Students compute Maya's Halloween decoration change, identify the simile in a sentence set, and find the number of candy bars per box in a factory. Part B has five fill-in-the-blank problems about costume and wig revenue, candy corn jar amounts, and identifying a burning-coals metaphor.
Identifying figurative language types in mixed sentence sets requires students to distinguish all four types rather than recognize just one in isolation.
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Halloween Math & Reading
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Maya buys 6 Halloween decorations at $24 each and pays with $200. What is her change?
A) $46
B) $56
C) $66
D) $76
2. Which sentence contains a simile?
A) The pumpkin glowed brightly.
B) The moon was a silver coin.
C) The fog crept like a cat across the yard.
D) Thunder boomed outside.
3. A factory packs 432 candy bars equally into 8 boxes. How many bars are in each box?
A) 48
B) 52
C) 54
D) 58
4. In a spooky story, the author writes "a cold chill ran down her spine as she opened the door." This is an example of:
A) flashback
B) foreshadowing
C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. A store sells 7 costumes at $35 each and one wig for $55. Total revenue is $300.
2. A vampire sorts 360 candy corns into 9 jars. Each jar gets 40 pieces.
3. The phrase "her eyes were burning coals" is an example of a metaphor.
4. A haunted house has 12 rooms with 15 props each. The total number of props is 180.
5. Using surrounding words to figure out an unknown word is called using context clues.
Halloween Math & Reading
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Maya buys 6 Halloween decorations at $24 each and pays with $200. What is her change?
A) $46
B) $56
C) $66
D) $76
2. Which sentence contains a simile?
A) The pumpkin glowed brightly.
B) The moon was a silver coin.
C) The fog crept like a cat across the yard.
D) Thunder boomed outside.
3. A factory packs 432 candy bars equally into 8 boxes. How many bars are in each box?
A) 48
B) 52
C) 54
D) 58
4. In a spooky story, the author writes "a cold chill ran down her spine as she opened the door." This is an example of:
A) flashback
B) foreshadowing
C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) A store sells 7 costumes at $35 each and one wig for $55. Total revenue is $300.
2) A vampire sorts 360 candy corns into 9 jars. Each jar gets 40 pieces.
3) The phrase "her eyes were burning coals" is an example of a metaphor.
4) A haunted house has 12 rooms with 15 props each. The total number of props is 180.
5) Using surrounding words to figure out an unknown word is called using context clues.
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