Maths

Question 1

How do you calculate the perimeter of a shape

Answer 1

Measure/add up the around outside of shape

Question 2

What is a prism?

Answer 2

A 3D shape that when sliced into equal lengths, each piece is the same shape and size

Question 3

How many sides does a:
Triangle
Octagon
Quadrilateral
Pentagon
Hexagon 
Decagon

Answer 3

3
8
4
5
6
10

Question 4

What is a seven sided shape called?

Answer 4

Heptagon

Question 5

What does BIDMAS or BODMAS stand for?

What do you use it for?

Answer 5

Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction
(Indices=Order)
Used to determine the order of calculations

Question 6

How many months in a year?

Answer 6

12

Question 7

Which months have 31 days?

Answer 7

January
March
May
July
August
October
December

Question 8

Which months have 30 days?

Answer 8

April
June
September
November

Question 9

How many days does February have?

Answer 9

28 days

29 in a leap year

Question 10

What are the 4 suits of cards?

Answer 10

Spades
Diamonds
Clubs
Hearts

Question 11

What is the probability of picking an ace from a pack of cards

Answer 11

4/52 = 1/13

Question 12

What is the formula to calculate the area of a triangle

Answer 12

0.5 * length * height

Question 13

What is the formula to calculate the area of a rectangle/square

Answer 13

Length*width

Question 14

Name the 5 types of triangle

Answer 14

Equilateral - 3 equal sides and angles
Isosceles - 2 equal sides and equal angles opposite these sides
Right-angled - one angle of 90 degrees
Obtuse - one angle greater than 90 degrees
Scalene - 3 sides of different lengths and 3 different angled

Question 15

What is a line of symmetry?

Answer 15

A line which splits a shape into halves that are reflections of each other

Question 16

How many lines of symmetry do the following shapes have:

Isosceles triangle
Equilateral triangle
Circle

Answer 16

Isosceles=1
Equilateral = 3
Circle = unlimited

Question 17

How many lines of symmetry do the following shapes have:

Square
Rectangle
Pentagon
Octagon

Answer 17

Square = 4
Rectangle = 2
Pentagon = 5
Octagon = 8

Question 18

What is rotational symmetry?

Answer 18

If a shape is rotated about its central point and still fits its original outline.

Question 19

What order of rotational symmetry do the following shapes have:

Equilateral triangle
Square
Rectangle
Isosceles triangle
Regular hexagon

Answer 19

Equilateral triangle = 3
Square = 4
Rectangle = 2
Isosceles triangle = 1
Regular hexagon = 6

Question 20

What is the formula to calculate the volume of a cube?

Answer 20

Lengthwidthheight

Question 21

What are the first 5 numbers in the sequence of cube numbers?

Answer 21

1,3,9,27,64,125

Question 22

How often do leap years occur?

How do you work out which years are leap years?

Answer 22

Every 4 years
If the last 2 digits of the year are halved, and the answer is even, then the year is a multiple of 4 and therefore a leap year.

Question 23

How many degrees do the angles of a triangle add up to?

Answer 23

180 degrees

Question 24

What is the formula to calculate the volume of a cube?

Answer 24

Lengthwidthheight

Question 25

What are the first 5 numbers in the sequence of cube numbers?

Answer 25

1,3,9,27,64,125

Question 26

How often do leap years occur?

How do you work out which years are leap years?

Answer 26

Every 4 years
If the last 2 digits of the year are halved, and the answer is even, then the year is a multiple of 4 and therefore a leap year.

Question 27

How many degrees do the angles of a triangle add up to?

Answer 27

180 degrees

Question 28

How can you work out if a shape has been reflected in a diagonal line?

Answer 28

Check if it has been reflected in the vertical line and then rotated either 90 degrees clockwise or anticlockwise.

Question 29

What are the first 5 numbers in the sequence of square numbers?

Answer 29

1,4,9,16,25

Question 30

How do you divide two proper fractions?

E.g. 2/3 divided by 2/5.

Answer 30

Change the divide to multiply and turn the second fraction upside-down. Muliply numerators together and denominators together

Question 31

How many pairs of perpendicular faces does a cube have?

Answer 31

12

Question 32

What must you do to add or subtract fractions with different deniminators

Answer 32

Find the common denominator, then add/subtract the numerators

Question 33

How many kg in a tonne?

Answer 33

1000 kg