Number Sense
Pre-Algebra
Algebra 1
Geometry
Probability
Brain Teasers
100

|x| = 10

What two values can x equal?

10 or -10

100

What is the greatest common factor of 20 and 15?

5

100

Solve for x: 

3x + 6 = - 9

-5

100

What quadrilateral has four right angles?

Rectangle or Square

100

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a six-sided die?

1/2 or 50%

100

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?

Zero

200

What is the reciprocal of 15?

1/15

200

Find the product of 1/4 and 4/7

Simplify your answer.

1/7

200

Solve for x: 

2x - 4 = 5x + 11

-5

200

Two lines that never intersect are...

parallel lines
200

Bobby's shape bucket contains 4 red triangles, 3 blue circles, 2 purple squares, and 1 yellow trapezoid.

What is the probability that he will pull out a quadrilateral? (Give your answer as a simplified fraction.)

3/10

200

If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?

It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. (In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.)

300

2-2 =?  (Please give the answer as a fraction.)

1/4

300

Simplify: 

-5 - 2(4-7)2

-23

300

Two lines are given below:

y1= 2x+1 & y2= -1/2x - 9

How will these lines intersect?

Perpendicular (at a 90 degree angle)

300

When 2 parallel lines are cut by a transversal, same-side interior angles are...

supplementary

300

Bobby's shape bucket contains 4 red triangles, 3 blue circles, 2 purple squares, and 1 yellow trapezoid.

What is the probability that he will pull out a blue or purple shape?  (Give your answer as a simplified fraction.)

1/2

300

The rich need it, the poor have it, and if you eat it, you will die. What is it?

Nothing

400

What is 15% of 1200?

180

400

Simplify: 

2x2 + 4x - 3 - (x2 +2x - 3)

x2 + 2x

400

Factor:

x- 9x + 18

(x - 6)(x - 3)

400

If a right triangle has legs of length 9 cm and 12 cm, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

15 cm

400

What is the average test score for the following set of scores: 

73, 85, 92, 54, and 65

(Give an exact answer.)

73.8

400

What 3 consecutive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?

1, 2, and 3

1+2+3=6 AND 1x2x3=6

500

100 divided by 1/= ?

200

500

Simplify:

(3a3 b-1 c2)(7a4 b c)

21 a7 c3

500

Solve the inequality:

-2x - 4 < 16

x>-10

500

Bobby is standing 50 feet away from a building that is 120 feet tall. He looks up to see his friend on top of the building. What is the angle of elevation? (Round to  the nearest degree.)

23 degrees

500

What is the probability of randomly pulling a J, Q or K from a deck of cards?

(Give your answer as a fraction.)

12/52 = 3/13

500

When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?

When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.

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