Spring Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A butterfly garden has 8 rows with 6 flowers in each row. How many flowers are there?
A) 14 flowers
B) 42 flowers
C) 48 flowers
D) 56 flowers
8 rows × 6 flowers = 48 flowers. You can split it: (8 × 5) + (8 × 1) = 40 + 8 = 48.
2. Read: "The caterpillar stopped eating and hung upside down from a branch. Its skin began to harden into a smooth green case." What is happening?
A) The caterpillar is sleeping for the night.
B) The caterpillar is forming a chrysalis to become a butterfly.
C) The caterpillar is hiding from a predator.
D) The caterpillar is building a nest.
Hanging upside down and a hardening green case are the exact behaviors of a caterpillar forming a chrysalis. This is the pupa stage of metamorphosis.
3. A farmer plants 9 rows with 7 seeds in each row. How many seeds did he plant?
A) 56 seeds
B) 63 seeds
C) 72 seeds
D) 16 seeds
9 rows × 7 seeds = 63 seeds. Think (10 × 7) - 7 = 70 - 7 = 63 to check.
4. Which fraction is NOT equivalent to 12?
A) 24
B) 36
C) 48
D) 38
38 does not simplify to 12 because 8 ÷ 2 = 4, not 3. The others — 24, 36, and 48 — all simplify to 12.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. If 35 tadpoles are divided equally among 7 ponds, each pond has 5 tadpoles.
35 ÷ 7 = 5 tadpoles per pond. Equal division is a fact family: 7 × 5 = 35, so 35 ÷ 7 = 5.
2. A recipe needs 26 cup of lemon juice, which simplifies to 13 cup.
Divide both 2 and 6 by 2 to simplify: 26 becomes 13. Two out of six equal parts matches one out of three.
3. A spring rain lasted 6 hours and dropped 2 inches each hour, totaling 12 inches.
6 hours × 2 inches = 12 inches. Equal amounts over time is a multiplication situation.
4. When a text says the robin carried twigs to a tree branch, you can infer it was building a nest.
Robins carry twigs to build nests in trees — that is a classic clue. The text detail and bird knowledge together point to nest-building.
5. A garden center sells 8 packs of seeds with 9 seeds each, totaling 72 seeds.
8 × 9 = 72 seeds. Use (8 × 10) - 8 = 80 - 8 = 72 to check.