Maths 1
Maths 2
Riddles
100

How many terms are in the following expression:

4x + 3x + 7 + 8b

4
100

What does x equal?


x + 10 = 15

5

100

A rooster laid an egg on top of a roof. Which way did the egg roll?

Roosters don't lay eggs

200

Simplify the expression:

2x + 4x + 8x

14x

200

what does x equal?


45 ÷ x = 9

5

200

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

Piano

300

What are the variables in the following expression?

2x + 3

x

300

Evaluate y by substituting the give value of x


y=30-2x       x= 5

20

300

Mr. Smith has 4 daughters.
Each of his daughters has a brother.
How many children does Mr. Smith have?

5

500

What is a coefficient?

A coefficient is the number placed before a letter, that's multiplying it.
Eg: 3x , 3 is the coefficent

500

Write a rule for the following given information

'Subtract 45 from x to get y'

y= x - 45

500

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

Candle

700

Calculate the following expression when x = 5

5x + 10 + x

40

700

Evaluate for y

y= 3a + 2 - 4b       ,  a= 2  b=0

y= 8

700

Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?


0

1000

simplify the following  and calculate the expression when b= 4

6b - 5 + 3b + (4 x 3)

43

1000

Simplify the following expression:


5x+ 3x + 9y+ 12x –8y + 7

20x + y + 7

1000

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

All the people on the boat are married