Maths BODMAS
Problem Solving Question
Riddles
Financial
Facts about Miss Barbagallo
100

3+4x5=

23

100

Your friend said she had 11 stickers. When you helped her clean her desk, she only had a total of 10 stickers. How many stickers are missing?

1 sticker missing

100

You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

Second.

100

What are the 2 ways to increase the amount of money in your bank? (both for the points)

Decrease spending or increase saving.

100

What kind of farm did Miss Barbagallo grow up on?

Dairy Farm

200

3x2-4x6=

-18

200

How many cookies did you sell if you sold 320 chocolate cookies and 270 vanilla cookies?

590 cookies

200

A cowboy rode into town on Friday stayed for 3 days and rode out on Friday. How is this possible?

Friday was the name of his horse.

200

Tim is making cookies he needs flour, sugar, butter, milk and choc chips. The ingredients for 1 batch cost $30 and makes 15 cookies how much does he need to sell each cookie for to break even?

$2

200

What university does Miss Barbagallo go to?

Monash University

300

(6-2)x8=

32

300

Melissa buys 2 packs of tennis balls for $12 in total. All together, there are 6 tennis balls. How much does 1 pack of tennis balls cost? How much does 1 tennis ball cost?

$6 for a packet and $2 per ball

300

It has 4 fingers and a thumb but is not alive.
What is it?

Glove

300

If a shop owner buys 50 bar of soap for $2 each and sells it for $5 each how much profit do they make when they sell all 50 bars?

$150

300

What subjects will Miss Barbagallo be qualified to teach? (2 subjects)

Maths and Chemistry

400

5-12/2=

-1
400

Cayley earns $5 an hour by delivering newspapers. She delivers newspapers 3 days each week, for 4 hours at a time. After delivering newspapers for 8 weeks, how much money will Cayley earn?

$480

400

Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?

They are a grandfather, father, and son.

400

Jo buys a surfboard for $400 and spends $200 fixing it up. She sells the board for $1000. Calculate the percentage profit of cost price.

400/600 x100 = 66%

400

What sport does Miss Barbagallo play and for what team? (need both parts for the points)

Footy for Monash Blues

500

(6-2)2+5=

21

500

You have 2.6 grams of yogurt in your bowl and you add another spoonful of 1.3 grams. How much yogurt do you have in total?

3.9g

500

What has 13 hearts, but no lungs or stomach?

A deck of cards.

500

If someone borrows $6000 at 5% p.a. for 2 years how much money do, they need to pay back to the bank.

$6600

500

Which other pre-service teacher does Miss Barbagallo live with?

Miss Mckay