Maths Trivia with Bonus Christmas Questions

A car park has this sign.

Select the option(s) below that allow you to pay exactly 70p.

• Three 20p & one 10p

• Three 10p & one 50p

• Two 10p & one 20p & one 50p

• Two 10p & one 50p

Each side on the pentagon above measures 7 cm. What is the perimeter of this regular pentagon?

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At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of ...

• Holly

• Cinnamon

• Mistletoe

• Garland

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On average, how much taller is a 15 year old boy than girl?

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A sequence of numbers decreases by 3 each time.

What are the next three numbers of the sequence?

• 10, 13, 16

• 1, -1, -4

• 1, -2, -5

• 0, -3, -6

• -2

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Who wrote "A Christmas Carol" about a character called Ebenezer Scrooge?

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I have a bag of sweets.

See the contents listed above.

What is the probability of picking a purple sweet?

• 25%

• 0.22

• 4/20

• 1/8

• 2/12

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Santa has reindeer whose name starts with a 'B'.

What is the reindeer's name?

• Blaxer

• Blitzer

• Blitzen

• Blazer

• Budolph

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The table shows feeding times for some animals in a zoo.

The first feeding time for giraffes starts at 12:20 pm.

At what time does it finish?

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In Ukraine, what does it mean if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning?

• Good luck

• Bad luck

• It will be a cold winter

• You'll become rich

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