Winter Holiday Math & Reading — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A holiday gift box is 10 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
A) 19 cubic inches
B) 200 cubic inches
C) 220 cubic inches
D) 100 cubic inches
The correct answer is B) 200 cubic inches. A holiday gift box is 10 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume — the answer is 200 cubic inches.
2. A passage states: "The old woman placed a candle in every window and left the door unlocked." What can you infer?
A) She forgot to lock the door
B) She was expecting visitors
C) She was afraid of the dark
D) She wanted to sell candles
The correct answer is B) She was expecting visitors. A passage states: "The old woman placed a candle in every window and left the door unlocked." What can you infer — the answer is She was expecting visitors.
3. A snow fort has a rectangular base of 6 ft by 4 ft and walls 3 ft high. What is the volume of space inside the fort?
A) 13 cubic feet
B) 48 cubic feet
C) 72 cubic feet
D) 24 cubic feet
The correct answer is C) 72 cubic feet. A snow fort has a rectangular base of 6 ft by 4 ft and walls 3 ft high. What is the volume of space inside the fort — the answer is 72 cubic feet.
4. A story says: "Marcus stared at the empty chair at the holiday table and sighed." What is the most likely mood?
A) Excited
B) Angry
C) Sad or nostalgic
D) Confused
The correct answer is C) Sad or nostalgic. A story says: "Marcus stared at the empty chair at the holiday table and sighed." What is the most likely mood — the answer is Sad or nostalgic.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Volume is measured in cubic units, such as cubic inches or cubic feet.
The answer is "cubic." Volume measures three-dimensional space, so it uses cubic units (length x width x height), like cubic inches or cubic feet.
2. A cube-shaped ornament box has edges of 3 inches. Its volume is 27 cubic inches.
The answer is "27." For a cube, volume = edge x edge x edge, so 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 cubic inches.
3. Using clues from the text to figure out something the author does not directly state is called making an inference.
The answer is "inference." Making an inference means combining text clues with your own knowledge to reach a conclusion the author did not state directly.
4. A storage bin is 2 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 1 foot tall. Its volume is 3 cubic feet.
The answer is "3." Use the volume formula: length x width x height = 2 x 1.5 x 1 = 3 cubic feet.
5. The formula for the volume of a rectangular prism is length × width × height.
The answer is "height." Volume of a rectangular prism requires all three dimensions multiplied together: length x width x height.