Grade 5 Math SOL Practice Test — Set 6 of 6
Set 6 of 6 — 50 more free Grade 5 Math SOL practice questions from official VDOE released tests.
1. Caroline put 1 inch of water in a pot. Which measurement is closest to 1 inch?
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Answer: A — 2.5 centimeters
2. A picture of the United States flag measures 4 inches by 6 inches. What is its perimeter?
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Answer: D — 10 inches
3. Which figure has at least two sides that are parallel?
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Answer: C — A rectangle
4. Which describes a figure with an area of 28 square centimeters?
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Answer: B — A rectangle 7 cm by 4 cm
5. Which best describes figure JK?
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Answer: B — Line segment JK
6. Which unit would most often be used to measure the mass of one dogwood flower?
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Answer: A — Gram
7. On a coordinate grid, point A is located 6 units to the right of the origin and 6 units up. What are the coordinates of point A?
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Answer: B — (6, 6)
8. On Tuesday, sunrise was at 6:43 A.M. and sunset was at 9:37 P.M. How long was the sun out?
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Answer: B — 14 hr 54 min
9. Points P, Y, and W are connected so that angle PYW is greater than 90° but less than 180°. What kind of angle is formed?
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Answer: A — Obtuse
10. Which statement about a circle is true?
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Answer: C — The radius is one-half the diameter.
11. A recipe calls for 25 grams of sugar. This amount is closest to —
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Answer: B — 1 ounce
12. A box contains 10 candles, 4 of which are striped. If Mitch randomly selects one candle, what is the probability it is striped?
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Answer: C — 2/10
13. Prices of cereal at five stores were recorded. Store #2 charged approximately $1.65. Which answer choice is closest to that price?
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Answer: A — $1.65
14. T-shirts ordered: Small: 18 Medium: 26 Large: 26 X-Large: 19 XX-Large: 11 What was the mean number of shirts ordered per size?
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Answer: C — 20
15. Flags carried by a marching band show different instruments. Which question could be answered using probability?
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Answer: B — If a flag is chosen at random, which instrument is least likely to appear?
16. A graph shows the number of stamp books in a vending machine at different times: 8 A.M.: about 90 9 A.M.: about 80 10 A.M.: about 60 11 A.M.: about 52 12 P.M.: about 40 1 P.M.: about 20 Which is closest to the number of books at 11 A.M.?
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Answer: C — 52
17. On a number line marked at equal intervals, point R is slightly greater than 50. Which description best fits?
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Answer: C — Between 50 and 55
18. Museum ticket costs: 1 ticket: $2.75 2 tickets: $5.50 4 tickets: $11.00 5 tickets: $13.75 What is the total cost of 3 tickets?
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Answer: C — $8.25
19. A pattern increases by 5 each time: 39, 44, 49, 54. What is the next number?
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Answer: B — 50
20. Jasper put B books equally on 2 shelves. Which expression shows how many books were on each shelf?
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Answer: D — B ÷ 2
21. A pattern of tiles shows gray columns increasing by 1 tile each time: 5, 6, 7, 8. How many tiles will be in the next column?
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Answer: B — 8
22. 1, 10, 100, 1,000. If the pattern continues, what is the next number?
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Answer: A — 10,000
23. Milkshake costs: 1: $2.50 2: $5.00 3: $7.50 4: $10.00 5: $12.50 What is the cost for 6 milkshakes?
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Answer: A — $15.00
24. Which situation can be solved using the open sentence B − 5?
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Answer: C — Five fewer boxes than Brad
25. A number machine changes 2 to 9, 9 to 16, and 16 to 23. Which rule is being used?
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Answer: D — Add 7
26. What would be the cost of 2 gallons of ice cream and 2 boxes of ice cream cones? Ice cream costs $4.69 per gallon. Ice cream cones cost $2.73 per box.
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Answer: D — $14.84
27. Which is the best estimate for 8,032 ÷ 2,936?
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Answer: G — About 5,000
28. What is 17 rounded to the nearest ten?
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Answer: C — 20
29. Solve: 3,612 ÷ 86.
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Answer: G — 42
30. Hannibal is comparing two kinds of aquariums. The first aquarium can hold a maximum of 12.875 gallons of water. The second aquarium can hold a maximum of 10.65 gallons of water. How many more gallons of water can the first aquarium hold than the second?
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Answer: D — 2.225
31. Solve: 0.7251 ÷ 3.
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Answer: A — 0.2417
32. Solve: 4.8 × 5.1.
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Answer: D — 24.48
33. Solve: 63 × 8.
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Answer: H — 5,672
34. Which product would be in the 200 to 300 range?
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Answer: D — 19 × 13
35. Solve: 75,243 ÷ 3,089.
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Answer: H — 78,332
36. What is 2.27 centimeters rounded to the nearest tenth?
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Answer: C — 2.3
37. One year there were 1,546,257 people enrolled in Virginia schools. What is the value of the digit 4 in this number?
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Answer: D — 40,000
38. The table shows the number of visitors recorded one year to some national parks. Assateague Island National Seashore: 1,836,784 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: 1,317,835 Shenandoah National Park: 1,473,100 Valley Forge National Historical Park: 1,784,520 Which statement is true?
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Answer: H — 1,317,835 is greater than 1,784,520
39. Which has a value greater than 1/5?
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Answer: A — 1/3
40. Which means “six and seventy-four thousandths”?
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Answer: H — 6.074
41. What is the area of a rectangle that measures 4 meters wide and 6 meters long?
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Answer: C — 24 m²
42. Which is closest to the weight of a pear?
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Answer: F — 4 ounces
43. On Monday, a train left Brockton at 8:16 A.M. and arrived in Deming at 3:45 P.M. How long did the trip take?
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Answer: H — 7 hours, 29 minutes
44. A coordinate grid shows a fish. The eye of the fish is located at (1, 3). Which ordered pair best describes the location of the eye?
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Answer: D — (1, 3)
45. Which angle measure is closest to the angle formed by a board leaning against a building and the ground, forming an acute angle slightly less than 45 degrees?
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Answer: F — 30°
46. Which is closest to the length of a mailing label that measures slightly more than 2 inches but less than 3 inches?
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Answer: B — 2½ in.
47. For which task would perimeter be needed?
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Answer: J — Determining fencing needed
48. Which statement must be true about a diameter of a circle?
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Answer: D — Intersects the center of a circle
49. Keith used 1 quart of milk. Which is closest?
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Answer: G — 1 liter
50. A bar graph shows student enrollment by grade. Fifth grade has about 40 more students than fourth grade. How many more students are in fifth grade than fourth grade?
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Answer: J — 40
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