Spring Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A garden has 8 red tulips and 9 yellow tulips. How many tulips are there in all?
A) 16
B) 1
C) 17
D) 18
8 + 9 = 17. You can think: 8 + 2 makes 10, then 7 more makes 17 tulips total.
2. Which word means the same as bloom?
A) Wilt
B) Open up
C) Close
D) Fall
To bloom means a flower bud opens up into a full flower. Wilt, close, and fall all describe the opposite — a flower going away.
3. There were 15 eggs in a nest. Then 7 hatched. How many eggs are still in the nest?
A) 22
B) 7
C) 9
D) 8
15 - 7 = 8. If 7 of the 15 eggs hatched into babies, 8 eggs are still waiting to hatch.
4. What do plants need most to begin growing in spring?
A) Snow and ice
B) Water and sunlight
C) Wind and darkness
D) Rocks and sand
Plants need water from rain and energy from sunlight to start growing. Snow, darkness, and rocks would not help a plant sprout at all.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 9 plus 6 plus 3 equals 18.
Add in order: 9 + 6 = 15, then 15 + 3 = 18. You could also notice 9 + 3 = 12, then 12 + 6 = 18.
2. Bees help flowers by spreading pollen.
Pollen is a yellow powder flowers make so they can produce seeds. When bees visit flowers, pollen sticks to their bodies and spreads from flower to flower.
3. 17 minus 8 equals 9.
17 - 8 = 9. You can count back 8 from 17 or use the fact 8 + 9 = 17.
4. A tadpole grows up to become a frog.
Tadpoles hatch from eggs in water and slowly grow legs and lungs. After a few weeks they turn into adult frogs.
5. 5 plus 8 plus 2 equals 15.
Add in order: 5 + 8 = 13, then 13 + 2 = 15. You could also see 5 + 2 = 7, then 7 + 8 = 15.