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Olympiad (Class 5) Arithmetic — practice questions

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Ria types 8 + 4 × 5 on a calculator that follows the usual order. What does it show?Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher writes (8 + 4) × 5 on the board. Its value is which number?Read the answer and worked solution →Simplify 50 − 12 ÷ 4 + 3 using the correct order of operations.Read the answer and worked solution →Working strictly left to right, 36 ÷ 6 × 3 comes to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Brackets decide the order here: 7 + 3 × (10 − 6) equals what?Read the answer and worked solution →Compute 100 − (40 − 15) ÷ 5, doing the bracket first.Read the answer and worked solution →Which number do you get if you evaluate 2 + 3 × 4 − 5 properly?Read the answer and worked solution →Dividing 24 by the product of 2 and 3 and then adding 4 gives what?Read the answer and worked solution →In 9 − 2 × 3 + 1, which step must be done first?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 20 − 5 + 3 equal when worked from left to right?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of these can be shared equally among 3 children with none left?Read the answer and worked solution →The number 47_ has a missing last digit. Which digit makes it divisible by 9?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of the following is exactly divisible by 4?Read the answer and worked solution →A number is divisible by 5 when its last digit is which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which number can be split exactly into 6 equal groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the greatest digit that can fill the blank in 52_ so it divides by 3?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the smallest 3-digit number that divides evenly by 4 and by 5?Read the answer and worked solution →Which number has digits adding to a multiple of 9?Read the answer and worked solution →The digits of a number add up to 21. The number must be divisible by what?Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the number that cannot be halved into whole numbers.Read the answer and worked solution →Adding which number to 856 leaves 856 unchanged?Read the answer and worked solution →After adding 19 to 47 and then taking 19 away, which number is left?Read the answer and worked solution →Which operation undoes multiplying a number by 7?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these operations gives the same answer when the two numbers swap places?Read the answer and worked solution →Find 25 × 17 × 4 by grouping the numbers cleverly.Read the answer and worked solution →A box holds 125 pencils. How many pencils are in 8 such boxes?Read the answer and worked solution →Using 100 × 12 − 12, what is 99 × 12?Read the answer and worked solution →A ticket costs Rs 46 and 101 tickets are sold. How many rupees are collected?Read the answer and worked solution →Work out 7 × 38 + 7 × 62 using a shortcut.Read the answer and worked solution →A hall has 6 rows of 24 seats and 38 seats are empty. How many seats are taken?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Ria types 8 + 4 × 5 on a calculator that follows the usual order. What does it show?

  1. 32
  2. 36
  3. 60
  4. 28
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Correct answer: D. 28

Multiplication comes before addition, so 4 × 5 = 20 and 8 + 20 = 28.

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A teacher writes (8 + 4) × 5 on the board. Its value is which number?

  1. 40
  2. 60
  3. 32
  4. 28
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Correct answer: B. 60

The brackets are done first: 12, and then 12 × 5 gives 60.

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Simplify 50 − 12 ÷ 4 + 3 using the correct order of operations.

  1. 12
  2. 53
  3. 47
  4. 50
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Correct answer: D. 50

Division first: 12 ÷ 4 = 3, then 50 − 3 + 3 = 50 working left to right.

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