Arithmetic
Work and Money
Patterns
Estimation
Puzzles
100
halfway between 5 and 11.
What is 8
100
If Peter's father pays a quarter for each basket of raked up leaves, how many buckets must Peter fill to earn $2.00?
8
100
What comes next? 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, ...
15
100
Is 36 + 47 closer to 50, 75, 100?
75
100
The largest city in Mexico is larger than any city in the United States, but there are more people in the United States than there are in Mexico. Most of the deserts in Mexico are in the North, but most of the deserts in the United States are in the South. Which country is farther North?
United States
200
the largest even two digit number you can count to by 5's
What is 90?
200
If we divide $5.40 between 3 people evenly, how much money does each person get?
$1.80
200
A, E, F, H, I, K, ___, M, N, T, V, W, X, Y, Z What letter goes in the blank space?
L Letters without curves
200
Suppose that a sugar cube and a gumball weigh the same amount. Which could you fit more of into a lunchbox (without breaking them), sugar cubes or gumballs?
Sugar cubes
200
If a cow has four stomachs and a person has only one, how many horns do 3 billy goats have?
6
300
2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
What is 72?
300
If mowing the lawn pays $9 and washing a car pays $5, find a combination of the mowing lawns and washing cars that will make you $24.
1 lawn and 3 cars 9+(3x5)=9+15=24
300
What goes in the blank space? 5, 12, 19, ___, 33, 40
26
300
Which lets you earn more money in a five day week, a job that pays $5.40 per hour for six hours per day, or a job that pays $12.10 per hour, ten hours per week?
the lower wage job $5.40 per hour six hours per day
300
In our solar system, Mercury and Venus have no moons, Pluto and Earth have one moon, and Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have two or more moons. Which is there more of in our solar system, planets or moons?
moons
400
Multiply this number by itself, add it in to the total and then add 1, you get 21. This number is....
4
400
If Mrs. Barton pays $2.50 per hour for weed pulling, and Mr. Torkle pays 50 center per pound of weeds pulled, how many pounds of weeds do you need to pull to do as well with Mr. Torkle?
5 lbs
400
2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _____
33 Multiply previous number by 2 and subtract 1
400
Which makes a larger number? Multiplying four 5's together or multiplying five 4's together?
five 4's 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 1024 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 625
400
2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 ____ What number comes next?
10
500
9-8+7-6+5-4+3-2+1=?
5
500
If the tax on $1 is six and a half cents, then what is the tax you must pay on a six dollar purchase?
36 cents
500
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ___, 13, 21 What number is missing?
8
500
If you have 84 quarters and 23 dimes, do you have closer to $15, $20, $25?
$25
500
Suppose you are at the zoo in a bird cage with four parrots. One parrot is sitting on the food bucket, two cockatoos are sitting on the swing, one parrot is sitting on your friend's arm, how many parrots are sitting on your shoulders?
two
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