11th December: a really tricky Christmas maths quiz

Posted on 11/12/2011 by

 
Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. This set of ten festive maths problems is really tricky and is the ideal challenge for Key Stage 2 or 3 students.

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A Really Tricky Christmas Maths Quiz

    1. Toby has a box of 24 chocolates. He eats one quarter of them. How many are left?

 

      6

      12

      18

    1. Emily starts shopping for gifts at 10:00. She finishes 3.5 hours later. What time is this?

 

      01.05

      13.30

      13.05

    1. There are 32 glass ornaments on Ben’s tree. 3/4 get smashed: how many remain?

 

      8

      24

      25

    1. Ruby buys a gift costing £3.98 and one costing £4.72. How much change will she receive from £10?

 

      £1.30

      £2.30

      £2.62

    1. George needs 400g flour to make a cake for 6 people. How much is needed to make a cake for 9?

 

      650g

      600g

      900g

    1. Millie cuts a piece of wrapping paper that measures 8cm by 12cm. What is the area of the paper?

 

      20 cm2

      40 cm2

      96 cm2

    1. Santa’s sack weighs 14.5kg. He adds 2 more gifts at 250g each. How much does the sack weigh now?

 

      514.5g

      1500g

      15kg

    1. Rudolph’s tinsel is 0.5m long; Blitzen’s is 45cm long. How long are both pieces of tinsel?

 

      95cm

      45.5cm

      9.5m

    1. Andrew buys satsumas costing £1.99 and 7 candy canes costing 12p each. How much does he spend?

 

      £2.11

      £2.83

      £2.65

    1. Santa’s grotto measures 2m by 8.5m – what is its perimeter?

 

      20m

      17m

    21m

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