Are you smarter than a fifth grader?

Do you think you can beat a fifth grader? 

The following are questions sourced from Florida Department of Education sample test questions for science and mathmatics, and are designed to match the knowledge and reasoning skills of a fifth grader. 

Read each question carefully and see how you perform!

1. Ariana uses balloons to investigate static electricity. Which of the following best explains what will happen when she brings two positively charged balloons close to each other?

A. The balloons will move apart.
B. One balloon will lose its charge.
C. The balloons will come together.
D. One balloon will gain a negative charge.

2. Caitlyn set a goal to swim 675 laps in her pool during summer vacation. She will swim 12 laps each day. What is the least whole number of days Caitlyn will swim to reach her goal?

3. Erosion and weathering can both cause changes to the surface of Earth. Which of the following happens only because of erosion?

A. Rocks form deep underground.
B. Rocks become smooth and round.
C. Rocks are broken apart into small pieces.
D. Rocks are moved from one place to another.

4. The three Gibbons brothers are all 3 years apart in age. The total of their ages equals 33 years. What is the age of the oldest brother?

5. Roger collected four rock samples and wrote a description of how each was formed. Which of the following rocks that Roger collected is a metamorphic rock?

A. Formed from magma that cooled slowly
B. Formed by pressure and heat over time
C. Formed from lava that cooled quickly
D. Formed by pieces of rock cemented together

6. Kayla received a special award at the end of the school year. Her award, shown below, is a rectangular pyramid. Which of the following could be a top view of Kayla’s award?

7. Astronomers study many different kinds of objects in our solar system. Which of the following best describes a difference between comets and asteroids?

A. Comets orbit planets, and most asteroids orbit the Sun.
B. Comets are hot balls of gas, and asteroids are made mostly of ice.
C. Comets are made mostly of ice, and asteroids are made mostly of rocks.
D. Comets orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, and asteroids form patterns in the sky.

8. In two days, David and James sold the same number of tickets to a Caribbean dinner. David sold 17 tickets on Monday and 30 tickets on Tuesday. James sold 22 tickets on Tuesday. The equation below can be used to find s, the number of tickets James sold on Monday. 

17 + 30 = s + 22 

How many tickets did James sell on Monday?

9. Jenny measures the outside temperature as 16 degrees Celsius (°C), 61 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). She observes precipitation falling from the clouds in a solid form. What type of precipitation is Jenny most likely observing?

A. hail
B. rain
C. sleet
D. snow

10. Several sources have recorded the lowest temperature in Florida as -2 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) on February 13, 1899. However, according to one website, the lowest recorded temperature in Florida was actually 4° warmer. 

What temperature would this website have shown for Florida’s lowest recorded temperature? 

11. Rebekah makes a quilt using red, blue, and purple fabric. She uses 3 1/2 total yards of fabric. She uses exactly 2 3/5 yards of purple fabric. 

What are possible lengths, in yards, of red and blue fabric that Rebekah could use?

12. Christy wanted to find the surface area of a square pyramid. She wrote the expression shown below. 

(24 i 5) ÷ 2 + 62 

What is the value of the above expression?

13. Which statement describes what must occur for a bean seed to develop into a plant?

A. The seed must germinate.
B. The seed must be pollinated.
C. The seed must double in size.
D. The seed must be carried to a different location.

14. Carole has a cube-shaped photo frame with the dimension shown below. Which expression should Carole use to find the surface area, in square inches, of her cube-shaped photo frame? 

A. 5 x 5 x 1
B. 5 x 5 x 3
C. 5 x 5 x 5
D. 5 x 5 x 6

15. Which of the following is the beginning stage of the life cycle for both the beetle and the grasshopper?

A. egg
B. larva
C. nymph
D. pupa

16. A carpenter is measuring the width of a window in a house. Which of the following methods would provide him with the most precise measurement?

A. He should measure the width of the window to the nearest foot.
B. He should measure the width of the window to the nearest inch.
C. He should measure the width of the window to the nearest 1/4 foot.
D. He should measure the width of the window to the nearest 1/2 inch.

17. Which of the following describes the transfer of energy from a producer to a consumer?

A. from Perch to Kingfisher
B. from Brine Shrimp to Perch
C. from the Sun to Green Algae
D. from Green Algae to Brine Shrimp