Miss E's - Logic, Maths and Science Quiz

A

100

In a town, each day for five days, the population doubles. If the town starts with one person, how many people are there at the end of the fifth day?

32

200

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

2nd

300

If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 miles per hour, how far will it have traveled after 2.5 hours?

150miles

400

What are the next two letters in this? W, A, T, N, T, L, _, _

I, T

500

If you shuffle a regular 52-card deck for 30 seconds, what is the probability of drawing 15 cards of the same suit consecutively from the top of the deck?

0 (there are only a maximum of 13 cards of the same suit, so it is impossible to get 15 cards of the same suit next to each other.)

B

100

There’s a basket containing 5 apples. You take out 3. How many apples do you have?

3

200

If Jane is taller than Alice, and Alice is taller than Sue, who is the shortest?

Sue

300

If a car travels at 60mph for 1 hour and 30 minutes, how far will it have traveled?

90 miles

400

You see me once in June, twice in November, and none in May. What am I?

the letter E

500

1. Which of these is the odd one out?
   Thorium, Uranium, Plutonium, Aluminium
   A) Thorium
   B) Uranium
   C) Plutonium
   D) Aluminium

Aluminium (the others are radioactive)

C

100

Mary has twice as many apples as John. After giving 10 apples to John, Mary has the same number of apples as John. How many apples did Mary originally have?

40

200

A father and mother have three sons. Each son has one sister. How many children do the father and mother have in total?

4

300

What is the next letter in the sequence: A, Z, B, Y, __?
A) W
B) B
C) C  

1. C) C (alternating between forward and backward alphabets)

400

What pattern do all these words have in common?
CHIN
GHOST
BIOPSY
ALMOST

Each word has its letters in alphabetical order

500

The following words all have a hidden pattern in common. What is it?
DEAR
SHIP
SLIP

They all become body parts when the first letters are removed – ear, hip, lip

D

100

Which of these shapes has the most sides?

A) Triangle
B) Square
C) Hexagon  

Hexagon

200

If you toss a coin five times and it lands on tails every time, what is the probability it will land on tales next time?

50%

300

1. January 1st is Day 1. June 30th is Day 181. December 31st is Day 365. What month is day 150?
   A) April
   B) May
   C) July

May

E

100

What is the sum of all the angles in a triangle?

180 degrees

200

1. If it takes five machines 5 minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
   A) 100 minutes
   B) 5 minutes
   C) 1 minute

5 minutes

300

1. What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 3, 6, 10, __?
   A) 15
   B) 20
   C) 13

15