Within 10 Transitional Reasoning Practice

Questions

1. 1.

   Noah has 8 toy cars, and his sister Olivia has 2 toy cars. Noah wants both of them to have an equal number of cars. How many toy cars does Noah need to give to Olivia so that both children have the same number of toy cars?

   • A) 6 toy cars
   • B) 4 toy cars
   • C) 5 toy cars
   • D) 3 toy cars
2. 2.

   In a board game, a player's token begins on space 4 of a numbered path. On the first turn, the player rolls a die and moves the token forward 5 spaces. On the second turn, a penalty card instructs the player to move the token backward 3 spaces. On which space does the token land at the end of the second turn?

   • A) Space 6
   • B) Space 7
   • C) Space 5
   • D) Space 8
3. 3.

   A gardener places 3 sunflower seeds in a tray and then adds 4 more seeds to it. In a second tray, there are 8 tomato seeds, but 3 of them do not sprout and are taken out. How many more seeds are needed in the second tray so that both trays have the exact same number of growing plants?

   • A) 4
   • B) 3
   • C) 1
   • D) 2
4. 4.

   A baker prepares a display box that holds a total of 10 cupcakes. In the morning, she places 2 chocolate cupcakes into the box, and in the afternoon, she adds 5 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes must the baker add to make the box completely full?

   • A) 8
   • B) 5
   • C) 4
   • D) 3
5. 5.

   Liam has a craft box containing 9 colored buttons in total. He uses 4 red buttons and 2 green buttons to decorate a greeting card. How many buttons are left in the craft box?

   • A) 3
   • B) 4
   • C) 5
   • D) 7

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