LET'S TRY MATHS QUIZ (ONE FOR THE TEACHERS)
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:04 pm1. What is the surface area of a cube measuring 4 cm on an edge? 96 CM SQUARED
2. If the radius of a circle is 2.55 centimetres, what is the diameter of the circle in kilometres? .000051 KM
3. A rectangle is x - 1 centimetres wide and x + 4 centimetres long. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 cm, what is its area? 66 CM SQUARED
4. In which quadrilateral are all of these true: a) 'only' the opposite sides are the same length ; b) the opposite sides are parallel; c) the opposite angles are equal? PARALLELOGRAM
5. What do you call a six-sided closed figure with all its sides and angles equal? REGULAR HEXAGON
6. Through how many degrees does the hour hand move in 37 minutes? 18.5 DEGREES
7. Is 695643565632 a perfect square? NO
8. Find the cost of 90 score yo-yos at 12.5 cents each. $225
9. A car travels 35 kilometres in 30 minutes. What is its speed in kilometres per hour? 70
10. What is the probability of choosing a prime number from the numbers 90 to 100 inclusive? 9.09% OR 1/11
11. These are the marks gained in a trivia quiz, out of 10 possible points, by ten people: 10 9 8 7 5 5 4 3 2 2. What is the modal mark? 5 AND 2
12. One card is drawn at random from an ordinary pack of playing cards. What is the probability that it does not belong to the suit of clubs? 75%
13. What will be the base of a triangle when the area of the triangle is 36 cm^2, the perpendicular height is 0.36 metres and the slant height is 6 cm? 2 CM
14. Three men build a wall in 10 days. How long would it take 2 men? 15 DAYS
15. Jack has 3/5 of 1/2 of 1/2 of a minute to answer 3 simple addition problems. How many seconds does he have? 9 SECONDS
16. The area of one of the faces of a cube is 196 cm^2. Find its volume. 2744 CM^3
17. One angle of a triangle measures 72 degrees. The other two angles measure 2y degrees and 1y degrees. What type of a triangle is this? ISOSCELES
18. How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have? 5
19. What is the perimeter of a regular heptagon measuring 2.5 m on a side? 17.5 METRES
20. 1 litre is equal to 1000 cubic centimetres. If Jill is going to be fed with 11 millilitres of cough syrup every day for a week for her cough, how many cubic centimetres of cough syrup will she drink? 77 CM^3
2. If the radius of a circle is 2.55 centimetres, what is the diameter of the circle in kilometres? .000051 KM
3. A rectangle is x - 1 centimetres wide and x + 4 centimetres long. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 cm, what is its area? 66 CM SQUARED
4. In which quadrilateral are all of these true: a) 'only' the opposite sides are the same length ; b) the opposite sides are parallel; c) the opposite angles are equal? PARALLELOGRAM
5. What do you call a six-sided closed figure with all its sides and angles equal? REGULAR HEXAGON
6. Through how many degrees does the hour hand move in 37 minutes? 18.5 DEGREES
7. Is 695643565632 a perfect square? NO
8. Find the cost of 90 score yo-yos at 12.5 cents each. $225
9. A car travels 35 kilometres in 30 minutes. What is its speed in kilometres per hour? 70
10. What is the probability of choosing a prime number from the numbers 90 to 100 inclusive? 9.09% OR 1/11
11. These are the marks gained in a trivia quiz, out of 10 possible points, by ten people: 10 9 8 7 5 5 4 3 2 2. What is the modal mark? 5 AND 2
12. One card is drawn at random from an ordinary pack of playing cards. What is the probability that it does not belong to the suit of clubs? 75%
13. What will be the base of a triangle when the area of the triangle is 36 cm^2, the perpendicular height is 0.36 metres and the slant height is 6 cm? 2 CM
14. Three men build a wall in 10 days. How long would it take 2 men? 15 DAYS
15. Jack has 3/5 of 1/2 of 1/2 of a minute to answer 3 simple addition problems. How many seconds does he have? 9 SECONDS
16. The area of one of the faces of a cube is 196 cm^2. Find its volume. 2744 CM^3
17. One angle of a triangle measures 72 degrees. The other two angles measure 2y degrees and 1y degrees. What type of a triangle is this? ISOSCELES
18. How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have? 5
19. What is the perimeter of a regular heptagon measuring 2.5 m on a side? 17.5 METRES
20. 1 litre is equal to 1000 cubic centimetres. If Jill is going to be fed with 11 millilitres of cough syrup every day for a week for her cough, how many cubic centimetres of cough syrup will she drink? 77 CM^3
