Halloween Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A graveyard has 7 rows with 6 tombstones each, so there are 42 tombstones.
7 rows × 6 tombstones = 42 tombstones. An array with equal rows is solved with multiplication.
2. The order of events in a story is called the plot.
The plot is the sequence of events that happen in a story, from beginning to end. It usually has a problem and a solution.
3. 8 witches each brewed 4 potions, making 32 potions in all.
8 × 4 = 32 potions. You can double twice: 8 doubled is 16, and 16 doubled is 32.
4. Rounded to the nearest ten, 54 trick-or-treaters is about 50.
The ones digit in 54 is 4, which is less than 5, so you round down to 50.
5. The phrase the fog crept slowly across the yard uses personification to describe the fog.
Fog cannot really 'creep' — creeping is what a person or animal does. Giving a human or animal action to fog is personification.
6. 3 monsters each carried 9 bags, so there were 27 bags total.
3 × 9 = 27 bags. You can flip to 9 × 3 and skip-count by 3 nine times if easier.
7. When you estimate 63 plus 28 by rounding to the nearest ten you get 90.
Round 63 down to 60 and 28 up to 30. Then 60 + 30 = 90.
8. Words like crash and boom that sound like what they mean are called onomatopoeia.
Crash and boom are examples of onomatopoeia because saying the word makes the sound. Writers use them to bring noisy scenes to life.
9. 5 ghosts with 8 chains each means 40 chains altogether.
5 × 8 = 40 chains. Five groups of 8 can be skip-counted: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each story element to its definition.
Setting
→ The time and place of a story
The sequence of events in a story
Plot
→ The sequence of events in a story
The person who tells the story
Theme
→ The central message or lesson
The time and place of a story
Narrator
→ The person who tells the story
The central message or lesson
Story elements each do a different job: setting covers time and place, plot covers the events, theme covers the lesson, and narrator is the voice telling the tale. Match each element to its unique role.