Hands-on math!

Washington State Math Olympiad
Hints and Solutions
2015 Grade 5 Algebra

Problem

1) A girl walks a straight path from her home to go play in the park. When she is 1/3 of the way along, she realizes she has dropped her mittens. She walks back 120 meters to retrieve them. She is now 420 meters from home. How far is she from the park?

2) Find the area of this rectangle. Its perimeter is 20 feet. Round to the nearest hundredth.

3) Every week, Amy helps her neighbor clean their home and does extra chores around their house. She is paid a fixed amount for the cleaning and an additional hourly amount for the extra chores. Based on the table below, how much is the hourly amount for the extra chores?

Problem

4) When a one-digit number is multiplied by 8, it increases by 42. What is the one-digit number?

5) Louis is stacking textbooks and starts forming a pattern. If the pattern below repeats, how many books will there be in the 7th stack?