Maths Christmas Quiz



Maths Christmas Quiz Team name

A

Write the first letter of the first name of the following celebrities – what do you get?

|Question |Photo |Letter |Question |Photo |Letter |

|1 |[pic] |M |8 |[pic] |T |

|2 |[pic] |A |9 |[pic] |H |

|3 |[pic] |T |10 |[pic] |E |

|4 |[pic] |H |11 |[pic] |B |

|5 |[pic] |S |12 |[pic] |E |

|6 |[pic] |I |13 |[pic] |S |

|7 |[pic] |S |14 |[pic] |T |

B

Each number has a saying or phrase associated with it. Work it out and write your answer in the space provided.

|Question |Numbers |BM |Blind Mice |

|1 |365 |D in a Y |DAYS IN A YEAR |

|2 |1000 |M in a K |METRES IN A KILOMETRE |

|3 |3600 |S in an H |SECONDS IN AN HOUR |

|4 |13 |U for S |UNLUCKY FOR SOME |

|5 |3 |B M (S H they R) |BLIND MICE (SEE HOW THEY RUN) |

|6 |200 |P for P G in a G of M |POUNDS FOR PASSING GO IN A GAME OF MONOPOLY |

|7 |1001 |A N |ARABIAN NIGHTS |

|8 |57 |H V |HEINZ VARIETIES |

|9 |180 |T S in D |TOP SCORE IN DARTS |

|10 |147 |M B in S |MAXIMUM BREAK IN SNOOKER |

|11 |90 |D in a R A |DEGREES IN A RIGHT ANGLE |

|12 |366 |D in a L Y |DAYS IN A LEAP YEAR |

|13 |9 |L of a C |LIVES OF A CAT |

|14 |10000 |G O D of Y’s M |GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK’S MEN |

|15 |360 |D in a C |DEGREES IN A CIRCLE |

|16 |60 |M in an H |MINUTES IN AN HOUR |

|17 |4 |S in a Y |SEASONS IN A YEAR |

|18 |54 |C in a D including J |CARDS IN A DECK INCLUDING JOKERS |

|19 |24 |D on an A C |DOORS/DAYS ON AN ADVENT CALENDAR |

|20 |12 |D of C |DAYS OF CHRISTMAS |

C

Work out the following number puzzles:

|1. |The number of men in the pop group Westlife + the total number of |4 + 8 = 12 |

| |legs on the Teletubbies | |

|2. |The number of legs on a spider multiplied by the number of days in a|8 x 7 = 56 |

| |week. | |

|3. |The number of colours in the Union Jack times the total number of |3 x (4 + 2 + 0) = 18 |

| |legs on a pig, penguin and python. | |

|4. |The number of days in a leap year + the number of blind mice in the |366 + 3 = 369 |

| |nursery rhyme. | |

|5. |The number of cards in a deck (excluding the jokers) multiplied by |52 x 10 = 520 |

| |the total number of fingers and thumbs on a person. | |

|6. |The number of days in February (not in a leap year) divided by the |28 / 4 = 7 |

| |number of children the Queen has. | |

|7. |The total number of eyes on 4 people ( the number of countries that |8 / 4 = 2 |

| |make up the UK. | |

|8. |Number of minutes in an hour – number of hours in a day. |60 – 24 = 36 |

|9. |Number of weeks in a year – the total number of people in a football|52 – 11 = 41 |

| |team (not including subs) | |

|10. |Number of centimetres in a metre ( the number of the Prime |100 / 10 = 10 |

| |Minister’s house. | |

|11. |The number of wise men ( the number of doors on a standard advent |3 x 24 = 72 |

| |calendar. | |

|12. |The number of boys in the class squared. |Various answers |

|13. |The number of degrees in a right angle + 6 / number of months in a |(90 + 6) / 12 = 8 |

| |year | |

|14. |The number of degrees in a right angle ( the number of lessons |90 / 3 = 30 (can be altered for your school!) |

| |before lunch | |

|15. |The number of sides on an octagon ( the number of metres in a |8 x 1000 = 8000 |

| |kilometre. | |

|16. |The number of pairs of parallel sides on a parallelogram ( number of|2 x 2 = 4 |

| |sides with equal length on an isosceles triangle. | |

|17. |The number of letters in the alphabet ( the number of letters in |26 x 11 = 286 |

| |the word ‘mathematics’. | |

|18. |The number of lessons in a week ( the number of sides on a |25 / 5 = 5 (can be altered for your school!) |

| |pentagon | |

|19. |Jesus’ birthday ( the number of gifts that the wise men brought. |25 x 3 = 75 |

|20. |The total number of legs in the first five days of Christmas…. |8 + 6 + 4 + 2 = 20 |

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ….

D

Solve the questions, write down the answers and then find them in the wordsearch!

|No. |Question |Answer |No. |Question |Answer |

|1 |12² |144 |16 |5501 to the nearest thousand |6000 |

|2 |Total degrees in a triangle |180 |17 |Top darts score + maximum snooker break |327 |

|3 |Area of a square, length = 11cm |121 |18 |3n – 8 (n = 99) |289 |

|4 |(4800 x 3 x 0) + 271 |271 |19 |9³ |729 |

|5 |Days in a leap year |366 |20 |3.5kg in grams |3500 |

|6 |10² + 4² |116 |21 |Letters in alphabet x a baker’s dozen |338 |

|7 |46 x 9 |414 |22 |√100 + √9 |300 |

|8 |Total degrees in a quadrilateral |360 |23 |Arabian nights + Heinz varieties |1058 |

|9 |Doors on an advent calendar |24 |24 |Number of wise men x years in a |3000 |

| | | | |millennium | |

|10 |Great Fire of London – Battle of Hastings|600 |25 |Letters in the word ‘mathematics’ x 111 |1221 |

|11 |A dozen x number of days in May |372 |26 |5n + 12 (n = 202) |1022 |

|12 |Volume of a cube, height = 4m |64 |27 |10 x 10 x 10 x 10 |10000 |

|13 |√121 + √225 |26 |28 |Lessons in a week x minutes in a lesson |1500 |

|14 |Total degrees in a right angle |90 |29 |(Unlucky for some)² |169 |

|15 |Metres in a kilometre |1000 |30 |Jesus’ birthday x 8 |200 |

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