Arithmetic Multiple Choice Test

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Arithmetic Multiple Choice 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 will be awarded a trophy if you get at least 9 answers correct and you do this activity online.

1. What is 12 cubed?

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This question was suggested by Ben Moffatt, Guide Post

2. what is 5 squared plus 7 squared

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This question was suggested by Renee, Sac,CA

3. How many seconds are there in a day?

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This question was suggested by Julie, Australia

4. 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

5. 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

6. If there were 49 spiders in an army, but 8 had just 7 legs, how many spiders legs were there in the army?

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This question was suggested by Emma C, Leeds

7. What is 7 squared plus 3?

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This question was suggested by Abby, Wrawby

8. I thought of a whole number and then multiplied it by 4, subtracted 65 and then divided by 5. The final total was 54.2 What was the number I originally thought of?

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This question was suggested by Ryan Le Quesne, Kimihia school, Huntly, New Zealand

9. What is the smallest whole number whose square is a 4 digit number?

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This question was suggested by Anuraaj, Auckland, New Zealand

10. It costs Paul £12.50 for two toy cars. However, it only costs him £7.00 for a toy car and a rubber. How much does a rubber cost?

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This question was suggested by Tom Bailey, Stevenage

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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.

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