Grade 5 Math SOL Practice Test — Set 1 of 6
399 free Grade 5 Math Virginia SOL practice questions drawn from official Virginia Department of Education released tests. Pick an answer to check it instantly, or open “Show answer” to review. No signup required.
1. Jenny found 17 seashells at the beach. What is 17 rounded to the nearest ten?
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Answer: B — 20
2. The table shows the number of phone calls a radio station received each week for the last month. Week 1: 6,289 calls Week 2: 7,941 calls Week 3: 4,306 calls Week 4: 6,755 calls Which is the best estimate of the total number of calls received in the four-week period?
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Answer: H — 25,000
3. What is the sum of 89 and 47?
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Answer: B — 136
4. Tyrone has $20 to spend at the basketball game. His ticket costs $15.95. Which of the following combinations of items could he also buy without spending more than $20 total?
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Answer: F — Items costing $2.50 and $1.25
5. Mr. Lang planted 35 rows of corn. There are 15 corn plants in each row. How many corn plants are there in all?
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Answer: C — 525
6. Which number is equivalent to 495,208 − 26,984?
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Answer: A — 411,182
7. What is the value of 4,734 ÷ 18?
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Answer: H — 277
8. On field day, Nancy jumped 4 feet. Abe jumped 3 feet. How much farther did Nancy jump than Abe?
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Answer: C — ½ foot
9. Which of the following numbers makes the statement “___ < 1,390,876” true?
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Answer: D — 1,289,799
10. A group of students is shown wearing light or dark shirts. Seven out of eleven students are wearing dark shirts. Which decimal represents the fraction of students wearing dark shirts?
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Answer: G — 0.67
11. On Saturday, Lisa recorded four and five-tenths inches of rain. Which shows that amount written in numerals?
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Answer: H — 4.5
12. Riley read that the population of Virginia in 1790 was 747,610. What is 747,610 rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?
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Answer: A — 700,000
13. The standard weight of a United States dime is 2.268 grams. What is the value of the 8 in that number?
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Answer: F — Eight thousandths
14. What number goes in the box to make the statement true? 1/5 = □/10
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Answer: B — 2
15. A figure made of identical shapes represents the value 1. Another group of the same shapes represents a smaller value. Which number is represented by the second group?
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Answer: F — 0.157
16. Points Y and Z form one side of an angle. Connecting point Y to which other point forms a 28° angle?
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Answer: D — N
17. Which unit would most often be used to determine the mass of one piece of notebook paper?
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Answer: G — Gram
18. Mr. Murphy parked his car at 10:12 a.m. and left at 5:43 p.m. How long was his car in the parking garage?
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Answer: A — 7 hr 31 min
19. A rectangular sign measures 4 cm by 4.5 cm. What is the perimeter of the sign?
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Answer: G — 17 centimeters
20. A rectangular poster measures 30 inches by 20 inches. What is its area?
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Answer: D — 600 square inches
21. A circle has center point R. Points S, T, M, and N lie on the circle. Which of the following is a chord of the circle?
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Answer: F — ST
22. Points K, M, and S are connected so that K–M and M–S meet at point M, forming an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°. What kind of angle is formed?
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Answer: A — Acute
23. A zoo map is shown on a coordinate grid. The duck pond is located 7 units to the right of the origin and 6 units up. Which ordered pair describes its location?
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Answer: J — (7, 6)
24. Which of the following includes ray AB and ray AC?
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Answer: C — ∠CAB
25. On a map, Main Street runs east–west. Rose Street also runs east–west. Naples Street and Evans Street run north–south. Which two streets are parallel?
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Answer: G — Main Street and Rose Street
26. A bandage measures slightly more than 2 inches but less than 3 inches. Which length is closest?
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Answer: B — 2 3/8 in.
27. Tina used 1 liter of chicken broth. This amount is closest to which measurement?
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Answer: J — 1 quart
28. A spinner has 8 equal sections labeled: Red (2 sections), Blue (2), Green (1), Yellow (1), Purple (2). What is the probability of landing on Red?
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Answer: B — 1/4
29. The number of boats rented at Marsh Lake at different times was recorded as follows: 9 a.m.: 8 boats 10 a.m.: 26 boats 11 a.m.: 21 boats 12 p.m.: 16 boats 1 p.m.: 12 boats Which is closest to the number of boats being used at 10 a.m.?
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Answer: J — 26
30. In Sheila’s class, there are 5 students with red hair, 8 with blond hair, and 9 with brown hair. Which question could be answered using probability?
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Answer: G — If one student is chosen at random, which hair color is most likely?
31. Cassie’s team scores were: 17, 22, 39, 26, 25, 33, 37, 43, 18, 39, 29, 50, 41, 24, 48. Which stem-and-leaf plot represents this data?
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Answer: A — Stem-and-leaf plot with stems 1–5 and correctly grouped leaves
32. Susan walked the following number of blocks: 21, 18, 15, 18, 13. What was the mean number of blocks per day?
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Answer: G — 17
33. Gas prices at five locations were approximately: #1: $1.45 #2: $1.60 #3: $1.70 #4: $1.85 #5: $1.82 Which is closest to the price at location #5?
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Answer: A — $1.82
34. A number machine changes inputs as follows: Input 8 → Output 17 Input 6 → Output 13 Input 3 → Output 7 Which rule could the machine be using?
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Answer: B — Multiply by 2, then add 1
35. On a number line marked 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95, point Z is just left of 93. Which number best describes the location of point Z?
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Answer: J — 93
36. The numbers on race cards follow this pattern: 75, 77, 80, 84, 89, ___. What is the next number?
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Answer: C — 95
37. A pattern of five musical notes repeats in this order: F, G, H, J, K. If the pattern continues, which note will be the 12th note played?
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Answer: H — H
38. The total cost of books increases as shown: 1 book: $10.50 2 books: $18.50 3 books: $26.50 4 books: $34.50 5 books: $42.50 Which rule could be used to determine the total cost?
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Answer: D — Multiply by $8 and add $2.50
39. The number of blocks in each level of a figure is shown: Level 1: 1 block Level 2: 4 blocks Level 3: 9 blocks Level 4: 16 blocks Using this pattern, how many blocks are needed for Level 10?
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Answer: H — 100
40. Bella made 3 times as many cupcakes as Eric. If E represents the number Eric made, which expression represents the number Bella made?
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Answer: B — 3 × E
41. A tile border pattern repeats every 8 tiles, and exactly one tile in each repeat has a dot in the center. If the pattern goes all the way around the table and completes one full repeat, how many tiles with dots are needed?
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Answer: A — 8
42. The list of numbers is: 48, 39, 30, 21, 12, ___. What is the next number if the same rule continues?
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Answer: J — 3
43. A measurement tool is shown that is designed to measure angles by degrees using a curved scale marked from 0° to 180°. This tool could be used to identify the —
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Answer: D — measure of an angle
44. Which decimal is equivalent to ( (3)/(5) )?
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Answer: D — 0.60
45. A parking garage has 12 levels. Each level has 86 parking spaces. What is the total number of parking spaces in the garage?
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Answer: D — 1,032
46. What is the value of this expression? (6 + 4(8 - 5))
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Answer: A — 18
47. Which list of numbers is ordered from least to greatest?
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Answer: C — ( 0.22, (3)/(12), 0.75, (8)/(9) )
48. Based on the order of operations, which shows the first step in simplifying this expression? (16 + 2 + 6(7 + 4 * 5))
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Answer: D — (16 + 2 + 46(7 + 20))
49. Mary Lee has a total of 216 eggs. Using these eggs, she will fill empty egg cartons that each hold 12 eggs. What is the greatest number of egg cartons that Mary Lee can fill completely?
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Answer: A — 18
50. What is the product of 5.06 and 2.1?
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Answer: B — 10.626
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