Times tables
Number placement
Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
New Zealand Trivia
100
3x5=

15

100

What is the place value of the 9?

94

Tens

100

What is a noun?

name of an object or thing

100

Which word is a synonym for happy?

good or sad

good

synonyms are words that mean the same

100

Lynley Dodd wrote which famous books?

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

200

6x5=

30

200

What is the place value of the 9?

479

Ones

200

Give an example of an adjective.

happy, sad, evil, etc...

200

Which word is the antonym for beautiful?

attractive or ugly

ugly

antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning

200

If the population of sheep in New Zealand is roughly 5 times the population of New Zealand, what is the total population of sheep? (Round to the nearest million)

Hint: population of Auckland is 5, 227, 517

25, 070, 000 is the approximate population of sheep in NZ

300

5x9=

45

300

What is the place value of the 9?

39 018

Thousands

300

What should a proper noun always have?

a capital letter

300

Which pair of words is a homophone?

knew/new

bark/bark

knew/new

homophones have the same sound, but different spelling and meaning

300

Betty and Alan Gilderdale wrote a very famous set of books. What are they?

Hint: think 'yellow'

The Little Yellow Digger

Fun fact: Mrs Waite knew them and is friends with their granddaughter!


400

7x3=

21

400

What is the place value of the 9?

976 432

Hundred thousands

400

Which word is the adverb?

I swam quickly across the pool.

quickly

400

Which pair of words is a homonym?

which/witch

bat/bat

bat/bat

homonyms have the same spelling and sound but different meanings

400

Which number is the only word to have the letter 'a' in it's spelling?

Thousand

500

8x4=

32

500

What is the place value of the 9?

1 795 007

Ten Thousands

500

Which word is the verb? What tense is the verb in?

We went to the beach.

went 

past tense

500

What is the difference between a thesaurus and a dictionary

thesaurus gives synonyms 

dictionary gives definitions

500

The world record for the biggest haka was set on the 29th September 2024 in Eden Park.

How many people took part? (To the nearest 100)



Over 6500 (6531)