Placement Test for Math in Focus 5B

1. Consider the number 15.275. Then answer the questions.

a. What digit is in the tenths place? ________

b. What digit is in the hundredths place? ________

c. What is the difference between this number and 15.2? _______

2. Solve using mental math.

a. 0.25 X 100 = _______ b. 0.009 X 1000 = _______

c. 9.37 ÷ 100 = _______ d. 0.005 ÷ 0.01 = _______

e. 300 X 0.7 = _______ f. 140 ÷ 0.07 = _______

3. A rope is 10 meters long. If it were cut into 4 equal pieces, how

long would each piece be? Write your answer as a decimal number.

Each piece would be _____ meters long.

4. 300 animals are in the shelter. 35% of the animals are cats. How
many cats are there in the shelter?

There are ______ cats.

5. Mr. Lee earns $3,500 a month. He spends 50% of it, saves 30%
of the remainder, and the rest is spent on rent. How much is his rent?

His rent is $______.

6. Look at the spinner. Express each probability as a fraction in its
simplest form.

a. The probability of landing on red is ______.

b. The probability of landing on blue is ______.

c. The probability of landing on yellow is ______.

7. The graph shows the number of shirts a store sold over five days.

a. How many shirts were sold on Tuesday? _____

b. How many more shirts were sold on Friday than Wednesday? _____

c. What is the total number of shirts sold? _____

d. What is the average number of shirts sold each day? _____

8. Find the equivalent measures.

a. 0.6 m = _______ cm b. 5.25 lb = ______ oz

c. 45 ml = _______ L d. 0.25 feet = _______ inches

9. What ordered pairs are represented on this grid?

a. B = ______ b. A = ______

c. D = ______ d. C = ______

10. The length of one side of a cube is 2 yards. What is its volume in cubic
feet?

______

11. Name the right angle.

∠ _________
12. Find the measure of ∠P.

∠P = __________

13. Find the measure of ∠z.

∠z = __________

14. Find the unknown angle measures in these triangles.

a. __________

b. __________

15. Study this solid shape. Then answer the questions.

a. How many faces does this shape have? ______

b. How many vertices does this shape have? ______

c. What shape is the base of this solid shape? __________________

d. What shape are its side faces? __________________

16. Draw lines to match the shapes with their names.

• • rhombus

• • octagon

• • hexagon

• • right triangle

• • scalene triangle

• • trapezoid

17. Which of these solid shapes does not have any flat surfaces? Circle
your answer.

cone cylinder sphere prism

18. How many cubes make up this solid shape?

_____ cubes make up this solid shape.

19. Which of the statements below is true? _____

Shape 1. Shape 2.

a. Shape 1 is made up of more cubes than Shape 2.

b. Shape 2 is made up of more cubes than Shape 1.

c. Shape 1 and Shape 2 are made up of the same number of cubes.

20. Draw lines to match the unfolded patterns with the shapes they form.

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21. Charlotte is x years old. Van is 3 times as old as Charlotte. Selena is 2
years older than Van.

a. Express Selena’s age in terms of x.

_________________________ years

b. If Charlotte is 4 years old, how old is Selena? _______

22. Simplify the following.

a. 19a + 14 – 7a – 5 ____________________

b. y + 7y – 2y ____________________

23. Find the value of the expression 174 – 2y2 when y is 9. ______

24. Solve.

a. (– 4) + (– 33) = ______ b. 14 + (– 5) = ______

c. (– 27) + 9 = ______ d. 65 + (– 25) + 13 = ______

e. 55 – 75 = ______ f. –8 + 64 – 41 = ______

25. Express the following as percentages.

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a. 0.49 = ____% b. 15 = ____% c. 225 out of 900 = ____%

26. Find the missing numbers in this set of equivalent ratios.

4 : _____ : 6 = _____ : 9 : 18
 Math in Focus 5B Placement Test Answer Key

Point values are indicated in parentheses next to each item number; 100 points total.

1. (6 points) 13. (2 points)

a. 2 59˚
b. 7
c. 0.075 14. (4 points)
a. 112˚
2. (6 points) b. 42˚
a. 25
b. 9 15. (8 points)
c. 0.0937 a. 7
d. 0.5 b. 10
e. 210 c. pentagon
f. 2,000 d. rectangle

3. (2 points) 16. (6 points)

Each piece would be 2.5 meters long.

4. (2 points)
There are 105 cats.

5. (2 points)
His rent is $1,225.

6. (6 points)
1
a. 2
1
b. 4
1
c. 8
17. (2 points)
7. (4 points) sphere
a. 40
b. 60 18. (2 points)
c. 240 10 cubes make up this solid shape.
d. 48
19. (2 points)
8. (8 points) c
a. 60
b. 84 20. (2 points)
c. 0.045
d. 3

9. (8 points)
a. 3, 5
b. 3, 4
c. 4, 4
d. 4, 3

10. (2 points)
216 ft.3

11. (2 points)
∠ RQP or ∠PQR

12. (2 points)
140˚
21. (2 points)
a. (3x + 2) years
b. 14

22. (6 points)
a. 12a + 9
b. 6y

23. (2 points)
12

24. (6 points)
a. –37
b. 9
c. –18
d. 53
e. –20
f. 15

25. (6 points)
a. 49%
b. 20%
c. 25%

26. (4 points)
4 : 3 : 6 = 12 : 9 : 18