Riddles
OUR CLASS
1 Percent Club
Mathematics
Vital information
100
There are three apples. You take away two. How many do you have?
Two
(You took them!)
100
Who is always the last student out of the classroom?
Paige Dunn
100
Which fictional character, if the letters in their name are written only once, would have the name LITERDNGHO?
(A) Little Red Riding Hood
(B) Little Mermaid
(C) Lil Wayne
(A) Little Red Riding Hood
100
What is the formula for Compound interest?
A=P(1+r)^n
100
How many students are in our class?
17
200
A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
Nowhere!
(You don’t bury survivors!)
200
What year did Miss Reeves graduate from SJPC?
2013
200
Which two of these six words can you put together to form a common word?
PASS, WITH, PICK, NASTY, SAND, ION
PASSION
200
A snail climbs a 10-meter wall. Each day, it climbs 3 meters, but at night it slips down 2 meters. How many days will it take the snail to reach the top?
8 days
200
What is our class code on the timetable?
12MA23
300
How far can you walk into a forest?
Halfway!
(After that, you’re walking out.)
300
Who always prays for a sub?
Marco Antonio Tanchoco
300
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?
J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __
S, O, N.
The sequence is the first letter of the months of the year. September, October, and November are the next in the sequence.
300
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194
300
How many lesson a fortnight do we have?
9
400
What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
Your name
400
What will Miss Reeves new name be when she gets married next year...
Mrs Hickey
400
LIMES
400
A train leaves a station heading north at a speed of 60 km/h. One hour later, a second train leaves the same station heading north at a speed of 90 km/h.
How far from the station will the second train catch up to the first train?
180km
400
List as many topics covered in our course as you can.
Algebra - Formula and Equations, Linear Relationships, Types of Relationships.
Measurement - Applications of Measurement, Working with Time, Trigonometry, Rates and Ratios.
Financial Maths - Money Matters, Investments and Loans, Annuities
Statistical Analysis - Data Analysis, Relative Frequency and Probability, Bivariate Data Analysis, Normal Distribution
Networks - Network Concepts, Critical Path Analysis
500
A man is pushing his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
He’s playing Monopoly
500
Who has the highest attendance rate for our class?
Marco Antonio Tanchoco
500
Last month was not May or July. Next month is not January, March, or November. Neither last month nor next month is April, August, December, What month must it be?
April
500
Who is the Italian economist and sociologist known for the Pareto Principle, often referred to as the "80/20 rule," which states that approximately 80% of effects come from 20% of causes?
Vilfredo Pareto.
500
How many days til your HSC maths exam?
28 days!