to learn and gain skills from mental maths

1. Maths
that’s
mental!

2. 12 passengers are on a bus. 5
more get on. How many are there
now?
How many are there if 8 get off?
How many if 5 get on at the next
stop?

3. You have to go to
bed at 9 o’clock. You
have 43 minutes left.
What time is it?
It takes 10 minutes to clean your
teeth and put on your jimjams. What
time do you get into bed?
You read for twenty minutes before
falling asleep. What time do you fall
asleep?

4. What is the total number of sides?
What about 3
triangles subtract 1
hexagon?
How about 3
hexagons add 2
triangle and then
subtract a pentagon?

5. There are twelve
eggs in a box. How
many eggs are there
in two boxes ?
What about 3 boxes?
What about 4 boxes?

6. How many toes are there
on 2 pairs of feet?
What about 3
pairs?

7. There are 5 apples, 10 strawberries and
7 pears in a basket. How many pieces of
fruit are there in total?
Half of the fruit is rotten
and has to be thrown
away. How many pieces
are left?
There are no apples left
and just 3 pears. How
many strawberries are
left?

8. If I have 32 pizzas at
my party, and 11 are
left at the end, how
many were eaten?
If I cut all the leftovers in half,
how many halves will I have?
If I eat 3 halves, how many half
pieces remain?

9. Eggs are sold in
dozens. What is half
a dozen?
What is 3 dozen?
How many eggs are 3 and a
half dozen?

10. A book costs
£11.70. If I save
£1.50 per week,
how many weeks
will it take me to
save enough
money?
Everything this author has ever written
would cost £126. How long will I have to
save if I want to buy them?

11. There are 15 strawberries in a
bowl. If I eat 3, how many are
left?
If I share what’s left
equally with a friend,
how many do I get?
If my friend gives 3 back to
me, how many do I have?

12. I bought 3 sweets. They were
12p each. How much did I
spend?
How much would I
need to buy 11
sweets?
If I bought 5 sweets how
much change would I get
from £1?

13. What is 0.3 as a fraction?
What is ¾ as a decimal?
What is one fifth as a percentage?

14. An ant has 6 legs.
How many legs do
3 ants have in
total?
What about 4 ants?
What about 5 ants?

15. How many corners
do 5 squares have?
How many corners
do 2 squares and 2
triangles have?
How about 3 squares and 3
triangles?

16. How many
road wheels
are there on 3
cars?
What about 14 cars?
What about 27 cars?

17. A farmer has 5
sheep, 7 cows
and 12
chickens. How
many animals
has he got?
How many legs do the animals
have altogether?

18. 12 children get a sweet from
a jar. There are only 4 left.
How many sweets were in
the jar to start with?
I buy some more sweets. There
are now 10 in the jar. How many
did I buy?
If I keep 2 for myself how many
friends can I now give a sweet to?

19. I have bought a box of 50
new pens for my class
and have given one to
each student. There are
13 left in the box. How
many students are in the
class?
I want to keep half of the remaining
pens as spares. How many do I want to
keep?

20. Madison got 24 Easter
Eggs from friends. Her
Mum and Dad gave
her 8 more. How
many did she get
altogether?
She ate half of them – how many does
she have left?

21. How many sides does a
hexagon have?
What is the total
number of sides of a
pentagon and a
hexagon?
What about a pentagon and 2
hexagons?

22. I drive 18 miles to get to
school. How far does I
drive each day?
How many miles do
I drive in a week?
Can you work out my mileage for a 6
week term, and what about a school
year?

23. If it’s 13:00 now,
what time was it 5
hours ago?
What time will it be in 14
hours?
How about in 7 hours?

24. I have 75p in 5p
coins. How many
coins do I have?
I save up and have 1,203
5p coins. How much money do
I have?

25. If today is May 9th
.
What will the date
be in 16 days?
What was the date 8 days ago?
What will the date be 15 days
from yesterday?

26. For the end of term
maths quiz there are 6
rounds. If I give 2 prizes
for each round, how
many prizes will be given
out?
I want to give out 3 prizes for each
round how many more prizes do I
need to get?

27. In the athletics championship all of the
200 competitors receive a medal for
taking part, but the top 4 in all of the
54 events get an extra medal. How
many medals are given in total?
Half of the medals go to
boys. How many medals
do the girls get?

28. The sides of a square measure 8 cm.
What is the perimeter of the square?
How many sides are
there on 5 squares?
What is the total perimeter of the
five squares?
8cm

29. A box of sweets costs £2.40. If you
pay with a £10.00, how much change
will you be given?
You decide to buy a candy
cane too. This costs £1.45
How much money do you
have left?
How much change do you now have?

30. What do these have in common?
How many sides do these
quadrilaterals have in total?
How many vertices do these shapes
have in total?

31. Just for fun!
When do giraffes have
8 feet ?
What has 4 legs and only
1 foot?
When there are 2 of them
How many eggs in an
empty basket?
None
A bed