Mystery/Random
Fractions
Area and Perimeter
Time
Word Problem
100

Which is larger, a liter or a gallon?

What is a gallon? (3.78 liters make 1 gallon).

100

Which statement is true?

A. 2/6 is larger than 1/3. B. 2/6 is equal to 1/3. C. 2/6 is less than 1/3.

What is B (2/6=1/3). 

100

What is the equation to find the area of a rectangle/square?

What is length x width?

100

How many minutes are in an hour?

What is 60 minutes.

1 hour= 60 minutes.

100

Harold has 98 cookies and eats 27. How many cookies does Harold have left?

What is 71 cookies. (98-27=71).

200

How many feet are in a yard?

What is 3 feet. 

200

What is 1/4 of 44?

What is 11.

(44/4=11).

200
The area of a rectangular room was 64 ft squared. Tell me 2 possible lengths and widths the room could be.

What is 1x64, 2x32, 4x16, 8x8. 

200

How many hours are in a day?

What is 24 hours.

200

Sam bakes 60 cookies. He splits the cookies between 5 friends. How many cookies does he give each friend?

What is 12 cookies (60 cookies/5 people=12 cookies per person).

300

What is 452-341?

What is 111.

300

What is 1/2+3/10?

What is 8/10 or 4/5.

(1/2=5/10.      5/10+3/10=8/10.)

300

The area of the rectangular room was 50 ft squared. The length of the room was 5 ft. What was the width of the room?

What is 10 ft (5ft x 10ft= 50ft squared). 

300

Julia played soccer for 1/2 an hour. Then, she went on a run for 40 minutes. How many minutes was Julia outside playing?

What is 75 minutes? (1/2 an hour=30 minutes.   30 minutes+45 minutes=75 minutes).

300

Polly walks 2/6 of a mile, and sits down for a break. She gets back up and walks 1/3 a mile more. How many miles did she walk in all?

What is 4/6 or 2/3 of a mile.

2/6=1/3

1/3+1/3=2/3 a mile

400

There are 12 inches in a foot. Which is larger, 37 inches, or 3 feet?

What is 37 inches (3 feet=36 inches).

400

Order these fractions from smallest to largest.

2/5,    1/2,     1/10.

What is 1/10, 2/5, 1/2. 

(Same as 1/10, 4/10, 5/10).

400

Which of these measurements have the largest area?

1. 8ftx9ft     2. 15ftx4ft      3. 20ftx3ft

What is 1 (8ftx9ft=72 ft squared).

(15ftx4ft=60 ft squared. 20ftx3ft=60 ft squared).

400

The movie started at 1:15 Pm. It ended at 3:25 Pm. How long was the movie?

What is 2 hours and ten minutes long (or 130 minutes).

400

Trollbella picked 10 apples and ate 2. Red picked 5 apples and ate 4. How many apples did they have in all?

What is 9 apples (10-2=8, 5-1=1, 8+1=9).

500

Which weights more, a pound of rocks, or a pound of bricks?

What is they are equal, they are both a pound.

500

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. Maria ate 1/2 the slices. Joey ate 2/8. How many slices are left?

What is 2/8 or 1/4 (or 6/8 is missing).

(1/2=4/8.    4/8+2/8=6/8    8/8-6/8=2/8) 

500

Which two equations have the same area?

A. 4 ft x 5 ft.    B. 6 ft x 3 ft.   C. 2 ft x 10 ft.

What is A and C (20 ft squared). 

500

Mike went to sleep at 10:30 pm. He woke up at 6:00 am. How long was he asleep for?

What is 7 and a half hours or 450 minutes.

500

Leo bought 6 packs of rubber ducks. Each pack of rubber ducks had 5 ducks inside. Leo and his two friends decided to split the rubber ducks evenly between them. How many ducks do they each get?

What is 10 rubber ducks? (6 packs with 5 ducks each is 30 ducks total. 30/3=10).