Math Problems

A batch of candies can be divided into equal shares among 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 people with no candies left over. What is the least number of candies that the batch could have?

• 12

• 20

• 30

• 60

A man said: "The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28". What month and day was he born?

• December 31

• February 29

• January 1

• Not possible

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

If the cone weighs 6 kg, what is the weight of the cube?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 18

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

If you are halfway between Greensville and Parsons, how far away are you from Denbrow?

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

Write down the next line in the following pattern:

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

What is the age of her oldest child?

A census taker approaches a house and asks the woman who answers the door "How many children do you have, and what are their ages?"

The woman replies "I have three children, the product of their ages are 36, the sum of their ages are equal to the address of the house next door."

The census taker walks next door, comes back and says "I need more information."

The woman replies "I have to go, my oldest child is sleeping upstairs."

Census taker then says "Thank you, I now have everything I need."

How many squares are there on a chessboard?

There were 100 chocolates in a box. The box was passed down along a row of people. The first person took one chocolate. Each person down the row took more chocolates than the person before until the box was empty. What is the largest number of people that could have been in the row?

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Tom asked his Granny how old she was. Rather than giving him a straight answer, she replied:

"I have 6 children, and there are 4 years between each one and the next. I had my first child (your Uncle Peter) when I was 19. Now the youngest one (Your Auntie Jane) is 19 herself. That's all I'm telling you!"

How old is Tom's Granny?

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

What is the missing number in Triangle Four?

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3