Math Trivia/Riddles
How many gallons are in 20 quarts?
5
Where does 11/12 sit on the number line?
A. Between 0 and 1/2 B. Between 1/2 and 3/4
C. Between 3/4 and 1 D. Greater than 1
C. Between 3/4 and 1
1 and 1/4 - 1/2 = ?
3/4
Richard walked 15.74 miles and James walked 12.98 miles. How many more miles did Richard walk than James? A 2.76 B 2.86 C 3.76 D 3.86
A 2.76
Batman lives in which city?
Gotham
What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees?
A: Obtuse.
7 and 3/12 = _____ + 5 and 2/3
1 and 7/12
Jay walked around the lake in 1 ¼ hour. Will jogged the same distance in 7/8 hour. How much longer did Jay take than Will in hours?
3/8 of an hour longer
A supermarket has 238 large boxes of cereal. Each large box holds 32 small bags of cereal. How many small bags of cereal are in the supermarket? A 6,506 bags B 6,616 bags C 7,506 bags D 7,616 bags
D 7,616 bags
How many years is a millennium?
1000
What is the difference between a new penny and an old quarter?
24 cents.
The cafeteria served pizza for lunch to three fifth grade classes. The cafeteria made 18 pizzas to be shared by the three classes.
· Ms. Hill’s class ate 5 and 1/2 pizzas.
· Mr. Jones’ class ate 7 and 3/4 pizzas.
How much pizza was left for Ms. Moore’s class?
A. 4 and 3/4 B. 5 and 3/4
C. 12 and 3/4 D. 13 and 1/4
D. 13 and 1/4
Is it true that 1 and 5/8− 1/2 = 1/2+5/8 ?
no
A sports store has 468 golf balls. They will be put into boxes that hold 18 balls each. What is the minimum number of boxes needed for all of the golf balls? A 26 B 27 C 28 D 29
A 26
How many edges does a cube have?
12
Where can you buy a ruler that is 3 feet long?
David picked 5 3/10 pounds of tomatoes from his garden. He discovered that 2.5 pounds were rotten. How many pounds of tomatoes were not rotten?
A. 2 and 3/10 pounds B. 2 and 2/10 pounds
C. 3 and 8/10 pounds D. 2 and 8/10 pounds
D. 2 and 8/10 pounds
1 and 2/3 - 1/6
1 and 1/2
Trisha bought a carton of orange juice. She drank 1/3 of the carton on Monday and 5/12 of the carton on Tuesday. What fraction of the carton did Trisha drink? A. 1/2 B. 2/3 C. 3/4 D. 5/6
C. 3/4
Peter Pan is the captain of which group of boys?
The Lost Boys
I am an odd number; take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
SEVEN take away S becomes EVEN
Jamare had 6 pounds of gummy bears. He gave 1 and 2/5 pounds to his sister to share with her class. How many pounds of gummy bears does he have left?
A. 4 and 2/5 pounds B. 4 and 3/5 pounds
C. 5 and 2/5 pounds D. 5 and 3/5 pounds
B. 4 and 3/5 pounds
Chris had 25 minutes in time-out. For the first 15 2/3 minutes, Chris counted spots on the ceiling. For the rest of the time, he made faces at his Teddy Bear. How long did Chris spend making faces at his Teddy Bear?
9 and 1/3 minutes counting spots
A factory delivered 284 boxes of books to stores. There are 20 books in each box. How many books did the factory deliver?
5680 books
What do they bring to the kids during the trip on The Polar Express?
Hot Chocolate