Students compute Jake's costume and shipping change, choose the sentence that best shows Halloween imagery, and find a lollipop daily rate applied to 3 days. Part B has five fill-in-the-blank problems about pumpkin costs with a coupon discount, treat distribution, and the term for building suspense before a scary ending.
Narrative tension and imagery questions connect Halloween reading engagement to the literary analysis skills fourth graders develop across the year.
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Halloween Math & Reading
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Jake buys 5 costumes at $48 each and pays $60 for shipping. He pays with $500. What is his change?
A) $190
B) $200
C) $210
D) $220
2. Which sentence best shows imagery in a Halloween story?
A) The party was fun.
B) Thick orange fog curled around the crumbling gravestones.
C) The ghost scared everyone.
D) It was a dark night.
3. A candy shop sells 504 lollipops in 7 days. At this rate, how many does it sell in 3 days?
A) 198
B) 216
C) 234
D) 252
4. The sentence "The old house watched them with dark, hollow eyes" uses which literary device?
A) simile
B) hyperbole
C) personification
D) onomatopoeia
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Eight pumpkins cost $45 each. After using a coupon for $85 off, the total is $275.
2. A ghost divides 648 treats equally among 9 neighborhoods. Each gets 72 treats.
3. A story that builds tension before a scary ending creates suspense.
4. Six haunted houses each hold 125 visitors per night. Together they hold 750 visitors.
5. The central message the author wants readers to learn from a story is the theme.
Halloween Math & Reading
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Jake buys 5 costumes at $48 each and pays $60 for shipping. He pays with $500. What is his change?
A) $190
B) $200
C) $210
D) $220
2. Which sentence best shows imagery in a Halloween story?
A) The party was fun.
B) Thick orange fog curled around the crumbling gravestones.
C) The ghost scared everyone.
D) It was a dark night.
3. A candy shop sells 504 lollipops in 7 days. At this rate, how many does it sell in 3 days?
A) 198
B) 216
C) 234
D) 252
4. The sentence "The old house watched them with dark, hollow eyes" uses which literary device?
A) simile
B) hyperbole
C) personification
D) onomatopoeia
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) Eight pumpkins cost $45 each. After using a coupon for $85 off, the total is $275.
2) A ghost divides 648 treats equally among 9 neighborhoods. Each gets 72 treats.
3) A story that builds tension before a scary ending creates suspense.
4) Six haunted houses each hold 125 visitors per night. Together they hold 750 visitors.
5) The central message the author wants readers to learn from a story is the theme.
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