🔢 Math trivia for kids
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A number round for each age: adding to twenty for the little ones, times tables for the middle ones, squares of the teens and percents for the big ones. Each answer on the key shows how it was worked out, so a wrong guess turns into a quick lesson.
🐣 Little round: ages 6–8 (grades K–2)
- 1.What is 9 + 4?
- A 12
- B 13
- C 11
- 2.What is 4 + 6?
- A 12
- B 9
- C 10
- 3.What is 4 + 4?
- A 9
- B 8
- C 6
- 4.What is 4 + 8?
- A 10
- B 12
- C 13
- 5.What is 7 + 4?
- A 10
- B 11
- C 12
- 6.What is 6 + 2?
- A 8
- B 10
- C 9
- 7.What is 8 + 2?
- A 11
- B 8
- C 10
- 8.What is 3 + 6?
- A 8
- B 9
- C 11
- 9.What is 4 + 2?
- A 6
- B 7
- C 4
- 10.What is 8 + 6?
- A 15
- B 13
- C 14
🔑 Show the answers
- B: 13. 9 + 4 = 13. Count on 4 from 9. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 10. 4 + 6 = 10. Count on 6 from 4. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 8. 4 + 4 = 8. Count on 4 from 4. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 12. 4 + 8 = 12. Count on 8 from 4. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 11. 7 + 4 = 11. Count on 4 from 7. Worked out by Peabody
- A: 8. 6 + 2 = 8. Count on 2 from 6. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 10. 8 + 2 = 10. Count on 2 from 8. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 9. 3 + 6 = 9. Count on 6 from 3. Worked out by Peabody
- A: 6. 4 + 2 = 6. Count on 2 from 4. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 14. 8 + 6 = 14. Count on 6 from 8. Worked out by Peabody
🦊 Middle round: ages 9–11 (grades 3–5)
- 1.What is 6 × 4?
- A 28
- B 24
- C 18
- 2.What is 4 × 4?
- A 16
- B 12
- C 20
- 3.What is 4 × 6?
- A 24
- B 20
- C 18
- 4.What is 8 × 8?
- A 72
- B 64
- C 56
- 5.What is 6 × 8?
- A 48
- B 56
- C 40
- 6.What is 9 × 7?
- A 56
- B 63
- C 72
- 7.What is 8 × 6?
- A 54
- B 40
- C 48
- 8.What is 4 × 8?
- A 40
- B 32
- C 36
- 9.What is 5 × 7?
- A 40
- B 28
- C 35
- 10.What is 8 × 4?
- A 40
- B 32
- C 24
🔑 Show the answers
- B: 24. 6 × 4 = 24: 4 groups of 6. Worked out by Peabody
- A: 16. 4 × 4 = 16: 4 groups of 4. Worked out by Peabody
- A: 24. 4 × 6 = 24: 6 groups of 4. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 64. 8 × 8 = 64: 8 groups of 8. Worked out by Peabody
- A: 48. 6 × 8 = 48: 8 groups of 6. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 63. 9 × 7 = 63: 7 groups of 9. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 48. 8 × 6 = 48: 6 groups of 8. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 32. 4 × 8 = 32: 8 groups of 4. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 35. 5 × 7 = 35: 7 groups of 5. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 32. 8 × 4 = 32: 4 groups of 8. Worked out by Peabody
🦉 Big round: ages 12 and up (grades 6 and up)
- 1.What is 12 × 12?
- A 156
- B 121
- C 144
- 2.What is 15 × 15?
- A 196
- B 240
- C 225
- 3.What is 40% of 25?
- A 9
- B 5
- C 10
- 4.What is 50% of 64?
- A 16
- B 32
- C 64
- 5.What is 75% of 40?
- A 29
- B 30
- C 15
- 6.What is 16 × 16?
- A 225
- B 240
- C 256
- 7.What is 14 × 14?
- A 210
- B 196
- C 206
- 8.What is 5% of 200?
- A 9
- B 10
- C 20
- 9.What is 60% of 15?
- A 18
- B 19
- C 9
- 10.What is 15% of 60?
- A 19
- B 8
- C 9
🔑 Show the answers
- C: 144. 12 squared is 144: 12 × 10 = 120, plus 12 × 2 = 24. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 225. 15 squared is 225: 15 × 10 = 150, plus 15 × 5 = 75. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 10. 40% means 40 out of every 100, so 40% of 25 is 25 × 40 ÷ 100 = 10. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 32. 50% means 50 out of every 100, so 50% of 64 is 64 × 50 ÷ 100 = 32. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 30. 75% means 75 out of every 100, so 75% of 40 is 40 × 75 ÷ 100 = 30. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 256. 16 squared is 256: 16 × 10 = 160, plus 16 × 6 = 96. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 196. 14 squared is 196: 14 × 10 = 140, plus 14 × 4 = 56. Worked out by Peabody
- B: 10. 5% means 5 out of every 100, so 5% of 200 is 200 × 5 ÷ 100 = 10. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 9. 60% means 60 out of every 100, so 60% of 15 is 15 × 60 ÷ 100 = 9. Worked out by Peabody
- C: 9. 15% means 15 out of every 100, so 15% of 60 is 60 × 15 ÷ 100 = 9. Worked out by Peabody
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Where these questions come from
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