Maths Pop Quiz

The quiz will be 4 rounds of 8 questions (if we have time)

At the end of each round you will swap your answer sheet with another team, so

your answers must be neat.

You will only receive ½ a point for answers missing units. You have been warned!

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Round One

Question 1

Let see who was paying attention

If you have time to play the whole quiz, how many questions will there be in total?

Question 2

Here are two floor plans of two houses.

What is the difference between the two areas?

Question 3

Here is a Connect Four gird. It is the yellow player’s turn. Write the coordinates for where the yellow player can go to win the match.

Question 4

Want is 34x45?

Question 5

This is the time when the train leaves.

This is the time when the train arrives on the same afternoon.

How long does the journey take?

Question 6

A man can jump 6.73m in the long jump.

How far is that in km?

Question 7

If Moshi Monster cards cost 22p each, how many could you buy with these coins?

Question 8

The ratio of leaves to flowers on a plant is 6:1

There are 17 flowers

How many leaves are there?

Round One

Answers

Question 1

Let see who was paying attention

If you have time to play the whole quiz, how many questions will there be in total?

4 rounds x 8 questions

32

Question 2

Here are two floor plans of two houses.

What is the difference between the two areas?

3630

6

Question 3

Here is a Connect Four gird. It is the yellow player’s turn. Write the coordinates for where the yellow player can go to win the match.

Question 4

Want is 34x45?

1530

Question 5

This is the time when the train leaves.

This is the time when the train arrives on the same afternoon.

How long does the journey take?

63 minutes

or

1 hour 3 minutes

Question 6

A man can jump 6.73m in the long jump.

How far is that in km?

0.00673 km

Question 7

If Moshi Monster cards cost 22p each, how many could you buy with these coins?

You have £2.63That buys 11 cards

Question 8

The ratio of leaves to flowers on a plant is 6:1

There are 17 flowers

How many leaves are there?

17x6102 leaves

Round Two

Question 1

Here are two very tall buildings

The Burj Khalifa is 840m tall

The Empire State Building is 45% of the size

How tall is the Empire State Building

These are not quite the real sizes of the buildings.

Question 2

I think of a number

I double it

I add 4

I multiply it by 6

My answer is 72

What was the number?

Question 3I have this bag of sweets

What is the probability of pulling out a green sweet?

Question 4

These are the ages of teachers at this school

What is the median average?

28 52

35

3760

106

45

35

41

Question 5How many children didn’t vote for roast chicken

or salt and vinegar crisps?

Question 6

What is the probability of choosing a blue square with 3 eyes?

Question 7

What is 1428 divided by 7?

Question 8 Read and record the measurements of all 3 scales

Round Two

Answers

Question 1

Here are two very tall buildings

The Burj Khalifa is 840m tall

The Empire State Building is 45% of the size

How tall is the Empire State Building

It’s 378m

Question 2

I think of a number

I double it

I add 4

I multiply it by 6

My answer is 72

What was the number?

The number was 4.

Question 3I have this bag of sweets

What is the probability of pulling out a green sweet?

The probability is

4/14 or

equivalent

Question 4

These are the ages of teachers at this school

What is the median average?

28 52

353760

106

4535

41

28 5235 37 60 1064535 41

41

Question 5How many children didn’t vote for roast chicken

or salt and vinegar?

95 6

20

Question 6

What is the probability of choosing a blue square with 3 eyes?

The probability is 2/11

Question 7

What is 1428 divided by 7?

204

Question 8 Read and record the measurements of all 3 scales

142

-25.5

Round Three

Question 1

A museum is 45m long by 65m wide by 20m high.

The museum shop is 5m long by 7m wide by 3m

high.

What is the volume of the museum without the shop?

Question 2Below is a chart showing favourite fruit in a class.

Melon was less popular than pears, but more popular than oranges.

How many children chose

melon?

Question 3The racing car is travelling at 150 km per hour.

How far will it travel in one minute?

Question 4Write in the missing angle.

Not to scale

57 ?

46 ?

Question 5Write in the 4 missing numbers for the number pattern

3n+2

5 8 20

Question 6

What is the weight of the nuts and bolts in grams?

Question 7Find what x equals in

3x + 5 = 17 + x

Question 8

How many squares are there? There are more than you think.

Round Three

Answers

Question 1A museum is 45m long by

65m wide by 20m high.

The museum shop is 5m long by 7m wide by 3m

high.

What is the volume of the museum without the shop?

58500 m3

105 m3

58395 m3

Question 2Below is a chart showing favourite fruit in a class.

Melon was less popular than pears, but more popular than oranges.

How many children chose

melon?

15

Question 3The racing car is travelling at 150 km per hour.

How far will it travel in one minute?

2.5 km

150 ÷ 60

Question 4Write in the missing angle.

Not to scale

57 ?

46 ?

77 ?

Question 5Write in the 4 missing numbers for the number pattern

3n+2

5 8 20112 1714

Question 6

What is the weight of the nuts and bolts in

grams?

1350g

Question 7Find what x equals in

3x + 5 = 17 + x3x - x + 5 = 17

3x - x = 17 - 5 2x = 12

The order may differ

x = 6

Question 8

How many squares are there?

55 Squares

Round Four

Question 1Put these values in the correct order with lowest first.

72

66%

142%

2.43

1.6131

Question 2The explorer is travelling North

He turns 45 degrees Left

Then

He turns 90 degrees Left

Which compass direction is he facing?

Question 3The company pays £139,840 in tax at a rate of 20%

The rate goes up to 35%

What must they pay now?

Question 4

Write this number in digits

two hundred eighty-nine billion eight hundred forty-three million eighty-four

thousand one hundred four

Question 5

A car uses 1.3 litres of petrol per mile on flat road.

It uses 1.8 litres of petrol per mile going up a hill.

It uses 0.9 litres of petrol per mile going down a hill.

It has a full petrol tank of 50 litres at the start of the journey.

How much petrol would be left after a journey of 12 miles on flat road, 3.5 miles going up hill and 2 miles

going down hill?

Question 6

Here are the population figures for six Chinese citiesShanghai 18,000,000

Beijing 13,200,000Guangzhou 12,000,000

Nanjing 7,000,000Qingdao 4,000,000Fuzhou 3,000,000

What is the mean average population?

Question 7

What type of angle is this?(Must have correct spelling)

Question 8

Mercury is 58 million km from the Sun Venus is 50 million km from Mercury

Earth is 48 million km from VenusMars is 77 million km from Earth

Jupiter is twice the distance from the sun as Mars

How far is the Sun from Jupiter?

Round Four

Answers

Question 1Put these values in the correct order with lowest first.

72

66%

142%

2.431.6

131

Question 2The explorer is travelling North

He turns 45 degrees Left

Then

He turns 90 degrees Left

Which compass direction is he facing?

South West

Question 3The company pays £139,840 in tax at a rate of 20%

The rate goes up to 35%

What must they pay now?

£244,720

Question 4

Write this number in digits

two hundred eighty-nine billion eight hundred forty-three million eighty-four

thousand one hundred four

289,843,084,104

Question 5

A car uses 1.3 litres of petrol per mile on flat road.

It uses 1.8 litres of petrol per mile going up a hill.

It uses 0.9 litres of petrol per mile going down a hill.

It has a full petrol tank of 50 litres at the start of the journey.

How much petrol would be left after a journey of 12 miles on flat road, 3.5 miles going up hill and 2 miles

going down hill?

26.3 litres50-23.7

Question 6

Here are the population figures for six Chinese citiesShanghai 18,000,000

Beijing 13,000,000Guangzhou 12,000,000

Nanjing 7,000,000Qingdao 4,000,000Fuzhou 3,000,000

What is the mean average population?

9.5 Million or 9,500,000

Question 7

What type of angle is this?(Must have correct spelling)

Reflex

Question 8

Mercury is 58 million km from the Sun Venus is 50 million km from Mercury

Earth is 48 million km from VenusMars is 77 million km from Earth

Jupiter is twice the distance from the sun as Mars

How far is the Sun from Jupiter?

466 million km

Maths Pop Quiz

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