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.

    Each of these three numbers has one digit hidden by a question mark: 3?6, 29?, 5?2. The average of the three numbers is 387. What is the sum of the three hidden digits?

    1. A18
    2. B2
    3. C4
    4. D63
    5. E9
  2. 2.

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

    1. A9
    2. B8
    3. C10
    4. D11
    5. E5
  3. 3.

    Kai, Uma and Omar are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Kai says: "Uma does not have the ball."
    Uma says: "Omar has the ball."
    Omar says: "I have the ball."
    Exactly one of them is telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. AUma
    2. BKai
    3. CWes
    4. DOmar
    5. ERaj
  4. 4.

    What fraction of the big square is shaded?

    1. A1/2
    2. B1/3
    3. C1/8
    4. D1/4
    5. E3/8
  5. 5.

    What fraction of the big square is shaded?

    1. A1/16
    2. B1/8
    3. C1/32
    4. D3/32
    5. E1/15
  6. 6.

    Yara, Wes, Sara, Omar and Gus are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Yara says: "Sara does not have the ball."
    Wes says: "Yara has the ball."
    Sara says: "I do not have the ball."
    Omar says: "Wes does not have the ball."
    Gus says: "Sara does not have the ball."
    Exactly one of them is telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. AOmar
    2. BYara
    3. CGus
    4. DWes
    5. ESara
  7. 7.

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

    1. A9
    2. B8
    3. C4
    4. D7
    5. E6
  8. 8.

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

    1. A8
    2. B6
    3. C3
    4. D4
    5. E18
  9. 9.

    What fraction of the big square is shaded?

    1. A3/16
    2. B1/4
    3. C5/16
    4. D3/13
    5. E1/8
  10. 10.

    Milo, Nia, Hana, Omar and Yara are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Milo says: "Yara has the ball."
    Nia says: "Milo has the ball."
    Hana says: "Nia does not have the ball."
    Omar says: "Nia does not have the ball."
    Yara says: "Milo does not have the ball."
    Exactly one of them is not telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. ANia
    2. BOmar
    3. CHana
    4. DMilo
    5. EYara

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.