Arithmetic Multiple Choice Topic Test

Pentransum 

Arithmetic Multiple Choice Topic Test

Test your understanding of arithmetic with this ten question, self-marking multiple choice exercise.
Shape (3D) Algebra Angles Arithmetic
Averages Decimals Fractions Mensuration Money Number
Percentages Probability Problem Solving Ratio Sequences Shape
Time Indices Negatives Geometry Other Topics Pentransum

Here are 10 Arithmetic multiple choice questions written by people from around the world while using the main Pentransum activity. You can earn a Transum Trophy for answering at least 9 of them correctly.

1. Fred has thought of a number. It is more than twenty. When divided by 4.5 it equals itself backwards. It is a multiple of 9. What is it?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Caitlin and Hamish, Berkley Normal Middle School, Hamilton, New Zealand

2. 7 squared times 2?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Mhairi and Megan, Bedlington and Cramlington

3. If I was born in 1997, how old will I be in 2056?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Lewie McKay, Seghill

4. Evaluate 23(17-15)

 Correct Wrong

5. What is 3 cubed add 8 cubed?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Lewis Jay Brandon, Luton

6. 53 [?] 14 [?] 6 [?] 15 [?] 8 = 38 What are the missing sections in this equation? You can use addition, multiplication, and subraction.

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Ryan Le Quesne, Kimhia Primary School, Huntly, New Zealand

7. If there were 49 spiders in an army, but 8 had just 7 legs, how many spiders legs were there in the army?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Emma C, Leeds

8. What is 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 ?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Jay Simpson, Newcastle

9. I thought of a whole number and then multiplied it by 4, subtracted 65 and then divided by 5. The final total was 54.2 What was the number I originally thought of?

 Correct Wrong

This question was suggested by Ryan Le Quesne, Kimihia school, Huntly, New Zealand

10. The numbers from one to ten add up to:

 Correct Wrong

Please note that unlike other Transum online exercises, the check button for this multiple choice quiz can only be clicked once when you have answered all ten questions. Check your answers carefully before clicking the button below. You teed to get at least 9 questions correct to be awarded a Transum Trophy.

Check

Other Arithmetic Activities

Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Choose one of the five possible answers. When you have finished click the "check" button. If you have any questions wrong, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file. You can also claim a 'Transum Trophy' by completing this quiz.

Transum.org

This web site contains hundreds of free mathematical activities for teachers and students. Click here to go to the main page which links to all of the resources available.

Please contact us if you have any suggestions or Questions.

Email address

More Activities:

Comment recorded on the 7 December 'Starter of the Day' page by Cathryn Aldridge, Pells Primary:

"I use Starter of the Day as a registration and warm-up activity for my Year 6 class. The range of questioning provided is excellent as are some of the images.
I rate this site as a 5!"

Comment recorded on the 28 May 'Starter of the Day' page by L Smith, Colwyn Bay:

"An absolutely brilliant resource. Only recently been discovered but is used daily with all my classes. It is particularly useful when things can be saved for further use. Thank you!"
Featured Activity

Remainder Race

Remainder Race

A brilliant game involving chance and choice requiring an ability to calculate the remainder when a two digit number is divided by a single digit number. There are one and two player versions and the rules are inspired by the Royal Game of Ur.

Answers

There are answers to this exercise but they are only available to teachers who have subscribed to Transum and are currently signed in on this computer.

A Transum subscription unlocks the answers to most of the student online exercises, quizzes and puzzles. It also provides the teacher with access to quality external links on each of the Transum topic pages so that teachers can easily find the excellent resources we have found and add to the collection themselves.

Class lists, lesson plans and assessment data can also be stored in the Class Admin application and the teacher also has access to the Transum Trophies earned by class members.

Go Maths

Learning and understanding Mathematics, at every level, requires learner engagement. Mathematics is not a spectator sport. Sometimes traditional teaching fails to actively involve students. One way to address the problem is through the use of interactive activities and this web site provides many of those. Click here for more activities designed for students in upper Secondary/High school.

Do you have any comments? It is always useful to receive feedback and helps make this free resource even more useful for those learning Mathematics anywhere in the world. Click here to enter your comments.