Grade 5

FCAT 2.0 Mathematics

Sample Questions
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The intent of these sample test materials is to orient teachers and students to the types of
questions on FCAT 2.0 tests. By using these materials, students will become familiar with the
types of items and response formats they will see on the actual test. The sample questions and
answers are not intended to demonstrate the length of the actual test, nor should student
responses be used as an indicator of student performance on the actual test. Additional
information about test items can be found in the FCAT 2.0 Test Item Specifications at
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The FCAT 2.0 Mathematics tests and sample questions and answers are based on the 2007

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

The sample questions for students and the sample answers for teachers will only be available
online, at http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcat2/fcatitem.asp.

Directions for Answering the Mathematics Sample Questions

Mark your answers in this booklet. If you don’t know how to work a problem, ask your teacher to
explain it to you. Your teacher has the answers to the sample questions.
You may need formulas and conversions to help you solve some of the problems. You may refer
to the Grade 5 FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Reference Sheet on page 4 as often as you like.
Calculators and rulers are NOT to be used with the Grade 5 FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Sample
Questions.

FCAT 2.0 Question Symbol

This symbol appears next to questions that require you to fill in your answer on a
grid. There may be more than one correct way to fill in a response grid. You MUST
fill in the bubbles accurately to receive credit for your answer. A correct answer to
each of these questions is worth 1 point.
 How to Complete the Grade 5 Response Grids

Mathematics test questions with this symbol require that you fill in a grid. There
may be more than one correct way to fill in a response grid. This section shows
you different ways the response grids may be completed.

Directions

1. Work the problem and find an answer.

2. Write your answer in the answer boxes at the top of the grid.
For whole-number, whole-number money, and percent grids:
• Print your answer with the first digit in the left answer box OR with the
last digit in the right answer box.
• Print only one digit in each answer box. Do NOT leave a blank
answer box in the middle of an answer.

For decimal and decimal-money grids:

• Use the decimal point to decide where to place your answer.

3. Fill in a bubble under each box in which you wrote your answer.
• Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each answer box. Do NOT fill in
a bubble under an unused answer box.
• Fill in each bubble by making a solid black mark that completely fills
the circle.
• You MUST fill in the bubbles accurately to receive credit for your answer.

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 Grade 5 FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Reference Sheet

Area
Rectangle A bh KEY
b base A area
Parallelogram A bh h height B area of base
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w width V volume
Triangle A 2 bh or
S.A. surface area
A = (bh) ÷ 2

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Trapezoid A 2 h (b1 b2) or

A = h(b1 + b2 ) ÷ 2

Volume of Rectangular Prism Surface Area of Rectangular Prism

V bwh or S. A. = 2bh + 2bw + 2 hw
V Bh

Customary Conversions Customary Conversions

1 foot 12 inches 1 cup 8 fluid ounces
1 yard 3 feet 1 pint 2 cups
1 mile 5,280 feet 1 quart 2 pints
1 mile 1,760 yards 1 gallon 4 quarts
1 acre 43,560 square feet 1 pound 16 ounces
1 ton 2,000 pounds
Metric Conversions Metric Conversions
1 centimeter 10 millimeters 1 liter 1000 milliliters
1 meter 100 centimeters 1 liter 1000 cubic centimeters
1 meter 1000 millimeters
1 kilometer 1000 meters 1 gram 1000 milligrams
1 kilogram 1000 grams
Time Conversions
1 minute 60 seconds
1 hour 60 minutes
1 day 24 hours
1 week 7 days
1 year 365 days
1 year 52 weeks

*Note: Metric numbers with four digits are presented without a comma (e.g., 9960 kilometers).

For metric numbers greater than four digits, a space is used instead of a comma (e.g., 12 500 liters).

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1 The track team warms up for practice by jogging through the neighborhood
near the school. A coordinate grid of the neighborhood is shown below.

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The team runs from the school along a path that forms a rectangle. Three of
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the fourth vertex of the rectangle?

A (2, 5)
B (3, 5)
C (5, 3)
D (5, 4)

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
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3 The three Gibbons brothers are all 3 years apart in age.

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4 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?

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5 Which of the following situations should NOT be represented by the double
bar graph shown below?

TITLE

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A comparing the prices of five different kinds of apples sold in October to

the prices of the same kinds of apples sold in April
B comparing the number of boys to the number of girls who compete in
five afterschool activities
C comparing the heights of five different mountains in each of two different
continents
D comparing the number of cameras sold in two different stores over five
months

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6 The lowest known temperature for Alaska was recorded in 1971. This
temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), is represented by point T on the
number line below.

TEMPERATURES IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (°F)

T
-100 0 100

Which of the following temperatures, in °F, is higher than the temperature

represented by point T?

7 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.

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8 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.

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What temperature would this website have shown on the above thermometer
for Florida’s lowest recorded temperature?

9 Christy wanted to find the surface area of a square pyramid. She wrote the
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10 Ella needs to sort the base-ten blocks shown below into 3 equal groups.

Ella’s Base-Ten Blocks

Which model could represent one of the groups of base-ten blocks?

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11 Both Alex and Stephanie have some coins in their pockets. The shaded areas
in the diagrams below represent the value of the coins they have.

Value of Alex’s Coins Value of Stephanie’s Coins

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12 Carole has a cube-shaped photo frame with the dimension shown below.

5 inches

Which expression should Carole use to find the surface area, in square inches,
of her cube-shaped photo frame?

A 5 × 5 × 1
B 5 × 5 × 3
C 5 × 5 × 5
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13 Emily measured her bamboo plant each day for 5 days. The table below shows
the height of the plant each day.

HEIGHT OF BAMBOO PLANT

Day 1 2 3 4 5
Height (in inches) 10 12 13 15 17

Which is a true statement about the type of graph Emily should use to display
these data?
F She should use a line graph because the data are continuous.
G She should use a line graph because the data are discrete.
H She should use a bar graph because the data are continuous.
I She should use a bar graph because the data are discrete.

14 Which of the following shows a factor tree that correctly represents the prime
factorization of 80 ?

8 × 10 8 × 10

A 4 × 4 × 5 × 2 C 4 × 2 × 5 × 2

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 2 2 × 2

4 × 20 4 × 20
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15 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?

F He should measure the width of the window to the nearest foot.

G He should measure the width of the window to the nearest inch.

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16 Tori plotted points A, B, and C on a grid, as shown below.

Tori’s Trapezoid

A P QR S

B C
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Which of the following points should Tori plot to create a trapezoid that has
an area of exactly 32 square units?

A point P
B point Q
C point R
D point S

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17 Last year, a gray whale made a round-trip journey from Alaska to the shores
of Mexico. The one-way journey was 6,272 miles, and the gray whale traveled
80 miles each day. Which of the following is closest to the number of days it
took the gray whale to travel from Alaska to Mexico and back again last year?
F 78
G 157
H 1,568
I 12,544

18 Ms. Mather needs 144 inches of ribbon for her craft project. To save money,
she will buy the ribbon by the yard. Each yard of ribbon costs $6, not
including tax.

Ribbon

What is the least number of yards of ribbon Ms. Mather needs to buy?

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19 Sam is mailing some items to his brother. Before he went to the post office, he
weighed the items. The table below shows the weight of each item.

ITEMS TO MAIL
Item Weight
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Computer paper 5 8 pounds
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Laptop computer 3 4 pounds
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Recipe book 16 pounds

Between which two weights is the total weight of all three items?

A between 9 21 and 10 pounds

B between 10 and 10 81 pounds

C between 10 14 and 10 21 pounds

D between 10 21 and 11 pounds

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