5 Grade Packet 8 All Content Area Answer Keys

5th Grade Packet 8 All Content Area Answer Keys

Squeak the Skater Goes Surfing - Comprehension Questions Answer Key

1. What activity does Squeak try after getting bored with skateboarding?

A. swimming B. roller-skating C. surfing D. sailing

2. What is the climax of the action in this story?

A. Squeak starts surfing lessons with Troy. B. Squeak saves a man from drowning. C. Squeak practices skateboarding in his school playground. D. Squeak gets his nickname.

3. Although surfing may look similar to skateboarding, it is actually quite different.

What evidence from the story supports this statement?

A. Although Squeak is good at skateboarding, surfing is a challenge for him. B. At dinner Squeak tells his parents that surfing is just like skateboarding. C. Squeak takes surfing lessons from Troy Mason, who used to be a famous surfer. D. Squeak spends a lot of time practicing skateboarding in his school playground.

4. What is one similarity between Squeak's skateboarding and his surfing?

A. He is not very good at either when he starts out. B. He works hard to get better at both. C. He takes lessons to get better at both. D. They both make him into a hero.

5. What is a theme of this story?

A. the importance of saving money B. the need to choose your friends wisely C. the benefits of challenging yourself D. the difficulty of living in a new place

6. Read the following sentence: "Every day he would be outside pushing himself to do better, crazier tricks."

What does the phrase pushing himself mean?

A. leaning hard against a wall B. getting upset with himself C. relaxing after doing a new trick D. making himself work hard

7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

First, Squeak skateboards; ______, he surfs.

A. initially B. although C. next D. as an illustration

8. When does Squeak start making some progress with surfing?

Squeak starts making some progress with surfing during his fourth lesson with Troy.

9. What does Squeak do to reach the drowning man?

Answers may vary in wording. However, all should recognize that Squeak surfs over to the drowning man.

10. Why was Squeak finally able to surf at the end of the story? Support your answer with evidence from the passage.

Answers may vary, as long as they are supported by the story. Students may cite Troy's comment that practice is what will make Squeak better at surfing and conclude that after four lessons Squeak had enough practice to be able to surf. Students may also note that "Squeak concentrated as hard as he could" when hopping onto his board at the end of the story and conclude that his extreme concentration is what enabled him to surf.

1. 3 3 1 2. 5 6 4 3. 16 12 3 4 + 4 = 1 2 7 + 7 = 1 7 25 + 25 = 1 25

4. 23 54 77 5. 6 1 7 6. 8 4 1 100 + 100 = 100 9 + 9 = 9 10 + 10 = 1 5

7. 4 4 1 8. 18 42 1 9. 13 11 1 6 + 6 = 1 3 50 + 50 = 1 5 20 + 20 = 1 5

10. 7 7 3 11. 15 7 22 12. 4 + 3 = 11 + 11 = 1 11 25 + 25 = 25 7 7 1

13. 1 1 2 14. 4 3 7 15. 2 2 4 3 + 3 = 3 8 + 8 = 8 5 + 5 = 5

16. 8 10 1 17. 3 6 3 18. 1 + 1 = 16 + 16 = 1 8 12 + 12 = 4 2 2 1

19. 3 7 10 20. 8 11 4 21. 3 4 1 13 + 13 = 13 15 + 15 = 1 15 14 + 14 = 2

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com Adding mixed numbers to fractions (like denominators) Grade 5 Fractions Worksheet Find the sum.

1. 1 1 1 2. 1 + 1 = 5 10 + 10 = 5 5 4 2 2 5

3. 7 1 8 4. 2 + 4 = 7 9 + 9 = 7 9 2 6 6 3

5. 21 6 2 6. 44 35 29 2 25 + 25 = 3 25 6 50 + 50 = 7 50

7. 2 2 1 8. 60 16 19 6 3 + 3 = 7 3 8 100 + 100 = 8 25

9. 8 11 7 10. 18 16 7 5 12 + 12 = 6 12 5 20 + 20 = 6 10

11. 2 3 5 12. 1 + 1 = 9 6 + 6 = 9 6 2 2 2 3

13. 2 6 4 14. 2 3 1 3 10 + 10 = 3 5 8 4 + 4 = 9 4

15. 22 14 18 16. 6 6 1 10 50 + 50 = 10 25 2 11 + 11 = 3 11

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com Adding unlike fractions Grade 5 Fractions Worksheet Find the sum.

1. 1 2 1 2. 8 8 13 2 + 3 = 1 6 12 + 11 = 1 33

3. 2 6 31 4. 1 6 47 7 + 10 = 35 6 + 11 = 66

5. 5 1 1 6. 9 2 11 9 + 2 = 1 18 12 + 12 = 12

7. 2 1 15 8. 1 + 6 = 7 + 4 = 28 4 8 1

9. 4 4 1 10. 1 8 5 10 + 5 = 1 5 2 + 11 = 1 22

11. 1 2 17 12. 2 2 2 11 + 12 = 66 12 + 4 = 3

13. 3 3 39 14. 6 1 1 5 + 8 = 40 9 + 2 = 1 6

Answers

10 2 9 4 1) or 2 2) or 1 4 4 5 5

12 5 9 3) or 1 4) 7 7 11

5 2 5 2 5) or 1 6) or 1 3 3 3 3

1 6 7) 8) 2 9

7 2 9 4 9) or 1 10) or 1 5 5 5 5

9 6 1 11) 12) or 1 11 5 5

3 10 4 13) 14) or 1 8 6 6

4 11 2 15) 16) or 3 7 3 3

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5th Grade Integrated Early American History SS050601 The American Revolution

Examining a Primary Source #2 – Answer Key

FROM THE DECLARATION OF THE CAUSES AND NECESSITY OF TAKING UP ARMS JULY 6, 1775 - Sample Answers

What does it mean? …the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating We have been forced to take up firmness and arms and fight. We are fighting for our freedom. We have all perseverance, employ for decided that we would rather die the preservation of our as free people than live as slaves. liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves

Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our Our desire for freedom is fair. We internal resources are are acting as “one.” We have a lot of our own resources but if great, and, if necessary, necessary we can get other foreign assistance is countries to help us. undoubtedly attainable.

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