Winter Holiday Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A bakery sold 6 trays of 8 muffins on Saturday and 3 trays of 8 muffins on Sunday. How many muffins were sold in all?
A) 48 muffins
B) 72 muffins
C) 24 muffins
D) 64 muffins
Total trays = 6 + 3 = 9. Total muffins = 9 × 8 = 72. You could also do 48 + 24 = 72.
2. Read: "Arctic foxes change their fur color from brown to white in winter." Why do they do this?
A) To stay cool in summer
B) To hide from predators in the snow
C) To attract other foxes
D) To shed old fur
White fur blends in with snow, giving Arctic foxes camouflage to hide. That is the purpose of the color change.
3. A recipe uses 28 cup of butter. Which fraction is equivalent?
A) 12
B) 26
C) 14
D) 13
Divide both top and bottom of 28 by 2 to get 14. Both fractions name the same amount.
4. A paragraph says: "Snowshoes spread a person's weight over a larger area so they don't sink into deep snow." What is the author's purpose?
A) To entertain the reader with a winter story
B) To persuade people to buy snowshoes
C) To inform the reader how snowshoes work
D) To describe what snow looks like
The sentence explains a fact about how snowshoes work, which is the purpose of informational writing. It is not a story and does not try to sell anything.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 4 shelves hold 8 mittens each, so there are 32 mittens in all.
4 × 8 = 32 mittens. Double twice: 4 × 4 = 16, then 16 × 2 = 32.
2. A container that holds 2 quarts holds 4 pints.
1 quart = 2 pints, so 2 quarts = 2 × 2 = 4 pints.
3. If 44 equals one whole, then 88 also equals 1 whole.
Any fraction with the same numerator and denominator equals 1 whole. 44 and 88 both name the full amount.
4. A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a simile.
A simile always uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two different things, such as 'cold as ice'. Those words are the clue.
5. 7 times 7 snowballs equals 49 snowballs.
7 × 7 = 49. This is a square number because the same number is multiplied by itself.