| Name: ______________________________ | Date: ______________ |
Instructions
- Read each question carefully and show your thinking.
- Use complete sentences when an answer needs words.
- Check your answers before moving on.
- Enjoy exploring the busy garden!
Example: A gardener plants 4 rows of 6 seeds. How many seeds are planted altogether? Multiply 4 by 6: 4 × 6 = 24.
Answer: 24 seeds
Part 1: Garden Numbers
Choose the correct answer for each question.
1. A garden has 3 rows of 8 flowers. How many flowers are there?
| ○ A. 11 | ○ B. 24 |
| ○ C. 32 | ○ D. 38 |
2. Which fraction shows one half of a cake?
| ○ A. 1/3 | ○ B. 1/4 |
| ○ C. 1/2 | ○ D. 2/3 |
3. A watering can holds 750 ml. Which amount is closest to 1 litre?
| ○ A. 250 ml | ○ B. 500 ml |
| ○ C. 750 ml | ○ D. 2,000 ml |
4. What is 436 rounded to the nearest hundred?
| ○ A. 400 | ○ B. 430 |
| ○ C. 440 | ○ D. 500 |
Part 2: Word Garden
Complete each sentence with the best word.
5. The tiny green plant began to __________ towards the sunlight.
6. Maya carried the heavy basket, __________ Leo carried the empty one.
7. The bees __________ around the bright yellow flowers.
8. We used a map __________ we would not get lost in the garden.
Part 3: Living Things
Write True or False for each statement.
9. Plants need light to make their own food. True / False
10. A stone is a living thing because it can be moved. True / False
11. Roots usually take in water from the soil. True / False
12. All animals make their own food from sunlight. True / False
Part 4: Garden Shop
Solve each problem and include the correct unit in your answer.
13. A garden shop has 48 packets of seeds. It sells 19 packets. How many packets are left? Answer: __________ packets |
14. Each of 5 flower beds has 7 red flowers. How many red flowers are there altogether? Answer: __________ flowers |
15. A gardener walks 125 metres to the pond and 125 metres back. How far does the gardener walk altogether? Answer: __________ metres |
16. A bag of compost weighs 6 kg. Four bags are used. What is the total mass of the compost? Answer: __________ kg |
Part 5: Explain and Explore (optional challenge)
Answer each question in a clear sentence.
17. Why are bees helpful to many flowering plants? |
18. Write one sentence using the word “although” about a rainy garden. |
19. A rectangle-shaped vegetable bed is 9 metres long and 4 metres wide. What is its perimeter? |
20. Name two things a plant needs in order to grow well. |
Answer Key
| 1. | B (24) |
| 2. | C (1/2) |
| 3. | C (750 ml) |
| 4. | A (400) |
| 5. | grow |
| 6. | while |
| 7. | buzzed |
| 8. | so |
| 9. | True |
| 10. | False |
| 11. | True |
| 12. | False |
| 13. | 29 packets |
| 14. | 35 flowers |
| 15. | 250 metres |
| 16. | 24 kg |
| 17. | Bees carry pollen from one flower to another, helping the plants make seeds. |
| 18. | Although it was raining, the flowers continued to grow. |
| 19. | 26 metres |
| 20. | A plant needs water and light to grow well. |