Responses to questions posted on Mar 11, 2010

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 Grade 2:
Question: I packed some cookies into 6 packets without any cookie remaining. Which of these could be the number of cookies with me?
Options:
*    93
 
*    84
 
*    64
 
*    74
 
Correct Answer: 84 (78% answered correctly)   
Next popular response: 64 (12%)
Grade 3:
Question: Michelle got up at 6 am. She takes 25 minutes to brush her teeth and take a shower. She takes another 25 minutes to finish her breakfast. How long does she have to wait to catch her bus, if her bus comes at 7:30 am?
Options:
*    50 minutes
 
*    40 minutes
 
*    30 minutes
 
*    1 hour
 
Correct Answer: 40 minutes (81% answered correctly)   
Next popular response: 30 minutes (9%)
Grade 4:
Question: Half of the fruits in a shop were apples, and another one fourth were oranges. The remaining 36 fruits were pears. How many fruits did the shop have in all?
Options:
*    72
 
*    360
 
*    144
 
*    108
 
Correct Answer: 144 (72% answered correctly)   
Next popular response: 72 (11%)
Grade 5:
Question: There were 125 students in the school, each having 32 marbles. Ram wanted to calculate the total number of marbles. By mistake, he multiplied 125 by 23 instead of 32. By how many marbles was his calculation off?
Options:
*    2875
 
*    1125
 
*    4000
 
*    3875
 
Correct Answer: 1125 (89% answered correctly)   
Next popular response: 2875 (5%)