Halloween Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. What is 14 - 8?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
The correct answer is A) 50. A survey shows 120 students chose their favorite candy: 13 chose chocolate, 14 chose gummy bears, and the rest chose lollipops. How many chose lollipops — the answer is 50.
2. What does a ghost say?
A) meow
B) boo
C) roar
D) quack
The correct answer is A) Simile and personification. Read: "The fog crept along the ground like a living creature, swallowing every path in its gray mouth." Which TWO literary devices are used — the answer is Simile and personification.
3. What is 9 + 7?
A) 14
B) 15
C) 16
D) 17
The correct answer is A) 1,200. A class of 25 students went trick-or-treating. The mean number of candy pieces collected was 48. What was the total candy collected by the whole class — the answer is 1,200.
4. Which item do you wear on Halloween?
A) helmet
B) scarf
C) costume
D) apron
The correct answer is B) To create suspense by hinting something unexpected will happen. An author begins a Halloween story with: "It was a night like any other — or so Maya thought." What is the author's purpose with this opening — the answer is To create suspense by hinting something unexpected will happen.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 11 + 8 = 19
Find 35 of 45: divide 45 by 5 to get 9, then multiply by 3 to get 27. So 27 out of 45 houses give candy.
2. Witches brew a magic potion.
To find the average, add all four numbers: 10 + 20 + 30 + 40 = 100. Then divide by 4: 100 ÷ 4 = 25.
3. 20 - 6 = 14
The two axes on a coordinate grid are x (horizontal) and y (vertical). Together they let you pinpoint any location with an ordered pair.
4. A candle is a spooky light in a pumpkin.
Order of operations says to solve what is inside parentheses before anything else: 7 + 5 = 12, then 3 x 12 = 36.
5. 15 - 8 = 7
Thirty percent of 50 means 30100 x 50 = 15. An easy shortcut: 10% of 50 is 5, so 30% is 3 x 5 = 15.