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Question 1 of 5 Number and arithmetic

A lighthouse volunteer needs the greatest visitor-counter reading that is still below 96,000. Which reading should she record?

Visitor-counter readings
LighthouseReading
North Point95,740
Seal Rock95,980
Cape Fern96,125
Bay Light96,410
Question 2 of 5 Measures and units

A costume maker has a 6 m roll of ribbon. She cuts 1 m 85 cm for a cape and 2 m 40 cm for a belt. How much ribbon remains?

Ribbon lengthsRoll: 6 mCape: 1 m 85 cmBelt: 2 m 40 cmBoth cut pieces come from the same roll.
Question 3 of 5 Chance and data

Volunteers counted spoonbills twice on each day. How many more spoonbills were counted on Thursday than on Wednesday?

Spoonbills counted
VisitWednesdayThursday
Morning1832
Afternoon2716
Question 4 of 5 Number and arithmetic

A decimal is greater than 18 and less than 19. Its 4 is worth four tenths, and its 7 is worth seven hundredths. Which decimal is it?

Question 5 of 5 Space and geometry

On a park map, north is at the top. The picnic shelter is east of the lake. The playground is south of the shelter. Which place is south-east of the lake?

Park map clues
lake, picnic shelter, playground, entrance gate
  1. North is at the top of the map.
  2. The picnic shelter is directly east of the lake.
  3. The playground is directly south of the picnic shelter.
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