The Big Maths
KS3 Quiz
You need to be in teams of 5 in your house colours.
Maximum of 4 teams per house. Choose a team
name and fill in your answer sheet
Memorise pi
Mental warm up. You have about 5 minutes to try and
memorise as many digits of pi as possible. Then we will
ask for 3 volunteers from each house. Which house has
the best memory?
3.1415926535
8979323846
2643383279
5028841971
Round 1
Maths Number problems
Round 1
Question 1
Round 1
Question 2
Round 1
Question 3
Round 1
Question 4
Round 1
Question 5
Round 1
Question 6
How many
seconds are there
in one day?
A 100
Round 1
Question 7
Using only the arithmetic
symbols and 2,5,6,9, make 24
F 300
Round 1
Question 8
I have a cage with cats and birds.
There are 12 heads and 32 feet.
How many birds are there?
A 200
Round 1
Question 9
You have 60 seconds – solve the
easy puzzle
A 300
Round 1
Question 10
Onto a school bus walks a
girl. She is carrying 2 bags.
Each bag has 2 cats. Each cat
has 2 kittens. How many legs
are on the bus?
A 400
Answers
1) 31
2) 9.7
3) 2534
4) 40
5) 55
6) 86400
7) (6x 5)/2 + 9
8) 8 birds
9) Easy = 50 (Moderate = 361)
10) 4 cats and 8 kittens = 48 legs PLUS 2 legs for the girl
= 50 legs
A 400
Round 2
Code breaking and puzzles
Round 2
Question 1
B 500
Round 2
Question 2
Caesar Cipher A – D
TEXQ FP QEB PNRXOB
OLLQ LC LKB ERKAOBA?
B 500
Round 2
Question 3
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ɿɘdmun ƨiʜT
B 500
Round 2
Question 4
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.. ... / . .. --. .... - / - .. -- .
... / ... .. -..- B 500
Round 2
Question 5
F 500
Round 2
Question 6
F 200
Round 2
Question 7
Using only the arithmetic symbols
and 2,5,6,9, make 24
F 400
Round 2
Question 8
How many squares are
there in this shape?
(include squares of
different sizes)
B 300
Now hand in your sheets
B 300
Answers
1) X marks the spot
2) What is the square root of one
hundred? (=10)
3) This number is a square
number with only 1 factor (= 1)
4) This number is eight times six
(=48)
5) The shape looks like this:
B 300
6) a) Change the 6 to a 5, and use that
matchstick to make 5+4 = 9
b) Or change the plus to minus – and 8-
4=4
c) Or 0 + 4 = 4
d) Or make equals into /=
7) Turn the equation upside down
8) 16 1x1 squares
9 2x2 squares
4 3x3 squares
1 4x4 square
Total = 30 squares
B 300
Round 3
Maths Dingbats and pictures
Round 3
Question 1
Round 3
Question 2
Round 3
Question 3
Round 3
Question 4
Round 3
Question 5
Round 3
Question 6
Round 3
Question 7
Round 3
Question 8
Round 3
Question 9
Round 3
Question 10
Answers
1) Right angle
2) Questionnaire
3) Survey
4) Day dream
5) Network
6) Sir Isaac Newton
7) Leonardo Da Vinci
8) Albert Einstein
9) Prism
10) Trapezium
A 400
Round 4
Maths quick fire
Round 4
Question 1
Round 4
Question 2
Round 4
Question 3
Round 4
Question 4
Round 4
Question 5
Round 4
Question 6
Using only the
arithmetic symbols
and 11,7,8,8, make
24
F 400
Round 4
Question 7
When does
1 + 1 = 10 ?
B 100
Round 4
Question 8
Using only the arithmetic
symbols and 6,6,6,10 make 24
A 500
Round 4
Question 9
.
Replace each letter with a number to make the sum
true. The same letter must have the same number
MOST
+ MOST
=TOKYO
B 200
Now hand in your sheets
B 300
Answers
1) 114
2) 10
3) 64
4) 4.6
5) 72
6) (7+7-11)x8
7) Binary
8) (8+5-9) x 6 OR (8(9+6))/5
9) 6271 + 6271 = 12542
A 400