Fifth Grade: Effect of Color on Performance Level - Blue

This is a collection of CRCT practice test questions. Please choose the best answer for each question.

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A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.


  1. Cherie has a rock collection. She gave 6 rocks to Tommy for his birthday. She traded 3 rocks to Sally for marbles. Cherie now has 15 rocks left. How many did she start with?*
    6
    9
    15
    24


  1. Mrs. Sanchez's classes collected newspapers to recycle. The first period class collected 361 pounds. The second period class collected 109 pounds. The third period class collected 237 pounds. The fourth period class collected 348 pounds. The fifth period class collected 203 pounds. How many pounds of newspaper did all of the classes collect for recycling?*
    1,258
    1,248
    1,158
    1,138


  1. Betty is making pizza using pepperoni, mushrooms, and black olives. She uses 3 fewer pieces of pepperoni than black olives and 3 times as many black olives asmushrooms. She uses 16 mushrooms on the pizza. How many pieces of pepperoni will she use?*
    16
    25
    45
    48


  1. A motorcycle traveled 378 miles in 7 hours. How fast was the motorcycle traveling?*
    62 mph
    55 mph
    54 mph
    51 mph


  1. If 134 students in the Verne Byres Elementary School eat hot lunch each day, how many hot lunches are served in 5 days?*
    27
    139
    550
    670


  1. Mrs. Garcia's fifth-grade class has been assigned a report on wild animals that are primarily found on the continent of North America. Which reference book would be most useful for researching this topic?*
    an atlas
    an index
    a dictionary
    an encyclopedia


  1. You caught a snake that you think is a garter snake, but you want to know for sure. Which is the BEST way to find out?*
    watch a nature show on TV
    look in abookabout reptiles
    read a magazine about animals
    look in the dictionary under garter


  1. After choosing a topic, what would be the next step in the research process?*
    taking notes
    selecting sources
    formulating questions
    skimming information


  1. Which word would you find on the dictionary page with the guide words rain - rewind?*
    raid
    race
    repeat
    rewrite


  1. Where would you look to find the detailed history of a word?*
    road atlas
    farmer's almanac
    bibliography page
    unabridged dictionary


  1. One major problem facing the world today is the pollution of the soil, water, and air. Which of the following actions could people take to reduce pollution?*
    recyling paper and plastics
    traveling more often
    exercising on a regular basis
    using garbage bags


  1. Which of the following is the BEST example of an ecological problem that has been caused by the growth of factories in the United States?*
    crowded housing
    labor strikes
    water pollution
    rural poverty


  1. Certain regions of the United States are better suited for certain economic activities. For example, the climate, physical features, and natural resources of the Pacific Northwest are suited for*
    raising sheep and cattle
    drilling and mining
    growing cotton and soybeans
    commercial fishing


  1. The 16th Amendment was added to the United States Constitution in 1913. It allowed the federal government to pass an income tax. What is an income tax?*
    tax on imports
    tax on products bought by consumers
    tax on the amount of money people make.
    tax on imports


  1. The United States is known as a "nation of immigrants," because people have been coming to this country for centuries. Because people from so many different countries blended to make America, the United States is also called a*
    mother of countries
    melting pot
    land of many languages
    single culture