The document outlines a series of math challenges for Grade 1 students organized by Metrobank and DepED, structured into three categories: 15-second, 30-second, and 1-minute questions, each increasing in difficulty and point value. The questions cover a variety of topics including basic arithmetic, patterns, problem-solving, and money-related scenarios. The purpose is to evaluate and enhance the math skills of young learners through competitive and engaging questions.

1. Grade 1
Metrobank
MTAP
DepEd
Math Challenge
Courtesy by: Pids Nogales Files
Prepared by:
Dulce Buenaventura
2004 Metrobank-MTAP-NCR Math Challenge
Division Orals - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
_________ 1. What is 14 more than one-half of 60?

2. _________ 2. What number is missing in 7, 11, 15, ___ , 23, 27?
_________3. Nicole is 7 years old today. In what year was she born?
_________4. How many more are six eights than six fives?
_________5. What is left if you take away six eights from 60?
_________6. Andre bought a cup of noodles for P18 and a sandwich for P12.
How much change did he get from his P50?
_________ 7. A cake was divided into 24 equal pieces. One-half of the cake
and 4 more pieces were eaten by Jessica’s friends. How many
pieces remained?
_________ 8. What is N if 41 + N = 35 + 19?
_________9. Five papayas are each cut into eighths. How many pieces are
there?
_________10. What number is midway between 21 and 37?
_________11. What number comes after the difference of 70 and 37?
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
_________1. If there are 10 fives in 50, how many fives are there in 85?
_________ 2. How many seconds are there in 3 ½ minutes?
_________3. Nellie bought 2 notebooks for P12.50 each and one pad paper for
P14.50. How much change did she get from a P50-bill?
_________4. Lea has thirty 25¢ coins and Lina has six 1-peso coins. Who has
more money and how much more?
_________ 5. Lea gave 3 apples to each of her friends. If she gave out 3 ½
dozen apples, how many friends received apples?
_________6. Flora studied for 35 minutes. If she started at 7:35, what time did
she finish?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
_________1. A rectangular garden is 28 m long and 18 m wide. If you walk
around it twice, how many meters will that be?
_________2. Mother had ten 5-peso coins and six 10-peso coins. She gave
Tom P35 for his allowance. How much was left of Mother’s
money?
_________ 3. Oranges cost 3 for P 25 and apples cost P 15 each. How much
money do I need for 9 oranges and 4 apples?
________4. A school bus left the school at 5:30 A.M. and came back at 7:15
A.M. in time for the 7:30 A.M. class. How long did it take to
pick up the children on its route?
_________5. Half of a pizza remained after 14 boys each ate one-fourth of a
pizza. How many pizzas were there at the start?
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_________ 6. Some roses were distributed among 8 girls. If each girl received
3 roses, how many roses were there?
Clincher questions

3. _________1. How many hundreds are there in the sum of 66 and 33?
_________ 2. What is N in 56 + 78 = 69 + N?
_________ 3. In a garden, 16 cabbages can be planted in a row. If 5 rows are
full and the 6th row is only half-full, how many cabbages are
there in the garden?
Do-Or-Die questions
_________1. In a 3-game basketball tournament, the Red Team scored 32, 38
and 36 points while the Blue Team scored 35, 31 and 36. Which
Team won and by how many points?
_________ 2. There are 25 boys and 23 girls in a Grade 1 class. One stormy
day, 6 boys and 5 girls were absent. How many pupils were present?
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2005 Metrobank-MTAP-NCR Math Challenge
Division Orals - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
_________1. What time is it when the hour hand is between 3 and 4 and the

4. minute hand is at 9?
_________2. What is 15 more than 8 sevens?
_________3.How much greater is ½ of 50 than 1/3 of 60?
_________4. What number is 5 more than one half of 32?
_________5. What is N in N – 19 = 35?
_________ 6. What is the 9th number in the pattern 8, 13, 18, …
________7. Which is greater, eight 9s or ten 7s?
_________8. Marco left home at 6:10. He arrived at school 45 minutes later.
What time did he arrive in school?
_________ 9. You are to bundle 543 popsicle sticks in tens. How many bundles
will you be able to make?
_________10. How many half hours are there in 9 hours?
__________11. Therese is 7 years old. In what year was she born?
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
__________1. In 256, change 5 into 0. How much less is the new number than
the original number?
__________2. If you count oranges by 5s, how many oranges have you counted
when you reach the 12th count?
__________3. What number is 7 less than the sum of 26 and 29?
__________4. A bottle contains 101, 25¢ coins. How much money is in it?
__________ 5. What number is midway between 82 and 96?
__________6. Nina has 2 dozen chicos. She gives 6 to each of her 3 sisters.
How many chicos has she left?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
__________1. A toy car costs P159.50. Tony has only P95. How much more
does he need?
___________2. In a game, Thelma scored 15, 12 and 18 while Joy scored 12, 15
and 21. Who won and by how many points?
__________3. The sum of the ages of Moly, Chris and Bing is 24. If Moly is 10
years old and Bing is half Moly’s age, how old is Chris?
__________4. Sonny has 5 more 5-peso coins than Rolly. If Rolly has seven 5-
peso coins, how much money do the two boys have?
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___________5. A garden is 36 m long and 28 m wide. If you walk around it 3
times, how many meters will that be?
__________ 6. If I add 25 to my number and then subtract 41, the result is 5.

5. What is my number?
Clincher questions
__________1.Which of the fractions 1/2, 1/5, ¼, 1/3 is the smallest?
__________2. Gerald is 7 years old. John is 1 ½ years older than Gerald. How
many months older is John?
__________3. There are 9 rows of pechay plants in a garden. Each row has 8
plants except the 9th row which has only 6. How many plants are
in the garden?
Do-Or-Die questions
_________1. In her purse, Mother has 2 P500-bills, 4 P100-bills and 9 P10-
bills. How much money has Mother in her purse?
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2006 Metrobank-MTAP-NCR Math Challenge
Division Team Competition - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each

6. __________ 1. Write 18 ones and 15 tens in symbols.
__________ 2. What is the 8th number in the pattern: 8, 12, 16, . . . ?
__________3. How many more is eight 8s than four 8s?
__________4.12 is 1/3 of what number?
__________5. What is N in 12 + 19 = N + 15?
__________6.If 7 is added to ½ , how many halves will there be?
__________7.A square paper is 7 ½ cm on a side. How many centimeters are there around it?
__________8. Junie is 8 years, 10 months old. Bernie is 2 years and 2 months older than Junie.
How old is Bernie?
__________9. I have 21 25-centavo coins in my Pondo ng Pinoy bottle. How much does the
bottle contain?
__________10. I bought 3 bunches of red roses with a half-dozen roses in each bunch. I also bought
8 white roses. How many roses did I buy?
__________11. There are 47 children in the class of Ms. Cruz. 18 are boys, how many are girls?
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
__________1. To stay healthy, you must drink 8 glasses of water a day. How many glasses of water
must you drink per week?
__________2.What is ( ½ of 18) + ( 1/3 of 27) + ( ¼ of 36)?
__________3. There are 26 desks in a room. Two pupils sit in a desk. If there are 44 pupils in the
class, how many desks are not occupied?
__________4. 38 + 16 is how much more than 38 – 16?
__________5. Mother has 3 dozen eggs. She needs 26 eggs for leche plan and 15 eggs for egg pie.
How many more eggs has she to buy?
___________6. If the digit 6 in 365 is changed to 0, how much less is the resulting number?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
_________1. Seventy-two pupils were in a school canteen. Fifteen pupils left
and 9 pupils came. How many pupils were then in the canteen?
__________2. Dennis has 2 P10-coins, 5 P5-coins and 12 P1-coins. How much
money will he have left after buying 3 little toy cars at P10.50 each?
__________3. Jay-C got P460 from his ninongs during Christmas. He gave half
of it to his mother for safekeeping, and half of what was left to a
poor boy. How much money did he have left?
__________4. A box contains 15 pieces of chocolate candies. Grandma wants
to give 6 pieces to each of her 10 grandchildren. How many
boxes does she need to buy?
__________5. If 3 notebooks of good quality cost P45.50, how much changefrom P 500 will you get
if you buy a dozen notebooks?
___________6. How much of P50 is left after buying 3 comic books at P12.50 each?
Clincher questions
___________1. Joey walked to school for 15 minutes. He left home at 6:50A.M. what time did he
arrive in school?
___________2. What number is 13 less than the sum of 23 and 47?
___________3. A ballpen and a notebook cost P48. If the notebook costs 3 times as much as the
ballpen, how much does the ballpen cost?
Do-Or-Die questions
___________1. The number 28 is midway between 17 and a certain number.
What is the certain number?
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2007 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Division Team Competition - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each

7. __________1. What number has 4 ones, 9 tens and 7 hundreds?
__________ 2. What is the value of the digit 6 in 4,628?
___________3. What is the sixth number in the pattern 7, 13, 19, …?
___________ 4.How many half hours are there in 11 ½ hours?
___________ 5. What number is 12 more than 50 – 21?
___________ 6. How many marbles are left if 8 marbles are subtracted from 2
dozen marbles?
___________7. What number ending in 2 zeros is nearest 249?
___________ 8. If your sister is 9 years old now, in what year was she born?
___________ 9. Janice has 8 roses. Her mother will buy 3 dozens more. How
many roses will Janice have?
___________10. There are 45 books in a shelf. One-third of the books are Math
books. How many of the books are not Math books?
___________11.If Greg has 12 ½ apples, how many apple halves can he have?
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
__________1. Girlie received 5 more P5-coins than Boyette. If Boyette
received P35, how much money do they have together?
__________2. What number is greater than the sum of 18 and 25 but less than
the sum of 16 & 29?
__________3. A storybook has 110 pages. Nita has 26 pages left to read. How
many pages has she read?
__________4.On Wednesday, Ms. Luna teaches 4 classes. Each class is 1
½ hours long. How many hours does she teach on those days?
__________5. A vendor earned P40 selling sampaguita garlands on Saturday.
On Sunday she earned 3 times as much. How much did the
vendor earn on the 2 days?
__________6. Ronald has eight 5-peso coins, twelve 1-peso coins and six 25-¢
coins. How much money does he have in all?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
__________1. Melba has P95. Her sister has P45. After Melba bought a gift
worth P25, how much more money does Melba have than her sister?
__________2. If you have 3 ten-peso coins, 11 five-peso coins and 5 twentyfive
centavo coins, write the money you have using the peso sign.
__________3. Our square garden has a side of 15 m. Our neighbor’s garden is
18 m long and 15 m wide. How much longer is the perimeter of
your neighbor’s garden than yours?
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__________4. Which is greater and by how much?
(P44 – P15 + P19) or (P41 + P21 – P13)
__________5. One side of a square table is 2 m. Three tables are placed side by

8. side as in the figure. What is the perimeter of the figure?
__________6. What is the sum of the greatest 3-digit number and the smallest
3-digit number you can form using the digits 2, 4 and 5?
Clincher questions
_________1. Mother has P30. She gave P5 to each of her 2 sons and bought a
piece of soap for P12. How much money has she left?
_________2. A vendor sold 185 oranges on Saturday and 217 on Sunday. How
many oranges did he sell on the two days?
_________3. Sixty-two pupils are in a school canteen. Twenty-five left and
then 9 entered. How many pupils were then in the canteen?
Do-Or-Die questions
_________1. A vendor had 60 mangoes, 70 chicos and 45 oranges. He was able to sell
¼ of the mangoes, ½ of the chicos and 1/3 of theoranges. How many fruits was he able to sell?
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2008 Metrobank-MTAP-NCR Math Challenge
Division Orals - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
___________1. What is the value of 7 in 3735?

9. ___________2. What number comes after the smallest 3-digit number?
___________3. What remains if you take 7 tens from 50 plus 38?
___________4. What is the remainder after taking six 11s from 80?
___________5. What even number comes after the sum of 19 and 18?
___________ 6.What is 2/3 of 48?
___________ 7. What number is N in 150 + N + 8 = 179?
___________8. Three big apples cost P48; what is the cost of 6 apples?
____________9. Dora practiced for 150 minutes. How many hours did she practice?
___________10. What is N in 22 – N = 35 – 21?
___________11. What is the 7th letter in the word A R I T H M E T I C?
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
__________1. I have 3 ten-peso coins, 6 five-peso coins and 3 25-¢ coins. How much do I have?
__________2. A drawing set costs P60 and a book costs P55.25. How much will the two cost?
__________3.Arrange ¾, 1/3, 2/4, 1/5 from smallest to greatest.
__________4.Angel is 6 ½ years old. Her brother is 3 1/3years older. How old
will her brother be in 3 years?
__________ 5. A vendor had 3 dozen papayas. He sold 15 of them. How many remained?
___________6. How many numbers between 11 and 99 end in “0”?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
___________1. Mother bought 6 dozen flowers. Each bouquet needs 9 flowers.
How many bouquets can she make?
___________2. A big chocolate cake is cut into 36 equal pieces. How many parts
remain if ¾ of the cake is eaten?
___________ 3. Rita and Liz each has P115. A gift for mother will cost P300.
How much more money do they need?
___________ 4. A vendor had 3 dozen mangoes in one basket and 2 dozen
melons in another. He sold 22 mangoes and 15 melons. How
many fruits were not sold?
___________5.A 200-peso bill is changed into 20-peso bills and 10-peso coins.
If there are six 20-peso bills, how many 10-peso coins are there?
___________6. I gave the cashier a P200 bill for a pentel pen. I received P149.25
as change. How much does the pentel pen cost?
Clincher questions
_________1. Pete has 21 one-peso coins. Nick has 4 5-peso coins. How many
pesos do they have together?
__________2. There are 10 fives in 50. How many fives are there in 95?
__________3. Ray walked to the bus stop for 15 minutes and waited for the bus
for 18 minutes. If the ride to school took 29 minutes, how long
did it take Ray to get to school? Express the answer in hours and minutes.
Do-Or-Die questions
__________1. Lyn is 7 years old. Rose is 2 years less than twice as old. What
will be the sum of their ages 5 years?
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2004 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Sectoral Finals - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each

10. ________1. Write 27 ones and 8 thousands in Hindu Arabic.
________2. How much greater are 9 tens than 42 ones?
________3. Mario is standing in the middle of a line of 21 pupils. What is the
ordinal number for his position?
________4. How many 25¢ pieces are equal to P9.00?
________5. Jayson is 6½ years old now. Mark is 2 years older than Jayson.
How old will Mark be when Jayson is 10 years?
________6. What number is 8 more than the biggest 2-digit number?
________ 7. Forty-five girls were present in a party. Eight more girls came in.
Then, 6 girls went home. How many girls were left?
________8. If you have 5½ melons, how many melon fourths will you have?
________9. What is the 8th number in the pattern 9, 12, 15, 18, ….?
________10. Which number does not belong to the group? 12, 15, 18, 20, 24
________11. Jessie received 13 P5-coins and 2 P10-bills last Christmas. How
much in all did he receive?
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
________1. The sum of two numbers is 28. One number is 4 more than the
other. What are the two numbers?
________2. If you are given a change of P7.25 from 2 P10-bills you give the
cashier, how much did you pay?
________3. Mrs. Lopez bought 3 packs of cookies. Each pack contains 2
dozen cookies. Her children ate 46 cookies. How many cookies
were left?
________4. What will you get if you add six 4’s, seven 3’s and five 10’s?
________5. Lorna’s family left home at 6:15 a.m. and reached Dagupan in
5½ hours. What time did Lorna’s family reach Dagupan?
________6. Luz has 3 rectangles; each is 5 cm by 4 cm. What is the area of
the 3 rectangles?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
________1. Three sections of Grade 1 joined a field trip. Each section has 42
pupils. They used 2 buses each with 60 seats. How many pupils
had no seats?
________2. Ricky bought the following items: a pair of shoes for P450, a
pair of socks for P39.50 and a pair of trousers for P250.00. How
much change did he get from a P1000-bill?
________3. Jojo spent 45 minutes doing his Math homework, 35 minutes his
Science homework and 70 minutes for the rest of his homework.
How many hours did he spend doing his homework?
________4. What will you add to the sum of 127 and 48 to get 303?
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_________5. Mercy has five P5-coins and three P10-bills. She gave her sister
P15 for her allowance. How much money has she left?
_________6. Nardo counted 36 pig legs and 24 chicken legs. How many
animals did he see?

11. Clincher questions
_________1. Lana had 8 eggs. She then bought 2 cartons of eggs. If each
carton contained 12 eggs, how many eggs had she then?
_________2. If I add 12 to a number I am thinking of and then subtract 7, I get
26. What is the number I am thinking of?
_________3. Luz receives P150 for her weekly allowance. She spends P40 for
Transportation, P50 for merienda, P35 for other things and saves
the rest. How much does she save a week?
Do-Or-Die questions
_________1.There are 60 balls in a box ¼ of the balls are red,1/3 of them are blue,1/5 of them are
green and the rest are yellow. How many are yellow?
_________2. Linda wakes up at 6:15 a.m. She prepares herself for 20 minutes, takes her breakfast
for 20 minutes and then spends 25 minutes going to school. What time does she reach school?
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2005 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Sectoral Finals - Grade 1
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each

12. ________1. How much greater is 7 tens and 4 ones than 42 ones?
________ 2.If 3 is added to1/3, how many thirds will that be?
________ 3.What number is 7 more than1/3 of 39?
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________4. Liz is 6 ½ years old now. Nita is 2 years younger than Liz. How
old will Nita be in the year 2010?
________5. I bought a ballpen for P5.50. How much change did I get from a
P10-bill?
________ 6. Twenty-seven girls were present in a party. Eight more girls
came in. Then, 6 girls went home. How many girls were left?
________7. Ricky has 157 popsicle sticks. He wants to bundle them in tens.
How many bundles can he make?
________ 8. What is the 7th number in the pattern 7, 11, 15, … ?
________9. Tina received 7 P5-bills and 5 P10-bills on her birthday. How
much in all did she receive?
________10. Which digit in 429 has the smallest value in the number?
________11. Write 5 hundreds and 6 ones in symbols.
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
________1. Eggplants can be planted 12 to a row in Eddie’s garden. He has
enough seedlings for 4 ½ rows. How many seedlings has he?
________2. The sum of two numbers is 33. One number is 3 more than the
other. What are the two numbers?
________3. Mrs. Lopez bought 2 packs of cookies. Each pack contains 2
dozen cookies. Her children ate 20 cookies. How many cookies were left?
________ 4. Lala had P245. She spent P68 on Saturday. She spent P10 more
on Sunday than on Saturday. How much money had she left?
________5. Lorna left home at 7:45 and reached her grandma’s house in1
1/3 hours. What time did she reach grandma’s house?
________6. If you add 24 to my number and then subtract 17, you get 25.
What is my number?
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
________1. Three sections of Grade 1 and 6 teachers went on a field trip.
Each section had 50 pupils. They used 3 buses each with 56
seats. How many empty seats were there?
________2. Kathie bought the following items: a pair of shoes for P550, a
pair of socks for P35.50 and a blouse for P125.50. How much
change did she get from a P1000-bill?
________ 3. George had 10 P5-bills and five P10-bills. He gave his sister P35
for her project. How much money had he left?
________ 4. What will you add to the sum of 327 and 148 to get 500?
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________ 5. Nita had 30 stamps. Mila had 4 more than twice as many stamps
as Nita. Mila gave Nita ¼ of her stamps. How many stamps did
Nita then have?
________ 6. Lana had 14 eggs. She bought 2 dozen more eggs. She used 25

13. eggs. How many eggs remained?
Clincher questions
________1. Julia had 35 candies. She gave 10 candies to each of her two
brothers. How many candies had she left?
________ 2. Pete counted 24 tricycle wheels and 18 bicycle wheels. How
many tricycles and bicycles were there?
________3. Letty receives P150 for her weekly allowance. She spends P45
for transportation, P48 for merienda and P40 for other things and
saves the rest. How much does she save a week?
Do-Or-Die questions
________1.Liza has 60 roses. One-fourth of the roses are red,1/3 of them are yellow,
1/5 of them are white and the rest are pink. How many are
pink?
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Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd-NCR Math Challenge
Grade 1
Time: 70 minutes
Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number.
_________ 1. What is the value of 7 in 765?

14. _________ 2. Write five hundred nine in symbols.
_________ 3. Which is the largest ? 82, 28, 71, 17, 102, 87, 97, 99
_________ 4. What number is N in 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, _____, _____, N?
_________ 5. You have 821 popsicle sticks. How many bundles of 100 can you
make?
_________ 6. 956 = _____ + 50 + 6. What number can you write in the blank?
_________ 7. What is N in 45 + 24 = N + 45 ?
_________ 8. Using all the digits 3, 6, and 8, write the biggest number you can
make.
_________ 9. Add 9 to the sum of 25 and 18.
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________ 10. There are 67 Math books and 89 Science books in a shelf. How
many books are there in the shelf?
_________ 11. In a test Rose got 86, Rolly got 89, Pepe got 78 and Nina got 98.
Who got the highest score?
_________ 12. How many numbers between 20 and 50 end in 2 or 5?
_________ 13. What is 67 – 42 ?
_________ 14. 53 – N = 24. What is N?
_________ 15. Add 8 to the difference of 26 and 9.
_________ 16 What number is missing in 23, 28, 33, _____, 43, 48?
_________ 17. What number comes between 79 and 81?
_________ 18. I want to buy a pencil case that costs P18.50. I have two P5-
coins, 4 P1-coins and six 25¢ coins. How much more money do I
need to buy it?
_________ 19. Jules need 92 popsicle sticks for a project. He has 75 sticks
already. How many more sticks does he need?
_________ 20. Dino gathered 72 eggs from one poultry house and 48 from
another. How many more eggs did he gather from the first house?
_________ 21. Subtract 15 from the sum of 28 and 39.
_________ 22. What will you subtract from 53 to get 31?
_________ 23. What is N in 78, 72, 66, 60, ___ , 48
_________ 24. How many numbers are greater than 22 but less than 32?
_________ 25. What number does not belong in { 23, 29, 32, 35, 41 } ?
_________ 26. In R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y, which letter is the 7th from the
left?
_________ 27. In R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y, which letter is the 9th from the
right?
_________ 28. How many centavos are equal to P2.50?
_________ 29. How many P5-coins are equal to P100?
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_________ 30. I have 3 P10-bills, 5 P5-coins and seven 25¢ coins in my wallet.
How much money have I?
_________ 31. Apples cost P8.00 each. How many can I buy if I have P50?

15. _________ 32. There are 6 groups of pupils taking P.E. Each group has 5 pupils.
How many pupils are in the class?
_________ 33. Nina bought roses. She put them 6 in each vase. She used 4
vases. How many roses did Nina buy?
_________ 34. Rose has a story book with 120 pages. Each day, she read 10
pages. After 6 days, how many pages has she read?
_________ 35. What is the perimeter of the figure?
_________ 36. George began to study at 7:30. He finished at 8:20. How many
minutes did he study?
_________ 37. There are 84 balls in a box. 1/3 of the balls are white and ½ are
red. How many are the white and red balls?
_________ 38. Mother bought 2 kilos of pork at P105 a kilo and 1 kilo of beef at
P135 a kilo. How much change did Mother get from a P500-bill
she gave the cashier?
_________ 39. Nita has P50. Rose has twice as much money as Nita. How much
money do the two girls have together?
_________ 40. I am a 2-digit number. My ones is 3 more than my tens and the
sum of my digits is 11. What number am I ?
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Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Grade 1
Time: 80 minutes
Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number.
22m
14 m

16. _________ 1. Find the missing number. 45 + [ ] = 87.
_________ 2. What is the value of 7 in 975?
_________ 3. Write 700 + 50 + 7 as one number.
_________ 4. What is 700 – 475?
_________ 5. Write 28 in Roman numerals.
_________ 6. What number is missing? 6, 9, 13, 18, 24, __, 39, 48?
_________ 7. Write “eight hundred, thirty” in symbols.
_________ 8. 863 = ____ + 160 + 3. What number will you write in the blank?
_________ 9. I am thinking of a number. When you take away 7 from my
number, and add 23, you get 41. What number am I thinking of?
_________ 10. (18 + 9) + (23 – 7) = _____ .
_________ 11. What odd number comes before 31?
_________ 12. What even number comes after 246?
_________ 13. Mother bought 60 apples and oranges. 24 of the fruits are
oranges. How many are apples?
_________ 14. Rose had P50.00. She bought 2 apples at P7.50 each and an
orange for P6.50. How much change did she get?
_________ 15. Pedro needs 75 tanzans. He has 37. How many more does he
need?
_________ 16. In 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, … we skip count by ____.
_________ 17. Find the missing number: ___ - 78 = 25..
_________ 18. Roy had P17.00. Father gave him P55.00. Mother gave him P45.
How much money had he then?
_________ 19. Which is the biggest number? 88, 103, 99, 111, 108
_________ 20. Lily had 78 stamps. She gave 1/3 to Nina and 15 of the
remaining stamps to Lily. How many stamps has she left?
_________ 21. Mother baked 96 cookies. She served one-half of them at Rosa’s
party and gave 18 to a neighbor. How many cookies remained?
_________ 22. What fraction is the shaded part?
_________ 23. Mona bought 3 dozen eggs. Each dozen cost P28. How much did
Mona pay for the eggs?
_________ 24. Add 29 to 25 and then subtract 17. What do you get?
_________ 25. In M A T H E M A T I C S, which letter is the eighth from the
left?
_________ 26. Which of < or > will make 15 + 17 [ ] 21 + 14 true?
_________ 27. Nonoy has 2 P50-bills. 5 P10-bills and 4 P5-coins. How much
money has he?
_________ 28. Write “twelve pesos and seventy centavos” in symbols.
_________ 29. How many P5-coins equal a P100-bill?
_________ 30. How many numbers are greater than 34 but less than 50?
_________ 31. You need P175 to buy a book. You have P85.50. How much
more do you need?
_________ 32. Father picked 36 caimitos. He put them 9 in a plate. How many
plates did he use?
_________ 33. In 58 + 43 = N + 46, what is N?
_________ 34. Romy has 17 meters of string and George has 18 meters. How
many meters of string do they have together?
_________ 35. Rosa studied for 45 minutes. She started at 7:25. What time did
she finish?
_________ 36. What number does not belong in 12, 15, 16, 20?
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_________ 37. Add 27 to the sum of 18 and 26.
_________ 38. I am a 3-digit number. My tens digit is 3. My ones digit is twice
my tens digit. The sum of my 3 digits is 14. Who am I?

17. _________ 39. Oranges cost P6 each. How many can I buy with my P100?
_________ 40. Sheila has P35. Liza has 2 times as much money as Sheila. How
much money do they have together?
_________ 41. What unit will you use to measure the distance from Quiapo to
Cubao?
_________ 42. How many centimeters are in 3 meters?
_________ 43. What is the perimeter of the figure?
_________ 44. What is the area of the figure?
_________ 45. Miss Go has 48 pupils in her P.E. class. She divided them into 8
groups. How many pupils are in each group?
_________ 46. If a dozen eggs cost P36, how much will 3 eggs cost?
_________ 47. Nina cut 5 watermelons into 12 pieces each. How many pieces in
all does she have?
_________ 48. Write eleven seventeenth in symbols.
_________ 49. Glen and Nida want to buy a gift for Mother worth P85.50. Glen
has P37.50 and Nida has P36.50. How much more do they need
to buy the gift?
_________ 50. Hi! I am 7. I am a tens digit. The ones digit is 2 more than I am
and the hundreds digit is 3 less than I am. What number do we
form?
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More MTAP Grade I Review Material (1-40 problem solving)
Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number.
___________1. Lucy bought school supplies amounting to ₱89.85. She gave the
cashier ₱100-bill. How much change did she get?
19 m
15 m

18. ___________2. In 14,16, 18, ______, N, 24, 26. What is N?
___________3. In 53, 55, 57,N, _____, 63. What is _____?
___________4. What is the next number in 12, 14, 16, ____, 20, 22?
___________5. What is the number next in 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, _____?
___________6. What is the next number in 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, 27, ____?
___________7. If Rose started to study at 7:15 AM and spent 55 minutes studying,
what time did she finish?
__________8. If Manny started to study at 8:45 AM and spent 35 minutes studying,
what time did he finish?
__________9. Vance is scheduled to answer the review at 12:26 PM and he is given
only 1 hour and 35 minutes to finish the test, what time will he be finished?
_________10. If Sarah started to study at 9:55 AM and spent 35 minutes studying, what
time did she finish?
_________11. Choose “<, =, >” to put in the blank in ____ .
_________12. Choose “<, =, >” to put in the blank in ____ .
_________13. Write five-twelfths in symbols.
_________14. Write three-fourths in symbols.
_________15. Write one-half in symbols.
_________16. Write four-twelfths in symbols.
_________17. Write thirteen-twentieths in symbols.
_________18. Write nine-tenths in symbols.
_________19. Write six-ninths in symbols.
_________20. Write one-fifths in symbols.
_________20. Liza has 12 stamps. One-fourth of her stamps are US stamps. How
many are not US stamps has Liza?
_________21. Tisoy has 20 fishes. One-fifth of his fishes are gold fish. How many gold
fishes has Tisoy?
_________22. Mark has 50 “pillet” bullets. One-tenth of the bullets have color green.
How many green bullets has Mark?
_________23. Mark has 50 “pillet” bullets. One-tenth of the bullets have color green.
How many are not green bullets ?
________24. There are 12 balls in a box. One-third of the balls are red and ½ are blue.
How many balls are not red or blue?
________25. There are 54 balls in a box. One-third of the balls are red and ½ are blue.
How many balls are not red or blue?
________26. I am thinking of a fraction. Its denominator is 15 and the numerator is 7
less than the denominator. What is my fraction?
________27. I am thinking of a fraction. Its denominator is 20 and the numerator is 9
less than the denominator. What is my fraction?
________28. Nana has ½ meter blue cloth and 1/3 m of white cloth. Together, how long
are her 2 pieces of cloth?
________29. Lito has 1/5 meter of yellow ribbon and ½ m of green cloth. Together, how
long are her 2 pieces of cloth?
________30. Wendy has ₱100.00. She spent ½ of it. How much of her money
remained?
________31. Wendo has ₱96.00. She spent 1/3 of it. How much of her money
remained?
________32. Wenda has ₱55.00. She spent 1/5 of it. How much of her money
remained?
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________33. What is the shape of the math book?

19. ________34. What is the perimeter of the figure?
________35. How many square meters is the area of the same figure?
________36. What is the shape of the math book?
________36. What is the shape of the figure?
________37. What is the perimeter of the figure?
________38. How many square meters is the area of the same figure?
________39. If today is January 8, 2009 and its Saturday. What day is it 16 days from
today?
________40. If today is January 8, 2009 and its Saturday. What day is it 20 days from
today?
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Grade I MTAP Math Challenge Questions and Reviewer

20. __________1. Joe found out he can do 6 problems in 15 minutes. About how long will it take Joe finish 18
problems?
__________2. Manie found out he can do 5 problems in 23 minutes. About how long
will it take Manie finish 20 problems?
__________3. Ann took 55 minutes to do her assignment. Rosa took 12 minutes less
than Elsie. How many minutes did Rosa take to do her assignment?
__________4. Lika took 1 hour and 5 minutes to do her assignment. Tita took 48
minutes less than Lika. How many minutes did Tita take to do her assignment?
__________5. Mother had ₱50. She gave an equal amount to each of her 3 children.
She had ₱10 left. How much did each child get?
__________6. Father had ₱150. He gave an equal amount to each of his 3 children. He
had ₱30 left. How much did each child get?
__________7. How many numbers between 11 and 99, have 0 as their ones digit?
__________8. In 5 5 7 8 2 8 4 6 4 9 1 3 , how many pairs with a sum of 10 can you can find? A number may be
used with 2 different neighboring numbers.
__________9. A rectangle is 25 cm long. The perimeter is 84 cm. What is 84 cm. What
is the width of the rectangle?
__________10. Lita made 20 ribbons. Sally made ¾ as many as ribbons. How many
garlands did sally made?
__________11.In 5 5 7 8 2 8 4 6 4 9 1 3, how many pairs with a sum of 11 can you can find?
__________12. Lita made 120 sampaguita garlands. Kate made 3/5 as many garlands.
How many garlands did Kate make?
__________13. Mother has a bag containing 25 candies. If she gives 4 to each child,
she has 1 candy left. How many children received candies?
__________14. Liza has ₱ 42. Mike has twice as much money as Liza. How much
money do Liza and Mike have together?
________15. What is the perimeter of the figure?
________16. How many square meters is the area of the same figure?
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More Mathematics Word Problems
Solve on scratch paper and write the correct answer on the blank before the number.

21. ____________ 1. What is the value of 7 in 761?
____________2. What is the place value of 9 in 695?
____________3. Write 5 ones, 4 hundreds and 3 tens in symbols.
____________4. Write six hundred eighty-three in symbols.
____________5. 800 + 80 + 8 = ___________.
____________6. What number is between 65 and 67?
____________7. Choose “<, =, >” to put in the blank in 45 + 37_______ 67 + 16.
____________8. Which is the biggest among 898, 988, 989, 998, 987?
____________9. What is the biggest 2-digit number?
___________10. In 5,789, which digit is in the thousands place?
___________11. What is the number after 83?
___________12. What is the number before 59?
___________13. What number is closest to and bigger than 100?
___________14. What is the value of N in N + 10 = 89?
___________15. What is the value of N in 13 + N = 15 + 21?
Math Challenge Oral Grade I
(Easy Round) 15- second questions 2 points each
1. What is the value of 8 in 2834?
2. What number comes after the smallest 4-digit number?
3. What's left if you take 5 tens from 60 plus 26?
4. How much money is left after taking five 11s from 90 pesos?
5. What odd number comes before the sum of 16 and 18
6. What is 2/3 of 90
7. What number is missing in 220 + ____ + 5 = 388?
8. 4 Mangoes cost P 28; how much will you pay for buying 8 mangoes?
9. Christy practiced her mathematics skills for 120 minutes. How many hours did she practice?
10. What is N in 33- N = 55-12?
11. What is the 6th letter in the word M A T H E M A T I C S?
(Average Round) 30- second questions 2 points each
1. What is the value of 8 in 2834?
2. What number comes after the smallest 4-digit number?
3. What's left if you take 5 tens from 60 plus 26?
4. How much money is left after taking five 11s from 90 pesos?
5. What odd number comes before the sum of 16 and 18
6. What is 2/3 of 90
7. What number is missing in 220 + ____ + 5 = 388?
8. 4 Mangoes cost P 28; how much will you pay for buying 8 mangoes?
9. Christy practiced her mathematics skills for 120 minutes. How many hours did she practice?
10. What is N in 33- N = 55-12?
11. What is the 6th letter in the word M A T H E M A T I C S?
(Difficult Round) 60-second questions. 5 points each
1. Mother bought 3 dozen of chocolates. She gave 4 chocolates to each of her kids. How many kids does she
have?
2. A big pizza pie is divided into 12 equal pieces. How many parts remain if ¾ of the pie was eaten?
3. Mama has P 220 and Papa has P 340. If they will buy your favorite toy that worth P600. How much more
money do they need?
4. A sales lady had 6 dozen of candies and 4 dozen of corn chip packs in her store. She sold 46 candies and 13
corn chip packs. How many goodies are left in her store?
5. A 500-peso bill is changed into 100-peso bills and 20- peso bills. If there are 4-100 peso bills, how many 20-
peso bills are there?
6. I bought 2 school supply items. I received a change of P60.50 from my P100-peso bill. If one item costs
P20.25, how much does the other item cost?
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22. ANSWER
KEYS

23. Grade 1
KEY ANSWER
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2004 Division Orals
A. 15-second
1) 44
2) 19
3) 1997
4) 18
5) 12
6) P 20
7) 8
8) 13
9) 40
10) 29
11) 34
B. 30-second
1) 17
2) 210
3) P 10.50
4) Lea, P 1.50
5) 14
6) 8:10
C. 1-minute
1) 184 m
2) P75
3) P135
4) 1 h 45 min or 105 min
5) 4
6) 24
Clincher questions
1) 0 or none
2) 65
3) 88
Do-Or-Die questions
1) Red Team, 4
2) 37
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2005 Division Orals
C. 15-second
1) 3:45
2) 71
3) 5
4) 21
5) 54
6) 48
7) Eight 9s
8) 6:55
9) 54
10) 18
11) 1998
B. 30-second
1) 50
2) 60
3) 48
4) P25.25
5) 89
6) 6
C. 1-minute
1) P64.50
2) Joy, 3
3) 9 yrs. Old
4) P95
5) 384 m
6) 21
Clincher questions
1) 1/5
2) 18 months
3) 70
Do-Or-Die questions
1) P1,490
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2006
Division Team Competition
A. 15-second questions – 2
points each
1) 168
2) 36
3) 32
4) 36
5) 16
6) 15
7) 30
8) 11 years
9) P5.25
10) 26
11) 29
B. 30-second questions – 3
points each
1) 56
2) 27
3) 4
4) 32
5) 5
6) 60
C. 1-minute questions – 5
points each
1) 66
2) P 25.50
3) P115
4) 4
5) P318
6) P 12.50
Clincher questions
1) 7:05A.M
2) 57
3) P12
Do-Or-Die questions
1) 39
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24. 2007 Division Team Competition
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
1) 794
2) 600
3) 37
4) 23
5) 41
6) 16
7) 200
8) 1998
9) 44
10) 30
11) 25
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
1) P95
2) 44
3) 84
4) 6
5) P160
6) P53.50
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
1) P25
2) P86.25
3) 6 m
4) The second by P1
5) 16 m
6) 787
Clincher questions
1) P8
2) 402
3) 46
Do-Or-Die questions
1) 65
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2008 Division Orals
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
1) 700
2) 101
3) 18
4) 14
5) 38
6) 32
7) 21
8) P96
9) 2 ½
10) ?
11) E
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
1) P60.75
2) P115.25
3) 1/5, 1/3, 2/4, 3/4
4) 13 years
5) 21
6) 8
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
1) 8
2) 9
3) P70
4) 23
5) 8
6) P50.75
Clincher questions
1) 41
2) 19
3) 1 h 2 min
Do-Or-Die questions
1) 29 yrs
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25. 2004 Sectoral Finals
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
1) 8027
2) 48
3) 11th
4) 36
5) 12 yr old
6) 107
7) 47
8) 22
9) 30
10) 20
11) P85
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
1) 12, 16
2) P12.75
3) 26
4) 95
5) 11:45 a.m.
6) 60 cm2
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
1) 6
2) P260.50
3) 2 ½
4) 128
5) P40.00
6) 21
Clincher questions
1) 32
2) 21
3) P25.00
Do-Or-Die questions
1) 13
2) 7:20 a.m.
2005 Sectoral Finals
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
1) 32 or 32 ones
2) 10
3) 20
4) 9 ½ yr
5) P4.50
6) 29
7) 15
8) 31
9) P85.00
10) 9
11) 506
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
1) 54
2) 15, 18
3) 28
4) P99
5) 9:05
6) 18
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
1) 12
2) P289
3) P65
4) 25
5) 46
6) 13
Clincher questions
1) 15
2) 17
3) P17.00
Do-Or-Die questions
1) 13

26. Key Answers
More MTAP Grade I Review Material (1-40 Problem Solving)
Grade I MTAP Math Challenge Questions and Reviewer
Key Answers for the Previous Grade I Word Problems
1.) 45 2.) 1 hr. and 32 mins. 3.)43 mins. 4.) 17 mins. 5.) P 10 6.)P 40 7.) 8 8.) 5
9.) 17 cm 10.) 35 ribbons 11.)3 pairs 12.) 192 sampaguita 13.) 6 candies 14.) P126 15.) 40 m 16.) 91
sq. meter.
More Mathematics Word Problems
Key Answers for the Previous Posted Math Word Problems Grade I
1.) 700 2.) tens 3.) 435 4.) 683 5.) 888 6.) 66 7.) < 8.) 998 9.) 99
10.) 5 11.)84 12.) 58 13.)101 14.) 79 15.) 36
Math Challenge Oral Grade I
Key Answers Math Challenge Oral (Easy Round)
1. 800 2. 1001 3. 36 4. 35 5. 33
6. 60 7. 163 8. 56 9. 2 10. 10
11. M
Key Answer Math Challenge Oral (Average Round)
1. P 66 2. P60.25 3. P 135.25 4. 2/3, ½, 1/3, ¼ 5. 20 6. 18 7. 6
Key Answers Math Challenge Oral (Difficult Round)
1. 9 2. 3 3. 40 4. 61 5. 5 6. 19.25