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Maths Marathon Stage 2, College

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is always coming, but never arrives?

a)

Tomorrow

b)

Time

c)

US mail

d)

The sun

2.

What can be broken, but is never held?

a)

A promise

b)

A baby

c)

Glass

d)

Opportunities

3.

What is it that lives if it is fed, and dies if you give it a drink?

a)

Fish

b)

Fire

c)

People with fear of water

d)

The ocean

4.

What can one catch that is not thrown?

a)

A soccer ball

b)

A cold

c)

Luck

d)

A fight

5.

What is it that if you have, you want to share me, and if you share, you do not have?

a)

A secret

b)

Money

c)

Trust

d)

Love

6.

If a plane crashes on the border between the United States and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?

(a)  

7.

If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?

(a)  

8.

If you had only one match and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some kindling wood, and a newspaper, which would you light first?

(a)  

9.

If you spell “sit in the tub” s-o-a-k, and you spell “a funny story” j-o-k-e, how do you spell “the white of an egg”?

(a)  

10.

If Mrs. John’s bungalow is decorated completely in pink, with the walls, carpet, and furniture all shades of pink, what color are the stairs?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Pink

d)

There are no stairs, because bungalows do not have a second floor.

11.

How did the boy kick his soccer ball ten feet, and then have it come back to him on its own?

a)

He kicked it up

b)

He ran to it

c)

He kicked it to another player and the player kicked it back

d)

He was kicking it against a wall

12.

How could a man go outside in the pouring rain without protection, and not have a hair on his head get wet?

(a)  

13.

If an electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph, which way does the smoke blow?

(a)  

14.

Uncle Bill’s farm had a terrible storm and all but seven sheep were killed. How many sheep are still alive?

a)

Twenty

b)

Ten

c)

Six

d)

Seven

15.

What is it that goes up, but never comes down?

a)

An elevator

b)

Age

c)

A plane

d)

Stairs

16.

What goes up and down, but always remains in the same place?

a)

Stairs

b)

A balloon

c)

A blimp

d)

An elevator

17.

What has a head, a tail, but does not have a body?

a)

A coin

b)

A zombie

c)

A ghost

d)

Politicians

18.

Who is bigger?

a)

Mr. Bigger

b)

Mrs. Bigger

c)

The baby, since he is a little Bigger

19.

If you sit a cup on the table facing south while you are on the north side of the table, on which side is the cup’s handle?

a)

Noth

b)

South

c)

On the outside

d)

To the left

20.

A man dressed in all black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly, a large black car with no lights on comes around the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the car’s driver know he was there?

a)

He was dressed in all black

b)

He knows the man

c)

It was day time.

d)

The man was large

21.

There are three important rooms in a house. The first one is filled with money. The second one is filled with important papers. The third one is filled with jewelry. One day all of these rooms burst into fire. Which room did the policemen put out the fire in first?

(a)  

22.

There are eight men sitting on a couch. Three legs break and six men leave. How many legs are remaining?

(a)  

23.

If you divide 30 by half and add ten, what do you get?

a)

15

b)

70

c)

30

d)

85

24.

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

a)

Wind

b)

Echo

c)

Air

d)

Both b and c

25.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

a)

Coin

b)

Penny

c)

None of these

26.

Where do you find an ocean with no water ?

a)

Earth

b)

Basin

c)

Map

d)

None of These

27.

What is white when dirty and black when clean

(a)  

28.

Can you name two consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

a)

Sunday

b)

Today

c)

Tomorrow

d)

Nothing

29.

Salina's dad has 3 daughters: the first one is Jimmy, the second is Jenny, what is the third?

(a)  

30.

What are two things you can never eat for breakfast?

(a)  

31.

If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?

(a)  

32.

A grandfather, two fathers and two sons went to the movie theater together and everyone bought one movie ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?

(a)  

33.

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

(a)  

34.

I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?

a)

Furniture

b)

Pencil

c)

Log

d)

All of these

35.

What month of the year has 28 days?

(a)  

36.

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

(a)  

37.

Try to solve this rebus puzzle

a)

Water down

b)

Water diagonal

c)

Water fall

d)

Water angle

38.

Choose the correct sentence structure.

a)

Puzzles are fun to solve.

b)

To solve puzzles are fun.

c)

Fun puzzles are to solve.

d)

Solve puzzles are fun to.

39.
Do they have a 4th of July in England?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Only in the USA
d)
Only in England
40.

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 died. How many are left?

a)

None

b)

8

c)

9

d)

17

41.
Paul is 6'9" and is an assistant at a vegetable shop. What does he weigh?
a)
over 100 lbs
b)
vegetable
c)
meat
d)
fish
42.
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
a)
Deadpool
b)
Superman
c)
x-ray
d)
window
43.
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
a)
60 seconds
b)
the letter m 
c)
the letter t
d)
the letter e
44.
What is at the end of the rainbow?
a)
pot of gold
b)
lephrechaun
c)
W
d)
rainbow
45.
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
a)
your food
b)
your friends
c)
your phone
d)
your name
46.
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
a)
even
b)
5
c)
7
d)
eleven
47.
What is light as a feather, but even the strongest person can't hold for a long time?
a)
feather
b)
water
c)
breath
d)
shadow
48.
a)
Man on board
b)
Man over board
c)
Man on the board
d)
Man under board
49.
a)
Confidential secret
b)
First secret
c)
Top secret
d)
Secret folder
50.
a)
Top aid
b)
Ambulance aid
c)
Emergency aid
d)
First aid
51.
a)
Ones in time
b)
One at a time
c)
Once upon a time
d)
Ones upon a time
52.
a)
Once in moon
b)
Once on moon
c)
Once in a moon
d)
Once in a blue moon
53.
a)
Boxing in box 10
b)
Manny Pacquiao wins!
c)
Bitten by a blur and black
d)
Beaten black and blue
54.

A rooster laid an egg on the top of a roof. Which way did it roll?

a)

north

b)

down

c)

when do roosters lay eggs?

d)

it didn't roll, it stayed on top

55.

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide?

a)

one grain of dirt

b)

5kg

c)

roughly 10 kg

d)

none. How is there dirt in a hole?

56.
Johnny's mother had three children. The first was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?
a)
June
b)
July
c)
March
d)
None of these
57.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
a)
K2
b)
Mt. Everest
c)
Popocatepetl
d)
The Rocky Mountains
58.
A clerk at a butcher shop stands 1.75 meters tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weight?
a)
70 kg
b)
75 kg
c)
80 kg
d)
None of these
59.
What is strong enough to smash ships but still fears the sun?
a)
A polar bear
b)
The Titanic
c)
Global Warming
d)
An icerberg
60.
Which is correct to say: "the yolk of the egg is white" or "the yolk of the egg are white"?
a)
The yolk of the egg is white
b)
The yolk of the egg are white
c)
Both are correct
d)
None is correct
61.

What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __ (2 minutes) Clue, Months

a)

J, A, M

b)

N, O, D

c)

S, O, N

d)

O, N, D

62.

When I was 6 years old, my sister was half my age. Now I am 50 years old.

How old is my sister now?

a)

25

b)

3

c)

47

63.

Let’s guess how many blocks in this tower?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

64.

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

a)

I

b)

B

c)

C

65.

Three people live in these three flats.

Flat 53 has a yellow door.

Ali lives at Flat 51.

Ali lives next door to Hassan.

Omar lives next door to the flat with the green door.

The doctor lives at the flat with blue door.

The student lives next door to the flat with the yellow door.


Who is the teacher?

a)

Ali

b)

Hassan

c)

Omar

d)

teacher

66.

Five men were eating apples.

A finished before B, but behind C.

D finished before E, but behind B.


What was the finishing order ?

a)

C A D B E

b)

A B C D E

c)

E D C B A

d)

A B D C E

67.

I borrowed ................. money from my sister.

a)

many

b)

some

c)

little

d)

few

68.

What is the value of the football?

a)

3

b)

15

c)

10

d)

7

69.

What is the value of one target?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

10

d)

8

70.

What is the value of the 8 ball?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

12

d)

4

71.

What is the value of the question mark?

a)

76

b)

28

c)

48

d)

46

72.

What is the value of the "?" in the last row?

a)

51

b)

99

c)

23

d)

19

73.

If you start with 50, you end with what number?

a)

40

b)

12

c)

22

d)

32

74.

If you end with 16, what number do you start with?

a)

10

b)

15

c)

70

d)

130

75.
a)

20

b)

21

c)

22

d)

23

76.
Who's the Richest?
Four friends have all been saving money. Brad has more than Adam but not as much as George. Jenny has more than George. List in order of who has the least to the greatest.
a)
Adam, Jenny, George, Brad
b)
Jenny, Adam, George, Brad
c)
Adam, Brad, George, Jenny
d)
Jenny, George, Brad, Adam
77.
Your in a race you bypass the person in 2nd place what place are you in
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
78.

During which month did Sam have a weight of 73 Kg?

a)

January

b)

February

c)

May

d)

March

79.
What is this graph showing 
a)
Speed increasing 
b)
Increasing
c)
Decreas
d)
speed decreasing
80.
What label is along the y-axis in this graph?
a)
Copyright 2007
b)
Lines
c)
Age in Years
d)
Number of Teens
81.
How many more students played soccer than football?
a)
3
b)
30
c)
6
d)
60
82.
People buy more drinks on ____ than any other day.
a)
Monday
b)
Tuesday
c)
Thursday
d)
Friday
83.

David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?

a)

David

b)

Snap

c)

Crackle

d)

Impossible to answer

84.

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

a)

All the people on the boat are married

b)

The ship sank

c)

A whale ate all the people

d)

The ship went to the shore and got all the people out

85.

What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?

(a)  

86.

What has hands, but can’t clap?

a)

Clock

b)

Person

c)

None

87.

What has legs, but doesn’t walk?

a)

Toy

b)

Animal

c)

A table

d)

None

88.

What has words, but never speaks?

a)

Music

b)

Words

c)

A book

d)

None

89.

What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?

a)

Leg

b)

Foot

c)

A glove

d)

None

90.

Where does one wall meet the other wall?

(a)  

91.

What building has the most stories?

a)

Library

b)

House

c)

None

92.
A job pays $56 for 8 hours of work.  How much money does the job pay per hour?
a)
$7 per hour
b)
$8 per hour
c)
$6 per hour
d)
$7.50 per hour
93.
Hamburger sells for 3 pounds for $6. If Alicia buys 10 pounds of hamburger, how much will she pay?
a)
$30
b)
$20
c)
$60
d)
$10
94.
a)
22.4 Turkish lire
b)
28.7 Turkish lire
c)
31.3 Turkish lire
d)
40.2 Turkish lire
95.
Which is the better deal?
Doritos
$4.39 for 11.5 oz
OR
Cheetos
$2.24 for 9.75 oz
a)
Doritos
b)
Cheetos
96.
Do the ratios form a proportion?
a)
Yes, they form a proportion.
b)
No, they do not form a proportion.
97.
Do the ratios form a proportion?
a)
Yes, they form a proportion.
b)
No, they do not form a proportion.
98.
How much money would you make in 6 hours?
a)
$44
b)
$9
c)
$54
d)
$45
99.
Which is the better deal?
Oreos
$2.98 for 15 oz
OR
Chips Ahoy
$2.50 for 14 oz
a)
Oreos
b)
Chips Ahoy
100.
Which is NOT equivalent to 3:5?
a)
15:25
b)
9:15
c)
21:28
d)
30:50
101.
The Northwestern huskies had a record of 25 wins and 45 losses.  What was the ratio of wins to losses?
a)
9:5
b)
5:9
c)
5:3
d)
3:5
102.
What do u call a pig that knows KARATE?
a)
Porkchop
b)
kid pig
c)
KUNG FU
d)
kapig
103.
What's the _______ like today?
a)
weather
b)
whether
c)
with
d)
wither
104.
Solve the proportion below
a)
21
b)
7
c)
8
d)
24
105.
Fill in the missing number into the ratio table
a)
5
b)
15
c)
25
d)
12
106.
Fill in the missing number into the ratio table
a)
55
b)
3
c)
10
d)
11
107.
Solve the proportion below:
a)
42
b)
6
c)
2
d)
28

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