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Filling in stories Filling in stories Filling in stories Filling in stories Filling in stories Writing story endings Writing story endings Writing story endings Writing story endings Writing story endings Reading comp.–reasoning Reading comp.–reasoning Reading comp.–reasoning Reading comp.–reasoning Reading comp.–reasoning Prefixes, suffixes, and root words
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Math
Addition and subtraction riddles 3
Addition and subtraction riddles 4
Addition and subtraction riddles 5
Addition and subtraction riddles 6
Addition and subtraction riddles 7
Place value 8
Place value 9
Place value 10
Number words and numeral forms 11
Numerical order 12
Word problems–mult./division 13
Word problems–mult./division 14
Fractions 15
Fractions 16
Reading a chart 17
Reading a chart 18
Word problems 19
Word problems 20
Word problems 21
Reproduction of these materials for commercial resale or distribution to an entire school system or school/library district is strictly prohibited Pages may be duplicated for one individual class-room set only Materials may not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior written permission of the publisher. Reading Filling in stories 22
Filling in stories 23
Filling in stories 24
Filling in stories 25
Filling in stories 26
Writing story endings 27
Writing story endings 28
Writing story endings 29
Writing story endings 30
Writing story endings 31
Reading comp.–reasoning 32
Reading comp.–reasoning 33
Reading comp.–reasoning 34
Reading comp.–reasoning 35
Reading comp.–reasoning 36
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words 37
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words 38
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words 39
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words 40
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words 41 Answer pages 42-48
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Trang 6Name _ Skill: Addition and subtraction
Add or subtract the numbers below Use the answer key to fill in the letters and get the answer to the riddle.
16 + 16
35
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48
- 37
20 + 13
67
- 43
35 -16
37 + 25
41 + 37
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27 77
65
- 6
11 + 11
74
- 22
55 + 44
63
- 22
18 + 63
44
- 26
40 + 33
68
- 20
18 + 18
39
- 24
89
- 12
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Add or subtract the numbers below Use the answer key to fill in the letters and get the answer to the riddle.
23 + 35
33 + 39
48 + 38
46
- 24
18 + 24
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Add or subtract the numbers below Use the answer key to fill in the letters and get the answer to the riddle.
17 + 22
30 + 19
25 + 25
Trang 11Name _ Skill: Place value
Give the number for each set of blocks.
= 100 = 10 = 1
Trang 12Name _ Skill: Place value
Give the number for each set of blocks.
= 100 = 10 = 1
Trang 131 What number has seven thousands, six hundreds, four tens
and three ones?
2 What number has two hundreds, one ten, five thousands,
and nine ones?
3 What number has five tens, six ones, four thousands,
and zero hundreds?
4 What number has three thousands, six tens, eight hundreds,
and two ones?
5 What number has two hundreds, one thousand, three tens,
and four ones?
6 What number has five ones, eight tens, seven hundreds,
and nine thousands?
Name _ Skill: Place value
Read each question and write the number in the blank.
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Read each sentence and answer the questions.
1 What is the numeral for:
four thousand five hundred thirty-two?
2 What is the numeral for:
two thousand seven hundred eighty-five?
3 What is the numeral for:
one thousand four hundred twenty-five?
4 What is the numeral for:
three thousand six hundred fifty-one?
5 What is the numeral for:
nine thousand eight hundred sixteen?
6 Write the number word for 5,203
7 Write the number word for 7,744
8 Write the number word for 3,593
9 Write the number word for 6,049
10 Write the number word for 8,999
Trang 15Name _ Skill: Numerical order
Put the following numbers in
order from smallest to largest.
Trang 16Name _ Skill: Word problems -
multiplication/ division
Read each word problem Circle the operation you need to
use to solve each problem Write the equation and answer in the blank.
I have three cards Each card
has four hearts on it How many
hearts are there in all?
Marcy has four coins Each coin
is worth ten cents How muchmoney does she have in all?
George saw five cars today In
each car he saw three people
How many people did he see in
all?
Roger loves oranges If he eatstwo oranges each day, how longwill twenty last him?
I have twenty-five french fries I
have five friends How many
fries should I give to each friend
so that each one has the same
amount?
Phil has 35 stickers He can putseven stickers on each page inhis sticker book How manypages does he need for all of hisstickers?
Multiplication Division Multiplication Division
Multiplication Division Multiplication Division
Multiplication Division Multiplication Division
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Name _
Read each word problem Circle the operation you need to
use to solve each problem Write the equation and answer in the blank.
Mr Baker sells cookies for
twenty-five cents each I want to
buy three cookies How much
money do I need?
There are four children in ourfamily Mom has twenty dollars.She wants to give each of us thesame amount How much shouldeach of us get?
I have to answer five questions
on a test The teacher is giving
us thirty minutes to complete the
test How long should I spend on
each question?
I want to give each of my teachers three apples I havenine teachers How many apples
do I need?
At the zoo I visited five animal
cages There are four animals in
each cage How many animals
did I see in all?
I have 14 pieces of pizza I haveseven friends coming over to eat.How many pieces of pizza
should each friend get?
Multiplication Division Multiplication Division
Multiplication Division Multiplication Division
Multiplication Division Multiplication Division
Trang 18Name _ Skill: Fractions
Look at each picture Shade in the parts of the picture to
show the fraction given.
2
5
5 6
3
7
1 4
1
5
2 7
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Look at each picture Shade in the parts of the picture to
show the fraction given.
3
4
1 2
1
4
5 7
3
5
5 6
Trang 20Name _ Skill: Reading a chart
Use the information given and the chart to answer the questions.
pizza hamburgers fries
chicken hot dogs
Mrs Jean’s class took a survey to
find out which foods the class liked
best Use the chart shown to
answer the questions Each dot
equals one vote There are eight
boys in our class
1 What was the class’ favorite food?
2 What was the class’ least favorite food?
3 Which foods got the same number of votes?
4 How many students voted?
5 How many people liked pizza and hot dogs the best?
6 If all the boys in the class voted for chicken and pizza, how many girlsare there in the class?
7 How many votes were there for hamburgers and chicken?
8 How many votes were there for hamburgers, fries,
and hot dogs?
Trang 21Name _ Skill: Reading a chart
Use the information given and the chart below to answer the questions.
Our school baseball team kept a record of how many points they scored ateach game The chart below shows the results of last year’s games Usethe chart to answer the questions
1 In which game did we score the least number of points?
2 In which game did we score the most number of points?
3 How many points did we score in all this year?
4 At which two games did we score the same number of points?
5 How many more points did we score in the last game than in the first game?
6 How many points did we score in the first three games?
Trang 22Name _ Skill: Word problems
Use the information given to answer the questions.
Mr Sal sells fresh fruits and vegetables in our neighborhood He has theprices of the things he sells listed on a sign in front of his store Below aresome of the things he sells
1 If I want to buy 3 bananas, how much money do I need?
2 Mom gave me $5.00 She told me to buy 5 tomatoes and 3 apples Do I have enough money?
3 How much money do I need if I want to buy 6 carrots, 5 pears,
and 3 oranges?
4 What foods have the same prices?
5 What food costs the most?
6 What food costs the least?
7 I have $2.50 What can I buy with that amount?
Trang 23Name _ Skill: Word problems
Answer the questions.
Cats and Dogs
1 In my neighborhood, there are 17 cats and 12 dogs How many morecats are there than dogs?
2 It took my dog 10 minutes to eat lunch It took Paul’s dog 6 minutes to eat lunch How much longer did it take my dog to eat lunch?
3 If my dog chews four bones each day, how many bones will he chew
in 5 days?
4 Suzy Cat can catch 25 mice in five days How many mice does she
catch per day if she catches the same number every day?
5 I have four good friends We each have one dog If each dog has
four puppies, how many puppies will we have in all?
6 Jim needed to buy 26 boxes of cat food He bought 10 boxes at one
Trang 24Name _ Skill: Word problems
Answer the word problems.
Nick bought 11 bags of marbles
Each bag had 15 marbles in it
How many marbles did he have
Our football stadium has 350
seats 187 people came to
watch the game How many
seats will be empty?
Greg found 18 bags of gold in acave Each bag had 20 pieces
of gold in it How many pieces
of gold does Greg have in all?
Allison walked 25 miles in five
days If she walked the same
amount each day, then how
much did she walk each day?
Stacy has 28 balloons Shewants to give them to each ofher 4 friends In order to giveeach friend the same amount,how many should each one get?
George needs to buy 3 bananas
at 75¢ each, 2 bottles of milk at
$1.50 each, and 6 cans of cat
food at 50¢ each How much
money does he need?
José bought 6 bags of potatoes.Each bag had 12 potatoes Howmany potatoes did José have inall?
Trang 25Name _ Skill: Filling in stories
The first and last lines of the story have been given Fill in the middle part of the story.
Everyone in my class knows I love to read My favorite kind of books to read are books about sports.
Maybe one day I will even become a great basketball or baseball
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The first and last lines of the story have been given Fill in the middle part of the story.
Paul loves music He loves to listen to music, but he really likes
to play music He plays all kinds of instruments His favorite ments are his horn and his violin.
instru-Everyone in the entire school stood up and clapped when he was
Trang 27Name _ Skill: Filling in stories
The first and last lines of the story have been given Fill in the middle part of the story.
All of my family and friends say that I make the best pies they have ever tasted Yesterday, I baked an apple pie When it was done, I put it on the counter top to cool I went outside to play.
I was finished playing, so I went back inside There was Ralph licking
Trang 28Name _ Skill: Filling in stories
The first and last lines of the story have been given Fill in the middle part of the story.
The weather was nice, so Karen and I decided to fly our kites We went out to the park and launched our kites into the air They were so beautiful waving around up there.
It was so nice of that man to help me.
Trang 29Name _ Skill: Filling in stories
The first and last lines of the story have been given Fill in the middle part of the story.
I went out to the beach for the annual sand castle building test When I was done building, I stood back and looked at my
con-beautiful sand castle I just knew I would win 1st prize.
We stood back and looked at it It was even better than the one I had
Trang 30Name _ Skill: Writing story endings
Write an ending to the story.
Sam and Judy had planned for their trip all
week They packed their suitcases They went to
the store and bought all of the things they needed
This was going to be the best trip ever It was
finally Saturday and it was time to leave They had
to be at the airport by 2:30 or the plane would
leave without them Sam’s mother was supposed to pick them up at 12:00
to bring them to the airport Sam and Judy started to worry It was already1:00 and Sam’s mother was not there yet