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Jeff's Maths for Kids 1 Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by jeffcotton. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
jeffcotton

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,706

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
992

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Question 1 of 10

1. Penny enters the sweetshop with 2 pounds. She leaves the shop with 49 pence. How much did she give to the shopkeeper? (Hint: there are 100 pence in a pound.) Hint

1 pound 51 pence

1 pound

51 pence

49 pence

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Question 2 of 10

2. There is a class of 20 children. 15 of those children are right handed. In its simplest form, what fraction of the children are right handed? Hint

1/2

3/4

4/5

1/3

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Question 3 of 10

3. Bill decides to earn some money during the holidays by washing windows. He will charge 50 pence per window. Mr Jones has 8 windows. How much will Mr Jones pay Bill? Hint

3 pounds 50 pence

2 pounds

4 pounds

2 pounds 50 pence

4. During a class field trip to a local park a class saw two flocks of geese in two different ponds. The first pond had 35 geese in it. The other pond had 52 geese in it. How many geese did the class see? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Jones' Grocery is having a sale on turkeys for Christmas. Mr Jones is offering ten pound turkeys for $2.00. Last week he sold 18 turkeys. So far this week he has sold 13 turkeys. How much money has he received in the past 2 weeks? Hint

$60

$66

$64

$62

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Question 6 of 10

6. Larry, Moe and Curly are trying to find costumes for Halloween. Larry wanted to be a vampire and bought a costume for $19.50. Moe wanted to be a mummy and bought a costume for $22.30. Curly finds a witch costume for $18.55. What is the total cost of the three costumes? Hint

$60.35

$61.75

$60

$59.15

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ross is going Valentine's day shopping for his girlfriend. He wants to buy a a box of chocolates for $24.07 and a dozen roses for $28.63. How much will he need to purchase the 2 items? Hint

$50.70

$53.70

$51.70

$52.70

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Question 8 of 10

8. Patrick has a basket of shamrocks to share with her friends at a St. Patrick's Day party. There are 210 shamrocks in the basket and there are 42 people at the party. How many shamrocks will each person get? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Mr Thomas is looking after the community skating rink during the winter season. He floods the rink every Tuesday night with a hose that pumps 66 litres per minute. Last Thursday, Mr Thomas spent 56 minutes flooding the rink. How many litres of water did Mr. Thomas put on the outdoor rink? Hint

3796 litres

3596 litres

3896 litres

3696 litres

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Question 10 of 10

10. Joanne is baking cookies for the community bake sale this weekend. She has made bags of six cookies that she intends to sell for 3 pounds per bag. Joanne sold 18 bags of Christmas tree-shaped cookies and 38 bags of bell-shaped cookies. How much money did she make? Hint

168 pounds

148 pounds

158 pounds

138 pounds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Penny enters the sweetshop with 2 pounds. She leaves the shop with 49 pence. How much did she give to the shopkeeper? (Hint: there are 100 pence in a pound.)

Answer: 1 pound 51 pence

The sum you needed to do was:
200 pence - 49 pence equals 151 pence.
Then you had to convert from pence to pounds which is 1 pound 51 pence.

2. There is a class of 20 children. 15 of those children are right handed. In its simplest form, what fraction of the children are right handed?

Answer: 3/4

15/20 children are right handed.
Dividing both by 5 gives you 3/4.

3. Bill decides to earn some money during the holidays by washing windows. He will charge 50 pence per window. Mr Jones has 8 windows. How much will Mr Jones pay Bill?

Answer: 4 pounds

The calculation you must do is 0.5 (50 pence is half a pound, and a half can be written as 0.5) multiplied by 8 to get 4 pounds.

Answer: 87

To complete this question you had to add the number of geese in each pond.
35 + 52 = 87 geese.

Answer: $62

The complete this problem you had to add the amount of turkeys sold in two weeks which is 18+13=31.
Then you had to multiply the total amount of turkeys sold by 2 which equals $62.

Answer: $60.35

For this question you had to add the three amounts together.
$19.50 + $22.30 + $18.55 = $60.35.

7. Ross is going Valentine's day shopping for his girlfriend. He wants to buy a a box of chocolates for $24.07 and a dozen roses for $28.63. How much will he need to purchase the 2 items?

Answer: $52.70

This is also a simple addition.
$24.07 + $28.63 = $52.70.

Answer: 5

This is a division question.
210 divided by 42 = 5 each.

Answer: 3696 litres

This is a multiplication question.
66 x 56 = 3696 litres.

Answer: 168 pounds

This is an addition and multiplication question.
18 + 38 = 56.
56 x 3 pounds = 168 pounds

Source: Author jeffcotton

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