Maths Christmas Quiz
Team name
Section A
Write the first letter of the first name of the following celebrities – what do you get?
Question
1
Photo
Letter
Question
8
2
9
3
10
4
11
5
12
6
13
7
14
Photo
Letter
Section B
Each number has a saying or phrase associated with it. Work it out and write
your answer in the space provided.
Question
Numbers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
365
1000
3600
13
3
200
1001
57
D in a Y
M in a K
S in an H
U for S
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
180
147
90
366
9
10000
360
60
T S in D
M B in S
D in a R A
D in a L Y
L of a C
G O D of Y’s M
D in a C
M in an H
17
18
4
54
S in a Y
C in a D including
J
19
20
24
12
D on an A C
D of C
B M (S H they R)
P for P G in a G of M
AN
HV
Section C
Work out the following number puzzles:
1. The number of men in the pop group Westlife + the total number of legs on the
Teletubbies
2. The number of legs on a spider multiplied by the number of days in a week.
3. The number of colours in the Union Jack times the total number of legs on a pig,
penguin and python.
4. The number of days in a leap year + the number of blind mice in the nursery rhyme.
5. The number of cards in a deck (excluding the jokers) multiplied by the total number of
fingers and thumbs on a person.
6. The number of days in February (not in a leap year) divided by the number of children
the Queen has.
7. The total number of eyes on 4 people  the number of countries that make up the UK.
8. Number of minutes in an hour – number of hours in a day.
9. Number of weeks in a year – the total number of people in a football team (not including
subs)
10. Number of centimetres in a metre  the number of the Prime Minister’s house.
11. The number of wise men  the number of doors on a standard advent calendar.
12. The number of boys in the class squared.
13. The number of degrees in a right angle + 6 / number of months in a year
14. The number of degrees in a right angle  the number of lessons before lunch
15. The number of sides on an octagon  the number of metres in a kilometre.
16. The number of pairs of parallel sides on a parallelogram  number of sides with equal
length on an isosceles triangle.
17. The number of letters in the alphabet  the number of letters in the word
‘mathematics’.
18. The number of lessons in a week  the number of sides on a pentagon
19. Jesus’ birthday  the number of gifts that the wise men brought.
20. The total number of legs in the first five days of Christmas….
Section D Solve the questions, write down the answers and then find them in the wordsearch!
No.
Question
Answer
No.
Question
Answer
1
12²
16
5501 to the nearest thousand
2
Total degrees in a triangle
17
Top darts score + maximum
snooker break
18
3n – 8 (n = 99)
Area of a square, length = 11cm
3
4
(4800 x 3 x 0) + 271
19
9³
5
Days in a leap year
20
3.5kg in grams
6
10² + 4²
21
Letters in alphabet x a baker’s
dozen
7
46 x 9
22
√100 + √9
8
Total degrees in a quadrilateral
23
Arabian nights + Heinz varieties
9
Doors on an advent calendar
24
Great Fire of London – Battle of
Hastings
A dozen x number of days in
May
10
11
25
Number of wise men x years in a
millennium
Letters in the word ‘mathematics’
x 111
26
5n + 12 (n = 202)
12
Volume of a cube, height = 4m
27
10 x 10 x 10 x 10
13
√121 + √225
28
Lessons in a week x minutes in a
lesson
14
Total degrees in a right angle
29
(Unlucky for some)²
15
Metres in a kilometre
30
Jesus’ birthday x 8
1
2
2
3
5
2
4
7
9
8
2
6
5
8
1
8
0
9
6
1
3
3
1
4
5
4
9
8
7
7
9
6
3
0
7
4
7
3
7
2
9
8
9
8
5
0
1
2
4
6
0
7
2
7
7
9
2
1
8
5
9
1
8
7
1
9
4
6
7
3
1
4
3
9
2
7
3
2
9
3
2
4
9
1
9
6
6
8
5
9
7
4
3
5
7
5
7
8
4
9
9
2
8
9
4
6
6
7
1
4
8
4
2 6
9 7
3 4
2 1
9 8
1 7
2 4
1 5
3 6
9 1
5 6
2 8
3 9
0 0
2 5
8 1
1
9
2
0
3
2
7
8
2
7
2
5
8
3
3
7
4
3
8
9
4
3
1
9
6
9
3
9
2
8
9
2
3
1
2
1
9
5
6
6
5
3
0
0
5
1
8
0
7
2
9
0
2
9
3
4
7
1
8
7
1
3
7
0
9
4
7
0
3
6
8
6
3
6
4
8
3
9
4
0
2
3
9
6
1
1
7
9
0
9
9
1
5
1
9
0
0
8
1
6
8
4
5
1
8
0
5
7
0
8
3
1
0
4
9
8
1
0
0
0
7
9
2
9
0
5
9
2
4
7
2
4
4
3
9
8
2
3
8
1
4
7
8
1
1
8
2
6
8
9
7
8
2
6
9
7
8
9
5
4
9
6
3
7
1
2
2
1
0
7
2
0
0
0
3
3
1
8
4
8
2
8
1
9
1
3
9
2
4
5
2
5