Fractions
Word Problems
Math Riddles
Data/Probability
100
1 5/9 + 3 1/9. Write you answer in reduced form.
4 6/9 = 4 2/3
100
Jimmy had 528 jelly beans. Then his sister ate 31 of them. As repayment she paid him back twice what she ate. How many jelly beans does Jimmy end up with?
559 jelly beans
100
A farmer had 36 cows. All but nine died. How many lived?
9 cows
100
Find the median, mode and range of the data set: 50, 52, 58, 50, 47, 43, 52, 60, 49, 52
In order: 43, 47, 49, 50, 50, 52, 52, 52, 58, 60 Median: 51 Mode: 52 Range: 17
200
2/3 x 6.
12/3 = 4
200
What are the first three primes numbers greater than 10?
11, 13, 17
200
What do the sum of the digits of a number which is a multiple of 9 always add up to?
9
200
Mrs. Lim made 6,250 milliliters of orange juice and poured it into 5 containers. Find the mean amount of juice in each container.
1,250 mL
300
Amanda made 25 cookies but her hungry dog ate 4/5 of them. How many cookies did her dog eat?
20 cookies
300
If you sleep 8 hours every night, what fraction of your life do you spend sleeping?
1/3
300
If you took 3 apples from a basket that contained 13 apples, how many apples would you have?
3 apples
300
There are 12 peaches in a carton. The mean mass of all the peaches is 175 grams. What is their total mass?
2,100 grams
400
Find the sum and write your answer as a simplified mixed number: 5/4 + 18/12
33/12 = 2 9/12 = 2 3/4
400
Harry the hippo weighs two tons. His son weighted 1/8 of that when he was born but has since gained 237 pounds. How much does Harry's son weigh?
737 pounds
400
What weighs more a ton of feather or a ton of bricks?
They both weigh the same
400
A bag contains 10 discs numbered 1-10. A disc is drawn from the bag. Find the probability of drawing a number greater than 8.
2/10 = 1/5
500
There were 25 melons in a box at the grocery store. The store sold 3/5 of the melons. How many melons were sold?
15 melons
500
There are 175,000 tiny fish swimming in the sea. A blue whale scoops up 1/14 of them in a single gulp. How many fish does the blue whale scoop up in its mouth?
12,500 fish
500
Using only addition, how can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000?
888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =1,000
500
Mrs. Johnson buys 2 chickens. The average weight of the 2 chickens is 4 pounds. One of the chickens is 2 pounds heavier than the other. What is the weight of the heavier chicken?
5 lb
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