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Step 1. The student should try to answer every question without a calculator and without help.
Step 2. Check the student’s answers using the solutions at the end of this document.
Step 3. The student should be given a second chance on problems that he or she answered incorrectly.

1. Label point S on the dot grid 2. Label point R on the dot grid
below so that quadrilateral BEST below so that quadrilateral GRID
is a parallelogram. is a kite.

B E G

T I

3. The measure of angle AXB is twice the measure

B
of angle BXC. Without using a protractor, find the
measure of angle BXC.

A X C

4. Shade the square that could be removed 5. Draw a cut line along the grid to split
from the shape below to leave a shape the shape into two pieces so that both
with at least one line of symmetry. pieces have rotational symmetry.

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Compute each product.

6. 9×327=_______ 7. 27×64=_______

8. 17×2,003=_______ 9. 2,020×701=_______

Rewrite each multiplication expression as a power.

10. 2×2×2×2=_______ 11. 13×13×13×13×13 =_______

Compute the value of each power.

12. 82=_______ 13. 54=_______

Fill in the missing exponent in each equation.

14. 23×27=2 15. 7×7 =75

Answer each question below.

16. How can the number 80 be written as the sum of two 16. 80=_____+_____.
powers of 2?

17. The product 147×594×912 ends with the digit ______.

18. Write 493 as a power of 7. 18. __________

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Solutions
1. A parallelogram is a four-sided polygon with two pairs of We are given that the measure of angle AXB is twice
opposite sides that are parallel. We draw parallelogram the measure of angle BXC. So, if we let a represent the
BEST by connecting B to E to S to T to B. So, segments measure in degrees of angle BXC, then the measure of
BE and TB are sides of the parallelogram. angle AXB is (a+a).
B E
B
(a+a)
a
T A X C
Then, we draw a line parallel to segment BE that passes
Since the sum of the measures of angles AXB and BXC is
through point T, and a line parallel to segment BT that
passes through point E. We label the intersection of these 180 degrees, we have a+(a+a)=180.
two points “S” to make parallelogram BEST. We simplify the left side to rewrite the equation as
B E 3×a=180. Since 3× 60 =180, we have a=60.
So, the measure of angle BXC is 60.
4. If we remove the shaded square, then we are left with the
S
figure that has the line of symmetry shown below:
T

2. We draw kite GRID by connecting G to R to I to D to G.

So, segments ID and DG are sides of the kite.
G

D
I 5. If we make the cut shown, then we create two shapes,
each with rotational symmetry.
Kites have two pairs of adjacent sides that are congruent,
but segments ID and DG are not the same length. So,
segment GR is the same length as segment DG, and
segment RI is the same length as segment ID.
There are two other segments in the grid with endpoint G
that has the same length as segment DG:
G
Both shapes have rotational symmetry of order 2.

D
I

Only one of these endpoints will make a kite when its

other endpoint is connected to point I, so we label that
point R. G R

6. We set up the numbers as shown.

D
327
I
×9

Distributing the 9 gives three partial products: 9×7=63,

3. The sum of the measures of angles AXB and BXC equals 9×20=180, and 9×300=2,700.
the measure of straight angle AXC. So, the sum of the We stack the partial products so that the units, tens, and
measures of angles AXB and BXC is 180. hundreds digits line up, as shown below.
327 327 327
B ×9 ×9 ×9
63 63 63
180 180
A X C 2,700

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Then, we add the partial products: 9. We distribute as shown below. We do not need to write a
327 partial product of 0.
×9
2,020 2,020 2,020
63 × 701 × 701 × 701
180
2,020 2,020 2,020
+ 2,700
2,943
2,020 3,020 2,020
7. Each number represented by a digit in 27 is multiplied by
× 701 × 701 × 701
each number represented by a digit in 64.
2,020 2,020 2,020
Distributing gives four partial products, 4×7=28, 14,000 14,000 14,000
4×20=80, 60×7=420, and 60×20=1,200. 1,400,000
27 27 27 27
Finally, we add the partial products.
× 64 × 64 × 64 × 64
28 28 28 28 2,020
80 80 80 × 701
420 420 2,020
1,200 14,000
Then, we add the partial products. + 1,400,000
27
× 64 1,416,020
28 10. We multiply four 2’s, so 2 is the base and 4 is the
80 exponent: 2×2×2×2=24.
420 11. We multiply five 13’s, so 13 is the base and 5 is the
+ 1,200 exponent: 13×13×13×13×13=135.
1,728 12. We evaluate 82 by multiplying two 8’s:
8. First, we distribute the 7 in 17. This gives us four 82=8×8
partial products: 7×3=21, 7×0=0, 7×0=0 and =64.
7×2,000=14,000.
13. We evaluate 54 by multiplying four 5’s:
It is not necessary to write a partial product of 0, since
adding 0 does not change a sum. 54=5×5×5×5
2,003 2,003 2,003 2,003 =25×5×5
× 17 × 17 × 17 × 17 =125×5
21 21 21 21 =625.
14,000 14. We write the powers as products:
Next, we distribute the 1 that is the tens digit of 17. Since 23×27=(2×2×2)×(2×2×2×2×2×2×2)
we know that 10×2,003=20,030 we do not need to =2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2.
distribute the 10 to each digit in 2,003 separately.
All together, we multiply ten 2’s, which equals 2 to the 10th
2,003 power: 23×27=2 10 .
× 17
or
21
3 7
14,000 When we evaluate 2 ×2 , we multiply three 2’s and then
20,030 another seven 2’s. All together, we multiply 3+7=10 twos,
which is equal to 210. So, 23×27=2 10 .
Finally, we add the partial products.
2,003
15. The product 7×7 is equal to 75.
× 17 75 is the product of five 7’s. So, we need to multiply 7 by
four more 7’s to get 75. Therefore, 7×7 4 =75.
21
14,000 16. We look at the powers of 2 between 1 and 80:
+ 20,030 21=2, 22=4, 23=8, 24=16, 25=32, and 26=64.
34,051 16+64=80, and the sum of any other pair is smaller or
larger than 80. So, the only two powers of 2 that we can
add to get 80 are 24=16 and 26=64.
So, we write 80=24+26.

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Since addition is commutative, you may have instead
written 80=24+26.
17. The units digit of 147×594×912 is the same as the units
digit of 7×4×2=56.
So, the product 147×594×912 ends with the digit 6.
In fact, 147×594×912=79,634,016.
18. We know 493=49×49×49. Since 49=7×7, we replace
each 49 with 7×7 to get
493=49×49×49
=(7×7)×(7×7)×(7×7).
So, 493 is the product of six 7’s. Therefore, 493=76.

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