Arithmetic Multiple Choice Topic Test

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Arithmetic Multiple Choice Topic Test

Test your understanding of arithmetic with this ten question, self-marking multiple choice exercise.

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Here are 10 Arithmetic multiple choice questions written by people from around the world while using the main Pentransum activity. You can earn a Transum Trophy for answering at least 9 of them correctly.

1. If 35828 people watched a football match and the stadium only seats 34353 people how many people are standing?

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This question was suggested by Mini Matthew, Cramlington

2. How many hours in 2 weeks?

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This question was suggested by Ben Moffatt, Guide Post

3. The smallest whole number which can be added to 735 so that the resulting number is exactly divisible by 11 is:

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This question was suggested by Pradyumn Mahajan, The Mother's International School, New Delhi, India

4. Jason arranged tiles in a 6 by 8 rectangle. 1 person took 3 tiles, 2 people took 4 tiles each, and 1 more person took 5 tiles. Then Jason added 19 more tiles. How many tiles are there now?

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This question was suggested by Ryan Le Quesne, Kimhia Primary School, Huntly, New Zealand

5. What is 7 factorial (1x2x3x4x5x6x7)

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This question was suggested by Jay Chawda, Soar Valley Community College, Leicester,England

6. What is the product of the number of congruent angles in an equalateral triangle and 7?

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This question was suggested by Hockey Puck, Birmingham, England

7. There are 3 girls walking to school. Each girl has exactly 5 cookies. When they reach school; girl A has 2 cookies, girl B has 3, and girl C has 1. How many cookies have they eaten all together?

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This question was suggested by Mary Vang, HPHS; Sac, CA

8. In a family of 7, 2 boys have £3 each, 3 girls have £5 each and the rest have £7 each how much do they have altogether?

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This question was suggested by Mr Man, Bodmin College

9. I thought of a number, doubled it, divided by 4, multiplied it by 6,then added 111 and was left with 183. What number did I first think of?

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This question was suggested by Alasdaire Key, Kimhia School, Huntly, New Zealand

10. Evaluate 23(17-15)

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Please note that unlike other Transum online exercises, the check button for this multiple choice quiz can only be clicked once when you have answered all ten questions. Check your answers carefully before clicking the button below. You teed to get at least 9 questions correct to be awarded a Transum Trophy.

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Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Choose one of the five possible answers. When you have finished click the "check" button. If you have any questions wrong, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file. You can also claim a 'Transum Trophy' by completing this quiz.

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