1.  How many addition signs should be put between digits of the number 987654321 and where should we put them to get a total of 99?

 

 

2.  Divide the face of the clock into three parts with two lines so that the sum of the numbers in the three parts are equal.

 

 

3.  According to experts the first 4 moves in a chess game can be played in 197299 totally different ways. If it takes 30 seconds to make one move, how long would it take one player to try every possible set of 4 moves?

 

 

4.  A man has to be at work by 9:00 a.m. and it takes him 15 minutes to get dressed, 20 minutes to eat and 35 minutes to walk to work. What time should he get up?

 

 

5.  Replace each blank with the correct digit.

 

               4 3 _ 2

                 4 5 _

               _ 1 2 7

              ---------

               8 8 9 3

 

 

 

6.  In the first year of production a play sells 1572 tickets, in its second year it sells 1753 tickets, in its third year it sells 152 less than in its second year. How many tickets are sold in 3 years?

 

 

7.  The Riddler has left a clue for Batman to follow at the scene of each crime. These are the clues that Batman has found:

 

     (1) There is a 1 in the thousands place.

     (2) The digit in the tens place is 9 times the digit in the thousands place.

     (3) Multiply the digit in the thousands place by 2.

     (4) The digit in the ones place is a hand without a thumb.

     (5) The digit in the hundreds is 2 less than the number in the tens.

 

     Solve the riddle to find the number and help Batman stop the Riddler.

 

 

 

8.  Scientists have just discovered people on Neptune. There are 3 villages, 2 cities and 1 super city on Neptune.

     These are the populations in 1994 and 1996.

 

 

                                 1994      1996

            

                  Eilosa         129       204

                  Vertu          308       292

                  Pridi           90        50

                  Dedrun         500       600

                  Antran         700       693

                  Maran         1200      1500

 

     List the places in order of increasing size in 1994 and 1996.

 

     In which year was the population of the planet greater?

 

 

9.  Rachel, Kim and Shawn went to Cuba for a vacation. On the way to Cuba, the plane made the trip in 315

     minutes. On the return trip, the flight took 216 minutes. They stayed in Cuba for 3629 minutes. Estimate how

     long the trip took to the nearest 10.

 

     How long did the trip really take?

 

 

10. The mass of the Great Pyramid is 557t greater than that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Stone Henge has a mass

     of 2695t which is 95t less than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. There once was a Greater Pyramid which had a mass

     twice that of the Great Pyramid, what was the mass of the Greater Pyramid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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