16 players are on a baseball squad. 6 can pitch. 8 can play second base. 4 can do both. How many can neither pitch nor play second base?
6 players
100
Maxine paid her restaurant check of $3.00 by using the same number of half-dollars and quarters. How many of each did she use?
4 quarters and 4 half dollars
100
A rectangular field is 30 feet wide and 50 feet long. Fence posts are to be placed every 10 feet around the field. How many posts are needed?
16 posts
100
There are five slices of pizza in a box: 2 pepperoni, 1 mushroom, and 2 eggplant. If you reach into the box without looking and take a slice, what is the probability you will get a pepperoni slice?
2/5
100
There were 10 children standing in a straight line. The 5th child switched places with the 8th child. Then the 8th child switched places with the 10th child. Finally, the l0th child switched places with the 5th child. Which of the children are not standing in the same place as when they started?
child #8 & #10
200
A man spent 1/3 of his money and then lost 2/3 of the remainder. He was left with $12.00. How much did he start with?
$54
200
You work for a place that installs window glass. A window frame measures exactly 19 7/8 inches across. You want to cut a pane of glass 1/16 inch shorter so it will fit the window frame. How wide do you cut it?
19 13/16 inches
200
Find the dimensions of a cube whose volume is numerically the same as its surface area.
6x6x6 units
200
The Continental Hockey League consists of two conferences, each with six teams. Every team plays the teams within its own conference twice and plays each team in the other conference once. How many games are played during the season?
66 games
200
"Seven eighths of the number, added to 72, doubles the number," read Soren. "Is this a joke?" Larry looked at the paper and said, "No, it's the number of my locker." What is the number of Larry's locker?
64
300
Georgette earned $500 a week for the first 20 weeks of the year. She then received a 10 percent raise. How much did she earn for the entire year?
$27,600
300
A cylindrical corn silo has a radius of 3 meters and a height of 18 meters. If a blower can load 1 cubic meter of corn in 3 minutes, how many hours and minutes (to the nearest minute) will it take to fill this silo with corn?
25 hours and 27 minutes (Answer depends on use of use of 3.14 for pi.)
300
Mike puts 104 feet of plastic edging around the perimeter of Mrs. Flores's garden in order to make it easy to trim. If her garden is in the shape of a rectangle with a length of 25 feet, how wide is it?
27 feet
300
Monroe uses license plates for its motorcycles. Each license plate consists of one vowel followed by one digit. There are 5 possible vowels and 10 possible digits. Since the zero and the capital O look the same, they cannot be used together. How many different license plates are possible?
49
300
The local pet store sent out 2500 questionnaires. They found out that 657 people had fish, 592 had cats, and 402 had dogs. They found that 124 had fish and dogs, 93 had dogs and cats, and 219 had fish and cats. Only 174 didn't have fish, cats, or dogs. How many people did not respond to the questionnaire?
1111
400
Janice has an average of 74 on the first three tests in her algebra class. On the final four tests, she scored 92, 90, 94, and 76. What was her average for the entire year?
82
400
If you cut a cardboard tube, you will find that it is a rectangle. How much cardboard is used in a tube if its length is 5.5 inches and its circumference is 6 inches.
33 inches squared
400
Rectangle MATH has vertices M(1,2), A(1,-3), T(-5,-3), and H(-5,2). What are the coordinates of the rectangle after a translation 2 units right and 4 units down?
M’(3,-2), A’(3,-7), T’(-3,-7), H’(-3,-2)
400
Alex has a 3/10 chance of making a free throw. What is the probability that she will make both of her next two free throws? Express your answer as a common fraction.
9/100
400
Luisa, Marie, and Natalie live in three apartments next to each other. One of them is a doctor, one is a lawyer, and one is a pharmacist. Find each person's occupation: (1) The doctor knocked on Luisa's door to borrow a cup of sugar. (2) When Marie's car is in the shop, she drives to work with the lawyer and Luisa.
lawyer-Natalie; doctor-Marie; pharmacist-Luisa
500
There are four boys and five girls standing outside the new record shop. The sign in the window offers a prize to every couple (one boy and one girl) that enters the store. How many prizes can the nine people get?
20
500
When Paul crossed the finish line of a 60 meter race, he was ahead of Robert by 10 meters and ahead of Sam by 20 meters. Suppose Robert and Sam continue to race to the finish line without changing their rates of speed. By how many meters will Robert beat Sam?
12
500
Square ABCD has all four of its vertices on a circle with diameter 10 units in length. Segments AC and BD are diameters. How many square units of area does square ABCD have?
50
500
A 4 feet by 4 feet dartboard has a 2 foot square target. What is the probability that a random throw that hits the dartboard will hit the target?
¼ or 25%
500
If a kindergarten teacher places her children 4 on each bench, there will be 3 children who will not have a place. However, if 5 children are placed on each bench, there will be 2 empty places. What is the smallest number of children the class could have?