Year 6 Maths Jeopardy Challenge

Sequences

100

Find the next two terms in the sequence:
7, 12, 17, 22, ___, ___

27, 32

200

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

A sequence starts: 84, 76, 68, 60, …

What is the 8th term?

28

300

Find the missing number:

3, 8, 15, 24, ___, 48

35

400

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

The position-to-term rule of a sequence is:

4n + 3

What is the 25th term?

103

500

The first four terms of a sequence are:

8, 13, 18, 23

Which position in the sequence contains 103?

20th term

Divisibility and Multiples

100

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

Which number is divisible by both 3 and 5?

25, 30, 35, 40

30

200

What is the smallest number greater than 20 that is a multiple of both 6 and 8?

24

300

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 36 and 48.

12

400

Two bells ring together at 9:00 a.m.

One rings every 6 minutes.
The other rings every 8 minutes.

At what time will they next ring together?

9:24 a.m.

500

I am a number between 100 and 150.

I am divisible by 3, 4 and 5.

What number am I?

120

Order of Operations

100

18 + 6 × 4

42

200

45 − 18 ÷ 3 + 7

46

300

8 × (15 − 9) + 12 ÷ 3

52

400

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

120 ÷ (8 + 4) × 5 + 17  

67

500

Add one pair of brackets to make this statement correct:

8 + 4 × 5 − 2 = 58

(8 + 4) × 5 − 2 = 58

Quadrilaterals

100

I have 4 equal sides and 4 right angles

What quadrilateral am I?

square

200

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

I have:

• 2 pairs of parallel sides
• Opposite sides are equal
• I do not have 4 right angles

Name one quadrilateral I could be.

Parallelogram

300

Which quadrilateral has exactly one pair of parallel sides?

Trapezium

400

I have:

• 4 equal sides
• Opposite angles are equal
• 2 pairs of parallel sides
• No right angles

What quadrilateral am I?

Rhombus

500

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

A quadrilateral has two pairs of adjacent equal sides.

Its opposite angles are not all equal.

1. Name the quadrilateral.
2. How many lines of symmetry does it have?

Kite, 1 line of symmetry

Logic Questions

100

I am an even number.

I am greater than 20 but less than 30 and divisible by 3.

What number am I?

24

200

Three consecutive whole numbers have a total of 72.

What are the three numbers?

23, 24, 25

300

I am thinking of a number.

I multiply my number by 4 and then subtract 7.

The answer is 29.

What was my number?

9

400

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

A farmer has 12 animals. They are all chickens or cows.

Altogether, the animals have 32 legs.

How many chickens and how many cows are there?

8 chickens and 4 cows

500

⭐ DOUBLE POINTS! ⭐

A school buys 18 boxes of pencils.

Each box contains 24 pencils.

All the pencils are shared equally among 16 classes.

How many pencils does each class receive?

27 pencils