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8/12/2019 BQ Challenge Q+a Math

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Math Questions & Answers

GRADE 1What five coins add up to a nickel?five pennies (1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5)

GRADE 2Which is longest: a foot, a yard or an inch?a yard (3 feet = 1 yard; 12 inches = 1 foot)

GRADE 3What do you call the answer to a multiplication problem?the product

GRADE 4How many zeros are in the number one million?six (6)

GRADE 5Simplify the fraction 32/8.4

GRADE 6

How do you represent the fraction 3/4as a decimal?.75

GRADE 7Find the fraction that is not equivalent: 1/3, 6/18, 7/20, 9/27.7/20


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GRADE 1What two coins add up to 15 cents?a dime and a nickel (10 + 5 = 15)

GRADE 2How many items are in a half-dozen?six (6)

GRADE 3Does a glass hold more when its half full or two-thirds full?two-thirds full

GRADE 4How many minutes before 4:00 is 3:40?20 minutes

GRADE 5What does the Roman numeral X stand for?ten (10)

GRADE 6

Subtract 150 from 9,000.8,850

GRADE 7If 4 out of 20 students in a class are girls, what percentage is that?20%


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GRADE 1How many sides does a square have?four (4)

GRADE 2Carlos is 8 years old. In 10 years, how old will he be?18 (8 + 10)

GRADE 3Would you measure the Empire State Building in inches or feet?feet

GRADE 4What is the sum of 3/4and 3/4?1 1/2

GRADE 5Which weighs more: a pound of iron or a pound of feathers?Each has the same weight: 1 pound.

GRADE 6

Give the Roman numerals for the number 800.DCCC

GRADE 7If 2 is a whole number, what do you call 2 1/2?a mixed number


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GRADE 1How many minutes are there in one hour?60

GRADE 2Count by threes to find the next number: 3, 6, 9, 12, . . . ?15

GRADE 3How many groups of 9 are in 63?7 (63 9 = 7; 9 x 7 = 63)

GRADE 4

A potato has 90 calories. A yam has 155. How many more calories are inthe yam?65 (155 - 90 = 65)

GRADE 5Add these times together: 3 hours, 32 minutes plus 3 hours, 20 minutes.6 hours, 52 minutes

GRADE 6

The second-hand bike cost $100. Then the price increased by 15%. What

does the bike cost now?$115 (100 x .15 = 15; 100 + 15 = 115)

GRADE 7How much is 3 (3 cubed)?27 (3 x 3 x 3 = 27)


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GRADE 1How much is 4 + 4 + 1?9

GRADE 2What do 1 dime and 4 pennies add up to?14 cents (10 + 4 = 14)

GRADE 3Which is the same as two tenths: one-fifth or one-third?one-fifth

GRADE 4How many pints are in 11 quarts?22 (1 quart = 2 pints)

GRADE 5

We waited 50 minutes on line. The movie lasted 130 minutes. How manyhours in all?3 hours

GRADE 6

What number do you have to divide by 10 in order to get .4?4

GRADE 7If a number is divisible by 10, is it also divisible by 2?yes


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GRADE 1How much is 3 + 5?8

GRADE 2What number comes next: 20, 25, 30, . . . ?35

GRADE 3Divide 25 by 5.5

GRADE 4Subtract 200 from 546.346

GRADE 5How do you find the length of a rectangle?multiply the length by the width

GRADE 6

How many dozen cookies in a gross?12 dozen (144 in all)

GRADE 7What percent of 10 is 9?90%


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GRADE 1Steve found 4 shells. Rich found 3 shells. Who has more shells?Steve

GRADE 2

Mary has 3 boxes of candy. Each box weighs 1 pound. How many pounds ofcandy does Mary have altogether?3 pounds (1 + 1 + 1 = 3)

GRADE 3On a Celsius thermometer, at what temperature does water boil?100 degrees

GRADE 4Round $402.54 to the nearest hundred dollars.$400.00

GRADE 5Round the number 4,532 to the nearest thousand.5,000

GRADE 6

Whats the total number of degrees in any triangle?180

GRADE 7A team won 3 games and lost 8. Whats the ratio of wins to losses?3 to 8, or 3:8


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GRADE 1Its 8 oclock. What time will it be in 2 hours?10 oclock

GRADE 2Is 78 greater or less than 65?greater

GRADE 3Subtract 6 from 52.46

GRADE 4What decimal would you add to 0.7 to make 1.0?0.3 (1.0 0.7 = 0.3)

GRADE 5If I pay 6% sales tax on an item that costs $10, whats my total bill?$10.60 (10 x .06 = .60; 10 + .60 = 10.60)

GRADE 6

The angles of a square add up to how many degrees?360 (90 x 4 = 360)

GRADE 76y = 42. How much is y?7 (42 6 = 7)


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GRADE 1How many days are in a week?seven (7)

GRADE 2

Sue has saved 2 dollars, 1 dime and 2 pennies. How much moneydoes she have?$2.12 (2.00 + .10 + .02 = 2.12)

GRADE 3

Out of 20 games, our team won 10 and lost 4. How many games endedin a tie?6 (10 4 = 6)

GRADE 4What is the decimal for 7 hundredths?.07

GRADE 5What fraction of one pound is 8 ounces?1/2(1 pound = 16 ounces)

GRADE 6

Find the value of n in the equation 5n = 40.8 (5 x 8 = 40 or 40 5 = 8)

GRADE 7Which is a greater weight: 857 grams or 1 kilogram?1 kilogram (1 kilogram = 1,000 grams)


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GRADE 1What coin is worth the same as 25 cents?a quarter

GRADE 2The candy bar is cut in half. How many pieces are there?two (2)

GRADE 3Which number is greater: the product of 3 x 3 or the sum of 3 + 3?the product of 3 x 3 (3 x 3 = 9; 3 + 3 = 6)

GRADE 4Round the number 256 to the nearest hundred.300

GRADE 5

Donald finished 75% of the 12 problems on his math test. How manyproblems did he finish?9 (.75 x 12 = 9)

GRADE 6

Which is a longer period of time: 3 hours or 175 minutes?

3 hours (60 minutes x 3 hours = 180 minutes;175 minutes = 2 hours, 55 minutes)

GRADE 7Name the line that divides a circle in half.the diameter


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GRADE 1Counting backward, which number comes next: 8, 7, 6, . . . ?5

GRADE 2

Jerry sat in the third row and Ann sat in the fifth. Who was farther backin the room?Ann

GRADE 3What is 72 divided by 9?8

GRADE 4

If I collect 15 baseball cards every month, how many will I havein 10 months?150 (15 x 10 = 150)

GRADE 5

The temperature was -10 degrees. It rose 12 degrees.Whats the new temperature?2 degrees above zero (-10 + 12 = 2)

GRADE 6

Say the prime numbers in this series: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.2, 3, 5

GRADE 7Which is greater: 1/3of 36 or 1/4of 44?1/3of 36 (12 is greater than 11)


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GRADE 1What number comes before the number 1?zero (0)

GRADE 2How much is 5 tens and 6 ones?56

GRADE 3

Sams music lesson was at 3:30 p.m. He was 15 minutes late.What time did he arrive?3:45 p.m.

GRADE 4What operation in math is the opposite of multiplication?division

GRADE 5How many months in 3/4of a year?9 (12 x 3/4= 9)

GRADE 6

What do you call the longest side of a right triangle?the hypotenuse

GRADE 7How many eighths are in the number 5?40 (5 1/8= 40)


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GRADE 1What does a minus sign tell you to do?subtract

GRADE 2What number comes just after 600?601

GRADE 3Beths baby sister is 1 1/2years old. How many months old is she?18 months old

GRADE 4Bill gave Lynn 5 coins that totaled 77 cents. What were the coins?3 quarters and 2 pennies (75 + 2 = 77)

GRADE 5What mixed number do you get when you add 3/5and 3/5?1 1/5(6/5= 1 1/5)

GRADE 6

To calculate the interior size of a rhombus, do you find the area,

diameter or radius?the area

GRADE 7

Its 7 miles to the train, then another 33 miles to town.How long is the round trip?80 miles (33 + 7 = 40; 40 x 2 = 80)


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GRADE 1

Alice had five oranges. She gave one to Ned. How many oranges doesshe have now?

4 (5 1 = 4)

GRADE 2Is 55 an odd number or an even number?an odd number

GRADE 3Which fraction is less: 2/5or 4/5?2/5(two-fifths)

GRADE 4What fraction of 30 is 10?1/3

GRADE 5What do you call the distance around the outside of a circle?the circumference

GRADE 6

What do you call the result of dividing one number by another?the quotient

GRADE 7What numbers are factors of 12?1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12


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GRADE 1Which number is greater: 46 or 48?48

GRADE 2How much is 22 + 8?30

GRADE 3How many sides does a cube have?six (6)

GRADE 4Round the number 869 to the nearest ten.870

GRADE 5How many angles does a quadrilateral have?four (4)

GRADE 6

How do you calculate the perimeter of a rectangle?Add the sum of its 4 sides.

GRADE 7If a hat that costs $30 is discounted by 15%, whats the sale price?$25.50 (30.00 x .15 = 4.50; 30.00 4.50 = 25.50)


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GRADE 1What number comes just after 19?20

GRADE 2What is 7 minus 0?7

GRADE 3If you buy a gallon of apple juice, how many quarts will you have?four (4)

GRADE 4

Ted has a quarter and 8 pennies. Ned has 3 dimes and a nickel.Who has more?Ned (35 cents is worth more than 33 cents)

GRADE 5Express the fraction 3/4as a percent.75%

GRADE 6

How many degrees in a right angle?90 degrees

GRADE 7Is the endpoint of an angle called a segment, a vertex or a ray?a vertex


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GRADE 1We bought 10 bananas and ate 5. How many do we have left?5 (10 - 5 = 5)

GRADE 2Counting backward, what two numbers are next: 150, 149, 148 . . . ?147, 146

GRADE 3If you give 3 friends 5 cookies each, how many cookies is that total?15 (3 x 5 = 15)

GRADE 4Which is the same as 10 centimeters: a meter or decimeter?a decimeter

GRADE 5If you add 9 to this number, you get 56. What is the number?47 (56 - 9 = 47)

GRADE 6

Your chances of winning are 1 in 10,000. How many others might win

instead of you?9,999

GRADE 7If x 5 = 3, whats the value of x?15 (5 x 3 = 15)


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GRADE 1How many hours are in a day?24

GRADE 2How many days are in a year?365

GRADE 3What are the even numbers between 10 and 20?12, 14, 16, 18

GRADE 4How many inches are in a foot and a half?18 inches (12 + 6 = 18)

GRADE 5What multiples of 3 fall between 31 and 43?33, 36, 39, 42

GRADE 6

Whats the sum of 110 + 220 + 330? [new]660

GRADE 748 is 80% of what number?60 (48 .80 = 60)

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