Halloween Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A candy box is 8 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
A) 120 cubic inches
B) 96 cubic inches
C) 142 cubic inches
D) 158 cubic inches
The correct answer is B) 63. A witch placed 9 candles on each of 7 tables. How many candles did she use in all — the answer is 63.
2. A store sells 400 masks. 45% are witch masks, 30% are vampire masks, and the rest are ghost masks. How many ghost masks are there?
A) 80
B) 120
C) 100
D) 60
The correct answer is C) Personification. Read: "The wind whispered secrets through the graveyard gates." What figurative language is used — the answer is Personification.
3. Evaluate: 4 × (6 + 3) − 12 ÷ 4. What is the answer?
A) 33
B) 36
C) 30
D) 27
The correct answer is C) 80. Liam collected 53 candies and Mia collected 29 candies. What is the best estimate of their total rounded to the nearest ten — the answer is 80.
4. A rectangular haunted maze is 50 meters long and 30 meters wide. A path around the outside edge is 2 meters wide. What is the area of just the path?
A) 304 sq m
B) 296 sq m
C) 320 sq m
D) 288 sq m
The correct answer is B) Creepy cats crept carefully past the cobwebs.. Which sentence contains alliteration — the answer is Creepy cats crept carefully past the cobwebs..
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. A coffin-shaped box is 6 ft long, 2 ft wide, and 2 ft tall. Its volume is 24 cubic feet.
7 x 8 = 56 broomsticks. You can remember this by thinking: 5, 6, 7, 8 makes 56 = 7 x 8.
2. A costume originally costs $60. With a 20% discount, the sale price is $48 .
The resolution wraps up the story after the climax, showing how the characters' problems are finally solved and what their lives look like afterward.
3. Evaluate: 5 + 3 × 8 − 2. The answer is 27.
Round 44 to 40 and 38 to 40, then add: 40 + 40 = 80, giving a fast estimate of the sum.
4. A pumpkin weighs 4.6 kg. Three identical pumpkins weigh 13.8 kg total.
A metaphor states that something IS something else (like "the moon is a silver coin") without using "like" or "as," which makes it different from a simile.
5. If 710 of 90 trick-or-treaters wore costumes, then 63 wore costumes.
6 x 9 = 54 lanterns. A helpful trick: 6 x 9 is the same as 6 x 10 minus 6, which is 60 - 6 = 54.