math contest practice, Grade 5

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Math contest practice test, Grade 5

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Grades 5 and 6

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 25 minutes.

  1. 1.

    What fraction of the big square is shaded?

    1. A4/5
    2. B4/9
    3. C5/9
    4. D1/3
    5. E2/9
  2. 2.

    Ben, Ivan and Wes are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Ben says: "I have the ball."
    Ivan says: "Wes has the ball."
    Wes says: "Ben has the ball."
    Exactly one of them is telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. AKai
    2. BWes
    3. CPia
    4. DIvan
    5. EBen
  3. 3.

    Each of these three numbers has one digit hidden by a question mark: 30?, 79?, 69?. The average of the three numbers is 597. What is the sum of the three hidden digits?

    1. A6
    2. B11
    3. C21
    4. D3
    5. E12
  4. 4.

    How many triangles of any size are there in this figure?

    1. A3
    2. B4
    3. C6
    4. D11
    5. E12
  5. 5.

    Ben, Ivan, Yara, Sara and Raj are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Ben says: "Raj does not have the ball."
    Ivan says: "Ben does not have the ball."
    Yara says: "Raj has the ball."
    Sara says: "I have the ball."
    Raj says: "Sara has the ball."
    Exactly one of them is telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. ARaj
    2. BBen
    3. CSara
    4. DYara
    5. EIvan
  6. 6.

    What fraction of the big square is shaded?

    1. A7/16
    2. B7/9
    3. C3/8
    4. D7/32
    5. E1/2
  7. 7.

    How many triangles of any size are there in this figure?

    1. A15
    2. B8
    3. C12
    4. D16
    5. E17
  8. 8.

    What fraction of the big square is shaded?

    1. A11/16
    2. B9/16
    3. C5/8
    4. D9/32
    5. E1/2
  9. 9.

    How many triangles of any size are there in this figure?

    1. A9
    2. B7
    3. C15
    4. D16
    5. E6
  10. 10.

    Yara, Ava, Dina, Fay and Lena are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Yara says: "Lena does not have the ball."
    Ava says: "I have the ball."
    Dina says: "Yara has the ball."
    Fay says: "Ava has the ball."
    Lena says: "I do not have the ball."
    Exactly one of them is not telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. AFay
    2. BAva
    3. CYara
    4. DLena
    5. EDina

Written by Scholar Tests in the style of the published math contest question types. Not a real math contest test, and a practice score is not a real score.