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Math Jokes/Trivia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my one's digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I ?

a)

185

b)

194

c)

941

d)

861

2.

Two schoolgirls were traveling from the city to a summer cottage on a electric train. "I notice," one of the girls said, "that the trains coming in the opposite direction pass us every 5 minutes. What do you think-how many trains arrive in the city in a hour, given equal speeds in both directions? "Twelve, of course, the other girl answered because 60/5 is 12. The first girl did not agree. How many trains arrive in the city in one hour?

a)

five

b)

ten

c)

six

d)

not enough info

3.

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over them. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn't get a flower. 2. If two bees share a flower, there is one flower left out.

a)

3 flowers and 4 bees.

b)

4 bees and 3 flowers.

c)

7 bees and 7 flowers

d)

14 bees and 0 flowers.

4.

1/9 of identical basketball balls is overweight and cannot be used in the game. How can it be identified after just 2 weighings?

4 lines
5.

Four bags contains a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s, and 7s. Pick any combination of 10 numbers that create a total of exactly 37?

a)

1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7,7,2

b)

5,5,5,5,5,7(it is not possible with 10 numbers)

c)

5,7,5,7,5,7,1(it is only possible with 6 numbers)

d)

It is not possible odd + odd = even

6.

The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be(There are 3 possible solutions)?

a)

14 and 41

b)

42 and 24

c)

51 and 15

d)

60 and 6

7.

A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meter pit. Each day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters downwards. How many days does it take the snail to reach the top of the pit?

a)

10 days

b)

15 days

c)

12 days

d)

16 days

8.

What has a face and two hands but no arms and legs?

a)

a snake

b)

a circle

c)

a clock

d)

a pizza

9.

If there are 4 apples and you take away 3, how many apples do you have?

a)

one

b)

three

c)

seven

d)

four

10.

I am a place, in state. I am an answer to a math problem. The math problem is: To get a cube, you multiply something by 5. What do you multiply by?

a)

The Golden Gate Bridge

b)

Times Square

c)

Kings Dominion

d)

The White House