Quick Mathematics Quiz for Skills

If Johnny has 120 pennies and he gives his friend Francis 30 of the pennies, how many pennies does he have left?

• 40

• 60

• 70

• 90

Answer explanation

When completing this question you should be using subtraction in order to regroup. In the tens place you cannot subtraction 3 tens from 2 tens. You have to take the 100 in 120 and turn into 10 tens to add to the 2 tens in 120.

A garden has 789 red roses and 542 white roses. How many roses are there in total?

• 1256

• 1457

• 1331

• 1689

There are 84 books in the library, and 49 of them are fiction books. How many books are non-fiction?

• 35

• 40

• 45

• 20

There are 38 candies in a jar, and Sarah takes 27 candies out of the jar. How many candies are left in the jar?

• 11 candies
• 27 candies
• 38 candies
• 12 candies

Emma has 153 books, and her friend Rachel gave her 79 more books. How many books does Emma have now?

• 150 books

• 232 books

• 200 books
• 300 books

1. At the party, there were 9 pizzas, and each pizza was cut into 8 slices. How many pizza slices were there in total?

• 90 slices

• 80 slices
• 72 slices

• 64 slices

The library had 387 fiction books and 249 non-fiction books. How many books were in the library in total?

• 249

• 500
• 387
• 636

Emma has 144 books, and she wants to arrange them on shelves with 12 books on each shelf. How many shelves will she need?

• 10
• 12
• 15
• 20

A garden has 72 tomato plants, and they need to be planted in rows with 8 plants in each row. How many rows will there be?

• 8 rows
• 9 rows
• 10 rows
• 12 rows