Halloween Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A survey shows 120 students chose their favorite candy: 13 chose chocolate, 14 chose gummy bears, and the rest chose lollipops. How many chose lollipops?
A) 50
B) 40
C) 55
D) 45
The correct answer is A) 50. A survey shows 120 students chose their favorite candy: 13 chose chocolate, 14 chose gummy bears, and the rest chose lollipops. How many chose lollipops — the answer is 50.
2. Read: "The fog crept along the ground like a living creature, swallowing every path in its gray mouth." Which TWO literary devices are used?
A) Simile and personification
B) Metaphor and alliteration
C) Hyperbole and simile
D) Onomatopoeia and metaphor
The correct answer is A) Simile and personification. Read: "The fog crept along the ground like a living creature, swallowing every path in its gray mouth." Which TWO literary devices are used — the answer is Simile and personification.
3. A class of 25 students went trick-or-treating. The mean number of candy pieces collected was 48. What was the total candy collected by the whole class?
A) 1,200
B) 1,000
C) 1,150
D) 1,250
The correct answer is A) 1,200. A class of 25 students went trick-or-treating. The mean number of candy pieces collected was 48. What was the total candy collected by the whole class — the answer is 1,200.
4. An author begins a Halloween story with: "It was a night like any other — or so Maya thought." What is the author's purpose with this opening?
A) To describe the weather in detail
B) To create suspense by hinting something unexpected will happen
C) To persuade the reader to stay awake at night
D) To inform readers about Maya's daily routine
The correct answer is B) To create suspense by hinting something unexpected will happen. An author begins a Halloween story with: "It was a night like any other — or so Maya thought." What is the author's purpose with this opening — the answer is To create suspense by hinting something unexpected will happen.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. If 3 out of every 5 houses give out candy, and there are 45 houses on a street, then 27 houses give out candy.
Find how many groups of 5 are in 45: 45 / 5 = 9 groups. Since 3 out of every 5 give candy, multiply 9 x 3 = 27 houses.
2. The average of 10, 20, 30, and 40 is 25.
To find the average, add all four numbers (10 + 20 + 30 + 40 = 100) and divide by how many there are (100 / 4 = 25).
3. A coordinate grid has a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis.
A coordinate grid uses two perpendicular axes: the x-axis runs left to right (horizontal) and the y-axis runs up and down (vertical).
4. In the expression 3 × (7 + 5), you solve the parentheses first because of order of operations.
Order of operations (PEMDAS) says parentheses come first, so solve 7 + 5 = 12 inside the parentheses before multiplying by 3.
5. A bag has 50 candies. If you eat 30% of them, you eat 15 candies.
30% of 50 means 30100 x 50 = 15 candies eaten, since 30% is the same as 310 of the total.