Grade 5 practice questions · Typical Level E
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Practice word relationships, arithmetic stories, figure rules, and number patterns.
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Practice group 1 Questions 1–6
Which word is the opposite of expand, meaning become larger?
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Answer: C. Contract means become smaller. The other choices suggest growth or change rather than the opposite.
Although the first design failed, the engineer continued testing; her effort showed ___.
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Answer: D. Persistence means continuing despite difficulty. She keeps testing after failure.
Put these steps in order: P Compare the results. Q Record the plant height. R Grow two plants under different lights. S State what the comparison suggests.
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Answer: A. Grow the plants, record their heights, compare the measurements, then draw a conclusion.
Paragraph is to essay as stanza is to ___.
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Answer: B. A paragraph is a section of an essay; a stanza is a section of a poem.
Which belongs with kilometer, meter, and centimeter?
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Answer: C. All are units of length. Liter measures volume, gram mass, and minute time.
Some members of the art club play chess. Every chess player in the club owns a board. Which must be true?
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Answer: D. The art members who play chess must own boards. The clues do not say all art members do.
Practice group 2 Questions 7–12
Which feature must every cube have?
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Answer: A. A cube has six square faces. It may be solid or hollow, but its defining faces remain square.
A team collects 84 cans. One quarter are damaged. The rest are divided equally into seven boxes. How many usable cans go in each box?
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Answer: B. One quarter of 84 is 21. The 63 usable cans divided by seven give 9 per box.
Apply the same letter shift in both positions: BD → EG. What does HK become?
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Answer: C. Each letter advances three places. H becomes K, and K becomes N.
Grade 5 figure pair 1: Which choice applies the same changes to the second pair?
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Answer: B. Reduce size and remove the fill while preserving shape.
Grade 5 figure pair 2: Which choice applies the same changes to the second pair?
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Answer: C. Add two shapes and change filled to outline. 3 becomes 5, with the second shape preserved.
Grade 5 matrix: Infer the size and shading change across the top row, then complete the bottom row.
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Answer: D. Across each row a large outline becomes a small filled shape. Down each column only the shape changes. Choose the small filled bottom-row shape.
Practice group 3 Questions 13–18
Grade 5 count matrix: Track both number and shading across the rows. Which box is missing?
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Answer: A. Each row adds one shape and changes filled to outline. The bottom row starts with 3, so it ends with 4 outline shapes.
Grade 5 sequence: Shapes alternate and sizes repeat large, small, small. Shading alternates filled, outline. What comes next?
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Answer: B. The sixth figure uses the second shape, the third size in the size cycle (small), and outline shading. Track each attribute separately.
Grade 5 repeating groups: Counts cycle 1, 2, 3 while shading alternates. Complete the sixth figure.
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Answer: C. Counts repeat 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Shading alternates filled and outline, so the sixth figure has three outline shapes.
Which number continues this pattern: 3, 8, 18, 38, ___?
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Answer: C. Multiply by 2 and add 2 at each step. 38 × 2 + 2 = 78.
One rule links each input to its output: 4 → 15; 6 → 35. Under the same rule, 8 → ___?
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Answer: C. Square the input, then subtract 1. The examples give 4² − 1 = 15 and 6² − 1 = 35. Thus 8² − 1 = 63.
Grade 5 number matrix: Multiply the first two numbers, then add two. Which value fills the last cell?
| 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 | ? |
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Answer: D. The same rule holds in both complete rows. For the last row: 5 × 5 + 2 = 27.
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