math assembly

BUCKLEY RED & BLUE

2010 MATH BOWL

BUCKLEY RED & BLUE

2010 MATH BOWL

FIRST GRADE QUESTION # 1

What time is it?

ANSWER:

8:30

SECOND GRADE QUESTION # 1

What time is it?

ANSWER:

4:55

THIRD GRADE QUESTION # 1

It is 5:55. What time will it be in 10 minutes?

ANSWER:

6:05

FOURTH GRADE QUESTION # 1

It is 2:30. What time will it be in 45 minutes?

ANSWER:

3:15

FIFTH GRADE QUESTION # 1

Chef Dennis needs 12 pieces of fruit to make 3 glasses of juice. How many pieces of

fruit does he need to make 10 glasses of juice?

ANSWER:

40 pieces of fruit

SIXTH GRADE QUESTION # 1

Mrs. Powers multiplied a number by 2 and got 60 as her answer. However

she was supposed to divide the number by 2 to find the correct answer. What

is the correct answer?

ANSWER:

15

SEVENTH GRADE QUESTION # 1

Once upon a time, Roger’s age was three times Rose’s age.

Persaud was six years older than Rose. Roger and Persaud are twins. How old was Rose?

ANSWER:

3 years old

EIGHTH GRADE QUESTION # 1

It cost Dr. Juhel $200,000 to build a house. He sold it to Mrs. Wong at a 10% profit.

Later Mrs. Wong sold it to Mrs. Lyons at a 10% loss. What is the positive difference

between the amount Mrs. Wong bought the house for and the amount Mrs. Wong sold

the house for?

ANSWER:

$22,000


Count back by 10s from 70

70, ____, ____, ____

ANSWER:

70, 60, 50, 40


Count by 10s

120, ____, ____, ____

ANSWER:

120, 130, 140, 150


The rule is plus 30. Give the three numbers that follow 260.

260, ____, ____, ____

ANSWER:

260, 290, 320, 350


What is the value of the 7 in 274,301,695?

ANSWER:

70,000,000


Mr. C. has 6 tents for 18 campers. Each tent holds

either 2 or 4 campers. Exactly how many tents

hold 2 campers?

ANSWER:

3 tents


A square and a triangle have equal perimeters. The

lengths of the three sides of the triangle are 6.1 cm, 8.2 cm, and 9.7 cm. What is the area of the square?

ANSWER:

36 cm2


Mr. Hall opened a new bag of jelly beans and ate three-fourths of the jelly beans in the bag. Then Ms. Solosky ate two-thirds of the remaining jelly beans. Finally, Mr. Parker ate the ten jelly beans that were left. How many jelly beans were in the unopened bag of jelly beans?

ANSWER:

120 jelly beans


Mrs. Wisnewski counts by 20, Mrs. Gulbransen counts by 55 and Mrs. Thomas counts by 60. What is the smallest number

that the three of them will meet?

ANSWER:

660


How many cents is:

Dime, Nickel, Nickel, Penny, Penny

ANSWER:

22


How much money is

8 quarters and 1 dime?

ANSWER:

$2.10


How many nickels in $2.00?

ANSWER:

40


About how tall is a regular door?

7 inches, 7 centimeters, 7 feet, 7 yards, or 7 meters

ANSWER:

7 feet


The product of my number and twice my number is 72. What is half of my number?

ANSWER:

3


Betty Buckley scored either a 100 or a 90 on each of her 5

math tests. The average of her math tests was 98. On how

many tests did Betty score a 90?

ANSWER:

1 test


Mrs. Jenne scored 29 points in the basketball playoff game. She made a combination of 2-point baskets and 3-point baskets during the game. If Mrs. Jenne made a total of 11 baskets, how many 3-point baskets did she make?

ANSWER:

7


In a certain year, the 8th graders wanted to decorate their hallway, and the students wanted to collect the money to fund the

decorating. If every student gave $1.50, then the class would be 95¢ short. If every

student gave $1.60, then the class would have $1.15 left over. How many students

were in the 8th grade that year?

ANSWER:

21 students


Seven children are playing. Two more children come to

play. Then, one child leaves. How many children

are playing now?

ANSWER:

8


An orange cost 10 cents. I want to buy 6 oranges.

What is the cost?

ANSWER:

60 cents


I bought flowers for $3.55. I paid with a 5-dollar bill.

What is my change?

ANSWER:

$1.45


How can you make $100.00 without using a 100 dollar

bill? You must use the fewest bills possible.

ANSWER:

Two $50 bills


Mrs. Uhr walked halfway from her house to Buckley. Then she

decided to run the rest of the way. She ran 3 times as fast as she

walked. It took Mrs. Uhr 6 minutes to walk half way to Buckley. How many minutes did it take her to get

from home to Buckley?

ANSWER:

8 minutes


Big Al, the ape, ate 100 bananas in 5 days. Each day he ate 6 more bananas than on the previous day. How

many bananas did Big Al eat on the fifth day?

ANSWER:

32 bananas


The 10 leaves of Mrs. Sipley’s 20-page book are numbered 1 through 20. The first and last leaves are ripped out. What is the sum of the remaining pages?

ANSWER:

168


Ms. Chieng visited Japan and the currency used in Japan is Yen. She bought 325 stamps for 729 Yen each, 225 cups for 729 Yen each and 729

bowls for 450 Yen each. How many Yen did Ms. Chieng spend?

ANSWER:

729,000 Yen

FIRST GRADE TIE BREAKER

What is half of 8?

ANSWER:

4

SECOND GRADE TIE BREAKER

I buy a notebook for 62 cents. I pay with a one dollar bill. What is my

change?

ANSWER:

38 cents

THIRD GRADE TIE BREAKER

I have 95 cookies. Thirty-five are vanilla, 27 are

chocolate, and the rest are sugar cookies. How many

are sugar cookies?

ANSWER:

33

FOURTH GRADE TIE BREAKER

Think of the distance from Buckley to New York City. What two units could you

use to measure this distance?

ANSWER:

Miles or Kilometers

FIFTH GRADE TIE BREAKER

Six hours before 6 minutes after noon would be

__________.

ANSWER:

6:06 AM

SIXTH GRADE TIE BREAKER

How many more coins does a $5 roll of dimes contain

than a $10 roll of quarters?

ANSWER:

10 coins

SEVENTH GRADE TIE BREAKER

How many integers between 15 and 85 are divisible by 20?

ANSWER:

4

EIGHTH GRADE TIE BREAKER

What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?

ANSWER:

28

BUCKLEY RED & BLUE

2010 MATH BOWL

BUCKLEY RED & BLUE

2010 MATH BOWL

math assembly

Education

grade question

correct answer

remaining jelly beans

unopened bag of jelly

new bag of jelly beans

betty buckley

smallest number

pieces of fruit