Year 8 Maths
Maths Mentals
Your Teacher
Your School
Fun Facts
100

Name 2 properties of a parallelogram

1. They have two pairs of parallel lines

2. Opposite sides are equal 

3. Opposite angles are equal


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100

3 x 6 + 5 = 

23

100

What is my name?

Mrs Kent

100

Identify three things you should bring to every lesson.

Possible responses: pen/pencil, book, ruler, your A-Game or at the very least - yourself. 

100

Australia has around three times more ______ than people?

Sheep

200

What is the formula for the area of a triangle? 

BONUS: A triangle has a base of 5cm and a perpendicular height of 6cm - what is its area? 

1/2 x the base x the height

15cm

200

8 x 6 - 9 x 3 = 

21

200

How many years have I been teaching at Ambrose Treacy? (not including this year)

5 years

200

What are the 3 values of this school?

Kindness, Curiosity and Determination 

200

In a room of 23 people, there's a 50% chance that two people will have _____________?

The same birthday

300

State Pythagoras' Theorem.

a2 + b2 = c2

300
(72 + 1)/2 = 

25

300

True or False - I have swam with sharks 

True - Although they were whale sharks so does it really count? 

300

Before your class starts - where should you be?

Outside the classroom in a lovely line

300

Which number, when spelt, has the same number of letters as the number itself?

Four

400

What do we call the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

Hypotenuse

400

5(p + 6) = 

5p + 30

400

What is your Maths teacher's favourite colour?

I don't have one I am too indecisive - no points 

400

How many students exactly are in this school? 

1672

400

Which animal's fingerprints are so close to human fingerprints that they have been confused at a crime scene?

A koala.
500

Aa plane flies 120km due North, then heads due East for 80km. How far is the plane from its starting point? 

Pythagoras! 

144.2km


500

(g + 7)(g + 5) = 

g2 + 12g + 35

500

What are two things your Maths teacher expects of you in class?

1. To listen and be respectful 

2. To try your best!

500

What should you do before leaving a classroom?

Check for rubbish around your desk

Wait to be dismissed by your teacher

500
Nearly 3% of ice in Antarctic glaciers is made up of what?

Penguin urine.

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