Year 8 Maths
Maths Mentals
Your Teacher
Your School
Fun Facts
100

Name 2 properties of a parallelogram

1. They have two pairs of parallel lines

2. Opposite sides are equal 

3. Opposite angles are equal


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100

3 x 6 + 5 = 

23

100

What is my name? Miss..............

Hargreaves!

100

Identify three things you should bring to every lesson.

Possible responses: pen/pencil, book, calculator, ruler, computer. 

100

Australia has around three times more ______ than people?

Sheep

200

What is the formula for the area of a triangle? 

BONUS: A triangle has a base of 5cm and a perpendicular height of 6cm - what is its area? 

1/2 x the base x the height

15cm

200

8 x 6 - 9 x 3 = 

21

200

Where is your Maths Teacher from? (Currently Me!)

Cornwall, England

200

What are the 3 latin words on the school badge of this school?

Caritas, Humilitas, Dignitas

200

In a room of 23 people, there's a 50% chance that two people will have _____________?

The same birthday

300

State Pythagoras' Theorem.

a2 + b2 = c2

300
(72 + 1)/2 = 

25

300

True or False - I have swam with sharks 

True! I've dived with thresher sharks, grey nurse sharks, hammerhead sharks, bronze whalers, leopard sharks and everyone's favourite.... Wobbegongs!

300

What happens at 12.15pm on thursdays?

We go to sport roll call!
300

Which number, when spelt, has the same number of letters as the number itself?

Four

400

What do we call the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

Hypotenuse

400

5(p + 6) = 

5p + 30

400

What is your Maths teacher's favourite colour?

pink!

400

How many students exactly are in this school? 

1300 ish?

400

Which animal's fingerprints are so close to human fingerprints that they have been confused at a crime scene?

A koala.
500

Aa plane flies 120km due North, then heads due East for 80km. How far is the plane from its starting point? 

Pythagoras! 

144.2km


500

(g + 7)(g + 5) = 

g2 + 12g + 35

500

What are the two MAIN things I expect from you in lesson?

1. To listen and be respectful 

2. To try your best!

500

What should you do before leaving a classroom?

Check for rubbish around your desk

Wait to be dismissed by your teacher

500
Nearly 3% of ice in Antarctic glaciers is made up of what?

Penguin urine.