PARCC Grade 5 Math 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the product of 0.6 × 0.5?
- 0.30 (Correct answer)
- 3.0
- 0.11
- 30
Correct answer: 0.30
6 × 5 = 30, and with two decimal places the answer is 0.30.
Question 2: On a coordinate plane, where is the point (3, 0) located?
- On the x-axis (Correct answer)
- On the y-axis
- In the first quadrant above the axis
- At the origin
Correct answer: On the x-axis
A y-coordinate of 0 means the point sits on the x-axis.
Question 3: What is 7/8 − 1/4?
- 5/8 (Correct answer)
- 6/4
- 1/2
- 8/12
Correct answer: 5/8
1/4 = 2/8, so 7/8 − 2/8 = 5/8.
Question 4: Which number is equal to 10 to the third power (10³)?
- 1,000 (Correct answer)
- 30
- 100
- 10,000
Correct answer: 1,000
10³ = 10 × 10 × 10 = 1,000.
Question 5: A recipe uses 2/3 cup of sugar. How much sugar is needed for 3 batches?
- 2 cups (Correct answer)
- 6/3 cups left as is
- 1 1/3 cups
- 9/3 unsimplified only
Correct answer: 2 cups
3 × 2/3 = 6/3 = 2 cups.
Question 6: What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 3.452?
- 5 hundredths (Correct answer)
- 5 tenths
- 5 thousandths
- 5 ones
Correct answer: 5 hundredths
The 5 is in the hundredths place, so it is worth 5 hundredths.
Question 7: If a pattern starts at 0 and adds 4 each time, what is the 5th term (counting 0 as the 1st)?
- 16 (Correct answer)
- 20
- 12
- 24
Correct answer: 16
The terms are 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, so the 5th term is 16.
PARCC Grade 5 Math 3
What is the product of 0.6 × 0.5?