QA 113 · The Examination Desk — tests, typeset properly
Examination — The Counting House: Numbers to 120
SERIAL CS-QA113-—
Answers are marked only when you deliver the paper — no nudges mid-exam. Declare your confidence on each answer; a sure miss earns an errata slip worth reading twice. Pass mark: 80%. Nothing here punishes a retake.
Part the First — Counting as Naming
1.You count a row of eight stones, but one stone gets pointed at with no number word. What happens to your count?
2.You count the coats by the door carefully, and the last word you say is eight. Write the number of coats.
3.Three boats float on the pond. All three sail away. What number tells how many boats are on the pond now?
4.Twelve marbles sit in the jar — you trust that count. Four more drop in. Count on from twelve: how many marbles now?
5.You count a shelf of nine books from left to right. Your friend counts the very same shelf from right to left. If you both count carefully, what does your friend get?
Part the Second — Ten and Some More
6.Six counters sit in the ten-frame. Write the partner of 6 — the number that finishes ten.
7.Which of these is another true name for eighteen?
8.The number 58. How many loose ones ride beside its bundles of ten?
9.You are counting up: one hundred eighteen, one hundred nineteen, and then one more. Write the number you say.
Part the Third — More, Fewer, Equal
10.Every horse in the field takes one apple, and four apples are still left in the basket. Were there more horses or more apples?
11.Which is more, 68 or 72 — and what settles it?
12.Put these numbers in the order you say them when counting by tens.
- 30
- 10
- 40
- 20
13.Match each pair of numbers to its written verdict.
Part the Fourth — Numbers at Work
14.Five frogs sit on a log. Four more hop up. Which sentence tells the story?
15.You have 11 stickers. Your brother has 8. Which sentence finds how many more you have?
16.Three of these sentences belong to the family of 2, 7, and 9. Which one is the stranger?
17.Use the make-ten move: 8 borrows what it needs from the 7. What is 8 + 7?
18.Sam measures his desk with pencils laid end to end and counts 6. Then he measures the same desk with paper clips, which are shorter. Will the clip count be more, fewer, or the same?
19.A handful of beans spills on the table. You estimate about 15. You count and get 14. What does that tell you?
20.Two friends share 9 cherries, one at a time onto two plates. In one sentence: why can the shares not come out equal?
21.7 + ? = 12. Write the hiding number.