MATHEMATHICS CHALLENGES

1.Write “ twenty-four thousand, seven hundred five” in figure.

Answer:
24,705

2.What is the place value of 7 in 478 165?

Answer: thousands

hundred ten thousands hundreds tens ones

thousands thousands
4 7 8 1 6 5

3.What is the value of 6 in 54 464?

Answer: 60

4.What number is 4 500 more than 5 540?

Answer:
2 500 + 5 540 = 10 040

5.If 6 x N = 294, what is N?

Answer:
294 ÷ 6 = 49

6.What is 155 ÷ 5?
Answer: 31
5 155
15
5
5
0

7. Mielly baked 72 cookies. She kept 38 cookies and gave the rest to her
children. How many cookies did she give to her children ?
Solution/Answer : 72
- 38
34
7. What time is it when the long hand points to 8 and the short hand points
between 2 and 3?

ANSWER: 2:40

8. Mr. Huckson has 265 popsicles sticks. She gave 25 sticks to each of 9
groups in her class. How many sticks remained?
Answer:
35 x 7 = 245
265 - 245 = 20 sticks

9. A vendor has 58 red balloons and 75 green balloons. He sold 120 balloons
and 3 burst. How many balloons remained?

Answer:
58 + 70 = 128 – total no. of balloons
128 - (120 + 3)
128 – 123 = 5 baloons

10. Jenny has 45 foreign stamp, she has seven less than twice as many
Philippine stamps. How many stamps has she?
Solution/Answer:
45 + (2 x 45) – 7
45 + 90 - 7
135 – 7
= 128

11. What two numbers have a product of 96 and a quotient of 6?

Solution/Answer: Trial and error method
__ x __= 96 __ ÷ __ = 6
24 x 4 = 96 24 ÷ 4 = 6
The numbers are 24 and 4.

12. The three sides of a triangle are 20cm , 16 cm and 19 cm. Find its
perimeter.
 Answer:
P = S 1 + S2 + S3
= 20cm + 16cm + 19cm
P = 55cm

13. An airplane flew 1 234 km in 3 hours. What was its average speed per
hour?
Answer:
2136 ÷ = 712km/h

14. What is N in 53, 51, 48, 44, 39,N?

Answer: The pattern is in decreasing order.
Subtrahends are the consecutive numbers from 2 to 6 wherein,53- 2

15. Ruth had a vacation of 60 days. She spent 15 days in Baguio,25 days in
Cebu and the rest she spent at home. What fraction of her vacation did
Ruth spend at home?
Solution/Answer:
60 – (15+ 25) = 20
60 – 40 = 20 20