Themed quizzes · Year 5 / Year 6
Winter Maths Quiz
15 questions for some festive fun. Place value, money, fractions, measures and reasoning.
1Which shop sold the fewest selection boxes?
Shop Boxes sold Corner Mart 604,210 Fresh Fields 640,120 Value Store 1,204,000 Market Hall 604,201 2A café bakes 815 gingerbread biscuits. It sells 538 before lunch. How many are left for the afternoon?
3The town's winter tree is 14.38 metres tall. How tall is it in centimetres?
4What is the combined total of the two towns that sent the most cards?
Town Cards sent Ashford 42,615 Bolton 71,380 Carlisle 23,904 Derby 58,227 5Exeter sent 15,240 fewer cards than Bolton. How many cards did Exeter send?
Town Cards sent Ashford 42,615 Bolton 71,380 Carlisle 23,904 Derby 58,227 6I use 1/4 of a roll of ribbon on one present, 3/8 on another and 2/16 on a third. What fraction of the roll have I used? (simplest form)
78 mugs of hot chocolate cost £14.00. 4 mugs and one cookie cost £7.65. How much is one cookie?
8Mr Khan buys 24 tins of biscuits for £144. How much did each tin cost?
9A winter coat is reduced by 20% in the sale. It now costs £52. What was the original price?
10Two different prime numbers multiply to make 221. What are they? (smaller first, e.g. 3 and 5)
11A courier charges £6.50 for parcels up to 10 kg, then 30p for every 500 g over. How much to send a 14 kg parcel?
12At midnight it is −4 °C. By morning the temperature has fallen another 7 degrees. What is the new temperature in °C?
13Sam goes to bed at twenty-five to 7 in the evening. His brother goes to bed 1 hour 12 minutes later. What time is that on a 24-hour clock?
14A journey is 312.6 km. The family drives 148.35 km, then another 96.4 km. How many km are left?
15A recipe for 6 mince pies uses 180 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 mince pies, in grams?