Winter Holiday Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A store sold 9 boxes of lights at 8 dollars each and 3 boxes of ornaments at 5 dollars each. What was the total cost?
A) 87 dollars
B) 72 dollars
C) 15 dollars
D) 57 dollars
Lights: 9 × $8 = $72. Ornaments: 3 × $5 = $15. Total: $72 + $15 = $87.
2. Read: "Winter wrapped the town in a thick white blanket." What type of figurative language is this sentence?
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Personification
D) Onomatopoeia
Winter cannot really wrap anything — wrapping is a human action. Giving a human action to a season is personification.
3. Which fraction is equivalent to 24?
A) 23
B) 12
C) 34
D) 14
Divide top and bottom of 24 by 2 to get 12. Both fractions name the same amount.
4. A passage says snowflakes form when water vapor freezes around tiny dust particles in clouds. What is the main idea?
A) Dust is found inside clouds.
B) Snowflakes are made of water vapor that freezes in clouds.
C) Clouds are very cold in winter.
D) Water vapor is a type of gas.
This choice captures the full process: snowflakes form from freezing water vapor in clouds. The other choices are true details but are too small to be the main idea.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 7 carolers sang 6 songs each, so 42 songs were sung in all.
7 × 6 = 42 songs. You can split it: (7 × 5) + 7 = 35 + 7 = 42.
2. A yardstick is 36 inches long.
1 yard = 3 feet and 1 foot = 12 inches, so 1 yard = 3 × 12 = 36 inches.
3. If 38 of the cookies are chocolate, then 5 eighths are not chocolate.
The whole is 88. If 38 are chocolate, then 8 - 3 = 5 eighths are not chocolate.
4. The purpose of a summary is to retell the most important parts of a text.
A summary keeps only the most important information and leaves out small details. It should be short but cover the big points.
5. 8 times 9 snowflakes equals 72 snowflakes.
8 × 9 = 72. Think (8 × 10) - 8 = 80 - 8 = 72.