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100

Hadley buys 7 boxes of markers with 8 in each box. Delaney buys 6 boxes of markers with 12 markers in each box. How many markers did Hadley and Delaney buy in all?

7 x 8 = 56 

6 x 12 = 72 

56 + 72 = 128

100

What kind of graph is used to show changes over time?

A line graph.

100

Jack goes to the supermarket and buys 10 potatoes. Unfortunately, on the way back home, all but 9 get ruined. How many potatoes are left in a good condition?

Answer: 9

100

A number that has no factor but itself and 1

Answer: Prime

200

3/5 + 2/7

31/35

200

How do you know if something's divisible by 12?  

It's also divisible by both 3 and 4.

200

Which number stays the same no matter the number you multiply it with? 

Answer: 0

200
What is the top number in a fraction?

Answer: Numerator

300

(-662) - 491=

Answer: -1,153

300

A 3D shape with one 10-sided base and triangle faces that meet together to form a point at the top. 

A decagonal pyramid

300

What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?

A hole.

300

An approximate calculation

Answer: an estimate

400

Solve 4+8÷2x3-1=

15

400

What are 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 etc?

Perfect squares.

400

When I was 6, my sister was half my age. Now, I'm 70. How old is my sister?

67 years old

400

Any natural number or its negative, or zero

Answer: Integer

500

32  - 4 + 12(2+2)

53

500

What's the algebraic pattern rule?

3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13...

y=1+2x

500

It is always in front of you but cannot be seen

The future 

500

The number that remains after subtraction

Difference

600

percent increase of 16 to 20.

25%

600

What's the value of this ordered pair if it's reflected across y=x?

(-12, 6)

(6, -12)

600

Riddles to Ponder 

Can you figure out the answers to the riddles? 

I come one in a minute, Twice in a moment, But never in a thousand years

the letter M

600

A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

Answer: Sum

700

Solve the equation to find the value of the variable. 

f + 2.6 = 5.8

f = 3.2

700

What is the value of pi to the 6th decimal?

3.141592

700

Where's the only place today comes before yesterday?

Answer: The dictionary.

700

What is the answer to a division problem called?

Quotient

800

What is 40% of 150

60

800

What does pi represent?

The relationship between the circumference and diameter of any circle.

800

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

Answer: a deck of cards.

800

What do you call any number that can be represented as a fraction?

Answer: A rational number.

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