Spring Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A gardener has 42 seedlings to plant equally in 6 rows. How many seedlings go in each row?
A) 6 seedlings
B) 7 seedlings
C) 8 seedlings
D) 9 seedlings
42 ÷ 6 = 7 seedlings per row. Check with the fact family: 6 × 7 = 42.
2. Read: "Lily put on her rain boots and grabbed an umbrella. She looked out the window and sighed." What can you infer about the weather?
A) It is sunny and hot outside.
B) It is snowing heavily.
C) It is raining outside.
D) It is a windy autumn day.
Rain boots and an umbrella are strong text clues for rainy weather. The sigh suggests she is not happy about it, which also fits rain.
3. A florist has 56 tulips and puts 8 in each vase. How many vases does she fill?
A) 6 vases
B) 9 vases
C) 8 vases
D) 7 vases
56 ÷ 8 = 7 vases. Check: 7 × 8 = 56 tulips fills exactly 7 vases.
4. Which pair of fractions are equivalent?
A) 23 and 49
B) 14 and 38
C) 25 and 410
D) 13 and 29
Multiply both parts of 25 by 2 to get 410, so they are equivalent. The other pairs do not match when simplified.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. If 48 flower bulbs are planted equally in 8 rows, each row has 6 bulbs.
48 ÷ 8 = 6 bulbs per row. The fact family confirms: 8 × 6 = 48.
2. A rain gauge shows 48 of an inch, which simplifies to 12 of an inch.
Divide both 4 and 8 by 4 to simplify: 48 becomes 12. Four out of eight equal parts equals half.
3. A pond has 9 groups of 6 tadpoles, making 54 tadpoles in all.
9 × 6 = 54 tadpoles. Think (9 × 5) + 9 = 45 + 9 = 54 to check.
4. If a story says the duckling kept peeping and looking around, it was probably searching for its mother.
Ducklings peep and look around when they are separated from their mother. These are the exact behaviors of a lost baby searching for its parent.
5. A spring garden produced 63 tomatoes shared equally among 9 neighbors, giving each 7 tomatoes.
63 ÷ 9 = 7 tomatoes per neighbor. Check: 9 × 7 = 63, so sharing equally works out perfectly.