18) - (68 x 7) 6. 352

7. 9,578 - 7,654 7. 1,924 or 1924

8. (823 x 6) - (401 x 5) 8. 2,933 or 2933

9. 492 + 625 + 389 9. 1,506 or 1506

10. 75,250 - 24,150 10. 51,100 or 51100

11. 1,023 + 88 + 367 - 544 11. 934

12. (82 x 3) - (75 x 2) 12. 96

13. 14 x 12 + 87 - 4 13. 251

14. (623 x 2) + (7 x 234) - 1,485 14. 1,399 or 1399

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GRADE 4 – COMPUTATION

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. 27 + 89 + 16 + 72 1. 204

2. 586 x 27 2. 15,822 or 15822

3. (48 x 75) + (48 x 25) 3. 4,800 or 4800

4. 1,025 + 3,641 + 2,165 4. 6,831 or or 6831

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6. 24)18,072 6. 753

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8. Reduce 8 to lowest terms 8. 4

9. 26)481,624 9. 18,524 or 18524

10. (439 x 6) + (19 x 187) - 899 10. 5,288 or 5288

11. 3.48 + 6.21 + 5.87 11. 15.56

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12. 26)32,878 Write the remainder as a fraction. 12. 1,264 13 or 1264 13

7 4 3
13. 8 + 8 13. 1 8

14. 73.5 - 10.9 14. 62.6

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GRADE 5 – COMPUTATION

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. 76 + (73 x 6) 1. 514

40 10
2. Reduce 68 2. 17

3. (57 x 75) + (57 + 25) - 33 3. 4,324 or 4324

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4. 54)42,610 Write the remainder as a fraction. 4. 789 27

5. 7.82 + 5.423 5. 13.243

3 1 1
6. 8 x 12 6. 32

7. 95 x 26 x 0 7. 0

3 2 5 5
8. 3 4 +7 8 +1 6 8. 12 6

9. 783)3,894.51 9. 4.97

10. 7.863 + 5.3 + 4.76 10. 17.923

1 3 3
11. 17 8 –2 4 11. 14 8

12. 7.895 - 2.43 12. 5.465

1 7 2
13. 1 8 ÷ 8 13. 1 7

14. 15.25 x .43 14. 6.5575

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GRADE 6 – COMPUTATION

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. 36,748 + 899 + 3,407 1. 41,054 or 41054

2. 9,540 x 6,000 2. 57,240,000 or 57240000

1
3. 210)207,375 Write the remainder as a fraction. 3. 987 2

15 5
4. Reduce 18 4. 6

5. 32.57 + 4.819 + 62.03 5. 99.419

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6. Write 5 as a percent. 6. 20%

11 2 7
7. 12 + 3 7. 1 12

8. 9.5 - .83 8. 8.67

2 3 1
9. 20 3 x 16 4 9. 346 6

10. .08 ) 34,284 10. 428,550 or 428550

5 6 1
11. 15 6 - 11 8 11. 4 12

1 2
12. 9 7 ÷2 7 12. 4

13. .87 x 1.2 13. 1.044

14. Find 67% of 35. 14. 23.45

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GRADE 7 – COMPUTATION

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. How many cups are in a gallon? 1. 16

2. Write the greatest common factor of 12, 15, and 30. 2. 3

8 1 2
3. 8 9 ÷1 3 3. 6 3

4. 8,000,263 – 4,596,124 4. 3,404,139 or 3404139

7 23
5. 8 - .3 (Write the answer as a fraction.) 5. 40

6. Convert 1134 to base 10. 6. 23

8 13
7. 15 7. 1 15
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7

8. 4.3 - 1.983 8. 2.317

9. Find 63% of 45 9. 28.35

10. Find the least common multiple of 6, 5, and 12 10. 60

11. 64 11. 1,296 or 1296

2 9 2 4
12. ( 3 x 13 )- 5 12. 65

13. 7.005)24.16725 13. 3.45

3
14. 7 4 x 17.9 (Write the answer as a decimal.) 14. 138.725

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GRADE 8 – COMPUTATION

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. 9,256 + 782 + 4,925 + 13 1. 14,976 or 14976

2. 150% of what number is 684 2. 456

7 1
3. 8 ÷ .25 (Write the answer as a mixed number.) 3. 3 2

7 7
4. 13 4. 1 26
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33

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5. Write 32 as a decimal. 5. .625 or 0.625

5 2 1
6. 7 9 ÷ 3 6. 11 3

7. Convert five gallons to quarts. 7. 20

8. 73,040 x 25,003 8. 1,826,219,120 or 1826219120

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9. Find 10 ,000 of 937 9. 2.2488

10. Give answer to the nearest hundredth: .063)85.9 10. 1,363.49 or 1363.49

11. Convert 10112 to base 10. 11. 11

2 7 1 1
12. ( 5 x 12 )- 5 12. 30

13. 74 13. 2,401 or 2401

14. Find 24% of 7.65 14. 1.836

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GRADE 3 – REASONING

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. There are 66 books in the Bible. The New Testament 1. 39 books

contains 27 books. How many books are in the Old Testament?

2. Bill has earned $196 doing yard work. His uncle gives him $25. 2. $221 or $221.00
How much money does Bill now have?

3. Jan has 6 blouses and 4 skirts. How many outfits could she have? 3. 24 outfits

4. I am thinking of a number less than 500 and greater than 100. All 4. 444
three digits in the number are the same, and the sum of the three
digits is 12. What number am I thinking of?

Find the next number in each of the following:

5. 4, 7, 10, 13, ______ 5. 16

6. 76, 73, 70, 67, 64, _______ 6. 61

7. 80, 40, 20, 10, _________ 7. 5

8. 5, 2, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, _______ 8. 8

9. Find the number that goes in the question mark: 9. 7

+ 2 4
3 5 ?
6 8 10

10. Find the number that goes in the blank: 10. 18

7  21
5  15
2 6
6  ___

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GRADE 4 – REASONING

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. I had 25 piglets in one pen and 30 in another. I sold 8 piglets 1. 43 piglets

from one pen and 4 ran away from the other. How many piglets
are left?

2. Tickets for the play cost $4.00 for adults. Children’s tickets 2. $10.00 or $10
are half price. How much will 5 children’s tickets cost?

3. The Statue of Liberty’s mouth is 36 inches wide. Jane’s mouth 3. 18 times

is 2 inches wide. How many times wider is the statue’s mouth
than Jane’s mouth?

4. The 39 books of the Old Testament are categorized into 5 groups. 4. 12 minor prophet books
There are 5 books in the Pentateuch, 12 books of judges, 5 poetical
books and 5 books written by the major prophets. How many books
are in the remaining category of minor prophets?

Find the next number in each of the following:

5. 7, 9, 13, 19, 27, ______ 5. 37

6. 81, 78, 75, 72, 69, _____ 6. 66

7. 48, 24,12, 6, _______ 7. 3

8. 67, 64, 60, 55, 49, _____ 8. 42

9. Find the number that goes in the question mark: 9. 8

+ 3 4 5
2 5 6 7
4 7 ? 9
6 9 10 11

10. Find the number that goes in the blank: 10. 21

7  33
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6  29
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GRADE 5 – REASONING

SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. There are seven dozen cookies in a package. How many cookies 1. 672 cookies
are there in eight packages?

2. Following King Solomon’s reign, the 12 tribes of Israel were 2. 2 tribes

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divided. Jeroboam ruled over of the tribes in the north. The
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remaining tribes were under Rehoboam’s rule in the south. How
many tribes did Rehoboam rule over?

3. How much change will Ann have from a $5.00 bill after she 3. $.94 or $0.94
spends $1.49 at the bakery and $2.57 at the supermarket?

4. There are 535 children in Scott’s school. There are 25 more 4. 255 boys
girls than boys. How many boys are there in the school?

5. A vendor buys apples at 3 for 20¢ and sells them at 3 for 40¢. 5. 15 apples
How many apples must he sell to make a profit of one dollar?

6. What number am I thinking of? Two-thirds of it is 30 and 6. 45

five-ninths of it is 25.

3 3
7. Which two fractions would you choose to come closest to the 7. 4 and 11
3 3 3 3 3 3
sum of 1? 8 , 5 , 2 , 11 , 6 , 4

8. What is the average of these test scores? 8. 82

93, 68, 79, 90, 76, 86

9. Use these numbers: 4, 5, 8 9. 432 ( 5 4 )

Put one number in each box to arrive at the greatest product.
What is this product? ( x 8 )

10. The first American satellite made one orbit around the earth in 10. 14 hours
106 minutes. To the nearest hour, how many hours did it take to
make eight orbits around the earth?

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GRADE 6 – REASONING
SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY
1. 60% of the 125 people living on our block are Christians. How 1. 75 Christians
many Christians live on our block?

2. If you multiply 9 by itself then subtract 9 from the product, and 2. 9

then divide the result by 8, what is your answer?

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3. The distance between two cities on a map is 4 3 inches. The map 3. 650 miles
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uses 2 inch to represent 75 miles. How far apart are the cities in miles?

4. A family borrowed $5,000.00 from the bank. They paid 21% 4. $1,050.00 or $1050.00 or
interest on the money for a year. How much interest did they pay $1,050 or $1050
on the loan for the first year?

5. One number exceeds another number by 17. The sum of the 5. 16 and 33
two numbers is 49. What are the two numbers?

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6. 5 of a number is equal to twice 9. What is the number? 6. 90

7. The value of 7 coins is 43¢. If there are just two kinds of coins, 7. 4 dimes and
what are they and how many of each kind are there? 3 pennies

8. What is the greatest number that will divide into each of the 8. 3
numbers below without a remainder?
24, 36, 12, 54, 81, 60

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9. 3 of Miss Wilson’s class was dismissed to go on a biology 9. 36 students
field trip. This means 24 students were not dismissed. How
many students are there in Miss Wilson’s entire class?

10. The areas of the faces of the box are given. What are the 10. 4 cm. wide,
dimensions of the box? 8 cm. deep
32 sq. 7 cm. high
cm.

28
sq.
56 sq. cm
cm. .

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

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1. 3 of the books in my library are Bible-related study books. 1. 15 of the library
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5 are on career-oriented topics, and the remaining books are
novels. What part of my library consists of novels?

2. Larry and Josh put their money together to buy a game that was 2. $11.10
on sale for $19.90. Larry contributed $2.30 more than Josh. How
much did Larry contribute?

3. There are 66 books in the Bible and 39 of these books are in the 3. 40.9%
Old Testament. What percent of the Bible is comprised of New
Testament books?

4. The sum of two numbers is 72. When the smaller is subtracted 4. 30

from the larger, the answer is 12. What is the smaller of the two
original numbers?

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5. I am thinking of a number. 3 of the number is 15 . What 5. 5
number am I thinking of?

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6. If on the scale of a map, 4 inch equals 72 miles, what is the 6. 372 miles
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actual distance between 2 cities that are 3 8 inches apart on
the map?

7. Sarah borrowed $29.95 from her uncle and promised to work 7. $5.90
in his store at $2.60 per hour until the debt was paid. She
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worked 6 hours on Saturday, 1 4 hours on Monday and
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1 2 hours on Tuesday. How much more money does she
still owe her uncle?

8. The total number of calories in 6 apples and 8 pears is equal 8. 20

to 1,560. If the number of calories in each apple is 100, how
many more are there in each pear?

9. A horseshoe weighs 315 grams. Give the total weight of the 9. 10,080 grams or
horseshoes needed to shoe a team of 8 horses. 10080 grams

10. What is the area of the unshaded section of this rectangle? 10. 87 sq. in.

2”
5”
2”
8”
3”
4”

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS & ANSWER KEY

1. I took my son to lunch and spent $8.00. Then we stopped at the 1. $20.00 or $20
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discount store and spent 4 of the money that was left in my wallet.
This left me with $9.00. How much money did I have to start with?

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2. Two sides of a triangle are 4 and 3 inches long. The perimeter 2. 1 4 in.
of the triangle is 6 inches. How long is the third side of the triangle?

3. Our church has 25 Sunday School classrooms, each set up with 3. 640 chairs
26 chairs with the exception of 2 smaller rooms which have only
21 chairs each. How many chairs are set up altogether?

4. The sum of two numbers is 64. One number is 3 times the other. 4. 16 and 48
What are the numbers?

5. The nameplate on my desk is 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. 5. 20 in.

It contains my name and position and requires 32 letters on
2 lines of print. What is the perimeter of the nameplate?

6. It took 6 seconds for the sound of a whistle to reach an observer 6. 54,000 ft. per min.
5,400 feet away from the whistle. At what rate did the sound travel
in feet per minute?

7. An airplane has a speed of 600 miles per hour. At that rate, 7. 6 seconds
how many seconds does it take to travel a mile?

8. The Bible verse, Daniel 4:37, contains every letter of the alphabet 8. 96.15 %
except “q.” What percent of the alphabet is included in Daniel 4:37?

9. Mr. Scott wants to buy grass seed for his rectangular shaped 9. 56 pounds
lawn which is 560 feet by 30 feet. For the best results he should
use 1 pound of grass seed for every 300 square feet. How many
pounds of grass seed should he buy?

10. Two consecutive numbers are multiplied together. The product 10. 5,928 or 5928
is 1,482. Each of the numbers is doubled. If these two new
numbers are multiplied together, what will the product be?

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