Mental Maths

• Mathematics
• Primary Education

Mental Maths challenge

Mary has 37 pairs of socks. She throws 6 pairs away. How many are left?

1. 25
2. 31
3. 29
4. 28

A farmer has 84 cows. He takes 50 to a new field. How many are left behind?

1. 44
2. 34
3. 54
4. 45

A teacher has 65 books to mark. She has marked 25 . How many does she have left to mark?

1. 45
2. 40
3. 35
4. 25

Zak had 5 beads and Ava had 12. How many more beads did Ava have?

1. 6
2. 8
3. 5
4. 7

If you had 12 jelly beans and 4 lollipops, how many would you have in total?

1. 15
2. 16
3. 17
4. 18

Cal had 11 strawberries and Alex had 7. How many more strawberries did Cal have?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 5
4. 2

A herd of 11 elephants joins up with another herd of 5.
How many elephants are there now?

1. 18
2. 15
3. 16
4. 17

If a pizza was cut into 12 slices and 8 were eaten, how many slices were left?

1. 5
2. 4
3. 3
4. 6

There were 9 bananas in a bunch and 6 were torn off and eaten, how many were left?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 3
4. 2

18 Kangaroos were sitting in a paddock. 12 jumped away, how many were still in the paddock?

1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
4. 8