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Maths Quiz for Kids

This maths quiz is made for children aged 8 to 11. It mixes times tables, adding and taking away, fractions, shapes, time, rounding and Roman numerals, starting easy and getting a little trickier towards the end.

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The questions

  1. 1.What is 7 × 8?

    • A56
    • B54
    • C48
    • D64
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    56. 7 × 8 = 56. A handy trick: 5, 6, 7, 8, so 56 = 7 × 8.

  2. 2.How many sides does a hexagon have?

    • A5
    • B6
    • C7
    • D8
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    6. A hexagon has 6 sides and 6 corners. Honeycomb cells are hexagons.

  3. 3.What is 125 + 275?

    • A390
    • B410
    • C300
    • D400
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    400. 125 + 275 = 400. 100 + 200 makes 300, and 25 + 75 makes 100 more.

  4. 4.0.5 is the same as one half.

    True or false?

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    True. 0.5 means 5 tenths, and 5 tenths is the same as 1/2.

  5. 5.How many minutes are there in 2 hours?

    • A100
    • B60
    • C120
    • D200
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    120. There are 60 minutes in an hour, so 2 hours = 60 + 60 = 120 minutes.

  6. 6.What is one quarter of 20?

    • A5
    • B4
    • C10
    • D8
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    5. To find a quarter, divide by 4: 20 ÷ 4 = 5.

  7. 7.Which of these is a prime number?

    • A7
    • B9
    • C15
    • D21
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    7. 7 can only be divided exactly by 1 and itself. 9 = 3 × 3, 15 = 3 × 5 and 21 = 3 × 7.

  8. 8.A square has sides of 6 cm. What is its perimeter?

    • A12 cm
    • B36 cm
    • C18 cm
    • D24 cm
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    24 cm. The perimeter is all four sides added together: 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24 cm.

  9. 9.15 is an even number.

    True or false?

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    False. 15 is odd. Even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8, and 15 ends in 5.

  10. 10.What is 1000 − 365?

    • A645
    • B635
    • C735
    • D625
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    635. 1000 − 365 = 635. Check it: 635 + 365 = 1000.

  11. 11.What is the area of a rectangle 4 cm wide and 9 cm long?

    • A26 cm²
    • B13 cm²
    • C36 cm²
    • D32 cm²
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    36 cm². Area = length × width, so 9 × 4 = 36 square centimetres.

  12. 12.What is 144 ÷ 12?

    • A11
    • B12
    • C14
    • D10
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    12. 12 × 12 = 144, so 144 ÷ 12 = 12.

  13. 13.What is 3,847 rounded to the nearest hundred?

    • A3,800
    • B3,900
    • C3,850
    • D4,000
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    3,800. Look at the tens digit: 4 is less than 5, so we round down to 3,800.

  14. 14.What number is written as XIV in Roman numerals?

    • A16
    • B11
    • C14
    • D9
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    14. X is 10 and IV is 4 (one less than five), so XIV = 14.

  15. 15.The three angles inside any triangle add up to how many degrees?

    • A90
    • B360
    • C270
    • D180
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    180. The angles in every triangle always add up to 180 degrees.

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