FTCE K-6 Subject Area MATH Questions and
Answers(Verified )
1. Simplify the expression (-9)(-3)-[4-(3-6)]: 20
2. What is the prime factorization of 30
ANS2 x 3 x 5
3. Four students were shopping at a mall. Lisa purchases a $20.00 shirt at
10% off. Tim purchases a $20.00 shirt at 20% off. Tina purchases a $25.00
at 40% off. Joe purchases a $25.00 shirt at 30% off. Who paid the most for
the shirt
ANSLisa
4. A group of students are working on a project. They complete 30% of
the project in 12 hours. If they continue to work at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the group to finish the project
ANS40 Hours
5. A group of volunteers are clearing brush away from an overgrown
,park. The park covers 3 1/4 acres. If the group clears 1/2 acre every 4
days, how many days will it take them to clear the entire park
ANS26.0
6. Two students start at the same point and run in opposite directions.
The first student runs 10 feet per second to the left for 8 seconds. The
second student runs 8 feet per second to the right for 7 seconds. How
many feet apart are the two students after they both stop
ANS136 feet
7. A recipe for 24 oz hamburger will make 8 oz serving of chili. How
many ounces of hamburgers will be needed to make 28 servings of chili
ANS84
8. Which of the following expressions gives the solution to the
statement below?
A recipe for making 2 dozen cookies requires 3/4 cup of sugar. To make
6 dozen cookies, how much sugar is needed
ANS3 x 3/4 = 2.25
9. A pair of baseball team competed 2 innings of a game in 28 minutes. If
the game continues at the same pace, how many minutes will it take to
,complete a 9 inning game
ANS126 minutes
10.A person who weighs 168 pounds on Earth would weigh 28 on the
moon. How many pounds would a 30-pound on Earth weigh on the Moon
ANS5
11. The following stem and leaf plots shows the best temperatures of 25
healthy adults. What is the median temperature of the adults in this data
set? 96: 9
97: 00129
98: 001114566667899
99: 0011: 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit
,12. The following measurements show the rainfall in Center City over
the course of a week 4 cm, 5 cm, 4 cm, 0.1 cm, 0.25 cm, 0 cm, 2 cm
If the chamber of commerce would like to portray Center City as a city of
low rainfall, the best statistical measure to advertise would be: Median
13.A homeowner decides to install a swimming pool in her backyard. The
pool has a volume of 1000 cubic feet. Given that one cubic foot has a
capacity of about 7.48 gallons, how many gallons of water does the pool
hold
ANS7,480 gallons
14.A student travels m miles to visit a family member during a holiday
vacation. If it takes the student 5 hours to arrive, which of the following
expressions represents the average rate of speed, in miles per hour that
the student traveled
ANSm/5
15.To estimate the fish population in a lake, a game warden caught and
tagged 200 fish. After several months, the game warden caught a
sample of 80 fish and 25 of those had been tagged. What would be a
reasonable estimate for the fish population in the lake
ANS640
,16.A family is adding a walkway around their 12 foot by 8 foot rectangular
swimming pool. Because of existing shrubbery, the total area of the
project including the pool cannot exceed 190 square feet. How many
square feet are left for the walkway
ANS94 ft^2
17.Find the greatest common factor of 36, 135, 144: 9
18.Together, four students wrote a 60-page book. Sean wrote 1/4 of the
book. Sara wrote 1/3 of the book, and Jermaine wrote 1/6 of the book. What
fraction represents the portion of the book that Maria wrote
ANS¼
19.The temperature in northern Minnesota at 6.00 p.m. was 5 degrees
below zero. By 7:00 p.m., the temperature had dropped another 3 degrees.
What was the temperature at 7:00 p.m.
ANS-8 degrees -5-3 = -8
, 20.A 3/16 section of a 40 acre garden is planted with green beans. Twice
as much of the garden is planted with carrots. How many acres of the
garden are planted with carrots
ANS15 acres 3/16 = 7.5 * 2 =15
21.Which of the following statements is true about this set of
numbers? (4,16,12,8,14,6): The mean is the same as the median
22.The total distance covered by 2 bikers during the first 21 minutes of a
race are shown in the following graph. How long after the start of the
race did one biker pass the other
ANS11 min
Answers(Verified )
1. Simplify the expression (-9)(-3)-[4-(3-6)]: 20
2. What is the prime factorization of 30
ANS2 x 3 x 5
3. Four students were shopping at a mall. Lisa purchases a $20.00 shirt at
10% off. Tim purchases a $20.00 shirt at 20% off. Tina purchases a $25.00
at 40% off. Joe purchases a $25.00 shirt at 30% off. Who paid the most for
the shirt
ANSLisa
4. A group of students are working on a project. They complete 30% of
the project in 12 hours. If they continue to work at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the group to finish the project
ANS40 Hours
5. A group of volunteers are clearing brush away from an overgrown
,park. The park covers 3 1/4 acres. If the group clears 1/2 acre every 4
days, how many days will it take them to clear the entire park
ANS26.0
6. Two students start at the same point and run in opposite directions.
The first student runs 10 feet per second to the left for 8 seconds. The
second student runs 8 feet per second to the right for 7 seconds. How
many feet apart are the two students after they both stop
ANS136 feet
7. A recipe for 24 oz hamburger will make 8 oz serving of chili. How
many ounces of hamburgers will be needed to make 28 servings of chili
ANS84
8. Which of the following expressions gives the solution to the
statement below?
A recipe for making 2 dozen cookies requires 3/4 cup of sugar. To make
6 dozen cookies, how much sugar is needed
ANS3 x 3/4 = 2.25
9. A pair of baseball team competed 2 innings of a game in 28 minutes. If
the game continues at the same pace, how many minutes will it take to
,complete a 9 inning game
ANS126 minutes
10.A person who weighs 168 pounds on Earth would weigh 28 on the
moon. How many pounds would a 30-pound on Earth weigh on the Moon
ANS5
11. The following stem and leaf plots shows the best temperatures of 25
healthy adults. What is the median temperature of the adults in this data
set? 96: 9
97: 00129
98: 001114566667899
99: 0011: 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit
,12. The following measurements show the rainfall in Center City over
the course of a week 4 cm, 5 cm, 4 cm, 0.1 cm, 0.25 cm, 0 cm, 2 cm
If the chamber of commerce would like to portray Center City as a city of
low rainfall, the best statistical measure to advertise would be: Median
13.A homeowner decides to install a swimming pool in her backyard. The
pool has a volume of 1000 cubic feet. Given that one cubic foot has a
capacity of about 7.48 gallons, how many gallons of water does the pool
hold
ANS7,480 gallons
14.A student travels m miles to visit a family member during a holiday
vacation. If it takes the student 5 hours to arrive, which of the following
expressions represents the average rate of speed, in miles per hour that
the student traveled
ANSm/5
15.To estimate the fish population in a lake, a game warden caught and
tagged 200 fish. After several months, the game warden caught a
sample of 80 fish and 25 of those had been tagged. What would be a
reasonable estimate for the fish population in the lake
ANS640
,16.A family is adding a walkway around their 12 foot by 8 foot rectangular
swimming pool. Because of existing shrubbery, the total area of the
project including the pool cannot exceed 190 square feet. How many
square feet are left for the walkway
ANS94 ft^2
17.Find the greatest common factor of 36, 135, 144: 9
18.Together, four students wrote a 60-page book. Sean wrote 1/4 of the
book. Sara wrote 1/3 of the book, and Jermaine wrote 1/6 of the book. What
fraction represents the portion of the book that Maria wrote
ANS¼
19.The temperature in northern Minnesota at 6.00 p.m. was 5 degrees
below zero. By 7:00 p.m., the temperature had dropped another 3 degrees.
What was the temperature at 7:00 p.m.
ANS-8 degrees -5-3 = -8
, 20.A 3/16 section of a 40 acre garden is planted with green beans. Twice
as much of the garden is planted with carrots. How many acres of the
garden are planted with carrots
ANS15 acres 3/16 = 7.5 * 2 =15
21.Which of the following statements is true about this set of
numbers? (4,16,12,8,14,6): The mean is the same as the median
22.The total distance covered by 2 bikers during the first 21 minutes of a
race are shown in the following graph. How long after the start of the
race did one biker pass the other
ANS11 min
