2011 Math Challenge
Grade 5
Directions: Check your answers analyze the solution given in
every question. Be sure you deeply understand the concepts
involved. Test yourself again by answering the question.
1. Round 463 702 to the nearest hundred thousand.
Answer: 500 000
2. Round to the nearest hundred and estimate the product of 383 x
729.
Solution: 400 x 700
Answer: 280 000
3. What is the place value of 7 in 873 634 902?
Answer: ten millions
4. Which number (s) has (have) both 2 and 9 factor? a. 6282 b.
7282. c. 8982
Solution: 6 282-even number; 6+2+8+2 = 18÷9 = 2
8 982-even number; 8+9+8+2 = 27÷9 = 3
Answer: a. 6 282 and c. 8 982
5. How many thousands are there in 6 billion?
Solution: 6 000 000 000 ÷ 1 000 = 6 000 000
Answer: 6 000 000
6. What is the remainder when 4768 is divided by 37?
Solution: 4 768÷37 = 128 r. 32
Answer: 32
7. How many prime numbers are there between 70 and 90?
Solution: 71, 73, 79, 83, 89
Answer: 5
8. In 78 456 382, the underlined 8 is how many times as great as
the 8 that is not underlined?
Answer: 100 000
9. The product of 42 x 51 is closest to which multiple of 100?
Solution: 42 x 51 = 2 142 round to the nearest hundred
Answer: 2 100
10. There are 45 rows of seats in an auditorium. Each row has 28
seats except the last 2 rows which have only 25 seats each. How
many people can be seated?
Solution: 43 x 28 = 1 204; 2 x 25 = 50
1 204 + 50
Answer: 1 254
11. It takes 16 meters to make 3 pairs of window drapes. How
many meters will it take to make a dozen pairs?
Solution: 16 x 12 = 192÷3 = 64
Answer: 64 m
12. A cube has an edge of 12 cm. What is its total surface?
Solution: 6 x s2
6 x 122
6 x 144
Answer: 864 cm2
13. A tank contains 105 liters of water when 70 % full. How many
liters does it contain when full?
Solution: 105 ÷ 0.7 = 150
Answer: 150 liters
14. Twice, the sum of my number and 7, minus 13 is 37. What is
my number?
Solution: 2(n+7)-13 = 37 wherein 2(n+7) should be
equal to 50. Then n+7 should be equal to 25.
This means that n=18.
Answer: 18
15. Eight sheets of bond paper cost ₱3.00. How much would 20
sheets cost?
Solution: 8n = 3 x 20
8n = 60
n = 60÷8
Answer: ₱7.50
16. A cube has a volume of 512 cm3. How long is an edge?
Answer: 8 cm
17. How many decimal places are there in the product of 3.012 x
6.2034?
Solution: 3.012 has three decimal places
6.2034 has four decimal places
There would be 7 decimal places in their
product.
Answer: 7
18. The length of a rectangle is 5 cm longer than the width. If the
width is 12 cm, what is its perimeter?
Solution: l=12+5; w=12
P = 2(17+12)
= 2(29)
= 58
Answer: 58 cm
19. What is the GCF of 96 and 120?
Solution: 2 96 120
2 48 60
2 24 30 GCF is 2x2x2x3
3 12 15
4 5
Answer: 24
20. What is the LCM of 96 and 120?
Solution: 2 96 120
2 48 60
2 24 30 LCM is 2x2x2x3x4x5
3 12 15
4 5
Answer: 480
21. Liza has 4 2/3 m of white cloth and 5 5/8 of blue cloth. How
many meters of cloth has Liza?
Solution: 4 2/3 + 5 5/8 = 4 16/24 + 5 15/24 = 9 31/24
Answer: 10 7/24 m
22. Ted has 28 3/5 m of string for his project; Rey has 23 5/6 m.
how much longer is Ted’s string than Rey’s string?
Solution: 28 3/5 -23 5/6 = 28 18/30-23 25/30;
27 48/30-23 25/30 = 4 23/30
Answer: 4 23/30 m
23. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:5. If their difference is 48, what
is this bigger number?
Solution: Change 2:5 to higher terms such that their
difference is 48.
2:5 = 32:80 wherein 80-32 =48
Answer: 80
24. The sum of 5 consecutive numbers is 285. What is the largest
of the numbers?
Solution: 285÷5=57 Using the numbers come before and
after 57 we can come up with numbers 55, 56,
57, 58, and 59 whose sum is 285.
Answer: 59
25. Nelia paid ₱159.60 for a blouse at discount of 16%. What is
the marked price?
Solution: 159.6÷0.84 = 190
Answer: ₱190
26. The base of an isosceles triangle is 26 cm. If the parameter is
72 cm. find the length of each of the equal sides.
Solution: 72-26 = 46÷2 = 23
Answer: 23 cm
27. A lagoon has a radius of 28 m. If you walk around it 4 times,
how many meters will that be? [Use л=22/7]
Solution: C = 2 лr
= 2x22/7x28
= 1 232/7
= 176 x 4
= 704
Answer: 704 m
28. Kate and Linda together weigh 87 kilos; Linda and Rose
together weigh 92 kilos. If Rose weighs 49 kilos, what is the weight
of Kate?
Solution: 49 – Rose’s weight
92-49=43 – Linda’s weight
87-43=44 – Kate’s weight
Answer: 44 kilos
29. If 3, 456 x 245 = 846,720, what is 34,560 x 2450?
Solution: Add two zeroes to the product.
Answer: 84 672 000
30. A vendor bought 3 dozen watermelons at ₱ 648 a dozen. He
sold all at ₱ 75 each. How much was his gain?
Solution: 75 x 36 = 2 700
648 x 3 = 1 944
2 700-1 944 = 756
Answer: ₱756
31. A can has a square base of side 30 cm and a height of 45 cm.
If 1 dm3 = 1 liter, how many liters of oil will the can hold?
Solution: 30 x 30 x 45 = 40 500 cm3
40 500 cm3 = 40.5 dm3
Answer: 40.5 dm3
32. The parallel sides of trapezoidal field are 186 m and 146 m. If
they are 110 m apart, how many hectares is the area of the field?
Solution: ½ x(186+146)110
½ x 332 x 110 1 ha = 10 000 m2
½ x 36 520
18 260 m2
Answer: 1.826 hectares
33. What percent of 950 is 228?
Solution: 228÷950 = 0.24
Answer: 24%
34. The sum of the sides of a cube is 168 cm. What is its volume?
Solution: 168÷12 = 14
14 x 14 x 14
2 744
Answer: 2 744 cm3
35. During a sale, a pair of shoes was bought at a discount of
15%. If ₱722.50 was paid for them, what was the marked price?
Solution: 722.5÷0.85
Answer: ₱850
36. How many 3 2/3 dm pieces of ribbon can be cut from a roll of
40 meters?
Solution: 40 m = 400 dm
400÷3 2/3
400 x 3/11
1200/11
109.09
Answer: 109
37. Anne bought 8 3/8 m of cloth. If it was cut from a bolt of cloth
22 1/3 m long, how much cloth remained?
Solution: 22 1/3-8 3/8
22 8/24-8 9/24
21 32/24-8 9/24
13 23/24
Answer: 13 23/24 m
38. A circular flower bed has a radius of 3 m. About how many
santan bushes 30 cm apart can be planted along the edges?
Solution: 3 m = 300 cm
2(3.14)300
1 884÷30
62.8
Answer: 63
39. A bathroom is 2.5 m by 1.3 m. How many square titles of side
5 cm are needed to tile the floor?
Solution: 250 cm x 130 cm = 32 500 cm2
5 cm x 5 cm = 25 cm2
32 500÷25 = 1 300
Answer: 1 300
40. A piece of work can be done by 40 men in 48 days. After 15
days 18 men were transferred to another job. How many more
days will the remaining men finish the job?
Solution: 40:22=n:33
40 x 33 = 1 320
1 320÷22 = 60
Answer: 60 days
41. There are 40 members in the Drama Club, 4/5 as many in
Debating Club and twice as many in Singing Club as the Drama
Club. How many members in all there in the three clubs if each
pupil belongs to only one club?
Solution: 40 – Drama Club
40 x 4/5 = 32
40+32 = 72 – Debating Club
40 x 2 = 80 – Singing Club
40 + 72 + 80
Answer: 192
42. Together, Rose and Ann have ₱205. If Rose has ₱35 more
than Ann, how much money does Rose have?
Solution: 205-35 = 170
170÷2 = 85
85+35 = 120
Answer: ₱120
43. The ratio of books to pupils in Math class is 2:3. If there are 54
pupils, how many books are there?
Solution: 3n = 54 x 2
3n = 108
n =108/3
n = 36
Answer: 36
44. The scale of the blueprint of the house of Mr. Carlos is 2 cm: 3
m. If the living room of the house is 4 cm by 6 cm in the blueprint,
what is the area of the living room?
Solution: 4÷2=2; 6÷2=3
2 x 3 = 6; 3 x 3 = 9
9 x 9 = 54
Answer: 54 m2
45. If a car consumes 5 liters of gasoline for 44 km, how far can it
go on 20 liters?
Solution: 5n = 44 x 20
5n = 880
n = 880/5
n = 176
Answer: 176 km
46. Suppose two days ago was Sunday .What day of the week will
365 days from today be?
Answer: Wednesday
47. There are 4 boys and 5 girls standing outside a record shop.
The sign in the window offers a price to every couple (one boy and
one girl) that enters the shop. How many prizes can the 9 people
get?
Solution: If we pair each boy to each girl, there will
be 5 pairs. Since there are 4 boys, there
will be 20 pairs.
Answer: 20
48. When counting number is multiplied by itself, the result is a
squared number like 16, 25, 36. How many square numbers are
there between 500 and 2000?
Solution: The smallest square number from 500 – 2 000
is 529(23x23) while the largest is 1
936(44x44). There are 22 counting numbers
from 23 – 44.
Answer: 22
49. A certain number is divisible by 3 and 5. When the number is
divided by 7, the remainder is 4. What is the smallest number that
satisfies the conditions?
Solution: Find any multiples of 15 such that when you
divide it by 7 the remainder is 4.
(15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90..)
Answer: 60
50. Of three numbers, two are 1/2 and 1/3. What should the third
number be so that the average of the three is 1?
Solution: ½ + 1/3 = 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6 [You need 1/6 to
make a whole]
Answer: 1/6