2016 METROBANK MTAP DEPED MATH CHALLENGE

GRADE 1

Directions : Check your answers. Analyze the solution give in

every question. Be sure you deeply understand
the concepts involved. Test yourself again by
answering the questions.

1. In 483, there are 48 ____ and 3 ones.

Answer :tens
solution 4 8 3
ones
tens
hundreds

2. What number is 1 less than 100?

Answer: 99
Solution: 0 9 10
1 0 0
- 1
9 9
3. Which is the correct symbol that should be in the blank? › , ‹,
=
Answer: ‹
Solution: 756 _____ 700 + 60 + 5
756 _____ (700 + 60)+ 5
756 _____ 760 + 5
756 _____ 765

4. Write “three hundred six” in symbols.

Answer:306

5. There are 245 popsicle sticks. Every 10 sticks are bundled

and tied with a rubber band. How many bundles of 10
popsicle sticks are there in all?
Answer:24
Solution:
Hundreds Tens Ones Then eliminate the ones digit
2 4 5
to get 24 bundles Or 245 ÷ 10
= 24 r. 5

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 6. How many fives are there in 75?
Answer:15
Solution: Start skip counting by 5’s
5, 10, 15, 20,25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75
Then count how many 5’s are there.

7. The number of mangoes in A is (less than, more than, as many

as ) the number of mangoes in B.
Answer: more than

8. In the sequence 3, 5, 7, 9, N, 13, what number is N.

Answer: 11
Solution: Find the pattern in sequence. Let them know if it is
in increasing or decreasing. Subtract 3 from 5 and 5 from 7
to find the pattern.
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
+2 +2 +2 +2
9. What number should be in the blank? 106,108, -
____,112,114
Answer: 110
Solution: Find the pattern in sequence. Let them know if it is
in increasing or decreasing. Subtract 106 from 108 and 112
from 114 to find the pattern.
108,
+2 110,112,114
+2 +2 +2

10. Write the number word for 90.

Answer: ninety

11. Write three-fifths in symbols.

Answer: 3/5

12. What fraction names the shaded part?

Answer: 6 / 14
Solution:
Count all the shaded part and this will be the numerator
then count all the box and be the denominator.

13. I am 6 years old. My brother is 5 years older that I am.

How old is my brother?
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 Answer: 11 years old
Solution: 6 + 5 = 11

14. There were 16 candies in the jar. Joan took 7 candies.

How many candies were left in the jar?
Answer: 9 candies
Solution: 16 – 7 = 9

15. Bing can save P5.00 each day, from Monday to Friday.
How much can Bing save in 10 days?
Answer: P50.00
Solution:
P5 + P5+ P5 + P5 + P5 + P5 + P5 + P5 + P5 + P5= P50.00

16. What is the value of the digit 4 in 341?

Answer: 40
Solution: 341 = 300 + 40 + 1

17. Fourteen girls and 23 boys went to the museum. How

many children went to the museum?
Answer: 37
Solution: 14
+23
37

18. Nena had 18 balloons. She gave 3 balloons to her

friends, 4 balloons to her cousin and kept the rest for
her siblings. How many balloons were left for
Nena’s siblings?
Answer: 11
Solution: 18 – (3 + 4) = N
18 – 7 = 11

19. If I exchange my 100-peso bill for 20 peso-bills, how

many bills should I receive?
Answer: 5 bills
Solution:
=

20. How much money do you have in all if you have four
P50 – bills and two P10-peso coins?
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 Answer: P220.00
Solution:

(P50 + P50) + P50 + P50 + P10 + P10 =

(P100 + P50)+ P50 + P10 + P10 =
(P150 + P50)+ P10 + P10 =
(P200 + P10) + P10 =
P210 + P10 = P220.00

21. How much more is one-third of P90 than one-fourth of

P100?
Answer: 5
Solution: Find first one- third of 90.

One – third of 90 is 30
Then find one- fourth of 100.

One – fourth of 100 is 25.

So; 30 – 25 = 5

22. There are colored chips in the box. One hundred

twenty-five are plastic chips while 180 are wooden
chips. If 56 chips are blue, 78 are red and the rest
are white, how many white chips are in the box?
Answer: 171 white chips
Solution: 125
+ 180
305 total number of chips
- 56 blue chips
249
- 78 red chips
171 white chips

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23. Six children are standing. Some are standing on one
leg. If there are a total of 10 legs on the floor, how
many children are standing on one leg?
Answer: 2 children
Solution:

2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10
So; 4 children are standing with 2 leg and 2 children are
standing on one leg.

24. Two numbers has a sum of 20 and a difference of 4.

What are the two numbers.
Answer: 12 and 8
Solution:
12 + 8 = 20
12 – 8 + 4

25. Find the pattern and fill in the missing number.

3 3 6 4 1 5 5 2 7 2 6

Answer: 8
Solution:
3+3=6
4+1=5
5+2=7
2+6=8

26. Mother divided the cake into 8 equal slices. She gave 3
slices to their neighbor and kept the rest for her
children. What fraction of the cake did Mother keep?
Answer: 5 / 8
Solution: 8–3=5
The non shaded parts are the parts that
was given to the neighbor and the shaded parts
are the rest of the cakes left to children. The
shaded part will be the numerator and all the
slices will be the denominator. So, 5/8 of the
cake rest for her children.

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27. Liza solved 8 math problems in the morning and
completed 2 problems in the night. How many more
problems did she solve in the morning than at the
night?
Answer: 6
Solution: 8 – 2 = 6

28. Tom bought a toy car for P150.00 and a toy airplane
for P320.00. How much was left from his P500 – bill?
Answer: P30.00
Solution: 4 10
1. P 150 2. P 5 0 0
+ P 320 - P470
P 470 Amount spent P 3 0 Amount left

29. When the numbers 1 to 50 are written, how many times

is the digit 9 used?
Answer: 5 times
Solution: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49
the 9 digit was used 5 times.

30. There are 12 boys in front of Peter and 3 boys after

him. How many boys in all are there in the line?
Answer: 16 boys
Solution: Count all the boys. Peter

The answer is 16 boys.