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Before beginning
Beast Academy 3A,
a student should be
comfortable adding and
subtracting multi-digit
numbers and must have A student ready
a solid understanding for Beast Academy
of place value. 3A should be able to
answer at least 12 of
the 16 problems below
correctly.

Step 1. The student should try to answer every question without a calculator and without help.
Step 2. Check the students answers using the solutions at the end of this document.
Step 3. The student should be given a second chance on problems that he or she answered incorrectly.

Fill in each blank below with the number

that makes each equation true:

1. 3+41+47+9=________ 1. _________

2. 32+16+8+4+2+1+1=________ 2. _________

3. 555+666=________ 3. _________

4. 524325=________ 4. _________

5. _____12=75 5. _________

6. 200+ _____=567 6. _________

7. 8008217=800 _____ 7. _________

8. 97+397=500 _____ 8. _________

Write the following numbers with digits.

9. Five thousand, four hundred seventy-three. 9. _________

10. Sixteen thousand, fifty-two. 10. _________

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Answer each:

11. What is the sum of the thousands digit and the tens digit 11. _________
in 56,987?

12. Which number below has a ones digit that is greater than 12. _________
its ten-thousands digit?

90,287 26,532 41,902 47,658

13. Dave has the same number of action figures as Richard. 13. _________
Which of the following could be the number of action figures
Dave and Richard have all together?

15 23 46 79

14. Chelsea played 5 basketball games. In each game, she 14. _________
scored an odd number of points. Which of the following could
be the total number of points Chelsea scored in all 5 games?

10 22 33 40

15. What digit could fill both blanks below to make this five-digit 15. _________
number greater than 74,500 but less than 75,600?

7__,4__9

16. Akil was born 4 years before Kate. Ada is a year younger 16. _________
than Akil. If Ada is 9 years old, how many years old is Kate?

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Solutions
1. 3+41+47+9=(3+47)+(41+9)=50+50=100. 97 is very close to 100, and 397 is very close to 400,
2. 32+16+8+4+2+1+1= so the sum of 97+397 is very close to 100+400=500.
(32+8)+(16+4)+(2+1+1)=40+20+4=64. 97 is 3 less than 100, and 397 is 3 less than 400.
If we add 97 to 397, we get a number that is 3+3=6
or
less than 100+400=500.
If we reverse the order of the numbers we are adding So, 97+397=5006.
(1+1+2+4+8+16+32), we are doubling each time we
9. Five thousand, four hundred seventy-three is five
add a number: thousands, four hundreds, seven tens and three ones:
1+1+2+4+8+16+32 5,473.
=2+2+4+8+16+32 10. Sixteen thousand, fifty-two is one ten-thousand, six
= 4+4+8+16+32 thousands, five tens, and two ones: 16,052.

= 8+8+16+32 11. The thousands digit in 56,987 is 6. The tens digit in

56,987 is 8. So, the sum of the thousands digit and the
= 16+16+32 tens digit is 6+8=14.
= 32+32 12. In each number, the ones digit is farthest to the right,
= 64. and the ten-thousands digit is farthest to the left. The
only number whose ones digit is greater than its ten-
3. 555+666=(500+50+5)+(600+60+6) thousands digit is 47,658.
=(500+600)+(50+60)+(5+6)
=1,100+110+11=1,221. 13. The sum of any number and itself is always even. For
example, 2+2=4 and 3+3=6. Richard and Dave have
or the same number of action figures, so, all together,
We could use the traditional addition algorithm: they must have an even number of action figures. 46
11 is the only even number listed, so Richard and Dave
555 could have 46 action figures all together. If Richard and
+666 Dave each have 23 action figures, they will have 46 all
together.
1,221
4. We are asked to find the difference, so we want to know 14. When we add two odd numbers, the result is always
even. When we add an even number and an odd
how much bigger 524 is than 325. If we add 325+200, we
number, the result is always odd. So,
get 525. So, 325+2001=524.
after 2 games, the total number of points Chelsea
This means that 524 is greater than 325 by 200 1=199,
scored was even (odd+odd=even).
so 524325=199.
After 3 games, the total number of points Chelsea
or scored was odd (even+odd=odd).
We could use the traditional subtraction algorithm: After 4 games, the total number of points Chelsea
1 14 4 11 14 scored was even (odd+odd=even).
524 524 After 5 games, the total number of points Chelsea
325 325 scored was odd (even+odd=odd).
9 199 33 is the only odd answer choice.
5. Since we subtract 12 from some number to get 75, our 15. Since the number is less than 75,600, the thousands
answer is the number that is 12 more than 75. digit of 7_,4_9 must be 5 or smaller.
75+12=87, so 8712=75. If we place a 5 in both blanks, 75,459 is greater than
6. Since we add some number to 200 to get 567, that 74,500 but less than 75,600.
number must be 200 less than 567. If we place a 1, 2, 3, or 4 in both blanks, we get a
567200=367, so 200+367=567. number that is less than 74,500, so 5 is the only
possible choice.
7. When we subtract 82 then subtract 17, we subtract a total
of 82+17=99. So, 8008217=80099.
16. We start with the one age we are given: Ada is 9 years
old. We are also told Ada is a year younger than Akil,
8. 97+397=494. So, we can write the question as so Akil is a year older than Ada: 9+1=10 years old.
494=500___. Since 494 is 6 less than 500, Akil was born 4 years before Kate, so Akil is 4 years
494=5006. older than Kate. We subtract 4 years from Akils age to
or get Kates age. This makes Kate 104=6 years old.

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