Maths Christmas QuizTeam name
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Write the first letter of the first name of the following celebrities – what do you get?
Question / Photo / Letter / Question / Photo / Letter1 / / M / 8 / / T
2 / / A / 9 / / H
3 / / T / 10 / / E
4 / / H / 11 / / B
5 / / S / 12 / / E
6 / / I / 13 / / S
7 / / S / 14 / / T
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Each number has a saying or phrase associated with it. Work it out and write your answer in the space provided.
Question / Numbers / BM / Blind Mice1 / 365 / D in a Y / DAYS IN A YEAR
2 / 1000 / M in a K / METRES IN A KILOMETRE
3 / 3600 / S in an H / SECONDS IN AN HOUR
4 / 13 / U for S / UNLUCKY FOR SOME
5 / 3 / B M (S H they R) / BLIND MICE (SEE HOW THEY RUN)
6 / 200 / P for P G in a G of M / POUNDS FOR PASSING GO IN A GAME OF MONOPOLY
7 / 1001 / A N / ARABIAN NIGHTS
8 / 57 / H V / HEINZ VARIETIES
9 / 180 / T S in D / TOP SCORE IN DARTS
10 / 147 / M B in S / MAXIMUM BREAK IN SNOOKER
11 / 90 / D in a R A / DEGREES IN A RIGHT ANGLE
12 / 366 / D in a L Y / DAYS IN A LEAP YEAR
13 / 9 / L of a C / LIVES OF A CAT
14 / 10000 / G O D of Y’s M / GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK’S MEN
15 / 360 / D in a C / DEGREES IN A CIRCLE
16 / 60 / M in an H / MINUTES IN AN HOUR
17 / 4 / S in a Y / SEASONS IN A YEAR
18 / 54 / C in a D including J / CARDS IN A DECK INCLUDING JOKERS
19 / 24 / D on an A C / DOORS/DAYS ON AN ADVENT CALENDAR
20 / 12 / D of C / DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
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Work out the following number puzzles:
1. / The number of men in the pop group Westlife + the total number of legs on the Teletubbies / 4 + 8 = 122. / The number of legs on a spider multiplied by the number of days in a week. / 8 x 7 = 56
3. / The number of colours in the Union Jack times the total number of legs on a pig, penguin and python. / 3 x (4 + 2 + 0) = 18
4. / The number of days in a leap year + the number of blind mice in the nursery rhyme. / 366 + 3 = 369
5. / The number of cards in a deck (excluding the jokers) multiplied by the total number of fingers and thumbs on a person. / 52 x 10 = 520
6. / The number of days in February (not in a leap year) divided by the number of children the Queen has. / 28 / 4 = 7
7. / The total number of eyes on 4 people the number of countries that make up the UK. / 8 / 4 = 2
8. / Number of minutes in an hour – number of hours in a day. / 60 – 24 = 36
9. / Number of weeks in a year – the total number of people in a football team (not including subs) / 52 – 11 = 41
10. / Number of centimetres in a metre the number of the Prime Minister’s house. / 100 / 10 = 10
11. / The number of wise men the number of doors on a standard advent calendar. / 3 x 24 = 72
12. / The number of boys in the class squared. / Various answers
13. / The number of degrees in a right angle + 6 / number of months in a year / (90 + 6) / 12 = 8
14. / The number of degrees in a right angle the number of lessons before lunch / 90 / 3 = 30 (can be altered for your school!)
15. / The number of sides on an octagon the number of metres in a kilometre. / 8 x 1000 = 8000
16. / The number of pairs of parallel sides on a parallelogram number of sides with equal length on an isosceles triangle. / 2 x 2 = 4
17. / The number of letters in the alphabet the number of letters in the word ‘mathematics’. / 26 x 11 = 286
18. / The number of lessons in a week the number of sides on a pentagon / 20 / 5 = 4 (can be altered for your school!)
19. / Jesus’ birthday the number of gifts that the wise men brought. / 25 x 3 = 75
20. / The total number of legs in the first five days of Christmas…. / 8 + 6 + 4 + 2 = 20
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ….
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Solve the questions, write down the answers and then find them in the wordsearch!
No. / Question / Answer / No. / Question / Answer1 / 12² / 144 / 16 / 5501 to the nearest thousand / 6000
2 / Total degrees in a triangle / 180 / 17 / Top darts score + maximum snooker break / 327
3 / Area of a square, length = 11cm / 121 / 18 / 3n – 8 (n = 99) / 289
4 / (4800 x 3 x 0) + 271 / 271 / 19 / 9³ / 729
5 / Days in a leap year / 366 / 20 / 3.5kg in grams / 3500
6 / 10² + 4² / 116 / 21 / Letters in alphabet x a baker’s dozen / 338
7 / 46 x 9 / 414 / 22 / √100 + √9 / 300
8 / Total degrees in a quadrilateral / 360 / 23 / Arabian nights + Heinz varieties / 1058
9 / Doors on an advent calendar / 24 / 24 / Number of wise men x years in a millennium / 3000
10 / Great Fire of London – Battle of Hastings / 600 / 25 / Letters in the word ‘mathematics’ x 111 / 1221
11 / A dozen x number of days in May / 372 / 26 / 5n + 12 (n = 202) / 1022
12 / Volume of a cube, height = 4m / 64 / 27 / 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 / 10000
13 / √121 + √225 / 26 / 28 / Lessons in a week x minutes in a lesson / 1500
14 / Total degrees in a right angle / 90 / 29 / (Unlucky for some)² / 169
15 / Metres in a kilometre / 1000 / 30 / Jesus’ birthday x 8 / 200
1 / 0 / 3 / 4 / 1 / 2 / 7 / 2 / 6 / 1 / 4 / 3 / 7 / 9 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 1 / 9 / 1
2 / 9 / 0 / 6 / 9 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 7 / 9 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 8 / 4 / 7 / 8 / 6 / 8
2 / 6 / 7 / 0 / 4 / 9 / 4 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 8 / 2 / 9 / 7 / 9 / 1 / 9 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 4
3 / 1 / 4 / 7 / 6 / 1 / 9 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 9 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 6 / 8 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 8
5 / 3 / 7 / 2 / 7 / 9 / 9 / 9 / 8 / 3 / 4 / 9 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 4 / 8 / 1 / 2
2 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 3 / 6 / 2 / 1 / 7 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 9 / 6 / 1 / 4 / 0 / 3 / 9 / 2 / 8
4 / 1 / 7 / 7 / 1 / 6 / 8 / 2 / 4 / 7 / 1 / 6 / 3 / 8 / 7 / 5 / 0 / 9 / 7 / 2 / 1
7 / 4 / 2 / 9 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 1 / 5 / 8 / 9 / 6 / 4 / 6 / 9 / 1 / 0 / 8 / 8 / 1 / 9
9 / 5 / 9 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 6 / 2 / 6 / 5 / 7 / 3 / 0 / 8 / 7 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 1
8 / 4 / 8 / 1 / 9 / 9 / 6 / 9 / 1 / 7 / 9 / 3 / 1 / 6 / 9 / 0 / 9 / 3 / 6 / 7 / 3
2 / 9 / 9 / 8 / 2 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 6 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 8 / 4 / 9 / 5 / 2 / 8 / 9 / 2 / 9
6 / 8 / 8 / 5 / 7 / 4 / 7 / 2 / 8 / 5 / 9 / 0 / 7 / 8 / 1 / 7 / 9 / 1 / 7 / 0 / 2
5 / 7 / 5 / 9 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 9 / 8 / 2 / 5 / 1 / 3 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 8 / 0 / 4
8 / 7 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 8 / 1 / 3 / 9 / 1 / 8 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 0 / 5
1 / 9 / 1 / 8 / 9 / 7 / 8 / 2 / 5 / 3 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 4 / 9 / 3 / 9 / 8 / 5 / 3 / 2
8 / 6 / 2 / 7 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 8 / 1 / 7 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 3 / 5