Math Jokes/Trivia

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Mathematics
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4th - 5th Grade
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Wendy Lewis
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • Ungraded
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 ?
185
194
941
861
Tags
CCSS.4.NBT.A.1
CCSS.4.NBT.A.2
CCSS.4.OA.A.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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?
five
ten
six
not enough info
Tags
CCSS.6.EE.B.5
CCSS.6.EE.B.7
CCSS.6.RP.A.1
CCSS.6.RP.A.2
CCSS.6.RP.A.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
3 flowers and 4 bees.
4 bees and 3 flowers.
7 bees and 7 flowers
14 bees and 0 flowers.
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
1/9 of identical basketball balls is overweight and cannot be used in the game. How can it be identified after just 2 weighings?
Evaluate responses using AI:
OFF
Tags
CCSS.K.MD.A.1
CCSS.K.MD.A.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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?
1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7,7,2
5,5,5,5,5,7(it is not possible with 10 numbers)
5,7,5,7,5,7,1(it is only possible with 6 numbers)
It is not possible odd + odd = even
Tags
CCSS.7.EE.B.3
CCSS.7.NS.A.1
CCSS.7.NS.A.3
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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)?
14 and 41
42 and 24
51 and 15
60 and 6
Tags
CCSS.6.EE.B.5
CCSS.6.EE.B.6
CCSS.6.EE.B.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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?
10 days
15 days
12 days
16 days
Tags
CCSS.6.EE.B.6
CCSS.6.EE.B.7
CCSS.6.NS.C.5
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