134_Maths that’s mental

Maths that’s mental! 12 passengers are on a bus more get on How many are there now? How many are there if get off? How many if get on at the next stop? You have to go to bed at o’clock You have 43 minutes left What time is it? It takes 10 minutes to clean your teeth and put on your jimjams What time you get into bed? You read for twenty minutes before falling asleep What time you fall asleep? What is the total number of sides? What about triangles subtract hexagon? How about hexagons add triangle and then subtract a pentagon? There are twelve eggs in a box How many eggs are there in two boxes ? What about boxes? What about boxes? How many toes are there on pairs of feet? What about pairs? There are apples, 10 strawberries and pears in a basket How many pieces of fruit are there in total? Half of the fruit is rotten and has to be thrown away How many pieces are left? There are no apples left and just pears How many strawberries are left? If I have 32 pizzas at my party, and 11 are left at the end, how many were eaten? If I cut all the leftovers in half, how many halves will I have? If I eat halves, how many half pieces remain? Eggs are sold in dozens What is half a dozen? What is dozen? How many eggs are and a half dozen? A book costs £11.70 If I save £1.50 per week, how many weeks will it take me to save enough money? Everything this author has ever written would cost £126 How long will I have to save if I want to buy them? A farmer has sheep, cows and 12 chickens How many animals has he got? How many legs the animals have altogether? 12 children get a sweet from a jar There are only left How many sweets were in the jar to start with? I buy some more sweets There are now 10 in the jar How many did I buy? If I keep for myself how many friends can I now give a sweet to? I have bought a box of 50 new pens for my class and have given one to each student There are 13 left in the box How many students are in the class? I want to keep half of the remaining pens as spares How many I want to keep? Madison got 24 Easter Eggs from friends Her Mum and Dad gave her more How many did she get altogether? She ate half of them – how many does she have left? How many sides does a hexagon have? What is the total number of sides of a pentagon and a hexagon? What about a pentagon and hexagons? I drive 18 miles to get to school How far does I drive each day? How many miles I drive in a week? Can you work out my mileage for a week term, and what about a school year? If it’s 13:00 now, what time was it hours ago? What time will it be in 14 hours? How about in hours? I have 75p in 5p coins How many coins I have? I save up and have 1,203 5p coins How much money I have? If today is May 9th What will the date be in 16 days? What was the date days ago? What will the date be 15 days from yesterday? For the end of term maths quiz there are rounds If I give prizes for each round, how many prizes will be given out? I want to give out prizes for each round how many more prizes I need to get? In the athletics championship all of the 200 competitors receive a medal for taking part, but the top in all of the 54 events get an extra medal How many medals are given in total? Half of the medals go to boys How many medals the girls get? The sides of a square measure cm What is the perimeter of the square? 8cm How many sides are there on squares? What is the total perimeter of the five squares? A box of sweets costs £2.40 If you pay with a £10.00, how much change will you be given? You decide to buy a candy cane too This costs £1.45 How much money you have left? How much change you now have? What these have in common? How many sides these quadrilaterals have in total? How many vertices these shapes have in total? When giraffes have feet ? When there are of them How many eggs in an ! Just for fun empty basket? None What has legs and only foot? A bed