Placement Test for Math in Focus 5A
1. Estimate the value of 887,722 + 543,169 by rounding each number
to the nearest thousand. Then find the exact sum.
a. 887,722 + 543,169 is about ______________.
b. 887,722 + 543,169 is exactly ______________.
2. Round each number to the nearest hundred thousand and then
estimate the product or quotient.
a. 531,853 X 8 ____________ b. 2,799,354 ÷ 5 ____________
3. Consider the number 978,654,321.
a. Write out the number in words.
_____________________________________________________
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b. What digit is in the ten millions place? _____
c. What is the value of the digit 6 in this number? __________
d. 978,654,321= 978,000,000 + _________________+ 321
e. Round 978,654,321 to the nearest million. _______________
4. Solve using mental math.
a. 289 + 675 = _______ b. 702 + 964 = _______
c. 642 – 275 = _______ d. 889 – 92 = _______
e. 99 X 50 = _______ f. 19 X 70 = _______
g. 44 X 25 = _______ h. 12 X 12 = _______
5. Use order of operations to simplify. Then solve.
a. 42 + 20 – 15
___________________ = _________
b. 66 + 37 – 91 – 12
___________________ = _________
c. 12 X 20 ÷ 6
___________________ = _________
d. 54 + 9 X 9
___________________ = _________
e. 600 – 22 X 4
___________________ = _________
f. (60 + 64) – 7 X 6
___________________ = _________
g. (9 + 11 + 4) ÷ (2 X 6)
___________________ = _________
6. Charles bought 2 pairs of jeans and 3 shirts for $255. Each pair of
jeans cost $15 more than each shirt. What was the cost of 1 pair
of jeans?
The cost of 1 pair of jeans was $_______.
7. Ray saved twice as much as Caroline. Lola saved $75 more than
Caroline. If they saved $1,795 all together, how much did Caroline
save?
Caroline saved $_______.
8. Solve. Write your answers as whole numbers or decimals. Round to
hundredths.
a. 1,920 ÷ 24 = ________ b. 3,960 ÷ 72 = ________
c. 26 ÷ 6 = ________ d. 2,288 ÷ 12 = ________
9. Which of the following will result in the answer 42? Circle your
answer.
42,000 ÷ 100 42,000 ÷ 10 4,200 ÷ 100
10. Express each fraction in its simplest form.
6 ____ 16 ____
a. 10 = b. 20 =
11. Express each fraction as a decimal.
6 37
a. 10 = ______ b. 100 = ______
12. Subtract. Express the differences in their simplest form.
7 1 1 1
a. 9 – 3 = ______ b. 4 – 3 – 6 = ______
13. Solve. Express your answers in their simplest form.
_9 5 1 2
a. 3 10 + 2 6 = ______ b. 6 9 – 2 3 = ______
3 3
c. 9 X 4 = ______ d. 8 of 24 = ______
_6 5 _8
e. 10 X 6 = ______ f. 16 ÷ 4 = ______
3 3 3
g. 9 ÷ 5 = ______ h. 4 ÷ 8 = ______
14. Find the equivalent measures.
4 5
a. 1 5 min = _____ sec b. 2 8 lb = _____ oz
2 1
c. 3 5 m = _____ cm d. 5 4 ft = _____ in.
15. What fraction of $3 is 50¢? _______
16. Express 4 months as a fraction of 3 years. _______
4 1
17. Calinda spent 5 of her money at the grocery store. Jonathan spent 2
of his money at the grocery store. They both have $35 left over.
How much did Calinda have at first?
Calinda had $______ at first.
3
18. A bathtub is 4 full of water. If 14 more gallons are needed to fill the
bathtub completely, how much water does the bathtub hold?
The bathtub holds _____ gallons of water.
1
19. There are 10 ribbons on a stick. Each ribbon is 1 4 feet long. What is
the total length of the ribbons all together? Express your answer as
a decimal number.
The total length of the ribbons is __________ feet.
20. What does 9y mean? Circle your answer.
9÷y 9+y 9–y 9Xy
21. For what value of x will 6x – 3 > 2x + 15 be true?
Circle your answer.
x=5 x=4 x=3 x=2
22. Use order of operations to simplify each expression.
a. 9a + 5a – 2b ______________________
b. 15y + 3 – y + 2y + 4 ______________________
c. (x – 22) ÷ (6 + 4) ______________________
23. Felix has some pineapples. He put the pineapples into x boxes of 3
pineapples each and has 2 pineapples left.
a. Find the total number of pineapples Felix has in terms of x.
______________________
b. If x = 6, how many pineapples does Felix have?
Felix has _______ pineapples.
24. Find the area of each triangle.
a. area = ______ feet2
b. area = ______ inches2
25. Express the ratio 15 : 5 in its simplest form. _____ : _____
26. There are 24 chickens in the barn. 10 of them are roosters. Find the
ratio of the number of roosters to the number of hens in the barn.
Express the ratio in its simplest form.
____ : _____
Math in Focus 5A Placement Test Answer Key
Point values are indicated in parentheses next to each item number; 100 points total. If
student’s score is 80 or more, consider starting with level 5B.
1. (2 points) 10. (2 points)
a. 1,431,000 3
b. 1,430,891 a. 5
4
2. (4 points) b. 5
a. 4,000,000
b. 560,000 11. (4 points)
a. 0.6
3. (5 points) b. 0.37
a. Nine hundred seventy-eight million
six hundred fifty-four thousand 12. (4 points)
three hundred twenty-one 4
b. 7 a. 9
c. 600,000 1
d. 654,000 b. 3 2
e. 979,000,000
13. (16 points)
4. (8 points) 11
a. 964 a. 6 15
b. 1,666 4
c. 367 b. 3 9
d. 797 3
e. 4,950 c. 6 4
f. 1,330 d. 9
g. 1,100 1
h. 144 e. 2
1
5. (7 points) f. 8
a. 62 – 15 = 47 g. 15
b. 103 – 91 – 12 = 0 h. 2
c. 240 ÷ 6 = 40
d. 54 + 81 = 135 14. (4 points)
e. 600 – 88 = 512 a. 108 sec
f. 124 – 42 = 82 b. 42 oz
g. 24 ÷ 12 = 2 c. 340 cm
d. 63 in.
6. (2 points)
The cost of 1 pair of jeans was $60. 15. (1 point)
1
7. (2 points) 6
Caroline saved $430.
16. (1 point)
8. (8 points) 1
a. 80 9
b. 55
c. 4.33 17. (2 points)
d. 190.67 Calinda had $175 at first.
9. (2 points) 18. (2 points)
4,200 ÷ 100 The bathtub holds 56 gallons of water.
19. (2 points)
The total length of the ribbons is 12.5 feet.
20. (2 points)
9Xy
21. (2 points)
x=5
22. (6 points)
a. 14a – 2b
b. 16y + 7
c. (x – 22) ÷ 10
23. (4 points)
a. 3x + 2
b. Felix has 20 pineapples.
24. (4 points)
a. 84 feet2
b. 15 inches2
25. (2 points)
3:1
26. (2 points)
5:7
