BASIC ARITHMETIC SKILLS INVENTORY

Name:_____________________Grade:________ Date:_______________ Tested by:__________

1) Count from 1 to 20. [Result:____________________________________________________________________]

2) Count backwards from 10 to 1: [Result:___________________________________________________________]

3) Count by 2s from 2 to 10: [Result:_______________________________________________________________]

4) Count by 5s from 5 to 25: [Result:_______________________________________________________________]

5) Count by 10s from 10 to 100: [Result:____________________________________________________________]

6) Jeff is fourth in line to get an ice cream cone. How many are in front of him in line? [Result:________________]

Paper work. “Write the problem number, circle it, and then write the answer to the question.”

1) Write the numbers from 1 to 10 on your lined sheet.

2) I will ask some number questions. Write them and their answers as quickly as you can without counting:

2 + 3 = ? , 4 + 5 = ? , 8 - 3 = ? , 5 + 7 = ? , 6 + 8 = ? , 9 - 6 = ? , 8 + 9 = ? , 13 - 6 = ?

2 x 3 = ? , 4 x 5 = ? , 6 ¸ 2 = ? , 3 x 6 = ? , 6 x 7 = ? , 16 ¸ 4 =? , 7 x 9 = ? , 24 ¸ 6 = ?

3) If you have 3 bugs in a jar and you put in 2 more, then how many bugs would you have in the jar?

4) If you have 7 cookies and you eat 3, how many will be left?

5) If you have 10 pennies in a pile and you add 5 more to the pile, then how many are in the pile?

6) Some candy mints cost 5 cents apiece. How much would 6 mints cost?

7) Bill has $24. How many $3 magazines can he buy?

8) If Kevin ate one-half of a pizza and Meg ate one-fourth of the pizza, what fraction of the whole pizza was left?

9) Which common fraction is the same as 0.1? [a] one-quarter, [b] one-tenth, [c] one-half?

10) Make these additions: 23 + 34 , 67 + 75 166 + 275

11) Make these subtractions: 28 - 15 , 53 - 35 , 246 - 157

12) Make these multiplications: 23 x 12 , 35 x 22

13) Make this long division: 148 ¸ 6

14) How much money is the following: 3 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, and 1 quarter?

15) If it is 1:30 PM, what time will it be 30 minutes later?

16) Roger's dog is 14 inches tall. Show that height to feet and inches.

17) Draw each of these shapes: square__, triangle__, rectangle__, circle__,

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