Murderous Math Quiz Shout it out. The Quiz 1.

Can you name the biggest number that can be written with four ones? 1111 = 285311670611 2. Can you make thirteen ones equal to 13? (11x1)+(11 11)+(111 111)= 13 3. Can you write 31 using only 3 five times? 33 +3+3 3 = 31 4. The following number is the only one of its kind. Can you figure out what is so special about it? 8,549,176,320. It's the only number that contains all of the digits in alphabetical order. 5. Can you tell at what time between 7 and 8 Oclock, the two hands of a clock will be in straight line? 5-511 minutes past seven.

6. Can you write 1789 in roman numerals? MDCCLXXXIX.

7. Write 1/81 as a repeating decimal. 0.0123456789.

8. Can you name the smallest natural number that can be written with two digits? 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 etc up to 9/9

9. Can you arrange the following nine digits in order from left to right using + or signs to produce a result of 100? 123456789 123-45-67+89 = 100

10. A box of candy bars can be divided equally (without cutting anything) among 2, 3, or 7 people. What is the least number of candy bars the box could contain? 42. The lowest common denominator of 2, 3, and 7 is 2 x 3 x 7 or 42 11. If 6 men can pack 6 packets in 6 minutes how many men are required to pack 60 packets in 60 minutes? 6 men can pack 6 boxes in 6 minutes 6 men can pack 1 box in 1 minute 6 men can pack 60 boxes in 60 minutes 12. Use each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 once only, in this multiplication problem to make it correct. ?? x? = ??? 54 x 3 = 162. 13. A London monument is marked as follows MDCLXVI What year does it represent? 1666

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??? +??? = ????

Using each of the digits given below, and using each digit exactly once fill in the question marks. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Here is one answer . But with patience and pencil work you can find more.

765 +324 1089

15. We have a 100 m piece of ribbon . If it takes one second to cut it into a 1 m strip how long would it take to cut the entire ribbon into meter strips? One minute and thirty-nine seconds, because when the ninety-ninth cut is made, the remaining meter does not have to be cut. 16. Here is a logic pattern: O. T. T. F. F. S. S. E. N. What are the next nine letters? T, E, T, T, F, F, S, S, E. First letter of consecutive whole number names.

17. Fifty minutes ago, it was four times as many minutes past 3 O clock, how many minutes is it to six O clock? 26 minutes 18. This is a peculiar square number. When it is turned upside down, it still remains to be a square number. This number is between 1 and 500. what is that number? The number is 169. It is the square of 13. And when it is turned upside down, it is 961 which is the square of 31.

19. There is a number which is very peculiar. This number is three times the sum of its digits. Can you find the number? The number is 27. 2+7=9, 9x3 = 27

20. A man wanted to plant 4 trees, but all 4 had to be equal distances from each other. How did he do it? He planted 3 trees at the corners of an equilateral triangle. He built a mound in the middle and planted the 4th on the top of the mound so that it was the same distance from the other 3 trees.

21. There are 8 Apples on the table. You take 3. How many do you have?

If you take 3 then you have 3.

22. I have 2 coins in my hand that add up to 60c. One of the coins isn't a 50c piece. What are the coins? 50c and a 10c (The coin that isn't a 50c piece is a 10c. The other coin is the 50c).

23. A fisherman was asked how long the fish he had caught was. He said "it is 30cms plus half its length" How long was the fish? 60 cms.

24. Bob is ten years older than his brother Stan. There was a time when Bob was three times as old as Stan. What was Stan's age when Bob was three times as old? Stan was 5 years old and bob was 15 years old

24. A Hammer and a Nail cost $31. If the Hammer cost $30 more than the Nail, what is the cost of each? Hammer $30.50, Nail $0.50

25. It takes 7 men 2 hours to build a wall. How long does it take 3 men to build the same wall? No need to bother, the 7 men have already built it.

26. "I will bet you $1" said Fred, "that if you give me $2, I will give you $3 in return. "Done," replied Tom. Was he? Tom accepts the bet, gives Fred $2. Fred does not give Tom $3 so loses the bet and has to pay Tom $1. Result Fred gains $1.

27. What comes next in the following sequence? 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, ___ 100 (The next number that doesn't contain a "T" in the spelling).

28. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!

29. If you overtake the last person, then you are in which place? How can you overtake the last Person?

30. Do not use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000 now add 10. What is the total?

 Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it? Check with your calculator! 31. Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

She could possibly take out 6 black left hand gloves and then 6 brown left hand gloves, the next one would have to be either the right hand or left hand match.

32. What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 number - just 2 numbers, no other mathematical symbols? 99, this is 9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9 or 387,420,489.

33. Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke? 6, he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.

34. A snail is at the bottom of a well and wants to get out. He manages to crawl up the wall 3 feet each day, but at night he must rest (after all that work during the day) and so he slips back down 2 feet. If the well is 30 feet deep, how long will it take him to get out? 28 days.....the snail averages 1 foot each day, so after 27 days he has reached 27 feet. On the 28th day he crawls up 3 feet during the day, but since he is now at 30 feet and out of the well he no longer slips back 2 feet.

35. A fish is fifteen inches long. Its head is as long as its tail. If the head were twice as long as it really is, the head and tail would together be as long as what is in between. How long is each part of the fish? The head and tail are each three inches long; the rest is nine.

36. Water lilies double in area every 24 hours. In spring, there is one water lily on a lake. In sixty days the lake is completely covered with lilies. How many days did it take to cover half of the lake? 59

37. How can I get the answer 24 by only using the numbers 8, 8, 3, 3.You can use the main signs add, subtract multiply and divide.

8(3-(83)) = 8/(1/3) = 24

38. You have a cake which you must cut into 8 equal pieces. You may make only 3 cuts. How will do this? Make the first two cuts like an X from the top of the cake. Now slice the cake horizontally - thus getting 8 equal pieces.

39. What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9? A Decimal Point 5.9

40. The following multiplication example uses every digit from 0 to 9 once (not counting the intermediate steps). Fill in the missing numbers. 7xx *48 xxxxx

715 *48 32890

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TWO THREE +SEVEN =TWELVE By putting numbers where the letters are it makes the sum become true.

106 19722 +82524 102352

42. A two-digit number when read from left to right, is 4.5 times less than the same number read from right to left. What is the number? 18

43. If 3 salesmen can sell three stoves in 7 minutes, how many stoves can six salesmen sell in seventy minutes? 60 stoves

44. Which number when added to 5/4 gives the same result as when it is multiplied 5/4? 5

45. Can you find four consecutive prime numbers that add up to 220? 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 = 220

46. What is the number that is 5 more than the number which is one-fifth of one-fifth of one-half of 1050? (1050 5 = 525 5 = 105 5 = 21 + 5 = 26)

47. Fill in the missing numbers in the following series: 101 99 102 98 103 97? ? 104, 96. There are really 2 series in one, one starts at 101 and counts up; the other starts at 99 and counts down.

48. A mother and father have six sons and each son has one sister. How many people are in that family? 9.

49. A jar has 4 amoebas in it to start. Amoebas split their cells in two (therefore doubling in size) once every minute. The jar will be completely filled in 10 minutes. How long would it take to fill the same sized jar if had 8 amoebas in it to start? 9 minutes.

50. Fill in the question marks: 20, 4, 9, 32 12, 3, 7, 24 36 (20 2 = 5+4 = 9*4 =36 4 = 32) 28(12 4 = 3+4 = 7*4 = 28 -4 = 24)