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Mathematics
9th - 12th Grade
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Here are some fun, tricky, and hard-to-solve maths problems that will challenge your thinking ability.
If 1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
Then, 6=?
3
5
6
7
Answer explanation
Answer: is 3, because ‘six’ has three letters
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CCSS.5.OA.B.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the number of parking spaces covered by the car?
What is the number of parking spaces covered by the car?
This tricky math problem went viral a few years back after it appeared on an entrance exam in Hong Kong… for six-year-olds. Supposedly the students had just 20 seconds to solve the problem!
96
92
87
82
Answer explanation
Believe it or not, this “math” question actually requires no math whatsoever. If you flip the image upside down, you’ll see that what you’re dealing with is a simple number sequence.
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CCSS.1.NBT.A.1
3.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Add 8.563 and 4.8292
Add 8.563 and 4.8292
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Answer explanation
13.3922
Adding two decimals together is easier than it looks. Don’t let the fact that 8.563 has fewer numbers than 4.8292 trip you up. All you have to do is add a 0 to the end of 8.563 and then add like you normally would.
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CCSS.6.NS.B.3
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Answer explanation
Seven (take away the ‘s’ and it becomes ‘even’).
Seven
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CCSS.2.OA.C.3
5.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Using only an addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
Using only an addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
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Answer explanation
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
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CCSS.7.NS.A.3
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which 3 numbers have the same answer whether they’re added or multiplied together?
Which 3 numbers have the same answer whether they’re added or multiplied together?
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Answer explanation
Answer:
1, 2 and 3
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CCSS.7.NS.A.2C
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
There is a three-digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?
There is a three-digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?
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Answer explanation
Answer:
141 or 582
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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B
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