GRADE 1
What five coins add up to a nickel? five pennies (1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5)
GRADE 2
Which is longest: a foot, a yard or an inch? a yard (3 feet = 1 yard; 12 inches = 1 foot)
GRADE 3
What do you call the answer to a multiplication problem? the product
GRADE 4
How many zeros are in the number one million? six (6)
GRADE 5
Simplify the fraction 32/8. 4
GRADE 6
How do you represent the fraction 3/4 as a decimal? .75
GRADE 7
Find the fraction that is not equivalent: 1/3, 6/18, 7/20, 9/27.
7/20
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What two coins add up to 15 cents? a dime and a nickel (10 + 5 = 15)
GRADE 2
How many items are in a half-dozen? six (6)
GRADE 3
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hold more when it’s half full or two-thirds full? two-thirds full
GRADE 4
How many minutes before 4:00 is 3:40? 20 minutes
GRADE 5
What does the Roman numeral X stand for? ten (10)
GRADE 6
Subtract 150 from 9,000. 8,850
GRADE 7
If 4 out of 20 students in a class are girls, what percentage is that? 20%
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How many sides does a square have? four (4)
GRADE 2
Carlos is 8 years old. In 10 years, how old will he be? 18 (8 + 10)
GRADE 3
Would you measure the Empire State Building in inches or feet? feet
GRADE 4
What is the sum of 3/4 and 3/4? 1 1/2
GRADE 5
Which 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 7
If 2 is a whole number, what do you call 2 1/2? a mixed number
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How many minutes are there in one hour? 60
GRADE 2
Count by threes to find the next number: 3, 6, 9, 12, . . . ? 15
GRADE 3
How 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 in the yam? 65 (155 - 90 = 65)
GRADE 5
Add 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 7
How much is 3³ (3 cubed)? 27 (3 x 3 x 3 = 27)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How much is 4 + 4 + 1? 9
GRADE 2
What do 1 dime and 4 pennies add up to? 14 cents (10 + 4 = 14)
GRADE 3
Which is the same as two tenths: one-fifth or one-third? one-fifth
GRADE 4
How 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 many hours in all? 3 hours
GRADE 6
What number do you have to divide by 10 in order to get .4? 4
GRADE 7
If a number is divisible by 10, is it also divisible by 2? yes
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How much is 3 + 5? 8
GRADE 2
What number comes next: 20, 25, 30, . . . ? 35
GRADE 3
Divide 25 by 5. 5
GRADE 4
Subtract 200 from 546. 346
GRADE 5
How 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 7
What percent of 10 is 9? 90%
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Steve 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 of candy does Mary have altogether? 3 pounds (1 + 1 + 1 = 3)
GRADE 3
On a Celsius thermometer, at what temperature does water boil? 100 degrees
GRADE 4
Round $402.54 to the nearest hundred dollars. $400.00
GRADE 5
Round the number 4,532 to the nearest thousand. 5,000
GRADE 6
What’s the total number of degrees in any triangle? 180
GRADE 7
A team won 3 games and lost 8. What’s the ratio of wins to losses? 3 to 8, or 3:8
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
It’s 8 o’clock. What time will it be in 2 hours? 10 o’clock
GRADE 2
Is 78 greater or less than 65? greater
GRADE 3
Subtract 6 from 52. 46
GRADE 4
What decimal would you add to 0.7 to make 1.0? 0.3 (1.0 – 0.7 = 0.3)
GRADE 5
If I pay 6% sales tax on an item that costs $10, what’s 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 7
6y = 42. How much is y? 7 (42 ÷ 6 = 7)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How many days are in a week? seven (7)
GRADE 2
Sue has saved 2 dollars, 1 dime and 2 pennies. How much money does she have? $2.12 (2.00 + .10 + .02 = 2.12) Out of 20 games, our team won 10 and lost 4. How many games ended in a tie? 6 (10 – 4 = 6)
GRADE 3
GRADE 4
What is the decimal for 7 hundredths? .07
GRADE 5
What 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 7
Which is a greater weight: 857 grams or 1 kilogram? 1 kilogram (1 kilogram = 1,000 grams)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What coin is worth the same as 25 cents? a quarter
GRADE 2
The candy bar is cut in half. How many pieces are there? two (2)
GRADE 3
Which 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 4
Round the number 256 to the nearest hundred. 300
GRADE 5
Donald finished 75% of the 12 problems on his math test. How many problems did he finish? 9 (.75 x 12 = 9) 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 6
GRADE 7
Name the line that divides a circle in half. the diameter
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Counting 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 back in the room? Ann
GRADE 3
What is 72 divided by 9? 8
GRADE 4
If I collect 15 baseball cards every month, how many will I have in 10 months?
150 (15 x 10 = 150) The temperature was -10 degrees. It rose 12 degrees. What’s the new temperature? 2 degrees above zero (-10 + 12 = 2)
GRADE 5
GRADE 6
Say the prime numbers in this series: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 2, 3, 5
GRADE 7
1/3
Which is greater: 1/3 of 36 or 1/4 of 44? of 36 (12 is greater than 11)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What number comes before the number 1? zero (0)
GRADE 2
How much is 5 tens and 6 ones? 56
GRADE 3
Sam’s music lesson was at 3:30 p.m. He was 15 minutes late. What time did he arrive? 3:45 p.m.
GRADE 4
What operation in math is the opposite of multiplication? division
GRADE 5
How many months in 3/4 of a year? 9 (12 x 3/4 = 9)
GRADE 6
What do you call the longest side of a right triangle? the hypotenuse
GRADE 7
How many eighths are in the number 5? 40 (5 ÷ 1/8 = 40)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What does a minus sign tell you to do? subtract
GRADE 2
What number comes just after 600? 601
GRADE 3
Beth’s baby sister is 1 1/2 years old. How many months old is she? 18 months old
GRADE 4
Bill gave Lynn 5 coins that totaled 77 cents. What were the coins? 3 quarters and 2 pennies (75 + 2 = …show more content…
77)
GRADE 5
What mixed number do you get when you add 3/5 and 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 It’s 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)
GRADE 7
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Alice had five oranges. She gave one to Ned. How many oranges does she have now? 4 (5 – 1 = 4)
GRADE 2
Is 55 an odd number or an even number? an odd number
GRADE 3
2/5
Which fraction is less: 2/5 or 4/5? (two-fifths)
GRADE 4
What fraction of 30 is 10?
1/3
GRADE 5
What 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 7
What numbers are factors of 12? 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Which number is greater: 46 or 48? 48
GRADE 2
How much is 22 + 8? 30
GRADE 3
How many sides does a cube have?
six (6)
GRADE 4
Round the number 869 to the nearest ten. 870
GRADE 5
How 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 7
If a hat that costs $30 is discounted by 15%, what’s the sale price? $25.50 (30.00 x .15 = 4.50; 30.00 – 4.50 = 25.50)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What number comes just after 19? 20
GRADE 2
What is 7 minus 0? 7
GRADE 3
If 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 5
Express the fraction 3/4 as a percent. 75%
GRADE 6
How many degrees in a right angle? 90 degrees
GRADE 7
Is the endpoint of an angle called a segment, a vertex or a ray? a vertex
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
We bought 10 bananas and ate 5. How many do we have left? 5 (10 - 5 = 5)
GRADE 2
Counting backward, what two numbers are next: 150, 149, 148 . . . ? 147, 146
GRADE 3
If you give 3 friends 5 cookies each, how many cookies is that total? 15 (3 x 5 =
15)
GRADE 4
Which is the same as 10 centimeters: a meter or decimeter? a decimeter
GRADE 5
If 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 7
If x ÷ 5 = 3, what’s the value of x? 15 (5 x 3 = 15)
Math Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How many hours are in a day? 24
GRADE 2
How many days are in a year? 365
GRADE 3
What are the even numbers between 10 and 20? 12, 14, 16, 18
GRADE 4
How many inches are in a foot and a half? 18 inches (12 + 6 = 18)
GRADE 5
What multiples of 3 fall between 31 and 43? 33, 36, 39, 42
GRADE 6
What’s the sum of 110 + 220 + 330? [new] 660
GRADE 7
48 is 80% of what number? 60 (48 ÷ .80 = 60)