This challenge weaves reading analysis into Halloween data. Fifth graders work out lollipops left when 1/3 of 120 students chose chocolate and 1/4 chose gummy bears, identify simile and personification in fog that crept "like a living creature, swallowing every path," find total candy when 25 students averaged 48 pieces, and explain why "a night like any other — or so Maya thought" builds suspense.
Fill-in items round out the work: 3 of every 5 of 45 houses giving candy, the average of 10, 20, 30, and 40, the y-axis label, what to solve first inside parentheses, and 30% of a 50-piece bag. Strong fifth graders learn to switch between numeric reasoning and craft-of-writing analysis.
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Halloween Math & Reading
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
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
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
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
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.
2. The average of 10, 20, 30, and 40 is 25.
3. A coordinate grid has a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis.
4. In the expression 3 × (7 + 5), you solve the parentheses first because of order of operations.
5. A bag has 50 candies. If you eat 30% of them, you eat 15 candies.
Halloween Math & Reading
★ 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
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
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
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
★ 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.
2) The average of 10, 20, 30, and 40 is 25.
3) A coordinate grid has a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis.
4) In the expression 3 × (7 + 5), you solve the parentheses first because of order of operations.
5) A bag has 50 candies. If you eat 30% of them, you eat 15 candies.
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