Math Bowl 2020 Tryouts Quiz

The blacksmith made 51 horseshoes to fit his horses. What is the greatest number of horses that can get a full set of 4 shoes?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 13

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

The 6th grade sells flavored sugar cookies with nuts. How many choices are offered if each cookie has one flavor and one nut? 

Flavor choices: chocolate, cinnamon, or butterscotch 

Nut choices: pecans, walnuts, or almonds

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

During the months of July and August, Mark worked part time at his dad’s jewelry store. He worked weekly totals of 35, 40, 37, 20, 30, 37, 31, and 29 hours. What is the median number of hours that Dave worked each week?

• 34 hours

• 33 hours

• 36 hours

• 32 hours

Farmer Fred has goats and chickens. Fred’s animals have 25 heads and 80 legs. How many goats and how many chickens does he have?

• 10 goats and 15 chickens

• 15 goats and 10 chickens

• 12 goats and 13 chickens

• 13 goats and 12 chickens

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

Find the mystery number:

- It is a mixed number.

- Each term is a different prime number.

- The sum of the fraction’s terms equals the whole number part.

- It is between 10 and 15.

• 7 5/7

• 11 2/9

• 12 2/10

• 13 2/11

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Chuck went with his parents to buy a new school backpack. The $49.95 bag that he chose was on sale at a discount of 15%. Today only, the discounted price will be reduced by another 10%. What is the final sale price of the bag, before tax?

• $38.21

• $38.22

• $37.46

• $37.47

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Continue the sequence

0, 1, 8, 27, 64, …

• 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, ...

• 127, 225, 364, 515, 735,…

• 130, 267, 369, 525, 740,…

• 135, 275, 374, 575, 754, …

Tags

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Natalie has a bag that contains 1 black, 3 blue, 1 green, 1 yellow, and 2 red marbles. She has pulled 1 blue marble from the bag and did not put it back. What is the probability, as a whole percent, that the next selection will be blue?

• 28%

• 29%

• 37%

• 38%

On Monday, Dalton worked 45 minutes on his project. Tuesday, he worked 1 hour and 15 minutes. He completed it Wednesday after only 25 more minutes. How much time did he spend on his project?

• 2 hours and 25 minutes

• 2 hours

• 2 and a half hours

• 3 hours

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

Bill has a bag of straws that contains 13 red, 12 blue, 15 yellow, and 8 green straws. If he picks a straw at random, what is the probability that the straw will be green or blue?

• 1/24

• 1/6

• 1/4

• 5/12