RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS

Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What’s the answer?

• 25

• 40

• 35

• 70

A clerk at the butcher shop is six feet tall and wears size 10 shoes. What does he weigh?

• meat

• eggs

• fish

• shrimps

A farmer has 19 sheep on his land. One day, a big storm hits, and all but seven run away. How many sheep does the farmer have left?

• 12

• 26

• 7

• 15

Your sock drawer only contains 18 white socks and 18 blue socks. How many times do you need to reach inside the drawer and take out a sock to guarantee a matching pair?

• 7

• 9

• 3

• 11

Using only addition, how can you use eight eights to get the number 1,000?

• 888 + 88 + 88 + 8

• 888 + 8 + 8 + 88

• 888 + 888 + 88

• 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

When Ashley was 15, her mother was 37. Now, her mother is twice her age. How old is Ashley?

• 24

• 22

• 26

• 33

If 7 is transformed into 13 and 11 is changed to 21 then what does 16 become?

• 30

• 42

• 29

• 31

If: 2 + 2 = 44 ; 3 + 3 = 96 ; 4 + 4 = 168 ; 5 + 5 = 2510

Then:6 + 6 = ?

• 1589

• 3612

• 2568

• 3618

Solve the pattern puzzle below. Find the missing number to replace the question mark.

• 16

• 20

• 17

• 18

Solve the following:

• 14

• 16

• 18

• 20